1. Staff Members

1.1. Disrespectful attitude towards any of the Staff Members is forbidden;

Punishment: Severe - permanent account ban. If the account was made specifically for this purpose, then the user's IP will also be banned.

1.2. You must stop any hostile actions against other players when a GM appears near you, especially if your hostility is aimed at the person(s) who called the GM;

Punishment: Slight - varies acording to level of abuse

1.3. It is forbidden to lie to Staff Members;

Punishment: Severe - ranging from a few days to permanent

Staff members include all Administrators (Admins) and Game Masters (GMs).

These rules apply anywhere, including in-game, on the forums and in e-mails sent to us.

2. 3rd party software and account sharing

2.1. The following programs are forbidden:

2.1.1. any 3rd party software used to increase the speed of the application;

2.1.2. any 3rd party software (also known as bots and clickers) used for automation of anything in the game, such as killing monsters, collecting drops, auto-targeting monsters, healing, buffing etc;

Punishment: Severe - antibot ban: the antibot system will automatically ban you permanently from the server.

Do NOT attempt to use bots while running your client, even if the bot is allowed on another server. For complete safety, remove all your botting and 3rd party software from your computer before accessing our server.

The owner of an account is the owner of its respective mail address. If you have lost your e-mail adress, you will be asked for your Social Security Number (SSN) or the security questions (not answers) entered when the account was made. Please take care of your account as you are responsible for it.

3. Bugs and exploits

3.1. It is forbidden to use exploits;

Punishment: Medium - account ban ranging from 7 days to permanent.

3.2. If you find a bug you must contact us with as much information as possible, either on the designated forum, by e-mail, or by private message on the forums;

Benefit: slightly increased probability of lowering ban duration in case you break the rules, and increased probability of gm assistance in cases where there is none.

3.3. If you find an exploit you must immediately contact us with as much information as possible, either by e-mail, or by private message on the forum;

Benefit: moderately increased probability of lowering ban duration in case you break the rules, and increased probability of gm assistance in cases where there is none.

Note that benefits only apply to the GM to whom you have reported the bug/exploit, and can vary or be nullified depending on the situation.

3.4. It is forbidden to publicly speak about an exploit in any type of chat (normal, party, clan, PM etc);

Punishment: Medium - ban ranging from 1 week to permanent and IP ban in extreme cases

Bug - application error which might prevent some feature to function or make it function in a way it was not intended.

Exploit - a bug that can be used and/or abused to gain an advantage and/or change the intended game play, such as blocked monsters, item duplication etc.

4. Chatting and names

4.1. It is forbidden to disrespect any other person via chat, in any form (abbreviated, symbols, full text);

Punishment: Slight - chat ban for 1-3 days in light cases, 1-3 day ban in medium cases, and up to permanent ban if you persist.

4.2. It is forbidden to insult other players' nation, race, religion or any form of indirect insult;

Punishment: same as 4.1

4.3. It is forbidden to use bad words, in any form in character names, clan names or titles;

Punishment: Slight - varies from name/clan/title change to ban.

4.4. It is forbidden to use any of the following words in character names, in any form of spelling: GM, Admin, Announcement and the names of the current and previous Staff Members;

Punishment: Severe - permanent account and IP ban.

4.5. It is forbidden to beg for adena or items;

Punishment: Slight - chat ban for various durations.

4.6 It is forbidden to use real-life threats (i.e. threaten someone to harm them IRL). Remember, this is a game;

Punishment: Medium - ban ranging from 3 days to one month and permanent char deletion/account ban in extreme cases

4.7 Only English on trade/shout/hero! Punishment: 2 hours chat ban.

5. Trading

5.1. It is forbidden to start a shop near an NPC, especially Gatekeepers and Warehouse Managers such as Taurin in Giran. It is also forbidden to block more frequently used pathways to said Gatekeepers and Warehouse Managers;

Punishment: Slight - shop ban from 1 to 3 days

5.2. It is forbidden to trick someone else and steal their items and/or adena (also called scamming);

Punishment: Severe - permanent account ban and computer ban in case the account is made for scam, 2 weeks-1 month ban if not, for private store scams. For trade scams, some cases will also have the stolen items returned, along with ANY of your possessions.

Exception: you will most likely not gain your adena back in case of a private store scam. It is your responsibility to focus on the game and be aware of what you buy. Being a robot is not an excuse.

5.3. It is forbidden to make any transactions with real money;

Punishment: Severe - permanent account and computer ban, char and item deletion.

5.4. It is forbidden to give away or sell your account, even for adena;

Punishment: Severe - permanent account and computer ban, char and item deletion.

5.5 It is forbidden to forcefully enter someone's account and steal their items, whether or not that person has given you its account willingly.

Punishment: Severe - ranging from permanent ban on all your accounts, to computer ban in extreme cases. Some cases include all your items being returned to the victim.

6. Griefing

6.1. It is forbidden to PK in low level areas with a high level character (eg. Execution Grounds, Ruins of Despair, any low-level area with monsters of lvl 56 or lower, if player's level is 52 or lower);

Punishment: Medium - ban ranging from 1 week to 1 month.

6.3. PK in other situations is allowed

6.4. KS is allowed

PK - Player Killing, killing other player's characters.

KS - Kill Stealing, stealing the drop, exp, sp from a monster someone else killed, when you are not in the same party.

7. Events

7.1. It is forbidden to enter an event zone (usually an arena) unless the event organizer invites you;

Punishment: ranging from kick to 1 week ban and possible restriction to ever participating at any other event.

7.2. Any unwanted intervention during an event is forbidden;

Punishment: ranging from kick to 1 week ban and possible restriction to ever participating at any other event

We (GMs and admins) reserve the right to bend these rules depending on the current situation. You are expected to show common sense above all - this is what all these rules are about. Abuse our system and you will find much harsher penalties than the ones seen here.

In case you are banned, you are allowed ONE mail in which you can explain your situation and/or excuse yourself. Contact a GM to find out which of the GMs has banned you, then mail the one that has banned you once (and only once) with your explanation or apology. If the ban was given out wrongly or unjustly, we will apologise and you will gain the benefits outlined in section 3. In case the ban was correctly given, there is a small chance your duration will be lowered (if it is your first mistake) and a very small chance your ban will be lifted, depending on the GM's decision. Sending more than one mail will result in an increase of your punishment, even if the ban was not correctly given.

We reserve the right to modify the rules without prior announcement. You must keep an eye to this section/thread so you can be updated of all the changes we make.