PvP

PvP in Neverwinter describes any gameplay that involves Player vs Player content:
 * Domination
 * Gauntlgrym
 * Strongholds
 * Open World PvP with Black Ice Domination

Instanced PvP
Domination, Gauntlgrym and Strongholds are PvP matches in closed instances that requires players to queue into them.

Inside closed instances:
 * Companions cannot be summoned
 * Players cannot get injured

In addition, inside Domination and Gauntlgrym, but not inside Strongholds:
 * Companion Active Bonuses don't work

All instanced matches awards. Additionally, Gauntlgrym awards s and Strongholds awards currency.

Penalize
Leaving Domination before the match is over is penalized and forbids leaving player to use any queue for 30 minutes.

Domination match can be left without being penalized when there are 3 or fewer players left in a team.

Open World PvP
Open World PvP is a marked area introduced in Module 3: Curse of Icewind Dale and available in 2 Adventure Zones:
 * Icewind Pass
 * Dwarven Valley

To enter any of these locations, players have to sign a contract with one of two factions in Caer-Konig:
 * Ten-Towns
 * Arcane Brotherhood

Contract determines a faction side in Open World PvP, remains upto 20 hours of being offline and can be broken after signed.

Characters who enter PvP area become flagged for PvP after crossing its magical barrier.

The border of the PvP area has a red transparent effect and triggers a warning when you approach.

Once a player becomes flagged, they can attack players from the opposite faction and can be attacked by them even outside of a PvP area.

Players can become unflagged by dying, changing location or entering a Campfire.

In opposition to the rules of Instanced PvP matches, Companions can be summoned in Open World PvP, Companion Active Bonuses are active and players killed in Open World PvP can become injured.

One per hour per instance, a Black Ice Domination match comes as a Heroic Encounter inside a PvP area.

Killing players flagged in Open World PvP area can award.

Items
On, players cannot use some items, like most Healing potions.

On the other hand, on players can use some items that are unusable outside of PvP.

Battle Potions
Battle PvP Potions are usable while flagged for PvP only, usable on all PvP content.

Iceforge Healing Elixirs
Iceforge Healing Elixirs are usable on PvE and Open World PvP only.

Poking Stick
is a PvP only item.

While usable everywhere, takes effect on PvP only.

PvP Campaign
Advancing in PvP Campaign awards PvP Boons.


 * Corruption Seeker Boon is broken
 * Glory Seeker Boon is active on instanced Domination only
 * Grym Depths Seeker Boon is active on Gauntlgrym only

All tiered PvP Boons are active while flagged for PvP on Open World PvP, on Domination and Gauntlgrym.

Tenacity
While flagged for PvP on Open World PvP, on Domination and Gauntlgrym, players benefits from PvP statistics insreased by Tenacity Rating:


 * Damage Resistance
 * Armor Penetration Resistance
 * Critical Strike Resistance
 * Control Resistance

Ranks
There are 6 ranks players are split to, depending on their MMR.