Battle Royale

**Battle Royale** is a removed battle-royale style game mode in Mope.io. In it, a deadly red-colored zone would expand around the map, and any animal inside it for too long would lose health and eventually die. The red zone does not cover the whole map; a safe area that gradually becomes smaller is where players must eventually become the last animal still alive in order to win.

Initially released on October 6, 2018, Battle Royale mode discontinued on November 23, 2018 along with the Soccer Pumpkin and Zombie Infection mode. A reboot of Battle Royale is in the works, with plans to re-release this year.

## Technical

* The goal of the game is to be the last animal alive in the safe zone. Unlike live Mope, there is a red heatwave that slowly expands, limiting each players' moving space around the map.
* The biome that animals will be enclosed in from the heatwave will vary, but typically the Arctic biome will be the first area to succumb to the red zone.
	+ At the early stages of gameplay, animals can enter the heatwave for a few seconds and still survive. However as the game progresses, the red zone will become more deadly in order to eliminate players.
	+ When in the non-safe zone, text will show up on the player's screen saying "You can't stay out of the safe area for long!"
* There needs to be at least 25 players ready to play before the game starts (as before in beta).
* There is a timer at the bottom of the screen, saying how long it is until the red zone expands.
* While waiting for more players to join, the players are encased in spawn eggs. These eggs will also spawn all around the map and are edible food sources.
	+ If somebody disconnects or leaves the battle, their egg becomes rotten and can be edible by all animals from tier 3 and above, providing XP.
* At a point when the safe zone becomes rather small, animals will be unable to dive in water or lava.
* When a player dies, their animal will become a small "ghost" and they will be invisible spectators to the current players. Players that have died can see all other deceased players, too, and will be unable to respawn until someone wins the round.

## Strategy

* When first falling in an egg, the best thing to do is to land near a Healing Stone or a ton of brown mushrooms to gain lots of XP.
	+ Once reaching Rabbit, the player should find a mud patch and devour carrots and shoot water at more mushrooms; similar tactics will apply with slight changes until approximatel tier 6, where the player's food range expands and they can eat red mushrooms
* Once at tier 7, devour all of the pears (or Arctic Nuts in the Arctic), until tier 12. The Arctic is a great place to level up, since there are very few predators and a ton of vaulable food.
	+ Even if the heatwave covers up the Arctic, the Arctic debuff will not be that bad if resources are plentiful enough. As a Wolverine, Sabertooth Tiger or Yeti, the player is immune to burn damage altogether except at the Volcano.
* Choosing the Ocean biome and staying there is a bad idea, unless the player is a Crab, Turtle or King Crab; the heatwave will cover an ocean (the player may use the river to get to the other ocean, unless that becomes covered too), forcing the player to go into the heatwave or out of the water.
	+ The Killer Whale and Blue Whale both can dominate in the Ocean by using their Special Abilities to push animals into the heatwave, but this strategy becomes ineffective when the safe zone gets closer to dry land.
* The best animals would be dragging animals and knockback animals; they provide good defense and offense and same tier animals will not be able to do the same to the player.
* Sometimes, the Dragon can be a fair choice in Battle Royale, as it can burn lower tiers, and the fact that animals cannot dive or hide once the heatwave closes in means that prey with knockback abilities will not do very well against a Dragon.
	+ Furthermore, the Dragon can fly over lava, so it will survive in the Volcano.
* As a top predator, there is a very good chance of winning by eliminating prey. However, the player must watch out for trolling animals that may band together to kill the player.

## Gallery

### In-game

The heat-zone in Battle Royale, having moved to the Ocean.Battle Royale in the Land biome.A Mouse inside a Battle Royale egg.
### Other

MOPE.IO MopeBattleRoyal BETA TESTING TEASER 28The teaser video for the Battle Royale game mode.
## History

 October 6, 2018 | * Added.

### Criticism

Originally this game mode was criticised for it generally favouring lower tiers, namely the Pigeon, having a higher chance to survive. Due to the Pigeon's low place on the food chain, it wasn't able to be harmed but also conveniently was able to fly. Other animals such as the Mole were able to get away with a win or two also.

Efforts were made to make the game less forgiving for lower tiers, and this was somewhat effective until the game mode's closure.

## Trivia

* In August 2021, KOA said that Battle Royale, along with Wild Mope and Team Mode, would be released again after the February 1, 2022 "*Season 2*" update.
	+ This claim is yet to come to fruition, though KOA re-affirmed in June 2022 that one of his aims for the year was the re-installation of Battle Royale.
* From a community poll on KOA's YouTube channel, it can be seen that Battle Royale is the most popular/wanted game mode out of all removed ones.

## Footnotes

### References

1. ↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/mopeio/comments/oxmwvz/wild\_mope\_postponed\_in\_favor\_of\_season\_2/ (August 4, 2021). Retrieved on August 6, 2021.
2. ↑ https://discord.com/channels/508469597209362433/624618472713879572/992173189528551444 (screenshot)
3. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/post/UgxaHA\_d\_fQfAWxo3Oh4AaABCQ (screenshot)

* Removed

 **Normal mode •  Beta •  Team Mode •  1v1 (sub-gamemode) •  1v1 Redemption (sub-gamemode) •  Developer Mode •  Wild Mope**