Mann vs. Machine mission

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This is not a robot tea party, sparkbags, this is robot war! Click to listen — The Soldier

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A Mann vs. Machine mission is a pre-set wave of robots that occur on a Mann vs. Machine map. Added in the update of the same name they are classified by difficulty in five levels, namely Normal (the easiest), Intermediate, Advanced, Expert, and Nightmare (the hardest).

Each level additionally can be modified by its "Challenge mode" which comes in two types: Invasion, where there are many (usually 6 to 8) but shorter waves of robots, and Endurance, where the waves are fewer, but much longer - to compensate, players start with more money, and the bomb resets itself after a time, similar to the briefcase in Capture the Flag.

All missions are available in both Boot Camp and Mann Up modes; on the latter some of them can be part of a Tour of Duty, which requires a ticket to participate and, upon completion, may award exclusive items such as a Botkiller weapon or a cosmetic item.

List of Missions

Name	Map	Difficulty	Challenge mode	Features
Doe's Drill1	Decoy	Normal	Invasion	Charged Giant Soldier Giant Heavy Tank
Doe's Doom2		Intermediate	Invasion	Giant Soldier Super Scout Charged Giant Soldier Giant Rapid Fire Soldier Giant Heavy Giant Heater Heavy Tank
Day of Wreckening2		Intermediate	Invasion	Tank Giant Demoknight Giant Rapid Fire Demoman Giant Rapid Fire Soldier Giant Pyro Super Scout
Disk Deletion1		Advanced	Invasion	Giant Flare Pyro Giant Rapid Fire Soldier Charged Giant Soldier Giant Heavy Super Scout Tank
Data Demolition1		Advanced	Invasion	Deflector Heavy Giant Rapid Fire Demoman Giant Rapid Fire Soldier Charged Giant Soldier Super Scout Tank
Desperation3		Expert	Invasion	Charged Giant Soldier Giant Demoknight Giant Deflector Heavy Giant Heavy Giant Medic Giant Rapid Fire Soldier Super Scout Tank
Crash Course1	Coal Town	Normal	Invasion	Giant Pyro Giant Rapid Fire Demoman Major League Scout Tank
Cave-In2		Intermediate	Invasion
Quarry2		Intermediate	Invasion	Charged Giant Soldier Giant Heavy Giant Rapid Fire Soldier Giant Rapid Fire Demoman Super Scout Tank
Ctrl+Alt+Destruction1		Advanced	Invasion	Giant Rapid Fire Soldier Charged Giant Soldier Giant Heavy Super Scout Tank
CPU Slaughter1		Advanced	Invasion	Charged Giant Soldier Giant Demoknight Giant Heavy Deflector Heavy Tank
Cataclysm3		Expert	Invasion	Giant Deflector Heavy Giant Heavy Giant Medic Giant Rapid Fire Soldier Super Scout Tank
Caliginous Caper	Coaltown Event	Nightmare	Endurance	Charged Giant Soldier Giant Deflector Heavy Giant Demoknight Giant Demoman Giant Heavy Giant Medic Giant Rapid Fire Soldier Tank
Manouvers1	Mannworks	Normal	Invasion	Giant Soldier Charged Giant Soldier Major League Scout Tank
Mean Machines2		Intermediate	Invasion	Giant Demoman Giant Heavy Giant Pyro Giant Rapid Fire Soldier Giant Soldier Major League Scout Tank
Mannhunt2		Intermediate	Invasion
Machine Massacre1		Advanced	Invasion	Deflector Heavy Giant Rapid Fire Soldier Tank
Mech Mutilation1		Advanced	Endurance	Giant Heavy Giant Pyro Giant Demoman Giant Rapid Fire Soldier Tank
Mannslaughter3		Expert	Invasion	Charged Giant Soldier Giant Deflector Heavy Giant Demoman Giant Heavy Giant Pyro Giant Rapid Fire Soldier Super Scout Tank
1 Part of Operation Steel Trap Tour of Duty. 2 Part of Operation Oil Spill Tour of Duty. 3 Part of Operation Gear Grinder Tour of Duty.

Update history

August 15, 2012 Patch (Mann vs. Machine Update)

• [Undocumented] Added Doe's Drill, Disk Deletion, Data Demolition, Crash Course, Ctrl+Alt+Destruction, CPU Slaughter, Manouvers, Machine Massacre and Mech Mutilation missions.

August 23, 2012 Patch

• Added difficulty text "Normal" and "Advanced" to the MvM scoreboard when playing official Valve missions.
• Server browser will now show MvM mission name in the "map" column. (E.g. "mvm_mannworks_advanced")

September 4, 2012 Patch

• Fixed the party leader’s mission completions showing in the game lobby instead of your own.

October 9, 2012 Patch

• [Undocumented] Added Doe's Doom, Day of Wreckening, Desperation, Cave-In, Quarry, Cataclysm, Mean Machines, Mann Hunt and Mannslaughter missions.

October 17, 2012 Patch

• Corrected the respawn time for the Mannslaughter mission

October 26, 2012 Patch

• Added the map Mvm_coaltown_event with a special Halloween mission

Trivia

• With the sole exception of Quarry, the first word in the title of a mission alliterates with the name of the map the mission is played on.

See also

• Mann vs. Machine Update
• Tour of Duty