Cheats, hacks, prohibited automation, scripts, or third-party tools that provide an unfair gameplay advantage are not allowed. This includes tools that perform actions beyond intended gameplay or interfere with Facepunch services.

Use only game modifications permitted by applicable Facepunch rules. Confirmed cheating can result in a ban.

• Do not use an alternate account to bypass an RFG ban. Evasion may result in further bans.
• Alternate accounts associated with Rust EAC game bans less than 365 days old are subject to RFG bans.
• Players with older cheating histories may still be restricted at staff discretion.
• You are responsible for your account's security and activity. Do not share accounts.

Accounts with bans from games other than Rust within the previous 180 days are not permitted on the network under the current published policy. Accounts detected in violation may be automatically removed; the published rule states appeals are not considered for this restriction.

Do not abuse bugs or unintended mechanics to enter restricted spaces, see or shoot through unintended surfaces, manipulate game objects, or bypass server protections. Prohibited automation and exploit tools are not allowed. Serious violations may result in an immediate ban.

Deliberately causing major server lag or instability is prohibited. Examples include excessive crafting, mass despawning, overloading areas with entities, or excessive fireworks. Staff may remove disruptive entities or players; removed items are not guaranteed to be reimbursed.

• Racism, homophobia, targeted abuse, and attempts to bypass chat protections may lead to moderation.
• Spam can result in chat restrictions.
• Publishing or threatening to expose personal information is prohibited, including supposedly fake disclosures made as a joke.
• DDoS threats and credible real-world threats are treated seriously.
• Staff assess the context of messages; ordinary profanity is not automatically a credible real-world threat.

Do not impersonate RFG staff or direct intentional abuse toward them. Complaints about the server or staff should be submitted through an official support ticket rather than escalated in public chat. Moderation decisions depend on the circumstances and available evidence.

Using a player's live broadcast to track their location, anticipate movements, steal information, or gain an unfair advantage is prohibited. Targeting a creator by revealing their hidden in-game identity can also lead to enforcement.

Associating with cheaters or ban evaders may result in moderation when the circumstances indicate awareness, support, or complicity. Players are not expected to investigate every teammate. Staff assess the evidence and level of involvement when determining enforcement.

RFG staff may moderate gameplay, accounts, Discord, and other network services to protect fair play and community safety, including conduct not anticipated by every published example. Facepunch and Steam terms also apply. Check the official rules regularly for changes.

Do not intentionally defeat PvE protections to harm players, bases, or protected structures. This includes abusing zone edges, AI, aircraft, explosives, turrets, deployables, or building/collision mechanics.

• Do not use unauthorized building to deliberately block access to another protected base.
• Legitimate construction and land claims are not violations on their own.
• Trap bases are allowed, provided they do not rely on prohibited exploits.
• Defensive turrets belong inside enclosed bases, not on exposed roofs or external TC towers. Unauthorized turrets may be removed; repeated offenses can lead to bans.

Staff must establish the prohibited interference rather than treat every inconvenience as a violation.

PvP is permitted in marked monuments and PvP zones. Expect to be killed and lose loot. Legitimate fighting, counters, repeat encounters, dropped-loot collection, and allowed traps or defenses are part of gameplay.

60-second PvP cooldown: When you leave a PvP zone, the PvP timer lasts 60 seconds. You remain vulnerable to damage outside the zone until the timer expires.

Do not attack from a protected area when mechanics prohibit it, manipulate zone edges to damage protected players or structures, use protected buildings as unintended immunity, or exploit building privilege and boundary mechanics. Staff may remove structures used in such exploits.

Legitimate defenses are allowed where the building and zone rules permit them. They must not bypass PvE protection, exploit a PvP boundary, or unlawfully obstruct protected access.

Turrets are permitted inside enclosed bases for defense. Exposed roof turrets and external-TC turret installations are not allowed under the current 3X page and can be removed. Repeated violations may lead to bans. A kill by a properly placed defensive turret is not automatically an offense.

Officially announced events allow PvP only within their published times and conditions. Colored map bubbles indicate active PvP events.

Map-wide PvP does not automatically authorize map-wide base raiding.

Base protections remain in force unless the event announcement expressly changes them. Cheating and exploitation rules always apply.

There is no general ban on all behavior someone may call “griefing.” When done using permitted mechanics in authorized areas, repeated PvP, killing animals, taking dropped loot, using drones against legitimate defenses, monument contests, authorized raiding/counter-raiding, and following players toward their bases are not automatically violations.

Specific prohibitions on protected-area interference, boundary exploits, unauthorized building, and personal harassment still apply. Labeling something “griefing” is not proof of a rule breach.

Staff do not referee routine rivalries or decide who “started it” in an authorized fight. Disputes about permitted playstyles, loot ownership, or repeat encounters are not by themselves actionable.

Report a specific rule violation and include a recording where relevant. Do not repeatedly move team arguments into general chat, harass others, or abuse the ticket system. Players can mute unwanted chat locally.

Evidence-based enforcement may include warnings, removal of prohibited structures, temporary suspensions, or permanent bans. Serious exploit abuse or intentional damage in protected zones may warrant immediate action. Properly authorized PvP is not punishable simply because another player dislikes the result.