Rules, and what we store

Accounts

• One account per person. Don't share it, sell it or play anyone else's.
• Use a password you don't use anywhere else. Turn on two-step sign-in and save your recovery codes. A verified email is required before playing and also enables password reset.

Play

• No bots, macros or automation that play while you're away or act faster than a person can.
• No memory editing, packet tampering or modified clients beyond what the launcher installs.
• No buying or selling gold, items, characters or services for real money.

Invites

• Invites are personal. Send them privately to people you know.
• Don't post invite links publicly or trade them. Invites that show up in public are revoked, along with any unused invites from the same account.

Bugs and exploits

Finding bugs is the point of this phase. If something gives an unfair advantage, such as duplication or reaching places you shouldn't, report it and stop using it. Reporting quickly is never punished. Abusing it quietly is.

Conduct

• Competition is fine. Harassment, threats, hate speech and doxxing are not.
• Don't try to find out who other players are outside the game. Archeum is anonymous by design; keep it that way.

Enforcement

Depending on how serious it is: a warning, a rollback, a temporary suspension or removal. During the public test, decisions are final, though you can always ask why through the person who invited you.

What we store

• Your username, a salted password hash, your authenticator secret if you turn it on, and your recovery codes as hashes.
• Your email, if you choose to add one, and short-lived verification and password-reset records. The configured mail provider processes your address and account emails to deliver them.
• Session records: the browser or launcher type and when it was last used. We don't keep IP addresses with sessions.
• Server logs, including IP addresses, kept briefly for security and rate limiting, then deleted.
• Game data: characters, items and chat, as any game server does.

Email is optional. We do not ask for a real name or payment details, and we do not sell your data.

This is a test

Onyx is a public test server. Expect frequent updates and occasional restarts. Check the news for patch notes and scheduled maintenance.