Questions, answered straight.
Everything people actually ask before they join — including the awkward ones. If yours isn't here, ask in Discord and we'll answer it there and add it here.
Joining the city
Is Uncharted RP open yet?
Yes. We opened on Saturday 12 September 2026 at 7:00 PM ET and the city is open to everyone. Whitelisting is now instant and free — there's no application to write and nobody to wait on.
How do I get whitelisted?
Join the Discord, verify you're human, read the rules and add the reaction at the bottom of them. The whitelist lands on you straight away — nothing to write, nobody to wait on, about two minutes. Full walkthrough on How to Join.
Do I need to have roleplayed before?
No — and right now that matters less than it ever will. The city is new, so nobody has a head start on you and every story in it is still being written. Say you're new when you arrive and we'll help you find your feet.
How old do I have to be?
Eighteen. We're an adults-only community with no exceptions — that has never depended on when you joined, and it never will.
Can I bring friends?
Yes. Everyone whitelists themselves individually, but it's instant — so a whole group can arrive together in the time it takes to read the rules. There's also a referral program that pays you for it. Crews start somewhere.
How does the referral program work?
Everyone in the city has a code. Whoever redeems yours gets a free Yosemite the moment they do. Your first referral earns you a Yosemite of your own once they've played five hours; every one after that pays $1,000 an hour they play, up to $15,000 each. The full details are here.
Before you connect
What do I need to play?
A legitimate copy of GTA V on PC and the FiveM client. Everything else is downloaded when you connect. We're not available on console — that's a FiveM limitation, not ours.
What sort of PC do I need?
If you can run GTA V comfortably, you can run Uncharted. A roleplay city streams a lot more custom content than singleplayer does, so an SSD and a decent amount of RAM make the biggest difference — mostly to how long you wait at the loading screen rather than to your frame rate.
Do I need a microphone?
Yes. The city runs on in-game proximity voice — it's how people talk to each other, and it's most of what makes a scene work. A microphone is required.
Can I use graphics mods?
Visual mods are fine. Graphics packs, reshades and texture mods are your business and plenty of people run them. Anything that gives you an advantage — menus, trainers, cheats, exploits — is an instant permanent ban. See the rules.
Can I connect through a VPN?
Not by default. VPNs and proxies are blocked, because they're the usual route back in for someone who's already been banned. If you genuinely need one, open a ticket in Discord and we'll allowlist you.
Where is the server hosted?
In the United States, with the connection edge in Atlanta. The community is English-speaking and people play from both sides of the Atlantic.
Money, characters and fairness
Does it cost anything?
No. The city is free to play and always will be. There's a supporter store if you want to help keep the lights on, but nothing in it buys you an advantage.
Is it pay-to-win?
No. Supporter perks are cosmetic, convenience and queue priority — never damage, speed or access. Every vehicle sits on a performance ladder for its class, so money can't buy a faster car than the class allows, and there are no one-tap headshots to buy your way around.
How many characters can I have?
Three. Elite supporters get a fourth and Legend a fifth. If a tier lapses the extra characters lock rather than getting deleted — they're waiting if you come back.
Is there a queue?
There is, and being whitelisted keeps it moving. Supporters get priority, and if you crash on the way in you keep your place rather than dropping to the back. After a restart people get ramped back in gradually instead of all at once.
Can I stream it?
Yes, and we'd like you to — there's a short application first, see the streamers page. Venue music and jukeboxes run on a catalogue we host and licence ourselves, so a night at the bar won't put a copyright strike on your channel.
Money and progress reset when we opened on 12 September. Your characters didn't. Names, appearance and the Founder role all carried over. We rebuilt the economy from the ground up, and starting everyone level on day one was the only fair way to do it — nobody walked into launch day with a pre-launch fortune.
One exception: referral rewards survived it. The
trucks and the cash both — run /referralclaim and pick which
character gets them.
Ask us in Discord.
Somebody's usually around, and there are no stupid questions before you've even joined.