Difficult Roosters

How Keystones Protect Bases:

On the Difficult Roosters ARK cluster, survivor bases are protected from decay by placing a Keystone Core inside your main compound.

• All tribe structures within the Keystone's protective radius have infinite decay timers while powered.
• The Keystone's internal energy core auto-refreshes every time any tribe member logs into the map.
• Active tribes never have to worry about offline vacations or losing their fleet while resting!

Anti-Lag Auto Cleanup:

To maintain top-tier server FPS and prevent empty pillar spam:

• Temporary structures (taming pens, isolated campfire spots, un-keystoned pillars) decay automatically after 7 days of inactivity.
• Abandoned raft bases and stray triremes will auto-demolish after 10 days if unvisited.
• Keystones ensure maps stay pristine, beautiful, and lag-free for all players!

Democratic Governance & Economy:

• All players can propose laws, tax policies, and district zones through the in-game World Court.
• Contracts and bank currencies allow specialized professions (farming, engineering, masonry, metallurgy) to trade equitably.
• The live Web Map & Economy monitor is available at port :3001.

Biosphere Balance & Meteor Threat:

• Prevent runaway greenhouse gases, sea level rise, and soil toxicity while advancing heavy industry.
• Clear-cutting entire biomes without replanting saplings is subject to community pollution penalties.
• Work together across disciplines to construct laser arrays and intercept the incoming meteor!

Land Claim Blocks (LCB):

• Each player or clan is allocated 1 primary Land Claim Block with amplified hardness against wandering zombies.
• Unprotected voxel structures in non-claimed wilderness will reset during monthly region chunk resets.
• Live Web Server Dashboard is accessible at port :8082.

Blood Moon & Trader Etiquette:

• Every 7th night brings an aggressive feral horde. Prepare defenses, blade traps, and generator banks in advance.
• Do not kite feral radiated hordes into unfortified beginner encampments or trader compound perimeters.
• Trader stations are inviolable neutral trade grounds—no block placement or obstruction within safe zones.

Settlement Wards & Longhouses:

• Activate a Ward inside your longhouses and boat docks to flash alerts and prevent unauthorized structural edits.
• Public mead halls and roads are open to all vikings seeking warmth, comfort buffs, and rested bonuses.
• Please replenish campfire and hearth wood after resting in community waystations.

Portal Networks & Bosses:

• Central Portal Hub connects key biome waypoints—label portal tags clearly and do not hijack active portal frequencies.
• Forsaken Deities (Eikthyr, The Elder, Bonemass, Moder, Yagluth, The Queen) unlock server-wide biome raid events.
• Coordinate boss summons in Discord to give fellow vikings an opportunity to join the battle!

Conan Exiles (The Exiled Lands):

• Mode: Full PvP. Player combat is on 24/7. Bases and player structures only take damage during raid windows: Thu–Sun 6:00–10:00 PM CDT. Mon–Wed bases are raid-safe.
• Direct Connect: Use difficultroosters.com:7770. Members see the IP this game requires after Discord login. Join password is shown after you log in.
• Server Browser Search: Set filter Show with Password = Yes and BattlEye Protected = No/All, then search Difficult Roosters. Listing is unreliable on Enhanced; Direct Connect is the reliable path.
• No foundation spamming or blocking access to obelisks, world boss arenas, brimstone springs, or named NPC camps.
• Limit active thrall guards outside your base to preserve maximum server tick-rate and fluid combat.
• Purge meters rise as you craft and conquer; assist neighboring clans during high-tier Purge invasions.

Enshrouded (Embervale):

• Flame Altars protect personal and guild construction zones against world voxel resets.
• Do not construct Flame Altars on top of Elixir Wells, Ancient Spires, or Shroud Root progression points.
• Shroud exploration is team-oriented—share spark upgrades and craft stations at central guild halls.

Weekly Raiding & Siege Schedule:

• Mon – Wed (Logistics & Recovery): Base structures are 100% invulnerable (Damage 0.0x). Open-world PvPvE, naval skirmishes, resource logistics, and NPC recruitment remain active 24/7.
• Thu – Sun (Tactical Siege Window): Structure raiding is enabled (Damage 1.0x). Guild Boundary Markers enforce a maximum of 20h daily protection, creating a 4-hour daily guild siege vulnerability window.
• Monthly Black Saturday Purge (1st Saturday of Month): Global Boundary Marker shields fall! Alternates hourly between Spree Hour (1.5x structure damage, siege engines active) and Breather Hour (0.0x damage truce to repair breaches and re-arm).

Progression, Aggressive NPCs & Maritime Rules:

• Balanced 2x Rates: 2.0x XP, 2.0x Skill Mastery, 2.0x Gathering, 2.5x NPC/Horse Taming with Full Loot Drop on Death. High stakes, rewarding recovery.
• Relentlessly Aggressive NPCs: NPC damage is balanced to player level (1.0x), but hostility and pursuit ranges are doubled (2.0x). Outpost bandits, pirate corsairs, and wildlife actively stalk and hunt trespassers!
• Dongzhou Maritime Warfare: Warships, boarding ballistas, and island harbor fortresses are core mechanics. Harbor markers must not completely wall off natural sea passages.

Base Building & Guild Etiquette:

• Base Placement: Do not build Palboxes directly blocking major dungeon entrances, fast travel Great Eagle statues, or open-world Syndicate boss spawn arenas.
• Guild Collaboration: Guild size is configured for cooperative play. Teammates share base technology, storage, and automated production lines.
• Automated Working Pals: Keep your base Pals well-fed with automated feed boxes and sanity-restoring hot springs to prevent depression and injuries.

World Settings & Casual Standards:

• Death Penalty: Casual/balanced death penalty (Items retained or dropped near death location without Pal loss).
• Co-op Exploration: Syndicate tower bosses and dungeon raids can be tackled together in party groups for shared rewards.
• Always-Online / Dynamic Standby: Palworld can be woken from the Game Servers tab. Empty maps go to sleep automatically unless a Server Lead locks Always-Online.

Factory Building & Grid Standards:

• Shared Power Grids: Connect high-voltage lines responsibly. Prioritize dedicated fuse switches for high-drain sub-grids (e.g. particle accelerators and nuclear plants) to avoid cascading cluster blackouts.
• Resource Node Etiquette: Avoid hoarding unmined pure or normal resource nodes without active production. Mark satellite logistics outposts on the map.
• Rail & Logistics Networks: Design dual-track or block-signaled rail networks to prevent deadlocks and maintain smooth multi-train cargo throughput across biomes.

Project Assembly & Server Access:

• Project Assembly Milestones: Space Elevator deliveries are cooperative community milestones. Coordinate component hand-offs in Discord.
• Connection Setup: In Satisfactory 1.0 main menu, open Server Manager → Add Server. Use the Direct Connect address on the Game Servers tab after Discord login (public IP plus port 7775; reliable port 7776).
• Always-Online / Dynamic Standby: Satisfactory can be woken from the Game Servers tab. Empty maps sleep automatically unless kept alive.