Protect the world.
Respect the people in it.

• Duping, hacking, cheating, exploit abuse, staff impersonation and association with known cheating activity may result in a permanent ban.
• Racism, sexism, homophobia, hate speech, bigotry, severe toxicity and targeted harassment are not tolerated.
• English is required in global text and voice chat so moderation remains possible.
• Do not ping staff for routine support. Use the correct ticket or report system.
• Do not call suspected cheaters out publicly. Submit evidence privately.
• Clips may be requested for moderation, compensation or technical claims.
• Public voice channels are for Hacksaw players. Do not stream other servers or unrelated games there.
• Defamatory campaigns, repeated staff-bashing and behaviour intended to undermine the community may result in removal.

AI normally spawn within marked red-circle zones and dynamic-event areas. Report suspicious behaviour rather than escalating it.

• Every listed POI must be claimed. You must be within 500 metres to claim it.
• Nearby teammates within 100 metres are added to the claim group automatically.
• T1–T4 claims last 45 minutes; T5 claims last 60 minutes.
• After a claim ends, the POI enters a 45-minute cooldown.
• A player or group cannot reclaim the same POI until the next three-hour restart cycle.
• Grace may be activated once for the last claimed POI after it enters cooldown. It lasts 15 minutes and applies to the eligible claim group.
• Only cancel a claim before the POI has been started. Repeated command misuse may lead to a warning.
• Do not camp, log out, loot-cycle, intentionally spawn AI or cheese POIs.
• POIs are no-vehicle zones. Turrets can destroy cars and helicopters inside the red markers.
• Dynamic events claim automatically when a player enters the event zone; they do not require a manual claim.

• A Territory HQ must be placed before other base items. Items outside its protected range may be deleted.
• Each player must authorise themselves and rescan territory after placing new items.
• All bases require nails in the HQ upkeep slot. No nails means decay.
• Secure doors, gates, containers and benches with a correctly coded codelock. Merely attaching a lock without setting the code is not enough.
• No raiding, boosting, damaging or looting player bases. Do not loot unsecured bases.
• Players cannot give away bases. Inform staff if you are leaving.
• Base checks take place. Bases judged to create an unfair advantage may be resized, relocated or removed.
• Decayed, open or abandoned bases may be removed. Valuable exposed storage may be moved to CAR for auction.
• Staff do not replace structures, loot or access lost through failed upkeep or incorrectly secured locks.

• Do not damage, steal, loot or grief player vehicles. Unlocked vehicles are still not free to take on Chernarus.
• Store vehicles and helicopters in personal, group or public virtual garages.
• Only one active personal vehicle may be left on the map at a time.
• Helicopters and exotic vehicles require the appropriate licence.
• Vehicles left out for more than 12 hours may be recovered by Capital Auto Recovery.
• A six-hour warning and a twelve-hour eligibility notice may be posted before recovery.
• Moving a vehicle slightly does not reset responsibility. Do not hide vehicles inside bases to avoid repo.
• Once repo'd, a vehicle is not privately returned, refunded or handed back. It enters the Sunday auction process.
• Use the garage dump function to dispose of a vehicle; do not use repo as a disposal service.
• Do not drive or fly into red-circle restricted zones.

• No stealing, scamming, griefing or voice-chat trolling in safe zones.
• Vehicles abandoned in safe zones may be towed after one hour.
• Players may gift ordinary items in person only.
• Crafted items cannot be bought, sold, gifted or loaned to other players.
• Players cannot use crafted items they did not craft.
• HS Tokens, Reward Tokens and other token types cannot be traded, gifted or spent for another player.
• Supporter benefits and claimable rewards are account-bound.

• General chat is not a guaranteed support channel. Open the correct ticket so your issue can be tracked.
• A delayed answer does not mean you are being ignored. Staff may be handling reports, development, tools or real-life commitments.
• Provide complete information, including Steam ID64, relevant order/reference numbers and unedited evidence.
• Repeated complaints, passive-aggressive remarks, entitlement or abuse towards staff may lead to warnings, mutes or removal.
• Hacksaw may change systems, mods, balance or content when required. Compensation is not provided merely because a system changes.
• The server restarts every three hours: 00:00, 03:00, 06:00, 09:00, 12:00, 15:00, 18:00 and 21:00 GMT.