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* 2 Abductions each month. | * 2 Abductions each month. | ||
* 1 Terror Site every even month (April, June, etc.) | * 1 Terror Site every even month (April, June, etc.) | ||
− | * 1 Council Mission every month, between the 13th and the 27th, | + | * 1 Council Mission every month, between the 13th and the 27th, can be Slingshot campaign (EU only). |
* 1 Council Request each 20 days. | * 1 Council Request each 20 days. | ||
− | ** On EW, there are two monthly time windows, between the 5th and 15th days and between the 17th and 27th. On each window there will be either a Mission or Request (50% | + | ** On EW, there are two monthly time windows, between the 5th and 15th days and between the 17th and 27th. |
+ | ** There can be only 1 Council Mission each month. On each window there will be either a Mission or Request (25% chance for 2 Requests, 50% for Mission and a Request, 25% for a Request/Mission). The Slingshot and Progeny missions can fill either window. | ||
* 1 detected UFO each month, either crashed or landed. | * 1 detected UFO each month, either crashed or landed. | ||
− | ** 50% chance for a 2nd detected UFO during April or May (March to July with Second Wave's Marathon). | + | ** 50% chance for a 2nd detected UFO during April or May (March to July with Second Wave's Marathon). |
''Special Missions'' | ''Special Missions'' | ||
* On the Enemy Within DLC, Slingshot's Friends In Low Places mission happens on day 51, or around April 20th. Confounding Light mission happens 25 days after (around May 15th) and Gangplank 2 days afterwards. | * On the Enemy Within DLC, Slingshot's Friends In Low Places mission happens on day 51, or around April 20th. Confounding Light mission happens 25 days after (around May 15th) and Gangplank 2 days afterwards. | ||
* Also in EW, the Portent mission of the Progeny campaign is the Council mission in the late April window. | * Also in EW, the Portent mission of the Progeny campaign is the Council mission in the late April window. | ||
+ | * EXALT appears on June, on the 12th to 24th (Easy and Normal) and 6th to 24th (Classic and Impossible). | ||
'''After Alien Base Mission''' | '''After Alien Base Mission''' | ||
* 1 monthly Abduction mission. | * 1 monthly Abduction mission. | ||
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* 1 Terror Site every month. | * 1 Terror Site every month. | ||
− | * Council | + | * 1 Council Mission every month, between the 13th and the 27th, can be Slingshot campaign (EU only). |
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* 1 Council Request each 20 days. | * 1 Council Request each 20 days. | ||
− | ** On EW, there are two monthly time windows, between the 5th and 15th days and between the 17th and 27th. On each window there will be either a Mission or Request (50% | + | ** On EW, there are two monthly time windows, between the 5th and 15th days and between the 17th and 27th. |
+ | ** There can be only 1 Council Mission each month. On each window there will be either a Mission or Request (25% chance for 2 Requests, 50% for Mission and a Request, 25% for a Request/Mission). The Slingshot and Progeny missions can fill either window. | ||
* 1 detected UFO each month, either crashed or landed. | * 1 detected UFO each month, either crashed or landed. | ||
** 50% chance for a 2nd detected UFO each month. | ** 50% chance for a 2nd detected UFO each month. | ||
− | * Random Mission - if the 2nd UFO | + | ** Random Mission - if the 2nd UFO wasn't added, the game may add an additional Abductions, Terror or Council mission. The AI will choose randomly between the mission types according to the following criteria: Terror and Council missions can only be chosen if they haven't been already scheduled for the month; in the case of Abductions, they are only chosen if there are 3 or more countries without satellites. If none of the criteria is met, there won't be an additional mission added. |
''Special Missions'' | ''Special Missions'' | ||
* Base Defense - 2 to 3 weeks after XCOM assaults the Alien Base (EW DLC) | * Base Defense - 2 to 3 weeks after XCOM assaults the Alien Base (EW DLC) | ||
** Progeny campaign Deluge and Furies missions - both take place the month after Base Defense and building the Psionic Lab. Furies takes place 7 days (168 hours) after Deluge. | ** Progeny campaign Deluge and Furies missions - both take place the month after Base Defense and building the Psionic Lab. Furies takes place 7 days (168 hours) after Deluge. | ||
+ | * EXALT appears on June, on the 12th to 24th (Easy and Normal) and 6th to 24th (Classic and Impossible). | ||
==Mission Types== | ==Mission Types== |
Revision as of 21:21, 4 January 2014
Tactical missions are XCOM's main operations and can be generated through either Mission Control or the Situation Room. Each mission will have a codename, and will have a Brief and Objectives for XCOM to achieve. At the end of the mission the XCOM Commander will be shown an After Action Report detailing the success/failure of the mission.
Mission Factors
Response Times
Each mission will have a window of opportunity of 1-2 days, specific values below:
Mission | Deadline (Hours) |
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Abductions | 48 |
Terror Site | 30 |
Crashed UFO | 30 |
Landed UFO | 30 |
Council | ?? |
Mission Difficulty
- The number of aliens present in a mission depend on its type and the Difficulty level. For a detailed breakdown of the numbers, check Alien Deployment.
- Certain missions (Abductions, Terror Sites) will also appear with individual difficulty levels of: Easy/Moderate/Difficult/Very Difficult.
- These indicate the number of alien "pods" (groups of 1-3 aliens) present on the mission, with Easy usually having 2 packs and Very Difficult around 4-5.
Events Frequency
Before Alien Base Mission
- 2 Abductions each month.
- 1 Terror Site every even month (April, June, etc.)
- 1 Council Mission every month, between the 13th and the 27th, can be Slingshot campaign (EU only).
- 1 Council Request each 20 days.
- On EW, there are two monthly time windows, between the 5th and 15th days and between the 17th and 27th.
- There can be only 1 Council Mission each month. On each window there will be either a Mission or Request (25% chance for 2 Requests, 50% for Mission and a Request, 25% for a Request/Mission). The Slingshot and Progeny missions can fill either window.
- 1 detected UFO each month, either crashed or landed.
- 50% chance for a 2nd detected UFO during April or May (March to July with Second Wave's Marathon).
Special Missions
- On the Enemy Within DLC, Slingshot's Friends In Low Places mission happens on day 51, or around April 20th. Confounding Light mission happens 25 days after (around May 15th) and Gangplank 2 days afterwards.
- Also in EW, the Portent mission of the Progeny campaign is the Council mission in the late April window.
- EXALT appears on June, on the 12th to 24th (Easy and Normal) and 6th to 24th (Classic and Impossible).
After Alien Base Mission
- 1 monthly Abduction mission.
- 1 Terror Site every month.
- 1 Council Mission every month, between the 13th and the 27th, can be Slingshot campaign (EU only).
- 1 Council Request each 20 days.
- On EW, there are two monthly time windows, between the 5th and 15th days and between the 17th and 27th.
- There can be only 1 Council Mission each month. On each window there will be either a Mission or Request (25% chance for 2 Requests, 50% for Mission and a Request, 25% for a Request/Mission). The Slingshot and Progeny missions can fill either window.
- 1 detected UFO each month, either crashed or landed.
- 50% chance for a 2nd detected UFO each month.
- Random Mission - if the 2nd UFO wasn't added, the game may add an additional Abductions, Terror or Council mission. The AI will choose randomly between the mission types according to the following criteria: Terror and Council missions can only be chosen if they haven't been already scheduled for the month; in the case of Abductions, they are only chosen if there are 3 or more countries without satellites. If none of the criteria is met, there won't be an additional mission added.
Special Missions
- Base Defense - 2 to 3 weeks after XCOM assaults the Alien Base (EW DLC)
- Progeny campaign Deluge and Furies missions - both take place the month after Base Defense and building the Psionic Lab. Furies takes place 7 days (168 hours) after Deluge.
- EXALT appears on June, on the 12th to 24th (Easy and Normal) and 6th to 24th (Classic and Impossible).
Mission Types
Alien Missions
Missions involving aliens are the bread and butter of XCOM. You'll be asked to either stop alien activity in specific countries or to recover landed/crashed UFOs. Ignoring these missions increases the Panic level of the country where they occur, with the exception of Crashed UFO sites.
Council Missions
These missions will appear periodically and you'll be given resources (credits, soldiers, etc.) in exchange for completing these missions, in addition it may also reduce the panic level of the country where it takes place. Council missions may be ignored without any effect on your monthly score but if you accept any mission, its results will affect the Council's score. The most difficult Council missions are usually the Bomb Disposal sites because of the time window involved to deactivate the alien bomb. After a player has reached the mid/late game the Council missions will turn into training runs since your advanced weapons and armor will be more than a match for the usual Thin Men found in those missions.
In the game's scheduling for a month, there are two dates for "Council Events" in place. When one comes around, there is a chance to receive a mission, a request, or nothing at all. If a mission is gotten for the first event, a second mission will not be given for the second, with the exception of Slingshot and Progeny missions.
Slingshot DLC Missions
Slingshot is a DLC available for Enemy Unknown which consists in a series of 3 missions that unlock a playable soldier Zhang along with additional resources. The Slingshot missions will only be offered once in the first month of the game. After each mission appears available on the Situation Room it is possible for the player to delay it indefinitely by choosing the 'Not Now' option.
Enemy Within DLC Missions
Covert Operations Missions
Progeny Missions
XCOM Base Defense
Council Missions
Storyline Missions
These are special missions that you'll need to complete in order to progress in the storyline. Failure to complete certain missions will be considered a game loss. For more details see the Storyline Missions page (massive spoilers!).
Progeny vs. Slingshot
- Portent first appears in April, but the other two missions in this side plot won't take place until the aliens have done their assault on the XCOM HQ, which only takes place after the assault on the Alien Base.
- Friends in Low Places takes place after Portent and the whole Slingshot campaign is usually finished before the rest of Progeny.
- Annette and her fellow abductees' stats, recruited months into the game, won't be as useful as getting Zhang in just a few weeks in, especially since pre-leveled recruits (such as from Abduction/Council rewards) don't benefit from OTS's Iron Will.
- This also includes having your later-game soldiers in mind, if Hidden Potential and Not Created Equally are chosen, and you have already begun farming and raising for your Psi Squad; they can easily get higher stats than pre-leveled soldiers.
- Pre-leveled soldiers are not a priority reward in general: generic Abduction/Council Reward soldiers will always be one level below your highest-ranked solider for that class, and Zhang was the one exception as he would be the only one that could be of higher rank than any soldiers you'll have at the time, at least in vanilla EU, where he could be gotten in March.
- What you can sell and research from Slingshot's Battleship mission in (as early as) April, has now been moved to May.
- At the very least, the Council rewards of the first missions are more profitable from Slingshot.
Slingshot | Progeny | ||
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Friends in Low Places |
Council Rewards:
Enemies:
Note:
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Portent |
Council Rewards:
Enemies:
Note:
|
Confounding Light |
Council Reward:
Enemies
Note:
|
Deluge |
Council Rewards:
Enemies:
Note:
|
Gangplank |
Council Reward:
Enemies:
Note:
Spoils of Victory:
|
Furies |
Council Rewards:
Enemies:
Note:
|
Alien Species Deployment Table
For detailed information on the actual probabilities of seeing an alien species during a mission, check Alien Deployment.
Enemy Unknown
Mission | Sectoid | Thin Man | Outsider | Drone | Floater | Muton | Chryssalid | Sectoid Commander | Heavy Floater | Muton Elite | Cyberdisc | Berserker | Ethereal | Sectopod |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Abductions | YES | YES | NO | YES | YES | YES | NO | NO | YES | YES | YES | YES | NO | NO |
Terror Site | NO | NO | NO | YES | YES | YES 1 | YES | NO | YES | NO | YES | YES | NO | YES |
Scout UFO | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | NO | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | NO |
Large UFO | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES |
Council | YES | YES | NO | NO | NO | YES | NO | NO | NO | NO | NO | NO | NO | NO |
Slingshot | YES | YES | NO | NO | NO | YES | YES | NO | NO | NO | YES | NO | NO | NO |
Storyline | YES | YES | NO | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES |
1 As escorts to Berserkers.
Enemy Within DLC
Mission | Sectoid | Thin Man | Outsider | Drone | Floater | Muton | Chryssalid | Sectoid Commander | Heavy Floater | Muton Elite | Cyberdisc | Berserker | Ethereal | Sectopod | Mechtoid | Seeker |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Abductions | YES | YES | NO | YES | YES | YES | NO | YES1 | YES | YES | YES | YES | NO | NO | YES | YES |
Terror Site | NO | NO | NO | YES | YES | YES2 | YES | NO | YES | NO | YES | YES | NO | YES | ? | ? |
Scout UFO | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | NO | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | NO | YES | YES |
Large UFO | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES |
Council | YES | YES | NO | NO | NO | YES | YES3 | NO | NO | NO | NO | NO | NO | NO | NO | NO |
Slingshot | YES | YES | NO | NO | NO | YES | YES | NO | NO | NO | YES | NO | NO | NO | NO | NO |
Progeny | YES | YES | NO | NO | ? | YES | ? | YES | ? | ? | ? | YES | NO | ? | YES | ? |
Storyline | YES | YES | NO | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES |
1 As escorts to Mechtoids.
2 As escorts to Berserkers.
3 Site Recon mission only .
See Also
- UFOs - For more information regarding salvage from landed/downed UFOs.
- Maps - For details on the types of terrain for each mission.
- Managing Panic - For more information regarding country and world panic.
- Alien Deployment