Map Elements
Certain maps in PHIGHTING! have unique elements that can be used strategically to the players benefit or to create chaos by disorienting them. Other elements are used for design purposes. Some elements are unique to that specific map, while others are shared or utilized across many maps.
Conveyors
Conveyors are a map element seen on Hotel Elephant and The Bread Factory. All conveyors will push any players standing on top of them in a certain direction. Trying to move in the opposite direction of the conveyors while standing on one will result in slower movement.
Damaging hazards
Damaging hazards are general hazards that deal damage to the player if touched. These can be seen on Darkage Cliffs and ROBLOX Laundromat. Fire on Darkage Cliffs will deal 20 damage to the player for every second that they are in it. On Roblox Laundromat, water will deal 20 damage to the player for every second that they are in contact with it. Both of these damaging hazards will activate at One Minute Left.
Damaging hazards will still deal damage to the players revived inside them either by Medkit's Divine Resurrection or Ghostwalker's sword event.
Geysers
Geysers are a map element exclusive to Nuke The Whales. The geysers are constantly on throughout the map and will launch any player in contact with them upwards. Similarly to trampolines, if the player keeps using the geyser, the height the player is launched will decrease. The decrease will be reset after a period of time.
- While being launched by a Geyser, using a mobility ability will override its effects.
Grated walls
Grated walls are a map element used in The Iron Cafe, Train Demolition, the summer variant of DODGEBALL!, Rob The ROBLOX Bank, ROBLOX HQ, and BOGIO Skatepark. Grated walls function similarly to regular walls in that a player cannot pass through them. However, they can be seen through from both sides, and projectile abilities from certain Phighters can pass through these walls.
Gravity
While not a map element, Gravity is a modifier exclusive to Fractured Space. All players have their gravity lowered in this map, increasing their jump height and slowing down their fall speed. In addition, abilities that affect a player's vertical position are subject to the map's gravity modifier.
Killbricks
Killbricks are a common element used for maps in PHIGHTING! Killbricks serve as a method to kill players who go out of bounds or make contact with a hazardous obstacle. While all maps utilize killbricks, not all can be accessed without utilizing bugs to access unintended sections of the map. Killbricks have several interactions:
- On contact, the player takes 999 damage. This damage bypasses shields and forcefields.
- If the player takes damage from another player before contacting the killbrick, it will count as a kill.
- It will register 1 point for the opposite team in Annihilate, given that the score cap has not been reached.
- Certain killbrick variants, such as the plane in Doomspire, knock away the player's ragdoll for comical effect.
As all maps use killbricks, the following list indicates maps where killbricks are used as a hazardous obstacle:
- The plane in Doomspire.
- The water at the edge of the map in Doomspire.
- The bombs in Rob The ROBLOX Bank.
- The fan blades in ROBLOX Mall.
- The trains in Train Demolition.
- The train in Chaos Canyon.
- The chutes in Hotel Elephant.
- The cliff drop in Hotel Elephant.
- The lava in Banlands.
- The void in Sword Fight On The Heights.
- The void in ROBLOX HQ.
- The void in Darkage Cliffs.
- The void in Space Knights.
- The void in Rocket Arena.
- The press in The Bread Factory.
- The void in The Iron Cafe.
- The void in King of the Hill.
If a player's dead body falls into a killbrick, the instant kill sound and the damage number indicator will appear again.
Spawns
Spawns are a common element which indicates the starting and respawn points for each team's players on the map. Spawns have several interactions:
- If the player currently has full Health, they can access the Phighter select screen by pressing the X key while standing on their team's spawn.
- Any status effects, such as Biograft's Overdrive or the shield granted by Boombox's Raining Tacos, are removed from the player should they enter the Phighter select screen.
- Changing Phighters or respawning restores all health and shield to the player and grants them a forcefield for 5 seconds.
- The player will spawn in any location on the spawnpoint itself.
Trampolines
Trampolines are a map element used in Fractured Space, ROBLOX Museum, Sword Fight On The Heights, ROBLOX Laundromat, Darkage Cliffs, and Sword Fighting Tournament. Trampolines will launch the player upwards vertically. Over time, if the player continues to use the trampolines, they will be unable to bounce for 3 seconds.