Rules & Punishments

The following are the rules of conduct that govern player interaction and activity within the game and on the forum and website. Failure to act responsibly and comply with these rules within the game may result in temporary account locking and may ultimately result in the termination of your account. We do have a low tolerance so make sure to read each of the rules to avoid any encounters.

1. Account

1.1 Account Sharing

Account sharing is not allowed.
Staff Team does not take any responsibility for anything that happens to your account if you share it.

1.2 Account Trading

Account trading is not allowed.
Selling and buying for real money is against our rules and will get you banned.

1.3 Account Names

Your display name, as well as any other name that will be publicly visible must not contain any vulgar, obscene or offensive words.
Deliberately creating new accounts or characters with the purpose of making those names unavailable for other players is strictly forbidden.
Any names violating this rule will be changed to a generic name.

2. Behavior

2.1 Harassment

Any form of harassment directed towards either players or staff members is forbidden.
Playing and or acting in a way that is purposely detrimental to other players' enjoyment of the game.

2.2 Scamming

In scamming is considered a very serious offense. If you have been scammed, please submit a ticket on the support page and we will look into it.

2.3 Kill Stealing

Kill stealing mobs is strictly forbidden.
Kill stealing bosses is strictly forbidden.

2.4 Spying

Creating an account on the other faction in order to spy on the trade chat and other aspects of the other faction's game play is strictly forbidden.

2.5 Safe Zone

Killing in any safe zone or behind guards is strictly forbidden. Entering/trespassing the town/base of the opposing factions is strictly forbidden.

3. Chats

3.1 Language

The main language in Shaiya Classic is English. Please try to use English whenever you speak in a public chat channel (normal, trade, area, PvP raid).

3.2 Harassment

Verbal harassment, disrespect, provocation, baiting, or any other inappropriate verbal actions addressed towards either players or staff members will not be tolerated.

3.3 Impersonation

Impersonation of anyone, whether it's a player or a staff member, is strictly forbidden.

3.4 Advertising

Advertising other Shaiya servers in our game (all chats) is strictly forbidden.

4. Raids

4.1 Join mode

All raids must be opened at all times, except:

1. When the raid is killing a boss outside of pvp and the boss's health is lower than 50%. The join mode must be set back to auto if the boss resets or dies.
2. When the raid's purpose is farming inside an instance map.

4.2 Loot mode

Raid loot mode must be adjusted depending on the situation, as follows:

1. Public raids, whether pvp or boss raids, except farm raids, must be on group loot.
2. Farm raids must be on group loot.
3. The loot mode of private raids are at the discretion of the raid leader.

4.3 Kicking

Kicking active raid members is strictly forbidden, unless:

1. The raid member is causing drama.
2. The raid member is rejoining deliberately to gain loot priority.
3. The raid member can be AFK for 3-5 minutes max. (If the member doesn't come back in 5 min max the leader of the raid is allowed to kick.
4. The raid member is not in the designated Boss or PvP area for longer than 1 minute after being warned by the leader.
5. The raid member doesn't have a decent equipment (decent links, enchants and rerolls) to compete for the boss.
6. The raid member doesn't have the level required for PvP bosses: Lv60 (Kimuraku, Seraphim, Dios)
7. The raid member isn't following raid commands.
8. The raid member joined with a Hard Mode character. Hard Modes are designed for self farming, not PVP or boss hunting.

4.4 Announcements

All boss raids must be announced in trade chat as soon as the boss is found more times (constantly).

4.5 Multiple characters

Joining the same raid (pvp or boss) with more than one character for whatever reason is strictly forbidden, unless the raid is a farm raid.

Using dual-accounts/multi-accounts to summon in PVP zones and to destroy Altars is strictly forbidden.

5. Hacks & Exploits

5.1 Client Modifications

Any client modification is strictly forbidden.

5.2 Exploits

Exploitation of any possible vulnerabilities or flaws of the game is strictly forbidden.

5.3 Third Party Software

The use of any unauthorized third party software (hacks, mods, bots, etc) is strictly forbidden.