1. Defend your Clan, even with your life. You may have friendships with cats from other Clans, but your loyalty must remain to your Clan, even if you meet them in battle 2. Do not hunt or trespass on another Clan's territory 3. Elders and kits must be fed before apprentices and warriors. Unless they have permission, apprentices may not eat until they have hunted to feed the elders 4. Prey is killed only to be eaten. Give thanks to StarClan for its life 5. A kit must be at least six moons old to become an apprentice 6. Newly appointed warriors will keep a silent vigil for one night after receiving their warrior name 7. A cat cannot be made deputy without having mentored at least one apprentice 8. The deputy will become Clan Leader when the leader dies or retires 9. After the death or retirement of the deputy, the new deputy must be chosen before moonhigh 10. A Gathering of all four Clans is held at the full moon during a truce that lasts for the night. There shall be no fighting among Clans at this time 11. Boundaries must be checked and marked daily. Challenge all trespassing cats 12. No warrior can neglect a kit in pain or danger, even if the kit is from a different Clan 13. The word of the Clan leader is law 14. An honorable warrior does not need to kill other cats to win his battles, unless they are outside the warrior code or it is necessary for self-defense 15. A warrior rejects the soft life of a kittypet
Exceptions
* Cats on their way to the Moonstone or Moonpool are allowed to cross other Clans' territories to get to their destination - WindClan grounds in the forest and ThunderClan grounds by the lake * At the lake, cats may travel on other Clans' grounds as long as they are within two fox-lengths of the lake; for instance, to go to a Gathering
Additional Rules
The following rule is not part of the Warrior Code, but is always followed:
* Medicine cats may not have a mate or kits[2:]
Rejected Codes
Throughout history, several other rules were proposed for introduction in The Warrior Code, however, they were turned down[3:]. These rules were:
* Only cats of pure forest blood can be Clan Members (suggested by Featherstar of WindClan) * Each Clan may only eat the prey they are most suited for (suggested by Robinstar of SkyClan) * All Clan cats must believe in StarClan (suggested by Dovestar of WindClan)
2. Do not hunt or trespass on another Clan's territory
3. Elders and kits must be fed before apprentices and warriors. Unless they have permission, apprentices may not eat until they have hunted to feed the elders
4. Prey is killed only to be eaten. Give thanks to StarClan for its life
5. A kit must be at least six moons old to become an apprentice
6. Newly appointed warriors will keep a silent vigil for one night after receiving their warrior name
7. A cat cannot be made deputy without having mentored at least one apprentice
8. The deputy will become Clan Leader when the leader dies or retires
9. After the death or retirement of the deputy, the new deputy must be chosen before moonhigh
10. A Gathering of all four Clans is held at the full moon during a truce that lasts for the night. There shall be no fighting among Clans at this time
11. Boundaries must be checked and marked daily. Challenge all trespassing cats
12. No warrior can neglect a kit in pain or danger, even if the kit is from a different Clan
13. The word of the Clan leader is law
14. An honorable warrior does not need to kill other cats to win his battles, unless they are outside the warrior code or it is necessary for self-defense
15. A warrior rejects the soft life of a kittypet
Exceptions
* Cats on their way to the Moonstone or Moonpool are allowed to cross other Clans' territories to get to their destination - WindClan grounds in the forest and ThunderClan grounds by the lake
* At the lake, cats may travel on other Clans' grounds as long as they are within two fox-lengths of the lake; for instance, to go to a Gathering
Additional Rules
The following rule is not part of the Warrior Code, but is always followed:
* Medicine cats may not have a mate or kits[2:]
Rejected Codes
Throughout history, several other rules were proposed for introduction in The Warrior Code, however, they were turned down[3:]. These rules were:
* Only cats of pure forest blood can be Clan Members (suggested by Featherstar of WindClan)
* Each Clan may only eat the prey they are most suited for (suggested by Robinstar of SkyClan)
* All Clan cats must believe in StarClan (suggested by Dovestar of WindClan)