MATRYOSHKA
Matryoshka PVP · Arena

Server rules

One goal — fair and fun play for everyone. By playing on the server you agree to these rules. We judge only by what is written: if a rule is missing or contradicts another, ask an admin.

Rules may be refined — changes are announced in Discord.

General

Conduct and fair play

Respect

In game and in Discord. Rivalry — yes, getting personal — no. No insults, harassment, hate or discrimination.

Names

Character, clan and horse names — no hate, racism or insults, in any language.

Fair play

Cheats, macros, third-party tools, abusing game or mod bugs — permanent ban. Found a bug? Open a ticket, it’s appreciated.

Administration

Listen to the admins. Disagree with a decision — argue in a ticket, not in public chat.

PvP on Matryoshka PVP

What is allowed and what is not

Allowed

  • Attack anyone in an FFA zoneRed areas on the map: the level rule does not apply there.
  • Take revengeOn whoever killed you in the last 15 minutes — regardless of level.
  • Fight backIf a lower-level player attacked you first — defend yourself.
  • Hunt skulls and shardsA skull bearer (10 kills in a row) and a shard carrier are fair game for everyone. Killed a carrier while your clan already has a shard — drop yours on the ground and take theirs.
  • LootSearch bodies and enemy chests, take the event horse and carriage loot.
  • Sneak into a castle and stealThat is not griefing: protecting the loot is the owner’s job.

Not allowed

  • Kill the weakOutside the level rule exceptions (section below). A violation shows up for everyone as a red line in chat.
  • Attack someone fighting a V BloodWait until the fight ends. The mechanic itself shields a player fighting a boss within 40 m.
  • Escape PvPVia unstuck, closed areas, bosses or swapping gear.
  • Boost kills with a clanmateFor the skull or the kill leaderboard — permanent ban.
  • Hold two shards in a clanA final boss shard (Solarus, Talzur, Adam, Megara, Dracula) — one per clan. You take someone else’s only in exchange for yours.
  • Use bugs and cheats in combatGetting stuck in terrain, invulnerability through game bugs and the like.
Level rule

Don’t kill the weak

The gap

No more than 10 gear levels; if you are 80+ — no more than 5. Check a player — .lvl Name.

Which level counts

The highest in the clan, and the maximum ever reached, not the current one: taking gear off before a fight won’t help.

Exceptions

The lower player attacked first · revenge within 15 minutes · top-10 of the kill leaderboard · shard carrier · your own castle plot · FFA zone.

An accidental hit is not a reason

If a weaker player hit you by accident, that is no permission to kill them.

No level manipulation

Don’t wear weak gear on purpose to hunt the weak or hide from the strong. Servants geared above your level count as manipulation too.

Gear tiers

The tier gap between worn items is at most 1: armor and amulet (weapons, cloak, hat and bag don’t count). An item that breaks this simply won’t equip — you’ll see “Разница тиров больше 1” over your head. T1 — bone … T8 — sanguine; legendaries and artifacts are T9.

Griefing and teaming

Play fair with others

Griefing

Ruining someone’s game with no gain or with no fair chance to respond. For example, killing a mob someone is taking as a prisoner.

Boss camping

Don’t sit at a boss to keep others from beating it. Lying in wait for loot in moderation is fine.

Teaming

Clans of up to 2 players, clan alliances are forbidden. In a fight of three or more clans hit whoever you want, but if two clans take out a third together and then don’t fight each other — that is teaming.

Stream sniping

Watching someone’s stream to find and kill them is not allowed.

Castles and raids

How raids work

Raid window — every day 20:00–22:00 MSK (UTC+3)

First window — Sunday, October 18, 20:00. Outside the window castles take no damage.

Offline protection

If by 20:00 your whole clan has been offline for 15 minutes or more, your castle can’t be raided that evening. Someone from the clan logs in — the protection is gone.

Clans of up to 2, one castle per clan

A third player at someone else’s siege is a spectator: invisible and can’t touch anything.

A raid is between two clans

Others must not interfere or help in any way: resources, hiding loot, information. Don’t camp raiders on their way or defenders outside the castle.

Clan roster

Don’t change the clan roster before or during a raid.

Your plot — your rules

On your own plot kill anyone; protecting your loot is your job, no compensation.

Plots

A plot belongs to whoever placed the heart first. Don’t block someone from settling or relocating.

Someone else’s castle

Storing loot in another account’s castle is forbidden: the castle gets removed, the accounts are banned for good.

No lag tricks

Don’t place extra lights — candles, chandeliers — to make a raid on you lag.

FFA zones and safe places

Which rules apply where

Where the fight started

What matters is where the fight began, not where it ended.

FFA zones

Red areas on the site map; on entry — the “PVP ZONE” sign and a red glow. The level rule does not apply there.

Traders town

A safe zone for shopping, not a refuge: running there from a fight you started is not allowed.

Fighting a V Blood

While you fight a boss, other players can’t reach you within 40 m — unless you fought a player just before.

Reports and penalties

What happens for violations

Reports

Open a ticket in Discord and get to the point. For chat issues a screenshot is enough, for PvP — video only. False reports — no further support.

PvP: the ladder

3 warnings → 1-day ban → 3 days → 7 days → until the end of the wipe. Counted per rule and not reset by a wipe. Steps may be skipped depending on the offence.

Chat

Spam, ads, harassment — a warning or a mute; repeat — longer.

Instant permanent ban

Cheats and exploits, ban evasion with another account, hate and racism, kill boosting with a clanmate.

Taking it

Penalties are not discussed in public chat. Owning up earns you a better attitude.