These rules apply to all HeatPackBandits servers and our Discord community unless otherwise noted on a specific server's page.
Why We're Here
Why We Have Rules
HeatPackBandits started because a handful of us — Drown, Tom, Norse, and myself — were tired of the same problem following us everywhere we played. Official servers had cheaters. We moved to community servers and found the same thing. We'd hop back to official hoping it'd be better, and it never was. The moment that finally pushed us to build our own server was waiting two weeks with no update on a support ticket about an obvious exploiter. We wanted a place where something could actually be done about it.
We wanted somewhere we could stream without stream snipers ruining our runs, or without chat turning into the kind of language that gets a channel banned from Twitch or YouTube. So we set up a Sakhal server just for us, and I started learning how to edit the map and build out the things Sakhal was missing.
The next year, I flew out to France and met up with Drown in his hometown. We talked about where we wanted to take things, and landed on an idea: instead of just running a community server, what if we built really well-made events — the kind of thing a ton of people could drop into for an afternoon and actually enjoy? Our first event had a great turnout. So did the second. Afterward, one of the participants asked if we had a community server too, because if our events were this good, our server "had to be awesome." I told her we technically had one, but had shifted our focus to events instead. She thought that was a shame, and said "well, if you ever make one, let me know. I want to play it!" and it stuck with me.
I kept coming back to what she said, and a couple of months later, RedPine was born. Since then, we've built a server — and a community — that a lot of people have genuinely enjoyed being part of.
What we're protecting hasn't changed since day one: a place where players can get lost in DayZ's story and atmosphere, where streamers can play without babysitting toxic chat or worrying about someone hijacking their run, and where nobody has to deal with bought exploits from someone who never even wanted to learn how the game works. The rules below exist to protect that — nothing more, nothing less.
General Conduct
- Respect others — No harassment, racism, sexism, hate speech, or toxic behavior. We're all here to have fun.
- Hate speech is a hard line — This includes slurs and demeaning language targeting someone's race, ethnicity, sex, gender, sexual orientation, religion, or disability, whether aimed at a specific person or used generally. We're not policing casual profanity or banter — we're policing language that targets who someone is. Casual or off-hand use may get a warning; targeted harassment is an instant ban.
- Play fair & be considerate, keep the community friendly, and don't ruin the experience for others.
- Unique Names — Change your in-game name from "Survivor." Don't impersonate admins or other players. ▶ Watch how to rename your character
Discord Conduct
All rules on this page apply in Discord, not just in-game. A few Discord-specific notes:
- Mute your mic in busy channels — If you're in a voice channel with several people, be mindful of what's coming through your mic. Not everyone wants to hear your other conversations, calls, or background noise. When in doubt, mute.
- Streaming channels are extra sensitive — We have locked channels reserved for streamers. If you're in a streaming channel (or anywhere a stream might pick up your audio), be extra mindful — background noise, private conversations, and soundboards can end up live on someone's stream without them realizing it. Need help adjusting your microphone on Discord? ▶ Watch this guide on how to eliminate background noise.
- Streamer Mode — If you're streaming, turn on Discord's Streamer Mode. It suppresses soundboard and notification noise from affecting your stream. We'd appreciate everyone else being considerate of streamers' space as well.
- We genuinely appreciate members who look out for each other this way — it's a big part of why our Discord stays a good place to hang out.
Streamers & Content Creators
We're a streamer-friendly community, and we want to keep it that way. These rules protect both our streamers and the people watching them.
- Stream Sniping — Do not open or watch a streamer's broadcast while you are playing on the same server. This includes watching on another monitor, leaving the stream open in the background, or getting information from someone else who is watching. Permanent ban. No warnings.
- Intent does not matter — Stream sniping is about the information you gain, not what you do with it. You don't have to shoot at the streamer or interfere with them. If you use their stream to find their location so you can say hello, trade, team up, or simply go see what they're doing, it is still stream sniping. Friendly intentions do not make it okay.
- 15-minute window — There is no safe window for switching between watching and playing. If you have been watching a stream, wait at least 15 minutes before joining that server. Likewise, do not start watching a streamer while you are already playing on their server. "I only watched for a minute" or "I closed the stream before I joined" is not a defense.
- Playing with a streamer — If you want to play with a streamer, arrange it with them beforehand. Do not open their stream, find their location, and travel to them. Ask first and make sure they're okay with you joining them.
- Keep music out of in-game voice and proximity chat — Listening to music through your own headphones is completely fine. Playing music through your microphone is not. Everyone around you hears it whether they want to or not, and copyrighted music picked up by a streamer's microphone can result in takedowns or platform strikes. First offense is typically a warning. Repeated or deliberate violations may result in a temporary or permanent ban at the discretion of the admins.
- Using the streaming channels — Our "Streaming" voice channels are there for streamers to talk with the people they're playing with. If you join one, use some common sense and good streaming etiquette. Don't be disruptive or intentionally interrupt conversations. There may be people live on stream in that channel, so be respectful.
Cheating & Exploits
- No cheating — No hacks, scripts, macros, duping, glitching, tent stacking or exploits.
- No visual modification tools — NVIDIA Filters (Freestyle / GeForce Experience / the NVIDIA App), NVIDIA Profile Inspector, ReShade, SweetFX, AMD's versions of the same, or anything else that changes how DayZ looks on your screen. Not allowed on any of our servers.
- Why we care — People are using these to make foliage bright lime green and wash the shadows out, so anyone hiding in a bush shows up plain as day. Profile Inspector can go further and make vegetation barely render at all. You're seeing things the game doesn't want you to see, and the guy who did everything right to stay hidden gets shot for it. We count it as exploiting.
- This includes your control panel and monitor — Gamma, brightness, contrast, digital vibrance, and monitor settings like "night vision" or "black equalizer" all fall under the same rule. If you can see through the dark or through foliage better than everyone else, then you have an unfair advantage, it doesn't matter how you did it.
- Stream settings are fine — Brighten your OBS or capture output all you want, but play honestly and don't use that as an unfair advantage. That's for your viewers, and you're still playing off your game monitor.
- If we think you're using it, you're banned — We're not going to sit and argue about it.
- No restart abuse — Don't use restarts to dodge death, duplicate loot, or give yourself an unfair advantage.
- No loot cycling — Don't move or pick up items just to force new spawns.
RedPine Combat & PvP
- PvP is always allowed — Anywhere, anytime.
- A base is not a safe zone — Players may be shot and killed inside their own base at any time, including outside raid hours. Walls stop entry, but not gas or gunfire. Running inside during a fight is not immunity.
- No combat logging — Wait 10 minutes after PvP before logging out. If you disconnect accidentally, rejoin ASAP and inform an admin.
- No login abuse — Don't log in or out for an advantage. Logging out of a fight is combat logging; logging into one is the same abuse in reverse. If a fight involving your group is already underway when you join the server, stay out of it for 10 minutes — no flanking, no pushing, no resupplying, no spotting. This applies to attackers and defenders equally, and calling an offline teammate in to help is a violation for everyone involved. Login times are in our logs. Players who were already in-game when the fight started are free to respond however they like. Also avoid logging out inside high-tier zones (bunkers, Tisy, barracks, airfields, etc.).
- No alt account abuse (ghosting) — Do not use a second account to gain an advantage you couldn't get on your main. The most common version is parking an alt at your base so that when your main dies, you log out and log back in on the alt to keep defending, re-enter the fight, or recover your gear. It also covers using an alt to scout an area, check whether a fight or base is clear, or hold extra storage beyond your limits. Information you gained while playing belongs to you, not to a character — carrying it over to a second account is metagaming, and it hands you a second life the person you're fighting doesn't get. All accounts involved will be permanently banned.
- Unsecured bases are free game — If a base is standing open when you arrive — gate left wide open, no lock or code set, a wall still breached from an earlier raid and never repaired — you may walk in and take what's there, at any hour. Nobody has to stand outside an open gate waiting for a raid window. Securing your base is your job.
- You may not create the opening outside raid hours — An opening you caused is a breach, not an unlocked door. Killing someone as they open their gate and stepping in behind them, blowing a wall, using traps or gunfire to make occupants flee or open up, or otherwise forcing your way in is raiding, and raiding is restricted to raid hours. The kill itself is always legal — PvP is allowed anywhere, anytime. What you may not do is follow the body inside. Loot it where it lies and wait for raid hours to go in.
- Base flaws are raid hours only — An enterable window, a gap, a weak structure, or a building mistake is legitimate to exploit, but it is still raiding, so it is still restricted to raid hours. Unlike an open gate, the owner has no way to see that opening from outside. Build your base properly; when raid hours come, this is on the owner, not the raider.
- Storage is never a target — Explosives and breaching tools are for walls, gates, and doors in your way. Storage containers, tents, barrels, and vehicles are not valid targets at any time, including during raid hours. Raiding gives you permission to get in and take what you find, not to destroy it. Placing a charge on storage, or blowing storage that wasn't between you and the loot, is griefing and is bannable. Structural collateral from a legitimate breach is not a violation; deliberately destroying containers is.
- Don't dump loot to despawn it — Emptying containers onto the ground, scattering gear you have no intention of taking, or leaving items out to rot is destroying loot. It counts the same as blowing the container, and it is bannable the same way. Take it, leave it, or put it back.
- Fair raiding — Raiding is not a license to grief. Breaching what's in your way is fine. Despawning loot, dumping it to rot, or destroying bases, stashes, or vehicles just to spite someone is not.
RedPine Raid Times
Raiding is ONLY allowed on Raid Hours. Check the RedPine Details page for current raid hours.
- Raiding does not equal griefing — Don't grief by despawning loot or destroying loot/vehicles just to spite.
- No watchtower climbing — Don't build towers or use vehicles to vault over another group's walls.
- No exploiting access — Entering a base interior during non-raid hours is raiding and will be penalized.
RedPine Bases & Storage
- One base per group — No exceptions. Extra bases will be deleted.
- Unprotected loot stashes are OK.
Base Limits — Building a Standalone Base
- Max 3 layers of Gates/walls/doors/etc. leading to ALL loot.
- Max 40 Base Building parts total
- 1 stone fireplace
- Max of 3 survivors can be added to a territory. Any others will not be able to build within the territory.
Building Rules
- Don't block or build inside key areas (military, medical, police, castles, gas stations, pumps, or roads).
- Build realistically — No floating bases, unsupported structures, stacked towers, or edge-of-map builds.
Garages & Vehicles
- One separate garage allowed (vehicles only, no loot).
- Max 2 vehicles per base — only one of each type.
- Any vehicles found stripped of parts will be destroyed.
Storage Limits
- Max 30 combined sea chests, crates, tents or barrels across ALL BASES & STASHES on the server.
- Certain rare storage pieces are limited to 1 per team — that's 1 total across all bases and stashes, not 1 each. If you've found one, you know what this means. If a team is holding more than one, the fuller one gets deleted.
- Storage limits are counted per player and per team, not per account. A second account does not get you a second allowance.
- Admins will delete over-limit base parts or storage along with any suspected extra stashes and return the loot to the loot pool. (The ones we delete will be the ones that hurt the most, so pay attention to your numbers)
Community Growth & Recruiting
- Ask before advertising — Want to promote another server, community, or event? Ask an admin for permission before posting. Approved posts only.
- No DMing members to recruit — Do not direct-message members of this community asking them to join another server, Discord, or event. If we get reports of this, we will tell you to knock it off. After that, instant ban.
Admin & Server Management
- Admin decisions are final — Disputes belong in Discord, not in-game chat.
- Reports — Screenshots or video evidence required.
- Alt accounts — Using a second account to gain an in-game advantage is covered under RedPine Combat & PvP. Bans apply to every account connected to the player.
- Ban evasion — A ban applies to the person, not the account. Coming back on a second account, a borrowed account, or a new one you made for the purpose is ban evasion. Every account we connect to you gets permanently banned.
- Doxxing — Sharing someone's real-life personal information (identity, address, workplace, etc.) without consent is a zero-tolerance permanent ban.
- Real money trading (RMT) — Buying or selling loot, bases, accounts, or in-game advantages for real money is prohibited.
- Appeals — Disagree with a ruling? Open a ticket in Discord. Admin decisions stand unless overturned through that process.
- Server wipes — Happen approximately every 2 months, with notice when possible.
Play fair, have fun, and help make our servers the best DayZ experience out there.
