Base damage schedule

Raiding is only possible while base damage is ON. The flip is automatic; staff can override it and the override is announced.

• Build and repair outside those windows — walls will not take damage.
• Dismantling or destroying structures while damage is OFF is reviewed as an off-schedule raid. Owner maintenance is legitimate; be ready to say so.
• The Discord announcement carries the next change time in your own timezone.

Restarts

Every two hours, on odd hours.

• 01:00, 03:00, 05:00 … 23:00. Back up in roughly five minutes.
• Combat-logging into a restart to escape a fight is treated as combat logging.
• Relog and dupe patterns near a restart window are weighted heavily by the anti-abuse watch — do not test it.

The Experiment™ — server rules

Welcome, Survivor. You've joined The Experiment™ — a custom DayZ server on Livonia built for hardcore, fair, and immersive gameplay. By joining this server you automatically agree to every rule below. No exceptions. No excuses.

What kind of server is this?

• This is a hardcore PvP survival server. You will be hunted, you will be raided, and you can lose everything. That is the game.
• This is NOT a deathmatch or arcade server. If your plan is glitching, macros, or scripted PvP — leave now, you will be banned.

How to stay out of trouble:

• Read every section on this page. "I didn't know" is never accepted.
• Rule updates are posted in the #announcement channel in Discord — turn notifications ON.
• When in doubt, ask staff or the AI bot before you act. Asking shows good faith. Getting caught doesn't.

Survive. Adapt. Dominate. — Last updated 2 July 2026.

1. General Conduct

Everyone on this server is a real person. Enemies in-game, respect out of game.

• Respect all players and staff at all times. Disagreements happen — keep it mature.
• Zero tolerance: racism, hate speech, slurs, or discrimination = immediate permanent ban.
• No harassment or bullying. Repeated targeting of a specific player is harassment regardless of intent.
• No personal attacks. Criticise gameplay, not people.
• No impersonating staff or players — similar names, fake admin claims, or "speaking on behalf of" staff included.
• No real-life threats. Immediate permanent ban and possible report to authorities.
• No doxxing. Do not share, gather, or threaten to share anyone's personal information.
• Keep public chat civil. Feuds and drama belong in DMs, not the server.
• Staff decisions are final. Appeal through a ticket — arguing in public is a separate offence.

2. Cheating, Glitches & External Tools — ZERO TOLERANCE

The line is simple: if the developers did not intend it, it is illegal here. Every glitch and exploit is bannable — no exceptions.

• ALL glitches are banned. Moonwalking, duplication, invisibility, clipping/glitching through walls or terrain, skywalking, flying, inventory exploits, item spawning — if it works in a way it clearly shouldn't, using it is a violation.
• "I found it on YouTube" makes it worse, not better. A tutorial existing does not make an exploit legal. Learning a glitch and using it here = ban.
• No external tools or hardware. Cronus Zen, XIM, scripts, macros, recoil scripts, modded controllers, or anything that automates or enhances your inputs = ban.
• No emote spam. Emote spamming is used for glitching and is automatically detected and punished by our anti-cheat. No warning is given.
• No lag switching, godmode, or movement exploits.
• Found a glitch? Report it — don't use it. Reporting earns goodwill. Using it earns a ban.
• Hacking or server-side abuse = permanent ban. No appeal process, no exceptions.

We are not a deathmatch server. If you need moonwalking, recoil scripts, or a Zen to win a fight, go play deathmatch somewhere else — you won't last here.

3. Fair Play in Combat

• No combat logging. Logging out to avoid death, escape a raid, or deny a kill is not allowed. Need to log off mid-fight? That's a risk you accept.
• No stream sniping. Using someone's stream to track, locate, or target them is bannable.
• No Safe Zone abuse. The trader at Brena is fully protected — see sections 4 and 5.
• PvP is legal everywhere else. KOS outside the Safe Zone is part of the game. Dying to another player is not a rule violation — do not open tickets about fair kills.

4. Brena Safe Zone — Boundaries & Rules

ALL of Brena is the Safe Zone. The exact boundary is the red area on the Safe Zone map posted in Discord — study it. The zone covers the whole town and surrounding area, not just the trader building. Inside the red line, these rules apply:

• No shooting, hitting, or killing. Not even ONE hit. Bullet, melee, grenade, vehicle — one single hit is enough to get you banned.
• No stealing, no looting, NO picking up items. From the ground, from players, from anywhere in the zone. If it isn't yours, do not touch it.
• No placing items or building structures. Everything placed in the zone is logged and punished.
• No baiting. Luring a player into or out of the zone to kill them = punished as if you killed them inside it.
• No using the zone as a combat shield. Running into the zone mid-fight to escape is not allowed.
• Always follow trader and staff instructions. Immediately, without argument.

Enforcement is 100% automatic. A bot reads the server logs. Any hit, kill, or placed object inside the zone coordinates = automatic 24-hour ban. No warnings, no staff review, no "it was an accident." The bot cannot see your intentions — you know the rules. Repeat offenders face permanent bans.

5. Attacked Inside the Safe Zone? READ THIS FIRST

The auto-ban system bans anyone who lands a hit inside the zone — including you if you shoot back. Protect yourself the smart way:

• DO NOT return fire. Ever. If someone attacks you inside the Safe Zone: run, create distance, save yourself, record a clip if you can — but do not engage. If you land even one hit back, the bot bans you too, and staff cannot reverse it.
• The attacker WILL be banned. Every hit is logged. Due to a delay on our host's side, the ban and kick take roughly 5–10 minutes to apply. The attacker may still be standing there — they are already banned. Stay away from them.
• Died or lost gear without fighting back? Open a ticket. Your items will be returned to you free at the trader.
• Compensation requires proof. Provide video/screenshots showing the items you had BEFORE losing them, plus a clip of the incident if possible. No proof = no compensation.
• Do not inflate your claim. Claim gear you never had and we find out — and we do find out — you will be punished for false reporting instead of compensated.

One hit inside Brena = banned. Want to fight? The entire rest of Livonia is open — take it anywhere else.

6. Raiding — Active 24/7

This is a hardcore PvP survival server. You can be raided at any time, any day — no protected hours, no offline protection, no warning. Getting raided is NOT a rule violation. Tickets complaining about a legitimate raid will be closed.

Always legal, 24/7:

• Raiding and fully looting any base
• Dismantling walls and structures from the inside with tools
• Boosting over walls using watchtowers, built structures, or teammates — building a watchtower next to a base to get in is a legitimate raid tactic
• Stealing a base — taking the flag, claiming the base, taking it over completely
• Stealing vehicles, loot, and anything not nailed down (outside the Safe Zone)

BASE DAMAGE — the only time restriction:

• Weekends (Friday–Sunday): base damage ON. Walls and structures can be destroyed from the outside (explosives etc.).
• Weekdays (Monday–Thursday): base damage OFF. You can still raid — you get in by dismantling from the inside or boosting over, not by destroying walls from outside.
• Weekend windows are confirmed in #announcement by our DayZ AI bot. No announcement posted = base damage is OFF.
• Damaging structures outside the active window = exploit abuse, no matter how you did it.

The exact windows and timezone in force right now are in the live schedule table at the top of this page.

7. Griefing — The Exact Line

Raiding is gameplay. Griefing is not. Here is the exact difference — read it BEFORE you open a ticket.

NOT griefing — fully legal:

• Breaking every wall you need to reach loot
• Emptying a base of every last item
• Stealing the flag or taking over the base
• Destroying walls, doors, or storage as part of getting in and getting the loot out

Griefing — bannable:

• Destroying or wiping an entire base when your clear intention was destruction, not loot
• "Technically not ALL of it" does not work. Destroying everything except one wall — or any similar trick — counts as wiping the base. We punish the spirit of the rule, not the wording.
• Stripping a vehicle and leaving it unusable purely out of spite

Staff judge intent. Blew through half a base to reach the loot room? That's a raid. Levelled a base and took nothing? That's griefing — and you're gone. Your base got raided and looted clean? That's DayZ on a hardcore server. Rebuild, hide better, get revenge — but don't open a ticket about it.

8. Building Rules

Building is enabled everywhere — with hard limits. Your base is your domain; the map belongs to everyone.

• NO building in or blocking military zones. Every military base, camp, and high-tier loot area must stay fully accessible to all players. This includes walling off buildings, placing gates across entrances, or building a base inside the zone itself.
• NO building in or blocking mission/event areas and key map locations.
• NO building in or blocking fresh spawn zones. This is treated as griefing.
• Do not block roads, paths, or vehicle routes. Bases that stop players from passing are removed without warning.
• No base spam. Excessive structures placed to lag the server or break rendering = ban.
• Illegal bases are deleted without warning and without compensation. Staff have final say on what counts as "blocking."
• Not sure if your spot is legal? Ask staff BEFORE you build. After it's built is too late.

9. Vehicles

• Solo players: max 1 vehicle (car or truck) stored or claimed at any time.
• Groups (2–5 players): max 2 vehicles TOTAL for the whole group — not per person.
• No hiding or hoarding vehicles to deny others access.
• No vehicle griefing. Stealing a vehicle is gameplay; stripping it and leaving it broken out of spite is not.
• Abandoned vehicles with no clear owner are free for anyone to take.
• Staff may despawn excess vehicles without compensation.

10. Alternate Accounts (ALTs)

• One account per real person. No exceptions.
• ALTs are strictly prohibited — second accounts to dodge a ban, bypass rules, or gain any advantage.
• Ban evasion = permanent ban on ALL accounts, no appeal.
• Share a device or household with a banned player? Open a ticket proactively — same-device/IP detection may flag you automatically otherwise.
• Suspect someone is on an ALT? Ticket with evidence. No public accusations.

11. Tickets & Support — READ BEFORE OPENING ONE

We receive ~50 tickets a day. Tickets that ignore the rules below are closed without answer.

BEFORE you open a ticket:

• Check every info channel, then ask the AI bot. Most questions are answered instantly. Be polite and detailed with the bot — explain exactly what you need; it works better the more you give it.
• NO game-basics tickets. "Where is the bunker," how trading works, etc. — we do not have time to teach you DayZ. Closed on sight.
• NO tickets crying about being raided. Raids are legal — see Rule 6.

PROOF — mandatory, attached in your FIRST message:

• Video or screenshots ready BEFORE you open the ticket. No proof attached = closed without answer.
• Good quality only. Direct game captures — NOT a phone recording of your screen.
• Names clearly visible. No guessing, no "I think it was him."
• Show everything — the full situation, not a 3-second cut — and describe what happened in detail.

Language:

• English only for all tickets, reports, and appeals. Any other language = closed without response. Google Translate and DeepL are free — use them. (Casual chat in other languages is fine; this applies to official support only.)

False reports: fabricated evidence or malicious reports = you get banned instead.

12. Discord Rules

• Use the correct channels. Every channel has a purpose. Off-topic posts are deleted; repeat offenders are muted.
• Shit talk stays in the shit-talk channel. ONLY there. Trash talk, banter, and call-outs in general/main chat = mute — or a ban if you keep it up. The shit-talk channel is not a free pass either: hate speech, threats, and doxxing rules still apply everywhere.
• NO bot commands in main chat. Balance checks and every other bot command belong in the designated bot channels. Using them in main chat = 1-day mute.
• Follow staff instructions promptly. Asked to stop or move to a ticket? Do it without argument.
• No spam or message flooding.
• No @everyone / @here. Staff only. Unauthorised use = immediate mute or ban.
• No NSFW, illegal, or disturbing content. Images, links, videos, descriptions — no exceptions.
• No misinformation about the server, staff, rules, or other players.
• Respect voice channels. No mic spam, screaming, or looped audio.
• Do not argue moderation in public. Open a ticket. Public arguments = further punishment.

13. Enforcement & Rule Updates

How punishment works:

• Automatic bans: Safe Zone violations, detected cheating, emote spam, and ALT accounts are banned by bot — no staff review needed.
• Manual enforcement: staff review clips and reports constantly. You don't have to be caught live.
• Punishment scale: warning → kick → temp ban → permanent ban. Severe violations skip straight to permanent.
• Instant permanent bans: cheating, hacking, doxxing, real-life threats, hate speech, ban evasion.
• Appeals: only permanent bans can be appealed, via ticket. Temp bans are not appealable. "I didn't know the rules" is always denied.
• Loopholes are not a defence. Break the spirit of a rule and you will be punished, even if the exact wording doesn't cover it. Staff have final discretion.
• Staff abuse? Report via ticket to a senior admin — never publicly.

Rules change:

• These rules can change at any time, without warning. Staying updated is 100% your responsibility.
• Every change is posted in #announcement — enable notifications now.
• "The rules were different when I joined" is not an appeal argument.

Survive. Adapt. Dominate. Welcome to The Experiment™.

How the shop behaves

• You cannot be charged twice. Double-click Buy, or retry after your connection drops, and you get the same order back rather than a second one.
• You are never charged for nothing. The credits and the order are written together: if the payment does not go through, no order exists.
• Nothing is called delivered unless it was. If the server cannot show that a kit reached you, it is refunded, or held for a person to look at. It is never quietly ticked off.
• Some items need a Discord role. If you do not have it, checkout stops before it takes anything. You keep your credits.
• A kit is checked against the catalogue before anything is sent. An item that has gone missing from the game cannot be turned into a delivery that silently drops half of it.