Chronos

Chronos: Battle Royale was released with Season 2 on October 22, 2020, becoming the fourth minigame released on Galaxite. Chronos is a time-themed Battle Royale game where players loot for items and fight until the last player is standing! Chronos also has Achievements covering multiple aspects of the game.

A doubles version is also available to play! Join a party to play with your friends!

There is an LTM named Chronos Mega that is ongoing!

## How to Play

Before the game starts, choose from a multitude of perks that fancy your playstyle! Up to 32 players spawn in a 1,000 x 1,000 circular map. As time goes on, the corruption will close inward and injure you. The longer the game progresses, the less area you have to safely wander. Other players will also get in your way. Obtain powerful gear and eliminate them all to take victory.

### Time

"Time" is one of the unique elements in Chronos. Everyone's Time starts at 10 minutes and decreases every second. When you are killed, instead of getting **eliminated** from the game, you will lose some of your **time** instead and respawn. When your time hits 0, you still remain alive but you cannot respawn and will be **eliminated** the next time you are killed. Kill players and complete bounty contracts to gain time and stay alive. You can also sell items to the time shop to gain time. Additionally, you can use your Time as a currency to purchase items from Shops. The player with the most Time in the game is referred to as the "Time Leader", and will be shown to all players. During the game, time will tick down naturally until the end of the game, where special rules are introduced.

#### Time on Kills and Deaths

When a player gets a kill, they gain an amount of time varying between 20 and 90 seconds. Eliminations always give 90 seconds. Bounties add 60 seconds normally, being reduced to 10 seconds when using Feedback Loop or 0 when using Contract of Blessing. Bounty shutdowns always give 60 seconds.

Time lost on death uses a complex formula, but it increases based on:

* Number of other players already eliminated from the game
* How long the game has been going on for
* Number of times the player has died

Using Ancient halves time lost. There is no other way to reduce time lost on deaths.

#### Time Freeze

After a while into the game, the map closes in and **time slows down and begins to freeze**. Time freezes and no longer decreases (unless the player is in contact with the Corruption, which removes 7 seconds per second). At this point, **you won't receive any time from kills**. Instead, you are healed for 8 health on kill. Time Capsules and selling items will however, still grant time. In this stage of the game, you will lose a heavy amount of time when you die.

#### Sudden Death

When there is only one chunk left to be corrupted, **time begins to move again**. The last chunk will stay uncorrupted but instead, time will begin to decrease naturally again, placing the player with less time in a pinch. Once you run out of time, you will begin to lose health instead, just like in the regular corruption. However beware! as, the corruption still decreases time 8 times faster outside the final chunk. If there is still no winner after a long, the final chunk will corrupt anyways and all players will be in the corruption. This is extremely rare

### Player Map

A map is given to every player at the start of the game. On the map, you can see a smaller version of the Chronos map. The map can be moved to your off-hand and is used to keep track of personal location, the Time Leader’s location, your Bounty’s location, and where Time Warps are located.

**Map Legend**

## Lobby

### Corruption

The Corruption is a special mechanic that forces players inwards to a fixed area on the map. If you step on a area that's been infected by the corruption, eerie noises will echo around you. You will also lose an additional 7 seconds of time for each second spent in the Corruption. If you are caught in the corruption with no time, you lose 2  health every second instead. The Corruption spawns before the game starts and quickly starts close in to a randomly picked center, gradually slowing down the closer it is to the last chunk. The map corrupts in a spiral pattern from the outside, one chunk (16x16 area) at a time. The less players and more space there is on the map, the faster it goes. Its speed can additionally be customized in private game settings, all way between 1.0x speed to 4.0x speed.

### Looting

To fight against players, weapons and armor are essential. To get items, you need to loot "Loot Boxes" placed around the map. Certain locations on the map will have better looting spots! There are six different boxes labelled by color. The higher the Tier, the better the loot inside. Mythic Loot Boxes have the same loot as Legendary Loot Boxes.

#### Mythic Loot

Unlike other loot boxes, the mythic loot box does not generate naturally around the map at the start of the game. Instead they are located behind reinforced vaults at set locations around the map and are only accessible via a vault key   . Outside of that however, they can spawn randomly on any tile that is not corrupted through a Time Warp. Time Warps can appear randomly throughout a game. When one appears, a message in chat announces that a Time Warp will spawn in 30 seconds. After that, an  appears on the map to mark the location of the Time Warp. Once you are in the area of the Time Warp, keep an eye out purple particles rising from the ground which mark where the box will spawn. At the start of the game, one Time Warp spawns immediately. However, this one takes 60 seconds as opposed to 30 seconds. Mythic loot boxes are also obtainable from upgrading legendary boxes. However, this is not recommended as the 2 loots tables are the same. Unlike in Rush, a mythic box cannot be upgraded into an exotic box

### Items

Items spawn in loot boxes, these items can be divided into 4 types: Common Items, Combat Items, Special Items and Fragile Items.

#### Common Items

Common items are items found in all loot boxes regardless of their tier level. They include Snowballs, Unstable Glass, Arrows and Ender Pearls.

* Snowball - Deals knockback to enemies, they are also used to break Unstable Glass.
* Unstable Glass - Building Blocks to traverse terrain and block players.
* Arrow - Used with the bow to shoot enemies.
* Ender Pearl - A throwable item which teleports you to the position where it lands.

#### Combat Items

Combat items include Swords, Bows and Damage Reduction items. Each item splits to 5 tier levels, each tier is demonstrated with the color of the item's name. Stronger items are found in stronger chests. Items can also be upgraded with various stations (  ) scattered around the map.

#### Special Items

Special items include Time Capsules, Time Warps, Vault Keys, Upgrade Tokens, Backpack Upgrades, Bounty Contracts and consumables. They can be found in all chests, although, Here are more details about these items:

* Time Capsule - Increases your time when used, there are 3 tiers of Time Capsules: These are usually seen as extra lives as you can use them right before you die without time.
	+ Time Capsule 1 — 15 Seconds
	+ Time Capsule 2 — 30 Seconds
	+ Time Capsule 3 — 60 Seconds

The below items are fragile, and will be dropped on death. Hovering over a fragile item will show it's fragile tag.

* Vault Key - Unlocks a Vault with Mythic Loot in it. The nearest Vault  will be marked on your map when a Vault Key is in your inventory.
* Time Warp - Spawns a Mythic Chest after 30 seconds at your location. The location of the Time Warp will be visible to everyone on the map.
* Upgrade Token - Upgrades a combat item to its next tier at an Upgrade Station of the item's type.
* Bounty Contract - Places a bounty on a random player in the game. Kill your bounty for extra time, health and bonus Chronos coins .
* Backpack Upgrade - Adds an extra inventory slot, up to 10 slots.
* Life Token - Restores 4  health.
* Box Upgrade Token - Upgrades an unlooted loot box to its next tier level. Mythical boxes cannot be upgraded.
* Smoke Bomb - Grants invisibility for 5 seconds.
* Flame Rod - Sets enemy players on fire after hitting them, leaving them burning for 2  + 8  fire damage over 8 seconds. Breaks on use
* Feather Jump - Launches the player up to 30 blocks in the direction they are facing.
* TNT Bomb - Drops a lit TNT that explodes and damages anyone nearby after a 1.5 second fuse.

In addition, Damage Reduction **Tier 4**  & **5**  are also fragile and will be dropped to your enemies on death. Be sure to sell your gear you don't need to avoid them falling into the wrong hands!

### Movement Pads

Scattered throughout the map are red launch pads and green jump pads:

#### Jump Pads

Jump pads (green arrow) will fling you in the direction the arrow indicates at high velocity, making traversing some areas of the map easier. They vary in strength, with some boosting you a few blocks up and others shooting you across large regions. Jump pads will always land you in the same spot so it's a good idea to remember where important ones will leave you!

#### Launch Pads

Launch pads (red upwards arrows) fling you high into the air directly above the pad and deploys your glider, which acts identically to the vanilla elytra and will disable whenever you make contact with the ground again. The glider can be cancelled and re-deployed with the jump button until you land. Red pads cannot be used within 5 seconds of using your elytra. Disabling it it in the air and dropping to the ground allows you to re-use the pad faster!

### Respawn Points

Beacons act as respawn as long as they're activated (image below) and are scattered across the map. Players spawn with gliders at these locations about 30 blocks above the ground. as the corruption sweeps in, respawn points will become disabled. When there are no respawn points remaining, players will spawn about 50 blocks in the air above the centre of the safe zone.

### How to Win

When you have no time, you cannot respawn and you will be eliminated instead. To gain more time, kill other players around the map, use Time Capsules, sell items in Jam's Time Shop, and complete bounties  . But beware! If you are killed, you will lose time until you have no time left. The further into the game, the more time you will lose.

The last player standing wins!

## Shops

### Jam's Time Shop

Jam’s Time Shop is a shop NPC located at various places around the map. You can buy and sell things using your time as currency, however items can not be sold in the corruption. Below is a list of what you can buy and sell and the time you spend and receive. Every Jam's shop will sell and buy the same items.

### The Shifty Witch

The Shifty Witch is located the the mushroom forest area inside the entrance to the big mushroom. She can trade a mysterious potion that will give a random potion effect for 2 minutes or until the player dies. This costs the player 60 seconds of time. 3 potions will always be offered: the Ancient Potion, Experimental Potion, and Suspicious Potion, and their colours will be randomized. Despite that, each potion will give a randomized effect regardless of name or colour.

## Corruption Bandits

Corruption Bandits have a small chance to spawn in place of loot boxes at the beginning of the game. These bandits will attack any nearby players. Killing a bandit will cause a loot box to spawn in it's place, which varies in rarity depending on the bandit's level, and contains double the loot of a regular box. Level 1 bandits are the most common, with green bandits being even more common then blue ones.

Corruption Bandits
HP: 25 (  × 12.5)
HP: 30 (  × 15)
HP: 35 (  × 17.5)
HP: 40 (  × 20)

## Perks

Chronos has unlockable perks that cost Chronos Coins. Chronos Coins are a form of in-game currency that are rewarded from multiple sources while you play Chronos. You can equip only one perk at a time, each offering powerful benefit and unique playstyle opportunities.

For an in-depth explanation of each perk, see the Chronos Perk Breakdown.

Perks are divided into 5 different types: Offense, Defense, Utility, Bounty, & Team*.* Here is a list of all perks:

Bounty Perks

Team Perks

In addition, there is a standalone random perk, purchasable for 10 : *At the start of the game a **random perk** is chosen from your unlocked perks and equipped!*

## Natural Damage

* The corruption will deal 2  damage every second if you have no time remaining.
* Burning from lava, fire, and Flame Rods deals 1  fire damage per second for 8 seconds.
* Lava deals 1  fire damage per second as long as you're in it, as well as setting you on fire for 8 seconds. Lava and fire damage stack, dealing 2  fire damage per second.
* If you touch Lava and Water at the same time, it will deal 10  fire damage a second. It's best not to do that.
* If you stand inside a shop NPC, you will slowly take damage at a rate of 1  damage every 2 seconds

Fire damage cannot be blocked by any form of damage reduction.

Fall damage is NOT received in this game mode. By extension, this also includes ender pearl damage and damage from hitting walls too hard in your glider.

## Bounty Mechanics

Bounties can be found in loot boxes, bought from Jam's Time Shop, and received at the start of the game when using bounty perks. Use the bounty to place a bounty on a random player in your match. Bounties will be shown on your map as a **Blue** pointer and their name will be shown under your time bar. You gain a bonus 60 seconds (along with the kill bonus), 1-2 , and a full heal from killing your bounty. Killing your hunter will result in a Bounty Shutdown and you will receive the same rewards. You can only have one bounty at a time but multiple hunters!

If your bounty is killed by another player, nothing happens and they will respawn as normal. But if they are eliminated, you will fail your bounty and not receive a new target. If your target leaves the match however, you will be assigned a new bounty target. Note that you also cannot assign a bounty on a player that is currently in the corruption, to prevent targets being far out of reach.

## Chronos Shop

The Chronos Shop is located under the perks menu in hub. Players can purchase vanity items using Chronos Coins  and convert coins to experience or Gems .

Chronos Vanity Shop

Chronos coins can also be converted into Gems and experience.

## Game Rewards

 Kill Bonus
 Time Leader Bonus
 Chests Looted
 Win Bonus

## History

Come back later to see the completed result!

*Notes:*

* *Chronos has received many emergency patches over its lifespan which were not documented in formal patch notes. Most of the important changes in these were later included in other update logs, though some changes may be missing due to the existence of this system.*
* *These only cover the main Chronos game; LTMs are not covered.*