Monetization Rules & Guidelines

Everything Axiom sells, everything we refuse to sell, and exactly how we handle your money. Written to be read — by our players and by Bohemia Interactive.

Compliance Statement

Axiom is a community-run DayZ private shard server. We monetize it under the terms of the Bohemia Interactive Server Monetization Rules, which permit private shard operators to accept donations and to sell cosmetic perks and access perks that do not affect gameplay in any way.

Every item in our store is either a cosmetic with no mechanical effect, a queue-position perk that changes only how you join the server, or a plain donation with no in-game counter-value. We sell no items, no loot, no currency, no stats, and no advantage of any kind. This document is our public, binding statement of that policy.

1. Our Commitments

These are the promises we hold ourselves to. If we ever break one, we have broken this policy, and any player is entitled to hold us to it publicly.

  • Axiom is free to play. The server is open to everyone. No purchase is ever required to connect, to play, or to access any part of the map, loot, or content.
  • Nothing we sell affects gameplay. No purchase changes your health, gear, loot, damage, stats, spawn, vehicles, base, or any other mechanic — for you or against anyone else.
  • No pay-to-win, ever. Not as a limited event, not as a "supporter kit", not as a compromise when hosting bills are due.
  • Paying players get no authority. Purchasing does not make you staff, does not influence moderation decisions, and does not protect you from the rules.
  • Prices and contents are stated up front. No loot boxes, no crates, no random rewards, no gambling mechanics of any kind.
  • Money in, server out. Revenue exists to keep Axiom hosted and running. See section 10.

2. Free & Equal Access

Bohemia's rules require that not donating must never prevent anyone from accessing the content. We go further than the minimum:

  • Axiom has no paid tier, no whitelist fee, and no subscription to enter the server.
  • All players connect to the same server, same hive, same rules, and same settings. There is no separate "supporter" shard with better conditions.
  • All in-game content — the questline, every location, every mod feature, every loot table — is available to every player at no cost.
  • Events run by staff are open to all players. Entry is never sold, and outcomes are never influenced by purchases.

On priority queue: Priority queue affects the order in which players are admitted when the server is at capacity. It does not alter anything inside the game world. A player without it joins the same server, with the same rules and the same opportunities, once a slot is free.

3. What We Sell

This is our complete catalogue. Prices are in USD and are charged once — we operate no recurring subscriptions and store no card details (see section 5).

Item Price Type What it does — and does not do
Priority Queue
30 days		 $9.99 Access Moves you ahead in the connection queue when the server is full. Has no effect once you are in-game — no gear, no stats, no protection, no advantage over any other player.
Priority Queue
90 days		 $24.99 Access Identical to the above, for a longer period. Purely a queue-position perk.
VIP Supporter
30 days		 $14.99 Access Cosmetic Priority queue for 30 days, a VIP role in our Discord, and a cosmetic [VIP] prefix on your name in in-game chat. The prefix is decorative text only — it grants no ability, permission, or protection.
Colored Clan Tag
10 changes		 $4.99 Cosmetic Lets you recolour your group tag in chat, ten times. The colour of text on a chat line. No mechanical effect whatsoever.
Colored Clan Tag
unlimited		 $9.99 Cosmetic The same cosmetic recolour, without a change limit.
Respectful Donation $5.00 Donation A straight contribution toward hosting costs. Grants nothing in-game. Donors receive a supporter role in our Discord and a mention on the supporter wall, both outside the game.

Why each of these is permitted: the cosmetic items change only the colour or decoration of text in chat; the queue items change only admission order when the server is full; the donation grants no in-game counter-value at all. None of them alters the game world, the loot economy, or the balance of play between any two players.

4. What We Never Sell

The following are prohibited on Axiom as a matter of policy. This list is not exhaustive; anything that grants an in-game advantage for money is prohibited whether or not it is named here.

  • Weapons, gear, vehicles, ammunition, medical supplies, or any in-game item.
  • Loot spawns, custom drops, care packages, or preferential loot tables.
  • In-game currency, trader credit, or any tradeable balance.
  • Stat, skill, health, stamina, or damage modifiers.
  • Base, territory, flag, or stash protection, extension, or immunity.
  • Spawn selection, teleportation, safe logout, or map advantages.
  • Reduced penalties — faster respawn, reduced gear loss, or death insurance.
  • Loot boxes, crates, keys, mystery bundles, wheels, or any randomised purchase. Every price on Axiom buys a known, stated thing.
  • Staff positions, admin powers, or moderation influence.
  • Rule exemptions, ban immunity, or paid ban appeals.
  • Player data, kill records, or another player's location.
  • Anything from a real-money trading or third-party reselling arrangement.

5. How Perks Are Delivered

Payment

All payments are processed by Stripe. Axiom never sees, handles, or stores your card number. Purchases are one-time charges; we do not operate recurring billing, and nothing on Axiom auto-renews.

Identity

You must sign in with Steam or Discord before purchasing. Perks are delivered to the verified account you signed in with — not to an ID typed into a box. This exists specifically so that a perk cannot be delivered to the wrong player, and so that no one can buy a perk "for" an account they do not control.

Fulfilment

  • Priority queue is applied automatically to your verified Steam ID via CFTools, normally within a minute of payment.
  • Discord roles are granted automatically to your verified Discord account.
  • In-game cosmetics (chat prefix, clan tag colour) are applied automatically on the game server. They may require you to rejoin the server before they appear.

Every purchase is logged with its fulfilment result. If automated delivery fails, the failure is recorded and staff complete it manually — you do not need to prove your purchase to us, but contacting us will always speed it up.

If a perk does not arrive: open a billing ticket in our Discord. If we cannot deliver a purchased perk, you get a full refund. See section 7.

6. Duration, Expiry & Server Closure

  • Time-limited perks (priority queue, VIP) run for the stated number of days from the moment of fulfilment, and then simply lapse. There is no auto-renewal and no reminder charge.
  • Cosmetic clan tag colours are tied to the change count you purchased — ten changes, or unlimited — and do not expire on a timer.
  • Perks are tied to your account and are not transferable between players, and may not be resold or traded.
  • If Axiom shuts down permanently, we will announce it in Discord with as much notice as we can give, and we will refund the unused remainder of any time-limited perk on request.
  • Perks apply to the Axiom server only. They do not carry to any other server, community, or hive.

7. Refunds & Chargebacks

When you are entitled to a refund

  • The perk was never delivered and we cannot deliver it — full refund, always.
  • You were charged twice for the same item — the duplicate is refunded in full.
  • The perk was materially not what was described on this site — full refund.
  • Axiom shuts down — pro-rata refund of the unused remainder of time-limited perks, on request.

When a refund is at our discretion

Requests within 14 days of purchase, where the perk has been delivered and used, are considered case by case. We would rather refund a disappointed player than keep the money — but perks that have already been consumed (for example, clan tag colour changes that were used) may be refunded in part or declined.

Chargebacks

Please talk to us before disputing a charge with your bank; we will almost always resolve it faster. A chargeback results in the removal of the associated perks and may result in a purchase block. It does not, by itself, get you banned from playing — Axiom stays free to play.

To request a refund, open a billing ticket in our Discord or via the contact page with your purchase email or transaction reference.

8. Eligibility & Age

  • You must be 18 or older, or have the explicit permission of a parent or legal guardian who holds the payment method, to make any purchase.
  • You must be the legitimate holder of the payment method used.
  • Purchases made by a minor without permission will be refunded in full on request from the parent or guardian, and the perks removed. We will not argue about this.
  • Purchases are for personal use on your own account. Buying to resell is not permitted.

9. Rules, Bans & Perks

Paying money does not buy leniency. Our server rules apply identically to every player.

  • Supporters are moderated exactly like everyone else. Purchases are never a factor in any moderation decision.
  • If you are banned for cheating or a serious rule breach, active perks are forfeited and are not refunded.
  • If we ban you in error and it is overturned, your perks are restored and any lost time is credited back.
  • Ban appeals are free. We do not sell appeals, unbans, or reduced sentences.

10. Where the Money Goes

Axiom is a community server, not a business. Income from the store goes toward the cost of keeping it running:

  • Game server hosting and the machine it runs on
  • Web hosting, the domain, and the services behind the live map and statistics
  • CFTools and the administration tooling we use to moderate the server
  • Payment processing fees

Staff are volunteers and are not paid from store revenue. When income exceeds running costs, the surplus goes back into the server — better hardware, more slots, and community events.

11. Data We Collect at Purchase

To deliver a perk we need to know who you are in-game. We store:

  • Your verified Steam ID and/or Discord ID, so the perk reaches the right account
  • The product purchased, the amount, and the transaction reference from Stripe
  • The email address you gave Stripe, for support and refunds

We do not store card details — Stripe handles those. We do not sell or share this data. You may request deletion of your purchase record once any active perk has expired, by contacting staff.

12. Changes to This Policy

We may update this document — for example, if we add a cosmetic or if Bohemia Interactive revises its rules. Material changes are announced in our Discord, and the revision date at the foot of this page is updated. Changes never apply retroactively to a purchase you have already made.

If Bohemia Interactive determines that anything we sell falls outside its rules, we will remove that item immediately and refund affected buyers, without waiting to be asked twice.

14. Contact

Questions about this policy, a purchase, or a refund — or an enquiry from Bohemia Interactive regarding our monetization — should go to the Axiom staff team via our contact page. Billing tickets in our Discord reach us fastest.

We will respond to any monetization compliance enquiry from Bohemia Interactive promptly and in full.

Axiom DayZ — Monetization Rules & Guidelines.
Version 1.0 · Last updated 15 August 2026 · Applies to all purchases made on axiomgaming.org.
Published in accordance with the Bohemia Interactive Server Monetization Rules.