ARK: Survival Evolved Server Rules | Vanilla ARK Cluster

[Gutty]

These rules apply to the GetSome Vanilla ARK Cluster

If you have any issues on a server or wish to file a complaint about something that happened, join our discord and post in the '#help' channel and call for a '@gameserver admin', alternatively, you can make a post in the ARK or bans and complaints forum.
Please be aware that posting in the forum will not get instantaneous action.

Our servers are located in New Zealand and are primarily intended for players in Australia and New Zealand. We're happy for people from further afield to come play, but please respect our rules and keep chat to mostly in English.

Current GetSome ARK Cluster Information
The Server Cluster is PvPvE. Player vs Player vs Environment.
The current cluster is vanilla with a slight boost.
Harvest, Taming and XP is set to 4X and breeding is slightly buffed as well.
ORP is active on every server in the cluster. There is a 30 minute vulnerability period after the last member of your tribe logs off the server. The ORP timer also begins if you transfer to another server within the cluster.
Because of the ORP timer, structure decay is enabled on the cluster. Players and tribes that haven't been on, lose their structures.
Server wipes only happen when DLC is released, unless Admins feel one needs to happen. This would then be discussed with the community.

MatingIntervalMultiplier=0.4
MatingSpeedMultiplier=1.0
EggHatchSpeedMultiplier=20.0
BabyMatureSpeedMultiplier=50.0
BabyFoodConsumptionSpeedMultiplier=1.5
LayEggIntervalMultiplier=1.0
BabyImprintingStatScaleMultiplier=1.5
BabyCuddleIntervalMultiplier=0.04
BabyCuddleLoseImprintQualitySpeedMultiplier=0.5

GENERAL GAMESERVER RULES
These rules apply to all GetSome game servers.
Admin Intervention
GetSome admins may intervene in any issue that arises, even if it is not explicitly covered below.

General Conduct
While using our servers, you are expected to follow the rules and regulations of the servers. Anything that you may be doing that is bought to the attention of an admin, may result in due action being taken.

Cheating / Exploiting
NO Cheating, by hacking or any other means, to enable abilities or cheats that are not accessible in the standard game. Exploiting a map in anyway is also not allowed.

Communications Spam
NO Microphone or chat spamming. Text spam is not acceptable, you only need to say it once.
There are many terms, spam, spamming, flooding, repeating. These all fall under this rule.

Racism & Language
Using racist, sexist or otherwise offensive comments or words in any context towards any person. This includes excessive profanity, and overuse of the word racist.

Disabilities, Gender abuse etc
Abusing other users & admins about their possible disability or their sexual gender is not excusable. Everyone lives a different life to you. DO NOT JUDGE!

Disrespect
Abusing or harassing players or administrators, this includes disagreement. Admins have a right to deal with the issue if it becomes a problem. If you have an issue, post on the group or website forums.

Admin Impersonation/Harassment
Impersonating any admin or implying that you can get people banned/kicked/etc without due cause. Harassing an admin is also prohibited. You can talk to and with them, but being annoying gets you nowhere, you may be kicked.

Server Advertising
NO external server advertising is allowed. This goes for all servers outside the GetSome organisation. Warnings may be given, but a kick/ban could come your way.

ARK RULES
These rules apply to all GetSome ARK servers.

Play Fair
Discussion in text chat should be kept to English only. All discussion is open world and can be responded to by anyone within the GetSome ARK Cluster of servers.
There is to be no player enforced rules, dictatorship, blackmail, scamming or general misconduct.
All general game server rules apply in ARK servers.

Your Game Name/Server Name
Your player name (nickname) should be readable and hopefully pronounceable. You are not allowed to fill it up with heaps of random icons, web links, gaps/spaces or rubbish either.
No face names of any kind can be used, this makes for harder trading and an annoyance for admins.
If you are also seen to have NO NAME(blank), Human, Survivor, ABC, 123, random characters or a face in your name, you may be asked to change it. Ignoring this will have you kicked or banned.

Tribe Owners
Tribe owners are responsible for all members of their tribe and their actions. Communication is key to a well managed tribe.
In the event on an inactive tribe owner - Tribe members (acting as a group) should notify the GetSome ARK admins along with a proposed new owner. Please note that no action will be taken until an investigation on the current owner's most recent activity.
If members leave a tribe to go out on their own, they must not request any equipment or dinos, and may not attack the tribe for 14 days.

Tribe Limits
Their is no enforced tribe limit setting, but we suggest keeping the tribe limit to 5.

Tribe Naming
Please be respectable when naming your tribe, don't use obscene language and do not have simple names, eg, 1234, abcd My Tribe, Ark Tribe, Human Tribe. Impersonating another tribe name is also not allowed.
There must not be any tribe renaming, attack another tribe, then rename again.
Your tribe is expected to keep the same name and same players, across the cluster.
Admin may rename players or tribes where required.

Tribe Flag
A tribe flag should be used to determine your main base and be erected in full sight of enemies.
Details on how to make a custom flag are in this link.

Tribe Teaming
No Tribe-Teaming, you are not allowed to team up to eliminate or defend other tribes, or do joint raiding or defending.

Tribe Insiding / Sabotage
If there are reports or evidence that a tribe member is classed as insiding their tribe, they may be permanently banned. An ARK Admin must be notified of any report, with evidence for action to be taken, hearsay is not evidence.
A tribe owner may also act on this themselves without admin intervention.
If the accused insider has been kicked from the tribe, it is up to them if they wish to give them any dinos or equipment that came from a merged tribe.

Resource Re-spawning
To allow for resource re-spawning, you are not allowed to build near any general or heavily resourced areas as this stops re-spawning of necessary items to get through the game. All players should be allowed to harvest resources.
If we find a building in any area that is deemed a resource area, expect it to be removed with no notice. Regardless of what’s inside.

Exploits
No exploiting the game or map in any way.
Exploitation of the Offline Raid Protection system is also not tolerated.
If you are found to be misusing or abusing the ORP system for your benefit (such as combat logging), then corrective action may be taken against your account. If you are under raid and must log off, discuss it with an admin as soon as possible.

Setting up an attack on an offline player that causes them to take damage as soon as they login is unacceptable and may result in your tribe being banned
 
Griefing / Harassing
Griefing and repetitive harassing is not tolerated.
Continuous Spawn / Base camping or singling out players that are not part of an active raid is prohibited.

Raiding
A raid is defined by: Soaking turrets, sniping or shooting at players and/or dinos at a tribes main base or outpost.
World PvP is activity that is in the open world, away from tribe bases or outpost. If a player flees back to their base, and you target them in or around their base, it is considered a raid.
Main Base is considered to be the one main location of your tribe over the entire cluster and be over 3x3. A tribe flag should be erected in full sight of enemies. An outpost can also be over 3x3 and may be on any other maps.
Anything 3x3 or under that has just beds, teleporters and basic storage, is not considered an outpost, and is not under raid protection. Random sleeping bags, taming pens, random foundation spam that is not located near an outpost or base, is also not under raid protection.

A Raid start time is initiated by destruction or death at an outpost or base. If it is noticed that your tribe is setting up a FOB and mentions it in chat, this time will also be the start time of a raid.
The raid ends by having no destruction or death in log files for 60 minutes from the last log entry.
Repetitive raiding is not tolerated. If you raid a tribe within 7 days, an investigation into accusations will occur and a ban may be given to your tribe.
The 7 day timer begins from the beginning of the raid, is based on real life time, not in-game time.
Maximum raid time is 2 in game days. If a raid begins on Day 285, 17:53, it must end by Day 287, 17:52. If this time is exceeded, the attacking tribe may be banned for a period of time.
If the raiding and defending tribe mutually agree in chat, by tribe owners, this time may be extended until a outcome is announced in chat.
Cooldown: Your tribe may only raid 2 tribes per 48 hours.
Structure wiping is also not advised, if you are raiding for location, you must notify an ARK Admin and let them know.

If you raid a tribe on one server, you cannot go into another server and raid them again. This also falls under repeat raiding.
Server updates, restarts, crashes or maintenance downtime, will alter the raid time. If there is any complaint, an admin may intervene.

Mutual Raiding / Declared War
Tribes that mutually agree to raiding each other or be raided without penalty.
All tribes must mutually agree to this before any raiding or war can begin. An admin will notify chat when a war or mutual raid has been declared.
If a tribe calls truce, they must declare this in chat and notify admins immediately. If a tribe has declared a truce, then the general raiding rules apply from that moment.

Tribe owners that wish to participate in this rule, must notify ARK Admins (Morgan or Gutty) with information below before initiating any raiding attempts. Only Tribe owners can initiate this.
If you wish your tribe to be available to be raided without penalty to the raiding tribe, you must also state the information required below.
Information required for mutual raiding or be raided without penalty:
Tribe Name, Tribe Owners in game name, Main Base Map, dates and timers of raid availability, targeted maps(if any) & target tribe names(if any).

FOB - Forward Operating Base
If you use a FOB as part of a raid, all structures must be removed when the raid has been concluded.

Caging / Trapping
Caging or Trapping other players is allowed for a maximum of 30 minutes. Must not happen for players below Level 20.
You are not to log out while you have someone caged. You may not trap / cage offline players. This includes caging around sleeping bags.
Caging is defined by restricting a player's movements or boxing them in.

Passive Farming Dinos
Targeting a tribes passive farming tames is not allowed. If they are out in the open in the middle of nowhere, just leave it be. However, if they are inside your base, and their is a base raid happening, they could get damaged or killed. It is your responsibility to guard your farming tames. Admins will not replace them. Examples of farming tames:  Doedi, Anky, Castoroides, Bees/Beehives, snails, Gacha, Angler, Ravager, Dung Beetle, Phiomia and Dodo.

Structures
You are not allowed to place random structures to stop others building nearby.
No under-meshing, all structures must be visible and be able to take damage. You may clip structures into walls or floors, but they MUST be visable.
There are to be NO building in any progression areas, obelisk terminal areas. Players must be able to get to all artifacts available in the game, on all maps in the server cluster.

Do your best not to build in any spawn locations, which will cause players to be trapped inside your base. While it is hard to judge where the spawn areas may be, we suggest you venture into the wilderness after building a basic survival hut.
If you have built a small survival hut at the beginning of your game, demolish it when you know you are leaving the area. This gives other players the ability to build in that area when they begin the game.

Abandoned Structures
Any abandoned structures found by admins, may be removed without notice. This also includes taming traps & foundation spam.
It is very common to have huts/small bases around spawn areas. These may be demolished where an admin sees fit.
Disclaimer
These rules apply to the GetSome ARK servers.
If you are found to be breaking any one of these rules, action may be taken. If for some reason you are breaking the rules, and nothing is done about, just be aware that admins may still be watching.
Servers may be rolled back where necessary.
If you are found to be ignoring rules and/or admins, you may be dealt with accordingly.
GetSome Gameserver admins reserve the right to place any length ban for a range of situations that may arise, that is not covered in this ruleset.

If players/users of GetSome servers undermine or question admin actions, don't be surprised if an admin kicks/bans you.
These rules may be adjusted where required.