Tail Tag

Tail Tag is one of the rounds in Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout. This round is a Hunt round and was first introduced in the beta version.

According to the game website, Tail Tag was designed by Meg Ralph.

In-game descriptions

 * Objective
 * Grab a tail!


 * Description
 * Make sure you have a Tail when the timer runs out!

Standard version
Tail Tag is a hunt course.

In Tail Tag, about 50% of the remaining players start with a tail while the rest don't. As with all tail games, in order to steal a tail from another player, the chasing player must get close enough to the tailed player to grab them. When the tailed player is successfully grabbed, the tail will transfer to the chasing player, who will then have to evade other chasing players and defend the tail. The goal is to have a tail once the 1:30 timer expires; those that have a tail qualify to the next round.

This mode is played in a rather large arena, with spinning hammers of various sizes and various ramps.

Alternate versions
Starting from 2020-11-10 Season 2 mid season update, this version can appear instead of the standard one:


 * A rotating beam replaces the big rotating hammer in the centre of the arena.
 * 4 Big Yeetuses are added. Note that every Big Yeetus has an independent chance of appearing.

Starting from the 2021-02-02 Season 3 mid-season update, the following variants may appear:
 * A Blizzard Fan replaces the Rotating Hammer in the center of the arena.
 * This fan periodically switches off and on every 8 seconds (or people might use it to be permanently impossible to have their tail stolen from).
 * Instead of any form of hammers, there are blizzard fans blowing around the course instead. These periodically move up and down.

Course changes
From the 2020-09-15 Season 1 mid season update:


 * The minimum number of players was lowered, making the chance to qualify harder.
 * Tail Tag now appears more frequently.

From the 2020-08-20 update:


 * The time was lowered from 1.45 to 1.30.

Medal thresholds
Medals in Tail Tag are determined based on how long the player has been holding a tail for during the round, with a longer duration granting a better medal.


 * Gold - Held a tail for at least 80 seconds and qualified
 * Silver - Held a tail for at least 60 seconds and qualified
 * Bronze - Held a tail for at least 30 seconds and qualified
 * Pink - Held a tail for less than 30 seconds and qualified
 * No medal - Eliminated

Trivia

 * Though promising to have all big yeetuses available, Tail Tag rounds in the Big Yeetus Tour show would only include 3 out of 4 possible yeetuses.
 * Tail grabbing has notably been the most popularly disliked mechanic in the game due to latency issues.