📜 Stew’s Realm – Server Rules

🔹 Please read carefully. These rules exist to create a fair, enjoyable, and immersive experience for everyone.

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1. 🚫 No Racism or Hate Speech

🔹 Any use of racist, homophobic, transphobic, or otherwise hateful language is strictly forbidden.🔨 Zero tolerance. Immediate action will be taken.

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2. 🤬 No Harassment or Toxic Behavior

🔹 Do not harass, stalk, or threaten others.Respect all players — in-game and in Discord.

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3. 🏚️ No Griefing

🔹 Griefing includes (but is not limited to):

🔹 Blocking TC access

🔹 Trapping players with deployables

🔹 Destroying for no purpose

🔹 Sealing bases with no intent to occupy, those being raided must always have loot accessible

🔹 Do not use the attack heli to destroy other players’ bases and abuse raid mechanics. Anyone found doing this will be punished. Punishment includes temp and/or perm ban.

✔️ Raiding is allowed, but bases must remain playable.
💬 Take what you need and move on.

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4. ⚔️ War Rules

🔹 PvP and Raiding begin 24 hours after a war is officially declared — no early engagements allowed.

🔹 Wars must be declared in the War-Declaration channel and approved by an admin.

🔹 Once an admin replies “Approved” in the thread, the 24-hour countdown begins.

🔹 Anyone who raids or engages in PvP before the timer ends will be punished.

🔹 No foundation wiping or griefing. Bases must remain playable after the war.

🔹 If you place doors or deployables in a raided base, you must remove them after the raid.

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🔹 You cannot dissolve and remake factions to avoid war or start war.

🔹 A faction that’s been declared on cannot be declared on again until after a 24 hour period once the war has ended.

🔹 Those not involved in the war who enter warring tiles may not initiate combat and are subject to KoS.
🔹 Allies must be declared in war declaration before war begins, those not involved in war must stay out of the fight.
🔹 War ends and all PvP halts when either peace is agreed upon by both parties or a headquarters tc is destroyed.

5. 🔫 No Kill on Sight (KoS)

🔹 This is not a KoS server. PvP must be justified through:

🔹 Faction war

🔹 Land disputes

🔹 Sufficient roleplay

⚠️ No lazy RP excuses — make smart choices.
💥 Victims of robbery may retaliate immediately once declared.
🎥 Video proof required for serious reports.

✅ KoS is allowed in these zones:

🔹 📍 Monuments

🔹 ⚔️ Badlands

🔹 🚢 Cargo Ship

🔹 Cargo ship occupiers may shoot at any boat heading towards it. Boat to boat combat is permitted if both boats are within 1 tile distance of cargo ship. People on shore cannot attack individuals on the Cargo Ship.

🔹 ☠️ The Great Unknown (displayed in the top left of your screen)

📢 These zones are clearly marked in chat when entering/exiting.

🗺️ Extended PvP Rule:
PvP starting in a PvP zone may extend up to 2 grids beyond the boundary.

🛡️ If killed and suspect rulebreaking:

🔹 Check map — were you within 2 grids of PvP zone?

🔹 If not, open a ticket with:

🔹 – Screenshot of your death marker

🔹 – Name of killer

🔹 – 🎥 Video evidence is required (combat logs help, but not enough alone)

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6. 🛑 No Cheating or Exploiting

🔹 Use of third-party tools, scripts, or exploits = permanent ban.

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7. 🚧 Building Restrictions

🔹 Trap bases may only be built in the wilderness and badlands.Trap bases may not be built in claimed lands.Any trap bases built in claimed lands will be removed without notice and without refund.

🔹For non peaceful turrets and traps. SIGNS must be PROPERLY spaced and CLEARLY posted outside of danger zone and must remain in HQ tile. Sam turrets must remain peaceful. If at war all of the above is void.

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8. 👮 Respect Staff & Admins

🔹 Staff only step in when rules are broken.Please do not @ staff members or the owner in channels. If you have issues in-game, make a ticket.Use appropriate channels for reports and appeals.🗯️ Arguing in public may result in penalties.

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✅ Thank you for helping make Stew’s Realm a strong and respectful community. Let’s keep it that way.