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==English==
 
==English==
To play this server everyone must understand and be able to write a comprehensible English. If a GM addresses you, you must be able to understand, answer and comply. Those who have problems which English should do efforts, but obviously we don't ask for perfection, simply a level high enough to allow communication.
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*To play, everyone must understand and be able to write comprehensible English. If a GM addresses a player, they must be able to understand, answer and comply. Perfection isn't required, only enough to allow communication.
  
==Be respectful to everyone==
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*Only the English language is allowed on the Main Chat channel. Other languages in other chats are allowed.
Insulting, the use of swears, discrimination, racism, sexism or any other offending comments may result in punishment. That goes for everywhere, especially on the Main Chat for everyone. Do not purposely kill other players outside of PvP/GvG enabled map via any means. This also includes usage any skill what so ever to defend, buff, heal, kill steal, undo aggro status or steal a  non-MVP monster, unless the person asked for you to do so. Follow the MVP Domination Rule regarding these actions for a MVP.
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==Use English on Main==
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==Respectfulness==
The Main channel must be used in English only. You can write any languages in other chats though but main stays English.
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*Insults, excessive swearing, sexist, racial, homophobic, transphobic or religious slurs, or any other offending comments are not allowed.
  
==Do Not Spoil Custom Quests in Public==
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*Begging for items, zeny, services, etc. is not allowed.
Details/Locations on any heRO custom additions or quests are not to be mentioned using @main or public forums. However, players are allowed to ask questions regarding these heRO custom quests in public, but answers must be given through other chats, PMs or in private forums.
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==Restriction in Naming Conventions==
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*Advertising other servers/websites/games is not allowed. Excessive repeated mentions of other games/servers can be considered advertising.
Below is the list of letters/numbers/symbols allowed in creation of a character's name. Make sure to also choose a name that is appropriate (aka no slander, profanity, insult, etc!). Player names who do not respect this rule will be sent to jail until a new name is chosen, the character can also be deleted if the name is too offensive. Using similar name as an existing player to carry out malicious act or to purposely ruin the player's reputation is also a punished offense.
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<br>Allowed characters:
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==Naming Conventions==
<br>ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ1234567890_-~^().:!?@$%&+='
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*Make sure to choose appropriate names. This means no slander, profanity, insult, etc. and  applies to characters, parties, guilds, guild titles, pets, homunculi, shops, chat rooms, etc.  
  
<br>You cannot make character whose name starts with "GM-", "GM", "Event-" or "Event" (or the small caps of them). These are reserved for GM usages.
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*Player names that do not respect this rule may be jailed until a new name is chosen, or deleted, depending on the severity of the offense. This rule may be enforced retroactively.
  
<br>The "appropriate" rule also goes for anything else a player has to choose a name for, such as party name, guild name, guild title, pet/homunculus name, shop name, chat room name, etc.
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*Using similar names as an existing player to carry out malicious acts is not allowed.
  
==Kill Steal (KS) for Non-MvP Monsters==
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*Making characters whose name starts with "GM-", "GM", "[GM]", "Event-", "Event", "[Event]", "Intern-", "Intern", "[Intern]", "Admin-", "Admin", or "[Admin]" (or the small caps of them) is not allowed. These are reserved for GM usage and to protect from impersonation. Names similar, identical, or to impersonate those from the [[Chronicle of Heroes]] are also not allowed.
Do not hit a monsters that "belongs" to another players. Any monster that is attacking/chasing the player, or if the player is also attacking that monster, counts as "belonging" to that player. KS rules do not apply in any public DB room or any GM hosted events unless stated otherwise by the GMs.
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==MvP Domination Rule==
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==PVM, PVP and GVG==
<br>All of the MVPs are free to be attacked by any player, included MVPs summoned by Quest. However, the first one/first party present at a MvP will be considered the "dominating party." To be present, this means engaging the MvP so that either the player/party are attacking the MvP, or the MvP is attacking (or clearly chasing) that player/party.
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*Do not attack non-MVP (monsters without a "MVP" logo upon defeat) monsters that "belong" to other players. This refers to monsters attacking/chasing players, or if the player is also attacking that monster. This applies to player owned units such as Alchemists' homunculi. KS rules do not apply in public DB rooms or any GM hosted events unless stated otherwise by the GMs.
  
<br>Participation in the attack to the MVP must not interfere in the strategy that the dominating player/party is using and must try to mold to this.
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*MVPs (monsters with a "MVP" logo upon defeat) are free for all to attack, but players are not. This means that while players can do anything to the MvP, they cannot directly affect the player. For example, trying to make them go through warp portals, trapping competitors in ice walls, etc.
  
<br>Based on the above, the following will be illegal:
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*Do not purposely kill other players outside of PVP/GVG enabled map via any means. This includes dropping monsters on players and using skills or items to defend, buff, heal, kill steal, undo aggro status or steal a non-MVP monster, unless the person requested so. However, defeating players in PVP/GVG enabled maps by any means is allowed.
*Your presence in the elimination of the MVP tears down the strategy of the dominating player/party
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*Your attacks to the MVP repeatedly cause the use of "Teleport" beyond the frequency of accidental human error
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*Your interference causes the death of the others competing for the MVP if you bring alien mobs to the MVP or don’t know how to control the slaves of the MVP
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*Your attack causes no effect or real damage to the MVP except to lure it away
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*You pretend ignorance regarding a Strategy, MVP's slave control or other MVP related knowledge. You are held responsible that if you decide to MVP, you understand all aspects of the MVP's behavior. Ignorance will not be accepted as a reason to violate MVP Domination rule *EXCEPT* for newly released MVPs, where there will be a 2 week grace period starting from time of release for all players to learn and figure out aspects of new MVPs.
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<br>“Strategic MVP Support” may be use to eliminate the MVP, as long as the strategy is justified and does not solely intended to prevent others to come and kill it. This includes using Safety Wall to prevent the MvP's Pneuma (and vice versa), or land protector, but is not limited to only these spells.
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*Outside PVP and GVG enabled areas, it is forbidden to use any skill or items that prevents players from entering another map, including towns, buildings, fields, dungeons, etc.  
  
<br>Any spells that can boost a MVP's offensive power or restore their Hit Points cannot be used on the MVP by anyone except members of the dominating party.
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*Malicious use of trade requests in PVP and GVG enabled areas is not allowed. To prevent this, /notrade is available to all players.
  
<br>A dominating party loses its status when the party dies or no longer engages the MVP (that is, no longer attacking the MVP and/or no longer being attacked by the MVP.) Even if the previous party returns, they do not regain their dominating status. Should the MVP be the one who teleports away, then domination status is reset, and whoever engages the MVP first becomes the new dominating party.
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==Shops and Chatrooms==
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*Shops and chats are not allowed within a 7x7 area (3 cell radius) of NPCs and Warps.
  
<br>These rules do not apply to a MVP's slaves, any MVP in GM events or MVPs public DB room unless stated otherwise by a GM.
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*Only one shop can occupy one cell.  
  
==Do Not Beg==
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*In Prontera, shops and chat rooms can only be set up on the side walks.  
Players used work or wits to gain their items/zeny. Do the same, don't go around begging for items or money.
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==Do Not Bot/Macro==
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*Shops can only be put up in maps without any regularly-spawned monsters. This excludes maps such as towns with a single monster like Wild Rose, Ijsbal, etc.
Botting will result in a permanent ban of all accounts and any type of macro will result in a permanent account ban, no exceptions. Failure to pass the botting/macro test from GMs, regardless of "actual reasons," will be treated as using bots or macro programs.
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==No AFK Leveling/hunting==
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==Cheating==
No one is allowed in anyway or form to level/hunt AFK with the means of any pet, homunculus, @autotrade, item, skill or card.
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*Botting will result in a permanent ban of all accounts, and any type of macro will result in a permanent account ban, no exceptions. Failure to pass a botting/macro test from GMs will be treated as using bots or macro programs, regardless of reason.
  
==Do Not Loot Steal==
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*Leveling, hunting or farming items while AFK is not allowed in any way or form. This includes the use of pets, homunculi, @autotrade, items, skill, etc.
Do not steal the loots of other people, be it from monsters or when a player is unloading pets. Items on the ground, especially if unloaded from the pet, still counts as the player's property.
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==Vending Shops and Chatrooms==
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*If you find a bug or abuse, report it immediately to the GM Team via Support Ticket. Failure to report a bug or abuse is considered a violation of this rule and may be seriously punished.
Do no set vending shops or chat within a 7x7 area (3 cell radius) of any NPC, including warps. Only one vender can occupy one cell. In Prontera, shops and chat boxes can only be set up on the side walks. Vending Shops can only be put up in a town (except for Niflheim) or maps without *any* monsters.
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==Do Not Cheat==
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*Do not modify your RO files to give yourself any advantage, only cosmetic modifications are allowed, such as a new aura or different User Interface skin, etc. Examples of modifications that are not allowed include changing your Frost Joke/Scream skill to display no text, changing a graphic that affects your delay, changing graphics to lower your character's speed, etc.
If you find a bug or abuse, report it immediately to the GM Team via PM on the forum. Failure to report a bug or abuse is considered a violation of this rule and the passives will be seriously punished.
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==No advertising for any server/website/game==
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==Multi-Clienting==
Do not advertise any other server/website/game. Mentioning another server can be considered advertising. Mentioning official server names are allowed.
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*You are only allowed to have 1 RO client open while playing heRO. You cannot be logged into more than 1 RO client at any given time, be it on the same computer or on multiple separate computers. Two or more separate real people playing from the same IP address is acceptable.
  
==Do not break DB/BB randomly anywhere/everywhere==
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==Player Stealing==
Do not break DB/BB outside of DB Rooms. Take care of your accidental DB/BB, or transformed monsters by equipment effects. Cry for help immediately on @main if the transformed monster is too strong for you to handle alone (including if it is in town or no-exp loss map.).
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*Do not steal other players' loot, be it from monsters or when a player is unloading pets. Items on the ground, especially if unloaded from the pet, still count as the player's property.
  
==No Blockage of Castles' Entrances==
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*If you lent an item and failed to get it back, this is considered stealing, it will be returned back to the owner if they make a support ticket providing unmodified screenshots of both the trade and the agreement to lend. The items and the agreement must be in the same screenshot. The report sent needs to be as clear as possible with a precise time frame. Reports about trades older than 3 months will not be considered.
During WOE it is forbidden to cast ICE WALL, use any skill or items that would prevent players from entering a castle. /notrade is available to all players.
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==Double-clienting is forbidden==
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*Item retrieval does not apply if the other person is banned. Any items regardless of origin are always permanently locked with the banned account (unless the account is banned precisely because of stealing in the first place).
That is: you're only allowed to ever have 1 RO client open per real physical actual person. You are not allowed to log more than 1 RO client be it on the same computer or on two separate computers. (2 separate real people playing in the same house is fine however.)
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==Mushroom/Plant Limit==
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*Account sharing or selling is not encouraged and not the responsibility of the GM Team. Loss of items due to account sharing will not be considered an act of stealing.  
When using the creator skill to create mushrooms or plants you must not go over 200 total at the same time. 200 mushrooms=ok, 201 mushrooms= not ok, 100 mushrooms+100 plants=ok 101 mushrooms+100 plants= not ok because it makes a total of 201.
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==No trans/extended jobs in alde castle==
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*The owner of an account is always defined as the person with access to the email tied to the account.
No trans (reborn) or extended job (ninja, gunner, taekwon family) is allowed in aldebaran castle. If a such a job ends up in it with the Guild Recall skill, then they have to leave immediately, by using a butterfly wing or logging out. Walking is not an option to leave the castle, and attacking players is a punishable offense.
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==Regarding Alchemist/Creator's Homunculus==
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*Transactions involving items or accounts for real money will not be tolerated on any medium moderated by heRO (ingame, forum, discord, etc). Deals involving zeny and/or items in exchange for GM services are allowed.
The heRO AI is sure to comply with our specific rules regarding homunculus, using it is recommended.
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<br>http://www.pandoraonline.net/AI.zip
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<br>Players are also free to use their own written ai, as long as they follow server rules.
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<br>- No killstealing!
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==Do Not Tolerate or Assist in Rule-breaking Activities==
<br>The homunculus is bound by the same rules as its owner, and must not attack a monster that belongs to another player.
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Inaction to cover up a rule-breaking act committed by someone else, such as not reporting a bot due to being in the same guild/friends, not reporting fully banned member returning to heRO (section below), can also count as an offense. You should report on rule breakers as soon as possible.
<br>- No auto-alchemist skills.
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<br>The AI is meant to control the homunculus only, you are not allowed to use it to control your alchemist/creator character.
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<br>- No AFK leveling.
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<br>Afk leveling will be considered the same as botting, if you must go away from keyboard do so in a monsterless map or send your homunculus to sleep.
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==Regarding shared accounts==
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<br>*Note: Normally when a player is banned, they are allowed to start totally fresh. However, there are fully banned players who are not welcomed in any HeRO medium and are not allowed to play even if they are willing to start fresh. This includes HeRO forum, HeRO social media, HeRO's discord servers, etc.
Account sharing is not our responsibility and is not encouraged by the GM team. The GM team will not consider movement of items due to account sharing as an act of stealing. The selling/trading of an entire account counts as a form of sharing account.
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==Regarding stolen items not from a shared account==
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If you have an unmodified screenshot of an item(s) being lended and yet failed to get the item back, this is considered stealing and items will be returned back to the owner, the report needs to be as clear as possible with a precice time frame. Item retrieval does NOT apply if the other person is banned - any items regardless of origin are always permanently locked with the banned account (unless the account is banned precisely because of stealing in the first place.)
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==Do Not Tolerate/Assist in Rule-breaking Activities==
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Inaction to cover up a rule-breaking act committed by someone else, such as not reporting a bot due to being in the same guild/friends, not reporting fully banned member returning to heRO*, can also count as an offense. You should report on rule breakers as soon as possible.
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<br>*Note: Normally when a player is banned, they are allowed to start totally fresh. However, there are fully banned players who are not welcomed in heRO and are not allowed to play even if they are willing to start fresh:
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List of fully banned players:
 
List of fully banned players:
 
<br>"Silvanel"
 
<br>"Silvanel"
<br>"Ryan/Rain"
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<br>"Ryan"/"Rain"
<br>"Amil Gaul/Makachuk"
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<br>"Amil Gaul"/"Makachuk"
 
<br>"Mane"
 
<br>"Mane"
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<br>"Kohaku"
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<br>"Matrim Cauthon Jr."
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<br>"Sheam"/"Sam From Texas"/"Micr0"
  
 
==Final rule==
 
==Final rule==
Lastly, if by your action(s) or inaction(s) you cause harm or seriously hinder another character's playing experience, punishments may be given according to the severity of the action(s) or inaction(s).
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*If by your action(s) or inaction(s) you cause harm or seriously hinder another character's playing experience, punishments may be given according to the severity of the action(s) or inaction(s).
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==See Also==
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[http://www.pandoraonline.net/forum/showthread.php?tid=371&pid=2624#pid2624 Forum Rules]
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<br>
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[http://www.pandoraonline.net/forum/showthread.php?tid=29938&pid=301329#pid301329 Discord Server Rules]

Latest revision as of 07:23, 10 July 2022

English

  • To play, everyone must understand and be able to write comprehensible English. If a GM addresses a player, they must be able to understand, answer and comply. Perfection isn't required, only enough to allow communication.
  • Only the English language is allowed on the Main Chat channel. Other languages in other chats are allowed.

Respectfulness

  • Insults, excessive swearing, sexist, racial, homophobic, transphobic or religious slurs, or any other offending comments are not allowed.
  • Begging for items, zeny, services, etc. is not allowed.
  • Advertising other servers/websites/games is not allowed. Excessive repeated mentions of other games/servers can be considered advertising.

Naming Conventions

  • Make sure to choose appropriate names. This means no slander, profanity, insult, etc. and applies to characters, parties, guilds, guild titles, pets, homunculi, shops, chat rooms, etc.
  • Player names that do not respect this rule may be jailed until a new name is chosen, or deleted, depending on the severity of the offense. This rule may be enforced retroactively.
  • Using similar names as an existing player to carry out malicious acts is not allowed.
  • Making characters whose name starts with "GM-", "GM", "[GM]", "Event-", "Event", "[Event]", "Intern-", "Intern", "[Intern]", "Admin-", "Admin", or "[Admin]" (or the small caps of them) is not allowed. These are reserved for GM usage and to protect from impersonation. Names similar, identical, or to impersonate those from the Chronicle of Heroes are also not allowed.

PVM, PVP and GVG

  • Do not attack non-MVP (monsters without a "MVP" logo upon defeat) monsters that "belong" to other players. This refers to monsters attacking/chasing players, or if the player is also attacking that monster. This applies to player owned units such as Alchemists' homunculi. KS rules do not apply in public DB rooms or any GM hosted events unless stated otherwise by the GMs.
  • MVPs (monsters with a "MVP" logo upon defeat) are free for all to attack, but players are not. This means that while players can do anything to the MvP, they cannot directly affect the player. For example, trying to make them go through warp portals, trapping competitors in ice walls, etc.
  • Do not purposely kill other players outside of PVP/GVG enabled map via any means. This includes dropping monsters on players and using skills or items to defend, buff, heal, kill steal, undo aggro status or steal a non-MVP monster, unless the person requested so. However, defeating players in PVP/GVG enabled maps by any means is allowed.
  • Outside PVP and GVG enabled areas, it is forbidden to use any skill or items that prevents players from entering another map, including towns, buildings, fields, dungeons, etc.
  • Malicious use of trade requests in PVP and GVG enabled areas is not allowed. To prevent this, /notrade is available to all players.

Shops and Chatrooms

  • Shops and chats are not allowed within a 7x7 area (3 cell radius) of NPCs and Warps.
  • Only one shop can occupy one cell.
  • In Prontera, shops and chat rooms can only be set up on the side walks.
  • Shops can only be put up in maps without any regularly-spawned monsters. This excludes maps such as towns with a single monster like Wild Rose, Ijsbal, etc.

Cheating

  • Botting will result in a permanent ban of all accounts, and any type of macro will result in a permanent account ban, no exceptions. Failure to pass a botting/macro test from GMs will be treated as using bots or macro programs, regardless of reason.
  • Leveling, hunting or farming items while AFK is not allowed in any way or form. This includes the use of pets, homunculi, @autotrade, items, skill, etc.
  • If you find a bug or abuse, report it immediately to the GM Team via Support Ticket. Failure to report a bug or abuse is considered a violation of this rule and may be seriously punished.
  • Do not modify your RO files to give yourself any advantage, only cosmetic modifications are allowed, such as a new aura or different User Interface skin, etc. Examples of modifications that are not allowed include changing your Frost Joke/Scream skill to display no text, changing a graphic that affects your delay, changing graphics to lower your character's speed, etc.

Multi-Clienting

  • You are only allowed to have 1 RO client open while playing heRO. You cannot be logged into more than 1 RO client at any given time, be it on the same computer or on multiple separate computers. Two or more separate real people playing from the same IP address is acceptable.

Player Stealing

  • Do not steal other players' loot, be it from monsters or when a player is unloading pets. Items on the ground, especially if unloaded from the pet, still count as the player's property.
  • If you lent an item and failed to get it back, this is considered stealing, it will be returned back to the owner if they make a support ticket providing unmodified screenshots of both the trade and the agreement to lend. The items and the agreement must be in the same screenshot. The report sent needs to be as clear as possible with a precise time frame. Reports about trades older than 3 months will not be considered.
  • Item retrieval does not apply if the other person is banned. Any items regardless of origin are always permanently locked with the banned account (unless the account is banned precisely because of stealing in the first place).
  • Account sharing or selling is not encouraged and not the responsibility of the GM Team. Loss of items due to account sharing will not be considered an act of stealing.
  • The owner of an account is always defined as the person with access to the email tied to the account.
  • Transactions involving items or accounts for real money will not be tolerated on any medium moderated by heRO (ingame, forum, discord, etc). Deals involving zeny and/or items in exchange for GM services are allowed.

Do Not Tolerate or Assist in Rule-breaking Activities

Inaction to cover up a rule-breaking act committed by someone else, such as not reporting a bot due to being in the same guild/friends, not reporting fully banned member returning to heRO (section below), can also count as an offense. You should report on rule breakers as soon as possible.


*Note: Normally when a player is banned, they are allowed to start totally fresh. However, there are fully banned players who are not welcomed in any HeRO medium and are not allowed to play even if they are willing to start fresh. This includes HeRO forum, HeRO social media, HeRO's discord servers, etc.

List of fully banned players:
"Silvanel"
"Ryan"/"Rain"
"Amil Gaul"/"Makachuk"
"Mane"
"Kohaku"
"Matrim Cauthon Jr."
"Sheam"/"Sam From Texas"/"Micr0"

Final rule

  • If by your action(s) or inaction(s) you cause harm or seriously hinder another character's playing experience, punishments may be given according to the severity of the action(s) or inaction(s).

See Also

Forum Rules
Discord Server Rules