Lantern Ants
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Terms of Use

The licence is Apple's Standard EULA

The licence. Your licence to use Lantern Ants: Cozy Colony on Apple devices is Apple's Licensed Application End User License Agreement (the "Standard EULA"): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/. If you play on Android [[when available]], Google Play's terms apply in the same way.

The Game Rules below add the rules that are specific to Lantern Ants: accounts, names, fair play, leagues, virtual items, Colony Club and account closure. By playing you agree to both. If the Game Rules and the Standard EULA disagree, the Standard EULA wins for the licence itself; the Game Rules decide how the game is played. Nothing here takes away rights you have under the consumer law of your country.

Read Apple's Standard EULA (opens in a new tab)

Game Rules

Last updated: [[date]] · Publisher: Dejuworks (Barış Demirhan) · Contact: support@lanternants.app

1. Who can play

Lantern Ants is meant for players aged 13 and over [[confirm]], or the minimum age for online services in your country if that is higher. If you are younger than the age of majority where you live, ask a parent or guardian before buying anything.

2. Your account

  • The game starts you with a guest account. Your progress is saved on your device.
  • If you link Sign in with Apple or Google, your progress is also saved to the cloud and can move to a new device. A guest account cannot be recovered if your device is lost or reset.
  • Keep your device and your Apple or Google account secure. You are responsible for what happens on your account.
  • One person, one league account. Do not share, sell, buy or trade accounts.

3. Usernames and colony names

  • Your username is chosen at random from a word list. After linking an account you can pick your own. You can claim a new username once every 24 hours.
  • Names must not be offensive, hateful, sexual, threatening, or contain personal information (yours or anyone else's), links, advertising, or pretend to be someone else, including us.
  • Every custom name is checked automatically before it is accepted. Players can report names. We may reject or replace any name that breaks these rules; a replaced name becomes a random one and you can choose again.

4. Fair play

Lantern Ants is a cozy game, and the leagues only work if everyone plays the same game. You may not:

  • modify, hack or decompile the app, or use tools, scripts or bots that play for you;
  • change the device clock or use other tricks to collect rewards faster than the game allows;
  • exploit bugs instead of reporting them (please report them: support@lanternants.app);
  • use several accounts or devices to move up in a league or to help someone else move up;
  • buy, sell or trade accounts, Amber or items outside the game.

What can happen if you do, depending on how serious and how often:

  • the Sparkle or rewards involved are removed;
  • your account is hidden from other players' league lists and receives no league rewards, without notice (you can still play normally);
  • you are removed from leagues for the rest of the season;
  • in serious or repeated cases, your account is suspended or closed.

Most checks are automatic. Mistakes happen: if you think we got it wrong, write to support@lanternants.app within 30 days and a person will look at it.

5. Leagues

  • Leagues are weekly. Each week you are placed in a group of up to 50 real players (30 in the top league). Wild colonies in the game are computer players and never appear in leagues.
  • You earn Sparkle only by playing: lighting new cells, expeditions, live moments, raids, trade and quests. There is a daily limit of 200 Sparkle from normal play; some quests and events add more.
  • Nothing you can buy gives Sparkle or changes your rank. Rewards from ads and purchases never apply to Sparkle.
  • The week starts Monday 00:00 UTC. Sparkle earned offline is counted when you reconnect, if it arrives within 2 hours after the week closes.
  • At the end of the week the top of each group moves up and the bottom moves down, as shown in the game. Small groups may be merged. You need at least 50 Sparkle in a week to take part.
  • We may correct rankings after fair-play checks, after a technical problem, or when a season resets. League rewards are in-game items only.

6. Amber, items and virtual goods

  • Amber, resources, chests, cosmetics and other in-game items are a limited licence to use inside the game. They have no cash value, cannot be exchanged for money, and cannot be transferred to another account.
  • We may change how items, prices in Amber or the game economy work to keep the game balanced and fun. If we ever remove an item you paid real money for, we will replace it with something of equal value or tell you how to get help.
  • Amber can also be earned by playing.

7. Purchases

  • Purchases are made through the App Store and follow Apple's rules. Refund requests go to Apple: https://reportaproblem.apple.com.
  • If a purchase does not arrive, use Store → Restore purchases first, then contact support@lanternants.app.
  • If a parent or guardian must approve a purchase (Ask to Buy), the item arrives after approval.

8. Colony Club (subscription)

  • Colony Club is an optional auto-renewing subscription, monthly or yearly. The price is shown in the App Store before you buy and is charged to your Apple ID.
  • It renews automatically unless you turn it off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel in iOS Settings → [your name] → Subscriptions, or from the Colony Club screen in the game.
  • While you are a member: 15 Amber on each day you play (collected in the game; days you do not play are not carried over), one extra expedition slot, offline earnings for up to 12 hours (16 hours with the Queen Pack), and a members-only cosmetic each month that you keep.
  • Colony Club never gives Sparkle and never changes your league rank.
  • There is no free trial at launch. If one is added later, its length and terms are shown in the store before you buy.
  • If Apple changes the price, Apple will tell you and, where required, ask you to agree.
  • Deleting your account or the app does not cancel the subscription. Cancel it in the App Store.

9. Rewarded ads

Ads are optional and only shown when you choose to watch one, up to 10 a day. If an ad does not load (for example offline), the offer is not shown. The reward is given when the ad finishes.

10. Online features

Leagues, cloud save and events need the internet; the rest of the game works offline. We may change, pause or end online features. If we plan to end leagues or cloud save, we will tell you in the game at least [[30]] days before. The offline game keeps working on your device.

11. Closing an account

  • By you: at any time, in Settings → Privacy & data → Delete account, or at lanternants.app/delete-account.
  • By us: for serious or repeated breaches of these rules, or where the law requires it. Where we can, we tell you why.
  • Inactive guest accounts: if a guest account (not linked to Apple or Google) is not used for 180 days, we delete its online data (username, league history). Progress saved on your device stays on your device.

12. Changes

We may update these Game Rules. If a change matters, we will tell you in the game before it takes effect. If you keep playing after that, the new rules apply.

13. Contact

support@lanternants.app · Privacy questions: privacy@lanternants.app