ASE: PvE Server Rules.
All rules found here will pertain to all of our current and future ARK Servers. Please read and familiarize yourself with them. UPDATED 5/1/2025
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All rules found here will pertain to all of our current and future ARK Servers. Please read and familiarize yourself with them. UPDATED 5/1/2025
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❝Your presence in this server implies accepting these rules, including all further changes. We reserve the right to modify these rules in any way we deem necessary and at any moment, at our own discretion, it is your responsibility to check for them.❞
These rules are not comprehensive and use of loopholes to violate the spirit of these rules is subject to enforcement. Failure to follow these rules will result in being removed from the community! Furthermore, If someone is a participant of our Discord, and/or a Player on our Servers, A ban on Discord may also be pursued on the Server Cluster. Please follow all of the RULES found here!
We are unable to provide any refunds to persons or clans for loss of items, resources, in-game properties and so on, regardless of the reason. The Pack Gaming is not responsible for replacing items or Dinos due to ASE Glitches, Steam Cloud Errors, or Corrupted Players Clients.
Please read through and consider the spirit of the rules, not just the specific wording. And make sure your clanmates are also aware of them as their actions can affect you. Any infraction by a player will most likely have repercussions for the entire clan. Other than this official post of rules, we do not issue warnings ahead of Admin intervention.
You and your Tribe/Clan get a warning. Such as a sign in your base or a message to talk with an admin.
You and your Tribe/Clan get a second warning. Same as above but Tames are confiscated, or buildings removed. Written note added to the Admins Log recording your player name and Tribe.
You and your Tribe/Clan get a third warning. As verified by our Admins Log. We are done, and you are Perm Banned.
Hacking, or using Exploits and other situations deemed as extreme will be met with a permanent ban on the first offense. Included in this category are: Real-Money Trading (RMT), use of third-party programs that inject code and modify aspects of the game to provide unfair advantage against other players. And abuses of game mechanics to obtain an unfair advantage over other players including creating a detrimental play experience through reduced server or game performance.
We allow coarse humor, rough language, and or content. If this is not for you, Thank you for your interest, but we may not be the BEST FIT for you. There are some offensive and defamatory chat and user-created content DEEMED NOT PERMITTED. Personal threats, doxing, stalking. This rule also extends to character names, guild names, in-game signs, any other type of communication in Server. Our admin team considers all the above action types of harassment . If reported to admins, you will receive up to a 5 day Temp - ban . Continued Harassment of this type will lead to a Perma-Ban.
DO NOT destroy/claim/or remove parts of bases, NAMED any of the following variations:
<name> (ADMIN); <name> (OWNER); <name> {Owner/Admin}; "The PACK"**Admin {Community Buildings} . You will be banned!
The PACK uses extended rates (12 RL Days for Dinos), all structures and tamed dinosaurs WILL auto-decay. This means that if nobody in your tribe logs into the game every 7-10 days, your structures and dinosaurs may disappear. In general, higher-tier structures will last longer than lower-tier structures.
It is the responsibility of the Player to make sure they refresh all timers on the servers they play on. You must RENDER the items to actually prevent the decay of the item this can take up to 15 min. interval in your base moving about to properly render in all sections of the build in your players render radius. To show your own auto-decay timer. Face the structure and press the H button to see the auto-decay timer. This represents the next time you or someone in your tribe must log in, or the structure will be destroyed.
Any tribe that is fully inactive (24 days of no log ins) will be dino/structure wiped by admins. Please advise the admin team of prolonged (over 12 days) absences if you are not abandoning your base.
DINO's are CLAIMABLE in 12 Days.
S+ Greenhouse building pieces timeout in 15 days, auto decays in 23
S+ WOOD items (boxes, Storage cabinets, Smithy, Stone forge) timeout in 16 days, auto decays in 35 days.
S+ Thatch building pieces timeout in 4 days, auto decays in 6.
S+ Metal building pieces timeout in 16 days, auto decays in 24.
S+ METAL items (boxes, vaults, Fab, chem bench) timeout in 32 days, auto decays in 48 days.
S+ Adobe building pieces timeout in 8 days, auto decays in 12.
S+ Tek building pieces timeout in 20 days, auto decays in 30.
S+ TEK items (any tek machinery) timeout in 60 days, auto decays in 75 days.
S+ Wood building pieces timeout in 8 days, auto decays in 12.
S+ TEK items not on a built surface, timeout in 75 days
S+ Stone building pieces timeout in 12 days, auto decays in 18.
Isolated (non-connected) foundations or pillars less than 24 hours. Dinosaur in a trap/cryopod: is as long as the lifetime of the container it's stored in. Vaults and Tek Dedicated Storage will last longer than the foundation they sit on. The decay timer for a vault will reset whenever it falls. All other structures will be destroyed when the foundation they sit on is destroyed.
Tribal Cap limit = 500 Un-Stasis dinos. Tribal Stored Dino Cap limit = 2000 Trapped/Cryoed Dinos. Our cluster has set the normal Server Dino Cap = 8000. (Smaller Dino Cap Maps may impose a different Tribal Cap Arrangement)
Beetles, snails, oviraptors, Dodos may be on “wander” while tethered to a hitching post. Limit the same gender to stop overpopulation explosions. ALL "WANDERING DINOS" should be "Tagged" for fast retrieval if they escape. Outside of these acceptable use guidelines, NO OTHER DINOS can be set to wandering! Wandering Dinos that escape, and are not retrieved within a decay cycle (12 days) will be Deleted at The Pack Admins discretion. With no recompense!
ALL DINOS NOT ENCUMBERED and on AGGRESSIVE, running loose outside base walls, will be SHOT ON SIGHT. NO EXCEPTIONS and no RECOMPENSE. Defensive settings allowed = Neutral, and attack my target. No other setting is approved for Defensive Dinos. The Defensive Dino must be encumbered to the point it cannot walk in any direction. "Turret" dinos are acceptable. ALL DEFENSE DINOS should be "Tagged" for fast retrieval if they escape.
Do not use a hitching post for this setting (it stops the Dino from defending). Do Not Set any Defensive Dino on WANDER! These will sometimes go rouge on resets or server crashes, and phase your walls.
Do NOT leave Tamed /Claimed Dinos all over the map! These will be Deleted at The Pack Admins discretion. With no recompense! NO UNCLAIMING DINOS at the CC's, trap and place in the donations bin. Do not un-claim dinos in the wild to circumvent the Tribal dino cap in breeding!
Dino Storage terminals space allows [300 slots] only. Soulpods can be stored in any container. Please limit to 250 Pods per container outside of the DS Terminals. All male animals that you do NOT want to breed with others need to be clipped/cryoed, or kept out of the range of the female breeders. Overpopulations will be met with Deletion of all juveniles found. We ask that high level breeders please clip dinos, so abuse of your bloodlines does not occur. Cloning of Clones, and Neutered Dinos is prohibited. This is a Banning OFFENSE.
Titans (Kaiju's) are NOT to be transferred off of the map they were captured on, and must be left on passive when not in use.
Please remember that there are other players sharing the server with you. NO MASSIVE BUILDS of 4000+ tiles. All Building rules are designed around a Solo Player Or a multiplayer tribe. No personal bases if you are part of a tribe on the same MAP. Building tile = a tile is any building piece, or object you can "Place" in your base.
ONE Main base per map, ONE Outpost per map per clan/tribe. Except where NOTED.
Building tile counts should be under 3000 tiles for a Main BASE.
DO NOT BUILD a box that encompasses the full 80x80x24. Instead use a Fence line of Gates to reduce the lag. Build inside such gates.
MAIN BASE - a maximum of 80x80x24 Building tiles. THIS allotment includes all FENCE LINES and the Buildings that form the Base inside that FENCE LINE.
OUTPOSTS: a maximum of 30x30x24. THIS allotment includes all FENCE LINES and the Buildings that form the Outpost inside that FENCE LINE. (NOTE: Not Applicable to SE.)
The Maximum possible height from bottom tile to top tile is 32 building tiles.
One staircase build is allowed on the outside of the base walls.
Ocean Bases - max possible footprint is 30x30x32 building tiles.
Aerial Tree Platforms- max possible footprint is 30x30x32 building tiles.
Unique Tall bases in Extinction City. -Max possible footprint is 40x40x32 Building tiles.
20x20x12. Maximum size without a Special Exception (Some ship builds can be made into an Exception.)
When NOT in use they need to be parked near the Clan/Tribes Main base or Outpost.
Platform Saddles have specific build limits built in. And when built on, count as multiple tames in your base count.
Follow all building restrictions put forth in the above rules, and follow the Prohibitive Build Areas for your map.
Please do not block any entrance to artifacts.
Stay within Main Base Size of at maximum of 80x80x24 Building tiles
Follow all building restrictions put forth in the above rules, and follow the Prohibitive Build Areas for your map.
Caves that are less than 30 x 30 building tiles are Outpost Sized at a maximum of 30x30x24 Building tiles
Caves over 60 x60 building tiles are Main Base Sized at a maximum of 80x80x24 Building tiles.
Recommended that you just Gate up the cave entrance IF YOU ARE the only occupant. And Do not build a giant box in the cave.
Follow all building restrictions put forth in the above rules, and follow the Prohibitive Build Areas for your map.
Islands that are less than 30 x 30 building tiles are Outpost Sized at a maximum of 30x30x24 Building tiles
Islands over 60 x 60 building tiles are Main Base Sized at maximum of 80x80x24 Building tiles.
Follow all building restrictions put forth in the above rules, and follow the Prohibitive Build Areas for your map.
Enclosed Valleys that are less than 30 x 30 building tiles are Outpost Sized at a maximum of 30x30x24 Building tiles.
Enclosed Valleys over 60 x 60 building tiles are Main Base Sized at maximum of 80x80x24 Building tiles.
All versions of teleporters are restricted to 3 of each per tribe.
Follow any rule that states no tribal teleports allowed near this POI.
Any taming pen outside your base walls (not attached to base) has 48 hours MIN before admins remove it.
Gacha Breeding is limited to 50 Animals per tribe out of stasis. And not in the Gavagers.
S+ Gavagers are limited to 10 gavagers per tribe/per map. Limited in the mod INI.
Crop plots - ALL KINDS - are limited to a total of 50 per TRIBE.
Please enclose your plant y stacks so we don't have so many aerial graphic artifacts.
S+ Ded. Storage - Please do not have multiple dedicated units per resource item!
NO building tiles placed/spammed to prevent other players’ access to the POI, or a base location.
Render Distance Rule - Space between NON Allianced Bases is 75 building tiles.
Do not build on the Obelisk Platform or attach a base to the Obelisk itself.
Do not leave dinos on obelisk platforms over 48 hours.
Do not build on groups of 5 nodes or more, or mixed resource nodes of 7 nodes or more.
No building/tribal teleporters within 75 Building tiles of any Protected Resource Area.
No building/tribal teleporters inside Resource Caves that supply a unique resource including special dino spawns.
No building/tribal teleporters near any LOOT resource.
All players must have a way to the supply drop area on foot with unlocked gates.
Respect others when doing a loot run and if you see a person landed next to one, fly to the next.
Stealing a drop out from others is considered Griefing and will be met with disciplinary actions.
Cave Loot crates are a first come first serve opportunity.
Artifact caves No building/tribal teleporters inside the cave.
Do not leave tames in loot caves.
Lore notes / Extinction City Terminals - All players must have a way to the POI on foot with unlocked gates.
Waterways deep enough for a raft - All players must have a way to around your base on foot with unlocked gates.
Walkways, and Aerial Ramps - All players must have a way to around your base on foot with unlocked gates.
Aberration Waterfalls into the other zones. Please Do Not Block these.
We are unable to provide any refunds to persons or clans for loss of items, resources, in-game properties and so on, regardless of the reason. The Pack Gaming is not responsible for replacing items or Dinos due to ARK Glitches, Steam Cloud Errors, or Corrupted Players Clients.
To be teleported into a Boss arena AND out of the arena, you MUST be dismounted. Teleportation to the Titan summoned area or bosses does not require you to dismount. All Tek gears and Tek saddles are banned (WC setting) from the island Boss arena (Excluding Tek Cave/Overseer Arena) and Manticore Arena, and attempting to wear it inside when entering will either force unequip it, or drop at where the boss was summoned).
After beating an ascension boss (e.g: Manticore in Manticore Arena in Scorched Earth), you will lose any item not allowed to be uploaded into ARK Data (e.g.:trophies, tributes, Element). To avoid this, put such items inside a creature inventory before ascension happens. Unfortunately we can not recover dinos, or items lost this way, they are often treated like they were sent into mesh and hit an anti mesh barrier.
Merging into Anti Meshing Barriers (Skybox - Ground mesh layer-etc.) This includes the deaths while using a teleporter. Some caves now have the Ground Mesh protection turned on and trying to teleport into a cave will cause a Player Client Crash. And usually a death. Deaths while AFK. Are not always explained in the tribal logs. Most times we can not define what happened. Occasionally some Deaths will be recoverable in the Death Recovery mods, unless you pass the 60 min Death cache decay limit. Deaths while logged out. Are not always explained in the tribal logs. Most times we can not define what happened. Occasionally some Deaths will be recoverable in the Awesome Death Recovery on the teleport pad, unless you pass the 30 min Death cache decay limit. To Prevent Player loss of items. Store all inventory in a storage chest near your log out point. Store Gear and hotbar items in a "Loadout Mannequin". Log out in a sleeping pod or locked onto a bed. If you need to AFK, make sure to set your settings for at least 30 mins AFK, and again store items and log out on a bed of some sort.
Any type of Client Side Crash can create a loss of saved data for the player. As well as Player deaths and dino deaths while you were handling the crash. These incidents will not produce a bag or recoverable items in the death recovery system. Admins have no access to the Servers ARKData.sav files and can not replace a players file in the server.
Server Crashes will have a 5 to 14 min. Rollback to the save Prior to the restart, or to the last save before the Crash. All Data collected between the Save timestamp and the restart / Crash will be erased. Server Restarts will have a save 3 mins prior to a Restart. If you do not log out before the 3 min. Mark, you can lose some game data to the server resetting. Please always try to get to a safe stopping point before the 5 min Restart warning!
Characters/Dinos/Items uploaded to ARK cloud have a 24-hour time limit in multiplayer. Ensure you are set to download them into another server before the timer runs out, or else your items will decay in your upload when the timer goes past 0.
Steam Cloud Errors involve Characters/Dinos/Items uploaded to the ARK cloud. If this upload is corrupted, Admins and Owners can NOT Access the data stored in the Steam cloud and your information is lost.
Please contact us through our Discord, (), and fill out a ticket in our Discord ()
If you experience Harassment / Griefing / or observe inappropriate content in-game, please fill out a ticket in our Discord ()
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