Effective July 8, 2026
Terms of Service
Welcome to Outlaw Desert, a free-to-play, text-based western frontier role-playing game ("the Game", "we", "us", "our"). These Terms of Service ("Terms") are a legal agreement between you and the operators of Outlaw Desert. By creating an account, accessing, or playing the Game, you agree to be bound by these Terms. If you do not agree, do not use the Game.
1. Eligibility
You must be at least 13 years old to play. If you are under the age of majority in your jurisdiction, you may only play with the consent and supervision of a parent or legal guardian. You must be at least 18 years old, or have verifiable parental/guardian consent, to make any purchase. By playing, you represent that you meet these requirements and have the legal capacity to accept these Terms.
2. Your Account
- You are responsible for all activity that occurs under your account and for keeping your login credentials secure.
- You may not sell, buy, rent, gift, share, or transfer accounts, characters, or account access to anyone else.
- Accounts are a revocable license to play — you do not "own" your account, characters, or any in-game data.
- Notify staff immediately if you believe your account has been accessed without your permission.
3. One Account Per Player (No Multi-Accounting)
Each player may operate one account only. The following are strictly prohibited:
- Creating or controlling duplicate, alternate, or "multi" accounts.
- Using multiple accounts to funnel cash, items, experience, respect, or any advantage to a main account ("feeding").
- Sharing an account with another person, or operating an account on someone else's behalf.
All accounts involved in multi-accounting or feeding may be suspended or permanently banned, and their gains reversed.
4. Fair Play & Cheating
The Game is meant to be won by playing it. You may not:
- Use bots, scripts, macros, auto-clickers, or any automation to play or perform actions.
- Use exploits, bugs, or glitches for gain — if you find one, report it to staff rather than abusing it.
- Use third-party tools, browser extensions, or modified clients that interact with the Game, or attempt to reverse-engineer, scrape, or overload our servers.
- Manipulate, tamper with, or falsify game data, requests, or currency.
- Collude to abuse game systems (e.g. rigged fights, fake wars, or coordinated feeding).
Cheating — including exploiting bugs — is grounds for immediate and permanent removal, with no refund of any purchases and no restoration of progress.
5. Virtual Goods & Currency
- In-game currency (cash, credits, marks, respect, etc.), items, territory, and all virtual goods have no real-world monetary value and cannot be exchanged for real money or anything of value outside the Game.
- Virtual goods are licensed to you for use within the Game only; you do not own them.
- We may add, remove, modify, rebalance, or revoke any virtual good, feature, or currency at any time.
6. Purchases & Refunds
- Purchases of Credits or other premium content are optional and are processed by third-party payment providers.
- All purchases are final. We do not offer refunds, except where required by applicable law.
- Initiating a chargeback or payment dispute may result in immediate and permanent suspension of your account.
- Prices, packages, and bonuses may change at any time. Purchased content may be altered or discontinued as the Game evolves.
- Banned or terminated accounts forfeit all purchased and earned content without refund.
7. Community Conduct
The Game has an in-character outlaw theme, but real-world abuse of other people is never acceptable. In chat, the forum, messages, names, and anywhere else, you may not post or send:
- Racism, hate speech, or discrimination based on race, ethnicity, nationality, religion, gender, sexual orientation, disability, or any protected characteristic.
- Harassment, bullying, insults, threats, or personal attacks against other players or staff.
- Real-life threats, encouragement of self-harm, or violent extremism.
- Doxxing — sharing anyone's private or personal information.
- Sexually explicit content, content involving minors, or other illegal material.
- Spam, scams, phishing, advertising, or links to malware.
- Impersonation of other players, staff, or the Game itself.
Keep disputes in-character and in good spirit. Targeted real-world hostility is not "roleplay."
8. Respect for Staff
- Treat administrators, moderators, and support staff with respect at all times.
- Follow reasonable instructions from staff. Do not harass, threaten, insult, or attempt to deceive staff.
- Staff act on behalf of the Game; their moderation decisions are final. If you believe a decision was made in error, you may appeal calmly through official support channels — but abuse of the appeal process is itself a violation.
- Impersonating staff, or falsely claiming staff endorsement, is prohibited.
9. Content You Submit
You are responsible for everything you post (forum topics, replies, messages, names, images/links you embed, etc.). You must have the right to share anything you post, and it must comply with these Terms. By posting content you grant us a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free license to host, display, and moderate it within the Game. We may remove, edit, or refuse any content at our discretion.
10. Enforcement & Penalties
Violations may result in any action we consider appropriate, at our sole discretion, including but not limited to:
- Warnings, content removal, chat mutes, or in-game penalties (jail time, fines, stat/asset resets).
- Reversal of illegitimately obtained gains.
- Temporary suspension or permanent, irreversible bans — including bans across related accounts and devices.
We may take action with or without prior notice. Banned accounts forfeit all progress and purchases without refund.
11. Game Changes, Seasons & Resets
Outlaw Desert is a live, evolving game. We may add, change, rebalance, suspend, or remove features, content, economies, and rules at any time. The Game runs in seasons that may end, reset, or wipe competitive progress (such as territory, standings, or rounds) as designed. Such changes and resets are a normal part of play and do not entitle you to any compensation or refund.
12. Disclaimers & Limitation of Liability
The Game is provided "as is" and "as available," without warranties of any kind. We do not guarantee that the Game will be uninterrupted, error-free, secure, or free of data loss. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we are not liable for any indirect, incidental, or consequential damages, or for loss of accounts, virtual goods, data, or progress arising from your use of the Game. Some jurisdictions do not allow certain limitations, so some of the above may not apply to you.
13. Termination
You may stop playing and request account closure at any time. We may suspend or terminate your access at any time for any reason, including violation of these Terms. Sections that by their nature should survive termination (including virtual-goods, refund, conduct, liability, and enforcement terms) will survive.
14. Changes to These Terms & General
We may update these Terms from time to time. Material changes will be posted in the Game, and continued play after changes take effect constitutes acceptance. If any provision is found unenforceable, the remaining provisions stay in effect. These Terms are governed by the laws applicable in the operator's jurisdiction, without regard to conflict-of-law rules.