Server Rules

1) General Rules

• Racism, sexism, extreme harassment, and targeted abuse are permanent ban offenses.
• Cheating software and exploits are permanent ban offenses, no appeal.
• Be respectful. Do not be toxic toward players or staff.
• Griefing and impersonating staff/admin/VIP are not tolerated.
• These rules apply everywhere on RustLords — in-game, on the website, and in Discord.

2) Facepunch Compliance

• Cheating, griefing, and hacking are prohibited under Facepunch Terms of Service.

Open Facepunch Terms

3) Signs

• No NSFW, pornographic, gore, or extreme shock imagery on signs, paintings, or banners.
• No hate speech, racism, sexism, or targeted harassment on signs.
• No advertising other Rust servers, Discord communities, or competing products without staff approval.
• Do not spam signs around monuments, roads, or other players' bases.
• Staff may remove or demolish offending signs without warning. Repeat abuse can lead to bans.

4) Forum & Direct Messages

• The same conduct rules that apply in-game apply on the website forum and in the direct-message widget — no harassment, hate speech, NSFW content, or targeted abuse.
• Do not use the forum or DMs to advertise other Rust servers, Discord communities, or competing products without staff approval.
• Staff can view, moderate, and remove forum posts or threads that break these rules. Direct messages are private between participants; staff only review a message's surrounding context when it has been reported.
• Report a harassing or abusive message or post using its flag/report button. This sends the reason (and, for messages, the surrounding conversation) to a staff review queue.
• False or bad-faith reports may themselves result in action against the reporter.

5) PvE Protection System

• PvE protection is enabled by default every time you join or rejoin.
• With /pve on, you and your base are protected from strangers.
• Protection does not apply between teammates.
• Using /pve off is at your own risk. No loss refunds while it is off.
• Enable protection before logging off. Avoid logging out in safe zones.
• Server-wide purge starts 23 hours before wipe, and PvE protection is disabled.

6) Duel & War Group System

• Use /duel <name> to invite another player.
• When accepted, both players can damage and loot each other.
• No third party may interfere during an active duel.
• To end a duel, either player uses /pve on.
• War groups are a bigger version of the same idea: /war create starts a war group, and anyone can /war join <name> it. Everyone inside the same war group can freely fight, loot, and raid each other — outsiders stay fully protected either way, in both directions.
• Use /war leave to exit a war group, and /war to list its current members.
• You cannot use /pve on while in a war group — leave it first with /war leave.

7) Deep Sea PvP (Full Vanilla)

• Deep sea is full vanilla PvP and raiding area.
• This is an admin zero-interference zone. No recovery support is provided.
• Admins in deep sea are regular players and valid PvP targets.
• PvE protection is disabled automatically in this zone.

8) Staff, Admin and Entity Removal

• Entity demolition requests must use a website support ticket (or Discord ticket if you prefer).
• Only tag admins for urgent issues: bugs, server issues, cheaters, griefing, toxicity.
• Do not ask admins for items or loot in chat.
• Do not DM staff for support. Use support tickets.
• Staff/admin/VIP impersonation is permanent ban without appeal.
• Ban appeals and VPN whitelist requests must be made via support tickets.

9) Mandatory Calls and Priority

• Call major monuments, public/personal airdrops, and admin raid base activity.
• First player on-site has priority for puzzles and hacking crates.
• For Bradley/Heli, first tag owns the fight and must call it in chat.
• No instant boss respawn spam. Respect turn-taking if others are waiting.
• If owner dies, ownership remains while they respawn unless they ask for help.
• Airdrops in non-TC authorized zones may become unlootable.
• Excavator limit is 45 minutes or 20 diesel per run.

10) Base Security and Griefing

• Per base limit: 4 windmills and 2 searchlights per person or team.
• Do not block rivers. Keep a 2-foundation-wide and 1-wall-high passage above water.
• No raiding/stealing from other players, sleepers, or active bases.
• Looting is allowed only from broken boxes (gray bags) in decayed bases.
• Shotgun traps and flame turrets must be inside base footprint.
• External auto turrets must be on peacekeeper mode.

11) Admin Raid Bases

• No reservations for tomorrow. If not active now, it is open to others.
• After tagging a raid base, you must commit and break at least one wall/door.
• Use /raidclaim yes to confirm raid claim (first hit deals zero damage).
• Claim duration is 24 hours maximum.
• Do not start raids you are not prepared to finish.

12) Referral Program (website promotions)

• Invite links are personal. Your friend must open your link and sign in with Steam on the website to be linked to you.
• Milestone rewards use server playtime tracked after a valid link.
• Only playtime after your friend signs in through your invite link counts toward milestones. Friends who already had substantial server playtime before linking (beyond a short grace window) cannot earn referral rewards.
• Full promotion tiers and progress: Promotions page.

13) Essential Commands

14) Vanilla PvP — Team Size & Conduct

• Full vanilla PvP: no PvE protection, raiding and base decay work as in vanilla Rust.
• Max team size is 2 (Duo) — Solo or Duo only. No allying past 2 players.