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Castle wars is a big PvP safe minigame in which players fight against each other in 2 teams to gain control of the team's castle. The goal of this minigame is to capture the flag of the enemy castle and bring it to your castle's rooftop. Players get tickets for playing this minigame, these tickets can then be spent at the Castle wars exchange for items. To reach Castle wars you can either talk to the Tyras guard in Falador park, or use a Ring of duelling to teleport to Castle wars straight away.

Castle wars consists out of a lobby with a bank chest, the Castle wars ticket exchange run by Lanthus, and a square battlefield with two castles and a river with an outpost in the middle. In the lobby players can go in the Guthix portal (take off your cape, as you will be wearing a team cape in the minigame) to be randomly put in the Zamorak (red team) or in the Saradomin (blue) team. The game will start once 16 players have joined either side and have waited 120 seconds. The players will be teleported to their castle and can stack on gear and healing bandages in order to siege the enemy castle.

Tactics

Emps-Wars is a team-based minigame. You will need the rest of your team and coordinate well in order to win a round. Your castle must be defended against enemies from the other team and the enemy castle has to be engaged in order to capture their flag or kill their flagbearer.

Defensive

Often players will try to immediately rush the game by running straight to the enemy general to kill it. This often proves to be successful but can also lead to long games if it won't succeed directly. If the first rush attack does not work, be sure to take care of your own general while other attacks are coming up.

You can defend your castle in multiple ways. You can block pathways with barricades and you can explode the tunnels below the battlefield with explosive potions. You can find these items on the tables in your own castle. These methods will block enemies from rushing directly to your castle and will significantly slow them down. It is a much more effective method than trying to kill all your enemies.

If all else fails you can choose to protect your flag at the top of the castle.

Offensive

In order to set up an attack on the castle of the opposing team, you will need to gather some teammates to stand a chance. Then you can pick two routes to the enemy castle: under the battlefield or straight through the battlefield and through the front doors. Both castles have trapdoors that allow access to the underground sections. The way underground seems much safer, but many players are often gathered there and the crumbling walls and exploding potions might block your way, causing you to lose a lot of time.

Once your team made it into the enemy castle, it is important to put the magic prayer on, to prevent getting stunned and hit by the enemy magers on your way to the top. At the top you will find the enemy's flag. Capture it and take it safely to your own castle, make sure your teammates protect you.

You will be able to put the flag on your own castle if the enemy team does not have your flag in possession. So it is important that teammates also hunt the enemy flagbearer down.

Tickets and rewards

After scoring a point or after 15 minutes, the minigame will end and you can be awarded with tickets. The amount of tickets you gain is based on your combat level, winning, losing or ending in a draw.

Rewards can be found when trading with Lanthus