Welcome to Lone Wolf Rust

• This is strictly a Solo Only server. Players are expected to obey the rules and spirit of Solo Only gameplay at all times. If at any time, multiple players coordinate to change the dynamic of gameplay to create an environment where their coordination creates a real and direct benefit over a solo player without such cooperation - that gameplay is subject to evaluation, fair warning, and potential action by Staff Members.

Kill on Sight (KOS):

• Kill-on-Sight or KoS is a ruleset that goes into effect in specific situations to ensure fair solo gameplay. Once activated, all players in the immediate area MUST either:
  • A - Immediately engage in combat with nearby players
  or
  • B - Immediately flee the nearby area.
• KoS Activation: You must kill on sight (KOS) during PvP combat occurs nearby (see "Hot Zones" below), during raids/counter-raids, at monuments (large and small), at heli/cargo and other events, air drops, and at decaying bases.
• "Hot Zones" are the immediate area around a player vs. player combat situation.
• Once PvP combat is initiated, the immediate area is considered a hostile hotzone and KoS rules are in effect and all nearby players are mandated to follow the KoS rules.
• Tactical Considerations for KoS: When KoS rule are in effect, brief momentary "tactical pauses" (waiting a few seconds before shooting/fleeing) are allowed for individiaul players if all three apply:
  1. No prior communication exists between players involved.
  2. No coordinated/mutual advantage is gained between the players.
  3. The pause does not provide an unfair strategic benefit over any individual player.
  4. No "meatshield"/bait, coordinated diversions, or other teaming behaviors occur.
Trading & Donations:
Check our Solo Only Guidelines below for more information on trading and donations.

• Trading between players is allowed using drop trades, vending machines, shopfronts, and drones.
• Trades must be relatively equal for each of the two participants and they must be made in realtime.
• Donations to other players are never allowed and will result in a ban.

Solo Only Guidelines - What is Not Allowed?

Bases/Authorizations:

• Sharing/Donating/Trading any base to/with another player – even if you are quitting. Once you seal a base it is considered yours and falls within this rule.
• Sharing authorization on tool cupboards, code locks, turrets, and sharing keys for key locks is prohibited.
• Entering another players base or compound for ANY reason besides raiding or other aggressive actions. Conversely, willingly letting a player inside your base or compound for ANY reason – except to trap and immediately kill them.

Donations/Trading:

• Donating or giving away items. It MUST be a fair trade/exchange of items. No lopsided trades (some charcoal for an M2, etc). We give a very wide range for what is acceptable – if you’re even remotely trying to keep the trade fair we won’t bother you.
• Looting a player and then giving the loot back at a later time or in a different location. Take what you want, immediately drop what you do not want, and move on. Returning loot is now allowed as long as it is immediate.

Raiding:

• Counter-raiding a base and letting any players in the area live.
• Donating or sharing raid loot (or decayed base loot) to other players that show up to the raid or thereafter.
• Forming any kind of agreement with another player during a raid or any other situation covered by the KOS rules.

Teaming Behaviors/Actions:

• Any PvP scenario where 2 players (Players A & B) engage in PvP with another player (Player C) but do not then engage in PvP with each other. You must KoS in hot zones.
• Services/slaving of any kind including taxis.
• Placing down a bag for another player, for any reason, as well as knowingly allowing a bag to be placed on your behalf.
• Two or more players all willingly riding in a vehicle together.
• Roaming, looting monuments and/or decayed bases together, including completing puzzles together.
• Using video, voice, or out-of-game text communication in collaboration with other players to gain an unfair advantage.

Solo Only Guidelines - What is Allowed?

• Being generally friendly to others in the community. This is encouraged.
• Agreements to be friendly with your neighbors. However - you may never defend your neighbors base or otherwise break our Solo Only rules and guidelines.
• Trades must be made in realtime, must be item(s)-for-item(s), one transaction where possible, and must be relatively fair/equal. This applies to all types of trading: drop trades, shopfront trades, vending machines.
• If you encounter another player, you are not required to Kill-On-Sight unless it is a raid/decayed base/monument/event/hotzone (ex: Bradley).
• Talking to other players in global chat, including calling out booms, base locations, etc.

• We have zero tolerance for racism, slurs, hate speech, and/or excessive toxicity on our server. You will be permanently banned for a first offense and we do not accept appeals for violations of this rule.
• No racial or homophobic slurs. Do not type it, do not write/draw on a sign, do not say it in voice chat, don’t spell it out with fireworks, write it on a note, rename someone’s bag to it, etc.
• No excessive toxicity. Trash talk and profanity are allowed. However, you may not engage in language/behavior that creates an overly toxic environment within the community. Some examples: making real-life threats of harm, glorifying/threatening sexual assault, doxxing players or staff, repeatedly and flagrantly harassing other players/staff, telling community members to commit suicide or encouraging self-harm.
• Be a good person, don’t cross the line with your communications, and you will not have any issues. This is common sense for 99.9% of humanity, but it needs to be spelled out for the 0.1%.

• The use of cheats/scripts/macros including aimbot, autoclickers/sellers/buyers, ESP, double jump, slowfall, recoil scripts, spinhacks, and other methods of script-assisted gameplay on Lone Wolf Rust will result in a permanent ban.
• Players with a single VAC ban within the last 36 Months / 3 Years OR multiple VACs, are not allowed to join our servers.
• Players with any Game Bans in the past, regardless of age, are not allowed to join our servers.
• Players with alt accounts that meet any of these criteria, or that have bans from within our network, are not allowed to play on our servers.
• Players with a Steam Account less than 30 days old are not allowed to join our servers.
• The use of exploits/glitches that introduce an unfair/unintended advantage over other players is not allowed.
• Players found to be associated with cheating communities, especially for Rust, are not allowed to join the server.
• You are only allowed one appeal for a given ban. You must appeal your own bans, we do not accept appeals on behalf of others.
• Players whose accounts were purchased from Bot Farms (i.e. stolen accounts) are not allowed to join our servers.
• Players using VPNs (aside from Nvidia Shadowplay/GeForceNOW) must apply for a special exception in order to join our servers. This can be done using our ticketing system in Discord.
• Players must use always the main Rust Client to join our Solo Only and Solo/Duo servers. Use of the Staging Client or other branches of Rust to join these servers will result in a temporary ban. This especially applies to players using the Staging Branch to join our servers on wipe day for an unfair advantage before the main Rust client update reaches all players.

• Do not flood gamechat or destroy other players eardrums with prolonged loud noises/music.
• Do not post links or advertisements in game chat or via voice chat.
• No URLs in player names. You will be kicked and asked to change your name.
• Attempting to poach/bring players to other Rust servers is not allowed.
• Do not abuse the @mention feature to harass/annoy other players.

• Admins do not play on the server and only monitor gameplay to identify issues and catch rulebreakers.
• Admins for Lone Wolf will never have any impact on player gameplay whatsoever.
• Admins will not remove walls/objects for players.
• Admins will not intervene or replace items for player-caused issues or for widely known Facepunch-caused bugs (items falling through foundations).
• Admins are not allowed to spawn any items or entities within the game.
• Exception 1: In the event of a server crash or major server-caused issue, players who open tickets in Discord are entitled to item replacement.
• Exception 2: We do reward our entire community with Pookie Bears for special occasions (or to compensate for crashes/inconveniences). These are in-game teddy bears that are placeable and provide a comfort bonus.
• Exception 3: Very rarely, for big server achievements (raising money for charity, server birthdays, or reaching a high rank on BM), we may also hand out Coffins or other items to all online players.
• Admins will never modify the game environment (changing time of day, weather, decay rate, etc).
• Admins will never disclose player information to other players. We will not tell you who raided you, or where the base of a player is, or information about their account/activity that only staff would know.

• Lone Wolf Rust reserves the right to update the Rules and Solo Only Guidelines at any time.
• Like most entities, Lone Wolf Rust reserves the right to deny service to any player for any reason.
• The Rules and Solo Only Guidelines are not considered all-encompassing. Players should use common sense and act in good faith to avoid being banned. Any player found to be substantively harmful to the overall community or the server itself will be banned. Just because it isn’t explicitly written does not mean it isn’t allowed.
• We do not respond well to threats against the server or the staff. You will be permanently banned, your account will be marked with the threat you made, and we will share your information with our automated network and within our Rust Owner groups. You will be blackballed by the Rust community and depending on the threat we will (and have in the past) engage local law enforcement and/or pursue legal action.
• Intentionally lying to harm the reputation of Lone Wolf Rust will result in your permanent removal from the community. Honest criticism/complaints will never be silenced and is highly encouraged.