Castle Siege (2014 minigame)

For the first version of this game, see Castle Siege.

Castle Siege
The official logo for Castle Siege 2.0.
Game Information
Also known as	Castle Defenders
Minigame Type	Classic, Successor
Status	Available
Number of players	60 - 80
Has PvP	PvP minigame
Has Teams	Team minigame
Release Dates
Beta	April 27th, 2014
Official	June 18th, 2014
Miscellaneous
Icon	Diamond Chestplate
Portal Rep	Zombie
Server Tag	CS-#

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Castle Siege is a Classic minigame on Mineplex that was released on June 18th, 2014. It was released as a Beta minigame on April 27th, 2014. In Castle Siege, players must fight each other on opposing teams on the Defenders and Undead team; the former must protect their king from the Undead, while the latter must kill the king before sunrise.

The minigame was Beta-tested on the AusMC server under the name Castle Defenders. It was similar to the present-day Castle Siege, except the teams were red and blue, all players had identical kits, and the objective of the game was solely to eliminate the opposite team.

Castle Siege is branded as the successor minigame for the first Castle Siege; apart from the name, however, both games share no real similarities.

Summary

Mineplex Official Castle Siege Trailer

The official trailer for Castle Siege.

There are two teams: The red Undead Team and the blue Defenders Team. When the game starts, the Defenders spawn atop the castle, while the Undead spawn in the forest opposite of the map. The Undead must fight their way through the castle to get to the Throne Room, where they must kill King Chiss. King Chiss is a zombie dressed in full Diamond Armor and wields a Diamond Sword; he takes 1 damage from any type of attack, but cannot attack himself. The Defenders have to hold off the siege for 8.5 minutes (the length of a Minecraft night and a Minecraft dawn) until the sun comes up, when all the Undead burn.

Defenders do not respawn as their previously selected kit. If they die, they automatically equip the Wolf Kit and respawn. The Wolf Kit cannot be selected at the start of the round, nor can it be switched out of.

Defenders can use fences, called Barricades, to block off the Undead from passing through certain points. These barricades can be broken by Undead using axes, though it does slow them down substantially, giving Marksmen time to shoot at them. Defenders can right-click barricades to temporarily disable them for a few seconds, allowing them to walk through them.

Defenders also have access to horses, located in stables beside the waterfall and in the main plaza. However, their use is limited, as they only provide a quicker way to get somewhere. Considering the size of the map and the constant need to hold the front lines, players will find that they will move fast enough without a horse. In addition, horses are somewhat risky to get, as the stables are located right in front of where the Undead break through first.

TNT Spawns at the Undead spawn, which can be picked up by Undead by right-clicking. This causes the TNT to be put on their head, creating a trail of red Firework particles along with loud flashes. When players right-click again or die with it on their head, the TNT will blow up, breaking blocks around them and doing a substantial amount of damage to players in the radius. Cracked stone bricks are destroyed the first time, while normal stone bricks become cracked and can be destroyed with another block of TNT. Any other block is destroyed instantly. This is typically used to destroy strategic points of the castle, kill Defenders, and/or break the iron bar wall which grants access to the waterfall.

Respawn times for Defenders is 8 seconds, while respawn times for Undead is instant.

Maps

Helms Revamped

• The top-down view of Helms Revamped.
• The Undead forest.
• The overview of the castle.
• The main entrance to the castle.
• The secondary entrance to the castle (Requires TNT to access).
• The first courtyard.
• The second courtyard, along with the waterfall.
• The main staircase to the space in front of the Throne Room.
• The second entrance to the space in front of the Throne Room.
• The space in front of the throne room.
• The river and wheat field in front of the Wolf Spawn.
• The Wolf Spawn.
• The courtyard in front of the Throne Room.
• The inside of the Throme Room, with King Chiss seated on his wooden throne.

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Sunstone Stronghold

• The front view of Sunstone Stronghold.
• The top-down view of Sunstone Stronghold.
• The throne room. King Sparklez sits on top of his stone throne, with several Defenders clustered around him.
• The top of the throne room, and central plaza.
• The horse stables.
• The side view of Sunstone Stronghold.
• The bottom view of Sunstone Stronghold.
• The forest.

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Icebound Valley

• The top-down view of Icebound Valley.
• The front view of Icebound Valley.
• The forest, along with the frozen river.
• The front wall.
• The first courtyard.
• The second courtyard, along with the horse stables.
• Multiple protective walls, along with walkways and passages.
• The third courtyard
• The third courtyard, along with the Wolf spawn on the left.
• The archery tower, connected to the Throne Room.
• Front view of the Throne Room.
• The inside of the Throne Room, with King Chiss seated on his wooden throne.

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Kits

Defenders

Kit	In-Game Description	Inventory	Special Abilities	Disadvantages	Notes
Castle Marksman	Skilled human marksman, can fletch arrows.	Stone Sword Bow 32 Starting Arrows Two Mushroom Stews - Gives Regeneration II Buff for 3 seconds  Full Suit of Chain Armor	Fletcher - Receive 1 Arrow every 2 seconds. Maximum of 4. Barrage - Charge your Bow to use Barrage. Loads several arrows into the player's bow, indicated by0clicks of increasing pitch. When released, it fires a spray of arrows, dealing area-of-effect damage.	None
Castle Knight	Robust knight, also able to construct defenses.	Iron Sword Bow 64 Arrows Four Mushroom Stews - Gives Regeneration II Buff for 3 seconds  Full Suit of Iron Armor	Mammoth - Take 50% knockback and deal 150% knockback. Constructor - Receive 1 Fence every 40 seconds. Maximum of 2. When placed, will block an Undead's path until they break it. If a Defender right-clicks a fence, they will be able to deactivate it for a few seconds, allowing them to cross through.	None
Wolf	None	None	Wolf Bite - Single use. Right-click to activate skill; disappears upon activation. When activated, will deal 3 hearts of damage. Represented by a bone.	Must use fists as their main means of attack. Has no armor. Spawns with two hearts of health. Will regenerate.	Kit is permanently switched into for the rest of the round after a Defender dies. If players equip Wolf Bite and attack with it, it will sometimes disappear, although it is only invisible. When spawned, Wolf Bite will say it has zero uses left, although it is single use.
Assassin	Unknown	Bow Arrows	One arrow will instantly kill an enemy upon contact.	Unknown	None

Undead

	In-Game Description	Inventory	Special Abilities	Notes
Undead Ghoul	Weak, but able to jump around with ease.	Stone Axe	Ghoul Leap- Right-click with axe to Ghoul Leap. This enables the player to take a large leap, both forwards and upwards. Permanent Speed I Buff
Undead Skeleton	Makes use of arrows scavenged from human archers.	Stone Axe Bow	Iron Skin - Take 1 less damage from attacks.	Must pick up arrows from the ground.
Undead Zombie	Regenerates rapidly.	Stone Axe	Permanent Regeneration III Buff

Tips/Notes

General

• Always have one player inside of the Castle where King Sparklez resides at all times.
• Marksmen are important to defense. Defenders should have at least 50% of their team comprised of Marksmen.
• Undead must be wary of being near staircases with TNT. An unwarranted detonation near these structures will hinder, if not completely cripple, the Undead. This is because it makes it harder or impossible for them to ascend the staircase without being delayed by a hole or stuck completely. The only way to remedy this is to equip the Undead Ghoul kit.
• Different kits for the undead are better for different parts of the game. The undead archer is good for shooting the marksmen on the towers to make their arrows go off target. The ghoul kit is good for when you need to get into the castle as quick as possible, or if there is an impossible staircase that can only be scaled by a jump. And zombies are good for those moments when the undead has breached the castle; with their Regeneration buff, they can heal from their wounds almost instantly and therefore serve as good fighters.

Good Barricade Spots

Helms Deep

• The two blocks of air above the waterfall. Delays undead from getting up it, have to break them.
• The top of the staircase that stems from the main plaza.
• The top of the side entrance.
• The entrance to the king's plaza.
• The entrance to King Sparklez's throne room.
• The ladder entrance to King Sparklez's throne room.
• The stone brick ceiling posts in front of the ladder. Slows down undead if there is a breach in the throne room.
• Next to the stone brick ceiling posts inside the throne room. Blocks the undead from getting toward the king if the entrance is breached.
• The backsides of the tops of the throne room. Prevents Undead from sneaking up to Marksmen and dropping down into the throne room.

Sunstone Stronghold

• The entrance to the throne room.
• Around the king, above the ground to prevent ghouls using ghoul leap.
• Two stair cases leading to the square in front of the throne room.
• The other two entrances leading to the square.

Good TNT Blast Areas

Helms Deep

• The wall with the window that exposes the throne room. Provides a direct path to the king.
• The iron bar wall. Gives Undead faster access to the top of the castle.
• Any highly blocked or secured entrances, like the thick gate blocking the main plaza entrance, or any spot mentioned in Good Barricade Spots.

Sunstone Stronghold

• The iron fence gate on the left side way. Note that when the tnt exploded here, the game will spawn some primed tnts.
• The wall on left of the left side way (stables), between two barricades that is originally in the map. A shortcut to the square that has the dog pool, and there's hardly places for defenders to block on that way.
• The pool in the square. Weaken dogs.
• The entrance to the throne room. A tnt could break lots of fences and kill many defenders.
• The ordinary tnt blast site on the right side way.
• The side wall of the throne room. Only when the defenders blocked all other ways and the stairs below are untouched.

Achievements

	Requirement	Reward
FOR THE KING!	Win 50 times as a Defender.	600 Gems
Kingslayer	Deal the killing blow on the King.	800 Gems
Blood Thirsty	Kill 50 Undead in a single game.	1200 Gems
Assassin	Do 50% or more of the damage to the King.	1000 Gems
Castle Siege Master Achievement	Acquire all of the achievements in Castle Siege	TBD

Gem Rewards

The list below shows the maximum sum of Gems a player may earn at a time.

• x/2 Gems for x Kills. If a remainder is left, the Gem count is rounded down.
• x/2 Gems for x Kill Assists. If a remainder is left, the Gem count is rounded down.
• 10 Gems for First Blood
• 10 Gems for Winning Team
• 10 Gems for Participation

Glitches

There was a bug in Beta where most Castle Siege servers had no chat tags and would not start. Sometimes they restarted and fixed themselves, but after a couple games they went back to being broken.

There's another where the arrows keeps bouncing off when shot from arrow. This bug is still not patched yet.

Changelog

Main article: Updates

October 31st, 2014 - Kits, Balance, Maps

• Defenders can now right-click on fences to temporarily disable them.

April 27th, 2014 - Champions and MAC

• Castle Siege announced - Ultras and Heroes only.

Notes

Games (Java Edition)
Available	Clans •  Nano Games
Limited	Heroes of Gwen Training •  Mineplex Event •  Super Smash Mobs Training
Rejected	Death Run (2017)
Removed	Gem Hunters
Beta	-