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Xonotic Wiki

Welcome to the Xonotic wiki. If you wish to contribute, see Editing.

You are looking at the official wiki or its mirror.
- Unofficial wiki may contain dated but still helpful information.
Website
- Forums are a lively place for Xonotic players to discuss anything.
- Xonotic game stats show useful statistics information about servers, players, scores, maps, etc.
Matrix and IRC channels are where most players ask/answer questions, exchange ideas, organize game events, etc. in real time. You can even chat with players in the game.
Discord: there is also an unofficial Discord server that serves more or less the same purpose as the IRC channels.
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Gameplay

Tutorials

HALOGENE’S NEWBIE CORNER has rich information for beginners. Must read! You will enjoy the game more!
Overkill Tutorial
Creating bot waypoints

Unofficial map repositories

xonotic.fps.gratis (or dl.xonotic.fps.gratis for a simple list that loads faster) - Run by -z-/detrate.
gnome.xonotic.in.ua
xon.recombi.net (or xon.recombi.net/dl for a simple list that loads faster) - Has content from both fps.gratis and gnome, fps.gratis has precedence in case of conflict.
naitlee.github.io/map-repo-poc - Stylized Xonotic map repository. Better performance. Run by NaitLee.

Unofficial Web-based Server Lists

dpmaster.deathmask.net
- one of the 2 active master servers, shows servers from only one master at a time (itself by default)
- web interface not open source
- see page source for list of URL parameters - e.g. master=dpmaster.tchr.no to view the other master (which has no web interface)
arena.sh/xo - run by nmc on discord
xonotic.lifeisabug.com - run by incognico on discord

Game Mechanics

Game Modes (or Game Types)

In Xonotic, game modes and game types mean the same thing -- different modes/types have different goals to achieve in a game.

The following modes are the more popular ones:

The following modes are available, although slightly less common than the above:

Old/experimental modes:

Invasion (experimental)
Arena (removed)

The following modes are mods:

Murder in Megaerebus Manor

Standard Mutators

Mutators change the configuration of the game play, e.g. how weapon appears, which special weapons are availabale, or the physics in the game. This is usually set by the game admins who set up games for other players. Standard Mutators are available in the game menu.

Gameplay mutators: