Mining Base
Mining Base Defense is a series of Emergency Quests that occur on Lillipa. Each Quest involves defending Mining Bases from enemy attacks by using collaborative teamwork and strategy.
Mechanics
The core mechanics of the Quest involve defending Mining Bases. Mining Bases are large towers that are marked by colored hexagons on the map; the goal of the Quest is to survive all of the Waves without letting all of your Mining Bases be destroyed. Different versions of Mining Base Defense have different
Crystals
To assist in defending your Bases, Crystals are scattered around the map for players to collect. These Crystals add to a "bank" total indicated by the Point counter on the right side of the screen. These come in three sizes: Small, Medium, and Large. Small Crystals provide 10 Points, Medium Crystals provide 30 Points, and Large Crystals provide 30 Points. All Crystal types also give 50 EXP per Crystal collected. When certain values of Points are reached, Players may access Control Panels on Mining Bases or Defense Pads to activate a variety of features.
Turret
Appears in Invasion, Intrusion, Despair, and Demise. Activated from a Defense Pad. Summons a Turret that players can board. While using a Turret, hold the Attack Button to fire bullets continuously. Turrets have limited ammunition and will despawn when it runs out of ammo.
Photon Particle Cannon
Appears in all Mining Base Defense Quests. Activated from a Defense Pad. Summons a Photon Particle Cannon that players can board. While using a Photon Particle Cannon, hold the Attack Button to charge a gauge at the center of the screen. When the gauge is full, release the Attack Button to unleash a powerful laser. While the laser is active, the cannon's turning mobility is reduced, but the laser inflicts massive damage against anything in its line of sight. Lasts for a few seconds before expiring. When the laser is exhausted, the cannon despawns.
Purification
Appears in Despair and Demise. Activated from a Corrupted Defense Pad. Cleanses a Defense Pad that has been infected at the beginning of a Wave or by a Solza's attack.
Burst Barrier
Appears in all Mining Base Defense Quests. Activated from a Mining Base. Summons a Burst Barrier around the Base that lasts a few seconds. Anything in direct proximity to the Base will become Frozen. Does not block damage from projectiles. Has no effect on enemies that are immune to the Freeze status.
Heal
Appears in all Mining Base Defense Quests. Activated from a Mining Base. Restores a large amount of HP to the target Base.
ARKS Interception Silhouette (A.I.S.)
The ARKS Interception Silhouette is a large mechanized suit that appears in Mining Base Defense: Despair and Mining Base Defense: Demise. It is a powerful anti-Darker weapon designed specifically for the defense of Mining Bases. An A.I.S. can be summoned by accessing a Defense Pad when the Point requirement has been reached. Upon summoning an A.I.S., you will automatically board the vehicle. The A.I.S. has extremely high HP and accelerated PP recovery. The A.I.S. can be used for up to 120 seconds, when the player decides to deactivate it, or if it runs out of HP.
Basic Actions
When in an A.I.S., you can perform the following:
- Boost: Costs 15 PP. Activated with the Dodge action. Dash in a given direction. Has extremely fast travel speed.
- Solid Vulcan: Normal attack. Fire a salvo of bullets from your Solid Vulcan. High PP recovery. Can be chained infinitely.
- Photon Saber: Costs 15 PP. Slash in front of you with your Photon Saber. Deals very high damage. Can be chained for a three-hit combo.
- Photon Grenade: Costs 55 PP. Fire a payload of rockets at a desired target. Deals large damage per rocket; extremely high damage potential if concentrated on a single target. Blast radius on impact.
- Photon Rush: Costs 70 PP. Dash forward with your Photon Saber and slash around you. Deals outstanding single-hit damage. Final slash hits in a radius.
Skills
- Photon Blaster: Use the Photon Blaster to fire a portable Photon Particle Cannon at enemies. The strongest move in an A.I.S.'s arsenal. Radial mobility is reduced slightly while in use. Has a 120 second cooldown.
- Photon Blizzard: Fire a bomb that explodes on impact, inflicting the Freeze status on all enemies in range. Has a 40 second cooldown.
Emergency Quests
There are six iterations of Mining Base Defense.
Mining Base Defense: Invasion
Emergency broadcast! Numerous Darkers are approaching the outlying regions of Lillipa's primary mining base!
—ARKS Ship Announcement
The first Mining Base Defense. Features a relatively small map with three Bases. Introduces the Goldrahda, a Darker that can wield various weapons and can self-detonate to inflict damage against Mining Bases.
Mining Base Defense: Intrusion
Emergency broadcast! Numerous Darkers are approaching the outlying regions of Lillipa's secondary mining base!
—ARKS Ship Announcement
This Quest features a wall gimmick that protects Bases. As Darkers inflict damage to the walls, they will eventually crumble, allowing Darkers to spawn farther inwards. Introduces the Vidluda, a small Darker that can stun players with its attacks.
Mining Base Defense: Despair
Emergency broadcast! Numerous Darkers are approaching the outlying regions of Lillipa's tertitary mining base!
—ARKS Ship Announcement
This Quest features a sprawling map with four Bases, and the Quest is extended to eight waves. Introduces the A.I.S. as a defense mechanic. Also introduces the Darker Wall gimmick, in which destructible walls are spawned that players are unable to pass through, and Darker Particle Towers, Darker towers that are able to fire a laser that inflicts lethal damage to Mining Bases.
Mining Base Defense: Demise
The fourth Mining Base Quest, taking place in a smaller, non-standard map with three Bases. Introduces the A.I.S. Exoda, a Darker counterpart to the A.I.S. that is resistant to A.I.S. damage, as well as Damoths, weak Darkers that can deal massive damage to Mining Bases by ramming into them and exploding. Culminates in a boss battle against Dark Falz Apprentice Gia.
Necky's Challenge
A Quest exclusive to the Famitsu collaboration event. Takes place in the same map as Invasion, but features a variety of enemy types. Turrets and Purification are removed. Introduces VR Walls, which are identical in function to Darker Walls. Awards Gavas Tickets that can be exchanged at a limited-time shop for prizes.
Base Defense Training: VR
A non-exclusive variant of Necky's Challenge. Adds ESC-A Darkers to the enemy rotation, as well as new sets of enemies. Introduces Esmoths, an ESC-A Darker variant of Damoths that can deal massive damage to Bases by ramming into them and exploding.
Quest Rank Reward
Upon completing the quest, ARKS will be reward with Pleidas Stone in any Mining Base Defense EQ. Torana Stones can be obtained from Demise and Necky's Challenge, they are dropped upon breaking the crystal loot after quest is completed.
| TD1 | TD2 | TD3 | TD4 | Necky | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S Rank | 2 | ||||
| A Rank | 1 | ||||
| B Rank | 0 | ||||
| C Rank | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Advice
- After a wave is over, any remaining Goldrahdas including ones with broken back will run towards tower and self-destruct. This can be interrupted and delayed with barrier burst which will freeze them, allowing MPA to finish them off.
- Try to take down infected ARKS Campship, they will target towers or ramdom MPAs with machine guns and missiles.
- Vibrace will create a bomb and throw it towards a random tower. If this is not destroyed, the explosion can easily kill MPA that is close and destroy the tower.