From the records of the Dominion:
The rocks dug into his knees, but Emrys gave it no mind. He was entrenched in visions, in those memories that he wanted to keep so close.
His youngest, Wynn – she had set her heart to the ways of the forge. Her daytime hours were spent visiting the metalsmith where she peppered him with questions and watched intently as he worked. Wynn brought delight to the weary with her enthusiasm and was endlessly inquisitive. She had taken to dressing like the metalsmith and asking when she could apprentice with him. She saw her place among them and so it would be.
His son, Owain – No metal work interested him. Owain found solace in the art of woodwork and shipbuilding. Standing on the rocks overlooking the harbor each morning to watch the fishermen venture into the seas. He perched protectively over them until the last of the ships departed before he returned to his own work.
When the sickness fell upon the island, Emrys...
Rule Changes for January 2020
Hey guys – we’ve received plenty of feedback this past month so we’re announcing a bunch of changes/additions effective with this new wipe.
Clarifications
(in KOS/PVP rules) Players can defend the body/sleeper/vehicle of yourself or a friend. This only counts if you catch someone IN THE ACT of looting. You cannot attack if it is after the looting has happened or if you suspect the person without evidence. (If you do the looting, don’t brag about it)
Comment: This was already in effect, but we added vehicles to the wording.
(in General Rules) No code raiding or changing codes; No insiding a clan, when you leave a group, you can only take what you farmed. Never use a code that you find.
Comment: Added “Never use a code that you find”. We still have issues with this so hopefully this shuts down any question of what is code raiding.
(in Player Conduct) Looting a dead or sleeping admin is a bannable offense. If you find a...
Special Event 25: The Corruption of the Elves
The sun rose over the frozen peaks casting an array of prisms across the land. Yet no one came out to greet Santa and the reindeer as they made their final descent to perch gracefully on the festive runway. Santa pushed himself out of the sleigh – perhaps with a bit more difficulty this year as there were an awful lot of cookies that he couldn’t let go to waste beside the fireplaces. The reindeer appeared grateful as he began to untie their harnesses, and though he too was exhausted, a sense of dread wiggled through his jacket and crept along his limbs. The utter quiet at Santa’s workshop was unnatural – there should be celebrations and joy at this year’s success.
Several more moments passed before the reindeer were stowed away in warm surroundings with plentiful food and water for their efforts. Santa left the sleigh and made his way to the workshop itself. The snow crunching beneath his polished boots whispered ill thoughts into his ears and heart.
The...
CONQUEST CLAIMS
Introducing Conquest Claims. These are specially marked locations on the map that are KOS, but they have special raiding rules. Players who control these claims earn a currency they can use to buy items/resources.
Land Claiming
a Conquest Claim
Standard land claiming rules apply. You can only claim one per 48 hours (on a separate timer from claims outside of Conquest).Conquest Claims do not need to be touching a clan’s other claims. Players can claim Conquest Claims and these don’t count towards your normal claim count. For CS claims, TC must be accessible via door or hatch.
Conquest
Claim Rewards
Each Conquest Claim generates 1 glue every 24 hours in the TC room of the controlling structure. An NPC will spawn in your base that can be killed and he drops the glue.Glue can be used to purchase resources or bleach (player feedback is welcome on the value of the currency). The vendor is located in the black-market area of the NPC Compound.The TC room of each CS will also...
CONQUEST SPECIAL EVENT
Welcome to the Rust Empires CONQUEST event! This will be a one-week event where clans war to control the island. The island is split into two, clans can choose to live down south in the safe area or up north in the Warzone (or both!).
THE SAFEZONE
Down South, standard server rules apply. Clans in the South can still go to war, but follow the normal procedure.
THE WARZONE
Clans in the Warzone pick their first claim as their HQ. Clans can claim up to 5 hex claims in the Warzone per day. Claims must be connected. If a claim gets separated from the HQ via attacks, it must be reconnected before a clan can expand from that claim. Clans can have land in the Warzone and down South, they don’t need to be connected (as if they are two separate maps). Clans can gain an additional 2 claims per day via conquest (this number will increase throughout the week to speed up the war). Every few days, clans will be rewarded bleach based on who is currently in the lead. There...
Age 24 Survey Responses
Thanks again to everyone who took the time to fill out the monthly survey. We wanted to address some of the feedback we received in the survey. As always, if you have suggestions, let us know in discord and we can put them on the next survey.
Age 23 Monthly Submissions
Welcome to our first edition of Monthly Submissions!Since so much adventure and creative efforts take place on the isle, we wanted to provide a showcase of community members’ artistic works, electrical challenges, and detailed architecture.Many thanks to our community members for making this server great and for sharing their work from Age 23. We are happy to present their submissions below:
Patreon Update
We appreciate the dedication of our community and the donors who support Rust Empires keeping this server existing for your adventures and stories. All of the donated money goes directly to the NFO server payments, performance upgrades, and to paid plugins for the community. We work to make sure that our server isn’t pay-to-play so you won’t see special backpacks, faster smelting, air drops, etc. that is typically seen in donator packages on other servers. Keeping this in mind, we are adding new perks that will be available for various tiers and updated on our Patreon page.
Donator: $1 level
Retains a lovely light pink colored name on Discord.Has access to the VIP lounge for all donators to engage with each other.
Funder: $5 level
Retains a sunny bright yellow colored name in Discord.Same perms as previous tier.Has access to SIL perms (reach out to server owners with your Patreon email so that we can set your in-game perms up)
Sponsor: $10 level
Retains a festive...
Special Event 23: Realm of the Pumpkin King
I move as a wraith,Away from the castle keep,Against the weak queen.Her guardian struck,Sword glancing upon armor,Countered in a breath.Before me he fell,Wretched minion of the queen,No hope lay ahead.Below dying sun,Fluttering beneath my hands,Vessel cannot run.His soul becomes mine,One to drink of my chalice,To fight beside me.Continue must I,And pave the path with their blood,Cleansing this island.Before you I rise,Thousands marching by my side,Armed with fierce malice.Upon my head laysA burning wreath of red thorns,My wrath is supreme.Fallen is that queen,The island belongs to me,Darkened heralds cry:I am the Pumpkin King.
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The peace that lasted across the island is no more as the Pumpkin King has betrayed the inhabitants of Rust Empires and the Pumpkin Queen. Power and greed has warped the King’s mind, and his thirst for blood is ever expanding. Through his dark arts, the Pumpkin King is raising the fallen...
THE PURGE
What is THE PURGE?
Since all items and progress are removed when the server wipes, Rust Empires hosts the purge once per wipe where players are encouraged to use up all of the items they have acquired throughout the month. Instead of letting everything go to waste, all KOS and raiding rules are lifted and players can roam around the map using up all of the ammo, explosives, and medical supplies. See that really nice base? It might be fun to use up your C4 and watch it collapse. Someone get on your nerves all month? Grab your gear and go show them how you really feel. Everything will be gone the next day, so have fun and don’t take anything too personally. Didn’t have time to farm any gear or weapons? That’s okay. We provide a /kit purge that includes some starter weapons, armor, and medical supplies. It doesn’t include anything too good since we want to reward people who played all wipe, but it gives new folks a decent chance.
Preparing for purge
Turrets and...