War Zone: solo practice in time-boxed operations
War Zone is a monthly plan for practicing on your own between events. Each operation bundles CTF challenges, guided missions and raw targets with items from easy to expert, and runs for a fixed window; you climb each operation's rank ladder as you solve. ₹499 a month, or buy a single operation's pass as a one-time purchase.
Three kinds of work, one score
An open jeopardy board only checks flags. An operation adds two things a loose board doesn't test: working through a scenario in order, and writing up a finding someone else could act on.
| Item | What you submit | How it is scored |
|---|---|---|
| Challenges | A flag | Points per solve |
| Missions | Flags for an ordered chain of challenges that follow one scenario, from a red, blue or purple team point of view | Points per step, in order |
| Raw targets | A vulnerability report against a defined scope | Triaged and scored by severity, as in Raw Ops |
Solves and accepted reports add XP and operation badges and place you on that operation's leaderboard. Each operation also has a rank ladder (Bronze, Silver and up) that you climb by solving.
Who it suits
- Players who have done a few open events and want a next step that isn't another random board
- Students preparing for a pentest or VAPT role who need practice writing reports, not only finding flags
- Anyone who wants a leaderboard to measure against without joining a team
What it isn't
- A team event: War Zone is solo. Team play happens in live CTF events.
- A course: there are no lessons. Structured learning with a certificate is Bootcamp.
- A catalog listed on this page: operations open and close on their own dates, so we don't list them here. To ask what is open before you subscribe, use the contact page.
Start free, add War Zone when you want operations
A free account covers public events and every guide on this site. War Zone adds every operation, or you can buy a single operation's pass as a one-time purchase. War Zone + Bootcamp adds the courses on top.
Free
Free, forever
- Ouroboros CTF, our practice event
- Every free guide, tool and glossary term
War Zone
Every operation, as it opens
- Challenges, missions and raw targets
- Items from easy to expert; climb each operation's rank ladder
- Severity-scored vulnerability reports
- XP, badges and a per-operation leaderboard
- Or buy a single operation's pass: ₹499, one-time
War Zone + Bootcamp
War Zone plus every Bootcamp course
- Everything in War Zone
- Bootcamp courses with labs and self-check questions
- Graded capstone and a verifiable certificate
- Learning paths with their own certificate
Related: our practice event, Ouroboros CTF (launching soon); Raw Ops for report-based bug hunting under a clock; and the beginners guide if this is your first look at capture the flag.
Practice between events
A free account gets you public events and Ouroboros CTF. Add War Zone, or a single operation's pass, when you want time-boxed operations.
