Droids HQ

"Infiltrate the core."

- World Description

 is the tenth and final world a player will encounter in a run, after Atomic Factory. The world-exclusive droid is Paragon Droid. Droids HQ contains only 3.0 Variants of existing droids (excluding World-Exclusive Droids and Weak Droids), and tests you on all the skills you have learned from the past 9 worlds. Droids HQ features almost everything from previous worlds, including hazards, world-exclusive droids, and environmental objects. The tenth room of Droids HQ always contains a randomized boss. Warping is disabled in Droids HQ.

Environment
Droids HQ has a dark blue floor with a hexagonal design and light gray walls. Multiple environmental objects from previous worlds, such as spinners and boost pads, can be seen in this world. This world also features two new objects, gray metallic boxes that are immovable, and a wall of lasers that trigger the Raider Protocol when touched.

The Raider Protocol is a countermeasure against the player in Droids HQ. When the wall of lasers in the second room is activated, it detects the player and triggers a 120-second timer to execute the player and any other players too. Failing to complete the remaining 8 rooms in time will result in all players exploding, killing them in the process. The Raider Protocol is deactivated when the player manages to reach the boss room.

Tips

 * Droids HQ features most Droids from throughout the game, so it's important to be ready for anything.
 * Always keep an eye on the time, as fighting might distract you a lot.


 * The only droids that can spawn behind the laser are the Switch Droid 3.0, Rapid Fire Droid 3.0, Xero Droid 3.0 and Burst Droid 3.0.
 * Using an item or sword that increases aggro distance like the Vortex Sword can help lure the droid to the other side of the lasers.
 * If you have any ranged weapon that isn't a Slingshots, it is possible to shoot the droid that spawns behind the laser by shooting through gaps between the lasers.
 * You can also move your screen out and shoot the droid behind the laser for a guaranteed hit.
 * Incredible positioning makes it possible for your ranged weapon to cross the laser without activating it, making it possible to freely shoot any enemy across the other side.
 * However, this is highly discouraged unless you are skilled at the game.
 * Use Short Circuit or Laser Sword if you want to skip the Raider Protocol.
 * Alternatively, you can get high, use Infiniball, stacks boxes and many other ways to skip it.

Trivia

 * Droids HQ was added in the v1.5 update.
 * Warping is disabled in Droids HQ.
 * By using Wrath (Sin) on the boss in the final boss room, it is possible to access null. This only works in singleplayer, and when you are only in Normal Mode.
 * Prior to v1.6, this could have worked in any ascension except Ascension 15.
 * This and The Darkness are the only worlds with bosses.
 * Currently, this is the only world with 2 soundtracks.