📜Building Rules📜
BR1. Max 2 bases per tribe per map (same vicinity counts as 1). Extra bases are deleted without warning. Beds, teleporters, and taming traps are exempt.
BR2. No meshed structures/turrets. All structures must be C4-able. Mesh turrets (shooting through terrain) are your responsibility to prevent.
BR3. No tunnel builds (e.g., structures used to bypass enemy build zones or turret range via foundation exploits).
BR4. No building or aggressive dinos whatsoever @ any of the following locations:
BR5. No excessive spam outside of your base. Spam must not exceed the render distance of your base entrance.
BR6. No open-world structures unrelated to your base (e.g. random turrets, gates, tek shields). Beds/taming traps/teleporters are fine.
BR7. No glitch bases (e.g., campfire glitch, pelagornis squeeze). Crouch spots must be walk-in accessible—no bugs or exploits.
BR8. No floating bases or floating turret towers. Floating turrets are allowed as long as it is in the middle of hatch frames/door frames. All other versions of floating turrets are not allowed.
BR9. One rathole per tribe across the cluster. Excess structures will be wiped. A rathole is any spot too small for a stego/turtle.
BR10. Platform dinos may not be fully concealed on all sides. At least two sides must be able to be shot by turrets. You may block the rider provided your structures do not create a turret line of sight to prevent the dino from taking any damage.
BR11. No structure placement on player models to hide or immobilize them.
BR12. Spam must not be snapped more than two foundations together.
BR13. No stacking more than 2 vaults, pillars, or similar structures inside each other.
📜Game Rules📜
GR1. No hacking, exploits, or plugin bugs (e.g. vault stacking, mesh C4). Ask staff if unsure.
GR2. One character per cluster. No alts or account sharing.
GR3. Same tribe name/owner/members on all maps.
GR4. No insiding. You’re responsible for your tribe. Lost items aren’t refunded.
GR5. No duping, exploiting, or cheating—instant ban. Items mistakenly duplicated must be removed. No warnings.
GR6. No scamming in trades.
GR7. No teaming in raids. Raids are 1v1 only. 3rd-party interference = teaming.
GR8. No coordinated raids (e.g. staggered attacks by allies). Repeated patterns = proof.
GR9. No holding players hostage longer than 30 mins (unless during an active raid on that map).
GR10. No stacking more than 2 dinosaurs within each other. Dinosaurs that get stacked while growing up need to be picked up as soon as they become adults.
GR11. Fobs must be removed once your raid is completed. Fobs that have not been used in over 24 hours must be removed. If a FOB has been around for longer than a 7 days (Full-screen screenshots need to be provided showing date/time from the first time and then 7 days later) the defending tribe can request it wiped.
GR12. Placing turrets in open-world PVP is allowed but must be picked up afterwards. No open world turrets will be allowed longer than 24 hours. (Including battery)
GR13. Tribes causing server performance issues (lag, crashes, etc) will be banned with a warning depending on the circumstance. It is your responsibility to ensure your base does not cause lag when being raided/picked up.
GR14. No popcorning/despawning loot while being actively raided. Loot can be transferred out, however, popcorning/intentionally despawning loot is punishable, especially while the base is being actively destroyed.
📜Overall Server Conduct📜
Follow the official ARK Code of Conduct
No racism or verbal bullying including any slang variants.
Disrespect to a staff member will not be tolerated whatsoever.
BR1. Max 2 bases per tribe per map (same vicinity counts as 1). Extra bases are deleted without warning. Beds, teleporters, and taming traps are exempt.
BR2. No meshed structures/turrets. All structures must be C4-able. Mesh turrets (shooting through terrain) are your responsibility to prevent.
BR3. No tunnel builds (e.g., structures used to bypass enemy build zones or turret range via foundation exploits).
BR4. No building or aggressive dinos whatsoever @ any of the following locations:
- Fjordur teleportation area
- Obelisks
- Wyvern Nests/Egg Spawns
- Genesis 2 Rockwell Innards
- Genesis 2 Space Bridges
- Lava Golem Cave
- Ice Queen Cave
- Genesis Volcanic Cave
- Genesis Mission Zones
- Extinction unfobable location above King Titan Terminal
- Crystal Isles Underwater Tunnels
- Valguero Aberration Zone Entrances
- Aberration surface and green surface entrances
- Genesis 2 – Mission Zones/Terminals
- Spawn Zones
- World Borders (bugs that allows building foundations on top of the world border)
- You can build at Extinction OSDs under use, however, must be picked up and cleared after you are done.
BR5. No excessive spam outside of your base. Spam must not exceed the render distance of your base entrance.
BR6. No open-world structures unrelated to your base (e.g. random turrets, gates, tek shields). Beds/taming traps/teleporters are fine.
BR7. No glitch bases (e.g., campfire glitch, pelagornis squeeze). Crouch spots must be walk-in accessible—no bugs or exploits.
BR8. No floating bases or floating turret towers. Floating turrets are allowed as long as it is in the middle of hatch frames/door frames. All other versions of floating turrets are not allowed.
BR9. One rathole per tribe across the cluster. Excess structures will be wiped. A rathole is any spot too small for a stego/turtle.
BR10. Platform dinos may not be fully concealed on all sides. At least two sides must be able to be shot by turrets. You may block the rider provided your structures do not create a turret line of sight to prevent the dino from taking any damage.
BR11. No structure placement on player models to hide or immobilize them.
BR12. Spam must not be snapped more than two foundations together.
BR13. No stacking more than 2 vaults, pillars, or similar structures inside each other.
📜Game Rules📜
GR1. No hacking, exploits, or plugin bugs (e.g. vault stacking, mesh C4). Ask staff if unsure.
GR2. One character per cluster. No alts or account sharing.
GR3. Same tribe name/owner/members on all maps.
GR4. No insiding. You’re responsible for your tribe. Lost items aren’t refunded.
GR5. No duping, exploiting, or cheating—instant ban. Items mistakenly duplicated must be removed. No warnings.
GR6. No scamming in trades.
GR7. No teaming in raids. Raids are 1v1 only. 3rd-party interference = teaming.
GR8. No coordinated raids (e.g. staggered attacks by allies). Repeated patterns = proof.
GR9. No holding players hostage longer than 30 mins (unless during an active raid on that map).
GR10. No stacking more than 2 dinosaurs within each other. Dinosaurs that get stacked while growing up need to be picked up as soon as they become adults.
GR11. Fobs must be removed once your raid is completed. Fobs that have not been used in over 24 hours must be removed. If a FOB has been around for longer than a 7 days (Full-screen screenshots need to be provided showing date/time from the first time and then 7 days later) the defending tribe can request it wiped.
GR12. Placing turrets in open-world PVP is allowed but must be picked up afterwards. No open world turrets will be allowed longer than 24 hours. (Including battery)
GR13. Tribes causing server performance issues (lag, crashes, etc) will be banned with a warning depending on the circumstance. It is your responsibility to ensure your base does not cause lag when being raided/picked up.
GR14. No popcorning/despawning loot while being actively raided. Loot can be transferred out, however, popcorning/intentionally despawning loot is punishable, especially while the base is being actively destroyed.
📜Overall Server Conduct📜
Follow the official ARK Code of Conduct
No racism or verbal bullying including any slang variants.
Disrespect to a staff member will not be tolerated whatsoever.
📜Building Rules📜
BR1. Two bases per tribe per map (This is two separate locations, multiple buildings within the same vicinity count as one). Any third base found will get automatically deleted without notice. A base is considered any structure collection.
BR2. No meshed structures or turrets (includes meshed foundations, pillars, ocean platforms, etc.).
BR3. No building or wandering dinos at:
BR4. No excessive spam (pillars/foundations) around bases. Temporary spam while building is fine but must be removed after completion or logout.
BR5. No open-world structures away from your base (turrets, forcefields, gates, inactive taming pens, etc.).
📜Game Rules📜
GR1. No hacks, exploits, or bug abuse.
GR2. One character per player per cluster. No alt accounts or account sharing.
GR3. No dinos/structures at spawn points or obelisks.
GR4. No Insiding. Items lost to insiding will not be replaced, it is your tribe and your responsibility to hire trustworthy tribe mates.
GR5. No duplicating, exploiting, or cheating. This will get you instantly banned. If your items mistakenly duped, you must get rid of them or you will be banned. No warnings.
GR6. No scamming in trades + No real money trading allowed whatsoever. All parties involved in real money trading will be permanently banned.
GR7. No stacking more than 2 dinosaurs within each other. More than 2 stacked dinosaurs will be admin wiped without notice and further punishments will apply for repeat offenders. Dinosaurs that get stacked while growing up need to be picked up as soon as they become adults.
GR8. Tribes causing lag or crashes will be warned or banned depending on severity.
GR9. Absolutely no griefing against players on PvE servers. Griefing consists of any form of trying to kill or destroy a players model or structures. Griefing also includes stealing tames and interfering with another players PVE progression.
GR10. You cannot trade or gift to players with the "New Player" role. This role lasts for 7 days after joining the SquirtleArk Discord. Once the role is gone, players may trade and participate in the #pve-trading channel.
📜Overall Server Conduct📜
Follow the official ARK Code of Conduct
No racism or verbal bullying including any slang variants.
Disrespect to a staff member will not be tolerated whatsoever.
BR1. Two bases per tribe per map (This is two separate locations, multiple buildings within the same vicinity count as one). Any third base found will get automatically deleted without notice. A base is considered any structure collection.
BR2. No meshed structures or turrets (includes meshed foundations, pillars, ocean platforms, etc.).
BR3. No building or wandering dinos at:
- Artifact caves
- Obelisks
- Wyvern nests
- Genesis 2 (Rockwell Innards, Space Bridges)
- Lava Golem/Ice Queen caves
- Genesis Volcanic Cave & Mission Zones
- Crystal Isles Underwater Tunnels
- Valguero Ab Zone Entrances
- Aberration surfaces/entrances
- Spawn zones
- Swamp Cave (Island)
- World borders
- Fjordur teleport pads
- Extinction OSDs can be built on during use but must be cleaned up after.
BR4. No excessive spam (pillars/foundations) around bases. Temporary spam while building is fine but must be removed after completion or logout.
BR5. No open-world structures away from your base (turrets, forcefields, gates, inactive taming pens, etc.).
📜Game Rules📜
GR1. No hacks, exploits, or bug abuse.
GR2. One character per player per cluster. No alt accounts or account sharing.
GR3. No dinos/structures at spawn points or obelisks.
GR4. No Insiding. Items lost to insiding will not be replaced, it is your tribe and your responsibility to hire trustworthy tribe mates.
GR5. No duplicating, exploiting, or cheating. This will get you instantly banned. If your items mistakenly duped, you must get rid of them or you will be banned. No warnings.
GR6. No scamming in trades + No real money trading allowed whatsoever. All parties involved in real money trading will be permanently banned.
GR7. No stacking more than 2 dinosaurs within each other. More than 2 stacked dinosaurs will be admin wiped without notice and further punishments will apply for repeat offenders. Dinosaurs that get stacked while growing up need to be picked up as soon as they become adults.
GR8. Tribes causing lag or crashes will be warned or banned depending on severity.
GR9. Absolutely no griefing against players on PvE servers. Griefing consists of any form of trying to kill or destroy a players model or structures. Griefing also includes stealing tames and interfering with another players PVE progression.
GR10. You cannot trade or gift to players with the "New Player" role. This role lasts for 7 days after joining the SquirtleArk Discord. Once the role is gone, players may trade and participate in the #pve-trading channel.
📜Overall Server Conduct📜
Follow the official ARK Code of Conduct
No racism or verbal bullying including any slang variants.
Disrespect to a staff member will not be tolerated whatsoever.
📜Building Rules📜
BR1. Two bases per tribe per map (This is two separate locations, multiple buildings within the same vicinity count as one). Any third base found will get automatically deleted without notice. A base is considered any structure collection.
BR2. No meshed structures or turrets (includes meshed foundations, pillars, ocean platforms, etc.).
BR3. No building or wandering dinos at:
BR4. No excessive spam (pillars/foundations) around bases. Temporary spam while building is fine but must be removed after completion or logout.
BR5. No open-world structures away from your base (turrets, forcefields, gates, inactive taming pens, etc.).
📜Game Rules📜
GR1. No hacks, exploits, or bug abuse.
GR2. One character per player per cluster. No alt accounts or account sharing.
GR3. No dinos/structures at spawn points or obelisks.
GR4. No Insiding. Items lost to insiding will not be replaced, it is your tribe and your responsibility to hire trustworthy tribe mates.
GR5. No duplicating, exploiting, or cheating. This will get you instantly banned. If your items mistakenly duped, you must get rid of them or you will be banned. No warnings.
GR6. No scamming in trades.
GR7. No stacking more than 2 dinosaurs within each other. More than 2 stacked dinosaurs will be admin wiped without notice and further punishments will apply for repeat offenders. Dinosaurs that get stacked while growing up need to be picked up as soon as they become adults.
GR8. Tribes causing lag or crashes will be warned or banned depending on severity.
GR9. Absolutely no griefing against players on PvE servers. Griefing consists of any form of trying to kill or destroy a players model or structures. Griefing also includes stealing tames and interfering with another players PVE progression.
GR10. Do not help new players skip progression. No giving items or dinos to new players, including carrying them through bosses. Trades must be between players of the same progression tier—only trade dinos or items a player could reasonably obtain themselves.
📜Overall Server Conduct📜
Follow the official ARK Code of Conduct
No racism or verbal bullying including any slang variants.
Disrespect to a staff member will not be tolerated whatsoever.
BR1. Two bases per tribe per map (This is two separate locations, multiple buildings within the same vicinity count as one). Any third base found will get automatically deleted without notice. A base is considered any structure collection.
BR2. No meshed structures or turrets (includes meshed foundations, pillars, ocean platforms, etc.).
BR3. No building or wandering dinos at:
- Artifact caves
- Obelisks
- Wyvern nests
- Genesis 2 (Rockwell Innards, Space Bridges)
- Lava Golem/Ice Queen caves
- Genesis Volcanic Cave & Mission Zones
- Crystal Isles Underwater Tunnels
- Valguero Ab Zone Entrances
- Aberration surfaces/entrances
- Spawn zones
- Swamp Cave (Island)
- World borders
- Fjordur teleport pads
- Extinction OSDs can be built on during use but must be cleaned up after.
BR4. No excessive spam (pillars/foundations) around bases. Temporary spam while building is fine but must be removed after completion or logout.
BR5. No open-world structures away from your base (turrets, forcefields, gates, inactive taming pens, etc.).
📜Game Rules📜
GR1. No hacks, exploits, or bug abuse.
GR2. One character per player per cluster. No alt accounts or account sharing.
GR3. No dinos/structures at spawn points or obelisks.
GR4. No Insiding. Items lost to insiding will not be replaced, it is your tribe and your responsibility to hire trustworthy tribe mates.
GR5. No duplicating, exploiting, or cheating. This will get you instantly banned. If your items mistakenly duped, you must get rid of them or you will be banned. No warnings.
GR6. No scamming in trades.
GR7. No stacking more than 2 dinosaurs within each other. More than 2 stacked dinosaurs will be admin wiped without notice and further punishments will apply for repeat offenders. Dinosaurs that get stacked while growing up need to be picked up as soon as they become adults.
GR8. Tribes causing lag or crashes will be warned or banned depending on severity.
GR9. Absolutely no griefing against players on PvE servers. Griefing consists of any form of trying to kill or destroy a players model or structures. Griefing also includes stealing tames and interfering with another players PVE progression.
GR10. Do not help new players skip progression. No giving items or dinos to new players, including carrying them through bosses. Trades must be between players of the same progression tier—only trade dinos or items a player could reasonably obtain themselves.
📜Overall Server Conduct📜
Follow the official ARK Code of Conduct
No racism or verbal bullying including any slang variants.
Disrespect to a staff member will not be tolerated whatsoever.
📜Building Rules📜
BR1. Base Restrictions
A tribe is allowed up to 3 bases across the cluster, with a maximum of 2 ratholes. (Included in the 3 base limit)
Bases are not allowed at the following locations:
● Spawn Zones
● The Island Red Obelisk
● The Center Blue Obelisk
● Scorched Earth Blue Obelisk
● Ragnarok Blue Obelisk
● Ragnarok Green Obelisk
● Astraeos Green Obelisk
● Aberration Surface Entrances
● Lava Golem Cave
● Ice Queen Cave
● Extinction Terminals
● Valguero & Astraeos Aberration Zone Entrances
● Wyvern and Rock Drake or similar egg spawn areas
● Extinction/Astraeos OSDs (Allowed to build during active defence, must be removed after)
The only open-world structures are:
● Taming Traps
● Spawn Beds
● Teleporters
● FOBs (Forward Operation Bases)
*These must not contain turrets or block key spawns/resources. This includes Element Veins and OSDs with the only exclusion being FOBs.
⚠️ Warning → Structure removal
BR2. Walk-in Accessibility
● All bases must be walk-in accessible and destructible.
● No meshed structures/turrets, glitch spots, or foundation exploits.
⚠️ Warning → Area wipe → 🚫 Ban
BR3. Spam Limits
● Spam must not exceed 500 meters from your base entrance.
● Spam cannot be snapped more than 2 foundations together.
● No excessive open-world spam unrelated to your base.
⚠️ Warning → Spam removal →🚫 Ban
BR4. Platform/Tunnel Builds
● No tunnel builds allowed on platforms, including saddles.
● Dino/structure (raft, zeppelin, etc.) must be completely visible during raids.
● Rider can be boxed in, but not the dino.
● No exploits allowed with platform dinos or structures.
⚠️ Warning + FOB/area wipe → 🚫 Ban
BR5. Structure/Dino Stacking
● No stacking more than 2 vaults, pillars, dinos, or other structures inside each other.
⚠️ Warning → Wipe
● No placing structures on players to trap, immobilize, or protect them.
⚠️ Warning → 🚫 Ban
📜Game Rules📜
GR1. No hacking, meshing, exploits, or cheating.
🚫Ban
GR2. Chat Conduct
No harmful, threatening, sexual, or racist language.
⚠️ Warning → 🚫Ban
GR3. No real-money trading.
🚫 Ban.
GR4. No alliances or teaming
No coordinated attacks or help between separate tribes.
⚠️ Warning → 🚫Ban
GR5. Hostage Limits
No holding players hostage longer than 30 minutes unless during an active raid.
⚠️ Warning → 🚫Ban
GR6. No scamming during trades.
🚫Ban
GR7. Loot Destruction
No intentional despawning (“popcorning”) of loot during active raids.
Loot can be moved but not destroyed to deny attackers.
⚠️ Warning → 🚫Ban
GR8. One character per player.
No alt accounts or account sharing.
🚫 Ban
GR9. Cage Timer
Max 2 hours even during active raid (starts when ticket is created).
⚠️ Warning → 🚫Ban
GR10. Do not block cave or rathole entrances with tames unless it's your base.
⚠️ Dino wipe → 🚫Ban
GR11. Tribe name, owner, and members must be consistent across all cluster servers.
⚠️ Warning → 🚫Ban
GR12. Insiding is strictly prohibited.
🚫 Permanent ban.
GR13. No excessive dino stacking in any form.
⚠️ Tames removed → 🚫Ban
GR14. No use of duplicated loot.
🚫 Ban
GR15. No griefing or raiding while in PVE mode. This includes actions like killing passive dinos, soaking turrets, or setting up FOBs. To engage in PVP, simply have a tribe leader remove the pve shield.
⚠️ Warning → 🚫Ban
📜Raiding Rules📜
RR1. No teaming
⚠️ Warning → 🚫Ban
RR2. Counter raiding is allowed
Counter FOB must be established and the enemy FOB destroyed before attacking the base.
⚠️ Warning → 🚫Ban
RR3. No hitting structures through mesh
⚠️ Warning → 🚫Ban
RR4. No tribe merges or inviting new members during raid/defense
⚠️ Warning → 🚫Ban
RR5. No overcapping structures, including turrets to raid Note: This rule does NOT apply to defensive turret caps on your own base.
⚠️ Warning + structure wipe → 🚫Ban
RR6. No glitching enemies inside Tek forcefields
⚠️ Warning → 🚫Ban
📜Overall Server Conduct📜
Follow the official ARK Code of Conduct
No racism or verbal bullying including any slang variants.
Disrespect to a staff member will not be tolerated whatsoever.
BR1. Base Restrictions
A tribe is allowed up to 3 bases across the cluster, with a maximum of 2 ratholes. (Included in the 3 base limit)
Bases are not allowed at the following locations:
● Spawn Zones
● The Island Red Obelisk
● The Center Blue Obelisk
● Scorched Earth Blue Obelisk
● Ragnarok Blue Obelisk
● Ragnarok Green Obelisk
● Astraeos Green Obelisk
● Aberration Surface Entrances
● Lava Golem Cave
● Ice Queen Cave
● Extinction Terminals
● Valguero & Astraeos Aberration Zone Entrances
● Wyvern and Rock Drake or similar egg spawn areas
● Extinction/Astraeos OSDs (Allowed to build during active defence, must be removed after)
The only open-world structures are:
● Taming Traps
● Spawn Beds
● Teleporters
● FOBs (Forward Operation Bases)
*These must not contain turrets or block key spawns/resources. This includes Element Veins and OSDs with the only exclusion being FOBs.
⚠️ Warning → Structure removal
BR2. Walk-in Accessibility
● All bases must be walk-in accessible and destructible.
● No meshed structures/turrets, glitch spots, or foundation exploits.
⚠️ Warning → Area wipe → 🚫 Ban
BR3. Spam Limits
● Spam must not exceed 500 meters from your base entrance.
● Spam cannot be snapped more than 2 foundations together.
● No excessive open-world spam unrelated to your base.
⚠️ Warning → Spam removal →🚫 Ban
BR4. Platform/Tunnel Builds
● No tunnel builds allowed on platforms, including saddles.
● Dino/structure (raft, zeppelin, etc.) must be completely visible during raids.
● Rider can be boxed in, but not the dino.
● No exploits allowed with platform dinos or structures.
⚠️ Warning + FOB/area wipe → 🚫 Ban
BR5. Structure/Dino Stacking
● No stacking more than 2 vaults, pillars, dinos, or other structures inside each other.
⚠️ Warning → Wipe
● No placing structures on players to trap, immobilize, or protect them.
⚠️ Warning → 🚫 Ban
📜Game Rules📜
GR1. No hacking, meshing, exploits, or cheating.
🚫Ban
GR2. Chat Conduct
No harmful, threatening, sexual, or racist language.
⚠️ Warning → 🚫Ban
GR3. No real-money trading.
🚫 Ban.
GR4. No alliances or teaming
No coordinated attacks or help between separate tribes.
⚠️ Warning → 🚫Ban
GR5. Hostage Limits
No holding players hostage longer than 30 minutes unless during an active raid.
⚠️ Warning → 🚫Ban
GR6. No scamming during trades.
🚫Ban
GR7. Loot Destruction
No intentional despawning (“popcorning”) of loot during active raids.
Loot can be moved but not destroyed to deny attackers.
⚠️ Warning → 🚫Ban
GR8. One character per player.
No alt accounts or account sharing.
🚫 Ban
GR9. Cage Timer
Max 2 hours even during active raid (starts when ticket is created).
⚠️ Warning → 🚫Ban
GR10. Do not block cave or rathole entrances with tames unless it's your base.
⚠️ Dino wipe → 🚫Ban
GR11. Tribe name, owner, and members must be consistent across all cluster servers.
⚠️ Warning → 🚫Ban
GR12. Insiding is strictly prohibited.
🚫 Permanent ban.
GR13. No excessive dino stacking in any form.
⚠️ Tames removed → 🚫Ban
GR14. No use of duplicated loot.
🚫 Ban
GR15. No griefing or raiding while in PVE mode. This includes actions like killing passive dinos, soaking turrets, or setting up FOBs. To engage in PVP, simply have a tribe leader remove the pve shield.
⚠️ Warning → 🚫Ban
📜Raiding Rules📜
RR1. No teaming
⚠️ Warning → 🚫Ban
RR2. Counter raiding is allowed
Counter FOB must be established and the enemy FOB destroyed before attacking the base.
⚠️ Warning → 🚫Ban
RR3. No hitting structures through mesh
⚠️ Warning → 🚫Ban
RR4. No tribe merges or inviting new members during raid/defense
⚠️ Warning → 🚫Ban
RR5. No overcapping structures, including turrets to raid Note: This rule does NOT apply to defensive turret caps on your own base.
⚠️ Warning + structure wipe → 🚫Ban
RR6. No glitching enemies inside Tek forcefields
⚠️ Warning → 🚫Ban
📜Overall Server Conduct📜
Follow the official ARK Code of Conduct
No racism or verbal bullying including any slang variants.
Disrespect to a staff member will not be tolerated whatsoever.