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Castle Wars
Written By Backstrom
Special Thanks to Devilboy3007, Cxkslei, Onlyjoeiknow, Gavelex, King Of Monra, Yankee, !!$*t*u*u*d!, Lempytush, The Darkest Castle Wars is a Members-Only mini game regarded by some RuneScapers as the best part of RuneScape. The game has a great resemblance to the game we call "Capture the Flag." You have the option of choosing to be on 1 of 2 teams: Saradomin or Zamorak. Your team's goal is to get the flag as many times as possible and to defend your own flag from being captured.
You may be wondering how to get to Castle Wars. It's located in a somewhat isolated spot, but it's well worth the walk there! It's just south of the Observatory and southwest of Ardougne. If you're coming from Ardougne, make sure your on the west side of the river and you'll pass through a Battlefield on your way. Be sure to check out the Route to Castle Wars map if you're having trouble finding it. Ring of Duelling However, the easiest way of getting to the Castle Wars Arena is by using a Ring of Duelling to teleport there. The Ring of Duelling is made from an Emerald Ring, and then enchanted. A new one will have 8 charges, meaning that you can teleport to either the Castle Wars Arena or the Duel Arena 8 times before it shatters. All you have to do is rub the ring while it's in your inventory and then choose the Castle Wars Arena from the list of options. The Castle Wars Arena is a fun place that has everything you need while you battle. Below is a map of the Castle Wars Arena with each of the important locations numbered.  Locations 1. Lobby - This is where the 'Lobby' is. It's where you'll first enter, and you'll find a Bank Chest, which you can use to access your bank, the 3 Portals, and Lanthus, who you can buy Castle Wars merchandise from. The 3 Portals you'll find are the portals to which team you wish to be on. There is a blue one for Saradomin, a red one for Zamorak, and a Green one for Guthix. You may choose either Saradomin or Zamorak portals to go directly to your chosen team. If you don't really have a preference you can go through the Guthix portal to be placed on a random team. Lanthus, the Castle Wars manager is here to help you out. His ticket-exchange store has unique merchandise like Decorative Armor, God Cloaks or Hoods. However, these items can't be bought with coins. You can only purchase them using Castle Wars Tickets. Only the Castle Wars Manual can be bought for cash (which you certainly don't need after reading this!).
Each item sells for Castle Wars Tickets, with exception to the Castle Wars Manual. Tickets are rewarded to you when your team wins a game. When your team wins, everyone on the team receives 2 tickets. If it's a tie, every player will get 1 ticket. If your team loses, you won't receive any tickets. 2. Saradomin Base - This is the Saradomin base, where anyone on the Saradomin team will spawn to defend against the Zamorak Team. the Saradomin Flag is held at the top-most level here. 3. Zamorak Base - Similar to the Saradomin base, this is the home for the Zamorak players. It's only difference to the Saradomin Base is that it's a darker setting. 4. Island - Though not the most important part of the Battlefield, it is essentially where most players cross over into battle. The island has 2 trapdoors leading down into the caverns below and 4 towers which Mages and Rangers sometimes use. 5. Stepping Stones - These Stepping Stones are 1 of the few ways one can get across the river to the other side. To get across, you simply jump from 1 stone to the next. Though slow, you can lose opponents on your tail here.  Point System The point system is simple. Each time the opponent's Flag or Standard is captured and brought back to your team's base, a point goes to the team that captured the flag. Points are kept track of at the top of the screen. A team can't lose points, even if their Standard gets captured. Before you enter a portal, take off any headgear such as hats or helmets, and any capes or cloaks, since you'll be wearing your team's colors. You can no longer bring any food to Castle Wars. The only items you can bring are:
When you go through a portal, you'll be sent to an underground waiting dungeon until the next game starts. There will be a countdown until the next game begins in the upper half of your screen. There are 5 minutes between each game. Becoming an Animal Another fun thing about entering the portals is that you can be turned into an animal! How? It's simple. Just wear something of another God while entering a Portal. For example, if I entered the Saradomin Portal while wearing an Unholy symbol of Zamorak or Unholy Book, I would get turned int oeither a Bunny Rabbit or a Sheep. The same goes for Zamorak, except that I'd get turned into an Imp. Even though Guthix has no team, you can get turned into an animal if you wear something of another god while going through the portal. Once the waiting time is up, everyone will be transferred to their home base. You will appear in the Respawn Room, which you have 2 minutes to leave before you get sent out of the game.  In the Respawn Room you'll find:
Tools & Items After leaving the Respawn Room and climbing down the ladder, you'll find the Supply Room. Inside are some very helpful items needed in Castle Wars.  Bandages - These are found on the table in the Respawn Room and heal 4hp. Since you can't bring food inside, these are the only things that you can use to heal. They also revive around 30% of your lost Energy, and you can use them on other players. Climbing Ropes - These are found on a table in the ground floor level. They can be thrown onto battlements on the outer walls so that you can climb up. Rocks - These can be used with the Catapults on the outer wall to be thrown to the ground below. Pickaxe - These ordinary Pickaxes are used to mine in the underground caverns to clear away any rocks that have collapsed. You can also collapse rocks to block the passages. Exploding Potions - These potions are very useful throughout Castle Wars, as they can explode barricades that are in the way, collapse walls and clear rocks in the underground caverns. Just use them with the Barricade, wall or Rocks. Do Not drop these potions as they will explode and cause 15 damage to you! Barricades - These wooden structures help block your opponents from getting to certain places. All you need to do is set them up at a desired location. Barricades can be destroyed by attacking them until they collapse, or by using an Exploding Potion. However, your team can only set up 10 Barricades at once. Toolkits - these can repair items like Catapults. If your Catapult gets destroyed, you can use the Toolkit on it to fix it. You can also use a Toolkit to fix your Main Door if it reaches 0% health. Tinderbox - These can be used with an opponent's Barricade to light it on fire and eventually destroy it. You can also use it on your opponent's catapult to light it on fire and destroy it. Bucket - This can be filled up with water (just look for the faucet - it will have the water symbol on the minimap). When filled with water, you can extinguish your catapult if it is on fire, and extinguish a baracade that is on fire. There are a number of things that you can do in battle. Go on the offensive, defensive, or just help out! You can be offensive and get the flag, be the defensive and defend your flag, or help out by protecting your team members and healing them. Once thing for sure though: always RUN! Offensive The players that go on offensive are those who usually go to the other team's base to get the flag. This is an important job, as it helps your team score. The flags of both teams are always located on the very top levels of the castles. When going on offensive, always bring these items:
Defensive Players on the defensive are the ones who defined their own flag. Usually, they set up barricades around the flag stand so opponents have a tough time getting to it. Also, most of those defending will hang around the base and wait for their enemies so that they can kill them.  Mages and Rangers will almost always be on the defensive, and some will be on the outer wall shooting down invaders. But it's also good to have a few Mages in the castle to use Binding spells on their opponents if they capture the flag. This gives your tame-mates extra time to kill the opponent! Catapult - On top of the outer wall in the center is the Catapult. It's used as a "rock thrower," be careful, as it can hurt both enemies and team members. It can take heavy damage so be careful with it!  The operating controls for the Catapult are very simple. You first need a rock in your backpack, and after choosing the "Operate Catapult" option a Firing Diagram will appear. Use the arrows to aim the target (the "X") to where you wish to fire at on the field. Then just click the "Fire Catapult" button. Helpers Helpers can do a variety of things: Healers - Healers on your team are usually those who walk or run around with a full inventory of bandages healing other teammates. A healer isn't necessary and isn't a real occupation, but someone good to have on the team. Miners - Miners can be a help sometimes when your traveling through the underground passages. They help mine the rocks to clear the paths as well as collapsing them to block your opponents. Flag Holders - This isn't a designated job, and the only way to get the flag is by killing the opponent that has taken your flag. They try and kill anyone who takes the flag. If the opponent flag-bearer happens to die outside of your castle wall and drops it, a flag holder will take the flag and hold it. This makes it much harder to get the flag. Usually, flag holders are a high level with lots of defense. The underground caverns are extremely useful when playing Castle Wars. It's a small network of tunnels underneath the arena where players can sneak over to their opponent's base. A total of 4 Ladders lead down into the cavern, which lead to both team bases, and the island. Ladder 1. Saradomin Base - This ladder is located in the northeast corner of the ground floor room in the Saradomin Base. It goes down to the southeast ladder in the cavern.  Ladder 2. Zamorak Base - This ladder is situated like the Saradomin Base, in the corner of the ground floor room but in the southwest corner of the room. It leads down to the northwest ladder.  Ladders 3&4. Island - These ladders are on the north and south halves of the middle island in the arena. Obstacles You can also use Exploding Potions and Pickaxes to collapse the cave wall, which will then block the tunnel, preventing opponents from getting through. Depending on whether your an offensive or defensive player, here you'll find some helpful tips. Offensive Here are some tips you may want to keep in mind when going for the flag:
Defensive Here are some tips to keep in mind while on the defensive:
These strategies will help you survive long in Castle Wars, and perhaps even capture the flag for your team and win the game! If you're going for the flag directly you should have at least 65+ health. Also take 6 Bandages since they restore 30% Energy for Running and carefully watch your energy level.  You should only need to go through 5 for the run to your opponent's base and back. A good trick is to use the Stepping Stones near the river to slow down your opponents and get away.  Also, if you're low on health over there and a team mate is nearby, switch with him. Distract your opponents while he scores. Also you should bring both Melee Armour and Dragonhide with you when you run. When you get close to the base switch to Dragonhide to prevent mages from killing you and run like your life depends on it. Then when you grab flag switch back to Melee Armour and you should make it out with no problem. Another good idea is to bring explosive potions in case barricades get in your way. By bringing barricades or a Toolbox so that you can slow your opponents down. Note that the ToolBox is only useful underground. If there is any possible alternative route you can take use that instead. Another useful tip would be to use the Protection Prayers (Protect From Magic, Protect From Range, Protect From Melee) to get away and also if you have high enough prayer and are low on health the Redemption Prayer can help out a lot. If you want to be on Defense at the base as a ranger or a mage you should stand on this wall.  Try to take out your opponents quickly with strong magic spells if they're wearing melee armour, but if they are wearing range armour ignore them and let meleers and other rangers get them. If you're going to melee at the base a recommended barricade style to protect the flag should look like this.  The guy in the corner is trapped between the barricades, so be careful not to do that! Also, another good tip would be to put a barricade as shown in this picture and use the trap door so therefore if an opponent gets a flag you can slow them down:  If you have a Dds or a D Scimmy and you want to use your specials but also want your strength to increase and you have a d Baxe, just bring a Strength Potion in with you instead. You can collapse the wall on top of an enemy killing them.  People usually use basic armors for this such as Rune/D Hide/Splitbark/Mystic. Melee:
The Vambraces can be switched and usually for melee you should use Klank's Gauntlets. (Under Ground Pass Quest) Ranged: Rangers usually use a Magic Bow, Crystal Bow or Knives.
The D Hide switches according to what you can use: Green, Blue, Red, Black Mage:
Follow these strategies and you will have a very good chance of winning such as this:
Side Tips
Here are some frequently asked questions and their answers:
Q: What if I die? Will I lose anything?
A: No, if you die, you will not lose a thing, not even any tools you got from the arena. You will only be sent back to your base. Q: Is there a level range where you can only attack those players around your
level? Q: What happens to me if I log out during Castle Wars? Q: Which world should I go to for the best game? Q: If I go to a crowded world, sometimes the portal won't let me in! Q: What are the two red and blue flags in the top left corner of my screen,
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The cave wall obstacles are impassable rocks which block your
way, from the tunnels to the center cavern. As said before, when the rocks compile
and you cannot get through, you can mine away the rocks using a Pickaxe or use
an Exploding Potion to clear them. 
Underground where the rocks are if your a ranger/mage or are using a spear you can knock people back into rock areas and than with the help of a Toolbox 
