The Largest Solar Flare Ever
Radiation fills the air, electronics die and rooftops melt. The roof that saved you in a tsunami is the wrong place here, because the top of the map is where the flare lands.
| The banner says | “What if the largest solar flare ever hits?” |
|---|---|
| Hazard type | Cosmic |
| Where it hits | Any map, rooftops |
| How to survive | Get off the roof and into a building. Where the tsunami answer is up, this one is down and indoors. |
How the round plays out
- 1.Radiation fills the air, so the open sky becomes the damage source.
- 2.Electronics die, which strips out anything powered on the map.
- 3.Rooftops melt — the highest ground, the one that saves you in a water round, is where the flare lands.
Where it kills you: Rooftops and open sky. This is the scenario that punishes the habit built by every water round: climbing first.
What to do in the 30-second head start
- ›Get indoors and stay low. Down is the answer here, not up.
- ›Do not rely on anything powered once the flare starts.
- ›If you are on a roof when the banner fires, spend the whole 30 seconds getting off it.
If you are already caught out: Get under a roof immediately, even a low one. Distance from the sky matters more than the quality of the shelter.
Worst maps for it: Any map where the only cover is a rooftop — the Golden Gate crossing has the least indoor space of any recorded map.
Surviving is half preparation and half knowing the map — see the map list and the round guide for the 30-second head start.
Other disasters
The Moon Falls
The moon drops toward Earth in stages. The sea first surges in and out, burning chunks fall from the sky, and gravity weakens until loose objects and players start lifting off the ground.
The Sun Disappears
A permanent deep freeze sets in while the power grid fails. The map goes dark and cold rather than being torn apart, so the round is lost to exposure in the open rather than to one big hit.
A 500 m Mega Tsunami
A wave that grows as it approaches and drags players off the coast. The water arrives later than the warning does, so the 30-second head start is the entire survival window.
Earth Enters a Mega Storm
A storm that tracks wind speed as it builds — the HUD climbs toward 150 KM/H — and then starts roping out tornadoes. The banner's own name for the late stage is that the storm never ends.
Earth Completely Freezes
Snow starts falling and the temperature keeps dropping until the oceans freeze solid. Buildings give out from the cold rather than from a wave, so the round is a shelter round with collapsing cover.
Earth Loses Its Atmosphere
Windows break, the wind tears loose everything not fixed, the sun burns without protection and the oceans boil. With no air pressure there is no sound, which removes the usual audio warning.