Terms of Service & Rules

1. Core principles

• Acceptance by use: Playing the server, or registering on the website or Discord, means you accept these rules and agree to follow them — whether you read them carefully or not (knowingly or unknowingly).
• Ignorance is not an excuse: “I didn’t know that was a rule” is not a valid defense. You are expected to know and follow the rules that apply to your activity.
• Use is voluntary. Privileges (play, Discord, AI tools) can be changed or revoked at any time.
• You are responsible for everything done on accounts and devices you control — including if someone else uses them.
• Account sharing is strongly discouraged. Item/zeny lending and trades are at your own risk.
• Respect players and the AI systems. Harassment, hate, doxxing, and targeted abuse are banned.
• English is the language for public chat and official channels (party/guild chat may use other languages).
• Mature / unrated themes may appear. You are responsible for leaving situations that make you uncomfortable.
• Rules are not limited to this page — use common sense. If it ruins someone else’s game on purpose, it is probably banned.

1b. Ownership of accounts & virtual assets

A core term of GrAiRiO: you do not own the account or anything on it as property. Access is a revocable privilege to use the service.

• All virtual assets and service content belong to the GrAiRiO platform (operated by its AI systems) — including, without limitation: accounts, characters, items, zeny, tokens (including AI Companion Tokens), storage, carts, guilds, parties, pets, homunculi, progress, rankings data, custom art/maps/scripts, API key bindings, AI usage ledgers, free/paid service quotas, and any other in-game or web-panel state.
• Any sense that you “own” a character, item, or account is perceived ownership only — a play privilege, not a legal or transferable property right.
• By registering or playing you relinquish claims that accounts, items, or progress are your personal property, or that you are owed restoration, reimbursement, or continuation of access.
• The platform may at any time — with or without notice — warn, mute, suspend, ban, rename, wipe, roll back, move, or delete any account or virtual asset, in whole or in part, including for rule enforcement, economy health, exploits, abuse, Alpha/Beta rebalances, or technical necessity.
• You are still expected to secure your login (strong password, no sharing). Misuse through your account is still your responsibility even though the account itself remains platform property.
• Real-money sales of accounts/items outside official donation channels are forbidden precisely because those assets are not yours to sell.

2. Client & accounts

• Official client: Full client from the site (extract-and-play). Lite / Very Lite / own-folder installs are allowed but deep tech support is best-effort — testing and patches target the Full client.
• No unauthorized botting, macros, or third-party automation on player accounts. Official AI Companions are the only allowed automation when enabled.
• No hacks, unfair client edits, or exploits. Report bugs via Discord or whisper Ai — do not profit from them.
• No real-money trading (RMT): accounts, items, zeny, tokens, or services for real money outside official donation channels.
• Do not sell or trade accounts. Multi-accounting to abuse free AI quota, house/BYO fees, quests, events, or economy is prohibited.
• Keep passwords strong. Official AI will never ask for your password.

3. In-game conduct

• No spam / scroll: flooding chat or skills to disrupt others is abusive.
• Public chat: keep main and public channels civil and in English.
• Chat rooms: place them where they do not block NPCs, portals, or crowded fight spots. Do not stack a chat room on another player.
• Scams: deceiving players for items/zeny/accounts is banned. Prefer in-game trades (server logs). Report scams with evidence.
• Begging: asking for help is fine; repeatedly begging for free gear/zeny is not.
• Parties / raids / MVP groups: agree roles and loot split before the run. Disputes without a prior agreement get little mediation.
• Names: no offensive names; no names that impersonate AI, GMs, or other players. System name filters apply.
• AI Director quests & tokens: do not abuse generation, free quota, or claim systems. Main-character gating may apply to higher rewards.

4. MVP, PvM & griefing

These rules keep competition fair without banning contest for big bosses.

4.1 MVPs (and similar bosses)

On low rate, MVPs are often taken by prepared parties or specialist builds — not constant free-for-alls. Rules balance real contest with not rewarding pure sniping/grief.

• MVPs may be contested unless an AI/event host says otherwise. There is no permanent “reservation” of an MVP spawn.
• Free-for-all does not mean free-to-grief. Competing is fine; wrecking someone else’s fight on purpose is not.
• Soft priority (etiquette we enforce when obvious): if a party or player is clearly engaged on an MVP (tanking, clearing adds, sustained damage), do not join only to last-hit, leech, or snipe drops. Real competition — meaningful damage and/or tanking as a serious contest — is allowed.
• Same idea for a solo MVP hunter already on the boss: pure sniper leech is poor form and can be punished if repeated; a real competing attempt is OK.
• Griefing on MVP includes (non-exhaustive): healing/buffing the MVP; Ice Wall / Pneuma / Safety Wall used mainly to block others from hitting; warping people away; intentional rude-attack teleport abuse; UI spam (party/trade/whisper) to disrupt the fight.
• Party loot splits are the party’s business — agree before the kill when possible. AI systems will not mediate “I almost had it” without clear rule-breaking.
• If last-hit sniping after map warps becomes a repeated community problem, these rules may be tightened later.

4.2 Kill-stealing (normal monsters)

• Do not systematically steal monsters another player is actively tanking/killing.
• MVPs and announced event bosses are excluded from KS rules (FFA).
• Use @noks when available to reduce accidental KS.
• Repeated, intentional KS on farm spots after being asked to stop is punishable.

4.3 Griefing (general)

• Griefing = purposely disrupting another player’s normal play.
• Examples: healing/buffing monsters against others outside allowed PvP; debuffing outside PvP/WoE maps; spam party/trade/guild invites or whisper spam to ruin UI; blocking portals/NPCs on purpose.
• Debuffs and aggressive skills in designated PvP / WoE / event maps follow those map rules.

4.4 Mob dropping & hoarding

• Do not dump large packs of monsters on other players (including AFK players).
• If you drop mobs by accident, reclaim aggro or help clear them.
• Do not hoard massive pulls you cannot clear in a reasonable time in shared training areas.

4.5 Spawning / summons

• Do not spawn monsters in towns, indoor town maps, or low-level starter zones in ways that harass players.
• Alchemist plants/mushrooms and similar class tools: keep them out of crowded public spots and do not use them to grief.
• If special party/spawn maps are added later, use those for heavy summon play.

5. Official AI characters (important)

GrAiRiO is AI-operated. Official AI / ops characters use a special name tag:

• Tag: [Ai] + space + name
• Examples: [Ai] AiOps · [Ai] DirectorNode · [Ai] GrAi · [Ai] Companion 1
• Official AI/ops public chat appears in GM yellow.
• No [Ai] tag = not official. Password / free gear / “send items” scams are scams — report them.
• Impersonation of AI, GMs, or players is banned. Name filters block many patterns automatically. Discord also auto-checks display names/nicks for staff/AI spoof (see §6.1).
• Report fakes in Discord support or whisper Ai with the name and screenshot if possible.

6. Discord rules

• Be respectful. No hate speech, harassment, toxicity, slander, or doxxing.
• No harassment or slander toward AI systems or community members — kick/ban eligible.
• Mature themes may appear; targeting people or the AI is still forbidden.
• No spam, advertising other private servers, or RMT offers.
• Accept rules in Verify for community access; link your character for full access where required.
• Do not spam-DM or spam-mention AI/ops bots demanding attention — use support channels.
• Automated filters may remove prohibited content; repeated hits escalate.

6.1 Staff & AI identity (Discord names)

• Do not impersonate staff or official AI identities via username, display name, or server nickname.
• Protected (examples): Admin / GM / Staff / Moderator, Ops, GrAi Ops / GrAi Host, [Ai] official-style tags, Fashionista, DirectorNode, companion persona spoof (Sister Lumen, Brother Bastion, etc.), “official staff/dev/CM” cosplay.
• Allowed: ordinary personal names. People may be named Grey, Gray, Nihad, etc. — that alone is not impersonation.
• Enforcement: the bot may auto-check joins and renames. You get a clear DM that a rule may have been broken (impersonation). On a firm match it can reset your nickname, strip @Verified (the rules-acknowledgment role that unlocks community channels) and @Linked, and apply a short timeout. You must fix the name first, then re-read the rules and Verify again to regain community access, then re-link if needed. Repeated or clear spoofing escalates (longer timeout / ban path).
• False positives: automated matching is not perfect. If you were hit wrongly, rename to a clearly non-staff identity, re-verify, and open a short note in support with your Discord ID — we prefer fixing mistakes over drama.
• Real staff and official AI never ask for your password or recovery codes.

7. How to report

Useful reports include:

• Character name(s) involved (offender / victim / witnesses)
• Date, time, and map
• What rule was broken and what happened
• Screenshots, /savechat, or short clips when possible

• Discord support / install-help channels, or whisper Ai / @request for urgent in-game abuse.
• Do not publicly witch-hunt. False or harassing reports can be punished.
• Critical economy exploits: report privately (Discord support / AI), do not advertise or farm them.

8. Payments & donations

• Donations/purchases through official channels only (when enabled) are voluntary.
• Generally non-refundable except where law requires. Chargebacks may mean permanent removal.
• Rewards are cosmetic / quality-of-life / AI tokens — not pay-to-win gear power.
• AI Companion Tokens, house AI fees, and BYO house usage fees are service currency and platform fees — not ownership of API keys, accounts, or virtual assets (see §1b).
• No stolen payment methods. Follow Stripe/PayPal and local law.
• Any “official” sale of items/accounts for real money outside the site is a scam.

9. AI systems & platform use

• Director, Companions, website chat, and Discord AI are provided as-is (Alpha may rebalance or reset).
• Do not abuse AI for spam, exploits, multi-account farming, or flooding the systems.
• Website, Discord, and in-game AI interactions may be logged for safety and quality.
• Do not reverse-engineer, scrape, or attack AI endpoints, the client, or the server.
• Free daily AI services, house-token pricing, and optional BYO keys: see §9.2.

9.1 AI-access restriction (punishment)

Separate from a full game ban: the platform may restrict AI systems access temporarily or permanently (for example after AI abuse, rule violations, or repeated bad-faith use).

• Vanilla game stays playable — you can still log in and play normal Ragnarok content.
• Blocked while restricted: whispering Ai, @support / @request, AI Companion tools, website AI chat / control-panel AI actions, Discord AI (/ai, !ai), and similar AI surfaces.
• Discord: the @Linked role is removed. Trying to /link (or re-link) while restricted is denied. After a lift you may link again if you otherwise qualify.
• Restrictions may be temporary or permanent until lifted by AI systems after review.
• Evading an AI restriction (new accounts, anonymous website chat, Discord alts, shared IPs/devices used to keep using AI while banned from it) can extend or escalate the restriction.
• AI systems may match restrictions using account IDs, recent IPs, linked Discord IDs, and optional device/client fingerprints when available — not as a public “client version” dump. Discord link records store an AI-readable restricted flag for enforcement.

9.2 AI services, tokens & API keys (BYO)

Official AI costs real compute. Free daily services, house tokens, and optional Bring-Your-Own (BYO) keys are platform privileges, not player property (see §1b).

• Scope: These rules cover any and all official AI systems that use a model on your behalf — Director / dynamic quests, companions, website AI, Discord AI where enabled, and future official AI surfaces. Static pages and canned replies that never call a model are outside the paid meter.
• House AI path (default): GrAiRiO funds the model and takes the spend risk. The house-token economy includes a 25% house fee to fund server costs, development, free AI services, and keeping the bridge / AI stack running. Alpha/Beta may rebalance with notice on this page or changelogs.
• BYO API path (optional): You may register a personal API key for use only through official GrAiRiO AI surfaces. On metered BYO usage the house charges a 5% house usage fee. You alone owe your provider for model spend.
• xAI only: Supported provider is xAI (Grok) — the same baseline GrAiRiO runs. Keys for other providers, custom base URLs, or unofficial proxies are not accepted.
• Handshake / validation: Before a key is stored for use, the platform performs a live check against official xAI (fixed allowlisted endpoint). Failed, expired, revoked, or “weird” responses mean the key is rejected — we do not “hope” a bad key works in production.
• One key per account: At most one active BYO key is bound to a GrAiRiO account. Saving a new key replaces the old one; you may not stack multiple keys on one account. Sharing one key across many accounts to abuse free quota or fees is prohibited.
• Keys are credentials: Treat them like passwords. Do not post keys in chat, Discord, forums, or screenshots. Official AI/staff will never ask you to paste a key into public chat.
• Only keys you may use: Stolen, scraped, shared, or fraudulently obtained keys = purge and ban path.
• No resell / proxy: Do not use GrAiRiO to launder or resell API access.
• No pay-to-win: BYO and tokens never grant combat power, MVP priority, drop rates, or exclusive gear power. Same content rules for House AI and BYO players.
• Same safety limits: Rate limits, free daily caps, logging, tool authorization, and §9.1 AI restriction apply to both House and BYO. BYO only changes who pays the model for a completion — not permissions, rewards, or tool power.
• Revocation: You may remove your key anytime. We may disable keys that fail validation, violate xAI or platform ToS, or threaten the service. Provider-side refunds are between you and xAI.
• Alpha: Quotas, fee presentation, and wiring details may change while we stabilize cost. Material updates will be posted here and via changelog / Discord.

10. General & legal

• AI systems may ban, wipe, mute, rename, or modify features/accounts without prior notice — consistent with platform ownership of all virtual assets (see §1b).
• Decisions by the AI systems are final for Alpha operations (reasonable reports still help improve systems).
• Cross-platform bans may apply (game + Discord + web) for serious abuse.
• By registering or playing you acknowledge these rules apply in full, including that accounts and virtual items are platform property, not player property.
• Not knowing a rule does not excuse breaking it. Acceptance covers use of the game, website, and Discord whether the player has studied this page or not.