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Duels (デュエル, Dyueru^?) are authorized Player versus Player (PvP) fights that can take place even in safe areas and will not change a player cursor from green to orange by killing the opponent. Known games that have duels are Sword Art Online and ALfheim Online.

Procedure

The winner and the loser of a duel.
The notification message for both the winner and the loser of the duel.

To make a duel a player must send a request to another player. The latter must accept the request, and is then given the right to decide the type of the duel. At the beginning of the duel, the player will have sixty seconds to prepare for the duel. Once the duel begins, the Area effect is lifted from the two duelists.

If the victory condition for the duel is not met within the time limit, the victor is chosen based on who had more Hit Points (HP) remaining at the end of the duel; however, the Hit Points are rounded in increments of five, thus minor differences in Hit Points will result in a draw.^[1] After a duel is concluded, a window indicating the winner will appear between the participants if they are within ten meters of each other. If the participants are farther apart at the end of a duel, then two windows will appear at the closest point to both the winner and loser separately.^[2]

Known Duels

Participants	Date	Outcome	Notes	References
Kirito versus Morte	December 19, 2022	Draw	Challenger - Morte Duel Type - Half Loss	^[1]
Asuna versus Kirito	December 28, 2022	Draw	Challenger - Asuna Duel Type - First Strike Duel halted before the fight could begin.	^[3]
Asuna versus Kirito	March 6, 2024^[4]	Kirito wins	Challenger - Asuna Duel Type - First Strike	^[5]
Mosaku versus Tonnura		Mosaku wins		^[4]
Kirito versus Kuradeel	October 18, 2024^[6]	Kirito wins	Challenger - Kuradeel Duel Type - First Strike	^[7]
Heathcliff versus Kirito	October 20, 2024^[8]	Heathcliff wins	Challenger - Heathcliff Duel Type - First Strike	^[9]
Lisbeth versus Yuuki		Yuuki wins		^[10]
Leafa versus Yuuki		Yuuki wins		^[10]
Kirito versus Yuuki		Yuuki wins		^[10]
Asuna versus Yuuki	January 7, 2026	Yuuki wins	Challenger - Yuuki Duel Type - Total Loss	^[11]
Kirito versus Yuuki	February, 2026	Yuuki wins	Part of the ALO Duel Tournament	^[12]

Types of Duel

In Sword Art Online and ALfheim Online, three types of duels exist:^[13]

Total Loss Mode: Rarely used in Sword Art Online, since it will only stop when a player's Hit Points reach zero, which results in permanent death for the loser. This is type of duel can be used for Sleep PK.
Half Loss Mode: The winner is decided after the other player loses half of their hit points. Rarely used in Sword Art Online, as a critical hit could reduce someone's Hit Points to the danger zone.
First Strike Mode: The most common type of duel in Sword Art Online. The winner is decided by whoever lands the first clean hit or whittle the opponent's HP to half.

Trivia

In the web version of SAO, duels could also be conducted without consent by the other party in the fighting arena in the Starting City during the beta test of SAO.

References

Navigation

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SAO	Angel's Ring - Christmas Event - Cows' Counter Attack - Dark Elf Queen's quest - Elf War Campaign quest - Frost dragon quest - Guild Formation quest - Karma Recovery quest - Martial Arts quest - Meditation Extra Skill quest - Ogre Slaughter quest - Secret Medicine of the Forest - Witch of the West and the Three Treasures
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Alicization	Four Empires Unity Tournament - Norlangarth North Area Swordsmanship Competition - Norlangarth North Empire Swordsmanship Tournament

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[E5-4] 4.0 ^4.1 Episode 5

[5] Material Edition 1

[E8-6] Episode 8

[V1C7-7] Volume 1, Chapter 7

[E10-8] Episode 10

[V1C13-9] Volume 1, Chapter 13

[V7C1-10] 10.0 ^10.1 ^10.2 Volume 7, Chapter 1

[V7C3-11] Volume 7, Chapter 3

[V7C10-12] Volume 7, Chapter 10

[13] Volume 7 Chapter 3

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-[[File:Sword Art Online Episode 08.png|thumb|300px|right|Kirito and Kuradeel's duel begins.]]
+[[File:Duels.png|thumb|300px|A Duel between two players.]]
-'''Duels''' are authorized ''Player vs. Player'' fights that take place even in safe areas and will not change a player icon from green to orange by killing the opponent.
+{{Nihongo|'''Duels'''|デュエル|Dyueru}} are authorized Player versus Player (PvP) fights that can take place even in safe areas and will not change a player cursor from green to orange by killing the opponent. Known games that have duels are [[Sword Art Online]] and [[ALfheim Online]].
-At the beginning of the duel, the player will have 60 seconds to prepare for the duel. After the 60 seconds, the duel will start and players will clash.
-Known games that have duels are [[Sword Art Online]] and [[ALfheim Online]].
 ==Procedure==
+<gallery type="slideshow">
-To make a duel a player must send a request to another, the second player must accept and may decide then which type of duel it will be.
+Winner of a Duel.png|The winner and the loser of a duel.
+Winner! Kirito!!!.png|The notification message for both the winner and the loser of the duel.
+</gallery>
+To make a duel a player must send a request to another player. The latter must accept the request, and is then given the right to decide the type of the duel. At the beginning of the duel, the player will have sixty seconds to prepare for the duel. Once the duel begins, the [[Area]] effect is lifted from the two duelists.
-After a duel is concluded, a window that indicates the winner will appear between the participants if they are within 10 meters of each other. If the participants are farther apart at the end of a duel then two windows will appear near both the winner and loser.
+If the victory condition for the duel is not met within the time limit, the victor is chosen based on who had more [[Hit Points]] (HP) remaining at the end of the duel; however, the Hit Points are rounded in increments of five, thus minor differences in Hit Points will result in a draw.<ref name = PV2ConcertoP7>[[Concerto of Black and White|Progressive Volume 2, Concerto of Black and White, Part 7]]</ref> After a duel is concluded, a window indicating the winner will appear between the participants if they are within ten meters of each other. If the participants are farther apart at the end of a duel, then two windows will appear at the closest point to both the winner and loser separately.<ref name = V8MurderP5>[[A Murder Case in the Area]] Part 5</ref>
-==Notable Duels==
-*[[Kirito]] vs. [[Asuna]] ([[Sword Art Online Material Edition 01|Material Edition 01]])
+==Known Duels==
-*Kirito vs. [[Kuradeel]]
+{| width="100%" class="wikitable" style="background:transparent;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"
-*Kirito vs. [[Heathcliff]]
+! width="25%" style="background:{{Themecolor}}; color:#FFFFFF;" |Participants
-*Kirito vs. Heathcliff Final Boss fight at (Floor 75)
+! width="25%" style="background:{{Themecolor}}; color:#FFFFFF;" |Date
-*Kirito vs. [[Eugene]]
+! width="15%" style="background:{{Themecolor}}; color:#FFFFFF;" |Outcome
-*Kirito vs. [[Kirigaya Suguha|Leafa]]
+! width="25%" style="background:{{Themecolor}}; color:#FFFFFF;" |Notes
-*Kirito vs. [[Sugou Nobuyuki|Oberon]]
+! width="10%" style="background:{{Themecolor}}; color:#FFFFFF;" |References<!-- To be used for referencing the existence of the duel. If the reference for the date is different, it should be given next to the date-->
-*Asuna vs. [[Konno Yuuki|Yuuki]]
+|-
-*Mosaku vs. Tonnura<ref name = E5>[[Sword Art Online Episode 5]]</ref>
+| align="center"|[[Kirito]] versus [[Morte]]
+| align="center"|December 19, 2022
+| align="center"|Draw
+| align="center"|Challenger - Morte <br> Duel Type - Half Loss
+| align="center"|<ref name = PV2ConcertoP7>[[Concerto of Black and White|Progressive Volume 2, Concerto of Black and White, Part 7]]</ref>
+|-
+| align="center"|[[Asuna]] versus Kirito
+| align="center"|December 28, 2022
+| align="center"|Draw
+| align="center"|Challenger - Asuna <br> Duel Type - First Strike <br/> Duel halted before the fight could begin.
+| align="center"|<ref name = PV4ScherzoP1>[[Scherzo of Deep Night|Progressive Volume 4, Scherzo of Deep Night, Part 1]]</ref>
+|-
+| align="center"|[[Asuna]] versus Kirito
+| align="center"|March 6, 2024<ref name = E5>[[Episode 5]]</ref>
+| align="center"|Kirito wins
+| align="center"|Challenger - Asuna <br> Duel Type - First Strike
+| align="center"|<ref>[[Material Edition 1]]</ref>
+|-
+| align="center"|Mosaku versus Tonnura
+| align="center"|
+| align="center"|Mosaku wins
+| align="center"|
+| align="center"|<ref name = E5/>
+|-
+| align="center"|Kirito versus [[Kuradeel]]
+| align="center"|October 18, 2024<ref name = E8>[[Episode 8]]</ref>
+| align="center"|Kirito wins
+| align="center"|Challenger - Kuradeel <br/> Duel Type - First Strike
+| align="center"|<ref name = V1C7>[[Volume 1#Chapter 7|Volume 1, Chapter 7]]</ref>
+|-
+| align="center"|[[Heathcliff]] versus Kirito
+| align="center"|October 20, 2024<ref name = E10>[[Episode 10]]</ref>
+| align="center"|Heathcliff wins
+| align="center"|Challenger - Heathcliff <br/> Duel Type - First Strike
+| align="center"|<ref name = V1C13>[[Volume 1#Chapter 13|Volume 1, Chapter 13]]</ref>
+|-
+| align="center"|Lisbeth versus Yuuki
+| align="center"|
+| align="center"|Yuuki wins
+| align="center"|
+| align="center"|<ref name = V7C1>[[Volume 7#Chapter 1|Volume 7, Chapter 1]]</ref>
+|-
+| align="center"|Leafa versus Yuuki
+| align="center"|
+| align="center"|Yuuki wins
+| align="center"|
+| align="center"|<ref name = V7C1/>
+|-
+| align="center"|Kirito versus Yuuki
+| align="center"|
+| align="center"|Yuuki wins
+| align="center"|
+| align="center"|<ref name = V7C1/>
+|-
+| align="center"|Asuna versus [[Konno Yuuki|Yuuki]]
+| align="center"|January 7, 2026
+| align="center"|Yuuki wins
+| align="center"|Challenger - Yuuki <br/> Duel Type - Total Loss
+| align="center"|<ref name = V7C3>[[Volume 7#Chapter 3|Volume 7, Chapter 3]]</ref>
+|-
+| align="center"|Kirito versus Yuuki
+| align="center"|February, 2026
+| align="center"|Yuuki wins
+| align="center"|Part of the ALO Duel Tournament
+| align="center"|<ref name = V7C10>[[Volume 7#Chapter 10|Volume 7, Chapter 10]]</ref>
+|}
 ==Types of Duel==
-In Sword Art Online and ALfheim Online, there exist three types of duels<ref>Sword Art Online Light Novel: Volume 7, Chapter 3</ref>:
+In Sword Art Online and ALfheim Online, three types of duels exist:<ref>[[Volume 7 Chapter 3]]</ref>
-*'''Total Loss Mode''': Rarely used in SAO, since it will only stop when a player's HP reaches 0, and that will mean permanent death for the loser. This is the one used for [[Player Killing|Sleep PK]].
+*'''Total Loss Mode''': Rarely used in Sword Art Online, since it will only stop when a player's Hit Points reach zero, which results in permanent death for the loser. This is type of duel can be used for [[Player Killing|Sleep PK]].
-*'''Half Loss Mode''': The winner is decided after the other player loses half of their HP. Rarely used in SAO since a critical hit could could reduce someone's HP to the danger zone.
+*'''Half Loss Mode''': The winner is decided after the other player loses half of their hit points. Rarely used in Sword Art Online, as a critical hit could reduce someone's Hit Points to the danger zone.
-*'''First Strike Mode''': This is the most common, the winner is decided by whoever lands the first clean hit or whittle the opponent's HP to half.
+*'''First Strike Mode''': The most common type of duel in Sword Art Online. The winner is decided by whoever lands the first clean hit or whittle the opponent's HP to half.
+==Trivia==
+*In the web version of SAO, duels could also be conducted without consent by the other party in the fighting arena in the Starting City during the beta test of SAO.
 ==References==
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+==Navigation==
+{{NavigationBar/Event}}
+[[de:Duelle]]
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+[[pl:Pojedynki]]
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+[[Category:Game Mechanics]]