Rules

SUBMISSIONS

To prevent mistakes and rejections, players should always read the rules carefully.
Make sure your submission includes all requirements which are listed under each specific challenge's rules.
We recommend that all flawless submissions show the scoreboard to prove it is the first down. This allows for a faster and smoother process by our staff.
Always double check if you have chosen the right game, map, category and challenge, and if all players are listed.
Every submission must contain full gameplay otherwise it will be denied.
After a game is approved, the footage is expected to stay accessible for the record to remain on the leaderboards. If the footage ends up missing or private for any reason, that record is no longer considered valid and will be removed from the leaderboards.

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GENERAL RULES

MAKE SURE TO READ THE CHALLENGE SPECIFIC RULES ON EACH RESPECTIVE LEADERBOARD PAGE!

Players caught cheating will be subject to the CONVICTED CHEATER title. See below for more information.
FOV on PC in older games without an FOV slider (for newer games you can set FOV with a built-in option) is ALLOWED.
Changing FOV on games without an FOV slider (for newer games you can set FOV with a built-in option) is NOT ALLOWED on CONSOLE ONLY. Console must play Default FOV.
Only 1 player is required to be actively playing during coop games; however, if a player is AFK (not playing) for the entire duration of a game, they will be removed from the record and replaced with an AFK account.
Duplicating wonder weapons is NOT ALLOWED unless stated otherwise.
Glitches, bugs, or exploits with the exception of specific ones which were voted as allowed by the community, are NOT ALLOWED.
Round skipping of any kind is NOT ALLOWED unless stated otherwise.
Abusing insta-kill melee weapons (for example by locking a melee key and going AFK for hours) is NOT ALLOWED.
Farming records by playing with other players and getting a tie with your own record is NOT ALLOWED. One tie with a different player is acceptable, but anything more will result in the removal of games.
Co-op Splitscreen is ALLOWED.
Creating alternate profiles dedicated to only world records to ensure a perfect ratio is NOT ALLOWED. Players are encouraged to submit all records to one profile

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CHEATING

CONVICTED CHEATER

Any player caught cheating will receive a line through their name and the CONVICTED CHEATER title.
Being a CONVICTED CHEATER simply means that you will no longer be able to submit solo records, or records with other CONVICTED CHEATER's again.
All cheaters will be permanently banned from submitting new records.

Immediate Convictions

If a player is caught injecting a game to gain an unfair advantage with the use of a modification, they will immediately be given the CONVICTED CHEATER title.
If a player is caught splicing or altering the speed of a speedrun, they will immediately be given the CONVICTED CHEATER title.
If a player is caught using blatant cheats such as God Mode or any other obvious modifications with clear malicious intent, they will immediately be given the CONVICTED CHEATER title.

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FOOTAGE REQUIREMENTS

Minimum quality for all records must be 360p. Handheld camera footage is fine if the gameplay quality is adequate.
Full Gameplay is required for every single record.
We recommend speedruns provide a timer. If not, the final time will be taken from the video timeline.

Platforms

Twitch - All footage must be HIGHLIGHTED.
YouTube - All footage must be PUBLIC or UNLISTED.

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MINIMUM ROUND REQUIRED

ZWR now requires you to reach a minimum round on certain challenges in order to be posted to the leaderboards.

High Round: Round 10
Flawless: Round 10
No Perks: Round 10
No Jug: Round 10
No Power: Round 10
First Room: Round 10
No AAT's: Round 10
Purist: Round 10
Onslaught: Round 10
No Armor: Round 10
No Blitz: Round 10
No Exo Suit: Round 10
No Exo Health: Round 10
Double Feature: Round 10

NO PERKS & NO JUG RULES

Perma-Perks are ALLOWED.
ANYTHING THAT DISPLAYS ANYTHING TO DO WITH A PERK ON SCREEN IS SIMPLY NOT ALLOWED.
Multi-pov is REQUIRED for co-op to verify if other players bought/obtained perks / Juggernog.

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SPEEDRUN RULES

Any map or challenge which contains an in-game timer, is ALLOWED as long as it clearly shows the final time.
Using timers bound with the game engine is ALLOWED.
Timeline from Theater Mode is ALLOWED.
Taking the time result from the After Action Report for Round 100/255 Speedruns is ALLOWED on games that show it.
Cutting gameplay into multiple video parts is ALLOWED.
Skipping cutscenes is ALLOWED.
Full gameplay is required.
We recommend speedruns provide a timer. If not, the final time will be taken from the video timeline.
Any Easter Egg speedrun videos SHALL NOT be edited/cut/altered in any way during the run. The video must be completely unedited from the start of the record run to the end. Removing parts of the video where you are paused is NOT ALLOWED. Adding text or effects or anything to the video during the entirety of the record run is NOT ALLOWED.

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BREAKS & DISCONNECTS

The player must reconnect in the same round they disconnect before the next round starts, or the game will be void from that point on (also applies if a player leaves the game).
Players must continue to use the same loadout before disconnecting, if joining back, they are NOT ALLOWED to switch their GobbleGums from their previous loadout.
Any form of sleeper is ALLOWED for a coop game. Examples are the use of sit-in glitches, having a player disconnect and reconnect, holding zombies in windows, zombies under the influence of an EMP, and staying out of the map as long players stop killing zombies or doing EE steps. However, using cheats to perform a sleeper (such as God Mode or No Clip) is NOT ALLOWED.

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STAFF

Staff Members are the people who do volunteer work for the zombies community. Their responsibility is verifying submissions, they determine if games are following the rules and meeting requirements.
If a Staff Member denies a submission, there is always a reason for it. If the player did not receive an email with the reason he can always reach out to the administration.
Staff Members can occasionally make mistakes. If you see a mistake, you can report it using the "Report a problem" button, you can find it at the bottom of a page.
The verification process may take some time. The status of your submission can be checked HERE
You can contact staff and administration through the ZWR Discord or email support.

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ZWR FEATURED STREAM

Streams are featured on the home page.
A staff will randomly choose a stream to be featured every time (Twitch or YouTube).
The only streams that will be featured are Zombie streams (featuring any of the games ZWR supports).
Any player can ask to be featured by messaging staff or admin.

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GAME SPECIFIC RULES

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VANGUARD

General Rules:

Please note that games played prior to September 28th, 2022 are not valid due to significant changes in an update that patched an issue many players used to play a high round.
In 3p and 4p only, the Brimstone covenant is banned if all players are camping in a climb-up location.
All players are required to provide their POV if they are camping in that specific location.
All games must be either on the most recent patch of the game or a version from no later than 1/1/2023.

Map Specific Rules:

Shi No Numa Reborn

The Brain Rot covenant is NOT ALLOWED as it can cause a round skip. This rule only applies to round speedruns on this map.

The Archon

The down you take to acquire the Shield DOES NOT count towards flawless.

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BLACK OPS COLD WAR

General Rules:

All games must be either on the most recent patch of the game or a version from no later than 1/1/2023.
Loading into Outbreak to acquire extended interaction range is ALLOWED.

Map Specific Rules:

Mauer der Toten

Camping behind the safe, when it is open, is NOT ALLOWED.

Outbreak

As of 19/03/2022: local play is NOT ALLOWED for Flawless Solo due to downs not counting.

High Round and Flawless Rules:

As of 16/05/2022 the high round and flawless leaderboards for Cold War are divided into With Support/No Support to create a more skill-based board.
For a run to be counted as a no support record, the players:
- Must not abuse PhD Slider tier 5 + Explosive combo
- Must not buy anything from the crafting table's support tab.
- Picking up support items from the ground, mystery box, or buying them on Firebase Z from the aether defense areas is NOT ALLOWED.
In Solo, the player is allowed to use the self-revive they start with, but cannot buy or pick up one after it's used.

Challenge Rules:

Purist Highrounds

No camping is allowed in this game mode - players are generally required to use a strategy that focuses on the movement of the player.
Definition of camping: Constantly staying in a single spot without moving, without interacting with the environment, space, and the map's dimensions: for example by Standing still on a rooftop, staircase, balcony, etc.
Limited use of self revives no matter if it was activated by using the crafting bench's item, quick revive, or tombstone perks. The player can only use 4 self revives meaning that the 4th down is game over. (Solo only)
Field Upgrades are NOT ALLOWED to be used. Instead, use Frost Blast or Energy Mine to act as placeholders.
Craftable items: Nades or tactics are ALLOWED to be used, however, SUPPORT is NOT ALLOWED: Chopper gunners, cruise missiles, etc.
If a player accidentally picks up a support item from spinning the box, players are highly recommended to use the support item out of bounds, or during round transitions, to ensure zombies are not killed. Players are recommended to timestamp when this happens so staff can keep a close eye on it.
Picking up support items from the ground is NOT ALLOWED.
Armour is ALLOWED to be used/crafted.
AATs are ALLOWED to be used.
Wonder Weapons are ALLOWED to be used/obtained.
Side easter eggs such as the coffin easter egg are ALLOWED to be activated.

First Room

No doors or barriers are allowed to be opened.

No Man's Land 2.0

You cannot teleport or enter the facility.
Each player must show their kills at the end of the game.

No Power

Reach the highest round that you can without turning on the power.
On Firebase Z, do not turn on any of the reactors.

No Perks

Reach the highest round that you can without using any perks.

No Jug

Reach the highest round that you can without equipping Jugger-Nog.

Melee Only

Reach the highest round that you can while using MELEE WEAPONS ONLY.
Using the ballistic knives is NOT ALLOWED.
On Forsaken, using the Chrysalax is NOT ALLOWED.
Using support items that gain kills a NOT ALLOWED.
Field upgrades that kill zombies are NOT ALLOWED.
Using PhD Slider to kill zombies is NOT ALLOWED.
Using Elemental Pop is NOT ALLOWED.
Any Lethal or Tactical grenades that gain kills are NOT ALLOWED.
Using the AAT "Brain Rot" is NOT ALLOWED.
Accidental kills are ALLOWED unless the amount is excessive.

Speedrun Rules:

Waves

Start Position: As soon as the screen fades in.
End Position: As soon as Round 30, 50, 70, 100, or 200 appears on the screen.
Pausing the timer is ALLOWED during breaks.

Exfil

Start Position: As soon as the screen fades in.
End Position: As soon as you exfil on round 11 or 21.

Die Maschine Easter Egg

Use of Coffin Dance & Ghosts WITHOUT shooting wisp and activating Aether Mode at the same time is NOT ALLOWED.
Molotov Skip for Coffin Dance is NOT ALLOWED.
Shooting the last wisp and entering anomaly at the same time to do the diary step is NOT ALLOWED.
Picking up Aetherscope parts to skip Coffin Dance is NOT ALLOWED.
Breaching the boss fight by using Aether Shroud is NOT ALLOWED.
Coffin Easter Egg where the player does not teleport back to Pack-A-Punch after exiting Aether mode is NOT ALLOWED.

Outbreak Easter Egg

Destroying the beacon to skip a round IS ALLOWED.

Outbreak Operation Excision Easter Egg

Destroying the beacon to skip a round IS ALLOWED.

Forsaken Easter Egg

The timer may be paused during the first cutscene in the tower when the screen fades to black.

Build %

On Firebase Z, in addition to the standard speedrun rules, build the Rai-K before completing the main quest.
On Forsaken, in addition to the standard speedrun rules, build the Chryslax before completing the main quest.

Super Easter Egg

Start Position: As soon as the screen fades in when you load the first map.
End Position: When the in-game cutscene starts after finishing the Forsaken Easter Egg.
Pausing the Timer is ALLOWED.
Complete all Easter Eggs in order as fast as possible.
Map order: Die Maschine, Firebase Z, Mauer der Toten, Forsaken.
In case of failure or restart, all maps must be played again.
Timer should be restarted during restarts.
Pause the timer after Easter Egg is completed and unpause it when the screen fades in.
Start and Pause positions are listed below, so you know where to start or pause the timer on each map.

AdditionalSecondary Challenge Rules:

No Support

Play without using or buying any support items from the crafting table.
Lethal and tactical items are allowed.
Picking up free support items from lockdowns is NOT ALLOWED.
Picking up support items from the ground is NOT ALLOWED.
Check out this picture to clarify which crafting table items are allowed.

Rampage Inducer

Finish the speedrun as fast as possible using the RAMPAGE INDUCER.

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BLACK OPS 4

General:

Playing with bots is NOT ALLOWED.
Using free doors across all Speedruns is NOT ALLOWED.
Shield Exploit is NOT ALLOWED.
- Repeatedly using Victorious Tortoise shield explosions (intentionally) to kill full hoards of zombies is NOT ALLOWED.
- Camping next to the shield table with Victorious Tortoise is NOT ALLOWED.
- Shield strategy is ALLOWED to be used for INSTAKILL rounds on HARDCORE only.
Playing on Custom Mutations is NOT ALLOWED unless rules on a specific board say otherwise.
- Pregame lobby is unanimously REQUIRED for all games played after 05/04/2022.
On First room Purist all players must have only Classic Elixirs (green ones) in their loadout. We strongly recommend elixirs like: Always Done Swiftly, Aftertaste, Point Drops, Anti Entrapment, Newtonian Negation, Quacknarok.
First room Purist on Dead of the Night & Tag der Toten requires special custom settings (settings must be shown before launching the map).
Players are NOT ALLOWED to exploit areas where zombies only have one climbing spot/window per player, with the 'Electric Charge - Melee' strategy. (more detailed explanation on ZWR discord #rules).
- Furthermore, using Ballistic Knife with Electric Burst as Modifier (4th perk) is fully banned (unless the rules on the leaderboard say otherwise).
Intentionally going down and reviving the player permanently to charge specialist is NOT ALLOWED.
Intentionally going down and being revived by the Scepter of Ra or Ragnarok with the Bandolier Bandit perk to generate ammo is NOT ALLOWED.
For all boards except Easter Egg Speedruns and Gauntlet Speedruns, Electric Burst cannot be used in the Odin/Tonic perk slot unless it is gained by using secret sauce. If gained by secret sauce, the perk should be switched out as soon as possible by the player. It cannot be used to melee zombies while it is equipped.
The only thing allowed to be injected into BO4 is FAST RESTARTS and the SAFETY PATCH. Anything else is NOT ALLOWED.

Hardcore:

Shield strategy is ALLOWED to be used for INSTAKILL rounds.

Elixir Rules:

All mega elixirs are ALLOWED in the category All Elixirs & Talismans.

Speedruns:

Speedruns start when Round 1 appears on the screen.

Gauntlets:

Hellcatraz: it is ALLOWED to submit a pre-game version before April 2019 from PC (Round 3 - Movement causes damage).
Unsinkable: pre-game version before February 2019 is NOT ALLOWED (unfair advantage of round 11).

Map Specific Rules

IX:

Gaining immunity against fire in Firstroom without opening doors is ALLOWED.
Purposely bleeding out to refresh elixirs is NOT ALLOWED.

Blood of the Dead:

Abusing insta-kill melee weapons (for example by locking a melee key and going afk for hours) is NOT ALLOWED.
Knifing with Ethereal Razor in combination with the spoon is ALLOWED.
Easter egg is ALLOWED to be completed to alter dog rounds.

Dead of the Night:

Silver Bullets are ALLOWED.
Knifing with Ethereal Razor in combination with the stake knife is ALLOWED.
If using silver bullets, you CANNOT stay anywhere in the library area.
The unlimited ammo EE (the Vase EE) is NOT ALLOWED.

Ancient Evil:

Skipping cutscenes is ALLOWED.
The one-minute-a-round exploit in the boss arena is NOT ALLOWED.
Duplicating hands through EE is NOT ALLOWED.
Changing the bind or using an auto-clicker for the Scepter of Ra is ALLOWED.
Using Winters Wail to freeze a Spartoi for the Ra Lockdown is ALLOWED.

Alpha Omega:

Entering Insanity Mode is NOT ALLOWED.
It's NOT ALLOWED to have more than one Sgt. A.D.A.Ms on the map at the same time.
EE games played prior to November 5th, 2019 are not valid due to significant changes in the update.

Tag der Toten

Teleporting outside from the lighthouse and during the Samantha's Box lockdown from the EE step using ABH (anywhere but here) is ALLOWED.
Entering Freeze Mode is NOT ALLOWED.

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WORLD WAR II

General:

Restrictions overview for No Armour & No Blitz
The start position for Speedruns will be when 'Wave 1' appears on screen except on The Darkest Shore.
Skipping Round Changes with Easter Egg steps (E.G. defending lightning rod, power transfers, lockdowns, or escorts) within the area of the step is ALLOWED. Abuse of said mechanic (deliberately failing such Easter Egg step) is NOT ALLOWED.
Players intentionally downing themselves to create a barrier that stops zombies from entering certain areas of the playable map is NOT ALLOWED.
Abusing insta-kill melee weapons (for example by locking a melee key and going afk for hours) is NOT ALLOWED.
Playing a 2 player co-op game by yourself is NOT ALLOWED.
If you are playing a solo co-op (co-op games with yourself), you are NOT ALLOWED to pause.
Fast Melee is NOT ALLOWED.

Consumable Rules:

Each Gameplay/Submission is only to be accepted into 1 Category (No or With Consumables).

Flawless:

Players are required to timestamp their first down.

No Armour:

Consumable "Full Armour" is NOT ALLOWED.
NOT ALLOWED to use the special attack of the golden dagger (each kill gives one more armor point).
Mods that are NOT ALLOWED to use: Armored Up, Protector, Determination, Survivalist.

Map Specific Rules:

Groesten Haus:

Any gameplay from the map "Prologue" is NOT ALLOWED on "Groesten Haus" leaderboards and vice versa.
Mystery box room is NOT ALLOWED to be openedon the First room challenge.

The Darkest Shore:

For Speedruns, the starting position (on this map only) will be when the player spawns on the map (when the screen fades into the game from black).
At Least 1 player must remain inside the Fire Pit step at all times within the Easter Egg.
Staying inside of the lockdown phase and not turning off gas pipes in the submarine room is ALLOWED to skip round intermissions.
On the No Power challenge, the players are NOT ALLOWED to turn the power switch on any Generator.

The Shadowed Throne:

The Anchors must be disabled through normal means and without glitches.
Killing the Stadtjaeger boss within the pod is NOT ALLOWED.

The Frozen Dawn

Any EE Speedruns games played before October 2nd, 2018 may be denied due to a patch that is significantly changing the bossfight.
Beating the boss with the scythe is ALLOWED.

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INFINITE WARFARE

General:

Players taking downs within the "Ghost n Skulls" arcade game will not count towards the Flawless challenge.
Blocking Spawns out with Trip Mines, C4, or standing on them is ALLOWED as long a minimum of 2 natural spawns are still active at all times. 1 window is NOT ALLOWED on the Firstroom challenge
Director's Cut Mode is NOT ALLOWED

Cards Rules:

Each Gameplay/Submission is only to be accepted into 1 Category (Fate Cards or Fate & Fortune Cards)
Infinite Card Use Glitch is NOT ALLOWED
Fate Card 'Irish Luck' is considered a Fortune Card and NOT ALLOWED for category Fate Cards

Map Specific Rules:

Zombies in Spaceland:

Alien Grey must lose both fuses to be defeated legitimately with the "Weapons of Rock" only. (Please Note: The use of the Smart Shot Sight is not allowed against Alien Grey.)

Rave in the Redwoods:

Any games played during the patch where traps gave points are not treated any differently than any other record (except for No Power records).
Using the upgraded melee weapon glitch in first rooms and no powers is ALLOWED.

Shaolin Shuffle:

Abusing insta-kill melee weapons (for example by locking a melee key and going afk for hours) is NOT ALLOWED

Attack of the Radioactive Thing:

Infinite Card Decks (achieved through completing 'Soul-Less' or Skull Hop EE) is ALLOWED

Beast From Beyond

Insta-killing the Blue Rhinos is not allowed. This is usually done by using the Mauler Sentinel, EBR Bomber, or Atlas. This is allowed on Director's Cut.

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BLACK OPS 3

The following rules were finalized on February 13th, 2022. Results can be viewed here.

General:

ALL COOP GAME SUBMISSIONS MUST SHOW THE PREGAME OR POSTGAME LOBBY. IF NOT, PLAYERS MUST PROVIDE ALL POVS. Failure to do so will result in the submission being denied.
Any high round games played before April 2017 patch will be denied or removed due to either Widows Wine causing an error at high rounds or the Widows Wine causing more grenades to spawn after killing a horde of zombies with blast furnace, any games past this date will be accepted as normal.
For all coop games that have a mod loaded, the host’s POV must be included in the submission. Failure to do so will result in denial of the record.
All games that have a mod loaded that is not from the Steam workshop must show us the contents of the mod in order to verify its validity.
Any no gum/classic gum games using Crawl Space for sleepers cannot be submitted megas unless it is ONLY submitted to megas.
A no gums round speedrun may be submitted to classic gum and mega gums as well, but a classic gum round speedrun can only be submitted to classic gum.
As of July 15th 2023, if a player is using a mod that has NOT been verified by ZWR, they MUST provide the patch used to an administrator or higher. Players' are required to show evidence at the end of the run of them providing the patch to said ZWR staff. If this is not done, the run will be denied until the patch has been provided.
As of July 15th 2023, players' are required to provide their 'raw footage' of the run for ROUND and EASTER EGG SPEEDRUNS ONLY if they played offline (off stream). Due to the nature of RNG in these runs, requiring raw footage will allow verifiers to confirm any use of modified RNG through injecting or patching. Raw footage will be all footage recorded in the session you got the final run in.

Allowed:

AFK Glitches and Crawl Space are ALLOWED for Sleeper and Breaks ONLY.
Automatic timers are ALLOWED.
Automatic trap timers are ALLOWED.
BOIII Client is ALLOWED; however, all players MUST provide their POV for the entire game to be approved.
Certain patches are ALLOWED FOR HIGH ROUND CATEGORIES ONLY; further explanation can be seen below. Please be sure to read it thoroughly.
Co-op splitscreen is ALLOWED.
Custom camos and textures are ALLOWED.
Fast Restart Binds and custom Resolutions are ALLOWED.
Playing solo in a co-op game is ALLOWED.
Usermaps is ALLOWED to bypass the Tuesday Steam Server Reset.
Usermaps is ALLOWED to give access to the console for PC players.
Loading a mod or glitching to acquire FMJ and/or attachments on the starting pistol is ALLOWED only for Easter Egg speedruns.
Using the "BO3 Practice Tool" by Scrappy is allowed to be used for EASTER EGG SPEEDRUNS ONLY.

Not Allowed:

Any other mods that are not specified below are NOT ALLOWED.
Cancelling Spawns is NOT ALLOWED with the exception of co-ops.
Custom corpse count is NOT ALLOWED.
Duplication of weapons is NOT ALLOWEDwith the exception of EE runs.
Glitching attachments for MR6, M1911, and other guns, are NOT ALLOWED except for EE runs.
God mode for sleepers is NOT ALLOWED.
Infinite Death Machine is NOT ALLOWED.
Master Spawner is NOT ALLOWED.
MUST be played on the most recent version.
No fog is NOT ALLOWED.
Prolonging special weapons through the use of glitches is NOT ALLOWED.
Substituting a player during a co-op is NOT ALLOWED.
Transparent textures are NOT ALLOWED.
Zombie Counter is NOT ALLOWED.
Injection is NOT ALLOWED (Safety patch by Serious is allowed)
Storing/Stowing gums is NOT ALLOWED.

Patches:

DISCLAIMER: Modifying/altering special rounds, or patching the box to always give you a certain gun until 255 is NOT ALLOWED. Players caught doing this will have all solo games, and any hosted co-op games removed from their profile removed and they will be provided with the convicted cheater role.
Patches are ALLOWED for all categories EXCEPT FIRST ROOM, ROUND AND EE SPEEDRUNS. This includes High Rounds, Flawless, No AAT, No Power, No Perks, and No Jug.
All maps except for Nacht Der Untoten support a First Box Patch.
Other patches such as guaranteeing certain perks, AATs, and tile locations (Shangri-La only) are ALLOWED for CERTAIN MAPS ONLY. Please check each map's rules for more details.

Verified Patches

We highly recommend players use the verified patches that we have provided below to ensure their game is well within the rules and will have no possibility of being denied.
For round speedruns, if you do not use these verified patches, you will have to send the used patch to any of the admins or above to be verified. Please do so at your own risk.
We will also provide the BO3 Practice Tool made by Scrappy that will be allowed to use for EASTER EGG SPEEDRUNS ONLY.

Aesthetic Patch by oJumpy can be downloaded here.
Aesthetic Patch Purple Edition by oJumpy can be downloaded here.
ZWR Allowed Patch by oJumpy can be downloaded here.
Origins Allowed Patch by oJumpy can be downloaded here.
Aesthetic Patch with Patched RNG (FOR HIGH ROUNDS ONLY) by oJumpy can be downloaded here.
BO3 Practice Tool (FOR EASTER EGG SPEEDRUNS ONLY) by Scrappy can be downloaded here.

No GobbleGum Category:

Simply, no Gobblegums are allowed to be picked up.
The only time you are permitted to purchase a gum would be to get 'Crawl Space' for sleeper purposes.
If your loadout does not contain specific gobblegums, you are required to show the post-game lobby where it states you used 0 gobblegums.
For co-ops, we require the players' loadouts to contain specific gobblegums. These can be found under the "View Rules" button on all No Gobblegum pages. If you do not use this loadout, we will require multi-POV in order to ensure all players did not use gobblegums.

Classic GobbleGum Category:

Only Classic GobbleGums are ALLOWED with the exception of 'Crawl Space' (players are allowed to use it on Co-Op games for sleeper purposes)

Mega GobbleGum Category

All Classic and Mega GobbleGums are ALLOWED except the ones stated below:
- 'Flavor Hexed' is NOT ALLOWED
- 'Power Vacuum' is NOT ALLOWED
- 'Round Robbin' is NOT ALLOWED
- 'Near Death Experience' is NOT ALLOWED
- 'Self Medication' is NOT ALLOWED (with the exception of Easter Egg Speedruns).
Aftertaste is ALLOWED as long the Ammo Glitch is not abused which is NOT ALLOWED

Map Specific Rules:

Shadows Of Evil:

Rapid Slam with the Apothicon Sword is ALLOWED.
Use of Flag Defend Easter Egg step to gain free Max Ammos is NOT ALLOWED.
Combination of 'Turned' and Keeper Sword, anywhere it is obtainable, is NOT ALLOWED when killing zombies, we're advising players not to use 'Turned' and Keeper Sword at the same time to prevent the glitch from happening unintentionally on which fills the sword meter much faster.
Arch-Ovum Charged within 1 to 3 rounds is NOT ALLOWED, The Arch-Ovum must be charged in the normal 4 rounds it requires.
Breaching the death barrier in The Junction is ALLOWED.
Breaching rituals are ALLOWED for EE Speedruns.
Infinite Beast mode on the last step of the EE is ALLOWED.

Der Eisendrache:

Downing yourself in the EE speedrun to quote skip is ALLOWED.
Downing yourself to duplicate the bow is NOT ALLOWED.
Infinite Ragnaroks is NOT ALLOWED.
Invincibility to the trap is ALLOWED.

Zetsubou No Shima:

Blocking doors with webs from the spiders is ALLOWED.
Skipping spider rounds with the skull altar is ALLOWED.
Unlimited Skull glitch is NOT ALLOWED.

Gorod Krovi:

Getting multiple Turned Zombies in Highrounds is ALLOWED.
Letting the Valkyrie Drone die early in the escort EE step is ALLOWED.
Skipping round transitions with the use of a Groph Module is ALLOWED.
Using Quote Skips is ALLOWED.
Using Anywhere But Here in the Lockdown is ALLOWED.

Revelations:

Duplicating eggs on the EE speedrun is NOT ALLOWED with the exception of Any%.
Infinite Ragnaroks is NOT ALLOWED.
Masks are NOT ALLOWED on No Perks.
Masks that give the player Juggernog are NOT ALLOWED on No Jug.
Players are ALLOWED to use the glitch that stops furies and keepers from spawning.

Verruckt:

Invincibility standing by the Electric Trap is ALLOWED.

Moon:

Cancelling the roof spawn is NOT ALLOWED ON SOLO ONLY.
Round skip glitch is NOT ALLOWED.
Despawning the Astronaut with the bounce pads is ALLOWED.

Origins:

Duplicating Staffs is NOT ALLOWED with the exception of EE speedruns.
Elemental Knife exploit is NOT ALLOWED.
Fire Staff Pedestal Glitch in 'Ascend from Darkness' is ALLOWED for EE speedruns only.

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ADVANCED WARFARE

General:

As of May 2023, playing on last-gen console (PS3/Xbox360) is NOT ALLOWED.
Using the S1X client for AW is ALLOWED.
Abusing spots where AI kills itself (such as corners on Ascend) is NOT ALLOWED.
Bots are NOT ALLOWED in any way on zombies.
AFK spots are ALLOWED but you cannot progress the round at all while a player is in an AFK spot.

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BLACK OPS 2

General:

The following rules were finalized on March 29th, 2023. The main results can be viewed here and any results missing from this vote and be viewed here.

The settings on "Custom Games" MUST NOT be changed unless the rules on the specific board say otherwise.
Default custom options - Difficulty: Original | Starting Round: 1 | Magic: Enabled | Headshots Only: Disabled | Hellhounds: Disabled
DISCLAIMER: Modifying/altering special rounds, or patching the box to always give you a certain gun until a certain round is NOT ALLOWED. Players caught doing this will result in all solo games, and any hosted co-op games removed from their profile and they will be provided with the convicted cheater role.

Allowed:

Automatic Equipment Counter is ALLOWED (i.e., Turbines, Trample Steams, etc).
Bank is ALLOWED (with the exception of specific Easter Egg speedrun leaderboards).
Changing FOV is ALLOWED (up to 120 FOV).
Changing FPS is ALLOWED (Any FPS allowed).
Co-op splitscreen is ALLOWED.
First Box patch is ALLOWED for ROUND SPEEDRUNS ONLY.
Fixed Backspeed is ALLOWED (with the exception of First Rooms - community voted).
In-game timers and round timers are ALLOWED.
Jetgun and Trap fix is ALLOWED.
Perma-Perks are ALLOWED (with the exception of disconnecting and reconnecting in co-ops - see below).
Playing solo in a co-op game is ALLOWED.
Raygun wall-buy is ALLOWED ONLY FOR EASTER EGG SPEEDRUNS AND BURIED FIRST ROOM (community voted.)
Redacted, Redacted Nightly, and Plutonium (Ancient and Current) are ALLOWED.
Reset Trackers are ALLOWED.

Not Allowed:

Automatic trap timer is NOT ALLOWED.
Bypassing the 25-day freeze/error is NOT ALLOWED.
Custom corpse count is NOT ALLOWED.
Fast Ray is NOT ALLOWED.
God Mode for sleepers is NOT ALLOWED.
Health Bar is NOT ALLOWED.
High Contrast Camos (i.e., white zombies on dark environments to allow for better visibility) are NOT ALLOWED.
No Fog is NOT ALLOWED.
Players are NOT ALLOWED to manipulate the following by disconnecting and reconnecting in co-ops:
- You are NOT ALLOWED to gain perma-perks back after R15 (as you will have perma-jug permanently despite downing).
- You are NOT ALLOWED to change the weapon in the fridge OR get more ammo each round after disconnecting.
- You are NOT ALLOWED to disconnect to change how the game runs, i.e., removing the QR elevator permanently, disabling QR on Die Rise, or retrieving the Acid Gat to ensure fewer entities. This is done by requiring the blue player to quit during certain steps in the game to make the game emulate a solo game.
Substituting a player during a co-op is NOT ALLOWED.
Transparent textures are NOT ALLOWED.
Virtual Machines and Emulators are NOT ALLOWED.
Zombie Counter is NOT ALLOWED.
Theatre mods are NOT ALLOWED.

First Room General Rules:

Fixed Backspeed is NOT ALLOWED.
Fast Ray is NOT ALLOWED.
Fast Nades are NOT ALLOWED.
Raygun wall-buy is NOT ALLOWED with the exception of Buried.
RNG Manipulation is NOT ALLOWED.
Use of the LSAT is NOT ALLOWED.
Use of the Turbine is NOT ALLOWED.

Map Specific Rules:

Tranzit:

Infinite Jet Gun is ALLOWED.
Using the Jet Gun ammo counter is ALLOWED.
Using the Tombstone perma-perk to activate perks is ALLOWED.

Bus Depot:

Recommended First Room custom settings: Starting Round: 10.
Required First Room custom settings: Hellhounds: Disabled.
Playing with default settings is ALLOWED.

Town:

First Room:
- Recommended First Room custom settings (for the classic category): Hellhounds: Enabled | Starting Round: 10.
- Playing with default settings is ALLOWED.
- Required First Room custom settings for Semtex Area category: Starting Round: 10 | Magic: Off | Other settings default.
On co-op, players are ALLOWED to suicide at the end of the round to get Mustang & Sally back.
Using the Pack-a-Punch machine, players are ALLOWED to get double Ray Guns.

Farm:

First Room:
- Recommended First Room custom settings: Hellhounds: Enabled | Starting Round: 10.
- Playing with default settings is ALLOWED.
- Hitting mystery box is NOT ALLOWED on theNo Box category.

Nuketown:

First Room:
- Recommended First Room custom settings: Starting Round: 10.
- Playing with default settings is ALLOWED.
- Buying Juggernog is NOT ALLOWED, if Juggernog is on the map, ALL THE PLAYERS are required to provide full gameplay.
On co-op, players are ALLOWED to suicide at the end of the round to get Mustang & Sally back.
Using the Pack-a-Punch machine, players are ALLOWED to get double Ray Guns.

Die Rise:

Abusing trample steam to be able to get through the Easter Egg step without actually killing zombies is ALLOWED.
Manipulating the Spawn Elevator (using the Trample Steam to send the Elevator down) is ALLOWED.
Manipulating the Elevator's Position (QR elevator) in co-op is NOT ALLOWED.
One Window Strategy is ALLOWED.
On No Jug or No Perks challenge players are NOT ALLOWED to get a free Juggernog/Perk drop by killing the Jumping Jacks.
Players are ALLOWED to use the "Elevator Glitch" to travel around the map for SOLO ONLY. *The Elevator Glitch allows players to use the Elevator Shafts to travel upwards without the use of power. This is typically used for No Power games as the Elevators do not move.
Players are ALLOWED to use Jumping Jacks to take a break in co-op (this allows players to avoid the error that is caused by rebuilding the barriers).
Unpatching the Sliquifier is ALLOWED.

Mob of the Dead:

Duplicating Brutus is ALLOWED. Note: This is primarily for First Rooms; players do not know why this happens at the moment.
One Bullet Trick with the Acid Gat is ALLOWED. Note: This trick is replicated the same way you would single-shot an MK2, except for every shot with the Acid Gat, three pellets will come out. With an Upgraded Acid Gat, instead of 153 bullets, you will get 459 if you use the one-bullet trick.
Opening the doors for free using Afterlife is ALLOWED. Note: This is for ALL categories; High Rounds, Speedruns, and most importantly; Easter Egg Speedruns.
Players are ALLOWED to use an Out of Bounds (OoB) sleeper glitch to take a break in co-op (this allows players to avoid the error that is caused by rebuilding the barriers).
Playing a Custom Game for Solo is ALLOWED for SPEEDRUNS ONLY. Note: Players are limited to 1 Afterlife only, and the first Brutus will spawn on R5, 6, or 7 instead of 9 in a typical solo game.
The Stair Exploit Strategy is ALLOWED. Note: Players need to crouch by the barrier of the stairs to reduce the number of hits they get from zombies. This can be compared to the BO1 Kino Fire Trap strategy and the BO3 Verruckt Electric Trap strategy.
Using a patch to guarantee the box and key to spawn on the Cafeteria side is ALLOWED (with the exception of Easter Egg Speedruns).

Buried:

First Room:
- Use of the LSAT is NOT ALLOWED.
Duplicate Paralyzer in co-ops is NOT ALLOWED.
On No Jug or No Perks challenge players are NOT ALLOWED to get a free Juggernog/Perk drop by killing the witches.
If you use the Time Bomb equipment at a higher round and survive to a lower round than before you used it, the lower round counts, please use this equipment cautiously.
Players are ALLOWED to use the Tree Glitch to take a break in co-op (this allows players to avoid the error that is caused by rebuilding the barriers).
Using Leroy to remove the cooldown and keep a power-up on the map is NOT ALLOWED.
Using the Witches to remove the cooldown and keep a power-up on the map is NOT ALLOWED.
Using the Tombstone perma-perk to activate perks is ALLOWED.

Origins:

Duplicating staffs is NOT ALLOWED (with the exception of Easter Egg speedruns).
Disconnecting and reconnecting in co-op and getting the rewards from the chest is NOT ALLOWED.
Elemental Knife exploit is NOT ALLOWED.
Fire Staff Pedestal Glitch in 'Ascend from Darkness' is ALLOWED.
Getting 3 drops from 3 panzers is NOT ALLOWED. Note: Typically you will only get 1 drop from the Panzer unless you kill them all simultaneously.
On the No Perks challenge players are NOT ALLOWED to use the free Double Tab reward from the chest box.
Playing a Custom Game for Solo to get 3 panzers instead of 1 is NOT ALLOWED.

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MODERN WARFARE 3

General:

Survival:

Gaining invisibility for all enemies is ALLOWED
- as long the area is reachable normally
- do not use the sentry gun as a hitbox
- stay out of the map
Creating an invisible barrier by bleeding out on purpose is NOT ALLOWED
Unlimited Riot & Delta teams or ammo glitch is NOT ALLOWED
Trapping the Juggernauts on Terminal under the plane on purpose is NOT ALLOWED

No Guns:

Shooting any gun is forbidden
Starting weapon must be visible the whole time as long not using a shield or claymore
Spawn traps are allowed
Using an armory box & picking up weapons from enemies is NOT ALLOWED

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BLACK OPS

General Rules:

The following rules were finalized on January 30th, 2023. Results can be viewed here.

DISCLAIMER: All co-ops MUST stream their sleepers/breaks to prove the FPS has not been altered. Altering the FPS will cause the reset to slow down and therefore is NOT ALLOWED. We would prefer if all POVs were provided however we, at the very least, will require HOST POV.

Allowed:

Audio is REQUIRED for the setup at the very minimum as of January 12th, 2023.
Automatic timers (hooked timers) are ALLOWED.
Automatic trap timers are ALLOWED using Tim.
BGamer is ALLOWED.
Binding keyboard interaction key to controller buttons to hit the box faster is ALLOWED.
Changing FOV is ALLOWED.
Changing FPS is ALLOWED (up to 250 FPS).
Fast Restart Binds, Custom Resolutions are ALLOWED.
Fixed backspeed is ALLOWED by opening Dead Ops Arcade.
Fixed backspeed on co-op is ALLOWED using TIM and Config Binds.
Free sallies on "Five" are ALLOWED.
HUD Changes that do not affect gameplay are ALLOWED.
Immunity to Georges' lightning on Call of the Dead is ALLOWED.
Co-op splitscreen is ALLOWED.
Custom camos and textures are ALLOWED.
Disabling graphic content is ALLOWED.
Fast knife exploit is ALLOWED.
Muted voice lines are ALLOWED.
Out of Bounds (OoB) sleeper glitches are ALLOWED on co-op.
Perk animation canceling is ONLY allowed if at least one full perk animation is shown.
Reset Tracker is ALLOWED.
TIM and MUT are ALLOWED.
Tracking Box hits is ALLOWED.

Not Allowed:

All binds unless specified (i.e., FPS, FOV, etc.) are NOT ALLOWED.
Bypassing the 25-day freeze/error is NOT ALLOWED.
Cancelling spawns is NOT ALLOWED.
Changing FPS for sleepers in co-op is NOT ALLOWED.
Cheat engine is NOT ALLOWED.
Custom .ff patches are NOT ALLOWED.
Custom corpse count is NOT ALLOWED.
Disabling ragdolls is NOT ALLOWED.
Dog tracker is NOT ALLOWED.
Duplication of weapons is NOT ALLOWED.
Fast Ray is NOT ALLOWED.
Foliage, smoke effect removal, and transparent textures are NOT ALLOWED.
Fullbright is NOT ALLOWED.
Glitching the nova spawn on Kino Der Toten is NOT ALLOWED.
God mode and no clip are NOT ALLOWED (this includes sleepers on co-ops).
Health bar is NOT ALLOWED.
Increasing the Damage Icon Duration is NOT ALLOWED.
In-game timer patches are NOT ALLOWED (with the exception of Song Speedruns)
Multiple actions bound on a single key/button (macros) is NOT ALLOWED.
No Fog is NOT ALLOWED.
Plutonium is NOT ALLOWED (with the exception of Easter Egg speedruns and Community challenges).
Round skipping is NOT ALLOWED.
Virtual Machines and Emulators are NOT ALLOWED.
Zolfernos and other trainers are NOT ALLOWED.
Zombie Counter is NOT ALLOWED.

Map Specific Rules:

Kino Der Toten:

No Nova exploit is ALLOWED.
Fire Pit glitch is ALLOWED.

Shi No Numa:

Infinite Flogger Trap use is ALLOWED.

Call Of The Dead:

Immunity to lightning from George Romero is ALLOWED.
Cancelling roof spawns is NOT ALLOWED.

Ascension:

On No Jug or No Perks challenge players are NOT ALLOWED to get a free Juggernog/Perk drop by space monkeys.
Using a config command to alter the black and white mode on ascension first room and no power is NOT ALLOWED.

Shangri La:

On No Jug or No Perks challenge players are NOT ALLOWED to get a free Juggernog/Perk drop by monkeys.
Cancelling roof spawns is NOT ALLOWED.

Moon:

Astronaut trapping is ALLOWED except category With Astronaut.
Astronaut must be trapped before round 30 for the game to be considered Without Astronaut.
Blocking roof spawns is NOT ALLOWED.
Glitching the Astronaut in biodome is NOT ALLOWED.
It is NOT ALLOWED to shorten the rounds down to 24 zombies per round using the teleporter.

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WORLD AT WAR

General Rules:

The following rules were finalized on May 19th, 2023. Results can be viewed here.

Allowed:

Automatic timers are ALLOWED.
Camos and Textures are ALLOWED.
Co-op Split Screen is ALLOWED.
Disconnecting and reconnecting in co-op is ALLOWED.
Fast knife exploit is ALLOWED.
Fixed Backspeed is ALLOWED (with the exception of First rooms).
FOV changes are ALLOWED (cap of 120 FOV).
FPS changes are ALLOWED (cap of 250 FPS).
Removing the stun by damaging yourself with a grenade is ALLOWED.
Perk animation canceling is ALLOWED as long as ONE full perk animation is shown.
Players MUST show their reset screen if reached.
Plutonium is ALLOWED.
Solo-op is ALLOWED.

Not Allowed:

Automatic trap timer is NOT ALLOWED.
Bypassing the 25-day freeze/error is NOT ALLOWED.
Config changes are NOT ALLOWED except for FOV, FPS, Fast Restart bind, Hostname, and HUG graphic changes.
Custom Corpses are NOT ALLOWED.
Duplication of weapons is NOT ALLOWED.
Fast Ray is NOT ALLOWED.
Fog removal is NOT ALLOWED.
Patches are NOT ALLOWED with the exception of fixed backspeed and timer patches.
Pre-patch flamethrower is NOT ALLOWED.
Removal of foliage, smoke effect, and flames is NOT ALLOWED with the exception of foliage removal using grenades.
Transparent and high visibility textures (i.e., pink zombies) are NOT ALLOWED.
Virtual Machines and Emulators are NOT ALLOWED.
Zombie Counter is NOT ALLOWED.
Leaving and rejoining after dying to disable “ghost spawns“ is NOT ALLOWED.

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Custom Maps/ Community Leaderboards

General:

Records from those categories don't count towards World Record and Record trackers on your profiles.
If the mod/map creator wishes to be listed in the rules section on the leaderboard, please contact Admin or Custom Maps Manager.
The use of any extra mods apart from the custom map itself is NOT ALLOWED. That includes custom characters, weapons packs, zombies counter, GubbleGum mods, etc.
If the No Power challenge is played in Firstroom without opening any doors or barriers, gum loadout does not matter.
For custom maps: Wanted, Leviathan & Mori, a 3rd party timer is optional because they have a built-in timer appearing on the scoreboard. Timer not required when shown for 30/50/100/EE or Buyable End.

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Table of Contents

SUBMISSIONS

GENERAL RULES

CHEATING

FOOTAGE REQUIREMENTS

MINIMUM ROUND REQUIRED

NO PERKS & NO JUG RULES

SPEEDRUN RULES

BREAKS & DISCONNECTS

STAFF

ZWR FEATURED STREAM

Verified Patches