General Rules:
Global Chat is ONLY for out of character and is not allowed to be used unless someone needs to get out of character or needs help from an admin. Local Chat is allowed for in character RP interactions, but a mic is recommended to play on this server. If there are any issues in the game then contact an admin in TeamSpeak, via Steam chat, or post a report on the forums. The forums are the best place to post complaints or reports.
Pretending to be an admin, falsifying information relating to an admin, or giving an admin false information on a report and/or ban appeal about someone else or another tribe will be punished.
One forum and ARK account per player.
No Cheating:
No hacks, scripts, or exploiting glitches.
Be Respectful:
No racism, sexism, homophobia either in or outside of character. No excessive cursing.
No Griefing:
No painting players, creatures, or bases without their permission. No killing fresh spawns or new players. No spamming.
Building Rules:
Building No Nos:
1. No cave building in either land or underwater caves.
2. No building on mountain tops or on the volcano.
3. No building on the obelisks or at the base of the obelisks.
4. No land claiming. The placing of pillars and or foundations that serve no other purpose besides blocking other players from building nearby will be punished.
Structure Limitations:
Solo Players or tribes of two members are allowed one main base and two outposts.
Tribes of three members or more are allowed one main base and three outposts.
Main bases can be as large as you want, but outposts are limited to one building.
*Rafts and Platforms count as one of your outposts.
Turret Limitations:
Turrets and plant species X are only allowed to protect your main base, not your outposts.
Ballistae and Manual Targeting Weapons:
Ballistae and other manual targeting weapons are allowed to be built on platforms, rafts, and at outposts.
Height Restrictions:
Walls and buildings on land cannot exceed 25 standard walls or 2 behemoth walls high unless given permission by an admin.
Abandoned Structures:
Temporary structures and abandoned bases must be destroyed. Do not leave random abandoned fences and chests in the wild.
Creature Limitation:
Solo players are limited to have up to 20 creatures.
A Tribe of 2 is allowed to have up to 30 creatures.
Tribes of 3 or more are allowed 20 creatures plus 10 more creatures per extra tribe member up to a maximum of 100 creatures. (Example: A Tribe of 3 can have 20 creaturess plus 10 x 2 for the other 2 tribe members.
PvP rules:
Kill on Sight (KOS):
KOS is only acceptable if someone is within a player or tribe's territory (if someone can see or shoot you from their base) and it is still in character for the player whose territory that person is in, if prior warning is given. Signs are included as warnings.
Outside of a territory KOS if frowned upon unless aggressive action is taken against you or RP has been initiated prior (i.e. being held up for items or something, or your life being threatened, etc.). Once a confrontation is finished retaliation action is allowed once without RP being initiated or aggressive action having been taken first. Once the victim and/or the aggressor have been killed the retaliation is finished. No further retaliation without RP can continue.
Mounted Creatures:
Mounted creatures with someone with KOS riding them can be killed, but if the aggressor is out of commission and the creature is no threat any longer killing it is not allowed. This does not count if the dino has taken hostile action. (i.e. a rex being used to attack a base, etc.) Non-aggressive creature mounts can be taken hostage if they are in another player or tribe's territory or in the wild.
Sleeping Players:
Players sleeping in the wild are able to be looted, but are not allowed to be killed unless you logged off immediately after aggressive action or RP was initiated but not resolved. A player sleeping in a base can be looted but you cannot kill or kidnap them unless they wake up.
War:
Declarations or war between players and/or tribes must be declared on the forums and must be acknowledged by all parties. If the war has not been acknowledged by all parties in 24 hours, then the war continues. War continues until a side surrenders or if a base is destroyed.
There must be a valid reason and/or demand to declare war. (i.e. I want your land, dino, etc.) If demands are met and/or a treaty of surrender is declared, then a period of non-aggression is instigated for a week.
Treaties of surrender can be called by either the player/tribe who declared war or the player/tribe who had war declared on them. The declarer of surrender will then be required to give a boon to the other side within reason. Treaties of surrender must be declared on the forums as well.
When war is declared all players, creatures (including passive creatures), and structures are free game.
KOS rules are suspended for the players/tribes at war.
It is recommended that you record your wars in some way.
Raiding:
Offline raiding is allowed within RP parameters. Passive creatures can be tranq'd but not killed, and the rule for sleeping players still applies. Any unnecessary destruction to an active player base is not allowed. Keep repeated raiding of the same player or a tribe to a minimum unless war is declared between the players and/or tribes.
You must wait 48 hours to raid a person that has already been raided if war has not been declared and acknowledged.
Taming and Breeding:
Killing a player who is taming and/or a creature that is being tamed, or a creature that is not fully grown is not allowed. Killing a baby or juvenile during wartimes is frowned upon but allowed. If the person taming take aggressive action or initiates aggressive RP against you then you may retaliate against them and loot, not kill, the creature being tamed.
Hostages:
Hostage taking is allowed within RP parameters. A person must have a reasonable demand or reason to take a player(s) hostage. All hostage negotiations will be agreed or denied upon on the forums after RP has been conducted.
You can only take hostages for 2 hours unless more time has been agreed upon by both parties beforehand. The hostage and the abductor must RP while the hostage is in custody. Once the time limit is reached or negotiations have been accepted or denied the hostage must either be let go or killed.
Role-Playing Rules:
Combat Logging:
Combat logging is not allowed. Combat logging is the act of logging out during roleplay or combat to your advantage. If a player is interacting in a hostile way with you (or attempting to) you are not allowed to log out without first asking out of character. You are also not allowed to log out after committing a hostile action for at least 20 minutes. We encourage you to treat logging out as falling asleep and roleplay accordingly.
Godmodding and Metagaming:
Godmodding and metagaming are both strictly forbidden.
Godmodding is the act of forcing an action or state on another player. A good example of Godmodding would be telling a player that you cut off their arm, this effects their character greatly and they have no say in it.
Metagaming is the act of using knowledge or information your character would not have access to your advantage. A good example of metagaming would be reading a base location on the forums then using that to find and raid said base. Tribe logs are never to be used for in character purposes. This will be considered Metagaming and is punishable as such.
If your character races toward an engram or item or such with no knowledge for the need of such is metagaming. (i.e. using information gained from previous play throughs on another ark server or from a previous RP character.)
Talking Out of Character (OOC):
OOC is in TeamSpeak or talking to an admin via Steam, if you need to use OOC in local chat then please put in (OOC) followed by whatever it is you need to say. Otherwise keep OOC to TeamSpeak
Stay in character:
You must act and speak in character at all times in game. This includes via in game voice or text and also includes things like valuing your own life, acting realistically and not trolling. Additionally, non-realistic body proportions are forbidden and your character must fit with our server’s lore and be realistic. Supernatural beings and such are not allowed.
Romance & Erotic RP:
Romance and Erotic RP is allowed as long as it is kept to private channels and all parties involved agree and are legal age in whatever country or state that they live.
