Castles

Castles

Castles

Gameplay

Castles is a tactical game where you must capture the flag of the opposing teams, either alone or together with your teammates. Each team consists of a maximum of 4 players and starts the game in its own castle.

Play

How it works

• Vote for the map of your choice with /vote <Map> or by clicking in the chat.
• The goal of the game is to steal the flag from the enemy castle, bring it back to your own base, and then kill all enemy players.
• With the gold found in the Enderchest at your base and in chests on other islands, you can build structures or buy items.
• In the various shops, you will find many useful items that allow you to attack the enemy base tactically or as quickly as possible.
• As long as your team possesses a flag in its own base, you can respawn as often as you like.
• If all flags have been captured by opposing teams, they can no longer respawn unless a teammate can win a flag back.
• If the game lasts a long time because a team has barricaded itself, the winner can be determined through “Flag Power”—owning the majority of flags over a longer period.
• The game ends as soon as all enemy players have died permanently.

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Ranks in Castles

Rank	Points	Name
1	8	Stalljunge (Stable Boy)
2	16	Totengräber (Gravedigger)
3	32	Nachtwächter (Night Watchman)
4	64	Kämmerer (Chamberlain)
5	128	Mundschenk (Cupbearer)
6	256	Edelmann (Nobleman)
7	512	Hofnarr (Court Jester)
8	1024	Landmann (Countryman)
9	2048	Heckenritter (Hedge Knight)
10	4096	Ritter (Knight)
11	8192	Marschall (Marshal)
12	16384	Freiherr (Baron)
13	32768	Baron (Baron)
14	65536	Graf (Count)
15	131072	Fürst (Prince)
16	262144	Landgraf (Landgrave)
17	524288	???
18	1048576	???
19	2097152	???
20	4194304	???
21	8388608	???
22	16777216	???

The remaining ranks stay secret until the corresponding ranks have been achieved. To maintain the surprise factor, only the first few ranks are listed by name.

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Point Distribution in Castles

• If you leave the round before your team is eliminated, you receive no points.
• Kills are doubled at the end (Kills * 2).
• Flag captures are multiplied by eight at the end (Captures * 8).
• If you are on the winning team, the points are doubled at the end (x2).
• If you have the most kills, you receive +15 points.
• If you have the second-most kills, you receive +10 points.
• If you have the third-most kills, you receive +5 points.
• If you invested more than 60% of the collected gold in structures, you receive +12 points.
• Finally, this formula is applied:

$$3,5 \cdot \sqrt{\frac{7 \cdot \text{Total Points}}{3}}$$

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Premium Features

• Premium players have up to four votes in the voting system, depending on their rank.
• A favorite map can be added to the map voting at any time.
• Premium players receive up to three times more Pixels.
• Premium players can kick other people from a full team during the voting phase.
• Be displayed in the normal standard color with /togglerank.

You can read about which Premium rank offers which advantages here.

Commands

Command	Function
/jointeam <Color>, /team	Joins a team
/kill	Kills yourself