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Expeditions Icon

Expeditions Icon

There are numerous types of expeditions found in Anthem-logoAnthem. These activities are accessed in the Expeditions Menu when a Javelin is entered or an expedition is run.

Their relavant Cortex entries can be found under the Journal tab. Each mode is accessed through the Game Mode menu separately.

Missions[]

Missions are story-type expeditions. Usually, a set of missions are related to each other through story lines. These also include additional contracts that have 3 to 4 sub-contracts in them. Missions award the Mission Complete Feat, if the mission is successfully completed.

Critical Objective[]

Cortex-critical objective

Also referred to as Story Missions or Critical Path Missions.

These missions are part of the main story of Anthem. Certain storylines such as Dax's Mystery of the Emerald Abyss, Matthias' Triple Threat, and the Bard's Challenges of the Legionnaires are also considered critical.


Agent Quest[]

Agent Quest

Agent missions or Agent Quests are provided by faction agents. These faction agents often work along with Corvus after receiving permission from the leader of their Factions.

They are provided by the following people, as of Update 1.7.0:

Agent Contracts[]

Contract

Agent contracts or simply, Contracts, are provided by faction agents after the critical path missions are completed.

These expeditions are always available to play after completing them for the first time. They are provided by the following people, as of Update 1.7.0:

Legendary Contracts[]

Legendary Contract

Legendary contracts are tougher contracts provided by faction agents after completing the critical path mission. They have some conversation attached with the agent before and after completing them for the first time.

There are only 3 Legendary Missions available everyday, per agent. However, Quickplay will allow to join others' Legendary Contract, making it possible to play them more than 3 times.

They are provided by the following people, as of Update 1.7.0:

Legendary Missions[]

Legendary Mission

Legendary Missions allow players to replay critical path missions again with a much higher difficulty level. One mission will be available per day that has no limit on the number of times it can be completed. These missions offer a new challenge and require team coordination to achieve victory!

As of Update 1.7.0, only 9 Legendary missions relating Legend of the Heart of Rage Storyline and Mystery of the Emerald Abyss Storyline are available.

Cataclysm Critical[]

Cataclysm Quest

These missions are critical story missions related to the cataclysms occurring at a given time.

These are limited time missions and won't be available once the cataclysm period ends. The Echoes of Reality cataclysm ended in August 2019.

As of Update 1.7.0, these missions cannot be played. However, due to a bug, the first two missions of Echoes of Reality storyline can be played with bugged user interface. This is possible for only some players.

Freeplay[]

Freplay Logo

Freeplay allows for exploration and special activities at one's own leisure. There are several types of freeplay activities. Completing World Events in Freeplay will result in World Events Feat type rewards.

The players can participate in these events at their own leisure in Freeplay. During seasonal times or cataclysms, a small seasonal icon is shown on the bottom right corner of the icon, if any seasonal events are to occur.

There are several types of activities in Freeplay. Live Events, World Events, Time Trials, Legendary Events, Conjunctions, and even World Encounters. The following are important events that count as expeditions and when completing challenges.

Live Event Live Event Icon
1 Star World Event
1 Star World Event
2 Star World Event
2 Star World Event
3 Star World Event
3 Star World Event
Legendary Event
(Conjunctions and Seasonal World Events
Conjunction Anomaly
Time Trials
Time Trial
1 Star World Encounter
1 Star World Encounter
2 Star World Encounter
2 Star World Encounter

Strongholds[]

Stronghold icon

Strongholds are some of the toughest missions in Anthem-logoAnthem and are always provided by Corvus agent Sev. They have some conversation attached with the agent before and after completing them for the first time.

They are accessed in a separate menu, and are available anytime. There are competitive versions of strongholds called seasonal strongholds. Through Quickplay Strongholds option in the Expedition Menu, it is possible to join other players' stronghold activity. Completing a stronghold will give a Stronghold Complete Feat type reward.

Competitive and Seasonal[]

Competitive

Seasonal Expeditions are usually limited time expeditions of other mission types, especially strongholds and cataclysms with additional mechanisms to provide a challenge and special rewards to players.

Depending on whether a full season or cataclysm is going on, the color of the icon can change from white to pink and be replaced by appropriate seasonal symbol.

Completing a stronghold will give a Competitive Stronghold Complete Feat or Stronghold Complete Feat reward, depending on performance of a player inside the activity.

Cataclysms[]

Cortex-cataclysms

Cataclysms are the toughest challenges available in Anthem-logoAnthem and are accessed through their own game mode menu. Unlike regular strongholds, these expeditions currently don't have a mission-like structure. They can be a part of completing missions as well. Cataclysms have Cataclysm Events in them. Completing them will help silence the cataclysm.

Cataclysms have their own kind of events filled with challenging puzzles, combat, explorations and a special map, different from the map of Northern Bastion or Fort Tarsis/Launch Bay.

Currently, only Echoes of Reality (Game Mode) is available as a cataclysm. As of Update 1.7.0, both the original and Season of Skulls Festival variant of Echoes of Reality is available on rotation. However, both are a restricted version and only have 3 Cataclysm Events available in it, along with the Vara Event.

Completing a stronghold will give a Cataclysm Complete Feat or Mission Complete Feat reward, depending on the performance of a player inside the cataclysm.

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