DayZ Rules

Rules are updated periodically. For the most up-to-date rules, please visit our Discord

Last Updated: December 1, 2022

None of the following will be tolerated:

• NVIDIA Inspector Usage is strictly forbidden on ALL Sunnyvale Servers

• Glitching/Hacking/Using bugs in the game mechanics to gain an unfair advantage. Especially during PVP, basing or while raiding.

• Moonwalking is not allowed ever. Not even in the safezone.

• Combat Logging. [Logging out within 10 minutes of exiting combat]. (If you’re in your base, you can log out whenever.). This means the person logging must not have taken or given damage within 10 min without dying.

• No Stream Sniping.

• No Combat within 600 meters of trader safezone (800 meters on Namalsk maps) (400m on Valning) (Use Trader Map Marker As Reference). No following players out of safezone or camping the safezone.

• Excessively planting crops in safezone. (This does not mean you cannot grow things for others)

• Scamming/stealing anything in the safezones including vehicles with a lockpick (If its not yours don’t touch it!).

• No Using Megaphone in Safezone.

• Mic Spamming in Safezone (Music, screaming, etc…).

• Personal abuse, obscene, harassing, threatening, hateful, discriminatory or defamatory remarks of any nature won’t be tolerated. This includes racial, sexual, homophobic or cultural slurs, even in the context of a joke/meme. Toxicity is NOT welcome!

• Impersonating “Mod”, “Administrator”, “Human Resources”, “Owner”, “Staff”, etc if you are not the role.

• Spamming sidechat. (Keep Gloating to dms).

• Using another account to bypass a previous ban. If you have a Battle Eye Dayz ban you are not welcome here.

• Deliberately creating toxic situations or debates in order to undermine other players or the staff is not acceptable.

• Safezone Strafing (Entering and Exiting the Safezone in order to gain an advantage in combat). Do not shoot in or out of safezone to bait player(s). This includes “camping” the safezones. And “No spotting/making callouts from outside of the zone for teammates inside the zone or for those entering the zone” This also includes no calling out from helis above or outside the zone. (All team members involved in the PvP encounter in anyway must be inside the PvP zone at the time).

• Name “Survivor” Not Allowed unless on Server 3.

• Leaving items in safezone IF YOU ARE NOT THERE including vehicles, storage, safes ANYTHING you own is subject to deletion and you WILL NOT BE COMPED. Safezone is not your base!! (Clean ups happen every 24 hours).

• Do not be calling out rule breakers or cheaters in game chat, If there is a issue please make a ticket and let staff handle it.

• Staff disrespect is not tolerated here. If you are having issue with a staff member please reach out to speak with Tr3v0r Lahey or *♡ 𝒩𝒾𝒸𝑜𝓁𝑒 ♡* – Human Resources of Sunnyvale Servers.

None of the following will be tolerated:

• Building within 200m of Military area (single military shipping containers or watch towers are not included, Or anything that spawns Military loot must not be blocked off). This also includes Key Card Buildings, and KOTHs.

• No building in broken ships on coastlines.

• Blocking off Care Packages with your base.

• Building within 75m of a ATM or Virtual Garage.

• Building within 1000m of ANY Traderzone (800m on Valning) (Does Not Include Buried Stashes)

• Building in a Police, Prison, Fire Station, Medical Building, Barb’s Bunker is not allowed. (Castles, Lucy’s Bunker Allowed).

• Building at Warehouses or Vorkuda on (Namalsk map) is not allowed.

• Blocking marked (Water Drinking Wells) on the map is not allowed and must have public access.

• Blocking Roads with Bases. (You can build over the road, however you must leave space for every vehicle to pass under) (Temporary roadblocks are allowed).

• Base must contain at least one raidable entrance. Ex. A group must scope out a base to know which (window, door, opening) to go through so they are not wasting raid materials. This is up to the raider to figure this out (Groups that exploit “Slow Loading” to see through walls will be punished). However Tents must still be used as the sole purpose of storage.

• Wall Stacking is not allowed. For one single floor kit you may use one door in the middle of the floor kit. Please refer to our wall-stacking-info channel in Discord for more information.

• WatchTower Stacking past 1 Tower (only 1 kit allowed) 1 kit = 3 floors.

• Bases will be considered abandoned if the owner(s) of the base hasn’t connected to the server to defend the base within 7 days.

• Bases need to be secured to be considered occupied with codelock or combination lock otherwise it will be considered abandoned.

• Upon request, we will delete abandoned bases and its contents so that players may base there.

• Absolutely NO Tent Stacking.

• There Shall Be No Sky Bases, Floating Walkways etc All Builds Must Be Realistic This Is Not Fortnite!! All Bases must be connected to the ground with support columns.

• No Bases Are To Be Built On The Water (Boat Docks Allowed Long As There Is One Raidable Entrance).

• No Wall Stacking (Placing Door or Wall One After Another With No Proper Space In Between) 3 Doors Per 1×1 One On Each Side And 1 In The Middle Horizontally Or Diagonally Is Allowed! Please see our base-building-info, wall-stacking-info, wall-stacking-info channels in our Discord for more information on proper building techniques.

• All Code Locked Doors MUST Be Visible and Accessible And Not Hidden Behind Walls/Doors.

• Flag poles that are of different groups need to be at least 160m apart to avoid overlapping of territories. If flags overlap, the base that has the first interaction with their flag (raising or lowering it) or builds first will have the rights to that area and other group will have to move. (No exceptions).

• No Building In Static PVP Zones (Dynamic Care Package Zones Excluded) (PVE Servers).

None of the following will be tolerated:

• Stack items, float objects, dismantle through walls or objects, use vicinity to loot inside a base/tent.

• Use of any placeable objects (watchtowers are allowed but all 4 corners must touch the ground).

• Block entrances while raiding to hold progress.

• Glitch into someone’s base, if you are unable to properly raid it, move on.

• Place any code locks unless you have FULLY taken over the base. All doors must be raided before placing your own codelocks.

• Move your base flag pole/land claim kit while being actively raided.

• Utilize any other method of raiding that IS NOT clearly outlined in the raid-info and change-logs channels in our Discord.

• Raid a base that you have spawned inside of due to inactivity or if you are a fresh spawn. Submit a ticket and an Admin will TP you out unless you have the raid tools on your person to take the base back over.

• You may only lower a flag from the base of the flag. You may not lower it from the pole or anywhere above the base of the flag. You must be at the stone base.

You are allowed to:

• BUDDY BOOST (Standing on a friend’s head). Build watchtowers (all 4 corners MUST touch the ground) stand on top of vehicles, etc to get over walls and into bases that are not secured with a roof.

• Use a vehicle to place breaching charges on the outside of a base.

• As a defending party (base is being actively raided) you may rebuild and apply new code locks to the doors that have already been hacked/destroyed during the raid. If the attackers have destroyed your flag and placed a new flagpole you may not place anything without raiding it back first.

• Raid back your base if you spawn inside (If previous owner) But you must have the raiding supplies on your body to do so and are not allowed to get items from storage(s).

• There is absolutely NO KILLING OR COMBAT OUTSIDE PVP ZONES! You and the other player(s) must be inside the PVP Zone to shoot. (No placing landmine’s or traps in PVE area’s).

• If you get a vehicle key from a player inside PVP Zone, The vehicle must also be in PVP to steal it.

• Absolutely NO RAIDING! Even if base is inside a PVP Zone you may not raid it. Lowering or taking a base flag that is not yours is considered PVE Raiding.

• Absolutely NO STEALING! If its not yours do not take it. Don’t even look at it (Stealing Allowed in PVP Zones Only).

• Do not be strafing in/out of PVP zones or camping outside zone to gain an advantage. No shooting into zone or baiting shots.

• Absolutely NO Removing other players Car Covers as a attempt to despawn the Vehicle!

• During a care package PVP zone you may use Land mine’s & Traps ect… But you are responsible to remove them after zone is gone or will be considered a PVE Kill.

• Play even as if its a PVP server keep your stuff locked up. Might be PvE but there are always some clown that has to ruin it for everyone.

• If you are in a temporary PVP zone and kill a player, it is on you to loot the gear BEFORE the PVP zone disappears. If you attempt to loot after the circle has gone it is considered PVE theft.

• Safezone Strafing (Entering and Exiting the Safezone in order to gain an advantage in combat). Do not shoot in or out of safezone to bait player(s). This includes “camping” the safezones. And “No spotting/making callouts from outside of the zone for teammates inside the zone or for those entering the zone” This also includes no calling out from helis above or outside the zone. (All team members involved in the PVP encounter in anyway must be inside the PVP zone at the time).

• No Building In Static PVP Zones (Dynamic Care Package Zones Excluded).

By playing on Sunnyvale you agree to our rules and give consent to ourselves, and other players, to record you and, where necessary, use that media at our discretion. Sunnyvale DayZ Server rules are subject to change and/or editing at any time. Admins, Senior Administration, Detectives, Human Resources, and the Owner reserve the right to handle situations by a case to case basis.