The Code

• No OOC talk and no breaking immersion.
• No real-world references in-game.
• Got a problem? Handle it outside the server like an adult.

• RDM and VDM are permitted only to preserve life, yours or another's.
• You must be able to justify the kill as an act of survival.
• Random slaughter without stakes is infected behavior, not survivor behavior.

• No using Discord, streams or outside info for advantage.
• Group comms are allowed, but don't abuse them.
• Stream sniping is a mental infection. Using a broadcast to hunt another survivor is absolute termination.

• You remember the location of your death.
• You remember who killed you by face, but voice is not a reference.

Knocked by punches or zombies

• Minimum 20 minutes after respawn roleplaying memory recovery.
• If infected, your priority is seeking treatment. Infection leads to permadeath.

Downed by melee or fire

• Minimum 30 minutes after respawn roleplaying memory recovery.
• You roleplay the injury for the next 24 hours.

Downed by bullets

• Minimum 30 minutes after respawn roleplaying memory recovery.
• You roleplay the injuries and cannot take action regarding the incident for 24 hours.

• Ready structures must be claimed; you cannot construct new bases.
• Territory claiming requires interaction with the current holders.
• Offline raiding for territory is forbidden; wars are fought face to face.

Theft operations

• If the purpose is theft only, offline action is permitted.
• Deploy a force within plus or minus 2 members of the defending group's active count.
• Mass RP is mandatory; scale your operation to the target.

• No medical support exists outside safe zones.
• After respawning, survivors must roleplay within the medical center.
• Seeking treatment is not optional; it is the price of surviving death.

Radiation zones

• These are lawless grounds.
• You have the choice: interact or kill-on-sight.
• Enter at your own risk.

Safe zones, sanctuary law

• No killing inside a safe zone.
• No camping outside safe zones to ambush people entering or exiting.
• No baiting; starting a fight outside and running into a safe zone to escape is cowardice.

The BioCore Facility

• The end-game facility is a PvE raid zone: survivors cannot harm each other inside — the threat is the facility's infected, not other players.
• It is not a safe zone either. Don't camp the exits to farm survivors leaving with loot — the fight belongs inside, against the dead.

• Unlocked and unregistered vehicles are lost after server restart.
• Registered vehicles abandoned for 4 days are reclaimed by the wasteland.
• Once reclaimed, they respawn on the map for other survivors to claim.

• Your characters cannot know each other.
• Your characters cannot share loot or storage.
• Your characters cannot share the same faction.
• Knowledge gained by one character does not transfer to another.

Erotic roleplay (ERP)

• Permitted privately only.
• Keep it away from public spaces and streams.

Torture and extreme RP

• Allowed only with full OOC consent from everyone involved.
• Discuss boundaries beforehand. No surprises.

Streaming and recording

• Many players stream or record here. Keep your language and actions acceptable so creators avoid platform issues.
• We don't ban profanity; just be cool about it so people can make content in peace.

• No hate speech.
• No racism.
• No harassment or bullying.
• No real-world politics.

• No excessive targeting without reason.
• Don't ruin gameplay for others.

• Staff decisions are final.
• Rules protect the experience.
• Break them, and you're gone.

• No third-party software, mods, scripts or injectors of any kind.
• No exploiting bugs, glitches or unintended mechanics for gain.
• No macros, auto-clickers or automated gameplay tools.
• No teleporting, clipping or item duplication.
• No intentionally crashing, lagging or disrupting server performance.
• Found a bug? Report it via Discord ticket. Using it before reporting it is still exploitation.

• All reports and ban appeals are handled via the Discord ticket system.
• You must provide screenshots, video clips and timestamps.
• Lack of evidence will see the report dismissed in most cases.

• Let the infection reach its end and your character is gone — permanently. No revive, no recovery.
• A permadead character's story is over. You don't play them again, and a new survivor doesn't inherit their memories, grudges or loot (see Multiple identities).
• Seek a cure while the clock still runs. Surviving death is earned, never guaranteed.

• When your life is clearly at risk, roleplay real fear and comply when the odds are against you.
• Don't fight unwinnable odds just to grief a scene or deny another survivor their moment.
• Bravery is a choice; throwing your life away to dodge an RP outcome is not.

• Honor the deals you make — at markets, with traders, and survivor to survivor.
• In-character robbery and betrayal are part of the world; a scam with real roleplay behind it is fair game.
• OOC scams are not: no exploiting trade menus, no fake 'I'll pay you back' meta-deals, no abusing the economy to dupe or grief.

• No faction-hopping to dodge an active war or escape the consequences of one.
• No squad-hopping to metagame intel between crews.
• Leaders: don't abuse your position to grief your own members.
• Territory wars are fought in the open (see Territory & sanctuaries).

• One person, one account. No account sharing and no second accounts to get around anything.
• Be honest in your application and identity linking; falsifying either is grounds for removal.
• Ban evasion with a new account is absolute termination (see below).