Moonbreaker Rules of Conduct

Effective Date: 2022/08/23

1. INTRODUCTION 
These Rules of Conduct govern both in-game behavior and certain out-of-game conduct relating to player use of Moonbreaker (hereinafter referred to as “Game”) published by KRAFTON, Inc. (“Company,” “we”, “our,” or “us”). These Rules of Conduct are aimed at regulating user behavior in a consistent manner and to address situations that may arise in the process of providing or servicing the Game. These Rules of Conduct supplement, and shall be read together with, the Terms of Service https://moonbreaker.com/pages/tos that apply to the Game and Services (as defined in the Terms). Matters not specifically mentioned in the Rules of Conduct shall be treated in accordance with the Terms of Service and applicable laws.

2. CHANGES TO RULES OF CONDUCT 
Company reserves the right to change these Rules of Conduct at any time within its sole discretion. Changes will be brought to your attention as we may determine in our sole discretion, including through the Company homepage https://www.moonbreaker.com/ at least 7 days prior to the effective date of the changes. For material changes that we regard as serious or that may be unfavorable to you, as we may determine in our sole discretion, we will notify you 30 days prior to the effective date of the changes. You are solely responsible for your failure to comply with the revised Rules of Conduct after the effective date, including for any loss incurred due to a lack of awareness of these Rules.

3. DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF COMPANY 
1) Company will endeavor to eliminate the misconduct described in the Rules of Conduct to help ensure that the users can enjoy playing the game. 
2) Company will not ask you for your password.  
3) Company receives feedback on all types of bugs and errors through its official customer support center and official community, and Company will be committed to promptly review and correct bugs and errors. 
4) Company will not intervene or engage in activities and disputes between or among end users in relation to the Game. 
5) Company may restrict some or all of the Game or Services if Company determines, in its sole discretion, that unusual or unintended situations hinder enjoyment of the gameplay. 
6) If you or a group of users does anything that interferes with or adversely affects any services provided by Company, or that violates the Rules of Conduct, Company shall, consistent with the Penalty Criteria Table For Misconduct set forth below, restrict Service usage.

4. END USER’S RESPONSIBILITIES AND RIGHTS 
1) You are obliged to understand and comply with Company’s Terms of Service and Rules of Conduct. 
2) The Company reserves all rights arising out of in-game data (characters, items, game currency, etc.) created by you when using the Game or Services, and you have a limited License to use in-game data consistent with the Terms of Service. 
3) If you are unfairly treated or incurred harm using the Game or Services, you have the right to appeal and correct Company through legitimate methods and procedures as provided by the “Grievance Handling and Dispute Resolution; Arbitration Agreement” within the Terms of Service (Section 11). If you have been unfairly treated or harmed by another player, you have the right to notify and ask other users to comply with Rules of Conduct. 
4) You have an obligation to be fully informed about the information that Company officially announces, and Company shall not be responsible for any damages incurred due to lack of awareness about the announcements. 
5) You are not allowed to generate any profit using the Game or Services without prior approval from Company.  
6) You may not use the information obtained through the Game – whether by copying, duplicating, modifying, translating, publishing or otherwise providing this information to others – without prior consent from Company. 
7) You may not distribute or publish false information not officially announced by Company in any manner that is likely to cause confusion to other end users, otherwise you may be find liable for engaging in such conduct. 
8) You should notify Company of any glitches (such as bugs, system errors, illegal programs, etc.) of the Game or Services and must not exploit or propagate such information to other users. If you discover any vulnerability, but do not disclose it to Company and forward it to another person, your use of the Game or Services may be restricted in accordance with the Rules of Conduct, and this misconduct will be regarded as intentional misconduct. 
9) You can make inquiries, suggestions and requests related to game services through following channel(s): 
– Customer Support Center: https://support.moonbreaker.com/ 
– As a general rule, we will respond promptly to inquiries, suggestions, requests, and feedback you may provide us through the Customer Support Center. However, please be advised our response may be delayed depending on the number of inquiries we are handling at any given time.

5. POLICIES FOR MISCONDUCT 
In order to provide a fair and pleasant gaming experience for all users, Company has defined policies which all users need to comply with when using our Game or Services. All users playing the Game or Services must comply with the following rules.

1) DO NOT USE UNAUTHORIZED PROGRAMS OR HARDWARE DEVICES 
If you use unauthorized programs or hardware devices that promote unfair game play (collectively “Unauthorized Programs or Devices”), you may be subject to severe penalties, such as a permanent Game ban and restrictions on the use of the Services on your hardware devices. If you develop, advertise, trade, publish or distribute unauthorized programs or hardware, Company may take legal action against you, seek relief from judicial authorities, make an investigation in accordance with relevant laws, and impose penalties within the Game.

2) DO NOT MODIFY THE GAME CLIENT, SERVERS OR GAME DATA  
Unauthorized changes to the Game client (“ini” file modification, etc.), servers, or data (such as packets) are actions that interfere with Game or Services and violate copyright laws. You must not engage in these actions.  Included in this, you are forbidden from manipulating the Game data to change, copy, share or otherwise transmit your in-game characters or paint jobs outside the authorized channels and methods provided by the Game or Services themselves.

3) DO NOT EXPLOIT VULNERABILITIES IN THE GAME (BUGS AND GLITCHES) 
Users exploiting errors and bugs found while playing the Game will be liable for serious penalties. We reserve the right to take action against those who take unfair advantage through official procedures, and all acquired in-game currency and items will be forfeited and removed.

4) DO NOT USE OFFENSIVE NICKNAMES/IN-GAME PAINT JOBS 
Use of offensive nicknames/in-game paint jobs, or those that may provoke negative imagery, are considered to violate these Rules of Conduct, and appropriate action may be taken against users who create them. The following list illustrates what can constitute an offensive nickname/in-game paint job: 
- A nickname/in-game paint job that is sexually explicit or obscene; 
- A nickname/in-game paint job that is made with the intention to impersonate Company or our staff; 
- A nickname/in-game paint job that is discriminatory in nature; 
- A nickname/in-game paint job that may infringe on the trademark or copyright of a third party; 
- A nickname/in-game paint job that is sensitive or causes offense for any other reason not mentioned above; 
In addition, if you change a few letters of an inappropriate nickname, or try to construct nicknames that are cleverly inappropriate by mixing other characters before and after the letters, your nickname will be changed without your consent or penalty measures will be taken.

5) DO NOT ATTEMPT CASH TRANSACTIONS 
Any conduct that we determine to be an attempted cash transaction will be subject to penalties. This refers to any act that we determine to have the intention of pursuing cash or in-kind transactions by using a nickname or a name generated under a Game mode designated by the user, selling an account or in-game items (such as paint jobs), attempting or advertising account transactions, or transacting cash or in-kind through a nickname or account, etc.

6) DO NOT PROMOTE OR ADVERTISE 
Any conduct in Game or related to the Services that we determine is intended to be promoting or advertising any contents or products of yours or a third party and that are not related to the Game or Company will be subject to penalty. This includes any act that we determine to constitute using the Game or Services for the purpose of advertising for yourself or on behalf of a third party, or a purpose other than the original purposes of the Game or Services, for your or a third party’s profit, sales, advertising, or promotion.

7) DO NOT STALK OTHER PLAYERS FROM MATCH TO MATCH 
Penalties may be imposed if you try to stalk other players in order to interfere with normal gameplay.

8) DO NOT PUBLISH PERSONAL INFORMATION 
Penalties may be imposed if you publish or otherwise disclose information that personally identifies another (e.g., disclosing to third parties personal information known by you of others or otherwise making it publicly available), which is regarded as an act that violates privacy.

9) DO NOT MANIPULATE MATCH RESULTS 
Severe penalties may be imposed on those who manipulate the results of the game in an unfair way, such as by taking unfair advantage in exchange for cash, goods or services, or manipulating additional accounts in addition to their own account. Those who get caught may end up forfeiting their account and all acquired in-game items.

10) DO NOT ACCESS OR STEAL ANOTHER USER’S ACCOUNT 
A user may not attempt or gain access to another user’s account. Where such activity has been detected, the user may be banned from the Game or Services, or access to the user’s own information and account may be restricted.

11) DO NOT TRADE/SELL ACCOUNTS 
The act of accessing accounts that are not in your possession and trading, selling or exchanging for any consideration (monetary or non-monetary) such accounts or related Game data, without Company’s written approval, is forbidden.

12) DO NOT AFK (AWAY FROM KEYBOARD OR IDLING) 
Penalties may be imposed upon players who go away from keyboard (“AFK”) while in a match. Being AFK can undermine the gameplay experience. Players who go AFK repeatedly to earn points or other account related progression or rewards will be penalized with all account progression and items forfeited.

13) DO NOT DISTURB BUSINESS OPERATIONS 
Users who spread false information, abuse the customer service platform, impersonate an employee, create and spread rumors, or conduct any other acts that disturb the Company’s business operations may be permanently banned from the Game depending on the seriousness of the misconduct.

14) DO NOT PLAY THE GAME ABNORMALLY  
If any abnormal gameplay patterns are detected (i.e., gameplay that goes against the intentions of how our Game is meant to be played), measures could be taken against the account that performed such actions in order to create a fair gameplay environment.

15) DO NOT EXPLOIT THE PAYMENT SERVICE OR REFUND POLICY 
Penalties may be imposed on players who take financial advantage by exploiting the payment service and refund policies of Company or third-party platform providers.

16) OTHER UNDEFINED MISCONDUCT  
Any action which is not defined in the Rules of Conduct that negatively impacts the delivery of Company’s Services or negatively affects other players may be subject to warning and penalty through careful review of the circumstances.

6. PENALTY CRITERIA FOR MISCONDUCT 
1) The forgoing Penalty Criteria Table For Misconduct is used to protect the player’s enjoyment while playing the Game. 
2) If you fail to comply with the Rules of Conduct, you may be restricted from using the Game or Services without prior notice in accordance with Penalty Criteria Table For Misconduct. 
3) If your violation goes over the final attempt listed in the table below, a permanent ban will be applied. 
4) If you violate any of the criteria listed in the table below and your ID is listed in rank mode, your ID may be temporarily or permanently removed from the rank. 
5) We define exploiting bugs and glitches as an act which includes acquiring game currency and virtual items through bugs and glitches in the system. 
6) Generally, the Company considers the Maximum Penalty Period set forth in the Penalty Criteria Table For Misconduct as the most severe penalty for the corresponding action; however, depending on the seriousness of the misconduct, the imposed penalty may become more or less severe, up to and including legal action taken against a player. 
7) In order to maintain fair gaming environment, the Company may restrict users from running the Game if misconduct was found from a specific hardware device. 
8) Any in-game currency, items, and other character-related data can be permanently removed from your account if they have been obtained through misconduct; and depending on the seriousness of the misconduct, the user’s entire character data may be deleted.

[PENALTY CRITERIA TABLE FOR MISCONDUCT]

*Denotes a minor infraction subject to our "three strikes" policy. If you engage in three minor infractions, thereby getting three strikes, you risk incurring a permanent ban and forfeiting your account and in-game items.

7. RECOVERY POLICY 
We are unable to recover any losses (pecuniary, non-monetary or otherwise) that arise from a player’s failure to follow the Rules of Conduct, in-game notices, homepage notices, policies, game systems, etc.

8. IN-GAME CURRENCY POLICY 
Pulsars (hereinafter “HC”) is the in-game hard currency used to purchase items serviced by the Company in the Game. When you purchase HC, you are purchasing a license to use HC to make in-game purchases. You may also receive in-game soft currency called Blanks or Merits (hereinafter “SC”) from certain in-game actions (e.g., achievements). These in-game currencies have no monetary value, and you do not own them. You cannot transfer HC, SC or any other in-game currency or in-game item to other users, and you cannot redeem them for any type of actual currency or fiat money. 
1) “Paid HC” refers to HC that was purchased using real-world currency or HC that was included in a bundle product. Players can cancel their purchase in accordance with Paragraph 7 of this Section below. 
2) “Bonus HC” refers to HC that is obtained from an event or royal pass in the game and not purchased with real-world currency. Bonus HC is non-refundable and cannot be canceled. 
3) HC top-up is available through the payment service operated by the third-party platform providers (e.g., Steam). Users can top up HC in the units set by the Company. 
4) Players can purchase in-game items within the amount of HC they have, and item prices will be deducted from HC immediately after making a purchase. 
5) “Paid HC” is valid for 5 years from the day of the purchase. 
6) “Bonus HC” is valid for three 3 months from the day of the purchase in principle, but this is subject to change at the discretion of the Company. 
7) Canceling the purchase of Paid HC is subject to the Refund Policy of the Terms of Service. We will honor any refund awarded by the third-party platform through which the Paid HC was purchased. Payments made with Bonus HC cannot be canceled. In the case of products purchased with Paid HC, if such product has not been used then players can cancel the purchase within 14 days. Refunds are not available under any of the following circumstances:  
① If a player’s account is banned in violation of the applicable laws, the Company’s Terms of Service, or the Rules of Conduct.  
② If the Company’s Terms of Service or Rules of Conduct or an applicable purchase condition states a particular purchase or transaction is non-refundable. 
③ If HC is given as a reward for participating in an event or a prize of an event. 
8) If a player forges, falsifies, steals or illegally obtains or uses HC, the user will be penalized.

These Rules of Conduct has been translated into other languages for the convenience of the players. In case of any discrepancies between the English version and the other versions, the English version shall prevail. However, Korean Rules of Conduct shall prevail for Korean players.