Server Rules.

Cheating & Exploits

1No cheating, exploits, or other tomfoolery. Admins are active and monitoring. It's just not worth it.
2Get caught cheating — one-and-done policy, no exceptions.
3The Refuge takes allegations of cheating seriously. The Admin Team investigates, discusses, and determines the outcome of every allegation. Sometimes that takes time — we work hard to remedy the situation as quickly as possible.
4If you suspect someone is cheating, submit a ticket to admin. Do NOT discuss it openly in Discord. Include any evidence in the ticket.
5Unsubstantiated allegations may be given the benefit of doubt at the Admin Team's discretion. However, the Admins are still watching — if someone is cheating, we will catch them.

1No base locations or advertising for messages about base locations. Keep it off the Discord.
2Please be respectful to others and use common sense. If it would get you banned on other DayZ community Discords, it will probably get you banned here.
3Good natured rivalry is fun and encouraged, but constant e-drama in the Discord is something we want to avoid.
4Do not discuss politics, religion, or other divisive social issues in public Discord chat.
5Any Discord chat or in-game racism, sexism, targeted harassment, hateful conduct, doxxing or attempted doxxing will not be tolerated.
6At the end of the day this is a game — enjoy it and be kind. You might just make a longtime friend in game. We strongly encourage talking first before shooting, but it is DayZ and shit happens.

1Build structures that make sense in a physics and realistic way. No floating structures.
2Fences and watch towers have to touch on all posts.
3If you find a structure you think may violate this rule, please let management know.
4Do not build bases in military or map-specific quest related areas.
5Only 5 ground vehicles locked behind walls per squad or player.
6Do not build inward-facing walls to lock someone in their base and troll them — just raid the base or move on.
7Legitimate takeover of bases (with rebuilt outward-facing gates and new locks) is allowed. This is a risk anyone takes who logs out inside their base.
8Use tools or weapons to destroy the posts on the soft side of the gate to escape, or F11. If a rule isn't clear, vanilla rules apply.

1Do not combat log. If you are in a combat situation with another player you must play it out.
2Any time you log out to avoid death from another player — whether they know for sure you are there or not — that is combat logging. It is not required that you be directly interacted with.
3Win the fight, successfully escape, negotiate, suicide, or hold out until a server restart. Players are not obligated to rejoin a server after a restart.
4If you escape a fight, be very sure that you've actually escaped. Generally, you need to have moved fairly far away and not have been detected or shot at for at least 10 minutes.
5Do not use server restarts for combat advantage, whether active combat or to ambush someone. You need to disengage until all parties have successfully rejoined the server and gotten their bearings. This can sometimes take 5 minutes or longer during high population hours.

1We do not allow alts — no combat alts, no offline storage alts, no base alts.
2Bans may be appealed. We recognize that new players may not be familiar with combat logging rules and we are generally lenient — we will unban once they've discussed it with us.

1Raiding is allowed at any time until further changes are made.
2Boosting over walls through the use of objects, other players, watchtowers, or vehicles is allowed. Note that walls can be built double height with our build anywhere settings to counter this.
3Boosting with garden plots or other glitches of game mechanics is not allowed.

1Clips or screenshots are required to resolve all issues and to receive compensation.
2You must open a ticket to report the issue and request compensation for lost or missing items.
3No proof = no compensation. Screenshots or video clips are mandatory.