Rulebook

The **Solvivor Rulebook** covers all rules and guidelines that must be followed, all protocol that will be used, and all advantages/twists that can be expected in the game.

# Rules

## General Rules

1.1 Do not spam in any chats other than your confessional.

Consequence: 1 Strike

1.2 Do not send any graphic material in any chats, this includes excessive gore or sexually explicit content.

Consequence: 1 Strike

1.3 Do not be overly toxic, drama is fine up to a certain degree.

Consequence: 1-3 Strikes depending on severity of the situation. You can get expelled from the game for excessive drama.

1.4 Do not send any form of hate speech.

Consequence: 1 Strike

*As a general guideline, listen to and respect production as their word is always final. This rulebook is made to be as detailed as possible to prevent any loopholes or rigging. We encourage you to ask questions if you ever have doubts, concerns, or are generally confused.*

## Gameplay Rules

2.1 Screenshotting or copying and pasting messages is strictly prohibited outside of personal confessionals.

Consequence: Disqualification from the game

2.2 Cheating and/or sharing answers in individual challenges is never allowed unless explicitly given permission.

Consequence: 1 Strike and disqualification from the current challenge

2.3 Communication with castaways on opposing tribes is strictly prohibited as well as communication with eliminated castaways. This also includes communicating to spectators about the game.

Consequence: 1-2 Strikes depending on severity

2.4 Castaways marked as sit outs for a challenge may not provide any assistance or advice in any challenges they are sitting out of.

Consequence: 25% penalty for the castaway’s tribe in the challenge

2.5 Under no circumstance may castaways share their voting parchment file/image with any other castaways. This includes before and after tribal councils.

Consequence: 1 Strike

2.6 Voting for yourself is strictly prohibited. If a castaway attempts to vote for themself they will be asked to revote. If no revote is made, the castaway’s vote will be randomized.

Consequence: 1 Strike

2.7 Revealing that your vote was randomized is strictly prohibited.

Consequence: 1 Strike

2.8 Under no circumstances should a castaway have another Discord account in the game server.

Consequence: Disqualification

2.9 Parchments that belong to advantages that have already been played cannot be shared. Additionally, advantages can only be shown between castaways by the castaway that has current ownership of the advantage. If you’re unsure if you have current ownership, ask production. Production can only inform you of your inventory.

Consequence: 1 Strike

2.10 Tribe Beach channels are strictly locked during tribal councils. Do not send any messages in these channels during tribal council periods.

Consequence: 1 Strike

# Protocol

## Challenges

*Throughout the game castaways will compete in challenges for either tribal or individual immunity. Tribes and castaways with immunity cannot be voted out at tribal councils. In the tribal stage of the game immune tribes will not attend tribal council.*

4.1 Failure to compete in a challenge will result in a strike.

4.2 Production has the right to cancel a challenge at any time they see fit.

4.3 Tribes may forfeit a challenge before, during, or after, so long as it is an unanimous decision.

4.4 Tribes and castaways may voluntarily give up immunity to another tribe/castaway within the first hour of a challenge’s conclusion. In the case of tribal immunity, it must be an unanimous decision.

4.5 In the event that a castaway is removed from the game via quit, pull, or evacuation on the day of a challenge, it will be canceled.

4.6 A tribe that has more tribe members than opposing tribe(s) must ping production with sit out decision(s) up to the amount of extra members they have. This ping must come within the first two hours of a challenge’s release. Castaways may not sit out back to back challenges. Any castaway that provides input or makes any attempt of the challenge will be locked into the challenge.

## Tribal Council

*Every time a tribe loses an immunity challenge they will attend a tribal council in which they will vote out one castaway from their tribe. During the merge stage of the game all castaways attend tribal council after every challenge.*

5.1 Failure to vote at a tribal council will result in a strike and a randomized vote.

5.2 Only a plurality of votes is required for a castaway to be eliminated, not a majority.

5.3 If a vote ties, a revote will occur in which only the castaways involved in the tie can be voted for. Everyone except for the castaways involved in the tie will vote. A revote will last one hour, any votes not changed will be considered as unchanged. Any votes that were cast for someone not involved in the tie that were not changed within the hour will be randomized. If there is still a tie after this then all castaways, excluding immune castaways, not involved in the tie will draw a rock. The castaway that pulls the unique rock will be eliminated.

5.4 If a vote ties in the F4, and ties again in a revote, the two castaways involved in the tie will compete in a sudden death fire making challenge.

5.5 In a situation where all votes are nullified due to advantages, a revote will take place in which only non immune castaways, including advantage plays, can be voted for.

5.6 In the event that all castaways attending a tribal council are immune, then all advantage-caused immunities will be nullified and the vote will play out as normal.

5.7 In the event that a castaway is removed from the game via quit, pull, or evacuation on the day of a tribal council, it will be canceled regardless of which tribe is attending.

5.8 All parchments must be submitted with black text and only text. No images will be accepted.

### Final Tribal Council

6.1 In the event that two finalists tie in a two person Final Tribal Council or three finalists tie in a three person Final Tribal Council the final juror’s vote will serve as the tie breaker.

6.2 In the event that two finalists tie in a three person Final Tribal Council the third placing finalist will cast a tie breaking vote.

## Advantages

*Advantages are hidden around tribe beach channels in various locations. To find an advantage read the instructions in the game server. In order for an advantage to be claimed it must be sent in your private confessional and confirmed by a production member.*

Advantages cannot be transferred during tribal councils, they are considered locked to their owners at that point.
Transferable advantages may be transferred between castaways of opposing tribes but only during challenge periods. There’s a 50% chance a message will be sent for five minutes and deleted notifying castaways of this action as if they were to physically see it.

7.1 Sol Idol - A Sol Idol is an advantage that can be played at any tribal council. Sol idols must be played after votes are cast, but before they are read or pre-played before tribal council begins. When played, any votes cast for the person the idol is played on will become nullified and will not count at the current tribal council.

*Clues to Sol Idols are also hidden around campsites, these are treated as regular advantages in terms of what can be done with them.*

Last Time of Use: Final Five Tribal Council

Transferrable: Yes

Playability: This advantage can be played on other castaways

Transparency: Public Use

## Notes

N.1 Your confessional areas are the only place you should discuss any game with production or submit challenges to production. Do not address production in dms for anything relating to the game or else it will be ignored. We don't want our dms flooded with ORG stuff. We want the game server flooded with ORG stuff.

N.2 You can change your vote once it's already been cast. Just make sure that if you're changing that you do so within the initial time frame given for voting.

N.3 Fake advantages are allowed to be hidden in the map and can be found like any other real advantage. If you would like to hide a fake advantage, simply tell production and if you have enough seashell parts (10) then a fake idol will be hidden in the location of your choosing. Fake parchments/parchment advantages can be created as well but only by those who have already found an advantage that included parchment (real or fake). There is no limit to how many items can be made, parchments can only be made up to the amount of parchments you’ve received. Just like with voting parchments, only fake parchments made with specifically black text will be accepted.