It is mandatory to read all the server rules and follow them, there will be no exceptions!
Don’t be a jerk. Hate speech or harassment will not be tolerated and will be dealt with immediately. Disrespect to admins will be handled in a similar manner.
No cheats or exploits of any kind. Those caught will get a server ban. For example: Under map building etc.
Names of tribes, players and dinos must be appropriate, cannot be offensive, contain advertising or include swear/vulgar words. If you are unsure if a name is appropriate , contact an admin. Mimicking another tribe’s name is prohibited. (Do not name your player Human or Bob, no Tribe of Human, Tribe of Bob) Open a discord ticket to correct character names
English only in the game chat, keep the chat clean, this is a game with kids who play, keep swear/vulgar words to a minimum.
Griefing will not be tolerated – A griefer is a player who deliberately irritates and angers other players within the game. (This includes leading dinos into someone else's base)
No items/dinos that are not obtained/tamed on this server/cluster. Any one found to be trying bring items not from our servers will be banned no questions asked.
When building, all locations are free game with a few exceptions: No blocking access or paths to Obelisks/Artifact Caves/Missions/Glitches.
Be reasonable about your base size, massive bases impact server and player performance. Keep your building to what is needed for your tribe(Small tribes dont need massive bases). While we love to see your builds, we need to make sure that we try to keep the experience for everyone as smooth as possible. If an admin tells you to reduce the size of your base, you must do so or it will be removed from the map.
No pillars/foundation spamming to block off areas (This includes spamming around your base, if its not part of a building do not place it). You may not claim areas without building a base there, any foundations/pillars found to be blocking areas with be dealt with tribe removal. Similarly, preventing someone from expanding their base area by placing foundations and pillars is also not allowed.
Your base must not obstruct players progress when spawning in, ie , trapped in your base etc. If your base is blocking a spawn spot/ built at a spawn, your base will be removed.
Keep distance to other bases, there is enough space for everyone. In case of dispute the server admins will take action.
The base limit is 2, One main base and one smaller outpost (Per Map, Per Tribe).
Old structures must be demolished. Unbuilt rafts, single campfires ,single storage boxes, fishing spots, sleeping bags, bed/foundations (that are not part of a base/ building) & taming boxes/traps need to be demoed after use. If its not part of your base, SS mod has a demo gun that makes it easy to remove structures, make use of it. Any structure that produces resources from the map needs to be unlocked. Tribes that violate our building rules risk to be wiped from the map completely!
Please keep the number of dinos you have out to a minimum, there are mods we run to help storage dinos, use them.
All tamed dinos should be taken to your base, If you tame it and do not want it, kill it don't leave it or leave unclaimed (Use a Euth gun). All Tamed dinos that are left out of your base will be removed (Do not leave dinos at the obelisk) , Any unclaimed dino left out of your base will be deleted and your tribe will be subject to be wiped.
Keeping dinos on wandering or mating all the time is forbidden (Exception: game mechanics like those from dung beetle, oviraptor etc.)
Insiding a tribe is strictly prohibited and will result in an immediate ban. If you lose items/dinos because you have been insided, you WILL NOT get your items or dinos back, the person insiding will be banned. It is your responsibility to ONLY add people you trust into your tribe!. If you do get insided, that will be your responsibility.(Insiding= Join tribe to cause issues/steal things)
If a tribe is causing to much trouble for others, all their accounts will be banned. (Be wise with who you let join your tribe!!)
Do not place teleporters at loot drops/ loot crates, in artifact caves or at artifacts/around the area of artifacts, You may not place a teleport at the entrance of cave. No building in artifact caves, this includes beds and foundations. If you or your tribe breaks this rule, the whole tribe will be permanently banned.
Please do not give any new players (lower than level 100) high level gear or dinos/eggs (primitive gear is okay). No boxes with free items or eggs. Let them get the stuff themselves, being given everything ruin's their gameplay.
Players shall not advertise other servers, Discord, YouTube or Twitch addresses. Only links relating to general chat and this server is applicable. Advertising will result in an immediate ban.
Do not drop eggs, if you do not want them or think they are too low level eat them, eggs do not despawn. If you drop an egg it can cause issues on the server which will impact performance and cause nests to glitch. Lava does not destroy eggs!!!
For any questions or issues please use the discord, admins will not be addressing things in the game chat
If you are not in discord and/or dont have your discord name matching your ingame name for admins to address issues with you, your game account WILL BE BANNED for any rule break until you open a ticket in discord
=====Do NOT directly message the owners or any admins, please open a ticket in the discord if you need something. ======
http://ark.gvolt.com/discord.htm
**Server admins routinely clear tribe and player structures and/or dinos if the tribe or player has been offline for 3 or more weeks(on a per map basis). If you anticipate being away from the server for an extended period of time, it is recommended to contact a server admin so they may determine if it's reasonable to not remove such structures or dinos. **
All rules are up to the interpretation of the admins. Final decisions on rule clarifications will be made by admins. If you feel that any of these rules were broken, please report them via discord.
What Admins will NOT do:
Replace dinos for any reason
Replace items for any reason
Intermediate between two tribes. (We can as members of our respective tribes, but not as admins)
We are a professional and mature server and expect everybody to uphold on this. Harassing other players is forbidden. This includes insults, sexist and radical expressions as well as verbal abuse
******Rules are subject to change at anytime
with/without notice, as a player it is your responsibility to keep up to date on
all rules.********