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Castle Wars is a Link to Minigames minigame released by Link to Jagex Jagex in December 2004. It is similar to Capture the Flag, but with a RuneScape twist. The official worlds for Castle Wars are 34 and 54 for P2P, and 83 for F2P. Castle Wars is one of the most popular minigames in RuneScape. On July 20 Link to 2017 2017, it was made Link to Free-to-play Free-to-play, and can be accessed via a portal in the Link to Clan Wars Clan Wars portal area.

Travel[]

Castle Wars is found in the south-west corner of Link to Kandarin Kandarin and may be accessed via a number of ways:

Gameplay[]

The aim of the game is to take the enemy's standard (flag) from their castle and return it to the standard in your own castle, gaining one point each time. You must prevent the opposing team from taking your flag by blocking them from your castle (place Item image of %7B%7B%3Abarricade%7D%7D, File:barricade barricades, lock doors or collapse tunnels underground), or by killing them. Slain players will Link to Spawning respawn in the starting area within the game, so both sides are constantly fighting with a near (if not totally) equal numbered team. This is a safe game, so if you die, you will not lose items. Each game lasts for 20 minutes, and the team with the most points at the end of the game is declared the winner. You will gain three Item image of %7B%7B%3ACastle+wars+ticket%7D%7D, File:Castle wars ticket Castle wars tickets if your team wins, two tickets if the game ends in a draw, and one ticket if your team loses. You will not gain more tickets if you kill another player or score a point. Castle Wars tickets are redeemable for a number of Link to decorative armour decorative armours and other rewards. For having more success in Castle Wars, it is better to have a higher Link to Combat level Combat level, but lower level players can focus on the defensive measures mentioned below.

Restrictions[]

The only items allowed inside the Castle Wars area are Link to Herblore#Potions potions, Link to runes runes, and Link to Combat Combat-related items such as Link to armour armour—with the exception of Link to Head slot table helmets, hats, scarves and Link to capes capes. Link to Food Food cannot be brought in, but Item image of %7B%7B%3Abandages%7D%7D, File:bandages bandages can be obtained within the arena, which are used to heal players in the same way as food. Link to Alchemy spells Alchemy spells cannot be used during the game. Link to Lunar spells Lunar spells such as Link to Heal Other Heal Other and Link to Cure Me Cure Me can not be used during the game. The Link to Dwarf multicannon Dwarf multicannon cannot be brought into Castle Wars. Originally, players were allowed to bring their pet Link to cat cats into the arena, but after many players complained, Link to Jagex Jagex removed this ability.

Since this is a safe Link to Minigames mini-game, players do not have to worry about dying because they will not lose their items. Unlike the Link to Duel Arena Duel Arena, Link to arrows arrows will not be returned after each match. It is the player's responsibility to pick up any projectiles fired if they choose to do so. However, if Link to Ava's device Ava's device is used on Chat head image of Lanthus, File:Lanthus chathead Lanthus before a player enters the game, he will collect ammunition for the player.

Also, if players are wearing armours or Skill icon of Prayer, File:Prayer icon Prayer symbols/Item image of %7B%7B%3APrayer+book%7D%7D, File:Prayer book books of the three Link to gods gods (Link to Saradomin Saradomin, Link to Guthix Guthix, Link to Zamorak Zamorak), they will have strange effects on the wearer if they enter the wrong portal. Saradomin will turn a player into a rabbit if they are wearing a Zamorak or Guthix symbol or armour when entering his portal; Guthix will turn them into a sheep if they are wearing a Saradomin or Zamorak symbol or armour upon entering its portal; and Zamorak will turn them into an imp if they are wearing a Saradomin or Guthix symbol or armour when entering his portal. Players transformed into a rabbit, sheep or imp cannot perform any tasks. They also cannot view menu screens other than private and public Link to Chat Interface chat, Link to music music and Link to Options settings. However, when the waiting period elapses and the game starts, the player will be turned back to normal.

The castles[]

Castle Wars map

A map of Castle Wars.

The large square formation covering most of the map is the actual arena. Inside the arena there are two smaller castles, one for each team. There are four levels to a castle. The ground floor has two outer walls facing into the arena, one with a large door that can be attacked and broken down (or Item image of %7B%7B%3Abarricade%7D%7D, File:barricade barricaded by the defending team) and another with a smaller door that can be pick-locked (or locked by the defending team). The battlements on the ground floor are accessible via a staircase near the small door, and there is a catapult on top of the outer wall. Within the walls, there is a staircase leading to the battlements, a staircase leading to the second level, a ladder leading to the second level, and a ladder leading to the underground passages. There are tables where Item image of %7B%7B%3Aclimbing+rope%7D%7D, File:climbing rope climbing ropes, Item image of %7B%7B%3ARock+%28Castle+Wars%29%7D%7D, File:Rock (Castle Wars) rocks, Item image of %7B%7B%3Abarricade%7D%7D, File:barricade barricades, Link to Pickaxe pickaxes, Item image of %7B%7B%3AToolkit+%28Castle+Wars%29%7D%7D, File:Toolkit (Castle Wars) toolboxes, and Item image of %7B%7B%3Aexplosive+potion%7D%7D, File:explosive potion explosive potions are attainable. There is a tap, two Item image of %7B%7B%3Abucket%7D%7D, File:bucket bucket Link to Spawning respawns, and a Item image of %7B%7B%3Atinderbox%7D%7D, File:tinderbox tinderbox respawn. When players die, they are returned to a respawn room in the appropriate castle.

Second level[]

The second floor contains a passage bent at a right angle, enveloping that team's spawn room, which is only accessible to the castle's team. There is a staircase leading to the next level. Inside the spawn room, there is a Item image of %7B%7B%3ABandages%7D%7D, File:Bandages bandage table, a Item image of %7B%7B%3Atinderbox%7D%7D, File:tinderbox tinderbox respawn, a ladder leading to the next level, and a portal to leave the current game. If any player does so, players on the same team in the waiting room will be asked if they wish to join the current game. The first to accept takes the previous player's space.

Third level[]

The third floor has a small inside wall enveloping a trapdoor that leads down to that castle's spawn room. The trapdoor is only usable by that castle's team. There is a one-square-wide passage around this wall. A staircase leading to the highest level is located against one of the walls.

Fourth level[]

The highest floor contains only a standard stand, which may or may not hold that castle's team's standard, depending on whether the enemy team has taken the standard or not.

Underground[]

The underground passage level can be accessed by two ladders in the middle of the arena or by a ladder from either team's castle. Either castle's ladder is located at opposite ends of the underground area, each with two passages towards the central cavern. At the mouth (facing the centre area) of each passage, there is a deposit of rocks which may be removed or replaced with Item image of %7B%7B%3Aexplosive+potion%7D%7D, File:explosive potion explosive potions or Link to Pickaxe pickaxes. The central area is a small castle that has two ladders leading up to the centre of the arena's ground level. This area can be used for Skill icon of Ranged, File:Ranged icon ranging and Skill icon of Magic, File:Magic icon maging.

The prizes[]

The following ticket rewards for each game scenario are as follows:

  1. Shut-out win (1-0) = 3 tickets to winning team, 1 ticket for losing team.
  2. Regular win (2-1) = 2 tickets to the winning team, 1 ticket for losing team.
  3. Scoreless tie (0-0) = 2 tickets for both teams.
  4. Regular tie (1-1) = 1 ticket for both teams.

15 minutes spent in the game is required to earn tickets.

Rewards[]

Item Price (tickets)
Red decorative helm Red decorative helm 4
Red decorative body Red decorative body 8
Red decorative legs Red decorative legs 6
Red decorative skirt Red decorative skirt 6
Red decorative shield Red decorative shield 6
Red decorative sword Red decorative sword 5
White decorative helm White decorative helm 40
White decorative body White decorative body 80
White decorative legs White decorative legs 60
White decorative skirt White decorative skirt 60
White decorative shield White decorative shield 60
White decorative sword White decorative sword 50
Gold decorative helm Gold decorative helm 400
Gold decorative body Gold decorative body 800
Gold decorative legs Gold decorative legs 600
Gold decorative skirt Gold decorative skirt 600
Gold decorative shield Gold decorative shield 600
Gold decorative sword Gold decorative sword 500
Castlewars hood (Zamorak) Castlewars hood (Zamorak) 10
Castlewars cloak (Zamorak) Castlewars cloak (Zamorak) 10
Castlewars hood (Saradomin) Castlewars hood (Saradomin) 10
Castlewars cloak (Saradomin) Castlewars cloak (Saradomin) 10
Saradomin banner Saradomin banner 100
Zamorak banner Zamorak banner 100
Decorative magic hat Decorative magic hat 20
Decorative magic robe top Decorative magic robe top 40
Decorative magic robe legs Decorative magic robe legs 30
Decorative range top Decorative range top 40
Decorative range legs Decorative range legs 30
Decorative range quiver Decorative range quiver 40
Saradomin halo Saradomin halo 75
Zamorak halo Zamorak halo 75
Guthix halo Guthix halo 75

Note that Castle Wars tickets are untradeable.

Features of the arena[]

The catapult[]

Catapult controls

Controlling the catapult.

One catapult is located in each teams castle. Players may use the catapult if they have ammo, which they can obtain from tables on the first floor. After players have ammo, they can operate the catapult by clicking on it. A display will open up and players must then choose the X and Y coordinates of where they wish to fire; however, often, the shot will not go exactly where you aim. The highest X and Y coordinates are (30,30). All players near the area of impact, regardless of which team they are on, will take damage. Catapults can be destroyed by the enemy team using a Item image of %7B%7B%3Atinderbox%7D%7D, File:tinderbox tinderbox or an Item image of %7B%7B%3Aexplosive+potion%7D%7D, File:explosive potion explosive potion. A Item image of %7B%7B%3AToolkit+%28Castle+Wars%29%7D%7D, File:Toolkit (Castle Wars) toolkit can fix a broken catapult. A catapult that is on fire may be put out with a bucket of water. A good tactic with the catapult is to simply continue firing the catapult at coordinates (0,0). Be careful when using the catapult, because it is possible to harm and even kill your own team-mates with it, so be on the look out for renegade flying rocks!

Stepping stones[]

These are located in the north-east and south-west points of the river. Players can jump from stepping stone to stepping stone to cross the river in the middle of the arena. The stepping stones have many uses—one main use is to escape the enemy team while capturing the flag. If the flag is dropped while standing on stepping stones, it returns to the base. Players were once able to evade Link to Ancient Magicks Ancient Magicks Link to ice spells ice spells by crossing these stepping stones, but this was changed so that Link to bind bind spells now prevent you from crossing the stones.

Collapsible rocks[]

The collapsible rocks are located in the caves below the arena. Using a Link to pickaxe pickaxe or an Item image of %7B%7B%3Aexplosive+potion%7D%7D, File:explosive potion explosive potion, players may collapse the walls and fill the cave passageway with rocks, so that players may not pass. To get past the collapsed rocks, players must use either two explosive potions or a pickaxe or both. If rocks are collapsed on top of a player, he or she will die immediately. This is an excellent trick if you are running through the tunnels with the flag, as it gets rid of many chasers and blocks the rest, but they could also kill you. The best trick to use is when it's clear, put a Item image of %7B%7B%3Abarricade%7D%7D, File:barricade barricade on one side of you and put one under you. Therefore, the player doesn't see it under you, and when they go to attack you they actually attack the barricade, and then, you can use an explosive potion on the wall, killing them.

Some useful tactics are:

  • A player bring a Item image of %7B%7B%3ADragon+spear%7D%7D, File:Dragon spear Dragon spear; another player has an explosive potion. The player with a dragon spear uses its Link to Special attacks special to push someone into the rockslide area. Another player then collapses the area.
  • Placing a barricade beneath you negates any dragon spear effect on you from another player from the opposing team.
  • If there is a barricade beneath you while a player tries to cross, he will be trapped in the rockslide area, which you can either immediately collapse or slowly mine.
  • In the caves, the most popular cave tunnel is the one on the right when coming down the ladder in a castle. The least popular is the one on the left.

Useful battle tactics[]

The battle tactics in castle wars vary. Most of the time, each team will have at least one wielder of Link to Ancient Magicks Ancient Magic. The ancient is often used to defend the castle from potential flag stealers by freezing them with Link to ice spells ice spells. Once frozen, this gives the Link to Melee Melee people a chance to finish off the helpless thieves. Sometimes, ancients will also have a dual Skill icon of Ranged, File:Ranged icon ranging fight skill where they will freeze someone then range them. Ancients are also useful underground for stopping flag capturers as they try to infiltrate the castle from the underground passages.

Most of the time, however, people choose to use Melee because it is inexpensive rather than spending money on buying Link to runes runes or Link to arrows arrows. This is typical because most rangers or ancients in the game waste runes very fast—this proves to be an issue because of how expensive most ancient or high level spells are.

Mages and rangers tend to hang on the top of the castle near the catapult where they can see enemies storming the castle. They can then strike down potential threats from the safety of the wall. This, however, may not last long if a powerful warrior shows up on the wall. They will attack the mages and rangers, taking them down quickly because of their low Skill icon of Defence, File:Defence icon Defence due to Link to robes robes and Link to dragonhide armour dragonhide armour. Enough mages or rangers can quickly take the melee player down, though.

Lower-level players tend to stay in the underground with a Link to pickaxe pickaxe and collapse the tunnels with Item image of %7B%7B%3Aexplosive+potion%7D%7D, File:explosive potion explosive potions and their pickaxes. Normally, they will wait for the person to walk under the tunnel when trying to attack them and then collapse the tunnel, instantly killing the other player.

Other methods such as ranging them in order to lure them under the tunnel or using an ancient spell to trap them under the tunnel have been used, although not as often due to expenses. As for flag-defending, most people Item image of %7B%7B%3Abarricade%7D%7D, File:barricade barricade the flag and the exit so that when a flag capturer comes, they are trapped and quickly killed. Sometimes if players are quick enough in the beginning, they may be able to capture the opposing teams flag room and defend it for the whole game taking the flag when it shows back up from a score. This may sometimes backfire if a low-level player takes the flag. When this happens, the other team will allow the player to leave the castle then take him down and take their flag and hold it. This may cause the defeat of the flag-room raiding team.

The teams[]

To join a team, either enter the red portal (for Link to Zamorak Zamorak, God of Chaos) or the blue portal (for Link to Saradomin Saradomin, God of Wisdom). There is a possibility that the team you are trying to enter has too many people, so to keep the teams balanced, you may not join it at that time. However, if you enter the green portal (for Link to Guthix Guthix, God of Balance, you are included in the team with either the fewest number of people, or the lowest score.

Waiting area[]

Once you join a team, you have to wait in an underground cavern until the next game starts. The Time remaining till the next game begins is displayed near the top of the screen in white print. The time to wait is always five minutes longer than the current game lasts, so if a game have 12 minutes left, the time to wait in the waiting area is 17 minutes. When a game has just finished, the next game will start in five minutes. If you need to leave, you can do so through the portal of the god's colour located inside the waiting area. Also, if you wear an item associated with a particular god in the opposite god's room, you will be turned into either a sheep (if entering Link to Guthix Guthix), rabbit (if entering Link to Saradomin Saradomin) or imp (if entering Link to Zamorak Zamorak) for the duration of your stay in the waiting room (you will be transformed back to your regular form for the game itself).

Tools[]

There are a number of special items that players can pick up while playing Castle Wars. These items are free and respawn immediately; however, they disappear once the game you are playing is over.

Also, if you choose to teleport back to the waiting area during a current game with these items in your inventory, you used to be able to keep them until you either entered the game and used them, or left the waiting room. However, Link to Jagex Jagex recently changed this, so the only item you keep when you exit the game is a Item image of %7B%7B%3Atinderbox%7D%7D, File:tinderbox tinderbox.

Barricades[]

Castlewarsbarricades

Player setting up barricades to slow down enemies trying to reach the flag.

These can be picked up on one of the tables on the first floor of the castles. Item image of %7B%7B%3ABarricade%7D%7D, File:Barricade Barricades can be placed anywhere in the arena, and they are used to "block" the opposing team, hindering their ability to capture your flag. When somebody tries to walk around the barricade, the player must manually click to walk around it, otherwise he will be stuck.

If barricades are set up at the ends of the stairs, it will only allow one way direction transport only; for example, if a player is going up a stairs and the other end is being block by barricades, the player can still go back up/down without leaving the stairs end or go through the barricade without destroying the barricade for the first time. However he/she cannot go back up/down to the stairs after leaving the stairs end, unless the barricades has been destroyed.

Barricades can be destroyed by setting them on fire, by manually attacking them, or by using an Item image of %7B%7B%3Aexplosive+potion%7D%7D, File:explosive potion explosive potion. One of the downsides to setting up barricades is that a team can only set up 10 at a time and it also blocks the way of friendly forces.

Other useful tools[]

Other tools which can be outside Castle Wars or can be obtained in Castle Wars are:

  • Item image of %7B%7B%3ABandages%7D%7D, File:Bandages Bandages - Heal 10% of your total Skill icon of Hitpoints, File:Hitpoints icon Hitpoints level (for example, if your Hitpoints level is 74, you get healed 9 points for every bandage), cure Link to poison poison, and increase energy by 100%. Can be used on other players of the same team. Players may stock up on these greatly and become medics for their team, breaking off and hiding near where they might be needed.
  • Item image of %7B%7B%3AClimbing+rope%7D%7D, File:Climbing rope Climbing ropes - Used to scale the battlements on the other team's castle. These ropes are one way (in other words, you can't climb down them, only up) and can not be cut off. Some people will sabotage the other team's wall by getting a full inventory of ropes and running to the other team's wall. They will try and set up as many ropes as they can on the wall before being attacked and killed. Some attack the catapult by setting up rope next to the enemy, climbing up and blowing the catapult up.
  • Item image of %7B%7B%3ABronze+pickaxe%7D%7D, File:Bronze pickaxe Pickaxes - For collapsing the underground cave walls to block the enemy. They are also used to clear the way through the collapsed walls. Players typically wait at the rocks and try to time their collapse perfectly as to hit a player trying to run through, although this is easier with Item image of %7B%7B%3Aexplosive+potion%7D%7D, File:explosive potion explosive potions. Barricades may be used in combination with the walls to guarantee the player will have difficulty getting though. Some people bring their own pickaxe, like rune, to clear rocks/collapse tunnels faster.
  • Item image of %7B%7B%3ATinderbox%7D%7D, File:Tinderbox Tinderboxes - For setting fire to barricades and catapults. The primary use for the tinderbox is to give barricades temporary immunity from explosive potions, as a burning barricade cannot be exploded. The fires can be put out by Item image of %7B%7B%3ABucket+of+water%7D%7D, File:Bucket of water buckets of water. It is typically good practice to have a Item image of %7B%7B%3Atinderbox%7D%7D, File:tinderbox tinderbox in your inventory regardless of your choice of "profession" in your game, whether you're a cleric, warrior, or anything else.
  • Item image of %7B%7B%3ABucket%7D%7D, File:Bucket Buckets - Fill them with Link to water water at the faucet, and the bucket of water is usable to put out anything on fire. These are almost never used though due to the fact that they must be refilled every time they are used and the person that set the fire can easily relight it.
  • Item image of %7B%7B%3AToolkit%7D%7D, File:Toolkit Toolkits - Used to repair broken catapults or doors.
  • Item image of %7B%7B%3AExplosive+potion%7D%7D, File:Explosive potion Explosive potion - Used to blow up barricades—unlike tinderboxes, they can only be used once. Also, they're used to collapse the cave walls instantly, killing any person running under. If dropped, this potion explodes and deals 15 damage to the player who dropped it (not anyone else). When damaged by this potion, the player also says, "Ow!" Many players commit suicide with these to regain health, or Skill icon of Prayer, File:Prayer icon Prayer.
  • Item image of %7B%7B%3ARock+%28Castle+Wars%29%7D%7D, File:Rock (Castle Wars) Rocks - Used to fire the catapult.
  • Item image of %7B%7B%3ACastle+wars+bracelet%7D%7D, File:Castle wars bracelet Castle wars bracelet - Made by Link to Lvl-2 Enchant enchanting an Item image of %7B%7B%3Aemerald+bracelet%7D%7D, File:emerald bracelet emerald bracelet. The wielder will do an extra 20% of damage against a bearer of their side's flag. Castle wars bandage also heal 50% more to wielders of the bracelet (15% of health instead of 10%). To obtain the effects of the bracelet, it must be worn as the player enters the game from the waiting room. It may then be removed while retaining its advantages.

Positions[]

  • Attackers: Players who storm the enemy castle either to attack other players or try to capture the flag and bring it back to their own castle.
  • Defenders: Players who defend the flag on the second or third floor keeping the enemies from getting a point. Those with Link to Ice spells freeze spells make good defenders as they can freeze opponents trying to run upstairs. Barricaders may also fall into this category.
  • Archers: Players that are located on the outer wall near the catapult that attack incoming enemies players. They may either be Skill icon of Ranged, File:Ranged icon rangers or Skill icon of Magic, File:Magic icon mages.
  • Medics: Players who use Item image of %7B%7B%3Abandages%7D%7D, File:bandages bandages to heal other players.
  • Catapulters: Players who attack incoming enemies using the catapult.
  • Door men: Players who keep on closing the door on incoming enemies stopping them from coming in and leaving.
  • Barricades or Engineers: Players who set up Item image of %7B%7B%3Abarricade%7D%7D, File:barricade barricades slowing enemy players down from taking the flag.
  • Miners: Players who go down in the dungeon and clear the way for their team and setting up collapsible rocks on the enemies. They may also try to repeatedly collapse rocks on team mates.
  • Flag holder: A player who grabs their own flag after an enemy player has dropped it outside their castle and then holds on to it. This player should have a high Skill icon of Defence, File:Defence icon Defence level and be experienced in Link to Combat Combat.
  • Freeloaders: Players who do absolutely nothing but stand around. The most popular spot for freeloading is the small room on the third floor where the trapdoor is at. If there are too many of them, it weakens a team.
  • Saboteurs: Players who purposefully blow up team barricades, close doors, or anything else that harms their team (i.e. sabotaging), so it's easier for the opposing team to win. Like freeloaders, too many of these type of players can harm a team.

Flag holding[]

Saradomin flag
Zamorak flag

Flag holding is a tactic used by teams to ensure that the opposing team is unable to score points. This consists of a player grabbing their own flag after an enemy player has dropped it outside their castle and then holding on to it, rendering the opposing team unable to pick it up. To retrieve the flag, the opposing team needs to defeat the player holding the flag and pick it up.

When the opposing team has taken a team's flag, the team wait until their enemy is outside the castle and kill them, taking their own team flag in the process (if the flag is dropped inside the castle, attempting to pick it up will result in it being moved back to the standard stand).

A player cannot go into the base when holding their teams standard (flag). This includes climbing up from the ladder underneath the supply room.

Flag-holding tactics[]

The flag is often taken to a corner of the field with some players protecting it, as a player can be easily protected using two Item image of %7B%7B%3Abarricade%7D%7D, File:barricade barricades, using the walls as defence from the other two sides.

Another tactic is to hide underground, next to the collapsible walls. The flag holder can then use an Item image of %7B%7B%3Aexplosive+potion%7D%7D, File:explosive potion explosive potion or a Link to pickaxe pickaxe to collapse the walls when their enemies try to reach them, thus killing them. One ingenious way of using this method is by placing barricades on the spaces where you can collapse the walls. The flag holder stands in one of the barricades—they put it down, then don't move. This way, if a player tries to attack the flag holder, the flag holder can simply collapse the tunnel. The attacker, having no way to move out of the way, dies. The only way they can reach you is by going around the other tunnel.

The player that holds the flag will often be someone with a high Skill icon of Defence, File:Defence icon Defence level and bonus or a high level Skill icon of Magic, File:Magic icon Magic or Link to Ancient Magicks Ancient Magicks user, players with high-levelled Magic or Ancient Magicks can use Link to List of spells spells such as Link to Entangle Entangle, Link to Ice Burst Ice Burst, or Link to Ice Barrage Ice Barrage to immobilise the enemy flag stealers, without the need to hold a weapon. This is advantageous as they can protect themselves using Magic, whereas a player using Skill icon of Ranged, File:Ranged icon Ranged will be unable to attack as they will be holding the flag, and a player using Link to Melee Melee will have their attack power compromised by holding the flag, as they will have to use the flag as their weapon. The flag gives no bonuses to Skill icon of Attack, File:Attack icon Attack, Skill icon of Defence, File:Defence icon Defence, Skill icon of Strength, File:Strength icon Strength or Skill icon of Prayer, File:Prayer icon Prayer, and has the same Link to Combat Options attack styles as a spear.

The player will attempt to stay alive for as long as possible, often with a group of players acting as bodyguards. Donating bandages and other supplies to the flag holder may also prove useful.

Another good tactic of holding the flag is to go to the enemy's castle, go behind the table with the barricades, and get a full stock of them. Set up two barricades on both sides of the table, and there will be no way to get attacked, unless the other team destroys the barricades.

Flag holder killing tactics[]

In big Castle Wars games, most players will pile onto the enemy flag carrier and hope to overwhelm the carrier. However, there are three significant ways to limit the flag carrier's mobility.

Ice Barrage[]

Perhaps, the most common is Link to Ice Barrage Ice Barrage, easily stopping the flag carrier's ability to move if it lands. Ice Barrage is the most effective method, but it has the highest level requirement (level 94 Skill icon of Magic, File:Magic icon Magic), and the Link to runes runes for the spell are expensive.

Dragon spear[]

The Item image of %7B%7B%3Adragon+spear%7D%7D, File:dragon spear dragon spear has a special attack, Shove, that Link to Stun (status) stuns the enemy and moves them one square backwards. There are no requirements other that 60 Skill icon of Attack, File:Attack icon Attack to wield the dragon spear.

Jade bolts (e)[]

The least common method is the use of the Jade bolts (e) 1 Jade bolts (e) passive Earth's Fury, which knocks down the victim when it lands. Low level players who cannot deal high damage but still want to be useful might try this tactic to Link to Stun (status) stun the carrier to give the higher level players more time to kill the carrier.

Flag stats[]

Red=Taken, which means someone has the flag,
Yellow=Dropped (on the ground),
Green=Safe, in proper area.

Views[]

Some players have argued that this stops the fun, as it stops the game from being "Capture the Flag" and turns it into a "Hunt and Kill" game. They argue that flag-holding is basically unfair as if a high-level player gets the flag, they consider the game to be essentially over, especially if their team does not have a player of matching Link to Combat Combat ability.

Following an update, Link to Jagex Jagex has prevented this by making one of the enchanted Link to bracelet bracelets to a Item image of %7B%7B%3ACastle+wars+bracelet%7D%7D, File:Castle wars bracelet Castle wars bracelet. Castle wars bracelet works for three games and is then destroyed. While wearing this bracelet, players will deal 20% more damage to the holder of their flag, and Item image of %7B%7B%3ABandages%7D%7D, File:Bandages bandages heal 50% more to them.

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  • Castle Wars has had many bugs regarding some aspects of the game remaining active once players had left the game. These include, but are not limited to:
    • Players remaining as imps, sheep or bunnies after leaving the waiting area.
    • Players still holding their team standard after a game.
    • Players having an "attack" option on other players outside of Castle Wars, despite not being able to attack anyone.
    • Players appearing as if still in the 'dead' position.
  • Castle Wars games do not have Link to random events random events. Players used to use Castle Wars as a random-free area in which to cast Link to High Level Alchemy High Level Alchemy on large numbers of items without being attacked. Because of this, Link to Jagex Jagex banned non-combat items from the game and made it impossible to cast Link to Alchemy spells Alchemy spells on items in the battlefield. Jagex also made it impossible to bring any non-combat items into the waiting rooms. Now, players may only bring Link to Herblore#Potions potions, Link to Weapons weapons, and Link to armour armour into Castle Wars.
  • The Item image of %7B%7B%3ABandages%7D%7D, File:Bandages bandage table was once located on the ground floor alongside the other tool tables. This was moved to the team's spawn room due to the fact that opposing players could effectively camp the enemy's castle with an unlimited health source.
  • At an earlier time, it was possible to leave the game with equipment for the next game, this was soon changed. Players were also able to log out with materials and have them in the waiting room, this also is no longer possible.
  • When you log out in the game, if you remained logged out for more than two minutes, you will appear in the waiting room once you log in. If you log out in the waiting room, no matter the time, you will be moved to the lobby.
  • At one time, the red and blue Link to decorative armour decorative armour was equivalent to Link to Mithril Mithril. This lowered the price of Mithril, so Link to Jagex Jagex updated the red decorative armour to make it the equivalent of Link to Steel Steel.
  • Because of the player having to sacrifice the Link to Helmet (disambiguation) helmet and Link to Capes cape slot to wear their team colours, the set effects of the Link to Barrows equipment Barrows equipment is not active during games of Castle Wars.
  • Previously, if a player had Skill icon of Hitpoints, File:Hitpoints icon Hitpoints level 99, drank a Saradomin brew(1) Saradomin brew, and had the wall in the tunnels collapse on him/her, the player could be hit for more than 100 HP of damage. This is the most damage that can be done in one hit, excluding the Anger Weapons used in Link to A Soul's Bane A Soul's Bane, which can hit up to 200.


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