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Server Rules

Read these before playing. The rules are here to keep Shambles fair, friendly and enjoyable for everyone.

Staff may correct, warn, kick or ban players when needed. Recording gameplay is strongly recommended for reports, appeals and compensation requests.

Server Rules

  1. No hacking, scripting, ESP, aimbotting, doxxing, NVIDIA Inspector abuse or association with known cheaters.
  2. No hate speech, harassment, racism, threats or abusive behaviour in game or Discord.
  3. Do not leak staff tools, CFT information, screenshots or private ticket information outside official support channels.
  4. No alternate-account abuse, including ban evasion, loot mule accounts, raid countering or gaining unfair advantages.
  5. No exploiting, glitching, duping, render abuse, model abuse, movement abuse or anything that gives an unintended advantage.
  6. No stream sniping. Do not use another player’s stream to track, attack or gain information while playing.
  7. Do not reveal player base locations through coordinates, map markers, screenshots, descriptions or Discord callouts.
  8. No combat logging. After taking or giving damage, wait at least 10 minutes before logging out. Crashes must be backed up with evidence.
  9. No loot cycling, including deliberately clearing spawn areas to force better loot to appear.
  10. Do not block key-card rooms, log out inside them, or use them to cycle loot unfairly.
  11. Use appropriate in-game names. Do not impersonate staff or use names that break community rules.
  12. Do not call out suspected cheaters in global chat or public Discord channels. Open a support ticket instead.

Safe Zone Rules

  1. No stealing in safe zones. This includes vehicles, vehicle parts, dead bodies, dropped items and anything not meant for you.
  2. No safe-zone trolling, including entering other players’ vehicles, removing key vehicle parts, blocking, ramming or pushing vehicles.
  3. Do not enter a safe zone to escape combat. Safe-zone strafing is treated as combat logging.
  4. No hot-mic spam, music, soundboards, shouting or disruptive microphone use inside safe zones.
  5. Do not leave vehicles parked in traders for more than two restarts. Vehicles left too long may be deleted.

Vehicle Rules

  1. Vehicles are used at your own risk. Drive carefully and expect DayZ to be DayZ.
  2. Cars and helicopters should be purchased or obtained through the correct server systems and traders.
  3. Always assign a key to your vehicle and keep a spare key secured in your base.
  4. Vehicles are only normally repaired or replaced for server crashes, confirmed mod issues or staff-approved situations.
  5. Client crashes, lag, poor driving or risky parking are not normally valid compensation reasons.
  6. Do not use vehicle bag slots for storage unless you accept the risk. Items lost from unsafe vehicle storage may not be replaced.

Base Rules

  1. No building within 800m of military loot-spawning areas, key-card buildings or KOTH areas.
  2. Do not build inside broken coastline ships or other areas that spawn military loot.
  3. Do not block airdrops, wood plank spawns or access routes with your base, walls, mazes, choke points or barbed wire.
  4. No building within 75m of an ATM or virtual garage.
  5. No building within 1000m of any trader zone. Use the trader-zone marker as the reference point.
  6. No building in police stations, prisons, fire stations, medical buildings or bunkers.
  7. Marked water pumps must remain publicly accessible and cannot be blocked.
  8. No excessive watchtower stacking. Only one watchtower kit is allowed per tower, up to three floors.
  9. Bases may be classed as abandoned if the owner or group has not connected for 14 days.
  10. Bases must be secured with a codelock or combination lock to be considered occupied.
  11. Abandoned bases and their contents may be removed by staff so the area can be used again.
  12. No tent stacking.
  13. No sky bases, floating walkways or unrealistic unsupported builds. Bases must be grounded and properly supported.
  14. No wall or door stacking. Doors and walls must have reasonable spacing and must not be layered to create unfair defences.
  15. Illegal build items, stacked walls or stacked doors may be deleted by senior staff without warning.
  16. Maximum base size is 4 wide x 4 long x 3 high unless staff approve otherwise.

Compensation

  1. Video evidence is strongly recommended for all compensation claims. Use ShadowPlay, Medal, Overwolf or similar recording software.
  2. Items dropped on the ground are not normally compensated.
  3. Items that despawn because their lifetime expired are not normally compensated.
  4. Items lost during scheduled restarts are not normally compensated.
  5. Without evidence, staff may deny compensation requests.
  6. Vehicles are not normally compensated unless an admin confirms otherwise.
  7. Items stored inside vehicles require proof before any compensation can be considered.