Again, this is a reason to keep wood in the fort. It's a very helpful tool for healing allies, and for healing yourself when a stray grenade from an enemy comes in. Don't waste wood on the fire during peace time. Keep the campfire (Now a stove) ablaze during sieges.Contribute as much as you can (just hold down the item key to throw), and don't take anything you don't need. You may need lots of offensive weapons stockpiled for use. Keep the Supply Shed (Now item containers) stocked.You may use them to pull unsuspecting enemies into your packed defenses and for pulling in passing allies that may not have been wanting to be in the fort. Take care of the gate, it's what keeps enemies at bay. Make sure to keep plenty of wood in the warehouse.Make sure to have axes to gain wood, farmers to get items to put in the warehouse (Now item containers), ranged weapons to snipe enemies on the palisades, and melee weapons to defend the fort and to keep enemies away from the gates. Have a variety of weapons inside when in control.Have your team or friends gather and attack as one to overwhelm the defenders inside.*It is also possible to get out by hopping over the palisade walls which has been fixed with the additions of the newer forts. The only ways to get into the fort currently are to spear vault over the walls, get roped in, or break the gate. This prevents enemies from freely coming in. It is advised that you repair them often by throwing wood at them. Gates are located on either side of the fort or at a single side on small forts. The gates are the main way in or out of the fort. There are palisade walkways in the fort that you can walk and attack on. A Supply Shed (Now item containers) is available for storing items. The opposite team flag will be lowered and your team's flag will be raised. Having your team's flag raised will determine which team is occupying the fort, resulting in gaining access to the fort gate. Do this by having team members 'capture' the fort, by standing aside it. There is also a fort flag which your team can capture (excluding Renegades and Orcs). A campfire in deathmatch or a stove in winter survival is located inside the fort, which heals your team if inserted with wood. This is also the case for the small fort in deathmatch but with no flag guard in the middle. There are 4 archers on each corner of the fort and a flag guard wielding a golden axe and upon being claimed by a team, the Orcs are replaced by humans.

When the fort is not claimed by any team, Orcs occupy it and the flag is black. One is located in the center of the map in Ruins, deathmatch and winter survival. Capturing them is a mini-game inside the main hack n' slash game. The walls are built out of palisades, which can be fired out of from inside but protected from fire coming in.

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