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Exploits and Glitches

Banned Glitches/Exploits:

• Complex Root splash/area of effect boosting (you CAN use the Complex Root, but you CANNOT use it with anything that boosts splash or area of effect related stats. When in doubt, don’t use it)
• Pestilence reload cancel/flying
• Unlimited skill point stacking
• Stacking shield effects of any sort
• Abusing Re-Volter effects
• Abusing Phalanx Doctrine
• Abusing the Toboggan
• Emote canceling to abuse Multi-Tap, Gargoyle or any other weapon or item.
• Pushing Photomode camera through walls/bars or any other area you can’t access normally.
• Item duplication
• Leaving Eista in Fight For Your Life to easily farm him without fighting him. (you must kill him for each drop)
• Refreshing the Vaulthalla armory by walking away and back.
• Skipping Scourge the Invincible from teleporting the player away using Dakka Bear or any other means.
• Using Dakka Bear to charge crystals in Guardian Takedown.
• Intentionally going out of bounds for a skip or to cheese a boss is prohibited. 

*Note: Any other obvious glitches/exploits not mentioned here. If it feels cheaty, just avoid it or reach out and ask for clarification.

Allowed Exploits

These gameplay exploits are allowed during the Hunt. These have been widely discussed amongst the community and are found to be more fun than gaining advantage over others.

• Rocket jumping
• Grenade jumping
• Instant gun reloading
• Apply damage over time to self (Used for stacking Amara’s Mindfulness skill, activating elemental projector artifacts, activating Moze’s purple tree skills, etc)
• Resetting Scraptrap spawns by walking in and out the arena
• Respawning Rampager by entering/exiting the vault
• Overlapping dialogue (Sometimes when you progress a mission fast, dialogue can overlap and skip mission objectives forward)
• Getting thrown out of Iron Bear to reset cooldown
• Canceling action skills by opening inventory on Zane
• Missing Phasegrasp on purpose for Amara

Co-op regulations

• Co-Op play is allowed and encouraged, but all party members must be signed up and streaming. Non-participants may not assist in any way.
• Entering a co-op players game late into any activity is NOT allowed. (i.e. waiting for them to have the boss nearly defeated and then joining to get the loot).
• You may farm with friends up to the max party size (The Host + 3 Players). Each player must be the same level or within three levels (+/- 3) of the host of the game. 
  • *Note: Boosting will result in disqualification.
• If a drop is found while playing with a group, only ONE highlight is needed for each member to claim that drop for points; please make sure to put the names of your co-op partners in the clip title.

*Note: To correct a soft/hard lock that prevents game progression, you may join another participating player to complete the mission, regardless of level difference.  

Item restrictions

The Following items sources are NOT allowed for use in the playthrough:

• Golden Chest
• Diamond Loot Room
• Vault Cards
  • Vault Card XP is allowed as there’s no way to disable it.
• Vault Card Chests
• You can use your bank, but only Arms Race Extraction Loot earned during your Hunt can be taken out. You cannot pass items to your Hunt character from other characters using the bank.

*Note: Only gear found during this Hunt event may be used. Passing items from another character, taking items from the bank not extracted from Arms Race, or taking items dropped by another player not earned in your game will result in disqualification.

You may NOT:

• Sell old items from your bank or Lost Loot Machine
• Use super Deluxe or other edition bonus items
• Use mailed items sent from people on your friends list or items you won from a loot chest or extraction event
• Accept rare spawn missions in Sanctuary (on the wall before Moxxi’s)

The following is allowed:

• You can use mailed items that NPCs or manufacturers send after completing challenges (Ex. 100 kills with Jakobs weapons, crew challenges, etc).
• You may count the Baby Maker and Lyuda for points in your mail if you receive them through the challenges.

World drops and points

• Only ONE world drop of your choosing is allowed to be redeemed for points from any random enemy, chest, etc. toward your progress. 
  • *Note: A world drop is defined as a unique/legendary item that a specific enemy/boss normally doesn’t drop.
• You can redeem your world drop choice either immediately when you pick up the item or hold the world drop points for the end of the Hunt. Either way, you are required to clip and LABEL the drop as “WORLD DROP – (ITEM NAME)”.

• The Arms Race exclusives can be claimed for points no matter where they drop within Stormblind Complex.
• Rocket Boots, Launch Pad, and Rowan’s Call from the Slaughterstar are allowed to be obtained via world drops and counted for points.
• You can count all DLC 1 Class Mods for points no matter where they drop within that DLC.

The following items sources are NOT allowed for points unless you choose one as your world drop:

• Slot machines, Vendors, (If using your one world drop from a vendor, make sure to purchase the item and clip it)
• Gun Gun
• Lilith chest (after beating the story)
• Desolations Edge Cube
• Jackbot loot room (Handsome Jackpot DLC)
• Bank chests/lockers (Bounty of Blood DLC)
• Vaulthalla loot rooms (Fantastic Fustercluck DLC)
• Unique purple items in DLC 4, The Fantastic Fustercluck are NOT included in The Hunt.

*Note: Any Mayhem Exclusive drops during the Maliwan/Guardian takedown, WILL count for points (e.g. the Backburner from Anathema or Scourge).

Proof of drops

Twitch clips must be provided on the Item List page (click Claim) for each drop. You must show the item drop from its source and you must look at the item so the item card appears. Without the item card visible in the clip, the drop will need to be re-farmed.

• Legendaries in the Arms Race DLC do NOT need to be extracted to count, you just need to provide proof of the drop.
• Legendary dedicated drops from the final Proving Grounds Bosses CAN be counted for points.
• Drops from named Cartel enemies CAN be counted even when they spawn outside of Villa Ultraviolet.