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General RP Rules

  • Treat others with respect when you're not in roleplay. OOC issues should be dealt with by contacting an admin or through DM between the party. Please refrain from bringing OOC issues into IC. 
  • Try to stay in-character at all times. If you have to go make an excuse if you're in a roleplay situation to take a leave. 

  • For the sake of people who stream and might stream on this server please follow the Twitch rules of conduct, etc.

  • Don't play music into the mic unless it's accepted by all parties within the zone the music is being played in. 

  • Glitching/hacking/stuff along those lines are not allowed. Exploiting the game just makes things less fun, ya?

  • If you're playing a character under the  age of 18 please label it appropriately by putting [C] around it. Doesn't matter what symbols you use to enclose the C. 

  • No racism! Racism is allowed if it's just IC in things like humans disliking orcs, goblins, kitsunes, etc. 

  • You are allowed to build in front of caves so long as there's a way to get inside of the cave. Leave doors open or something.

  • Radios are not to have emotes within them unless it's something small or to describe background sound like harsh blowing winds or the sound of crackling. Don't put a full-out sentence about how to just twiddled your fingers.. we wouldn't know you're doing that over a radio but we can hear winds howling.

  •  If someone has an unconscious DO NOT attack, add or remove food, or do anything towards the animal unless given permission by the person watching it. This will result in punishment if reported.

  • Harassment is not permitted IC or OOC. If a user feels harassed and reports it then we will bring it up with you and ask you to stop. This could mean following them to force RP.

 

Meta-Gaming

Meta-Gaming is when you bring an OOC thing IC. We get new roleplayers are prone to this, but, you shouldn't have to break the rule.

  • No using information you got from people through discord, steam, or any third party to your advantage in RP.

  • If you're looking straight at someone that you don't know in an RP then you ask them for their name rather than step close to them to get their name.

  • Stream sniping is a no-no. It means going into someone's stream and using information from it for your gain.

 

PvP, War & Raiding

  •  You must rp to the pvp/raid , during the pvp/raid, and afterwards.

  • Trying to escape pvp/raiding by logging out is unacceptable.​

  • Flyer pvp is not allowed. We allow flyers for resourceful and hunting purposes. They are not allowed to be used against others.

  •  Make everything seem real. If you were knocked out you wouldn't still talk and scream. If you are kidnapped and handcuffed would you threaten your takers? Or would you act scared of what's going to happen? If someone plans to kill you are you going to just accept death?? Is your character suicidal? Hope not, you should cry and beg for your life. 

  • Passive dinos should be kept within a passive pen. They are not allowed to be attacked within a war.

  • In any pvp situation you must discuss everything in-game. Not discussing everything OOC like in discord, teamspeak, curse, skype, etc.

  •  If you die in a pvp situation you must wait before coming back in. If you just got your arm chopped off would you continue to fight and end up killing yourself in the process because you were too thick-headed to go get help to stop the bleeding?

  • Kidnapping must be properly initiated and any captured party must have adequate RP for the duration of the encounter (Do not leave prisoners unattended for long periods of times). In addition you may only have someone restrained for a maximum of three hours.You must act how you would act in real life if you were kidnapped.If you are the kidnapper then you must have a rp reason to kidnap someone.You may only keep a person kidnapped for a max of three hours.Also you must have a admin present during a kidnap.

  •  Only destroy and take what is necessary during a raid. 

  • You must have a rp reason to raid someone.

  • You must leave a note or a animal after a raid to help the person who you raided out on finding who raided them. 

  • If you are caught during a raid by the people you are raiding, you no longer have to leave a note or animal for the people you raided.

  • Do not purposefully kill sleeping players, it is possible but try not to. Always keep a admin with you at a raid to watch what happens.

  • An admin should be there watching the raid or provide video proof of everything that happened. Find one in-game if you will and have them come with you.

  • Now with war, you must make a announcement about it 48  hours before the actual war occurs.

  • You must inform the admins and have a admin watch the war as it occurs.

  • You must do a agreement in a admin made discord channel in character 24 hours before a war happens.

  • You must rp the whole war out, no, oh I want to be a ass today and destroy someones base and kill everything they have for no reason.

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Building

  • Turrets must be set to low! If it has a warning function then add it. We can't have random people just getting shot. It's preferred you leave the turrets on wild-only but it's understandable if you have it set to people so long as it's on low.

  • Spamming of foundations or pillars is strictly prohibited 48 hours after the start of a new season. The codeword for the server application is Tusoteuthis. If we catch someone with a foundation or pillar somewhere without something there to signal you live there then we will destroy it.

  • Clean up any mess you make if you move or reroll. This includes every pillar, foundation, mods, etc.

  • As said before do not block caves without a way to get in. If there is no way to get in you will be provided with a 24hr warning before it is removed.

  • This is ESPECIALLY followed through for caves with artifacts and resource.

  • If you find an NPC somewhere don't block it or build around it. Keep it free for people to run into & chat with.

  • If you're a solo player you are NOT allowed to build a huge castle.

  • If you have 3+ members you are permitted to make something 30x30 as long as it isn't a literal box. Be creative.

  • That being said, DON'T BUILD A DAM BOX BASE, BE CREATIVE!!

  • If you have anywhere from 3-10+ members in your tribe and you want to build bigger then contact Temperance or Satan through the discord.

  • If you're a solo please have only one advanced Galleon. KEEP IN MIND SHIPS COUNT TOWARDS ANIMALS. 

 

Community Towns 

  • Within a community town dino combat is NOT ALLOWED unless there is an arena area for an event that one of the townfolk has set up.

  • Refrain from damaging structures and destroying them. If something has demolish enabled then let us know and we will fix it.

  • Luring aggressive animals towards the towns is bannable. 

  • Before you start a town let the admin team know about it!

 

Dino Limit of 150 per tribe

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Server Mods

Eco Tek Decor

Eco Shoppe Decor

Eco's Stable Structures and Decor

Eco's Garden Decor

Teleport Pad

Structures Plus

Ecos RP Decor

Unlock haircuts and Emotes

Vanilla armor skins

Advanced Rafts

Castle,Keeps,and Forts Medieval architecture

Customizable INI race potion mod

Medieval Props and Tavern

Cute Hairs

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Zaratan is an ARK roleplay server created by people in the hopes of having a server that was welcoming towards anyone of any experience, age, form, etc. We're looking to make a warm community in which everyone can enjoy not just RP but can also enjoy all the OOC joys others have to bring.

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Server Stats

Disabled Gigas,Wyverns,Titanos,Pegos,Eels,Leed   

                           Flyers  Enabled                         

    Gather 4x, Tame 4x, XP 4x, Egg Hatch 4x      

                           No global chat                          

                  No Download or Upload                   

                          No perma disease                       

                       Show player location                    

                         No metal buildings                      

                      Max animal spawns at 150             ,

                         Player level 95                            

                          Active Admins                              

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