Sabotage is a Mission type requiring players to reach an objective, and then destroy it before heading to extraction. The objective that needs to be destroyed differs depending on the mission's tileset.
Variants
Core Sabotage
On the majority of tilesets located on a planet's surface, players must find a reactor room, and destroy the reactor core. To destroy the reactor core, players will need to expose the reactor core by activating a control console, then proceed to destroy each of the cylinders sticking out of it. Up to 4000 objective affinity will be rewarded based on mission level upon the destruction of all cylinders.
Missions taking place on Corpus Outposts and Corpus Ice Planets feature a Corpus reactor design with hexagonal elements on a rotating core. Missions taking place on Grineer Settlements and Grineer Shipyards feature a Grineer reactor design with four sets of three cylinders which swivel outward from a stationary core.
Core sabotage missions have a chance of triggering a five-minute Timed Extraction event upon completion via the overhead message "Core Integrity Compromised". The mission will fail if players do not extract within the time limit.
Toxin Injector Sabotage
Missions in the Grineer Forest initially task players with finding a Toxin Mixer and destroying the Biocatalyst required for the creation of the Cicero Toxin. If players in the squad have Antitoxins in their Gear wheel, they may put them into the Mixer at this stage, granting the squad an additional reward at the end of the mission depending on the combined potency of all antitoxins used (as indicated by Antitoxin Strength) prior to commencement of the second mission stage. Objective Affinity is awarded upon Biocatalyst destruction which scales with mission level, up to a maximum of 4000 affinity.
Once the Toxin Mixer has been disabled, players are then tasked with sabotage of the Toxin Injector poisoning the soil.
- If no antitoxins were inserted in the first mission stage, hacking the injector will send it into overdrive, causing it to destroy the toxin contained within. This sabotage outcome will award 1000 affinity at all mission levels.
- If at least one antitoxin was inserted in the first mission stage, hacking the injector will cause it to pump the antitoxin mixture into the soil. This sabotage outcome will award 12,000 affinity at all mission levels.
Regardless of the sabotage outcome, players must defend the Injector from enemies for 75 seconds in order to complete the second mission stage.
Gas City Sabotage
Missions in the Corpus Gas City require players to find and destroy the elemental condensers and helium-3 processors aboard the city, gaining up to 1500 objective affinity for each group of equipment destroyed. They must then hack a terminal to begin overdriving the reactor core, and defend two consoles for 90 seconds from Nullifier Crewmen (or specialized Lancers for the Kuva Lich Controlled Territory variant) attempting to reverse the sequence until the overdrive process is complete. Completion of the overdrive process will award up to 2000 objective affinity. (The standard variant on Thebe, with a mission level of 18-20, grants 1000 and 1500 objective affinity for, respectively, equipment destruction and overdrive process completion.)
Reactor Sabotage
- Main article: Reactor Sabotage
Introduced in Update 18.5 (2016-03-04), this Sabotage variant replaces core sabotage on the Grineer Galleon and Corpus Ship. In this mode, the player must sabotage up to two coolant stations of the reactor before destroying the reactor itself.
Sealab Sabotage
- Main article: Sealab Sabotage
Missions in the Grineer Sealab require players to flood the main pumping room by destroying its pipes and then hack and defend a terminal. Depending on the type of lab, players are then required to either find and kill a Manic Bombard, or destroy cloning tubes and a research drone.
Hive Sabotage
- Main article: Hive Sabotage
Missions taking place onboard Infested Ships require players to destroy three Infested Hives, that are protected by five Infested Tumors each; these must be destroyed before the hive can be harmed. Each destruction of a hive will increase the Infested spawnrate as well as triggering an environmental hazard, depending on the type of Hive destroyed. The hazards range from Lowered Gravity, Laser Hazard, Turret Activation, Cryogenic Leakage, 
Viral Clouds and 
Magnetic Fields.
Orokin Sabotage
- Main article: Orokin Sabotage
Orokin Sabotage takes place on Orokin Void and Orokin Derelict tilesets, where the objective is to close a Void portal allowing Corpus or Grineer troops entry into the Orokin structure. Closing the portal involves a mixture of Defense-style gameplay and Assassination where a special miniboss must be killed in the process.
Drilling Machine Sabotage
Missions on Grineer Asteroids task players with finding and destroying a number of Drilling Machines scattered around the map. Up to 4 Drilling Machines can be found during a mission. Unlike most other Sabotage variants, no affinity is rewarded for objective completion in this Sabotage variant.
Archwing Reactor Sabotage
Taking place on the Archwing Trench Run tileset, this mode sees players fly through a severely damaged Corpus Ship to destroy the reactor core. The reactor room has eight Auxiliary Power Cores that must be destroyed to expose the two larger Primary Power Cores that are the main objective. Deadly crisscrossing 
Electricity beams activate whenever each auxiliary core is destroyed, making the area more hazardous. Unlike most other Sabotage variants, no affinity is rewarded for objective completion in this Sabotage variant.
Fomorian Sabotage
- Main article: Fomorian Sabotage
Fomorian Sabotage is a special Sabotage Event variant that involves using Archwings to engage and destroy a Balor Fomorian before it reaches a Relay. Each Fomorian Sabotage mission has a timer displaying the time until it reaches the relay, along with a health counter showing the percent of health it has remaining.
In order to participate in a Fomorian Sabotage mission, a player must have an Archwing available, as well as a Fomorian Disruptor equipped in their Gear menu.
Deception
- Main article: Deception
Formerly a mission type that phased out in Update: Specters of the Rail 0.0 (2016-07-08), this was changed into a Sabotage variant, then demoted to the first of two objectives in Grineer Settlement and Grineer Shipyard sabotage missions. The deception objective, which consists of inserting a datamass into a specific terminal, rewards up to 4000 objective affinity based on mission level.
Locations
Rewards
Many kinds of Sabotage missions contain Resource Caches. For each cache collected, the squad will earn up to 2000 affinity (based on mission level) as well as additional rewards depending on the kind of Sabotage mission. Like Spy Mission Vaults, these additional rewards will not be revealed until the mission is completed. On the mission completion screen, cache rewards will be marked with "Identified".
Sabotage missions in the Void give an additional Void Relic as an end of mission reward regardless of the number of discovered Resource Caches. These rewards are under the tiered drop tables under the Void tab. Archwing Sabotage missions do not feature Resource Caches but give an end of mission reward upon completion.
| A | B | C | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 x2500 Credit Cache |
100% | x3000 Credit Cache |
24.35% |  Health Restore (Large) |
30.2% |
 Endo x100 |
24.35% | Endo x200 |
30.2% | ||
 Detonite Ampule |
12.18% |  Neurodes |
15.1% | ||
 Ferrite x300 |
12.18% |  Bite |
3.67% | ||
| Neurodes |
12.18% | Hastened Deflection |
3.67% | ||
 Rubedo x150 |
12.18% | Link Fiber |
3.67% | ||
 Kubrow Egg |
2.58% | Link Redirection |
3.67% | ||
| Link Vitality |
3.67% | ||||
| Maul |
3.67% | ||||
 Forma Blueprint |
2% | ||||
| Forma |
0.5% | ||||
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| A | B | C | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 x3000 Credit Cache |
33.33% | x5000 Credit Cache |
30.98% | Endo x400 |
35.49% |
| Endo x200 |
33.33% | Endo x300 |
15.49% | Enemy Sense |
15.49% |
| Thief's Wit |
16.67% |  Mutagen Sample x3 |
15.49% | Neurodes |
15.49% |
 Nano Spores x1000 |
16.67% |  Plastids x350 |
15.49% | Neurodes x2 |
15.49% |
| Contagious Spread |
5.64% | Firestorm |
4.51% | ||
| Fever Strike |
5.64% | High Voltage |
4.51% | ||
| Infected Clip |
5.64% | Shell Shock |
4.51% | ||
| Pathogen Rounds |
5.64% |  Mutalist Alad V Nav Coordinate |
4.51% | ||
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| A | B | C | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| x2500 Credit Cache |
100% | Endo x400 |
62.06% | Endo x80 |
15.1% |
 Alloy Plate x750 |
12.65% | Endo x150 |
15.1% | ||
 Circuits x750 |
12.65% |  Gallium |
15.1% | ||
 Polymer Bundle x240 |
12.65% |  Morphics |
15.1% | ||
| Neurodes |
15.1% | ||||
| Endo x160 |
5.5% | ||||
| Gallium x2 |
5.5% | ||||
| Morphics x2 |
5.5% | ||||
| Neurodes x2 |
5.5% | ||||
 Argon Crystal |
0.67% | ||||
 Nitain Extract |
0.67% | ||||
 Tellurium |
0.67% | ||||
 Xiphos Fuselage Blueprint |
0.5% | ||||
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| A | B | C | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| x5000 Credit Cache |
100% | Endo x400 |
62.06% | Endo x600 |
34.6% |
| Plastids x300 |
12.65% | Gallium |
15.1% | ||
| Polymer Bundle x300 |
12.65% | Neurodes |
15.1% | ||
| Rubedo x350 |
12.65% |  Orokin Cell |
15.1% | ||
| Gallium x2 |
4.4% | ||||
| Neurodes x2 |
4.4% | ||||
| Orokin Cell x2 |
4.4% | ||||
| Tellurium |
4.4% | ||||
| Argon Crystal |
1% | ||||
| Nitain Extract |
1% | ||||
 Xiphos Engines Blueprint |
0.5% | ||||
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| A | B | C | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| x10000 Credit Cache |
100% | Endo x400 |
62.06% | Endo x600 |
41.42% |
| Circuits x400 |
12.65% | Gallium |
12.58% | ||
| Plastids x300 |
12.65% | Neurodes |
12.58% | ||
| Rubedo x400 |
12.65% | Orokin Cell |
12.58% | ||
| Argon Crystal |
3.67% | ||||
| Gallium x2 |
3.67% | ||||
| Neurodes x2 |
3.67% | ||||
| Orokin Cell x2 |
3.67% | ||||
| Tellurium |
3.67% | ||||
| Nitain Extract |
2% | ||||
 Xiphos Avionics Blueprint |
0.5% | ||||
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| A | B | C | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| x3000 Credit Cache |
40% | x5000 Credit Cache |
30.98% | Endo x400 |
20% |
| Endo x200 |
40% | Endo x200 |
30.98% | Gallium x2 |
15.49% |
| Polymer Bundle x300 |
20% | Plastids x300 |
15.49% | Gallium x3 |
15.49% |
| Battering Maneuver |
4.51% |  Oxium x250 |
15.49% | ||
| Mobilize |
4.51% | Tellurium |
15.49% | ||
| Patagium |
4.51% | Firewalker |
4.51% | ||
| Piercing Step |
4.51% | Ice Spring |
4.51% | ||
| Rending Turn |
4.51% | Lightning Dash |
4.51% | ||
| Toxic Flight |
4.51% | ||||
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| A | B | C | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| x5000 Credit Cache |
100% | Endo x400 |
62.06% | Endo x600 |
60.29% |
| Circuits x400 |
12.65% | Neurodes |
18.88% | ||
| Plastids x300 |
12.65% | Bullet Dance |
3.67% | ||
| Rubedo x400 |
12.65% | Argon Crystal |
3.67% | ||
| Gallium x2 |
3.67% | ||||
| Neurodes x2 |
3.67% | ||||
| Orokin Cell x2 |
3.67% | ||||
| Nitain Extract |
2% | ||||
| Xiphos Avionics Blueprint |
0.5% | ||||
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| Rewards | |
|---|---|
 Lith G13 |
6.67% |
| Lith G13 |
6.67% |
| Lith M9 |
6.67% |
| Lith N16 |
6.67% |
| Lith P9 |
6.67% |
| Lith W4 |
6.67% |
| Lith X1 |
6.67% |
 Meso A7 |
6.67% |
| Meso E6 |
6.67% |
| Meso F5 |
6.67% |
| Meso G8 |
6.67% |
| Meso N17 |
6.67% |
| Meso T7 |
6.67% |
| Meso V10 |
6.67% |
 Aya |
6.67% |
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| A | B | C | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| x10000 Credit Cache |
100% | Endo x400 |
54.48% | Endo x600 |
55% |
| Circuits x400 |
15.18% | Neurodes |
25.29% | ||
| Plastids x300 |
15.18% | Bullet Dance |
4.42% | ||
| Rubedo x400 |
15.18% | Argon Crystal |
4.42% | ||
| Gallium x2 |
4.42% | ||||
| Orokin Cell x2 |
4.42% | ||||
| Xiphos Avionics Blueprint |
1.01% | ||||
| Nitain Extract |
1.01% | ||||
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| Rewards | |
|---|---|
 Neo L4 |
12.5% |
| Aya |
12.5% |
 Axi A19 |
6.25% |
| Axi G14 |
6.25% |
| Axi H8 |
6.25% |
| Axi O6 |
6.25% |
| Axi S16 |
6.25% |
| Axi S17 |
6.25% |
| Axi T12 |
6.25% |
| Neo A13 |
6.25% |
| Neo G8 |
6.25% |
| Neo P7 |
6.25% |
| Neo W2 |
6.25% |
| Neo Z11 |
6.25% |
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| A | B | C | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| x3000 Credit Cache |
28.57% | x5000 Credit Cache |
30.35% | Endo x400 |
23.12% |
| Endo x200 |
28.57% | Endo x200 |
30.35% | Argon Crystal |
19.36% |
| Thief's Wit |
14.29% | Neurodes |
15.18% |  Neural Sensors |
19.36% |
| Mutagen Sample x3 |
14.29% | Bane of Infested |
4.42% | Orokin Cell |
19.36% |
| Nano Spores x1000 |
14.29% | Cleanse Infested |
4.42% | Enemy Sense |
3.76% |
| Expel Infested |
4.42% | Master Thief |
3.76% | ||
| Smite Infested |
4.42% | Argon Crystal x2 |
3.76% | ||
| Neurodes x2 |
4.42% | Neural Sensors x2 |
3.76% | ||
| Mutalist Alad V Nav Coordinate |
2.01% | Orokin Cell x2 |
3.76% | ||
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| Rewards | |
|---|---|
| Conductive Blade |
25.81% |
| Glacial Edge |
25.81% |
| Tempered Blade |
25.81% |
| Astral Slash |
3.76% |
| Comet Blast |
3.76% |
| Meteor Crash |
3.76% |
| Nebula Bore |
3.76% |
| Quasar Drill |
3.76% |
| Zodiac Shred |
3.76% |
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Notes
- Prior to Update 18.5 (2016-03-04), sabotaging a core in either the Corpus Ship or Grineer Galleon missions would cause the entire level to become noticeably darker owing to lights being shut down, presumably due to lack of power from the now-destroyed reactor. There was also a chance of fire hazards breaking out.
- Getting all 3 caches in Reactor Sabotage missions has a small chance to potentially reward Nitain Extract, and a Xiphos part – one part available from each tier.
Trivia
- The only Corpus Gas City Sabotage mission, located in Thebe, Jupiter, has a reactor room that houses 53 MOA Cabinet Spawners, the largest number in a single room ingame. This gives the Amalthea reactor room the best chances for hacking multiple friendly Shockwave MOAs.
Media
Patch History
Update 30.2 (2021-05-12)
- Fixed Low Particle System quality resulting in almost invisible Magnetic Anomalies in Sabotage missions.
Hotfix 30.0.6 (2021-04-20)
- Fixed the coolant/core cell being shown as inserted in the wrong place during Corpus Ship Sabotage missions.
Hotfix 29.5.4 (2020-11-25)
- Fixed some crashes that could occur during a Gas City Sabotage mission.
Hotfix 27.3.16 (2020-04-22)
- Fixed a script error that could occur when opening a Resource Cache in a Sabotage mission.
Hotfix 27.3.15 (2020-04-17)
- Fixed Host migration script errors in Orokin Sabotage missions.
Hotfix 25.3.2 (2019-07-12)
- Sabotage Changes & Fixes
These Changes & Fixes relate directly to if the Reactor Sabotage ‘magnetic’ situation is triggered:
- Increased visibility of the panic button placed at the Reactor console.
- Reduced hack time for enemies at the Reactor panic button to 1.5 seconds.
- Increased 'Defend' time to 60 seconds from 40 seconds.
- Fixed no enemies spawning to trigger lockdown at the Reactor console.
- Fixed enemies unable to reach the Reactor console.
Hotfix 25.1.3 (2019-06-14)
- Fixed Clients not seeing the Sabotage countdown stopping once hacked in the Gas City tileset.
Update 25.0 (2019-05-22)
- (Undocumented) Introduced Corpus Gas City Sabotage.
Update 23.10 (2018-10-12)
Forest Sabotage Changes/Fixes:
- Added a progress wheel to UI to show Antitoxin Strength.
- Antitoxin console disables when strength is at 100% to avoid wasting Antitoxins.
- Slightly increased strength score of common and uncommon Antitoxins.
- Fixed incorrect Affinity reward scaling for Antitoxins.
- Fixed broken materials on the Antitoxin console.
Hotfix 19.5.6 (2017-01-04)
- Fixed "Open 3 Caches during any Sabotage mission on Uranus" Neptune Junction task not completing.
Update 17.0 (2015-07-31)
- Earth Sabotage
- This Sabotage tileset has now been given a two part objective -- removing the toxin catalyst (and adding the antitoxin) then activating the injector.
- New Transmissions have been added to provide more objective clarity.
- New terrain features have been added to this tileset.