CHAPTER 1 · NO SAFE FLAG

Know the threat.
Plan your build.

Browse complete robot sets, then open their parts, stats and exact salvage chances. Powerful lightweight gear is scarce; two shoulder weapons share the same load capacity.

Balance v2. Garage stats and load rules are available in this build. Campaign encounters and earned rewards are planned; this guide does not award account items. The local developer hangar exposes items for fitting.

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Power has a cost.

FOUNDATION starts at 120 WU. The complete BRASSWARD starter body and systems use 78 WU, leaving 42. HAMMERFALL + IRONSTORM need 46, so both cannot fit on the unchanged starter build. Lighter armor or load-support legs make room, with protection or mobility trade-offs.

Normal drops only in Normal; Rare only in Advanced; Mythic only in Elite. Powerful lightweight equipment is rare, and the strongest PALEHAMMER set remains gated to Mission 14 on Elite. The rarest armor has a 0.10% chance per eligible clear; HAILDRUM has 0.06%. These are random chances, not a promised number of clears. Developer inventory does not change normal drop rates.

One equipment roll per distinct enemy profile cache after a successful clear; duplicate minions do not multiply that roll. A roll can return no equipment. Completion components and EXP scale with the current run rank. Equipment probabilities do not increase with rank. Failed, abandoned or unverified runs grant no campaign rewards.

Difficulty, stars and completion ranking

Difficulty	Squads	Decision timer	Loot set	Base rewards
Normal	3v3	60 seconds	Normal	×1
Advanced	3v5	45 seconds	Rare	×1.75
Elite	3v8	30 seconds	Mythic	×2.75

One star: required objectives and extraction. Two: all optional objectives and no allied mech losses. Three: also meet that mission's allied-turn target and take no more than 25% of starting squad HP in cumulative damage.

Score: objectives 40, survival 25, turn efficiency 20, damage control 15. S requires ≥90 plus all optional objectives and no losses; A ≥75, B ≥60, otherwise C. S ×1.50 / A ×1.30 / B ×1.15 / C ×1.00 completion components and EXP. A failed run is F with no rewards.

Replays get fresh eligible loot rolls and current-rank completion rewards. Best stars/rank stay saved per mission and difficulty. First clear: 20 scrap, 5 wire and 50 EXP once; each newly earned star: 10 scrap, 2 wire and 25 EXP once. Reloading the same run cannot grant rewards twice. Story progress never resets.

Move and Return do not reset the decision timer. Animation/loading pauses it. Timeout attempts normal Guard; if AP or intact arms are insufficient, the turn ends. An already committed attack is never followed by a free Guard. Battle time is a record, not a star requirement.

These are initial balance values. Campaign reward settlement still needs authoritative mission completion. Local difficulty practice demonstrates combat and ranking without granting account rewards.

Completion reward preview

MissionDifficultyRequired objectives and extraction completeOptional objectivesAllied lossesAllied turns usedCumulative damage / initial squad HP (%)

Calculator uses two sample optional goals, not authored objectives for every mission. First-clear/star bonuses are excluded from this preview.

Know the threat.Plan your build.

Difficulty, stars and completion ranking

Completion reward preview

Know the threat.
Plan your build.