Escalation Info - ProtoTrack

Enemy Mutators

Harvester

When dealing damage, this enemy regenerates Armor and Health by a percentage of your maximum Armor. Can Overheal.

Suppressor

When damaged, this enemy starts to charge an EMP blast. When fully charged, he unleashes it, disrupting everything in the area.

Anchor

This enemy has damage resistance and fires incendiary ammo as long as he has any allies around him.

Aid Specialist

This enemy periodically repairs the Armor of all allies around him if they are badly damaged.

Global Mutators

Unyielding

All enemies become immune to crowd control effects while significantly damaged.

Hot Foot

If you stay in the same spot for too long, a charge counter begins to fill. When it reaches maximum, you are Shocked and take damage.

Difficulty Scaling

Token cost, profit, group reward, enemy scaling, and active mutators by tier.

Tier	Deposit	Profit	Group Reward	Enemy Damage	Enemy Health	Enemy Armor	Mutators
Tier 0	0	2	2	100%	100%	100%	None
Tier 1	1	3	2	160%	160%	160%	Harvester
Tier 2	3	6	3	200%	200%	200%	Unyielding Harvester
Tier 3	7	10	4	250%	250%	250%	Unyielding Harvester Suppressor
Tier 4	12	16	5	300%	300%	300%	Unyielding Harvester Suppressor
Tier 5	20	24	7	350%	350%	350%	Unyielding Harvester Anchor Suppressor
Tier 6	29	34	10	450%	450%	450%	Hot Foot Unyielding Harvester Anchor Suppressor
Tier 7	41	46	13	450%	530%	530%	Hot Foot Unyielding Harvester Anchor Aid Specialist Suppressor
Tier 8	54	60	16	500%	650%	650%	Hot Foot Unyielding Harvester Anchor Aid Specialist Suppressor
Tier 9	70	76	20	550%	700%	700%	Hot Foot Unyielding Harvester Anchor Aid Specialist Suppressor
Tier 10	87	94	25	550%	800%	800%	Hot Foot Unyielding Harvester Anchor Aid Specialist Suppressor

Drop Rates

Escalation mode is currently the only source of Prototype Gear. Individual NPCs can drop Prototype Gear or a Prototype weapon, with chances increasing by tier.

Prototype Drops per NPC

Chance for individual NPCs to drop Prototype Gear or a Prototype weapon.

Tier 1 0.20%

Tier 2 0.40%

Tier 3 0.60%

Tier 4 0.60%

Tier 5 0.80%

Tier 6 1.25%

Tier 7 1.50%

Tier 8 2.00%

Tier 9 2.50%

Tier 10 3.00%

Targeted Loot by Tier

Y8S1.1 introduced Targeted Loot to Escalation mode. It rotates daily across existing brands and gear sets in the loot pool, with higher tiers having a greater chance of dropping targeted items.

Tier 1 5.0%

Tier 2 11.0%

Tier 3 16.0%

Tier 4 22.0%

Tier 5 28.0%

Tier 6 39.0%

Tier 7 45.0%

Tier 8 50.0%

Tier 9 56.0%

Tier 10 62.0%

Mission Rotation

Escalation missions follow a rotating schedule. Only a selection of missions is available at a given time.

Token Stakes

Starting a run costs Escalation Tokens. Higher tiers require more tokens and reward more on completion.

Run Failure

Failing a run means the tokens spent on that attempt are lost, so higher tiers carry more risk.