Primeval [Official] Server Rules

GENERAL SERVER RULES
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1. Be kind and courteous to everyone.

2. No hate speech, bullying or misuse of offensive words.

3. No promotions in any game-chat.

4. No short-message or caps spam in any game-chat.

5. Respect and Listen to the staff's authority. Do not insult staff, interfere with staff or be rude to staff.

6. Do NOT argue in global chat. If a rule break occurred, take it to the discord, private message, and/or file a report.

7. English only in global chat.

8. Do NOT give out other player's positions without their permission in any chat.

9. No use of exploits. This includes: Glitching into area's you should not be in, hiding inside rocks, hacks or use of gamma.

10. Do Not take initiative in your own hands when you see someone breaking the rules, please report it and the admins will handle it further. If you do take it in your own hands, you're also risking getting reported.

# If you're concerned about the actions of a staff member (moderator or admin), please DM @MustangPotato#8737 or @Mr Biscuit#4363.





PACK LIMITS
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< HERBIVORES >

These pack limits apply for a single species herd

# tier 1
- Orodromeous         < 20 >
- Psittacosaurus      < 20 >
- Dryosaurus          < 20 >

# tier 2
- Avaceratops         < 20 >
- Gallimimus          < 16 >
- Pachycephalosaurus  < 10 >

# tier 3
- Maiasaura           < 10 >

# tier 4
- Parasaurolophus     < 10 >
- Diabloceratops      < 10 >

# tier 5
- Ankylosaurus        < 8 >
- Stegosaurus         < 8 >

# tier 6
- Therizinosaurus     < 6 >
- Triceratops         < 6 >
- Shantungosaurus     < 4 >

# tier 7
- Camarasaurus        < 2 >
- Puertasaurus        < 1 >







< CARNIVORES >

These pack limits apply for single species pack

# tier 1
- Velociraptor        < 20 >
- Herrerasaurus       < 20 >
- Austroraptor        < 20 >

# tier 2
- Utahraptor          < 12 >
- Dilophosaurus       < 10 >

# tier 3
- Baryonyx            < 10 >
- Carnotaurus         < 10 >

# tier 4
- Ceratosaurus        < 6 >
- Allosaurus          < 6 >
- Albertosaurus       < 4 >

# tier 5
- Suchomimus          < 4 >
- Acrocanthosaurus    < 4 >

# tier 6
- Giganotosaurus      < 3 >
- Tyrannosaurus       < 2 >
- Spinosaurus         < 2 >





MIXPACKING RULES
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1. Herbivores and Carnivores can NOT mix pack, share food, sit or stay close to each other.

< HERBIVORES >

1. All herbivores can pack with each other to make a herd.

2. Herds can contain a maximum < 20 > herbivores.

3. A herd can have a maximum < 6 > #tier 6 herbivores and maximum < 2 > #tier 7.

4. Dryo's and Galli's do not count towards the maximum herd size.

< CARNIVORES >

1. #tier 1 up to and including #tier 5 carnivores can mix pack with each other, but can not mix-pack, share food, sit or stay close to #tier 6 carnivores.

2. #tier 6 carnivores can mix pack with each other, but can not mix-pack, share food, sit or stay close to with #tier 1 up to and including #tier 5 carnivores.

3. If the max pack limit is reached you can NOT share food, sit or stay close to the same species.

4. When mix packing the max pack limit will be of the carnivore higher in the tier list.
# example: Allo's and Sucho's want to mix pack. Their max pack limit will be of the sucho, so in this case 4.





ADDITIONAL PACK RULES
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1. Juvies and hatchlings do NOT count towards the max pack limits

2. With 2 full adult # tier 6 dino's you can have a maximum of < 2 > subs.

3. If there is no adult around subs can group up to a maximum < 4 > subs.





DINO GENERAL RULES
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1. If you're a herbivore, do NOT guard a body or a water source. If you're a carnivore, do NOT guard herbivore food sources or a water source.

2. Suchomimus, Spinosaurus, Baryonyx are the only dinos who can sit in water however, they are not safe in the water. You must get out of the water when being 3-called.





HUNTING RULES
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1. If you're hunting and someone goes down the hunt stops.

2. If you're hunting in a pack that is equal too or more than 5 you can keep on hunting until 3 members of your pack died, at that moment the hunt stops and you have to claim one of the bodies.

3. You must 3-call first to let the other dinosaur know you are contesting the body and allow a 20 seconds respond time before you're allowed to attack. They can respond with a 3-call or 4-call. If they 3-call back they accept the challenge and you may attack. If they 4-call back they surrender the body to you and you can NOT attack them, but sit at the body cause it's yours now.

4. Once you have surrendered the body via 4-call. You can NOT recontest the body.

5. Do not abandon a kill. Sit with the body until it turns into ribs or it disappears.

6. Once the body has turned into any size ribs, you'll have to wait 2 minutes to initiate another hunt.

7. AI does not count as a body. This also includes player AI.

8. You can NOT interfere in another hunt.

9. If a dino gets to close for comfort, you have to 3-call first to let the dino know they are to close for comfort, if the dino does not respond with a 4-call, within 20 seconds, You are allowed to chase/attack the dino until they are out of the comfort zone or dead.
10. Do NOT combat log. If you're being hunted, you can not log out. If you've evaded the hunters for 2 minutes, you can log.

11. Do NOT go into the water while being hunted. Suchomimus, Spinosaurus, Baryonyx are the only dino's who are allowed to run into the water while being hunted to cross a lake or pond, but you're not allowed to stay in the water.

12. If there is no body lying around you can hunt people without having to 3-call.

13. If there is no body around and you 4-call you can still be attacked.

14. Do not repeatedly target a specific person/group. If you're hunting a herd or pack you can kill max < 3 > dinos from the group.

15. Do not spawn kill, you must wait 2 minutes after someone has just logged in or spawned in before you can hunt/kill them.
# Rules are subject to be changed at anytime. When they change it will be posted in the #announcement channel.

# It is on your own initiative to know the rules.