[OBSOLETE] PaintSquad Documentation so you can gain a phd in paintsquad

THIS GUIDE IS NO LONGER BEING UPDATED AND HAS SINCE BEEN MOVED TO THE PAINTSQUAD WIKI.
Please do not cite or use info from this post, it's only being kept up for nostalgic purposes.

just a lil guide/documentation (and some other stuff too) im making because most people may not fully know how some things in paintsquad work, so imma dump most of the things i know here. this gets a lot more technical than the guide in the server, but displays a lot of useful information. also join the discord.

as paintsquad gets updated, ill update this post too. keep in mind, this post is never finished, as anything could get added, anytime. keep in mind, paintsquad is in beta, and will be for a while. you should expect to see some bugs here and there.

if anythings too confusing, or you want to know more about something, i can tell you as much as i know on discord @Swag#6969.

if you choose to add and talk to me, please do not ask: if i want to do a j4j, for collaborations, for release dates of content, how to become staff, or to forward something to someone.

also dm me if you notice any potential errors or typos cause i know i aint perfect.

Main Gamemode Info

Turf War ("TW")

Objective

In the simplest mode, Turf War, your objective is to paint more of the ground than the enemy team in 3 minutes. The only thing that counts towards the final score is the amount of ground covered in your team's paint by the end of the match. All new squids should start their fightin' in this mode.

Rewards

Your score is the amount of blocks you painted throughout the match.

Rainmaker ("RM")

Objective

Rainmaker can sometimes be confusing, but once you understand how it works, you're all set. Your primary goal is to carry the objective (which is in the form of a weapon), known as the "Rainmaker", to the enemy's side of the map. Somewhere near their spawn, there will be a podium (labelled goal). This is where you must carry the Rainmaker to. The closer you get to the goal, the more points you score, up to 100 if you make it on top of the podium. I recommend taking a peek at my post about Rainmaker Pathing and how to score as that will come in very useful.

The Rainmaker

The Rainmaker itself is a powerful weapon, however it is at first protected by a barrier, known as it's shield. You can explode the shield by damaging it in your team's colour using any weapon that can damage it. The shield itself can damage any player, though not by much, so it'll only really splat you if you're already low health. Once the shield is damaged enough, it will explode, splatting any player of the opposing team within its radius. Once the shield is down, any player is able to pick up the Rainmaker and start carrying it towards the goal. (Keep in mind, only one player can have the Rainmaker at a time). If the Rainmaker is left out of its barrier for longer than 30 seconds, it'll reset to the center of the stage, and its barrier will reform.

Since the Rainmaker is a heavy weapon, your run and swim speed are reduced. You are also not able to use your sub or special weapons, or super jump anywhere, while holding the Rainmaker. The Rainmaker itself can be fired by charging up a shot by holding down your use item button (default is Right Click), and you can release the shot by letting go, once it's fully charged. The shot doesn't travel too far, but once it hits a surface (players not included), it will cause an explosion after a short time, insta-splatting any player of the opposing team in the blast radius.

If the player holding the rainmaker gets splatted, it'll drop wherever they died, along with its barrier being reformed. Additionally, if the player holding the Rainmaker has been carrying it for longer than 60 seconds, they will explode, splatting them and any of their teammates nearby. You can see the time until the Rainmaker self-destructs in your actionbar (which is right above your health and hunger bar).

Winning

If a team manages to reach the opposing team's podium, and stand on the middle of it, that team will be rewarded with a knockout win. Otherwise, if neither team won by knockout after the match time of 5 minutes passes, then whichever team brought the Rainmaker closer to their enemy's goal will win. This is considered a non-knockout win.

Overtime

If the team that's losing is in possession of the Rainmaker when the clock hits 0:00, then Overtime will start. Once Overtime starts, it won't end until:

• The losing team takes the lead, in which they will win.
• The losing team loses the Rainmaker.
• 1 minute passes, and the losing team hasn't taken the lead

Rewards

You can get up to 100 points, based on how close you got to the enemy's podium.

Splat Zones ("SZ")

Objective

Splat Zones is like a King of the Hill mode, if you've heard of that before. Your objective is to paint 1 or 2 zones, which are marked by glowing shulkers (depending on settings) and particles, located in or near the center of the stage. After successfully painting them, your team is considered "in control" of the zones. Once in control, your goal is to stay in control, for as long as you can.

Controlling the Zones

In order for a zone to be considered "in control", you must paint at least 75% of the zone. Upon gaining control of all the zones on a stage, your team's timer will begin to tick down (at 1 point per 0.85 seconds, or 70.6pts per minute). The longer you're in control, the more points you score. If you lose control of a zone, your timer will stop, and you'll stop gaining points. In order to defuse control of an enemy's zone, ensure you have painted it enough so that they have less than 75% of the zone in their colour.

If a team loses control, and the opposing team takes control, then the team that lost control is given a penalty. This penalty is equivalent to [time in control] * 0.75. The penalty's function is to serve as a punishment for losing control, and stops you from gaining points for a set amount of time after you regain control. After regaining control, your penalty timer will start to tick down before the main one, meaning you won't score any points until your penalty is 0.

Winning

If a team manages to get their counter to 0, that team will be rewarded with a knockout win. Otherwise, if neither team won by knockout after the match time of 5 minutes passes, then whichever team had control for longer (without a penalty) will win. This is considered a non-knockout win.

Overtime

If the team that's losing is in control of every zone when the clock hits 0:00, then Overtime will start. Once Overtime starts, it won't end until:

• The losing team takes the lead, in which they will win.
• The winning team takes control of all zones
• 2 minutes pass, and the losing team hasn't taken the lead

Rewards

You can get up to 100 points, based on how many seconds you were in control for, without a penalty.

Tower Control ("TC")

Objective

Tower Control is one of the more straightfoward modes, since all you have to do is stand on the tower, and let it do its job. Your goal is to bring the tower to it's end point, which is located near the enemy base, by standing on it. Once you're on it, it'll automatically move on it's own towards the goal, like a simplistic version of Rainmaker.

The Tower

The Tower, is well, a tower, that starts in the middle of the stage. The path it takes towards its goal can be seen on the ground. The place where the path ends is the tower's knockout zone, and where you aim to get the tower to. You are able to paint, climb, and swim on the tower. Once you're on the tower, it'll follow its path towards the end, at a consistent pace. The closer to the goal you get with the tower, the more points you score, up to 100 of course. While you are on the tower, you cannot use your special, though you're still able to shoot, and recover ink in squid form, as you normally would.

If a team loses the tower (by either dying or falling off), or a player from both teams stands on the tower, it'll start returning to the center of the stage after 5 seconds.

Winning

If a team manages to get the tower to its end point in their enemy's base, then that team will be rewarded with a knockout win. Otherwise, if neither team won by knockout after the match time of 5 minutes passes, then whichever team got the tower the closest to its end point will win. This is considered a non-knockout win.

Overtime

If the team that's losing is on the tower when the clock hits 0:00, then Overtime will start. Once Overtime starts, it won't end until:

• The losing team takes the lead, in which they will win.
• The losing team loses the tower, and can't get it back within 5 seconds.
• 2 minutes pass, and the losing team hasn't taken the lead.

Rewards

You can get up to 100 points, based on how close you got the tower to its end point.

Deathmatch ("DM")

Objective

Deathmatch is just as simple as Turf War. Instead of painting the ground however, your one and only goal is to splat your enemies. That's it. As simple as that. You get 5 minutes to rack up as many splats as you can.

Winning

If a team manages to score 25 kills total, then that team will be rewarded with a knockout win. Otherwise, if neither team won by knockout after the match time of 5 minutes passes, then whichever team got the most kills will win. This is considered a non-knockout win.

Overtime

If the scores are tied when the clock hits 0:00, then Overtime will start. Once Overtime starts, it won't end until:

• A team scores, in which that team will win.
• 2 minutes pass, in which a random team will be declared the winner.

Rewards

On top of the base rewards, you also get an extra reward depending on how many killstreaks you get. The total rewards for killstreaks are then summed up at the end of the round and given to you.

*The 100 coins as the win bonus is NOT a typo.

Eightball ("EB")

Objective

Eightball is very similar to Rainmaker in terms of objective, however, instead of carrying an object, you're supposed to push it. Your goal is to guide the Eightball to the goal, near the enemy's base, in order to win. On your journey though, there are a few barriers to stop your progress, requiring you to destroy them before you can progress further.

Eightball & Barriers

Pushing the Eightball is as easy as just shooting it (you're able to use sub and special weapons too). Once shot enough, it'll take the colour of your team, and proceed to leave an ink trail in your team's colour. The closer you push the Eightball to the goal, the more points you score. Keep in mind, you can only score points if the ball is in your team's colour. With enough speed, the ball is actually able to splat players in it's own, rewarding the player who gave it that force one kill for their count.

Throughout the stage, there are a few, normally 2-3 barriers that the Eightball cannot pass. In order to disable these barriers, you must shoot at it's orb, which is located in front of it, to deal enough damage and break the barrier. If the enemy damages your barrier, you're able to heal it in the same way as if you were damaging the enemy's barriers, though it heals only half the damage you deal.

Winning

If a team manages to get the Eightball to its goal, then that team will be rewarded with a knockout win. Otherwise, if neither team won by knockout after the match time of 7 minutes passes, then whichever team got the Eightball the closest to their enemy's goal will win. This is considered a non-knockout win.

Overtime

If the Eightball is in the colour of the team that's losing when the clock hits 0:00, then Overtime will start. Once Overtime starts, it won't end until:

• The losing team takes the lead, in which they will win.
• The Eightball takes the colour of the winning team, and stays that way for 10 seconds.
• 2 minutes pass, and the losing team hasn't taken the lead.

Rewards

You can get up to 100 points, based on how close you got the Eightball to the goal.

Conquest ("CQ")

Origin

Conquest was proposed as a gamemode by me in early April, you can find that post here. It mostly follows what was suggested, however, there were some modifications to it.

Objective

Conquest is like a mix 'n' match of Deathmatch and Splat Zones. It's probably the most hard to understand mode in PaintSquad, but one of the easiest to get used to, and strategize on, once you know what you're doing. Your goal is to splat enemies, while also having control of various checkpoints around the map. Unlike Splat Zones however, you can capture checkpoints just by being near them. The more checkpoints you have, the faster you can score.

Checkpoints & Scoring

All around the stage, there are a set number of checkpoints that can be captured by you or the enemy. In order to score points, you must splat the enemies, or capture checkpoints. The amount of points you get for each kill is 1 * [amount of checkpoints captured]. You can see how many checkpoints you have captured at the top of your screen, next to your point count. Each checkpoint you capture for the first time, or from an enemy, gives 1 point.

At the start of the round, both teams start with one checkpoint captured. The rest are neutral, and are able to be captured by any team. To capture a checkpoint, all you have to do is be near it, and it'll slowly get captured. If the checkpoint is neutral, you must first get through the neutral stage, then it'll become captured by your team. As long as it's in your team's colour, you've captured it, however, you won't get a point unless it's 100% captured. If you leave the area, and you're not done capturing the checkpoint, while it's neutral, it'll slowly go back up to 100% neutral. When capturing from the enemy team, you must first reset it to neutral before you can capture it.

If there are multiple team members near a checkpoint, it'll capture faster than if there were less. You can see the time it takes to capture checkpoints here:

Winning

If a team manages to score 100 points, then that team will be rewarded with a knockout win. Otherwise, if neither team won by knockout after the match time of 7 minutes passes, then whichever team scored the most points will win. This is considered a non-knockout win.

Overtime

If the losing team has the same amount, or more checkpoints captured than the winning team when the clock hits 0:00, then Overtime will start. Once Overtime starts, it won't end until:

• The losing team takes the lead, in which they will win.
• The winning team has more checkpoints captured than the losing team for longer than 15 seconds.
• The winning team reaches 100 points, in which they will get a knockout.
• 3 minutes pass, and the losing team hasn't taken the lead.

Additionally, overtime will also start if the scores are tied, and won't end until:

• A team fully captures a checkpoint, awarding them a point, and a win.
• A team, with at least one flag captured, gets a kill.

Rewards

You can get up to 100 points, based on how many points you scored with your captured checkpoints.

Clam Blitz ("CB")

This mode is not yet released. Come back later!

Other Info

Maps & Compatible Modes

This section is to just show which maps each mode supports (as of right now, at least). If you're unsure about what each mode acronym means, they're listed above next to the full mode name. Every map by default supports Turf War and Deathmatch.

*PaintFest Exclusive

*Temporarily Removed

Bot Difficulties

The bot difficulty calculation works a bit more complicated than I thought it did, but I should be able to sum up everything here. The difficulties of bots determine how much damage they do, their hit accuracy, and aggression. In Public Matches (and PaintFest Matches), the bot difficulties are automatically determined based on the human players' levels. In Private Matches, the difficulties can be customized to one's heart (or you could just not have any bots at all, of course).

Difficulty Effects

*Time per Jump applies when bots are in combat. After the displayed amount of time passes, when attacking, the bot will jump.

Calculating Difficulty

Bot difficulties are calculated purely based on the sum of each human players' level. Basically speaking, the higher level your team is, the lower difficulty your team is, and the higher the other one is. First off, PaintSquad gets the lowest possible difficulty using the sum of each players level. The lowest possible difficulty is then applied to the team with a lower level total.

After that, for every 25 levels more the higher leveled team has then the opposite team, the lower leveled team will be one difficulty higher. Here are some examples: *B = BOT

Gear Perks

List of each perk and their effects. Not all perks are stackable, in which some cells will be empty.

Weapons

This is a list of every weapon in the game, as of making this edit, sorted by weapon category.

Weapons in a light blue color cannot be purchased in the weapon shop and must be obtained some other way.

Shooters

Chargers

Blasters

Rollers

Brushes

Splatlings

Sloshers

Bows

Sub Weapons

Splat Bomb

Detonates after a few seconds while on the ground.

• Cooldown: 0.6 seconds
• Radius: 4.5 blocks
• Damage: 160
• Ink Consumption: 65%

Burst Bomb

Explodes on contact with any player or surface.

• Cooldown: 0.25 seconds
• Radius: 4 blocks
• Damage: 30
• Ink Consumption: 35%

Curling Bomb

Slides on the ground leaving an ink trail, and detonates after a while.

• Cooldown: 0.6 seconds
• Radius: 4.5 blocks
• Damage: 180
• Ink Consumption: 65%
• Duration: 4.5 seconds

Autobomb

Follows any player within a radius, and explodes once it reaches them or takes too long doing so. Explodes sooner if no target is found.

• Cooldown: 0.5 seconds
• Radius: 4.25 blocks
• Damage: 140
• Ink Consumption: 55%

Sprinkler

Sprays ink within a certain radius until destroyed.

• Cooldown: 0.6 seconds
• Damage: 10 per bullet
• Ink Consumption: 65%
• Max per player: 2 sprinklers

Squid Beakon

Acts as a marker that anyone on your team can super jump to. Breaks once used.

• Ink Consumption: 75%
• Max per player: 2 squid beakons

Ink Mine

Detonates after an enemy walks over it, or it was painted in enemy ink. Explodes automatically after a while if neither condition is met.

• Ink Consumption: 65%
• Max per player: 3 ink mines

Toxic Mist

Deals no damage, but negatively affects enemies that walk through it.

• Cooldown: 0.6 seconds
• Radius: 2.5 blocks
• Ink Consumption: 65%
• Duration: 6 seconds

Point Sensor

Highlights enemies that are caught within its radius.

• Cooldown: 0.6 seconds
• Radius: 4 blocks
• Ink Consumption: 45%
• Tracking Time: 1.75 seconds

Special Weapons

Bomb Launchers

Allows you to repeatedly throw sub weapons for a set time.

• Duration: 6 seconds

Baller

A hamster-ball-type weapon that protects you, and explodes after a while.

• Duration: 12 seconds (-1 second per click)
• Explosion Damage: 140
• Roll Damage: 10

Booyah Bomb

A "super ball" that creates a slow, but huge explosion if charged up fully.

• Duration: 10 seconds (+1 second activation time)
• Armor: 400 HP
• Max Radius: 10 blocks
• Damage: 150 per second (regardless of charge level)

Bubble Blower

Blows bubbles that act like the rainmaker shield - shoot them to explode them, splatting any nearby enemies.

• Duration: 7 seconds
• Bubbles: 3
• Initial HP: 150 (despawns at 0 / explodes at 420)
  Shoot to increase HP, enemy damage decreases it.
• Explosion Radius: 5.5 blocks
• Explosion Damage: 250
• Damage On Contact: 20

Echolocator

Highlights the enemy team once used.

• Duration: 8 seconds

Ink Storm

Creates a heavy rain cloud when thrown, and causes ink droplets to fall for a short while.

• Duration: 13 seconds
• Speed: 0.25 blocks per tick
• Damage: 25 per droplet
• Radius: 4.5 blocks
• Droplet Rate: 50 per second

Inkjet

A jetpack that comes with a blaster-type weapon.

• Duration: 9 seconds
• Shot Cooldown: 1.2 seconds
• Damage: 120
• Radius: 2-4 blocks

Ink Armor

Gives your entire team armor for a short while. Can be broken by enemy damage.

• Activation Time: 2 seconds
• Armor: 180 HP

Inkzooka

A bazooka/grenade launcher hybrid that allows you to shoot a few powerful explosive projectiles.

• Duration: 10 seconds
• Shots: 3
• Radius: 4.5 blocks
• Damage: 120

Splashdown

A weapon that brings you up into the air and smashes the ground, causing a huge explosion.

• Max Duration: 10 seconds
• Armor: 75 HP
• Radius: 6.5 blocks
• Damage: 140

Sting Ray

A heavy weapon that shoots a beam capable of cutting through walls. Causes many speed debuffs, but also highlights enemies you damage.

• Duration: 7.15 seconds
• Highlight Duration: 1 second upon activation and damage
• Range: 64 blocks
• Damage: 80 per second

Tenta Missiles

A cannon that launches missiles upon enemies you lock on to.

• Duration: 5 seconds
• Missile Count:
  1 target - 10
  2 targets - 10 (5 per target)
  3 targets - 12 (4 per target)
  4 targets - 16
  5 targets - 20
• Explosion Radius: 2.3 blocks
• Explosion Damage: 120

Levels

This section is for showing information about levelling up in PaintSquad. You can see your level in game on the right side of your screen in the lobby, as well as the progression to the next level in %. You can also see your level in your exp bar at the bottom of your screen.

You get experience by playing matches, and the amount is all listed in the Main Gamemode sections, under Rewards. Keep in mind you only get 35% experience from Private Battles.

Main Levels

PaintFests

PaintFests are a roughly-once-per-month festival type of event. Each PaintFest, a "topic" is picked where players can decide to pick between 2 different teams. Once on a team, you can't change it, and you must fight for your team's victory. During PaintFests, the amount of experience you can get from matches (not including Private Matches) is increased by 50%.

The winning team is decided by the sum of each player's PaintFest level on that team. Whichever team has more total PaintFest levels wins. Levelling up your PaintFest level offers rewards that are listed below.

PaintFest Levels

PaintFest levels work the same as normal levels, however they can only be earned in PaintFest matches, and not Private Battles. During PaintFests, you get 150% more exp (does not apply to Private Battles) to both normal and PaintFest levels.

Past PaintFests

Golden Clams

Golden Clams ("GCs") are collectables found in every match during an event. Up to 5 Golden Clams can spawn anywhere on the stage in a match and can be picked up by any human player (you can see how many Golden Clams exist at the start of the match). Upon returning to the lobby, you can deposit your Clams in exchange for rewards in the form of coins, tokens, weapons, and more. For the duration of the Halloween Event, here are the rewards:

Pets

Pets are a new edition to PaintSquad that serve as a booster item. Pets can be bought from the Pet Shop in the lobby and boost the amount of experience and coins from battles, depending on your pets level. You can also give your pet a nickname (so long as it doesn't break the rules), that will be shown in the lobby next to its level.

Pets take 5% of experience you gain from matches (not including experience from pet bonuses) to level itself up. The higher level your pet is, the more experience and coins you get from battles (both Public and Private). You can only have one pet active at a time, meaning you can't combine boosters.

Ink Tanks

As of 1.8.9.0, you can get special ink tanks that look sliiightly different from your usual Ink Tank. They don't provide any bonuses to ink consumption or recovery, they are only for looks. You can purchase Ink Tanks from the Gadget NPC in the Weapon Shop, and equip your skins in the character editor by using /settings.

Daily Missions

Daily Missions were added in 1.8.0.0 and serve as a way to get extra experience, coins, and tokens by coming back every day and completing tasks. Every day at 12:00am (00:00) CEST, the Daily Missions reset. You are given 3 every day, in ranging difficulties. Higher difficulties give higher rewards. The missions, difficulties, and rewards are picked randomly, and cannot be rerolled (until the day ends). After completing all of the Daily Missions, you can claim a "final reward", and must wait for the next day to do missions again.

Points

Win Matches

Play Matches

Get Knockouts

Splat Enemies

Rewards

Gear Ordering

After every match you play (that includes human players), those players then appear in your lobby as NPCs (up to 50). You are able to then Right Click on the player to view their gear, report them, or look at their stats.

When viewing a player you recently played with, you can order their gear using the Diamond Block buttons. Upon ordering a piece of gear, it'll be put into your queue which you can view at the Mystery Chest. Depending on how many ongoing orders you have, it'll take 4-12 hours for your gear to arrive.

Upon receiving your gear, you can purchase it at the Mystery Chest. The cost of which will be equal to its shop price (what the original player bought it for). The perks of the gear you ordered have a chance of matching the original piece, or being blank (meaning you need to re-level up the gear).

Achievements

A list of the obtainable achievements in game, and how to get them. Achievements cannot be obtained in Private battles, only in Public Matches or PaintFest Matches.

Leaderboard

Leaderboard directly from the top 10 room in-game, sorted by total points inked. I'll attempt to update this as much as possible, just so you don't have to join whenever you want to see the leaderboard. Also includes information like total experience, average points per match, kill/death ratio, and winrate.

Last Updated: January 4th - 20:16 UTC+2

*Levels are displayed as if the 50-level cap was increased. Anyone above 50 will be shown as 50 in game, until 2.0.

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How can I play being OCTO .. ?????

You unlock it at 88,888 points

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Hi, how i can see my points...???

use /stats in game