WE HAVE MOVED

NEW SERVER DETAILS INSIDE

- Don’t prevent others from building with spammable objects.**

If you try to troll someone by building a bunch of foundations or pillars to prevent another player from building in an area they’ve already claimed, you’ll be nuked as a warning and then banned. In the situation where you build by someone else accidentally, the person who arrived first has the right to build there and you will be given time to demolish and move. Failure to do so equals nuking. There will be no problem with close proximity bases until it’s reported to an admin, which will then set the distance precedent for the server. If there’s drama between allies, it’ll be handled during the purge.

- Don’t block people into a certain area.

Build your bases for yourself, and pens for your dino’s. Don’t waste your time, or the time of the other party by trying to lock them in or out of their base with structures or tamed dino’s. We’ll nuke your lizards if it’s reported and proven. Be warned.


- Major resource areas and caves are not to be blocked.

We’re waiting until the end of it to do a level evaluation to see if there’s a fair enough majority to destroy a metal behemoth within reason. Build in the caves, but don’t block the entrances. Section off where you want to build, then expand. Don’t block the only 2 ways in and consider it yours. Thanks!

- Do not hack or abuse well known exploits.

Anything that’s considered a major issue reported on as an exploit on the official ARK forums, or is an exploit by common knowledge, will not be tolerated on PvP or PvE times. If there is only one rule, don’t screw around by hacking or exploiting. Purge day is to raise hell and fight to the death, so if that requires you using an exploit. Leave. Same rules: Nuke 1st, Ban 2nd.


**Server Settings for Launch **

**3x Taming**
So this was the tougher one to gauge. 3x taming will drastically lower many different dino tames, while still providing a bit of time to the overall process. The reason it’s not higher is because this seems to be a good initial test point, which we can evaluate purge by purge. It’s for dino’s, the most emotionally invested parts of the game.

**3x Gathering**
I played around with this one a bit. A few people called for high as all balls rates, a few others wanted something closer to vanilla. This isn’t fully appealing to the high rates people, but I’ll tell you what it does. It encourages you to get the resources around you while you can.

**3x EXP**
If you’re looking for vanilla, you’re not going to find it. Other vanilla servers try to control players with rules, to provide a long lasting experience. It’s more so a gimmick for that, than it is this. We’re trying to make this fun so you can move forward with the time you put in between purges, and better satiate your lust for blood. The blood gods wish for this. So 3x EXP is where we start. It’s not a huge bump, but some people see 3x and think it’s horrible. I’m not spending 5 hours to get a bow and arrow. Plain and simple. This stat is also non-sensitive to future increase at server request.

**Sub-Settings / Style of Life**

- Night / Day
Longer days, shorter nights.

- Hunger / Thirst
Not getting rid of it altogether. Most people agreed to simple have it lowered. So 0.8 for people is our starting point. IF you feel as though it should stay, let me know. It’s very open to discussion.