Horde

## What is Horde Mode?

Horde Mode was added to After the Fall in patch 1.3.35721 which started rolling out on March 10th 2022.

The concept of Horde Mode is pretty simple - a group of up to 4 runners start at the "home base" which features four modified arcade machines for shopping and two purple ammo boxes. These two boxes respawn slower than in Harvest Runs. This mode adds several unique limitations, including but not limited to being able to buy only one of each item per intermission.

Once a round starts, Snowbreed will spawn from one of a select number of spawn points and try to make their way to the runners, presumably to watch a movie and cuddle. The higher the wave, the faster the Snowbreed spawn and the more armour the Snowbreed are wearing. As the waves progress, Eaters, Brutes and Juggernauts will start to spawn with increasing frequency.

The game gives you an intermission after every 5 waves(so before wave 6, 11, 16 etc) where nothing spawns until the group is ready. This provides a little breather and a chance to replenish supplies.

## Tips and tricks

* Snowbreed are going to keep spawning from different points, so calling out the spawn as soon as you notice it helps your party be as effcient as they can at taking out the Snowbreed.
* Your Missile Device(Rocket Glove) is an incredible tool. The damage is fierce, and it targets up to 5 rocket targets. Because you can't purchase Device Charge for Devices and save on the ground for later use like boosters and bombs, there is no downside to using your rockets as you won't be taking valuable supplies away from later waves, and as such, using your Rocket Glove before Pipe Bombs is strongly encouraged.
* At the time of writing, only two maps exist for Horde mode - Freeway and Junction. Freeway is by far the least forgiving of the two. Unlike Junction which only has 3 open sides, Freeway is open from all 4 sides. Furthermore, no explosives are placed on the Freeway where the Junction is littered with regenerating explosive Sprawl Pods. Shooting these Sprawl Pods can be an incredibly effective way to clear Snowbreed, although doing so is only suggested when it will really matter and take out a good deal of them.
* Conserve your ammo. Even though you have purple ammo boxes, using those without really needing to will quickly lead to both of them being on cooldown and you being out of ammo. A good way to conserve ammo is to bring 4 weapons using different ammo types and switching among them as the situation allows.
* Juggernauts are scary. We all collectively fill our drawers when we hear the ominous music. But they are also slow, unlike normal Snowbreed. Sometimes it makes more sense to focus on the normal Snowbreed and leave the Juggernaut alone until some of the pressure is off.
* Using an ammo box every 45 seconds is the perfect optimization of the ammo boxes as that is half the respawn time of the box

## Unique limitations in Horde Mode

* Modified arcade machines can only be used during intermission and when you start the game.
* Purple ammo boxes respawn every 90 seconds - a lot slower than Harvest Runs
* Each Runner may only buy one of each item per intermission - so one Juice Booster, one Pipe Bomb and one Device Charge. This means it is essential that everyone buys all the items they can, and if the goal is high waves, the items must be conserved.
* The play area is limited to one spot where you defend, meaning it is not really possible to bottleneck Snowbreed.

## Rewards

Horde mode rewards an insignificant amount of Harvest, far lower than Harvest runs. The real rewards come in the form of a unique weapon blueprint(the revolver) for reaching wave 6, and for every 5 completed waves, you collect a Floppy at the end.

Floppy rewards get better the higher your wave count goes. They are rewarded as follows:

* Wave 5 & 10: Blue floppy
* Wave 15 & 20: Purple floppy
* Wave 25, 30 & 35: Yellow floppy
* Wave 40+: Red floppy