¶ Overview
The campaign of Undead Assault Chronicles is a long, story-driven mode with 5 different difficulties. The story follows your squad, Outlaw Squad, as the US Army combats the zombie outbreak. There are 5 difficulties available:
- Recruit
- Normal
- Hard
- Insane
- Nightmare
Each difficulty has progressively tougher and deadlier enemies and missions are more difficult to complete.
- Teamwork is the key to victory in harder difficulties, with Nightmare mode in particular requiring some preparation and organization in order to beat.
The story is subdivided into 5 sections, each with its own set of missions:
¶ Prologue
The Prologue consists of 4 missions, with two set missions and two randomly chosen missions.
During the Prologue the standard spawn loop is disabled and a unique Prologue spawn loop is enabled. This means any zombie tier modifiers (T3, T2, T1) that were voted are not yet active.
¶ 1. Conduct KLE
Meet Col. Windsor at the Thalim town hall.
One player must reach the meeting point with their MOS in time to complete the mission. There is a time limit of 2 minutes for this mission.
- When this mission finishes (success or fail), there are 5 supply caches that are spawned at random spots on the map and a periodic spawn of Yetis is enabled.
¶ Bonus: Supply Caches
Find Supply Caches for gear.
There are 5 pseudo-random supply caches that spawn anywhere on the map. These caches are marked on the minimap and give supplies when reached.
| Cache 1 | Cache 2 | Cache 3 | Cache 4 | Cache 5 | Universal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bio Suit, 1 | Binoculars, 0 - 1 | HK42, 1 | Kinetic Integrator, 1 or Engery Cells, 3 | Kevlar Body Armor, 1 | Magazines, 5 - 9 |
| Energy Cells, 1 | Styner SPR or US MCR, 1 | MRL, 1 | Binoculars, 0 - 1 | Gas Mask, 1 | First Aid Kits, 0 - 1 |
| Muscle Relaxant, 1 | MK44 Sentry Gun, 1 | AP Rounds or Aim Assistant, 1 | Frag Grenade, 2 | Aim Assistant or Projectile Accelerator, 1 | Quik Clots, 0 - 1 |
| MRL or MGL, 1 | Structural Reconstruction Spray, 1 | M41 SAW or M241 MMG, 1 | Energy Cells, 0 - 1 | ||
| M79 Flamethrower, 1 | IDMR-2, 1 | Flare Guns, 0 - 1 | |||
| ISS-7, 1 | M5 Mar, 0 - 2 | Ground Flares, 0 - 1 | |||
| Styner BR-3, 0 - 1 | Explosive Charges, 0 - 2 |
¶ 2a. Restore BMDD Network
Restore the BMDD towers scattered around the map.
A player MOS must stand in the highlighted area at the base of each tower for 10 consecutive seconds to repair each tower. A player MOS repairing a tower has their weapon and abilities disabled. This mission scales based on the difficulty:
| Difficulty | Mission Time | Towers |
|---|---|---|
| Recruit | 4 minutes | 2 |
| Normal | 3 minutes 30 seconds | 3 |
| Hard | 3 minutes | 4 |
| Insane | 2 minutes 30 seconds | 5 |
| Nightmare | 2 minutes | 6 |
- Players can fail to repair 1 tower (irrespective of difficulty) and still succeed the mission.
- This mission also causes a number of fliers to spawn around the map.
¶ 2b. Destory Spore Colonies
Destroy the Spore Colonies scattered around the map.
Spore Colonies must be destroyed with explosive damage, as they cannot be directly targeted by player weapons. This mission scales based on the difficulty:
| Difficulty | Mission Time | Spores |
|---|---|---|
| Recruit | 4 minutes | 3 |
| Normal | 3 minutes 30 seconds | 4 |
| Hard | 3 minutes | 5 |
| Insane | 2 minutes 30 seconds | 6 |
| Nightmare | 2 minutes | 7 |
- All Spore Colonies must be killed to succeed the mission.
- This mission causes a number of Hoppers to spawn around the map, and every 10 seconds there is a chance for each Spore Colony to spawn Hoppers and Seekers.
- Failing this mission will cause each surviving Spore Colony to continue spawning Hoppers and Seekers at an increased chance every 30s.
¶ 3a. Place Sentry Guns
Destroy the Spore Colonies scattered around the map.
Place MK44 Sentry Guns at the indicated locations around the map. This mission's time limit is 4 minutes, but the number of Sentry Guns scales based on the difficulty:
| Difficulty | Sentry Guns |
|---|---|
| Recruit | 4 |
| Normal | 5 |
| Hard | 6 |
| Insane | 7 |
| Nightmare | 8 |
- Each MK44 Sentry Gun must be carried from the drop point to the placement location. Sentries can be placed by any unit, not just a player MOS. The mission MK44 Sentry Guns cannot be substituted for Combat Engineer turrets or any other turrets (including the MK44 Sentry Gun from the Supply Caches).
- All sentries must be placed to succeed the mission.
- Failing this mission will spawn 2 Hunters.
¶ 3b. Quarantine Civilians
Inspect Civilian Populations for Infection.
A player MOS must reach the inspection area, then the team must escort 9 civilians from the area to the Thalim hospital. This mission has a time limit of 4 minutes.
- In order to escort the civilians, a player MOS must move up to them - this transfers control of the civilian to the player for the duration of the mission. The controlling player must then move the civilian to the Thalim hospital.
- At least 1 civilian must reach the Thalim hospital in order to succeed the mission.
- When this mission finishes or times out, any remaining civilians on the map mutate into Leapers.
¶ 4. Defend Balaad
Defend the Balaad bunkers.
The Balaad bunkers become vulnerable and manned by neutral Infantry Riflemen. Waves of enemies spawn around the Balaad area, targeting the bunkers. The defense lasts for 3 minutes, and spawns vary by difficulty:
| Difficulty | Extra Spawns |
|---|---|
| Recruit | None |
| Normal | A small amount of T3, Hunters, Raisulis |
| Hard | A lot of extra T3, Carriers, Bruchus, Krill, Hunters, Yetis, Cursed, a Gourmand |
| Insane | A small amount of T3, Hunters, Yetis |
| Nightmare | A small amount of T3, more Carriers and Krill, Deceivers, Blood Hunters, a Gargantuan |
- Bunkers have 1000 life and 25 armor. As structures, they are stationary and thus must be defended.
- At least 1 bunker must survive in order to succeed the mission.
¶ Chapter 1
Chapter 1 consists of 4 set missions.
At the start of Chapter 1, the Prologue spawn loop is disabled and the standard loop is enabled.
¶ 1. Kill Intruding T1
Eliminate the intruding T1s that spawned south of Balaad.
Kill the T1s that spawn south of Balaad. The time limit for this mission is 2 minutes, and spawns vary by difficulty:
| Difficulty | Cumulative Spawns |
|---|---|
| Recruit | 3 Gourmands |
| Normal | 3 Gourmands, 1 Gargantuan |
| Hard | 3 Gourmands, 1 Gargantuan, 1 Metasis |
| Insane | 3 Gourmands, 2 Gargantuan, 1 Metasis (+1 Metasis if average exp is greater than 200,000) |
| Nightmare | 3 Gourmands, 2 Gargantuan, 2 Metasis (+1 Gourmand, +2 Immussilus if average exp is greater than 300,000) |
- When this mission finishes (success or fail), any remaining Infantry Riflemen that were manning the bunkers are instructed to move north to defend Thalim.
- Failing this mission causes a small amount of zombies to spawn.
¶ 2. Escort Civilians
Escort Civilians to Thalim Square.
Players must collect the civilians outside of the town of Thalim and escort them back to the town square. Civilians must be approached by a player MOS to transfer control, and then players must bring them back to the town square. In addition to the civilians initially present on the map, 15-21 civilians are spawned at predetermined locations throughout the map. The time limit for this mission depends on the number of players in the game:
| Players | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mission Time | 3m 55s | 3m 50s | 3m 45s | 3m 40s | 3m 35s | 3m 30s | 3m 25s | 3m 20s | 3m 15s | 3m 10s | 3m 5s | 3m |
- At least 1 civilian must reach the Thalim square to succeed the mission.
- At the start of this mission, the optional objective Investigate IFF Anomaly is triggered; however there is a random delay between 2 minutes and 6 minutes before the mission is active.
¶ Optional: Investigate IFF Anomaly
Locate the source of the anomalous reading.
A player MOS needs to approach the IFF Anomaly unit as it wanders the map. The IFF Anomaly spawns at the entrance to the RA Facility and is permanently cloaked. It will randomly wander around the map until the end of Chapter 1, at which point the mission will time out.
- Locating the IFF Anomaly is required to vote for the Dark Sky ending.
¶ 3. Escort Lab Assistant
Protect Dr. Rosen as he retrieves samples related to the T-Virus.
Dr. Rosen will head to the fields in the middle of the map and collect a number of samples. Each sample takes 50 seconds to collect, and the number of samples he collects depends on the difficulty:
| Difficulty | Samples |
|---|---|
| Recruit | 4 |
| Normal | 5 |
| Hard | 6 |
| Insane | 7 |
| Nightmare | 8 |
- Dr. Rosen cannot be controlled by players, and will automatically proceed from sample to sample until the mission is finished.
- There are 4 different routes he takes between the samples, which path he takes is determined at random at the start of the mission.
- If Dr. Rosen dies, he will not be available for the 'Extract VIPs' mission in Chapter 2.
¶ 3a. Heli's Landing/Refueling Mission
Defend the Airport once helicopters land and retrive fuel drops for their departure
(W.I.P, still in construction)
During the "Escort Lab Assistant" mission, the next objective will activate once Heli's arrive at the Airport. It is up to the outlaws to defend the airport from mobs to prevent the destruction of the heli's while awaiting for fuel drop to allow for their departure of the AO with a set timer.
(1 minute and 30 seconds til fuel drop, 2 minutes to retrieve and refuel the heli's)
Helicopters will spawn before the fifth sample (this is a co-current mission with Rosen).
Fuel containers will either spawn on C.E Hill or Southeast of Baalaad. Any M.O.S is capable of bringing it back to airport.
[Diagram of fuel drop locations]
¶ 4. Escort Reinforcements
Ensure the safety of reinforcements bound for AO Dasdan.
The convoy spawns from one entrance to the AO (from the North road entering Thalim) before exiting at the East side road below the RA facility. The convoy additionally has US Army infantry escorts that follow the convoy to its destination. The attack wave scales with difficulty:
| Difficulty | Extra Spawns |
|---|---|
| Recruit | None |
| Normal | An Arachnathid |
| Hard | Carriers, Lacertis, Horros, a Gourmand |
| Insane | Leapers, Lacertis, Hunters, Yetis |
| Nightmare | Blood Hunters, Gourmands, Gargantuans |
- The convoy vehicles move slowly, but only the lead M-ATV is armed and thus draws zombie aggro.
- At least one convoy vehicle must survive to succeed the mission. The escorting infantry do not need to survive.
¶ Chapter 2
Chapter 2 consists of 4 missions, with two set missions, one randomly chosen mission, and one mission that is either set or random depending on the difficulty.
¶ 1a. Defeat Thanatos
Eliminate the Thanatos that is darkening the skies.
¶ This mission is randomly chosen if the difficulty is not Nightmare.
A Thanatos is spawned randomly on the map, and must be found and defeated. During this mission the lighting on the map is significantly darkened, and minimap exploration is cleared.
- Thanatos has an extremely long range pull. This mission does not end until Thanatos is dead.
¶ 1b. Defeat Titan
Eliminate the Titan before it leaves the AO.
¶ This mission is randomly chosen if the difficulty is not Nightmare.
A Titan is spawned randomly on the West edge of the map, and must be defeated before it reaches the north river.
- Titan will periodically spawn eels, chargers, and crabs around him until he is defeated or leaves the AO. This mission does not end until Titan is dead or leaves the AO.
¶ 1c. Defeat Thanatos and Titan
Eliminate the Titan and Thanatos.
¶ This mission is guaranteed to happen if the difficulty is Nightmare.
Both Titan and Thanatos are spawned during this mission and must be defeated. Thanatos spawns first, followed shortly by Titan. They are accompanied by a large wave of additional spawns.
- Thanatos's AI changes fairly significantly from the normal mission. It attempts to avoid flares and stay away the team while continuing to pull player heroes. The sky becomes dark like the normal mission, but does not go away until the mission ends.
- Titan will come directly for the team instead of taking its usual path and leaving the AO. Titan does not perform his periodic spawns.
- Both Titan and Thanatos must be defeated before the mission ends.
¶ 2a. Apiaries
Eliminate the Apiaries releasing Swarmers into the AO.
"Mission is randomly selected and the amount spawned varies based on mission difficulty"
Apiaries spawn randomly accross the map and it is up to the Outlaws to eliminate these threats before the timer expires. This requires the outlaws to proactively hunt them down. They are generally pretty easy to eliminate. During this time, outlaws should set up their positions for CE Hill, V.I.P Hill and Thalim in preparation for the extraction mission.
¶ 2b. Generators
Ensure all three generators have their batteries charged in the AO.
"Mission is randomly selected and the amount spawned varies based on mission difficulty"
Three Generators will appear on the mini-map. Marked as 1 (Thalim), 2(Near Baalad), 3(Far right of airport). It is generally recommended not to remove e-cells located near these generators as they assist the outlaws in recharging the generators.
The outlaws who are responsible for kiting and escorting V.I.Ps should be sent to 1, and hold their position until 2,3 have been sufficiently recharged. To give the outlaws enough time to prepare and position themselves for the V.I.P mission
Gen 2 is generally done by the DPS Classes.
Gen 3 is generally done by the versatile classes(such as ghost, specter,lss,merc).
¶ 3. Extract V.I.Ps
Escort Scarland, Windsor and Rosen to C.E Hill for extraction from the AO.
Outlaws must safetly escort Scarland, Windsor and Rosen to C.E Hill for extraction from the AO. V.I.Ps will automatically start once the mission timer expires. It is up to Outlaws to either wait out the timer or decide to start them of their own accord. The current meta-play is to have at least one kiter per a V.I.P. Players generally set up base at C.E Hill, but having a versatile class (such as PL) monitor V.I.P hill ensures the relative safety of Scarland and Windsor as they go through the middle of the map on their journey to C.E Hill for extration.
V.I.Ps will go on divergent paths to get to the Extraction Point from Thalim.
¶ 4a. Thalim Refugee Escort
Escort refugee groups from the road north of armory to Thalim
TBA
¶ Optional: Bonus: Find Reconnaissance Drone (6:00)
Repair the drone that has landed in swamp
It is a completely optional mission. The drone will automatically repair once it has been clicked on by an MOS, but having structual repair sprays on hand will speed up it's repair duration. This mission is generally done by CE's or the Mech Op's. However if structual repair sprays are left at swamp, the designated mission runner can complete this mission on their own.
¶ 4b. Escort Convoy to Thalim
Ensure the safety of the convoy as it makes it way towards Thalim.
TBA
¶ 4c. Escort Convoy from Thalim to AO Extraction Point
Defend the conovy as it departs Thalim for the extraction point.
TBA
¶ 4d. Outlaw extraction
Ensure the outlaws have successfully extracted out of the AO (only one player has to extract for mission to be completed)
TBA
¶ Chapter 3
¶ Chapter 3
Chapter 2 consists of 4 missions, with two set missions, one randomly chosen mission, and one mission that is either set or random depending on the difficulty.
¶ 1. Secure the Heliport
Secure and defend the airport from huge groups of mobs gathering while reinforcements are being deployed.
TBA
¶ 2a. Destroy underground colonies with Satchel
Place Satchel Charges at designated spots that randomly appear on the mini-map to destroy the underground colonies
TBA
¶ 2b. Eliminate Infernus
Eliminate Infernus once his invulnerability is no longer active as a result of destroying the underground colonies.
TBA
¶ 2c. Destroy the Thunder Maws
Eliminate the numerous amount of maws that will spawn once the underground colonies have been destroyed
TBA
¶ 3a. Secure LZ (optional)
LZ's will appear at landing zones, and the outlaws have a chance to get resupplies that will help out with vision, weaponary, and energy based needs
TBA
¶ 3b. Destroy Air Threats
Escort Scarland, Windsor and Rosen to C.E Hill for extraction from the AO.
TBA
¶ 4. Escort Drivers
Escort refugee groups from the road north of armory to Thalim
TBA
¶ 4b. Destroy All Tier 1 Hostiles before Phantom Arrives
Ensure the safety of the convoy as it makes it way towards Thalim.
TBA
¶ 4c. Escort Convoy from Thalim to AO Extraction Point
Defend the conovy as it departs Thalim for the extraction point.
TBA
¶ Epilogue
¶ Other
Modifiers Available: All