Turf War: Taipei guide · 角頭械鬥

Turf War: Taipei (角頭械鬥) is a round-based browser shooter: one life a round, and cash you earn buys guns and attachments in the store. This page lists every weapon's price and damage, the attachments and the cash awards, and answers what new players ask most: what to buy first, how to earn cash and how to play Sabotage. Prices, damage, fire rates, magazines and reloads are BeGone's numbers, taken from the game's code.

Five things to know first

1. Guns are sold for 20 seconds: every round starts with a 4 s freeze, and for the first 20 s you can press B in your own base to buy guns; after that, or outside the base, wait until the round is over: in the 5 s pause before the next one you can buy guns anywhere. Grenades, smoke, bubble tea and attachments can be bought anywhere, any time.
2. What you buy stays yours: weapons and attachments last the whole match, even when you die, and a weapon you own swaps in free during buy time. A good gun bought early pays for itself every round after.
3. Aim for the head: headshots do the most damage, and every bullet that hits a head adds $100 (at most 3 per opponent per round).
4. One life: after dying you wait for the next round; surviving the round pays $200, and being the last one standing $300 more. When unsure, push with your team.
5. Losing still pays: from the 4th loss in a row, every lost round adds $500, so a team that is behind can save and buy everything in one round.

How cash is earned

A new match starts with $1,000; cash is capped at $16,000. The server works out every award:

Weapon stats

Everyone carries the MP5, the M9A1 and the knife (the blue-and-white slipper by default). Damage is head / body / limb against 100 health. Movement is relative to the M4A1 (100%).

How to use each gun

• MP5: fast to fire and to run with, the close-to-mid-range workhorse. You start with it; no need to replace it in the first rounds.
• M4A1: every bullet hurts more than the MP5's and it is steadier aimed; the safest buy once you have $3,400.
• M1014: 14 pellets can deal up to 140 to the body, so up close one shot usually does it; strong indoors (Taipei 101 · 88F, Memorial Hall's galleries), weak at range.
• M110: the most accurate gun when aimed, 90 to the head and 40 to the body; only 6 rounds, so move after a miss. It takes the M110-only 6× zoom.
• M249: high damage per bullet and an 86-round box, good for holding a bomb site; the price is the slowest movement and a 4 s reload.
• MP7: an SMG in the secondary slot, faster than the M9A1, insurance for when the primary runs dry.

Attachments

One attachment per category per weapon; bought once, kept for the match.

Grenades, bubble tea and the thrown slipper

• M67 grenade ($1,000, 4 or G): up to 70 damage, less with distance; one carried, not restocked. The High Explosive mod ($1,500) adds 45 body damage with a smaller radius. A grenade kill pays $900, the biggest single kill award.
• M18 smoke grenade ($300, 5 or X): a 9 m cloud for 15 s that blocks sight, not bullets. Use it to blind a sniper's lane or to cover arming and disarming the bomb.
• Molotov (燃燒彈) ($400, 7 or U): breaks on the floor it lands on and sets about 6 m of it alight for 7 s; anyone standing in it burns for 32 health a second (enemies and you, not teammates). Use it to clear a corner or deny a bomb site; a smoke grenade puts it out.
• Bubble tea (珍奶) ($400, 6 or Y): drink it when hurt: a 1.4 s sip (no shooting), then +50 health up to 100. Get behind cover first.
• Thrown slipper (飛拖) (free): with the slipper in hand, hold aim (right mouse) to wind up for up to 0.8 s and let go to throw. Without a wind-up a hit does 30; only a full wind-up kills outright, and it counts as a knife kill ($600). You have one a round: once thrown, walk over it to pick it up (a lying slipper shows a pulsing ring).

When to buy what

• Round one ($1,000): fight with the default MP5 and M9A1 and buy a smoke and a bubble tea ($700 together), or save.
• At $3,400: buy the M4A1. Spend later spare cash on attachments, such as a Reflex or Holographic sight ($800 / $1,000) or the recoil pad ($1,200).
• When rich: restock a grenade and a smoke every round; thrown items are gone once used.
• Holding a site: the M249, or the M110 with the 6× zoom; attacking: the M4A1, or the M1014 up close.

Sabotage tips

• Militia arm the bomb by holding E for 5 s on site A or B, unable to move or shoot meanwhile, so have teammates cut the sightlines first (smoke helps).
• Once armed, the round has 40 s left and the other site is dead; SWAT can now only win by disarming, again by holding E for 5 s.
• The Taipei maps (Ximending, Taipei 101, Memorial Hall, Sanchong) are built so SWAT reach each site about 2 s before Militia: SWAT can be waiting on site, so Militia should fake or stack on one site together.
• Before the bomb is armed, Militia lose if they are all dead or time runs out, and SWAT lose if they are all dead. Sabotage has no draws.
• On Memorial Hall, site B is above site A: you arm and disarm a site only on its own floor.

All the keys and the phone controls are on the about page; each map's routes and bomb sites are on the maps page.

FAQ

What should I buy in the first round of Turf War: Taipei?

You start with $1,000 and already carry the MP5 and the M9A1. The best value is a smoke grenade ($300) and a bubble tea ($400), or saving; buy the M4A1 once you have $3,400, because a weapon you buy stays yours for the whole match.

How do I earn the most cash?

A kill pays $500, a knife kill $600 and a grenade kill $900; the round's first kill, first damage and the last enemy each add $300; every headshot bullet adds $100 (at most 3 per opponent per round); a round win pays every player $500, and arming or disarming the bomb $500. Cash is capped at $16,000.

What do I do when I run out of ammo?

Every map has ammo crates, plus one in each base. Stand within 2.4 m and press E: the first use each round costs $300, after that it is free, and each use restocks half a magazine.

Which gun is best for beginners?

The default MP5 fires fast (12 rounds a second) and moves quickly, which suits close and mid range; switch to the M4A1 (9 rounds a second, more damage) when you can afford it. On phones, aim assist and auto-aim while holding fire are on by default.

Sources

The numbers come from the game's source code (github.com/madeyexz/turfwar); the rules and numbers are an homage to nPlay's BeGone, see Turf War: Taipei and BeGone. Made by Ian Hsiao.