GENERAL PRINCIPLES

1. Age Requirement: Wild Frontier is strictly 18+. Age verification may be requested.
2. Respect & Conduct: Treat all community members with respect. Zero tolerance for discrimination, harassment, hate speech, stalking, or suicidal roleplay.
3. Immersion: Maintain serious, realistic roleplay appropriate to the 1901 setting. Character names must be historically plausible.
4. Communication: English is required. No external communication during gameplay.
5. Staff Authority: Staff decisions are final. When addressed by staff, find a safe place without breaking character.
6. Roleplay Bleed Prevention: Separate your character from yourself. Do not:
   • Allow IC relationships to influence OOC interactions
   • Let OOC feelings affect IC behavior
   • Turn IC conflicts into OOC harassment

ROLEPLAY

Character Behavior

1. Value Life (NVL): Your character must realistically value their life when threatened.
2. Value Freedom (NVF): Your character must realistically value their freedom and act accordingly.
3. Risk Assessment: If outnumbered or at gunpoint without a weapon, comply with reasonable demands.
4. Period Authenticity: Maintain historical accuracy in clothing, behavior, and equipment. Bright neon colors are prohibited. No anachronistic concepts like rubber/wax bullets (which didn't exist in 1901).
5. Voice Identification: You cannot identify someone solely by their voice. Use distinguishing visual characteristics, clothing, or other contextual clues instead.

Scene Management

1. Group Size: Maximum of 5 players for criminal activities, PVP, or traveling to such scenarios.
2. Combat Initiation: All combat requires proper roleplay initiation. No killing on sight (KOS).
3. Scene Continuation: Build storylines from every interaction while respecting New Life Rules.
4. New Life Rule (NLR): After death, avoid the killers and death location for 30 minutes.
5. Revenge Killing: Prohibited. You cannot return to take revenge after respawning.
6. Witnessing Crime: Civilians should flee to safety or alert law enforcement, not intervene.
7. Body Handling:

• Do not move bodies after initially dropping them
• Do not camp/carry bodies for more than 15 minutes without consent
• Bodies may be dumped in water

Safe Zones

1. Valentine Green Zone: No crimes may be committed in this area. Violations will result in staff intervention.
2. Sheriff's Office Defense Exception: Attacking law offices is prohibited except in circumstances of extended storylines. When Sheriff's Offices are legitimately attacked:
   • Law enforcement may exceed the 5-person rule to defend their offices
   • This exception applies regardless of the attacking group size (which remains limited to 5)
   • Sheriff Offices must not be attacked for trivial reasons such as freeing someone serving a short sentence
3. Prison Transport: Attacks on prison transports must occur while in transit, not at starting or ending locations.

Prohibited Behaviors

1. Metagaming: Using out-of-character information in-game.
2. Powergaming: Actions outside your character's abilities or abusing game mechanics.
3. Combat Logging: Quitting during active roleplay scenarios.
4. Combat Storing: Hiding or despawning items/vehicles during conflicts.
5. Trolling: Disruptive or foolish behavior that breaks immersion.
6. Baiting: Provoking law enforcement or players unnecessarily.
7. Third-Party Software: No crosshair software or other advantage-providing tools.
8. Unwanted Roleplay: Forcing scenarios on others without implied consent.

CRIMINAL ACTIVITIES

1. Cooldown Periods:
   • After any crime: Stay in server for 30 minutes
   • Return to crime scene: 30-minute cooldown
   • Between robberies: 1-hour cooldown
   • No crimes 30 minutes before or 15 minutes after server restart
2. Robbery Guidelines:
   • No robbing while victims are in menus
   • No robbing on-duty doctors/lawmen
   • Take money OR items, not both
   • No weapon theft
   • Cannot kill after robbery unless threatened
   • Leave sufficient survival items
   • Always uncuff/unbag before leaving someone
3. Hostage Rules:
   • Hostages must be captured organically (not friends)
   • 15-minute initiation window after taking hostage
   • Extended hostage situations require player consent
   • Always uncuff/unbag before leaving someone
4. Banks & Stores:
   • 10-minute minimum time on scene after blowing doors
   • Leave area for 1 hour after robbery

Special Activities:

1. Sheriff Office Raids: Maximum 5 attackers, all on duty law may respond.
2. NPC Wagon Robberies: Maximum 5 participants (KOS permitted)

GANG RESTRICTIONS

1. Membership Limits:
   • 10 members maximum per gang
   • All members must be listed on gang hideout
   • No cycling members for specific scenes
2. Alliance Prohibition:
   • No alliances between gangs
   • Cannot call upon external groups for aid
   • Each gang must operate independently
3. Gang Wars:
   • Cannot declare war on government/law enforcement
   • War terms must be negotiated and approved by staff
   • Submit war terms via ticket before hostilities begin
   • Outside players cannot interfere in gang wars
   • 2-week cooldown period after war conclusion
4. War Term Exceptions:
   • When negotiated with Management, specific exceptions to standard rules may be permitted
   • These exceptions must be documented and approved in advance
   • Exceptions are scenario-specific and not permanent

MEDICAL & DEATH RULES

1. Unconscious State:
   • Remain silent while unconscious
   • Wait 10 minutes for medical response before respawning
   • Use /calldoctor only when genuinely needed
2. Respawning:
   • You forget events leading to death
   • You should not return to the same area for 30 minutes
   • You cannot rejoin the scene that lead to your death (even after 30 minutes)
3. Medical Roleplay:
   • Roleplay injuries appropriately
   • After being treated, refrain from combat for a reasonable period
   • Do not alter your injuries during medical roleplay
4. Permanent Death (Perma):
   • Voluntary only, indicated by /me "perma"
   • Must have a will created by a lawyer at least 2 weeks prior
   • Maximum $50,000 and 5 unique items can be willed
   • Businesses/properties cannot be willed and revert to government
   • New character cannot be related to perma'd character
   • Cannot rejoin same gang for 1 month with new character
   • Perma decision is irreversible

WHITELISTED ROLES

1. Law Enforcement:
   • Subject to 5-person rule in scenarios (except for Sheriff's Office defense)
   • Must maintain professional roleplay standards
   • Responsible for assigned jurisdictions
2. Doctors:
   • Cannot be corrupt or participate in criminal activities
   • May request corruption storylines through staff approval
3. Business Owners:
   • Require 1 week experience as apprentice before owning business

SPECIAL PROHIBITIONS

1. Erotic Roleplay (ERP):
   • Must be conducted privately where other players cannot see
   • Requires explicit consent from all involved parties
   • No public displays of explicit content
2. Prohibited Roleplay:
   • Pregnancy roleplay is prohibited
   • Roleplaying as children or infants is prohibited
   • Detailed torture/dismemberment without consent is prohibited
3. Corruption:
   • Any form of corruption in whitelisted roles requires management approval
   • Must be requested via ticket with explanation of storyline benefits
4. Toxic Behaviour:
   • You should not continually blow heads off after every engagement.
   • No extended taunting of downed players who are unable to respond.
   • Blowing off of limbs / continually shooting a downed player (ie nuggeting) will not be tolerated.

TECHNICAL ISSUES

1. Game Crashes:
   • If you crash during an active scenario, inform other players or staff
   • You remain subject to in-game consequences upon return
   • Be prepared to turn yourself in if you crashed during a law enforcement scenario
2. AFK Protocol:
   • Find a safe, private location before going AFK
   • Being AFK in public does not protect you from roleplay consequences
   • Status messages do not exempt you from interaction