A KOTH (King of the Hill) is a timed event around a single capture point. One player at a time holds the point. If they stay inside for the full capture time and are not stopped, they win a KOTH Crate key. This page covers Lifesteal's KOTHs; the network-wide overview, with every gamemode's KOTHs, is on KOTH and Outposts.
Schedule#
KOTHs run automatically in a rotation. Only one is active at a time.
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Rotation | The next KOTH starts 15 minutes after the previous one ends |
| Order | Cover, Square, Canyon, Crossing, Citadel, then back to Cover |
| Countdown announcements | 5 minutes, 3 minutes, 2 minutes, 1 minute, 30 seconds and 15 seconds before the start |
| If a KOTH is still running when the next is due | The rotation waits 1 minute |
| Capture time | 5 minutes |
The five capture points are named Cover KOTH, Square KOTH, Canyon KOTH, Crossing KOTH and Citadel. The first four are in the overworld. The Citadel has its own world and its own warp, /warp citadel.
Use /nextkoth to see when the next KOTH starts and which one it is. The scoreboard also shows Koth with the active KOTH, who is capturing and the coordinates, or Next Koth with a countdown.
The /koth menu#
/koth opens a one-button menu:
| State | What the button shows |
|---|---|
| A KOTH is active | The KOTH name and its X and Z coordinates |
| Waiting for the next one | The next KOTH's name and how long until it starts |
| Nothing scheduled | "No KOTH Active" |
How capturing works#
- Walk into the capture area of the active KOTH.
- If nobody is capturing, one player inside the area is chosen at random and starts capturing. A message announces "
<player>is now capping<KOTH>". - The capturer must stay inside the area, alive. If they leave, die or go offline, the capture resets, announced as "
<player>is no longer capping". - When the capturer leaves or dies, another player standing in the area is chosen.
- If a player kills the current capturer, the killer takes over the capture, provided the killer is inside the area. The 5-minute timer starts again for the new capturer.
- A capturer who holds the area for 5 minutes wins.
Win broadcasts count down: "5 minutes before <player> wins KOTH!" and "1 minute before <player> wins KOTH!". If nobody has captured the KOTH for 10 minutes, the server announces that it is uncapped. A KOTH that stays uncaptured for 1 hour ends with no winner.
Reward#
The winner receives one KOTH Crate key. The key says "Open at /warp crates" and "Earn by capturing /koth". Open it at the crates warp. See Crates and Crates.
1 reward per opening.
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Alerts#
KOTH starts, captures and wins are broadcast to players who have the PvP related alerts option on. Switch it in /options. See Settings and Options.