Every situation brought up is dealt with on a case by case basis.
This is to help prevent overly punishing a person or tribe for something minimal and giving proper chance to investigate each situation properly.

Below are general rules and guidelines for our server. We expect them to be followed and are subject to change at any time.

When submitting a ticket of potential rule break please give either photo or video evidence, as that will help the staff out tremendously.

Official Ark Code of Conduct Rules apply here as well.
https://support.survivetheark.com/hc/en-us/articles/220278968-Code-of-Conduct

General Behavior

  • Racism, sexism, NSFW & NSFL or derogatory content will not be tolerated. This is not just an adult game!
  • Impersonating other players, admins, and tribes will not be tolerated. In general it is a first come first serve on a name. Generic in game names such as 123, 321, human, etc. Are not authorized and will be forcibly changed upon discovery.
  • Insiding, which we define as joining a tribe for the express purpose of griefing or destroying the tribe is not acceptable and will result in an immediate ban.
  • Please leave dinos not in use in a soul terminal as much as possible. This will keep server lag down and make a more enjoyable experience for everyone.
  • Only use tek shields if absolutely necessary. They create insane lag, and in most cases are unnecessary.
  • Be kind to one another. We are all here to have fun! Some people may be starting the game brand new here! Some may be veterans!

Griefing.

  • Griefing is considered to be players going out of their way to make the game and/or server unplayable for others.
  • Excessive griefing complaints against a player or tribe can be reported in a ticket for investigation. Screenshots, logs, or otherwise will be required to make a valid complaint.

Base Rules

  • Bases must not block significant resource spots, obelisks, artifacts, or bosses. Also, do not block cave/underwater loot drops. There should be a good safety zone for people to get the above listed significant items.
  • Taming pens in the open world must be picked up upon completion of tame.
  • UNLESS the taming pen is left unlocked for other players to use. (i.e. Griffin traps etc)
  • You may have 2 land basses on any map. On maps with an ocean you may have a third underwater base.

Banned Base Locations

  • Bases must not be built to block significant resource spots, obelisks, artifacts, or bosses.

  • Artifact caves are NOT authorized to be built in on story mode maps(Island, Scorched, Aberration, Extinction or either Genesis maps).

  • All entrances and exits to Aberrations surface, Aberration zone on Val and the deep sea biome on Val must be accessible.

  • Creatures/Dinos left around the open world, especially on aggressive, will be taken care of by the admin team upon discovery.

  • IF you wish to spam, please only spam within render distance of your base. Anything past render distance will be deleted without warning.

  • Please either consume unwanted wyvern/drake eggs or use them for kibble. Dropping them from your inventory may cause problems with future spawns.

Insta-ban will be given for:

  • Any form of racism, homophobic or trash talk.
  • Any form of hacking / cheating / exploiting.
  • Any form of insiding of a tribe.
  • Any form of stealing/destruction from/to another tribe.

Guidlines:

  • Keep the game enjoyable for others. Remind your fellow survivors about this.
  • Help your fellow survivors! <3
  • Don't block access to public places with buildings, turrets, or dinos. Public places include: important resource spots (i.e. the volcano), Spawn points, Obelisks, and Artifact caves. Drops and Explorer notes are NOT protected spaces. If in doubt, it is probably protected.
  • Please put any awsome teleporters at the above locations on public as to stop the need for multiple teleporters at one spot. Telepoters that do not follow these guidlines may be forcibly made public by an admin or removed.
  • Clean up after yourself.
  • No mass land grab.
  • No massive bases (use common sense).

Looting decayed/abandond bases is allowed, make sure that the decay timer is fully ended before doing so.

ALL RULES AND GUIDLINES ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE AT ANY TIME WITHOUT PRIOR NOTICE, ANY CHANGES WILL BE ANNOUNCED IN THE SERVERS DISCORD AND IT IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE PLAYERS TO MAKE SURE THE READ AND KEEP UP TO DATE WITH THESE CHANGES