OSRS Castle Wars - RuneScape Guide (2024)

Table of Contents

Introduction
Tickets
The Arena
Equipment
Getting Around
Capturing the Standard
The screen icons: What does it all mean?
Turning into creatures

Requirements:None!

Location:West of Yanille, south of the observatory (you can teleport here using a ring of dueling)

This guide is to help you with castle wars. as you may have guessed. Some people like it and some don't, but it was an interesting addition to Runescape. and one which I am sure was a good one.

Castle wars has a basic principle. You capture the enemies standard and place it in your holder and score a point. The team with the most points wins. The games last 20 minutes each. When a game is finished there is a 5 minute wait before the next one starts. A common question is "If I die do I lose anything?" The answer is NO.

There are two teams, both taking from the Runescape Gods. When you enter the arena you can choose from 3 portals. Zamorak (red), Saradomin (blue) and Guthix (green). If you enter the Guthix portal then you are placed in a random team. The guthix portal teleports you to whichever team has less players, Saradomin or Zamorak. The Zamorak is red. Saradomin is blue. If you are on the winning team then you get 2 castle wars tickets. If both teams tie, then everyone receives one ticket. In addition, you may turn into a bunny, rabbit, sheep, or imp inside the waiting lobby by wearing a god item (not armour) into the portal; this may not always work.

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Tickets

These tickets can be used to swap for prizes:

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The Arena

Castle wars has two bases, each consisting of 5 floors: An underground, a groundfloor, a first floor etc.

Top floor:

Second floor:

First floor:

Ground floor:

Underground:

As you may have noticed on the first, there is the part of the main base and the boundaries of the fort. The boundaries are ideal for rangers and mages to destroy oncoming attackers. People on the outside can use climbing ropes to get up if the door is shut - climbing ropes can be obtained from the tables on the ground floor.

Also on the fort boundaries is the fort's catapult. This is loaded with boulders and fired by setting coordinates. The maximum is 30 height and 30 width. You can only go up and left. This cannon can be destroyed simply by attacking it.

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Equipment

Having mentioned the ground floor it may be a good idea to move onto that. The tables hold a wide variety of items, all of which have their different uses in the game:

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Getting around

To get from one base to another there are four possible routes. One is undergroundas you already know. The other three are located on this map:

• Set of stepping stones 1
• Set of stepping stones 2
• Straight down the middle (also has ladders down to underground)

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Capturing the standard

So, you have managed to get across to the other base and get the standard? Very good, but that's only half the job, you still need to get it back to your base. Before attempting to capture the enemy's standard, the following is advised:

• Prayer
• At least 2 Explosive Potions or a Tinderbox
• Lots of bandages
• At least 70% energy (Bandages will increase this by 30% when used)

If you have these then you should get back safely, but be warned, you will be under very heavy fire from a lot of people! The best way to go is underground or the stepping stones. If you are quick on the stepping stones then you will lose your attackers (works a treat for me).

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What does it all mean?

There are many things on the screen when playing castle wars, and this is what each of them means:

• Current Score (Top center)
• The status of each team's standard (Top left)
• The status of the main entrance of YOUR base (Wide door icon)
• The status of the side door of YOUR base (Small door icon)
• The status of one of the rock piles underground on YOUR side of the base (Cave icon)
• The other rock pile underground on YOUR side of the base (Second cave icon)
• The status of YOUR catapult (Catapult icon)
• How long remains in the game (Lower right)

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Turning into creatures

Image of creature	Portal	What you turn into	Which god's items you must wear
	Zamorak	Imp	Saradomin or Guthix
	Guthix	Sheep	Saradomin or Zamorak
	Saradomin	Rabbit	Zamorak or Guthix

Items that work when entering the Guthix Portal:

• Holy Symbol
• Unholy Symbol
• Zamorak Book or Book Pages
• Saradomin Book or Book Pages
• Zamorak Armour (Shield, Plate Body, Plate Legs)
• Saradomin Armour (Shield, Plate Body, Plate Legs)
• Saradomin Mjolnir
• Zamorak Mjolnir
• Saradomin Staff
• Zamorak Staff

Items that work when entering the Zamorak Portal:

• Holy Symbol
• Guthix Book or Book Pages
• Saradomin Book or Book Pages
• Guthix Armour (Shield, Plate Body, Plate Legs)
• Saradomin Armour (Shield, Plate Body, Plate Legs)
• Saradomin Mjolnir
• Guthix Mjolnir
• Saradomin Staff
• Guthix Staff

Items that work when entering the Saradomin Portal:

• Unholy Symbol
• Guthix Book or Book Pages
• Zamorak Book or Book Pages
• Guthix Armour (Shield, Plate Body, Plate Legs)
• Zamorak Armour (Shield, Plate Body, Plate Legs)
• Guthix Mjolnir
• Zamorak Mjolnir
• Guthix Staff
• Zamorak Staff