Survival Info

Information on the survival mode.

Basics

The mode is started by pressing the big button at spawn, after 30 seconds the enemies will spawn.

After pressing this all augmentation canisters and medbots / repair bots will disappear, so use them if you have to.
Limited weapon mods are available from the start, with more spawning on enemies that can be looted.

Enemies

The enemies are the common enemies that spawn each wave. New enemies can spawn every 5 waves, starting from wave 6. It is randomly decided which spawn out of the ones that are allowed to spawn that wave, excluding the special waves.
The amount of enemies that are allowed to spawn per wave is limited to 8 up to wave 61, upon which it is increased to 12. An exception being wave 26, which is up to 11.
The amount of enemies that can spawn is the wave number divided by four.

The attack helicopter and doberman enemies only spawn when playing on the cathedral level. Attack helicopters are weak to attacks from the top and bottom, or just regular bullets. Try to throw a grenade onto their blades or use plasma (in normal gameplay mode) or explosives from below in order to destroy them. A hit with a LAW will instantly destroy them.

Enemy	Wave
Terrorist	1+
Cop	1+
UNATCO Trooper	6+
MJ12 Trooper	11+
MJ12 Commando	16+
WiB / Woman In Black	21+
MiB / Man In Black	26+
Elite MJ12 Trooper	31+
Riot Cop	31+
JC Denton Clone	36+
Gray	41+
Baby Karkian	46+
Mini-Spiderbot	51+
WiBs , Super-WiBs	51+
Greasel	56+
Doberman	71+
Attack Helicopter	71+

Attack Helicopters

Helicopters currently only spawn on the cathedral level at wave 70+.

Wave	Change
70	Helicopters start spawning, fire non-homing standard rockets every 40 seconds
71	10% chance to be cloaked
81	20% chance to be cloaked
91	25% chance to be cloaked
100	Rockets start homing onto you
101	33% chance to be cloaked
111	50% chance to be cloaked
150	Homing rockets are replaced with non-homing LAW rockets, difficulty upgraded to medium
250	LAW rockets become homing, fire every 30 seconds, difficulty upgraded to hard
400	Firing time reduced from 30 seconds to 15 seconds, difficulty upgraded to realistic
500	33% chance for helicopters to shoot WP rockets instead of LAW rockets, 100% chance of being cloaked
600	Gains ADS augmentation, allowing detonation of rockets at 50ft, helicopters can now teleport
700	ADS augmentation upgraded, detonation of rockets at 100ft, missile speed increased by 16%
800	ADS augmentation upgraded, detonation of rockets at 150ft, missile speed increased by an additional 14%
900	ADS augmentation upgraded, detonation of rockets at 250ft, missile speed increased by an additional 25%

Special Waves

During these waves the normal rules for which enemies will be spawned are ignored and are overwrote with these enemies instead.
For wave 26, the luminous path members are limited to melee weapons only, excluding Gordon Quick, due to this their spawn limit is increased to 11.
These enemies do not have special stats and act as regular enemies.

Enemy	Wave
Terrorists	16
JoJo Fine	16
Leo Gold	16
Luminous Path	26
Gordon Quick	26
Red Arrow	28
Max Chen	28
Rooks	36
El Rey	36
UNATCO Troopers	46
Joseph Manderley	46
Joe Greene	46
Jordan Shea	46
Sailor	56
SCUBA Diver	56
Chad	56
Nicolette DuClare	56
Morgan Everett	56
Toby Atanwe	56
Philip Mead	66
Secret Service	66
MJ12 Elite Trooper	76
Bob Page	76
Howard Strong	76
Maggie Chow	76
Small Security Bots	126, 226, etc
Medium Security Bots	156, 256, etc

Bosses

Boss waves are every 10 waves. Alarms will flash around the level to signal the start of this wave. Enemies will continually respawn while the boss is in play. The boss will need to be defeated in order to progress, when the boss is defeated a 2 minute break will be awarded. During this break all robots are destroyed, all enemies are knocked out, ammo crates, medkits, biocells, upgrade canisters, and zyme will spawn in the starting location.
After the break is over all loose bodies and items will despawn.

Enemy	Wave
Small Security Bot	10
Mini-Spiderbot	20
Anna Navarre	30
Medium Security Bot	40
Gunther Hermann	50
Military Bot	60
Walton Simons	70
Military Bot	80+

AI Ranged Weapons

Enemies that aren't animals, commandos or robots get randomized ranged weapons. As some of these enemies don't have animations for heavier weapons (i.e. all females, larger males such as Joe Greene and taller ones such as Chad) they have a different set of weapons to use.
Luminous Path members are restricted from these weapons.

Standard troops:

Item	Wave
Pistol	4+
Stealth Pistol	4+
Sawed Off Shotgun	9+
Throwing Knives (3)	9+
PS20	9+
Riot Prod	9+
Assault Gun	14+
Assault Shotgun	14+
Mini-Crossbow	14+
Sniper Rifle	19+
GEP Gun	28+
Flame Thrower	28+
Plasma Rifle	28+

Others:

Item	Wave
Pistol	4+
Stealth Pistol	4+
Sawed Off Shotgun	9+
Throwing Knives (3)	9+
PS20	9+
Riot Prod	9+
Mini-Crossbow	14+
Sawed Off Shotgun	14+
Mini-Crossbow	14+
PS20	19+
Sawed Off Shotgun	28+
Pistol	28+
Sawed Off Shotgun	28+

AI Melee Weapons

All enemies get a random melee weapon, as long as they are not an animal, robot, or commando.

Item	Wave
Batons	1+
Combat Knives	4+
Crowbars	9+
Swords	14+
Dragon's Tooth Swords	19+

AI Bonus Items

All enemies except animals and robots are able to get bonus items, additional items become available with time. Commandos are not allowed pepper guns.

Item	Wave
Pepper Guns	1+
Recoil Mod	4+
Reload Mod	4+
Clip Mod	9+
Range Mod	9+
Medkit	14+
Biocell	19+
Ballistic Armour	28+
Scrambler Grenade	28+

AI Bonus Stats

Cloak:

At higher waves enemies have a chance to be cloaked:

%	Wave
10%	71-80
20%	81-90
25%	91-100
33%	101-110
50%	111-499
100%	500+

At wave 600+ the AI gain the ability to teleport next to you if you can't see them or where they teleport to.

Levels

Paris Cathedral

• All enemies spawn across the bridge, the bridge is their only access point.
  
• There are items and ammo hidden around the level that can be used.
  
• The security console can be unlocked at master level, giving access to turrets and Jock.
  
• Helicopters spawn after wave 70, which fly in from across the bridge.

Ocean Lab UC

• Enemies spawn from the front and the side elevators.
  
• Small enemies spawn in the side vents.
  
• Bosses spawn on the large elevator every 10 rounds.
  
• Halon gas emitters are at each side and can blind the enemy or extinguish you.
  
• The three security consoles can be accessed with each level invested into computers.
  
• The first console allows you to block off the communications area with electricity.
  
• The second console gives access to two turrets.
  
• The third console allows you to activate two military bots to defend you.

Overall Wave Breakdown

Wave	Change
1	Terrorists and cops spawn. AI uses batons and pepper guns
4	AI gains access to combat knives, both pistols, recoil mods and reload mods
6	UNATCO troopers spawn
9	AI gains access to sawed-off shotguns, throwing knives, PS20s, riot prods, crowbars, clip mods and range mods
10	Small security bot boss
11	MJ12 troopers spawn
14	AI gains access to swords, assault guns, assault shotguns, mini-crossbows, and medkit
16	MJ12 commandos spawn. NSF special wave - consists of terrorists, JoJo Fine, Leo Gold
19	AI gains access to dragon's tooth swords, sniper rifles and biocells
20	Mini-spiderbot boss
21	WiBs spawn
26	MiBs spawn. Luminous Path special wave - consists of melee only Luminous Path members, Gordon Quick, increased spawn rate for Luminous Path members
28	Red Arrow special wave - consists of Red Arrow members and Max Chen. AI gains access to GEP guns, flamethrowers, plasma rifles, ballistic armour, and scrambler grenades
30	Anna Navarre as boss
31	Elite MJ12 troopers and riot cops spawn
36	JC Denton clones spawn. Rooks special wave - consists of Rooks members and El Rey
40	Medium security bot boss
41	Grays spawn
46	Baby karkians spawn. UNATCO special wave - consists of UNATCO troopers, Joseph Manderley, Joe Greene, and Jordan Shea
50	Gunther Hermann as boss
51	Mini-spiderbots and Super-WiBs spawn, WiBs stop spawning
56	Greasels spawn. Silhouette special wave - consists of sailors, SCUBA divers, Chad, Nicolette DuClare, Morgan Everett and Toby Atanwe
60	Military bot boss
66	Presidential special wave - consists of Philip Mead and Secret Service agents
70	Walton Simons as boss
71	Dobermen and helicopters spawn. Helicopters fire non-homing standard rockets every 40 seconds. All enemies have 10% chance to be cloaked
76	MJ12 special wave - consists of MJ12 elite troopers, Bob Page, Howard Strong and Maggie Chow
80, 90, etc	Military bot boss
81	All enemies have 20% chance to be cloaked
91	All enemies have 25% chance to be cloaked
100	Helicopter rockets start homing onto you
101	All enemies have 33% chance to be cloaked
111	All enemies have 50% chance to be cloaked
126, 226, etc	Small security bot special wave
150	Helicopter homing rockets are replaced with non-homing LAW rockets, difficulty upgraded to medium
156, 256, etc	Medium security bot special wave
250	Helicopter LAW rockets become homing, fire every 30 seconds, difficulty upgraded to hard
300	Enemies no longer flee at low health and fight to the death
400	Helicopter firing time reduced from 30 seconds to 15 seconds, difficulty upgraded to realistic, GEP guns can now lock-on to you
500	33% chance for helicopters to shoot WP rockets instead of LAW rockets. All enemies have 100% chance of being cloaked
600	Helicopters gain ADS augmentation, allowing detonation of rockets at 50ft. All enemies can now teleport
700	Helicopter ADS augmentation upgraded, detonation of rockets at 100ft, missile speed increased by 16%
800	Helicopter ADS augmentation upgraded, detonation of rockets at 150ft, missile speed increased by an additional 14%
900	Helicopter ADS augmentation upgraded, detonation of rockets at 250ft, missile speed increased by an additional 25%

[-Chris-]

Just tried survival mode, any of the available levels when you spawn in 2024 your character moves in sloooowww motion
Challenge mode at least has character moving at normal speed...

[Jimmy NoShoes]

reposted since cannot edit, posted incorrect info previously:

Thats a shame, feels like a very enclosed level compared to catacombs, those elevators at the sides feel wasted since you can't get on them and go up a level for more stuff. As it stands now, I just camp in the right room with a crate blocking the doorway, enable the turrets and then just stand there until everyone dies.

Feels like some wasted potential on that map. That being said, I do favour it over catacombs as I feel that map is simply too big and complicated to navigate for what the game mode tries to achieve.

Good guide anyhow, thanks for answering :)

[Hawk]

No, but it does reduce the amount of enemies you deal with.

[Jimmy NoShoes]

Regarding Ocean Lab - Do the green laser walls never disappear? I can't see the point of the electricity for the comm area if you can't actually get to it to collect items on bodies.

[Hawk]

Survival assumes easy difficulty, so x1. Also the crates give you the amount of ammo you'd get for picking up the weapon, by picking up one that an enemy spawned with you won't get much, but using the ones at spawn should give you a large amount of ammo.

[Nebhead]

Trying this mode now and ammo crates don't seem to work - not getting any 30.06 ammo

[Nebhead]

What is the difficulty in terms of how much damage you receive from enemies?

[Geekysam]

Fantastic I loved the new gamemode too.

[partypony]

very nice. love it

[DJ Raptor]

Good job, thx!