Terms
Madlands · playmadlands.com · last updated November 7, 2026
Madlands is a small online game made by an independent developer. By playing it you agree to these terms. They're short on purpose.
Playing fair
Don't cheat, bot, exploit bugs on purpose, or attack the servers. Don't harass other players, and keep hate speech, slurs and sexual content out of names and chat. Accounts that break these rules can be muted, kicked or banned, for a while or for good. You can report a player from the Players list in the game, and mute anyone you'd rather not hear.
Your account
You must be 13 or older to play. A guest account lives in your browser: if you clear it without signing in, the account can't be recovered. Characters die for good (that's the game), and lost items aren't restored.
The game changes
Madlands is still being built. Items, classes, balance and the world will change, and the servers can go down. The game is provided as it is, without guarantees.
Record runs
When a boss fight you're in takes #1 of all time on one of the hardest dungeons' speed boards, we may post a video of it on the game's channels (YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, r/Madlands and the Discord): the fight as one of its heroes saw it, with the names of the heroes in it but no chat. A letter in the game tells you when it's going up. You agree to this by playing. To keep your runs off them, set Settings → Social → Post record runs to Never: no run you're in is posted after that, and any already up come down.
Trading
Items, Curios and banked fame may be traded between players in the game, and only there. Buying or selling any of them, or an account, for real money (or anything else outside the game) breaks these rules: it can cost what was traded and the accounts involved. Trades are logged so we can check on them.
Gems and cosmetics
- Gems are bought with real money through Stripe and spent on cosmetics (skins, dyes, name colors and auras), character slots and vault chests. They never give an advantage in combat.
- Gems and cosmetics are a license to use them in the game, not property. They have no cash value, can't be traded, sold or transferred, and can't be exchanged back for money.
- Purchases are final once the gems are in your account, except where the law where you live gives you a right to a refund. If a payment went wrong (charged twice, gems never arrived), email us within 30 days and we'll put it right.
- Gems bought in the phone app are paid to Apple or Google, and refunds of them are theirs to give, under their own rules: ask the App Store or Google Play.
- If a payment is refunded or disputed, its gems are taken back; spending them first can leave your balance below zero.
- Deleting your account, or a ban for breaking these terms, ends your gems and cosmetics without a refund. If Madlands ever shuts down for good, we'll give at least 30 days' notice in the game.
Privacy
What we keep about you, and how to delete it, is on the privacy page.
Who makes it
Madlands is independent. It isn't affiliated with, endorsed by or connected to DECA Games or Realm of the Mad God.
Changes
If these terms change, the date above changes too; big changes will be announced in the game.