Encounter Guide

Overview

Encounters are the core PvE mode of Outlaw Troopers. By exploring maps and defeating enemies, you earn the resources needed to grow your Empire and climb the Leaderboards.

Encounters are the heart and soul of Outlaw Troopers! By mastering them, you will:

- Earn Credits, Gears, OLT Tokens, Sacred Gene, Radioactive Shards and Prestige.

- Gain Reputation to increase your seasonal Leaderboard rank.

- Complete A.R.C_Initiator_Quests for additional rewards.

- Defeat Dominators to find Fragments.

Combat Mechanics

For details on how damage, defense, and effects work during battles, see Encounter Combat Mechanic.

How to Start an Encounter

- Go to Explore -> Encounters.

- Select your desired Tier.

• Sector Intel: View the Map Layout and potential Node rewards.

• Hostile DB: View the specific enemies and Dominators on the planet.

• Rules: View the Encounter Rules.

- Setup Screen: Click "Initiate Encounter" to customize your build.

• Minimap Preview: View your current Map Layout in the top-left corner.

• Build Tabs: Use the bottom buttons to select your Ship, Trooper, Gears, and Skills.

• Stats: Check your total offensive and defensive stats before deploying.

• Load: Quickly load your previous loadouts.

Note: The setup screen automatically loads your most recently used build.

- Deploy: Click "Deploy" and to pay the entry cost using Energy or a Discount Access Key.

Tiers

There are unlimited Tiers to explore. You must defeat the boss Node to unlock the next Tier.

- Training Tiers (1–4): Free to enter. These are intended for learning the game and do not reward Reputation or Credits. Map rerolling is unavailable.

- Standard Tiers (5+): Require Energy to enter. Energy costs and rewards increase every 4 Tiers. For example:

• Tiers 5 to 8 share the same cost and rewards.

• Tiers 9 to 12 share the same, and so on.

- Cleared Tiers: Tiers where the boss Node has been defeated. These can be rerolled for new Layouts.

- Uncleared Tier: Boss Node not yet defeated.

• No Credit Nodes.

• Fixed Map Layout (cannot be rerolled).

• Discount Access Key cannot be used.

• Radiation Nodes are inaccessible.

Encounter Rules & Reward Scaling

Outlaw Troopers uses a "Node-Based" system that rewards you for every step you take.

- Keep Your Loot: You earn rewards for every Node you clear. Even if you fail the Encounter or die at the Boss, you keep all Reputation and items earned during the run.

- Node Scaling: As you clear a Node within a single Encounter, the difficulty increases by 20% and rewards (Credits, Gears, OLT) increase by 10%.

Note: Node Queue System allows you to select multiple Nodes at once. Your Ship will automatically travel to and process each Node until the queue is empty.

- Energy Scaling: Rewards scale based on the base Energy cost (before any discounts) of the Tier.

• This affects Credits, Gears, OLT Tokens, Reputation, Prestige and Radioactive Shards.

• Each point of Energy spent increases your reward bonus by 10%. For example:

2 Energy gives +10% bonus, 3 Energy gives +20% bonus, 4 Energy gives +30% bonus and so on.

- An Encounter ends when you defeat the final Boss Node or if your Ship is destroyed.

Map Layouts & Rerolling

If you don't like the rewards on your current map, you can Reroll its Layout. Reroll is only available for cleared Tiers.

- Each Tier has its own saved Layout.

• Rerolling a Tier saves that Layout for that Tier only.

• Switching to another Tier loads a separate Layout.

- Each Reroll costs Normal Access Keys equal to 3x the Tier’s Energy cost.

- Free reroll (granted after completing an Encounter):

• Cannot roll Gene Nodes or OLT Nodes

• Always generates a 3 × 3 Layout

• Has a lower chance to roll Credit Nodes

- Minimum rerolled map size: 3 × 3

- Maximum rerolled map size: 6 x 5

Setup Mechanics

- Ship Stacking: Owning multiple copies of the same Ship (virtual or permanent Assets) increases its level and base stats automatically.

- Trooper Boons: Each Trooper provides unique "Active Boons" that changes daily, visible during Troopers selection process.

- Gear Score: Your total equipped Gear cannot exceed your Gear Score Limit. This limit can be increased via the Tech Tree.

- Default Skills: Choose 3 skills to bring into battle. These can be upgraded using Credits to increase their effectiveness.