guide
Heat of Battle
Updated May 12, 2026
Heat of Battle will be triggered by performing an aggressive action against another player regardless of notoriety, or when interacting with various faction content events or wayposts.
- Aggressive actions include attacking or stealing from a player
- Aggressive actions do not include retaliatory empty-handed wrestling attacks or weapon swings your character makes when someone attacks you
- However, it is an aggressive action to re-target your attacker (for example, to avoid attacking monsters instead of the attacking player)
- Note also that using harmful spells (such as Weaken, Telekinesis, or Energy Bolt) will trigger Heat of Battle, even when used against an attacker
- The Heat of Battle flag is now a visible buff on players in the Buff Bar (shown below)
- Heat of battle will prevent the player from utilizing any moongates, recalling, or entering an inn room while it is active
- Heat of battle will enable the "PvP Mechanics" of an Aspect
Mentioned in official posts
- patchPATCH: QoL Updates, Party XP Changes & More!Mar 5, 2026
- patchPATCH: April 28 – PvP Updates, Bug Fixes & MoreApr 28, 2025
- patchPATCH: April 4 – Aspect Changes, Chromatic Items & more!Apr 4, 2024
- patchPATCH: March 10 – Faction Updates and Many FixesMar 11, 2023
- patchPATCH: February 27 – Storage Shelf Update, New Houses, New Deco and moreFeb 27, 2023
- patchPATCH: January 26 – Factions, Permanent Buffs, Potion Crafting and moreJan 27, 2023
