Arras.io

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Arras.io (Stylized as arras.io) is a fan-made sequel to the 2D MassiveMultiplayerOnline game Diep.io. The gameplay is similar to the game it's based on; at the start of the game, the player controls a simple Tank, and can kill Polygons and defeat enemy players to level up, upgrade into stronger tanks, and get points to upgrade their Stats. However, there is a lot more content than Diep.io and is updated much more frequently. After the many years of development and growth, Arras.io has evolved into a totally different game that is no longer just a "Diep.io clone".

Game-plan

In Arras.io, the game-play is more skill-based and relies on knowledge and experience, as unlike Diep.io, it doesn't require any grinding to level up. Arras.io is also has a large amount of content, including Tanks, Bosses, Gamemodes.

Game-Modes

Main article: Arras:Game Modes

Free For All (FFA)

FFA Map. Note the rocks near each corner.

The player will spawn in the arena at Level 1 as the Basic. The player can travel anywhere and must work their way to the top, having no special attributes except its one cannon.

The main goal in Free For All (FFA) is to work one's way to the top of the Leader-board. To raise its level higher than 1, the player must destroy enemy Tanks or Polygons. As always, they could just press N on their keyboard to instantly level up.

This game-mode features a usually barren landscape with rocks near each corner. However, it is not uncommon to see no rocks on the map. The square area between the rocks is known as the Pentagon Nest.

2TDM Map. The 2 Bases are on either side of the map.

Teams (TDM)

4TDM Map, Bases in corners, rocks on sides of the map.

In Team Modes, the player will always spawn inside a safe base, and with teammates.

The main goal in this mode is to dominate the Leader-board with all their players from a team.

The 2TDM map features the bases on either the East or West sides of the arena, with rocks spread all over the place to provide cover for tanks. (The blue dots are players, not rocks.)

The 4TDM map features each base in a separate corner of the map with rocks directly North, East, South and West from the center.

Maze

Maze Map, walls randomly generated, but always have at least one exit. No walls touching side.

The game-mode Maze works like FFA with one key difference; the arena is littered with randomized walls to create a maze.

The players normally spawn on the outskirts of the maze, but they may sometimes spawn in the center of the map too. Fights usually break out along the borders of the arena.

The Pentagon Nest still remains the same.

(2, 3, 4)TDM Maze

Like Maze the mode takes place in a maze, but with one difference: players spawn in one of two team bases on opposite corners of the field.

The maze is rotationally symmetric. Notice the similarities between the top and bottom of the map. Also, no walls spawn directly inside the base, but they do spawn around it, however there are always multiple exits to leave the base.

The Pentagon Nest remains the same.

Assault

Assault Map. Entire blue portion of base open, while the Green part of the base has many walls to prevent the blue team from easily winning.

Assault (used to be known as D-Day), is a variant of 2TDM Maze with Blue and Green teams. In this mode, there is an increased number of Blue players versus the number of Green players. The Green team spawns in a preset maze covering the bottom half of the arena, filled with Dominators and one sanctuary protected by a door. The maze counts as the Green team's base, and they must successfully defend the base and Dominators from the Blue team until a 10-minute timer counts down to 0. If at least half of the Dominators are occupied by the Blue team, the timer stops, resetting when this is no longer the case. The Blue team spawns along the top of the arena and have the goal of infiltrating the Green team's base, destroying all Dominators in the base to open up a door to the sanctuary placed in the center of the Green's spawn area, and destroying it. They can also indefinitely prolong the match by destroying at least half of the Dominators in the base.

Many Dominators are blocked within the Green base. As the Blue team destroys the Dominators, they progressively get further into the Green team's base.

The walls of the Green team's base border the bottom of the map, but it is still possible to make it around the entire base.

List of all Game-modes

Main article: Arras:Gamemodes

Standard Game-modes

This list includes game-modes that have no modifications.

• FFA (Free For All)
  • Everyone fights against each other.
• Duos
  • Two players are randomly assigned to a "duo/partner" and have to fight other groups of players until one dies and they both get set with new teammates.
• Squads
  • Four players are randomly assigned to a "squad" and have to fight other groups of players.
• TDM (Team Deathmatch)
  • Everyone is in teams and have to work together.
• Assault
  • One team has to break into the other team's base and destroy their Dominators and their single sanctuary.
• Siege
  • Players must fight against waves of bosses with more and better bosses spawning every round.
  • During Winter, Siege is replaced with Winter Mayhem, which is themed around Christmas.
• Domination
  • Teams fight to gain control of 4 Dominators.
• Tag
  • 4 teams fight to get everyone else on their side.
• Outbreak
  • Blue tanks (Humans) will have to avoid being killed by Green tanks (Zombies) or else they will permanently join the Green Team until someone kills the Green tank.
• Mothership
  • Teams have to protect their Motherships and try to kill all the other Motherships.
• Elimination
  • Teams must fight for the most score. The team with the least total score is removed until 1 team remains.
• Sandbox
  • Players can test tanks and builds and mess around.
• Space
  • Tanks would not lose velocity on moving, and would gain a reaction control system resembling a small Auto Turret to allow tanks to stop or accelerate.
  • The arena would be circular, with a large circular obstacle in the center of the map, said to be the "moon", pulling in nearby players.

Game-mode Modifications

Certain types of game-modes can be created by adding certain traits to them.

• # Team
  • Specifies the number of teams in a specific mode (e.g. 2TDM, 3 Team Tag, 4 Team Domination)
  • If Assault or Mothership are specified to have 2 teams, the resulting modes will simply be labeled "Assault" and "Mothership" respectively.
• Maze
  • Walls will generate around the map, forming clearly defined paths.
  • If Maze walls are added to FFA, the resulting mode will simply be labeled "Maze".
• Open
  • Team Bases will be removed, causing players on teams to spawn randomly around the map, like in FFA.
• Portal
  • A Portal will be placed either in the center of the map or in team bases, which allow players to travel from one map to another.
  • If paired with Maze, walls will only generate in one map, not the other.
  • If portals are added to Mothership, players will be able to use the N key cheat, which is normally disabled in Mothership.
• Teamer
  • Players can "team" with other players by putting clan tags at the start of their names.
  • Created for the Teamer Maze event on April 1st 2022.
• Arms Race
  • Players can utilize exclusive tanks, and upgraded versions of Bosses exist on this modification.
  • Some Arms Race tanks are exclusive to Tier 5.
• Growth
  • In this type of game-mode, tanks will grow depending on their score, and can grow higher than the Level 45 limit. This is one of the most popular gamemodes because you can get stronger by getting more score.

All Game-modes With/Without Modifications

Main article: Arras:Gamemodes

• FFA (Free For All)

1. Regular FFA (Free For All) - A game-mode that is a regular square map with a Pentagon Nest with Crashers and everybody is against each other (Excluding spin-teaming).
2. Growth FFA (Growth Free For All) - A game-mode that is also a regular square map with a Pentagon Nest with Crashers and everybody is against each other, but everybody can grow bigger depending on their score.
3. Arms Race FFA (Arms Race Free For All) -

• Maze

1. Maze 2TDM - A game-mode that is a regular square map with walls like a maze and a Pentagon Nest with Crashers and there are 2 teams, Blue and Green teams.
2. Maze 4TDM - A game-mode that is a regular square map with walls like a maze and a Pentagon Nest with Crashers and there are 4 teams, Blue, Green, Red, and Purple teams.
3. Outbreak Maze - A game-mode that when you die, you get turned into an infected tank (Green), and that players will have to kill all infected tanks.

Controls

Main article: Arras:Controls

• Movement: WASD or ↑ → ↓ ←

• W or ↑ for up, A or ← for left, S or ↓ for down, D or → for right.

• Aiming: Mouse/Touchpad/Mobile (Google or Google Chrome) - the Tank will point toward the player’s mouse. Note for Auto-Tanks: The player must hold your Left Click button on your mouse/touchpad or you could just touch your right side of your mobile device (iOs, iPhone, etc...) while pointing at its target to temporarily disable the automatic responses of the turrets of the Auto-3, Auto-4, Auto-5, and Mega-3. This does not apply for auto-turrets on top of Tanks and drones.
• Shooting (And Drones control): Left click or space bar. Hold works too if clicking many times is disliked. You can press “E” for Auto Fire, or you can press the + sign to expand, and press Auto Fire.
• Drone Repel: Right Click or Shift - Drones from the Drone classes (Overseer, Overlord, Manager, Necromancer, etc.) will move away from the mouse.
• Secondary Gun: Right click or Shift to fire. Note: There is no Auto Fire control for this type of weapon.
• Upgrade Stats: Press the number key shown next to the upgrade stat or click on stat to upgrade.
• Max a Stat: Press M and stat number at the same time to instantly max a stat.
• Auto Fire: Press E to turn on Auto Fire - the Tank will shoot continuously without the need to hold the mouse down. Press E again to turn Auto Fire off. If its Tank is the Drone Tank, this control will disable all automatic responses for the Drones (except the Turrets on the Drones of the Overdrive).
• Auto Spin: Press C to turn on Auto Spin - the Tank will spin slowly, no matter what one’s mouse is doing. Press C again to turn Auto Spin off.
• Disable Automatic Weapons (Enable Override): Press R to prevent automatic weapons from acting. Press R again to re-enable them.
• Reverse Tank: Press V to activate. This will make the front of the Tank point the opposite direction of the mouse. Press V again to deactivate.
• Level Up: Hold down N to gain levels.
• Upgrade Class: Press the letter next to the class name to upgrade its Tank or click on the Tank the player wish to upgrade to.
• Show Upgrade Tree: Press and hold T.
• Record Gameplay: Press Z to activate, press Z again to end video recording. If "Ask where to save each file before downloading" in Chrome or similar is selected, the player will be prompted to save the file as soon as it ends the recording so make sure to find a safe place to stop and save its file.
• Server and Client Stats: Press L to see latency info, FPS, server name, etc.

Polygons

Main article: Arras:Polygons

Polygons are naturally spawning shapes that tanks can destroy to get XP. There are 5 types of polygons; Eggs, Squares, Triangles, Pentagons, and Hexagons. Each Polygon variant is distinguished by its health and XP, with the standard Polygon having the least XP and health, followed by Beta, Alpha, and the Omega variant boasts the highest health and XP among them.

Eggs

Eggs are little white circles that spawn in big groups, and eggs give the player ≈ 7-8 XP after being destroyed, eggs are really weak. Types of Eggs: Standard Eggs, Beta Eggs, Alpha Eggs, Omega Eggs, and Shiny Eggs.

Squares

Squares are yellow and they spawn in groups and egg baths, the player ≈ 20 XP after being destroyed, squares are weak. Types of Squares: Standard Squares, Beta Squares, Alpha Squares, Omega Squares, and Shiny Squares.

Triangles

Triangles are red, and they give the player ≈ 84 XP after being destroyed. Types of Triangles: Standard Triangles, Beta Triangles, Alpha Triangles, Omega Triangles, and Shiny Triangles.

Pentagons

Pentagons are purple, and they usually spawn in the Pentagon Nest. Types of Pentagons: Standard Pentagons, Beta Pentagons, Alpha Pentagons, Omega Pentagons, Shiny Pentagons, Legendary Pentagons, Shadow Pentagons, and Rainbow Pentagons.

Pentagons

Type	XP	Health
Standard	≈ 250	Pretty Strong
Beta	≈ 2500	Strong
Alpha	≈ 12500	Stronger
Omega	≈50000-100000	Very strong

Hexagons

Hexagons are green-cyan, and they have a chance of 1 in 48 to spawn. It have 6 sides.

Hexagons are originally purple-pink (dark magenta), in Old Dreadnoughts. They give you 2500 score in normal gamemodes.

Polygons in Old Dreadnoughts

Tip: #-f mean is #wf, #ef, #af, #of, etc.

Hexagon

Hexagons have dark magenta, and they can be spawned in #-f servers. They have 6 sides.

Septagon

Septagons are also called Heptagons. They can be spawned in #-f servers. They have 7 sides, and give out a green color.

Octagon

Octagons have green-cyan color, and they can be spawned in #-f servers. They have 8 sides.

Nonagon

Nonagons are also called Ennagons. They have white color, and can be spawned in #-f servers. they have 9 sides.

Classes

Main article: Arras:Tiers

Arras.io features a huge variety of playable classes. Players start off as the “Basic”, which shoots a single Bullet for each firing cycle, and they have to work their way up from there. On Level 15, 30, and 45, (old arras: 10, 25, 45) they go up a Tier, which unlocks new, powerful classes and tanks.

Stats

Main article: Arras:Stats

Stats can be upgraded by spending Skill Points. Skill Points are awarded every so often when upgrading a level.

• Body Damage - Increases the damage done by body collisions
• Max Health - Increases the maximum amount of health
• Bullet Speed - Increases the ammunition velocity
• Bullet Health - Increases ammunition health
• Bullet Penetration - Increases how long ammunition lasts after a collision
• Bullet Damage - Increases the damage done by ammunition
• Reload - Increases rate of fire
• Movement Speed - Increases the Tank’s speed of movement
• Shield Regeneration - Increases how quickly the Shield regenerates
• Shield Capacity - Increases the total amount of the Shield (Possibly HP as well, but if it does, it is minimal, unlike Max Health)

Loading Screen

In the loading screen after pressing the play button, a "Connecting..." word, progress of loading, and a random tip will appear. The tip has many variation, like game settings or strategy. Here's the list of the known tips:

Text
Tip: You can view and edit your keybinds in the options menu.
Tip: You can play on mobile by just going to arras.io on your phone!
Tip: You can have the shield and health bar be separated by going to the options menu.
Tip: If arras.io is having a low frame rate, you can try reducing your graphics level in the options menu.
Tip: You can make traps rounded with the classic trap setting in the options menu.
Tip: You can create your own private server with the template in the link on the options menu.
Tip: You can create your own theme with the custom theme maker in[sic] the link on the options menu.
Teaming in FFA or FFA Maze is frowned upon, but when taken to the extremes, you can be punished.
Witch hunting is when you continuously target someone and follow them. This is frowned upon, but when taken to the extremes, you can be punished.
Multiboxing is when you use a script to control multiple tanks at the same time. This is considered cheating and will result in a ban!

World Records

World records can be seen here: Arras.io World Records Spreadsheet.

The old decommissioned World Records spreadsheet is Here.

If you think that you beat a world record, then you may submit your record here: Arras.io World Records Submissions

Please do not spam the submission page with useless things because it makes it really hard for WR managers to validate actual records.

Note: Your browser or antivirus might not allow you to access the submissions page due to the page tracking your IP address. There is nothing we can do about that if you are not on the Arras.io discord.

Score

In arras.io, the term "score" typically refers to the numerical representation of a player's points within the game.

At level 1: 0 score, at level 45: 26263 (26.26k) score, at level 90: 180342 (180.3k) score, at level 120: 402,171 (402.1k) score, at level 150: 749635 (749.6k) score, at level 500: 21,695,077 (21.69m) score, and at level 1000: 150,903,162 (150.9m) score. The max limit of score is 2³².

To level up, you need to kill polygons, players, and bosses (visitors). If your tank is a healing tank, healing teammates in Siege will also give you score. You can also restore your score in same gamemode (for example: saved 9.82m, restored 9.82m).

You can press and hold N to level up to 45. Additionally, you can also enable Auto-Level up, even though it is enabled by default.

The only cheat to get score is by holding ` + N. This is only for beta testers, game moderators, game admins, game developers, shiny members, youtubers, and operators.

If you try to reach beyond 2³² score, you will be looped to level 45 or level 1.

References

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