Rules – Wasteland

The server rules of Wasteland, a DayZ PlayStation server on Nasdara.

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📜 WASTELAND PROTOCOL OFFICIAL RULES
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📘 DISCORD & REGISTRATION RULES
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➤ MANDATORY LINK: You have exactly 1 HOUR from your first spawn in-game to join this Discord, review the rules, and link your account. Failure to do so results in an automatic system ban.
➤ CHANNEL USE: Always use the designated channels for their intended purposes.
➤ STAFF RESPECT: Respect all staff members and follow administrative instructions immediately.
➤ CHAT DECORUM: Banter is fully allowed — targeted harassment, toxicity, racism, or real-life threats will result in an instant permanent ban.
➤ LANGUAGE: English only in all public text and voice channels.
➤ OPSEC: Do not post, reveal, or hint at base locations or stash coordinates in public Discord chats.
➤ IMPERSONATION: No impersonating staff members, active factions, or other players.

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🌍 GENERAL SERVER RULES (PvE / PvP)
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➤ ENVIRONMENT STYLE: This server is primarily PvE during the week with strict PvP Base Raiding enabled ONLY on weekends (Friday 6:00 PM PST – Sunday 6:00 PM PST). Outside of designated safe zones, open-world PvP/KOS is active.
➤ EXPLOITS: No cheating, duplicating items (duping), glitching, or abusing game engine exploits.
➤ COMBAT LOGGING: Logging out during an active engagement, firefight, or raid tracking sequence is strictly prohibited. 
➤ ALTS: Using alternate PlayStation accounts for ban evasion, base defense, or scouting is an immediate permanent ban for all linked accounts.
➤ FRESHIES: Geared players are strictly prohibited from hunting or camping fresh spawns along coastlines or designated spawn points.
➤ BUNKER LOGOUTS: Do not log out inside specialized bunkers, gas zones, or high-tier static mission areas.
➤ FACTION IDENTIFICATION: No wearing another faction's registered armbands to deliberately disguise yourself or frame them.
➤ LOOPHOLES: Intentional loophole abuse or "rules lawyering" to bypass the spirit of these guidelines is treated as a standard rule break.
➤ STAFF RIGHTS: Staff decisions are final. If you believe a decision was unjust, submit a formal appeal ticket.

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🛡️ MAP SAFE ZONE RULES (OKB-754 CRATER)
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➤ THE SANCTUARY: The OKB-754 Crater features a strict, permanent 500-meter Safe Zone radius. 
➤ NO KILLING: Any form of hostile action, killing, harming, robbing, or holding up players inside this perimeter equals an automatic permanent ban.
➤ SAFE ZONE BAITING: You cannot flee into the 500m crater perimeter during an active PvP firefight to escape death. If pursued, attackers may clip the engagement and request staff intervention.
➤ CAMPING: Camping the 500m border lines of the OKB-754 Crater to ambush players leaving the sanctuary is strictly prohibited.
➤ THEFT: Stealing from player vehicles, tents, or dropped gear within the 500m safe zone radius is a bannable offense.

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⚔️ RAIDING RULES (WEEKENDS ONLY)
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➤ TIMEFRAME: Base damage and wall destruction are mechanically toggled ON from Friday 6:00 PM PST until Sunday 6:00 PM PST. Offline raiding is fully permitted during this window.
➤ STRICT LIMITATION: Raiding is ONLY permitted if you use code raiding, vehicle boosting, or player stacking. No other physical entry or destruction methods are allowed.
➤ RAID CLIPS: Players are highly encouraged to record their raid sequences. Full, unaltered video clips may be formally requested by staff at any time to investigate rule violations.

🟢 ALLOWED METHODS:
• Code raiding (manually cycling and cracking combination locks).
• Vehicle boosting (parking a car/truck to climb over barriers into the base).
• Player boosting (stacking players physically to scale walls — maximum 2 players high).

🔴 STRICTLY PROHIBITED METHODS:
• Frame/Wall destruction (shooting walls or using tools/melee/explosives to break gates down is strictly prohibited).
• Glitch raiding (using emotes, swimming, or lag-switches to clip through collision boxes).
• Meshing or phasing through solid terrain, walls, or locked gates.
• Building structures (watchtowers, fences, stairs) inside or directly against an enemy base perimeter during an active raid.
• Completely blocking exits or entryways to trap defenders or lock down public structures.
• Placing your own code locks on enemy gates before the base is completely conquered/claimed.
• Logging out inside an enemy base structure during or immediately after a raid. You must exit the perimeter before disconnecting.

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🏗️ BUILDING & PERFORMANCE RULES
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➤ FACTION LIMITS: Maximum of 15 players per registered faction.
➤ GATE LIMITS: Maximum of 15 functional gates per individual base compound.
➤ MILITARY ZONE RESTRICTION: No building bases within 300 meters of any military checkpoint, base, barracks, or airfields. 
➤ SAFE ZONE RESTRICTION: No building bases within 500 meters of the OKB-754 Crater Safe Zone.
➤ FRAME RATE PROTECTION: To prevent server lag on PS4 hardware, factions are limited to a maximum of 4 active vehicles Excess hoarding will result in administrative action. 
➤ PROHIBITED AREAS: No blocking major asphalt highway routes or high-tier civilian medical structures.