Welcome to Astral ARK

We do not tolerate racism, abuse, discrimination or any form of hate.

All members of our community should be treating each other and the staff with respect, no matter what happens on the servers. Remember it’s only a game, everyone wants to have fun when playing, so don’t take frustrations out on others.

All information received will be weighed up equally when making decisions about player actions and behaviour so long as it concerns our community. Players interacting with the community and its members should behave in a respectful manner, no matter where they do it.

Do not build in unintended areas such as, but not limited to, within the mesh. If an area looks like it is not meant to be built in, ask the moderation team first before setting up your base.

PVE:

Players shouldn’t use game mechanics to purposefully antagonise others. This includes kiting wild dinos to bases and tames in progress or stealing from other tribes, for example loot from drops and OSDs.

PVP:

Players shouldn’t build a base whose ORP would overlap with another tribe’s structures or could be used to provide unintended protection during a raid.

ORPs should not be placed on traps, outposts or other secondary structures or builds used for attacking another tribe.

Players should choose unique names for their characters and tribes and not impersonate others. “123”, generic names and names containing unreadable characters such as ☐ are not allowed, as well as changing tribe name to conceal your identity.

Tribes should have the same members and name across all maps to be easily identifiable by the rest of the community. Players are responsible for who they invite in their tribe and alliances. Make sure you fully trust someone before giving them access to something you do not want to lose.

Alt accounts are not allowed, even within the same game mode.

This includes anywhere in artifact caves, obelisks, terminals, mission dispatchers, wild creatures nests areas, surface entrances on Aberration, access routes to the underworld on The Center and underground entrances on Valguero among others.

If a no-build zone has been placed down, do not try to find a way around it as your structures will be removed without warning.

PVE:

Do not build in artifact and resource-rich caves and areas, block pathways or prevent access to loot crates, explorer notes and glitches.

Oil nodes and gas veins should stay unlocked. Charge nodes should be freely accessible.

If you built your base on a spawn point, you should leave a way out so players don’t get stuck when spawning.

Build locations include anything that is placed in the world, such as bases, outposts, taming traps or spikes etc.

Players shouldn’t spam areas on a map for the sole purpose of claiming land and preventing others to build. Spam isn’t allowed as a build location.

Make sure to stay within the limits at all times, as we might remove extra build locations without warning.

PVE:

Each tribe can build 1 main base per map and 1 secondary building, no bigger than 10×10. In addition, 1 ocean platform, regardless of type, can be placed by each tribe per map.

PVP:

Each tribe can claim 2 build locations per map, including 5 enclosed areas maximum across all maps. In addition, 1 ocean platform, regardless of type, can be placed by each tribe per map.

Defensive structures and spam (turret towers, foundations etc.) should not extend further than 30 foundations away from a base perimeter.

A base perimeter is defined by the outer most wall or gate within the confines of the enclosed area for indoor bases, or the outer perimeter wall for outdoor bases. This perimeter should not be increased beyond what you reasonably need, it should also not be artificially extended to increase the spam radius.

Enclosed areas include but are not limited to caves, ratholes and other enclosed spaces.

PVE and PVP players are free to interact, communicate and trade with one another but should not involve themselves in each other’s cluster issues.

For example, PVE players shouldn’t purposefully be supplying dinos, weapons and ammo to a PVP tribe to fund a war.

Every trade between players from different game modes must in all circumstances be done through the Auction House. Two players from the same game mode may still trade in person.

Those rules apply for both PVP and PVE during tribe wars.

As each raid is different, admins and moderators will use their discretion to monitor things and ensure PVP is fair on both sides. Players should follow the rules specified below as well as any guidelines the moderation team will give out for a raid.

FOBs:
◦ A FOB shouldn’t exceed 4x4x4 in size.
◦ ORP shouldn’t be placed on a FOB.
◦ Only one FOB is allowed per base attacked, this includes the attacking tribe and their allies.
◦ If the defending tribe has built in a cave or an enclosed area, the FOB shouldn’t be placed within turret range of the entrance.
◦ Spam and any other structures placed during a raid by either the attacking or defending tribe should be removed as soon as the raid is over.

Platform saddles:
◦ Platform saddles should not be used to clip through structures, for example by building a tunnel.
◦ They should not be used to provide full protection to a dino or to prevent it from being targeted during a raid, for example by boxing it.

Rafts:
◦ Rafts should not be used to clip through structures, for example by building a tunnel.

Prisoners:
◦ Players can be kept prisoners for the duration of a raid but should be released as soon as the raid is over.