Castle Wars

To play Castle Wars, you'll first have to make your way to the lobby. There are a few ways to get your way there with the most convenient method being a Ring of Duelling, an enchanted emerald ring. After you operate it, you will see the screen below. Obviously, choose the Castle Wars option.

• Teleport to Ardougne (Level 51 Magic and completion of the Plague City quest), then walk southwest until you get to the Battlefield. Walk south on the west side of the river and you will eventually find it.
  
  
• Home teleport to Yanille Lodestone and walk west.
  
  
• After you complete the Enlightened Journey quest, you can travel by hot air balloon right outside of the lobby. The only condition is that you must have traveled there at least once from Entrana.
  
  

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The Lobby and Waiting Room

When you first arrive in the lobby, you will notice the three portals: a Zamorak portal (red), a Saradomin portal (Blue) and a Guthix portal (Green). The Zamorak and Saradomin portals will transport you to the respective waiting room, while the Guthix portal will transport you to whichever team has fewer members on it.

The waiting room is, obviously, the room you wait in for the next game to start. Here, you will see everyone who is on your team and how much time is left until the next game begins.

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Start room and Screen Information

Once the game starts, you have two minutes to leave the start room or be removed from the game. Before leaving, you can takes bandages from the table to heal you and restore run energy. If you wish to leave the game, there is a portal here to do so.
If it's your first game, the screen information may be a little confusing at first. This should clear any confusion.

• Red: Team scores
• Dark Green: Game time remaining
• Orange: Flag status
• Light Blue: Main door status
• Purple: Side doors status.
• Dark Blue: North/South tunnel status
• Yellow: East/West tunnel status
• Light Green: Catapult status

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Supply Room

Below the start room is the supply room and here you will find several items you can use to help defend your own flag and capture the opposing team's flag.

Name	Image	Use
Explosive potion	Image last updated: Apr 18, 2013 Update Image?	Destroys underground rockslides, barricades, and catapults
Rock	Image last updated: Apr 18, 2013 Update Image?	Ammo for catapult
Bronze pickaxe	Image last updated: Apr 18, 2013 Update Image?	Creates and destroys underground rockslides
Rope	Image last updated: Apr 18, 2013 Update Image?	Use on enemy's Castle's outer wall to climb inside
Toolbox	Image last updated: Apr 18, 2013 Update Image?	Fixes the catapult and the main door when damaged
Barricade	Image last updated: Apr 18, 2013 Update Image?	Blocks a path. Only a max of 10 can be used by your team at a time
Bucket	Image last updated: Apr 18, 2013 Update Image?	Fill with water to put out fires on barricades and your catapult
Tinderbox	Image last updated: Apr 18, 2013 Update Image?	Sets barricades and the enemy catapult on fire

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The Battlefield

With the exception of your respawn room, everywhere in the arena is a multicombat zone.

The stepping stones aren't commonly used, but they are useful when being chased with the flag. Simply click on the stone in front of you to cross the river.



The catapult is located on the outer wall of your castle. Click on it with a rock in your inventory to use it. Click on the map to aim and click fire to cause damage to nearby enemies.

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The Underground

A large battle usually ensues to capture this area because it's a direct route from your castle to your enemies.

On each path before the middle room is reached, you may encounter a rockslide. This blocks you path and must be destroyed to get past.



To destroy it, use an explosive potion or a pickaxe on the rocks. To cause it, use an explosive potion or a pickaxe on the wall near it. If the rockslides fall on you, you WILL die.

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Capturing the Enemy Standard

It is only recommended to attempt to capture the flag if you have high combat stats (80+) and good armor (God Wars Dungeon armor, Barrows, Eastern armor). It is vital to have several explosive potions and as many bandages as possible to successfully escape the enemy's castle and make it back to yours alive.

1. Enter the tunnel below your castle by using the stairs in your supply room. Run through the tunnels using your bandages to restore your running energy as you go. Use the exploding potions to destroy rocks that block your path.
2. When you get to the opponents base, take a second to grab two barricades, and restock on exploding potions. Run up the stairs using potions to destroy barricades in your path. Grab the flag and run back down to the tunnels.
3. Now, click and start running down the tunnels. When you get to a narrow section, (only one square across) drop a barricade and keep on running. If you're lucky, you should be home free, even if the enemies pursuing you have exploding potions, you probably have enough of a head start to be safe, however, use the other barricade when you get to another narrow section anyway. then, simply run up the stairs of your base, destroy the barricades in your way, and plant the flag in your standard holder.
   
   

• Remember that you need to have two inventory spaces free to pick up the flag at the opponent's base, so if you need to waste bandages, don't worry about it.
• Try to keep your run energy and Life points above 50% at all times.
• You can drop barricades while running, so if you get the timing down, you can barricade the narrow spots of the tunnel without having to stop.
• It is not recommended that mages or rangers try to capture the flag, but there is also no rule against it.
• The flag is a 2-handed weapon, so any weapon and shield you bring along is optional.

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Protecting Your Standard

The most essential part of the game is being able to protect your own standard. One of the simplest ways to do this is by setting up barricades inside around your castle so that the opposing team cannot easily access your flag. Once you've collected some barricades from the supply room, simply stand where you want to place one and click set up barricade. (Note: Your team can only set up 10 barricades at a time and they can be destroyed by the other team so will most likely need to be replaced regularly).
Alternatively, if you are attacking the opposing team's castle, you may need to destroy their barricades. You can do this by attacking them, burning them with a tinderbox, or using an explosive potion to destroy them instantly. Therefore, it's recommended to collect several explosive potions before leaving your castle.

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