At a glance
Quick facts
- Stock world type
- pvp
- Stock red-skull threshold
- 3 unjustified kills worth of active frag time
- Stock black-skull threshold
- 6 unjustified kills worth of active frag time
- Stock frag decay
- 24 hours per unjustified kill
World type defines the starting ruleset
| World type | Player combat | Unjustified-kill tracking | Typical use |
|---|---|---|---|
| no-pvp | Restricted outside configured exceptions | Normally not the core progression pressure | Optional-PvP and social worlds |
| pvp | Allowed under skull and protection rules | Yes | Open PvP worlds |
| pvp-enforced | Broadly allowed | Native unjustified-kill penalty path is bypassed | Hardcore or war-focused worlds |
Server labels are not enough. An advertised PvP world may add level protection, anti-rook rules, guild-war exceptions, secure-mode changes, warmode arenas, anti-magebomb systems, custom blessings, or reduced death loss.
Skull colors communicate relationships and penalties
| Mark | General meaning | Verification note |
|---|---|---|
| White | Recent unjustified aggression | Duration and clearing conditions are configurable |
| Yellow | A relationship-specific retaliation or aggression indicator | Visibility can depend on who attacked whom |
| Green | Party or allied relationship indicator | Not a punishment mark |
| Red | Unjustified-kill threshold reached | Death and item-loss consequences vary by server |
| Black | Higher unjustified-kill threshold reached | Attack, healing, death, and loss restrictions can be stricter |
| Orange | Revenge-right or related temporary PvP relationship in supported rulesets | Not implemented identically in older clients and forks |
TFS 1.6 frag accounting uses time debt
In the stock implementation, an unjustified kill adds one configured frag-time unit to skullTicks. The default unit is 24 hours. Red skull is assigned when active skull time exceeds the equivalent of two units, which occurs on the third active unjustified kill at stock settings. Black skull is assigned on the sixth. The accumulated timer decreases over real time until the punishment clears outside active combat.
T_active = max(0, T_previous + unjustifiedKills x 24h - elapsedTime)- Red threshold: 3 active frag units under stock killsToRedSkull = 3.
- Black threshold: 6 active frag units under stock killsToBlackSkull = 6.
- Servers frequently replace this with daily, weekly, and monthly frag windows in Lua or database logic.
| Setting | Default | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| protectionLevel | 1 | Player combat protection below or at the configured boundary, subject to implementation |
| killsToRedSkull | 3 | Active frag units required for red skull |
| killsToBlackSkull | 6 | Active frag units required for black skull |
| timeToDecreaseFrags | 24 hours | Debt added per unjustified kill |
| whiteSkullTime | 15 minutes | Stock white-skull duration |
| pzLocked | 60 seconds | Stock protection-zone entry lock |
Read these rules before choosing a PvP server
- Daily, weekly, monthly, and total frag thresholds, including how server save affects them.
- Level protection, secure mode, party, guild, war, revenge, and arena exceptions.
- Protection-zone lock duration after attacking, assisting, healing, or receiving damage.
- Blessing, experience, skill, container, equipment, and premium-item loss on death.
- Red and black skull restrictions on combat, healing, logout, trade, travel, and item loss.
- Multi-client, anti-logout, anti-push, stair-hop, field, summon, and unjustified-assist rules.
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