Levels and encounters | Mandris reference

Mission selection #

Black Horizon, the experimental Shattered Armada fleet battle, Kaibur, and Theben are out of rotation in this revision. The game still supports them internally, but players cannot select them, so this reference leaves them out.

crucible-drift · Current

CRUCIBLE DRIFT #

Break the orbital foundry line. Destroy the Forgemaster.

An orbital foundry: a chain of floating smelter decks above a dying red star. Welder Drones, Crane Turrets that sweep a shell arc, Slag Cannons, Slag Bombers, Furnace Crawlers, paired Arc Welders, and ramming Fuel Haulers hold the decks. Tug Haulers fling fans of scrap plates that can be shot down, and Foundry Carriers launch Spark Fighters until they are destroyed.

Attacks are announced on the unit itself: bays heat, hoppers spin up, and fighter noses glow before a shot. The Forgemaster shipyard ends the mission. It has no shield, pours molten metal across the lane, alternates shockwave rings that leave a safe gap, and finally exposes its core while pressing forward.

Mission structure

Registry values; actual duration depends on combat, profile, and difficulty
Property	Value
Environment	foundry
Objective type	assault
Authored target duration	4–5 minutes
Encounter sequence	SLAG APPROACH → CRANE LINE → WELDER SWARM → MORTAR YARD → CRUCIBLE DECKS → TOW LANES → DRYDOCK BREACH → FOUNDRY GUARD → THE FORGEMASTER

Authored waves

Times are baseline schedule seconds. Arcade Test compresses timing and changes ordinary counts, and difficulty scales counts. Clearance gates, earliest dispatch, population caps, summons, and phase logic affect actual arrivals; these are not fixed encounter durations.

Wave and heavy orders
At (s)	Earliest (s)	Encounter	Enemy	Base count
1	Scheduled	SLAG APPROACH	Welder Drone	4
11	Scheduled	SLAG APPROACH	Welder Drone	5
18	Scheduled	SLAG APPROACH	Slag Cannon	1
32	25	CRANE LINE	Crane Turret	3
32	25	CRANE LINE	Tug Hauler	1
37	Scheduled	CRANE LINE	Welder Drone	5
40	Scheduled	CRANE LINE	Fuel Hauler	1
58	49	WELDER SWARM	Welder Drone	5
62	Scheduled	WELDER SWARM	Arc Welder	2
65	Scheduled	WELDER SWARM	Welder Drone	3
65	Scheduled	WELDER SWARM	Foundry Carrier	1
70	Scheduled	WELDER SWARM	Arc Welder	2
85	74	MORTAR YARD	Slag Cannon	1
88	Scheduled	MORTAR YARD	Furnace Crawler	2
90	Scheduled	MORTAR YARD	Crane Turret	1
90	Scheduled	MORTAR YARD	Slag Cannon	1
90	Scheduled	MORTAR YARD	Foundry Carrier	1
111	99	CRUCIBLE DECKS	Crane Turret	1
111	99	CRUCIBLE DECKS	Welder Drone	5
116	Scheduled	CRUCIBLE DECKS	Slag Bomber	1
118	Scheduled	CRUCIBLE DECKS	Welder Drone	2
137	127	TOW LANES	Welder Drone	4
137	Scheduled	TOW LANES	Foundry Carrier	2
139	Scheduled	TOW LANES	Fuel Hauler	2
141	Scheduled	TOW LANES	Arc Welder	2
144	Scheduled	TOW LANES	Slag Cannon	1
144	Scheduled	TOW LANES	Tug Hauler	1
164	153	DRYDOCK BREACH	Crane Turret	3
164	Scheduled	DRYDOCK BREACH	Slag Cannon	1
166	Scheduled	DRYDOCK BREACH	Furnace Crawler	2
168	Scheduled	DRYDOCK BREACH	Slag Bomber	1
171	Scheduled	DRYDOCK BREACH	Welder Drone	3
188	180	FOUNDRY GUARD	Welder Drone	5
188	Scheduled	FOUNDRY GUARD	Foundry Carrier	2
190	Scheduled	FOUNDRY GUARD	Arc Welder	2
192	Scheduled	FOUNDRY GUARD	Slag Bomber	1
194	Scheduled	FOUNDRY GUARD	Welder Drone	4
196	Scheduled	FOUNDRY GUARD	Fuel Hauler	2
199	Scheduled	FOUNDRY GUARD	Tug Hauler	1
216	207	THE FORGEMASTER	The Forgemaster	1

Source reference: src/content/combat.ts · src/content/catalog.ts · src/content/waveDispatch.ts · src/content/crucible.ts

brood-scar · Current

BROOD SCAR #

Break the hatcheries. Breach the royal nest. Kill The Brost.

A predatory insect hive progressing from the outer swarm through the hatcheries to the royal nest. Ramhorn Beetles charge, Needlewing Wasps and Bombardier Ticks attack at range, locust hordes rush along warned paths, and Brood Wardens and Brood Carriers protect the hive and release offspring.

The Brost is a multi-phase queen with offspring, resin, radial volleys with rotating escape gaps, and an airborne final phase. Resin slows movement; toxic hazards and short damaging blood splashes are gameplay hazards.

Mission structure

Registry values; actual duration depends on combat, profile, and difficulty
Property	Value
Environment	hive
Objective type	assault
Authored target duration	4–5 minutes
Encounter sequence	OUTER SWARM → RAMHORN FLIGHT → CHITIN SCREEN → BROOD CHAMBERS → HATCHERY → ACID GAUNTLET → ROYAL GUARD → QUEEN’S THRESHOLD → THE BROST

Authored waves

Times are baseline schedule seconds. Arcade Test compresses timing and changes ordinary counts, and difficulty scales counts. Clearance gates, earliest dispatch, population caps, summons, and phase logic affect actual arrivals; these are not fixed encounter durations.

Wave and heavy orders
At (s)	Earliest (s)	Encounter	Enemy	Base count
2	Scheduled	OUTER SWARM	Needlewing Wasp	3
22	Scheduled	RAMHORN FLIGHT	Ramhorn Beetle	2
22	Scheduled	RAMHORN FLIGHT	Needlewing Wasp	2
40	Scheduled	CHITIN SCREEN	Needlewing Wasp	2
40	Scheduled	CHITIN SCREEN	Razorwing Locust	1
42	Scheduled	CHITIN SCREEN	Ramhorn Beetle	3
42	Scheduled	CHITIN SCREEN	Brood Warden	1
60	Scheduled	BROOD CHAMBERS	Bombardier Tick	1
60	Scheduled	BROOD CHAMBERS	Resinback Beetle	1
84	Scheduled	HATCHERY	Brood Carrier	2
94	Scheduled	HATCHERY	Needlewing Wasp	1
94	Scheduled	HATCHERY	Razorwing Locust	2
94	Scheduled	HATCHERY	Brood Warden	1
115	Scheduled	ACID GAUNTLET	Bombardier Tick	2
115	Scheduled	ACID GAUNTLET	Resinback Beetle	1
117	Scheduled	ACID GAUNTLET	Ramhorn Beetle	4
117	Scheduled	ACID GAUNTLET	Brood Warden	2
140	Scheduled	ROYAL GUARD	Hookblade Mantis	2
142	Scheduled	ROYAL GUARD	Needlewing Wasp	1
142	Scheduled	ROYAL GUARD	Razorwing Locust	2
166	Scheduled	QUEEN’S THRESHOLD	Brood Carrier	1
168	Scheduled	QUEEN’S THRESHOLD	Hookblade Mantis	1
168	Scheduled	QUEEN’S THRESHOLD	Resinback Beetle	1
168	Scheduled	QUEEN’S THRESHOLD	Brood Warden	2
190	Scheduled	THE BROST	The Brost	1

Authored hazards

Additional hazards can be spawned by attacks
At (s)	Encounter	Hazard	Count
65	BROOD CHAMBERS	Spore vent	2
86	HATCHERY	Brood capsule	2
119	ACID GAUNTLET	Root lash	2
149	ROYAL GUARD	Root lash	2
171	QUEEN’S THRESHOLD	Spore vent	2

Source reference: src/content/combat.ts · src/content/catalog.ts · src/content/waveDispatch.ts · src/content/hive.ts

frostfall · Current

FROSTFALL #

Cross the black ice. Survive what hunts beneath it. Defeat Norgron.

Thin black ice over an abyssal trench under polar night, from the black shelf through a drowned graveyard to the leviathan boneyard. Open water on either side shows the seabed, wrecks, and marine life below. Deep-sea predators hunt from beneath: the Hookmaw harpoons and reels pilots in, while Gulpers, Viperfangs, Vampire Cloaks, Sea Spiders, and Bone Isopods use lasers, crossing volleys, ring patterns, fissures, and shard fans.

Norgron, the Drowned Maw, is a winged sea-serpent that pursues pilots across the ice, sweeps abyssal breath, spits acid from a scorpion tail, and takes to the air for frost dives. Its eyes and throat are weak points: enough damage during a windup cancels the attack.

Mission structure

Registry values; actual duration depends on combat, profile, and difficulty
Property	Value
Environment	ice
Objective type	assault
Authored target duration	4–5 minutes
Encounter sequence	BLACK SHELF → FANG SWARM → THE RED CLOAK → FROZEN FLEET → SPIDER WALK → BENEATH THE WRECKS → LEVIATHAN BONEYARD → THE DROWNED DEEP → NORGRON

Authored waves

Times are baseline schedule seconds. Arcade Test compresses timing and changes ordinary counts, and difficulty scales counts. Clearance gates, earliest dispatch, population caps, summons, and phase logic affect actual arrivals; these are not fixed encounter durations.

Wave and heavy orders
At (s)	Earliest (s)	Encounter	Enemy	Base count
2	Scheduled	BLACK SHELF	Viperfang	3
20	Scheduled	FANG SWARM	Gulper	1
22	Scheduled	FANG SWARM	Viperfang	3
22	Scheduled	FANG SWARM	Hookmaw	1
42	Scheduled	THE RED CLOAK	Vampire Cloak	2
44	Scheduled	THE RED CLOAK	Viperfang	2
46	Scheduled	THE RED CLOAK	Bone Isopod	2
64	Scheduled	FROZEN FLEET	Sea Spider	2
66	Scheduled	FROZEN FLEET	Gulper	1
66	Scheduled	FROZEN FLEET	Hookmaw	1
90	Scheduled	SPIDER WALK	Viperfang	6
92	Scheduled	SPIDER WALK	Vampire Cloak	2
94	Scheduled	SPIDER WALK	Bone Isopod	2
116	Scheduled	BENEATH THE WRECKS	Gulper	2
116	Scheduled	BENEATH THE WRECKS	Hookmaw	2
118	Scheduled	BENEATH THE WRECKS	Sea Spider	2
144	Scheduled	LEVIATHAN BONEYARD	Viperfang	4
146	Scheduled	LEVIATHAN BONEYARD	Gulper	1
148	Scheduled	LEVIATHAN BONEYARD	Vampire Cloak	2
150	Scheduled	LEVIATHAN BONEYARD	Bone Isopod	3
170	Scheduled	THE DROWNED DEEP	Vampire Cloak	3
172	Scheduled	THE DROWNED DEEP	Sea Spider	2
172	Scheduled	THE DROWNED DEEP	Hookmaw	2
174	Scheduled	THE DROWNED DEEP	Viperfang	4
200	Scheduled	NORGRON	Norgron, the Drowned Maw	1

Source reference: src/content/combat.ts · src/content/catalog.ts · src/content/waveDispatch.ts · src/content/frostfall.ts

Destructible scenery #

Facilities and biome props have their own health, collision, score, and reward behavior. Explosive scenery deals up to 60 damage within 2 m, falling off to its 6 m outer radius; Crucible slag vats hurt pilots at 35% strength. Chain reactions can damage additional scenery and enemies. Rare caches (600 health) can appear from the fourth battlefield sector onward and hold weapon drops or upgrades.

Scenery registry
Prop / stable ID	Environment	Health	Radius (m)	Score	Explosive
brood-reliquary	BROOD SCAR	600	2.1	250	No
frozen-cache	FROSTFALL	600	2.1	250	No
frozen-cargo	FROSTFALL	140	1.9	100	No
wreck-section	FROSTFALL	70	3.3	70	No
brine-vent	FROSTFALL	45	1.5	50	Yes
pressure-ice	FROSTFALL	65	1.8	50	No
chitin-tower	BROOD SCAR	140	2	50	No
brood-chamber	BROOD SCAR	70	1.7	25	No
resin-cocoon	BROOD SCAR	30	1	10	No
volatile-sac	BROOD SCAR	30	1	10	Yes
slag-vat	CRUCIBLE DRIFT	36	1.1	10	Yes
infested-machine	BROOD SCAR	70	1.8	25	No

Source reference: src/content/battlefield.ts · src/content/environment.ts · src/content/rareCaches.ts