RSC FAQs

Yes. Second Life has updated its Terms of Service and Age Play Policy regarding child avatars. RSC has carefully reviewed camp quests, story material, combat systems, and camp-related items with those rules in mind. RSC has never allowed age play at camp, will never allow it, and does not condone it. Child avatars may freely participate in appropriate camp roleplay, including fictional survival and combat gameplay, within Second Life Terms of Service.

Richmond Survival Camp is a themed Second Life camp experience with roleplay, events, story content, inworld gameplay systems, and a web profile connected to the camp HUD.

Camper characters should roleplay between ages 3 and 13. Because of the spooky nature of this year's theme, infant avatars are not permitted as campers. Avatars who roleplay older than 13 are welcome to apply as counselors instead.

The 2026 theme is The Last Carnival, a horror carnival story about Gravely's Carnival of Wonders, the Final Bell, and the things Richmond buried under the fairground.

At the moment, RSC 2026 is planned for 150 campers. That number may change before the camp ticket lottery draw if additional regions become available.

RSC 2026 registration will use a camp ticket lottery. Campers will enter for a chance to receive a spot, and the final camper list will be selected by a random draw. The system is built so staff does not see the names of ticket holders during the draw. We only see ticket numbers until after the draw is complete. The goal is to make registration as fair and transparent as possible, with no favoritism, no hand-picking, and no special treatment in the draw.

At any time after the drawing, rez or wear your lottery ticket and click it. If your ticket was drawn, it will tell you and confirm your camp spot. If your ticket was not drawn, it will tell you that you have been added to the camp waiting list.

Golden Tickets are an old RSC tradition that started years ago and somehow became mandatory after Aqua kept winning them. Grumbles respectfully. For RSC 2026, a Golden Ticket grants a guaranteed camp spot, VIP arrival 30 minutes before general camp entry, the ability to bring one friend with you for early entry as long as that friend already has a camp spot, and 100 tokens. Also, Aqua, no winning this year. We are watching.

Yes. We know the old first-come, first-served registration rush had its own strange thrill, especially the frantic teleport clicking. We have something fun planned so campers can relive the excitement of running over each other like shoppers on a Black Friday morning, just without registration spots depending on who clicked fastest.

Updated July 30, 2026: After careful consideration and multiple discussions with the team, we have decided to bring clowns back into this year's carnival theme. Simply put, it is difficult to tell a haunted carnival story without them.

That said, we heard your feedback loud and clear. We understand that some people have real life clown phobias, and we want those campers to still be able to enjoy RSC. Clown content will be limited to specific small areas, with clear warning signs before anyone enters those spaces. Clowns will not be part of the required quest line, so campers who wish to avoid them should be able to do so.

Yes. The HUD connects your camper profile to the game systems. It tracks stats, XP, levels, tokens, inventory, crafting unlocks, and profile access.

Use the My Profile link on the website or touch the Profile option on your inworld HUD. HUD profile links are secure and generated for the wearer.

Campers earn XP from gathering, crafting, events, enemies, quests, and special loot. The current planned max level is 50, with crafting unlock tiers every 5 levels.

Gathering nodes are inworld objects you can click. If your backpack has room, the item is added to your inventory. Some nodes disappear briefly after being gathered while they reset.

Crafting uses materials gathered inworld. Recipes can require specific items and may be locked behind level unlocks. Craftable items will show their required ingredients and effects on your profile.

Tokens are tracked on your profile and HUD, then exchanged for Token Prizes. Token Prizes are exclusive Second Life resident-created items made for camp.

Yes. As has become tradition, campers will receive a copy of the exclusive bunk made only for this year's camp to take home after camp. There will also be a special spooky edition available as a Token Prize.

Use Important Dates for schedule information and Camp Events for the live camp activity board.

It is fictional roleplay inside Second Life. RSC may include spooky, unsettling, or carnival-horror themes, but players are expected to follow Second Life Terms of Service and respect other campers.

Yes. Read the story, wear the HUD, watch the event boards, and follow staff guidance inworld. You do not need to know every system on day one.

Contact RSC staff inworld. If it involves your HUD, profile, inventory, XP, or tokens, include what you were doing and the approximate time it happened.