2StonedRO Server Rules

2StonedRO Server Rules

Welcome to 2StonedRO! These rules exist to keep the server fair, competitive, and enjoyable for everyone.

By creating or using a 2StonedRO account, you agree to follow these rules. They apply in-game and throughout official 2StonedRO community spaces.

1. Respect Players and Staff

Treat other players and staff with basic respect.

Harassment, credible threats, hate speech, discrimination, stalking, doxxing, or deliberately making the server miserable for another person is prohibited.

Friendly competition and trash talk are allowed. Personal harassment is not.

2. Keep Chat Reasonable

Do not repeatedly spam, flood channels, obstruct normal conversations, or abuse global broadcasts.

Advertising unrelated servers, unauthorized services, real-money trades, scams, phishing pages, or malicious links is prohibited.

Use the appropriate channels when available. English may be required in public channels when staff need to moderate a conversation.

3. Appropriate Names and Emblems

Character, guild, party, pet, Homunculus, shop, and chat-room names must not:

• Impersonate staff or another player.
• Contain hate speech or targeted harassment.
• Promote another server or unauthorized service.
• Be designed to deceive players during trades.
• Intentionally resemble official system announcements.

Guild emblems must follow the same standards. Staff may require inappropriate or deliberately misleading names and emblems to be changed.

4. No Cheating, Bots, or Unauthorized Automation

The following are prohibited:

• Bot programs such as OpenKore.
• Packet injection, packet editing, or unauthorized network tools.
• Modified clients that provide an unfair gameplay advantage.
• Scripts that automatically control a player character.
• Automated combat, farming, targeting, skill rotations, or consumable use.
• Macros that repeat, time, or conditionally perform multiple gameplay actions.
• Tools that reveal hidden players, monsters, cooldowns, or information unavailable through the normal client.
• Any method used to bypass anti-cheat or client protections.

As a general standard, one physical input should perform one intended gameplay action unless the tool has been specifically approved by staff.

The official 2StonedWASD tool is permitted. Normal Homunculus AI behavior is also permitted as long as it does not control the player character.

If you are uncertain whether a program or configuration is allowed, ask staff before using it.

5. No Multi-Clienting

Only one active game client per person is allowed at a time.

Players may own multiple accounts and characters, but may not log into or actively control more than one game client simultaneously.

The only exception is merchants left online using the official @autotrade system. An autotrade merchant does not count as an active client because the player is disconnected while the shop remains open.

Do not use multiple computers, virtual machines, remote desktops, sandbox programs, family members’ accounts, or any other method to bypass this restriction.

Multiple real players in the same household may each play from their own account and device. Each client must be controlled by a separate person. Staff may request verification if this exception appears to be abused.

Using additional clients to scout, follow, buff, leech, farm, vend without @autotrade, participate in events, enter War of Emperium, or collect additional rewards is prohibited.

6. No Bug or Exploit Abuse

Do not knowingly abuse bugs, NPC errors, item duplication, unintended skill interactions, map exploits, reward loops, database errors, or other unintended mechanics.

If you discover a serious problem:

1. Stop using it.
2. Do not share instructions publicly.
3. Report it privately to staff.
4. Preserve screenshots, recordings, or other relevant information.

Players who knowingly receive or benefit from exploited items, Zeny, rewards, or rankings may also be penalized.

Attempting an exploit is still a violation even if it is unsuccessful.

7. Protect the Server

Attempts to attack, crash, disrupt, probe, or gain unauthorized access to the server, website, database, staff accounts, or another player's account are strictly prohibited.

This includes denial-of-service attacks, intentionally crashing maps, malicious packet flooding, credential theft, and distributing harmful files.

Serious attacks may result in immediate permanent removal and may be reported to the appropriate service providers or authorities.

8. Account Security and Sharing

You are responsible for activity performed through your accounts.

Never share your password with someone you do not completely trust. Staff will never ask for your password.

Account sharing is done entirely at your own risk. Staff are not required to restore items, Zeny, characters, or accounts lost because another person was voluntarily given access.

Using someone else's account does not protect you from punishment. The account owner may also be held responsible when account access was knowingly shared.

9. Trades, Loans, and Scamming

Scamming is prohibited. This includes:

• Misrepresenting an item or service.
• Changing trade contents or amounts to deceive another player.
• Fake giveaways or prize claims.
• Impersonating a trusted player or staff member.
• Misleading shop names or prices.
• Accepting payment for a service you never intended to provide.

Always check every trade before accepting it.

Ordinary trades are considered final. Staff are not required to reverse a completed trade because a player changed their mind, failed to check the price, or made a bad agreement.

Items voluntarily loaned to another player may not be restored unless staff determine that a separate rule violation occurred.

10. No Real-Money Trading

Do not buy, sell, or exchange 2StonedRO accounts, characters, items, Zeny, services, or progression for real-world money, cryptocurrency, gift cards, or goods from another game.

Do not advertise or broker these transactions.

Only systems officially operated and announced by 2StonedRO staff are exempt from this rule.

11. Never Impersonate Staff

Do not claim to be a GM, administrator, developer, moderator, or representative of 2StonedRO.

Do not create names, guilds, messages, or websites designed to look like official staff communications.

Staff members will never ask for your password or require you to send them items for “verification.”

12. Normal Monster Conduct

Do not repeatedly and deliberately steal monsters that another player is clearly fighting or actively gathering.

Accidental hits and ordinary competition for natural spawns can happen. A player also cannot claim an entire map or reserve monsters indefinitely.

Do not:

• Drop large groups of monsters onto another player to kill them.
• Drag hostile monsters into towns, NPC areas, entrances, or player gatherings to cause disruption.
• Reset or move monsters solely to interfere with another player's gameplay.
• Use skills repeatedly for the sole purpose of preventing others from playing.

13. MVP and Mini-Boss Competition

MVPs, mini-bosses, and announced world bosses are free-for-all unless an event specifically states otherwise.

Players may compete through legitimate damage, tanking, healing, support, and normal skill use. No player or party owns an MVP simply because they found or attacked it first.

Competition does not permit deliberate griefing. Do not:

• Move or reset a boss solely to prevent others from participating.
• Trap a boss in an inaccessible or unintended location.
• Abuse portals, map boundaries, or bugs.
• Block entrances or use unintended mechanics to exclude competitors.
• Harass players because they competed for a boss.

14. Drops and Ground Items

Loot belongs to the protected recipient while the server's loot-protection system is active.

Once that protection expires, items remaining on the ground are considered available to other players.

Staff are generally not responsible for items lost because:

• The player's inventory was full.
• @autoloot was disabled or configured incorrectly.
• The item was left on the ground.
• The player manually dropped, sold, traded, or destroyed it.

Verified server-side errors may be reviewed case by case.

15. Vending, Buying Shops, and Chat Rooms

Do not place shops or chat rooms directly on top of:

• NPCs.
• Portals or warp destinations.
• Important entrances.
• Other players' shops.
• Locations where they obstruct normal movement or interaction.

Shop titles must not intentionally misrepresent the items or prices inside.

Placeholder shops, excessive duplicate shops, and shops intended primarily to block space may be removed.

16. War of Emperium and Competitive Modes

War of Emperium, PvP, Battlegrounds, and similar modes are competitive environments. Being attacked or defeated within those modes is not harassment by itself.

The following remain prohibited:

• Exploiting bugs or unintended map mechanics.
• Match fixing, feeding, or trading victories.
• Using alternate accounts to manipulate teams or rewards.
• Joining a team to intentionally sabotage it.
• AFK farming of participation rewards.
• Coordinating with opponents to manipulate rankings or results.
• Bypassing mode-specific client or participation limits.

Additional rules may be announced for individual seasons, tournaments, or events. The one-active-client rule remains in effect during War of Emperium, PvP, Battlegrounds, tournaments, and all other competitive content.

17. Events and Rewards

Follow all instructions announced for an official event.

Unless otherwise stated, rewards limited to one player, person, account, household, or device may not be multiplied through alternate accounts.

Do not:

• Manipulate event registration or results.
• Share answers during knowledge-based events when prohibited.
• Use alternate characters to reserve multiple positions.
• Exploit disconnections, map access, or reward NPCs.
• Harass event hosts or disrupt an event after being eliminated.

Event-specific instructions take precedence for that event.

18. Do Not Evade Punishments

Do not use alternate accounts, characters, devices, networks, or another person's account to bypass a mute, jail, suspension, restriction, or ban.

Knowingly helping another person evade a punishment may also result in action against your account.

Staff may apply restrictions to related accounts when evidence shows they are controlled by the same person or are being used to assist an offender.

19. Report Problems Properly

Report bugs, exploits, suspicious behavior, scams, or staff concerns through the official support channel.

Useful evidence may include:

• Unedited screenshots or recordings.
• Character and account names.
• Dates and timestamps.
• Trade details.
• Relevant chat logs.
• A clear description of what occurred.

Do not fabricate, alter, or intentionally omit important evidence. False reports made to punish another player may result in penalties.

Do not publicly post instructions for reproducing serious exploits.

20. Staff Conduct and Appeals

Staff members are expected to enforce the rules fairly and may not use staff privileges for personal gain.

Concerns about staff conduct should be reported privately to an administrator with supporting evidence.

If you believe a punishment was incorrect, submit one clear appeal through the proper support channel. Repeated tickets, public arguments, threats, or harassment will not improve an appeal.

Staff may keep investigation details and another player's punishment private.

21. Enforcement

Possible actions include:

• A warning.
• Message deletion or chat restrictions.
• Mute or jail.
• Removal of illegal items, Zeny, or rewards.
• Character or account rollback.
• Temporary suspension.
• Permanent account or network restrictions.
• Removal from rankings, events, or competitive seasons.

Punishments depend on severity, intent, previous violations, cooperation, and the effect on the server or other players.

Serious cheating, exploitation, scamming, server attacks, threats, or repeated violations may result in immediate permanent removal without a warning.

22. Rules and Common Sense

These rules cannot list every possible form of abuse.

Attempting to avoid punishment through technicalities does not make harmful or clearly dishonest conduct acceptable. Staff will consider intent, evidence, and impact when handling situations not explicitly covered here.

Rules may be updated as 2StonedRO develops. Major changes will be announced when appropriate, and players are responsible for staying informed.

Use common sense, compete fairly, protect your account, and have fun. Welcome to 2StonedRO!