Rules
Server Rules & Policies
These rules exist to protect fair play, maintain server performance, and keep the community respectful. By playing on Royal Family Gaming servers or participating in the Discord, you agree to follow all server, Discord, team-limit, streamer, and admin-enforced policies listed below.
General Server Rules
- 1. No cheating, hacking, scripting, or exploiting of any kind.
- 2. No advertisements, spam, or unauthorized self-promotion.
- 3. No unlawful, racist, harassing, threatening, abusive, hateful, xenophobic, homophobic, sexist, discriminatory, defamatory, obscene, privacy-invasive, or otherwise offensive content.
- 4. Respect staff and follow staff instructions.
- 5. Use common sense. Staff may act on behavior that harms fairness, server integrity, or the community even if it is not listed word-for-word below.
Discord Rules & Guidelines
- 1. No toxic behavior or disrespect toward staff. Discord violations may also lead to in-game punishments.
- 2. Treat everyone with respect. Racism and hate speech are not tolerated.
- 3. No NSFW or obscene content, including explicit text, images, links, or graphic violence.
- 4. Do not spam-ping admins. Staff are usually available and will respond when appropriate.
- 5. Ask for help properly. Include the actual issue in your message. “Admin?” is not a help request.
- 6. Report hackers using the in-game F7 reporting system.
- 7. No unsolicited ads, server invites, or DM self-promotion without staff permission.
Group Limit Rules
Group limits apply per team, Tool Cupboard, and base.
| Server Type | Allowed Limit |
|---|---|
| Solo | 1 player per TC / group / base |
| Duo | 2 players per TC / group / base |
| Trio | 3 players per TC / group / base |
| Quad | 4 players per TC / group / base |
| Main | No group limit |
🔄 When a Player Leaves Your Team
- Clear all TC authorization.
- Change all codes and locks.
- Destroy all bags for the removed player.
❌ Not Allowed
- Alliances, teaming, or merging beyond the server limit.
- Helping players outside your allowed team size.
- Giving away or receiving bases to bypass limits.
Detailed Rules & Enforcement Policies
🧠 Cheating or Scripting
Cheating includes using hacks, cheats, scripts, automation tools, or any third-party software that gives an unfair advantage in combat, resource gathering, movement, awareness, or interaction with the game.
- No paid or free cheat software.
- No scripts that perform actions not normally possible in-game.
- No bots, automation tools, extraction tools, mining software, or similar applications that interact with Facepunch services.
- No graphical manipulation or object abuse used to see or shoot through barriers not intended for interaction.
Violations can lead to immediate bans, and players with a history of cheating may still be banned at staff discretion.
🚫 EAC Bans & Ban Evasion
Do not attempt to bypass a ban by creating or using alternate accounts. If you are banned, you are expected to serve that ban rather than evade it.
- Alternate accounts connected to Rust EAC game bans under 365 days old are also banned from Royal Family Gaming.
- Players are responsible for the security and use of their own account.
- Do not share accounts or log into someone else’s account.
Ban evasion leads to further enforcement and can make appeals unavailable.
🎮 VAC & Non-Rust Bans
Royal Family Gaming may restrict access based on broader anti-cheat history, not only Rust bans.
- Players who have received bans from any game other than Rust in the past 180 days are prohibited from accessing Royal Family Gaming.
- Accounts that violate this policy may be automatically kicked.
- Accounts removed under this policy are stated as not appealable under the current site wording.
Keep your account clean and secure. Your account is your responsibility.
🐞 Bug & Exploit Abuse
Do not abuse unintended mechanics, bugs, or map/object interactions for unfair gain.
- No using restricted-area access bugs.
- No using altered objects, terrain, or barriers to gain visibility or shooting angles not intended by normal gameplay.
- No exploiting server or game behavior instead of reporting it.
Exploit abuse can be treated the same way as cheating and may result in bans.
⚠️ Malicious Behavior
Behavior that harms players, staff, or server operations outside normal gameplay may be treated as malicious conduct.
- No doxing or sharing personal information.
- No DDoS threats or similar threats of real-world harm.
- No credible real-life threats against others.
- No intentionally harmful conduct that severely impacts server performance.
Examples of server-impacting abuse listed by the site include excessive crafting, large-scale despawning, overloading entities, and fireworks overuse. Items removed for performance reasons are not compensated.
🗣️ Server & Admin Defamation
Staff are there to help. Abuse directed at staff, impersonation of staff, or attempts to damage the reputation of the server or its staff may result in moderation.
- No intentionally abusive conduct toward staff.
- No impersonating staff to mislead players.
- No defamatory attacks against the server or staff.
If you have a real complaint, use the support process rather than attacking staff or the server publicly.
🎯 Stream Sniping
Watching a player’s stream to gain an in-game advantage is considered cheating.
- No using streams to track location, prepare ambushes, steal loot, or learn plans and strategies in real time.
- No identifying creators in-game who are intentionally not using real names or personal information.
Royal Family Gaming treats stream sniping as unfair, disruptive, and subject to moderation.
👥 Association with Cheaters or Ban Evaders
Regularly associating with known cheaters or ban evaders may be treated as support for unfair play.
- Friendship, repeated grouping, or ongoing communication with known offenders can be seen as “cheating by association.”
- Staff do not expect players to investigate every random teammate, but obvious and repeated support is enforceable.
Consequences may range from warnings to bans depending on the evidence and level of involvement.
👮 Rights of an Admin
Admins may moderate the servers, Discord, and related services to protect gameplay quality, fairness, and the broader community.
- Rules are not exhaustive and serve as a framework.
- Staff may act in unlisted situations when behavior harms the server or player experience.
- Moderation is performed in line with Royal Family Gaming rules plus Facepunch and Steam terms.
Failure to comply may result in suspension, kicks, mutes, or bans.
⚡ 3x PVE / PVP Zone Rules
The 3x PVE/PVP rules page includes several specific gameplay restrictions for that server type.
- Don’t be a jerk: harassment, hate speech, toxic behavior, or deliberately ruining another player’s experience is not welcome.
- No tugboat griefing: do not touch tugboats that are not yours, and do not push them into PVP zones or raid them outside purge times.
- No griefing: this includes blocking bases, destroying deployables for harassment, walling players in, bag blocking, and similar conduct.
- No PVP/PVE zone abuse: abusing the zone barrier to gain an unfair advantage is prohibited.
The page specifically states tugboat griefing can lead to at least a 3-day ban, and griefing punishments may range from a kick to a permanent ban depending on severity.
🎥 Streamer Guidelines: Definition of Sniping
For creators, stream sniping is defined as observing another player’s live stream and using that information to gain an unfair gameplay advantage.
- Examples include tracking a streamer, ambushing them, taking their resources, or using their broadcast to learn their plans.
- Intentionally identifying content creators in-game when they are not using real names may also fall under this rule.
The policy states this is a form of cheating and may lead to moderation action.
📹 Streamer Guidelines: Requirements for the Creator
The current page at this URL appears to display the same stream-sniping definition text as the sniping-definition page rather than a separate creator-requirements policy.
- If this is intentional, it should be replaced with actual creator requirements.
- If it is a site issue, the correct requirements should be restored before publishing this page as a definitive policy source.
For now, this section is intentionally marked as incomplete because the supplied source does not currently expose distinct creator requirements text.
Final Notes
- Play fair. Fair competition matters more than winning through loopholes or abuse.
- Protect your account. You are responsible for who uses it and what happens on it.
- Ask first if unsure. Admin decisions are final, and asking before acting is always safer than appealing after enforcement.