Server & Discord Rules

Respect and Conduct

Treat every member with basic respect. This community is meant to be welcoming for all players.

• No harassment, bullying, discrimination, or personal attacks
• No language targeting someone’s identity, background, appearance, or personal characteristics
• Disagreements are fine — personal insults, pile-ons, and bad-faith arguing are not
• If a conversation turns toxic, stop or take it to staff via a ticket instead of escalating in public

Appropriate Content

Keep content suitable for a general audience. Strictly prohibited in public channels:

• Sexually explicit or NSFW content (text, images, links, or voice)
• Graphic gore or intentionally disturbing material beyond normal game discussion
• Political discussion, debate, or campaigning
• Content posted mainly to provoke arguments, rage-bait, or disrupt the community

Advertising and Promotion

Do not advertise or self-promote without prior staff approval. This includes:

• Other Discord servers or game communities
• Social media accounts, streams, or channels (unless staff has approved a listing)
• Products, services, paid content, or external platforms

If you stream on Relentless Dawn and want to be listed, open a ticket — don’t spam links in chat.

Staff Interaction and Compliance

Staff keep the community running. Cooperate with them.

• Use tickets or designated support channels for help — do not mass-ping, spam DMs, or pressure staff or the owner for support
• Do not argue staff decisions in public channels; if you disagree, open a ticket calmly
• Do not try to evade mutes, bans, or other moderation actions
• All staff decisions are final unless leadership reopens the case

Language, Channels & Communication

English is required in all public Discord channels (text and voice). Staff must be able to moderate and help everyone fairly.

• Keep topics in the correct channel (e.g. tickets for support, LFG for groups)
• Private DMs between consenting members may use any language; public spaces stay English
• Excessive caps, spam, or flooding channels is not allowed

Malicious Behavior and Impersonation

These may result in an immediate ban:

• Scamming, phishing, malware, or sharing harmful links
• Attempting to exploit Discord, bots, or other members
• Impersonating members, staff, streamers, or public figures

Enforcement

Rules are enforced at staff discretion based on severity, history, and context. Playing dumb about a clearly posted rule will not reduce the penalty.

Typical progression: 1st = warning · 2nd = 24-hour ban · 3rd = permanent ban. Severe cases may skip steps. Appeals: ban appeal form.

Theft, Player Property & Base Protection

Relentless Dawn is pure PvE. Other players’ progress is off-limits. When in doubt, do not take it — open a ticket instead.

Theft includes (but is not limited to):

• Taking items from another player’s base, safehouse, crates, freezers, or any container they clearly use
• Taking, moving, hotwiring, or using another player’s vehicle without clear permission
• Stealing engine parts (or other components) from a claimed vehicle — instant ban
• Looting bodies, bags, or stashes that belong to another player (e.g. marked, claimed, or near their base)
• “Borrowing” tools, weapons, generators, or resources and not returning them
• Claiming something was “abandoned” without staff confirmation

Structures & access:

• Base raiding, forced entry, dismantling walls/doors, or destroying player-built structures is banned
• Breaking windows on other players’ safehouses or vehicles will result in staff action
• If a house, vehicle, or stash looks player-owned but is not officially claimed (e.g. AVCS), do not take anything — screenshot it, create a ticket, and wait for staff
• Permission must come from the owner (or staff). “They weren’t online” is not permission

Violations can mean item removal, rollbacks where possible, and bans. Report theft with screenshots/video when you can.

Building and Basing

Build in residential / appropriate areas. Non-residential bases need staff approval first.

• For non-residential buildings: open a ticket with a screenshot and get approval before claiming or heavily fortifying
• Do not block public roads, bridges, or major pathways with walls or vehicles

Strictly prohibited base locations:

• Military locations
• Police stations
• Fire departments
• Gas stations
• Any other high-loot area staff would reasonably consider contested public loot

Looting and World Interaction

Keep loot fair for everyone on a long-term world.

• Do not destroy lootable containers (cabinets, crates, etc.) to deny others or force odd behavior
• Loot cycling — removing items only to force faster respawns — is not allowed
• High-loot areas (military, police, fire dept., etc.) are shared public loot; don’t camp them exclusively or burn them out

Exploits and Fair Play

Play the game as intended. No exploits, glitches, dupe methods, or unintended mechanics that give an unfair advantage.

• If you find a bug, report it to staff — do not abuse it
• Using a bug “just once” is still a violation

Griefing and Disruption

Anything that deliberately ruins another player’s experience is banned, including:

• Blocking access to bases, roads, or common pathways
• Intentionally luring or dumping zombies onto another player’s base
• Harassment, trolling, or following someone to annoy them
• Breaking windows on other players’ safehouses or vehicles
• Wasting community resources or sabotaging shared builds without agreement

Vehicle Limit

• Maximum vehicles per player: 5
• Maximum vehicles per faction: 15

Extras may be removed by staff. Claim and park responsibly.

Vehicle Salvaging

If you strip a vehicle of its engine parts, tires, batteries, doors, or other valuable components, you are expected to salvage the entire vehicle afterward.

• Do not strip a vehicle and leave the empty carcass on the side of the road or elsewhere on the map
• Abandoned stripped wrecks prevent new vehicles from spawning and make the world look messy
• If you take the time to strip a vehicle, finish the job and fully salvage it

Do not strip or salvage vehicles with interiors. Interiors do not respawn. This includes (but is not limited to):

• Prison buses
• RVs
• Bushmasters
• Any other vehicle with a functional interior space

Conduct, Language & Behavior

English is required in public in-game chat (global, local, radio, etc.) so staff can moderate and players can cooperate. Private party/faction voice between consenting players may use any language.

• Offensive or inappropriate usernames are prohibited and may result in a ban
• Use of slurs will result in a ban
• Targeted harassment of any player will result in a ban
• Same respect standard as Discord applies in-game

Burning High-Loot Areas

Using fire to burn down a high-loot building or area in order to enter, clear, or deny loot to others will result in consequences (up to and including a ban). Report accidental fires; don’t farm them on purpose.

Ban Policy

Staff enforce rules based on severity, history, and context. Standard progression for typical infractions:

• 1st infraction — Warning
• 2nd infraction — 24-hour ban
• 3rd infraction — Permanent ban

Serious offenses (e.g. stealing engine parts from a claimed vehicle, major theft, severe griefing, or clear bad-faith trolling) may skip steps and result in an immediate longer or permanent ban at staff discretion.

You may appeal a ban here: Ban appeal form