Horde Break Manual

Game Objective

• Survive against relentless enemy hordes🧟 for as long as possible!
• Collect XP orbs🔸 from fallen foes to level up⬆️ and choose powerful upgrades.
• Earn coins🪙 to unlock permanent enhancements in the Shop.
• Discover and master various weapons🔫 and abilities✋.
• Achieve high scores💯 and unlock prestigious🎖️ rewards!

Game Modes

• Free Run - Survive as long as you can with earned weapons🔫.
• Adventure - Scavenge weapons🔫 off the ground, infinite horde.
• Survival - Last 30 mins with a random weapon to unlock it.
• Co-op (Local) - Team up and survive with a friend.
• Party Modes - Survival mode with crazy variants!
• Horde Tower - Tower Defense Mode! Build defenses to survive.

Party Modes

Special versions of Survival with unique gameplay modifiers:

• 🏜️ Desert Wasteland: Collect 💧 to stay hydrated or take damage!
• ❄️ Winter Wonderland: Enemies freeze you on touch, but trees freeze them!
• 🏰 Dungeon Crawler: Collect 🏰 to gain a massive 10s power buff!
• 🌲 Dark Forest: Navigate a massive maze of dense trees and corridors.
• 👑 Boss Rush: No standard enemies. Face 3 random Bosses every wave.
• 🌑 Dark Mode: Your vision is limited to a small circle around you.
• 🏃‍♂️ Nimble Swarm: Only small, fast, low-health enemies spawn.
• 🛡️ Tank Battalion: Only massive, slow, high-health enemies spawn.
• 🏹 Firing Squad: Every enemy is ranged and shoots projectiles.
• 👹 Nightmare: Start with 1 HP. Enemies are faster and stronger.
• 🏟️ The Arena: A tiny map with zero trees or places to hide.
• 🎁 Mystery Box: You can't pick upgrades; the game chooses for you.
• 🪦 Cemetery: Fallen enemies leave solid tombstones that block paths.
• 🎰 Weapon Roulette: Every 10s your weapon is randomly replaced.
• 🧛 Vampire: No regen or medkits. Defeating enemies heals you!
• 🏃‍♂️ The Floor is Lava: Don't stop moving for more than 1s or you burn!
• 🌀 Wormhole: Walking into a tree teleports you and enemies.
• 🪅 Piñata Party: Enemies drop Power-Ups instead of XP. Buy Power-Ups in the shop!
• 🪞 Mirror Match: Controls reverse every 30 seconds!
• 💔 Glass Cannon: Lower HP = More Damage. Up to 10x!
• 🪖 Wandering Soldier: Get too far away from enemies and take damage!
• 🌲 The Hills Have Eyes: Trees randomly drift around the map!

Customization

To change names type (example) in cheat bar:

• player 1 - Hank
• player 2 - Bobby

To remap keys type (examples) in cheat bar:

• p1 up - w
• p1 ability - shift
• p2 left - arrowleft
• p2 ability - numpad0

Actions: up, down, left, right, ability.

Keys: Use key names like q, space, numpad0, etc.

Controls

Player 1 (Keyboard):

• Movement: W, A, S, D
• Special Ability: SHIFT
• Manual Fire: SPACE

Player 2 (Keyboard - Co-op):

• Movement: Arrow Keys
• Special Ability: NUMPAD 0
• Manual Fire: ENTER

Gamepad / Controller:

• Movement: D-Pad or L-Stick
• P1/P2 Ability: LB or RB
• Manual Fire: RT or R2
• Menu Select: A or Cross
• Menu Back: B or Circle

Global:

• Pause Game: ESCAPE or Start

Useful Cheats

• Instructions: Type instructions in cheat bar.
• Patch Notes: Type updates in cheat bar.
• Save local Game: Type save my game in cheat bar.
• Load local Game: Type load my game in cheat bar.

Easter Eggs

• Type easter eggs in the cheat bar and try to find them all.
• Try typing a car, food, slang to start.
• Try typing dnd campaign to learn your story.

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Gameplay Basics

• Defeat enemies🧟 to make them drop XP orbs.🔸
• Collect orbs to fill your XP bar.
• If hit player health❤️ slowly regenerates over time in Free Run or Survival.
• Health does NOT regenerate in Adventure mode.
• When the bar is full, you'll level up⬆️ and get to choose from 3 random upgrades.
• Skipping an upgrade choice grants a small coin🪙 bonus.

Enemies

• Regular - Deals normal dmg and moves normal speed.
• Nimble - Spawns after 5 mins, is small and fast but deals less dmg.
• Tank - Spawns after 10 mins, is big and slow but deals more dmg.
• Ranged - Spawns after 10 mins, shoots projectiles (3 dmg).
• Adaptive - Spawns after 20 mins, immune to all status effects.
• Resistant - Spawns after 10 mins. Immune to specific elements.

Bosses

All Bosses - Spawn after 15 mins or Wave 5.

• Void Weaver - Shoots voids that suck you in.
• Acid Slug - Leaves a wide toxic purple trail that hurts the player.
• Lava Bomber - Shoots purple lava puddles that hurt the player.
• The Colossus - A 4-part shifting boss with unique attacks.

Note: Bosses become Immune to all effects🌈 after 45 mins or Wave 15.

Abilities Overview

• Equip one primary Ability Core from the Abilities screen.
• Ability Points 💠 are earned from kills 250 or surviving every 5 waves in Horde Tower.
• Spend Ability Points 💠 to unlock and enhance skills for your chosen ability.
• Reset all Ability Points for 1000 coins, and try different combinations.

Abilities:

• 💨 Dash: Quick evasive maneuver.
• ✋ Force Push: Emits a shockwave.
• 🩸 Bloodthirst: A temporary frenzy boosting attack speed and damage.
• 🗼 Decoy Turret: Deploys a stationary turret using your starting weapon.
• ⏱️ Time Stop: Stops enemies for a brief moment.
• 🚧 Laser Fence: Deploys a damaging beam that enemies walk through.

Persistent Progress

Coins & Shop

• Coins (🪙) are earned during runs and from achievements.
• Spend coins in the Upgrades shop for permanent boosts in Free Run or Survival.
• Stats or Items from the Upgrades are NOT active in Adventure mode.
• Reset all Upgrades for 10 Ability points, and try different combinations.

Power-ups

Power-ups can randomly spawn on the map in Free Run or Survival after bought in the shop:

• 💥 Nuke: Destroys a portion of enemies.
• 🧲 Magnet: Pulls all XP orbs to you for a period of time.
• ⏩ Speed: Boosts move & attack speed for a period of time.
• ❄️ Freeze: Freezes enemies for a period of time.
• ⭐ Star: Grants temporary invulnerability for a period of time.
• 💰 Chest: Awards a large coin bonus.
• ⬆️ Level Up: Instantly gain one level.
• ⏳ Time Warp: Skips time forward safely.
• ❤️ Medkit: Restores a portion of health.
• 👻 Ghost: Enemies quit chasing you for a period of time.
• ✖️ 2x XP: Doubles XP gained for a period of time.
• ☠️ Insta-Kill: One shot enemies for a period of time.

Gear Locker (Possible Rolls)

• Spend coins to roll for gear. Equip 1 item at a time.
• Gear effects are active in Free Run, Survival, and Co-op.
• Gear is NOT active in Adventure Mode.
• Gear rarity determines stat strength: Common -> God Tier.

Saloon Games

Bet coins🪙 to win big in the Saloon!

🎰 Slot Machine:

• Match 3 for Jackpot, 2 for Pair.
• 💎 200x / 40x | 🍀 100x / 20x | ⭐ 50x / 10x
• 💰 25x / 8x | 🔔 15x / 5x | 🍏 12x / 4x
• 🍉 8x / 3x | 🍇🍊🍋🍒 2x - 5x

🃏 High Card:

• Find the high (10) card among the duds.
• R1: 1 in 3 (1.5x) | R2: 1 in 5 (2x) | R3: 1 in 10 (3x)

🏢 Stacker:

• Drop moving blocks perfectly to build a tower.
• Multiplier increases by +0.1x per block.
• Reach your target height to cash out!

Achievements

Earn achievements by completing tasks or secrets.