Punishment Guide

This post will detail the appropriate punishment for a breach of our server rules and Wildcard's Code of Conduct. Please understand that we cannot account for every scenario. This system was created to guide consistency in enforcing rules and provide transparency moving forward. Please note that this will not always reflect the punishments issued 100% of the time, as each report is handled on a case-by-case basis and are subject to counterclaims. Punishments may be stacked for previous offences, prior warnings and tenure of playtime on AWF.

Any repeat offenders may face further punishment than listed below.

Minor

• Non-English chat: First offence warning - repeat offence 1-hour ban
• Having undamageable structures in the mesh: Admin destroys meshed structures & warning for the first offence - any future meshed structures will result in a 12hr ban per meshed structure for the Tribe Leader (ie. 2 meshed structures = 24hr ban) OR Tier 4 rate reduction for 1 day per meshed structure.
• Blackmailing and/or forcing dictatorship: 1-day ban
• Disrespect to ArkWarfare staff: Warning if reasonable - continued abuse (or if highly offensive at any stage) will result in a mute and/or ban, depending on the severity. Refer to Rep to remediate.
• Building in prohibited areas as outlined in Rule 2.3: Warning - admin destroys all structures. Repeated offence 1-day ban.
• Non-legitimate character or tribe name: Warning - an admin will change the name. Repeated offence 1-day ban.
• Aggressive dinos left in theopen-world: Warning - an admin will destroy the dinos. Repeated offence 1-day ban OR 1-day Tier 3 Rate Reduction.
• Turrets/fob left in open-world: Repeat offences will result in a 1-day ban (or Tier 3 Rate Reduction) for the player/s. If a fob has not been cleared, the contents can be given to the victim tribe.
• Engaging in PVP whilst having a protection shield: Removal of the shield - repeated offence 12hr ban.
• Engaging in PVP with a tribe at their base location while they have a shield: First offence warning - repeated offence 2-day ban.
• Counter Raiding (first instance): Warning to 24-hour ban for all players found guilty depending on the level of interference.
• Offline caging / Open world PVP caging (greater than 1 hour): ban length equivalent to play time restricted for caged player (ie. 6hr caged = 6hr ban)
• Placing structure over player/dino to trap inside: Tier 3 Rate Reduction for 24-hours. Repeat offences 1-day ban.
• Illegal Spam (extending outside 20 foundations from 20 turret tower): Tier 4 rate reduction for 24hrs - tribe to fix spam within 24hrs. If not resolved, admin removes spam and 1week rate reduction.

Standard

• Continued abuse to staff: 2-day mute in the 2nd instance, 7-day mute for repeated occurrences. Refer to Rep to remediate.
• Not removing fob and/or spam outside render distance from base after raid: 1-day ban for all tribe members involved (or 1 day Tier 4 Rate Reduction)
• Multiple mesh hitting / biting attempts: 24-hour ban
• Scamming a trade: 24-72hour ban (can be unbanned by fulfilling trade)
• Abuse of no-collision building: 1-day ban
• Caging offline players or online players longer than permitted: 1-day ban + time caged (or 1 day Tier 4 rate reduction)
• Stacking dinos within one another in a small radius: all stacked dinos wiped & 2-day ban
• Excessive raiding of the same tribe: 7 day peace given to defending tribe. Repeat offence, 2-day ban for tribe members involved depending on damages.
• Spawn blocking/camping: 1-day ban (or 2-days Tier 3 Rate Reduction)
• Racial Word Used (not against someone): 24 to 48-hour ban (discord 3-7 day mute) depending on severity.
• Counter Raiding (2+ instance): 24-48 hour ban for all players found guilty depending on the level of interference (or Tier 4 Rate Reduction).
• Breach of raid cooldowns - raiding the same tribe multiple times: Tier 4 rate reduction 24 hours if low impact, 2 day ban for high impact (ie. wiped them).
• Breach of raid cooldowns - raiding multiple tribes: Tier 4 rate reduction 24 hours if low impact, 2 day ban for high impact (ie. wiped them).

Major 

• Rotating tribe members: 5-day ban for Tribe Leader & 5-day Tier4 Rate Reduction for all tribe members
• Account sharing or alt accounts: 5-day ban for all accounts involved - perm ban for the alt account.
• Teaming: 5-30 days for players involved depending on the extent of teaming.
• Falsifying information for investigations/shields: 7-day ban for the player/s found guilty
• Turrets/fob preventing the tribe from leaving base (after 6hr downtime): 1-day ban per hour that the tribe was prevented from playing the game (max 7-day) (or Tier 4 Rate Reduction)
• Raiding a tribe that has a protection shield: 7-day ban for all players involved (or Tier 4 Rate Reduction).

Severe

• Abusing non-intended gameplay mechanics:
  • Abusing a non-intended gameplay mechanic and failure to report to admins (low impact) = 4d ban for tribe,
  • Abusing a non-intended gameplay mechanic and failure to report to admins (unfair advantage gained) = 7d ban for tribe,
  • Abusing a non-intended gameplay mechanic and failure to report to admins (tribe wiped in process) = 30d ban & base/belongings given to tribe impacted,
  • In the event a tribe abuses a mechanic, but does report it to admins = warning, rate reduction or ban dependent on impact of abuse
    
• 3+ instances of abuse to staff: Refer to Rep to review and consider remediation or perm ban.
• Racial attacks against another person: 3-week ban (discord 3-week mute). 2nd instance 30-day ban/mute. 3rd instance refer for perm ban.
• Teaming (Pattern/Repeat): 30-day to permanent ban for player/s found guilty
  
• Excessive use of language which is unlawful, harmful, threatening, abusive, harassing, defamatory, vulgar, obscene, hateful, sexually explicit, or racially, ethnically or otherwise offensive: up to permanent ban
• Create toxicity, and ruin the game for other players in the community: this can include a range of different things including but not limited to; Spawn camping, established players bullying new players... etc. 30-day ban for player/s found guilty.
• Building enclosed tunnels into enemy structures bypassing defences: 30-day ban for player/s found guilty and guilty tribes belongings will be given to the victim tribe as compensation if the base was wiped
• Using Platform Saddle structures to poke through the terrain to LOS turrets: up to 30-day ban for player/s found guilty
• Completely boxing in a platform saddle dino, preventing it from taking any damage: 30-day ban for the player/s found guilty, and guilty tribes belongings will be given to the victim tribe as compensation if the base was wiped
• Insiding: 30-day ban for the player/s found guilty
• Large scale popcorning, this defines to demolishing/despawning your base when facing imminent wipe from another tribe essentially preventing them of any deserved loot: 30-day ban to the player/s found guilty
• Duping: Permanent ban for player/s found guilty and Tribe Wipe
• Use of 3rd party cheat software: Permanent ban
• Mesh raiding: Permanent ban for player/s found guilty and tribe given to the tribe you raided.
• Mesh soaking: if the base is wiped as a result, your tribe's belongings/bases will be given to the defending tribe.
• Real money trading for in-game items: Permanent ban for player/s found guilty and Tribe Wipe
• Revealing player personal information / doxxing: 14-day mute to Permanent ban assessed case by case.
• Building in unintended game-zones (under the mesh or above the map): Permanent ban for the whole tribe and Tribe Wipe
• Intentionally crashing/lagging players or servers (through DDoS or otherwise): Permanent ban for the player/s found guilty
• Building bases together to provide mutual defences: 30-day ban and Tribe Wipe for all tribes involved
• Harass, Stalk, Threaten: Permanent ban for the player/s found guilty
• Promoting other Unofficial Ark Servers: Permanent ban for the player/s found guilty
• Falsifying information to get another player banned: 30-day ban for the player/s found guilty