Explore ◆ Challenge Mode
- Challenge Modes can be activated before starting a game of Nova Drift.
- These additional challenges make the game harder but also give bonuses to score and experience points. Endless Mode provides a bonus of 50% in score and 6% in experience, and each challenge activated increases the score bonus by 25% and the experience bonus by 4% with the only exception being Annihilation which gives no bonuses.
- If all challenge modes are activated at once they give a total of 200% score bonus and 30% experience bonus.
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For information about Challenge Modes in the legacy SYZYGY version, see this older page revision.
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Details
| Name | Description / Requirements | Bonus | |
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Endless Mode | After the final battle, the game continues until you are destroyed. Requirements: Defeat the final boss once |
+50% score +6% exp. |
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Danger Zone | Waves advance faster, and enemies enter the fray more frequently. Requirements: Rank 4 |
+25% score +4% exp. |
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Enemy Territory | The starting wave is increased by 12. Requirements: Rank 8 |
+25% score +4% exp. |
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Elite Enemy | Encounters are nastier, and the random chance that enemies are Elite or Champions is increased. Requirements: Rank 12 |
+25% score +4% exp. |
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Hostile universe | Asteroids, comets, and black holes appear more frequently. Requirements: Rank 16 |
+25% score +4% exp. |
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Nemesis | Bosses become considerably more powerful. Requirements: Rank 20 |
+25% score +4% exp. |
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Mayhem | +25% to the effects of all above Challenge Modes, which must all be enabled. Requirements: Rank 24 |
+25% score +4% exp. |
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Annihilation | Ultimate difficulty. Punishing, unrelenting enemy encounters. All Challenge Modes must be enabled. No additional score or experience bonuses are earned. Requirements: Rank 50 |
No bonuses, but more enemies per wave may lead to higher scores. |
| Total | +200% score +30% exp. | ||