Quake Live

Quake Live is an Arena FPS based on Quake 3 Arena, released as a browser plugin in 2009 and migrated to Steam in 2014. Free to play.

Two physics modes, determined by the server factory:

• VQL (Vanilla Quake Live): default. Strafe jumping is the primary speed technique. Limited air control.
• PQL (CPM-like physics): heavy air control. Movement keys while airborne steer toward the look direction.

Competitive play centers on the weapon triad: Rocket Launcher (RL), Lightning Gun (LG), and Railgun (RG/Rail).

Content here is specific to Quake Live. Nothing applies to Warfork or Reflex Arena unless a dedicated cross-game page says otherwise.

Getting Started

• Getting Started: download, config files, console setup, spawn defaults

Movement

• Movement: strafe jumping, circle jumping, rocket jumping, plasma climbing, AutoHop, VQL vs PQL

Weapons

• Weapons: all weapons, item IDs, damage values
  • Rocket Launcher
  • Lightning Gun
  • Railgun
  • Machine Gun
  • Shotgun
  • Plasma Gun
  • Grenade Launcher
  • Gauntlet

Items

• Health and Armor: item values, caps, decay, respawn timers
• Powerups: Quad Damage, Regeneration, Haste, spawn timers

Gametypes

• Gametypes: overview of all modes
• Duel: 1v1, item control, 10 minute default
• Clan Arena: team elimination, full loadout spawn, round-based
• Free For All: deathmatch, 15 minute default
• Capture the Flag: 15 minute default, ammo packs
• Team Deathmatch: team frag race

Reference

• Console: cvars, commands, config file locations
• Controls: default bindings, competitive bind patterns

Modding

• Modding Overview: minqlx, factories, map pools, physics modes
• Server Hosting: Docker setup, ports, RCON