Robo Bear Challenge

This page is for the Robo Bear Challenge and only it. For the quest-giver and shop owner, see Robo Bear.

The Robo Bear Challenge is a 5-minute Challenge that can be started by talking to Robo Bear. Upon entering the Challenge, the Player receives 2 Quests, which can be rerolled once for free in the whole run. Then, the Player should pick 3 Bees from their Hive, which can also be rerolled. After the 3 Bees are chosen, all other Bees that isn’t picked in prior Rounds or the current Round are deactivated. The Player is then allowed to purchase Buffs/upgrades that cost Cogs. After this, the Player has 5 minutes to complete the Quest that the player have chosen. Mechsquitos, Mega Mechsquitos, Cogmowers, Cogturrets, are mainly spawned and Golden Cogmowers spawns at random fields during the Challenge. Each 5 rounds completed; gets to earn a new tier of Cog Amulet.

Gameplay[]

Before Starting[]

To start the Robo Bear Challenge, the Player must spend a Robo Pass. Once spent, the Player receives free 10 Cogs and a Quest Reroll. Then, the Player has to select one of two Quests. After this, the Player will select one of the three selected Bees in the Player's Hive (the Player must select 3 Bees in the first Round and 2 Bees in subsequent rounds) and can be Rerolled at the expense of Cogs. This expense increases as it is used more. The Bees in the selection is shown their Hive Level, their Gifted Status, their equipped Beequip and their Mutation. After choosing the three Bees, the Player can purchase upgrades for Cogs, there are three different Upgrades the Player can choose from and can also be rerolled for Cogs that also has an expense increasing as it is used more.

After Starting[]

After starting the Round, the Player will receive the Quest, the Robo Bear Challenge Debuff, and their selected Bees. The unselected Bees are shut down in the Player's Hive. The Robo Bear Challenge Debuff affects Capacity, Pollen from Tools, Pollen from Movement Collection, and Pollen from Coconuts. The Player has 5 minutes to finish the Quests. During the Challenge, the Player is unable to harvest Planters and use Beesmas Decorations. Upon completion of the Quest, the Round ends, and the Player will receive Cogs based on how many cogs the Quest said it would give, along with bonus Cogs depending on how fast the player finished the quest. The Cogs from the Round Speed Bonus is given if the Player completes the quest within 3 minutes and 45 seconds and the amount of Cogs given is calculated proportionately. If the Player has upgrades that grant bonus Cogs, they will also be granted bonus Cogs based on the total amount of Cogs from all Upgrades. After a Round is finished or if the challenge ends, all Mobs exclusive in the Challenge will be gone along with the Upgrades and the Robo Bear Challenge Debuff. This process will repeat again in subsequent Rounds, but the Player can only select two Bees to add on to the Bees they already selected.

Upon reaching Round 5, there is a guaranteed Quest to that requires the Player to defeat 25 Mechsquitos and collect 1,600,000 of a certain color of Pollen. This Round grants the Player a Bronze Cog Amulet upon completion.
Upon reaching Round 10, there is a guaranteed Quest that requires the Player to defeat 10 Cogmowers and collect 60,000,000 of a certain color of Pollen. This Round grants the Player a Silver Cog Amulet upon completion.
Upon reaching Round 15, there is a guaranteed Quest that requires the Player to defeat 10 Mega Mechsquitos and collect 2,000,000,000 of a certain color of Pollen. This Round grants the Player a Gold Cog Amulet upon completion.
Upon reaching Round 20, there is a guaranteed Quest that requires the Player to defeat 20 Cogmowers and collect 60,000,000,000 of a certain color of Pollen. This Round grants the Player a Diamond Cog Amulet upon completion.
Upon completing Round 25, the Challenge ends and grants the Player a Supreme Cog Amulet and the Robo Bear Cub Buddy (If not already owned) upon completion.

During and between Rounds, Cogs may be spent at Robo Bear's Shop.

All Cogs in the Player's Inventory are removed once the Challenge ends, which happens when either the Player hatches or transforms a Bee, the timer of the challenge Quest runs out, or if the Player presses the “Quit” button which appears on the Challenge Quest box.

"Rbcloading", the theme that plays before starting a round in the challenge.

"Digitize", the theme that plays upon starting a round in the challenge.

Upgrades[]

Common Upgrades
Upgrade Name	Cap	Effects	Effects at Cap
Botnet	1	+25% Bee Gather Pollen, +1 Cogs Per Round	N/A
Credit	3	+2 Cogs Per Round	+6 Cogs Per Round
Defragment	10	x1.5 Capacity, x0.9 Critical Power	x6 Capacity, x0.5 Critical Power
Homepage	10	x1.25 Sunflower Field Pollen, x1.25 Dandelion Field Pollen, x1.25 Mushroom Field Pollen, x1.25 Blue Flower Field Pollen	x3.5 Sunflower Field Pollen, x3.5 Dandelion Field Pollen, x3.5 Mushroom Field Pollen, x3.5 Blue Flower Field Pollen
Iterate	100	x1.05 Pollen	x5 Pollen
Overfit: Blue	10	x1.25 Blue Pollen, x0.95 Player Movespeed, -5% Bee Movespeed	x4 Blue Pollen, x0.75 Player Movespeed, -15% Bee Movespeed
Overfit: Red	10	x1.25 Red Pollen, x0.9 Capacity	x4 Red Pollen, x0.5 Capacity
Overfit: White	10	x1.25 White Pollen, x0.9 Convert Rate	x4 White Pollen, x0.5 Convert Rate
Sharpen	10	x1.2 Bee Attack, x0.9 Capacity	x3 Bee Attack, x0.5 Capacity

Rare Upgrades
Upgrade Name	Cap	Effects	Effects at Cap
APM	1	Focus tokens grant x1.03 Pollen from Tools and Collector Tool Speed for 20s. Stacks up to 10 times.	N/A
Blue Screen	1	Blue Boost tokens grant x1.03 Attack and x1.03 Blue Bee Attack for 15s. Stacks up to 10 times.	N/A
Crypto	3	+3 Cogs Per Round, x0.8 Pollen, x0.8 Capacity	+9 Cogs Per Round, x0.5 Pollen, x0.5 Capacity
Commit	2	+5% Critical Chance, -10% Instant Conversion, -10% Instant Red Conversion, -10% Instant White Conversion	+10% Critical Chance, -20% Instant Conversion, -20% Instant Red Conversion, -20% Instant White Conversion
Dynamo	10	x1.25 Bomb Pollen, x0.9 Bee Gather Pollen	x2.5 Bomb Pollen, x0.4 Bee Gather Pollen
Equalize	1	+1 Bee Attack, x1.25 Ungifted Bee Attack	N/A
Expansion	100	x1.25 Capacity	x25 Capacity
GPU	3	x1.25 Pollen, -4 Cogs Per Round	x1.75 Pollen, -12 Cogs Per Round
Multithread	1	All Ability Tokens can be created During Battle, -1 Cogs Per Round	N/A
Nullify	2	x1.5 Critical Power, x0.8 Pollen	x2 Critical Power, x0.6 Pollen
Outsource	3	x1.5 Bee Gather Pollen, x0.85 Pollen From Tools	x2.5 Bee Gather Pollen, x0.55 Pollen From Tools
RAM	10	+75,000 Capacity, +1 Cogs per Round	+750,000 Capacity, +10 Cogs per Round
Router	10	x1.3 Strawberry Field Pollen, x1.3 Spider Field Pollen, x1.3 Bamboo Field Pollen, x1.3 Pineapple Field Pollen	x4 Strawberry Field Pollen, x4 Spider Field Pollen, x4 Bamboo Field Pollen, x4 Pineapple Field Pollen
Saturate	3	x1.25 Blue Bee Attack, x1.25 Colorless Bee Attack, x0.8 Red Bee Attack	x1.75 Blue Bee Attack, x1.75 Colorless Bee Attack, x0.4 Red Bee Attack
SSD: Blue	3	x2 Blue Field Capacity, x1.5 Blue Bee Convert Rate, -3% Critical Chance	x4 Blue Field Capacity, x2.5 Blue Bee Convert Rate, -6% Critical Chance
SSD: Red	3	x2 Red Field Capacity, x1.5 Red Bee Convert Rate, x0.75 Bomb Pollen	x4 Red Field Capacity, x2.5 Red Bee Convert Rate, x0.5 Bomb Pollen
SSD: White	3	x2 White Field Capacity, x1.5 Colorless Bee Convert Rate, x0.8 Bee Attack	x4 White Field Capacity, x2.5 Colorless Bee Convert Rate, x0.6 Bee Attack
Subscribe	1	+1 Cogs Per Round, x1.1 Event Bee Pollen	N/A
Virus	3	+1 Bee Attack, +1% Critical Chance, x0.9 Pollen	+3 Bee Attack, +3% Critical Chance, x0.7 Pollen
VPN	3	+10% Dodge Chance	+30% Dodge Chance

Epic Upgrades
Upgrade Name	Cap	Effects	Effects at Cap
Bandwidth	1	x1.25 Convert Rate At Hive, x1.1 Mark Ability Pollen, x3 Crimson and Cobalt Ability Pollen	N/A
Base-15	10	x1.25 Cactus Field Pollen, x1.25 Pumpkin Field Pollen, x1.25 Pine Tree Forest Pollen, x1.25 Rose Field Pollen	x3.5 Cactus Field Pollen, x3.5 Pumpkin Field Pollen, x3.5 Pine Tree Forest Pollen, x3.5 Rose Field Pollen
beeBay	1	+1 Option When Choosing Bees, +1 Cogs per Round	N/A
Client-Side	1	x1.25 Player Movespeed, x1.25 Pollen From Tools, x0.75 Convert Rate	N/A
Demarcate	1	Mark tokens grant x1.03 Critical Power for 15s. Stacks up to 10 times.	N/A
F5	1	+1 Quest Reroll, -3 Cogs Per Round	N/A
Fission	1	x4 Bomb Pollen, +1 Cogs Per Round, +1 Bee Attack, x0.75 Pollen	N/A
FOV	1	+1 Option When Choosing Upgrades, -2% Critical Chance	N/A
Furnace	1	x1.5 Flame Pollen, x1.5 Flame Duration, x1.5 Flame Damage, -4 Cogs Per Round	N/A
HDD	1	x3 Capacity, x4 Convert Rate at Hive, x0.5 Convert Rate. x0 Instant Conversion, x0.5 Goo Conversion	N/A
Inject	1	+2 Blue Bee Attack, +1 Colorless Bee Attack, x1.25 Impale Damage	N/A
Invert	1	Bubbles collect x4 from Red Flowers. Flames collect x4 from Blue Flowers.	N/A
Malware	3	+3 Bee Attack, x0.75 Capacity, x0.75 Convert Rate	+9 Bee Attack, x0.25 Capacity, x0.25 Convert Rate
NFT	1	+4 Cogs Per Round, -3 Bee Attack	N/A
Normalize	1	x2 Pollen, x2 Bee Attack, x0 Critical Chance	N/A
Pop-Up	1	x2 Bubble Pollen, x1.5 Bubble Lifespan, +2 Blue Bee Attack, -4 Cogs Per Round	N/A
Proxy	1	Haste tokens grant +2% Dodge Chance for 20s. Stacks up to 10 times.	N/A
Refractor	10	x1.1 Bee Ability Pollen, x0.9 Convert Rate	x2 Bee Ability Pollen, x0.75 Convert Rate
Respec: Blue	2	x0.6 Blue Pollen, x1.25 White Pollen, x1.25 Red Pollen	x0.4 Blue Pollen, x1.5 White Pollen, x1.5 Red Pollen
Respec: Red	2	x0.6 Red Pollen, x1.25 Blue Pollen, x1.25 White Pollen	x0.4 Red Pollen, x1.5 Blue Pollen, x1.5 White Pollen
Respec: White	2	x0.6 White Pollen, x1.25 Blue Pollen, x1.25 Red Pollen	x0.4 White Pollen, x1.5 Blue Pollen, x1.5 Red Pollen
RGB	1	+1% Critical Chance, x1.25 Flame Pollen, x1.25 Bubble Pollen, x0.8 Bee Gather Pollen	N/A
Synchronize	1	x1.2 Bomb Power, Red Bomb Sync is always active if Crimson Bee is active. Blue Bomb Sync is always active if Cobalt Bee is active.	N/A
Torrent	1	+10% Instant Conversion, x1.5 Tornado Pollen, x1.5 Beamstorm Pollen	N/A
Trojan	10	x1.25 Bee Attack, -10% Bee Movespeed	x2.5 Bee Attack, -50% Bee Movespeed
White Noise	1	x1.1 White Pollen. x1.5 Buzz Bomb Pollen, -1 Cogs Per Round	N/A
Virtual Pet	1	+10% Bee Movespeed, x1.5 Scratch Pollen, x3 Fetch Pollen	N/A

Legendary Upgrades
Upgrade Name	Cap	Effects	Effects at Cap
Bluetooth	1	x2 Blue Bee Attack, x1.25 Blue Pollen	N/A
Bruteforce	1	+6% Super-Crit Chance, x1.25 Red Pollen	N/A
Codec	1	+20% Instant Conversion, x0.8 Attack	N/A
Corrupt	1	+1% Ability Duplication Chance, x2 Duped Ability Pollen	N/A
Fluid Simulation	1	x1.25 Goo, x1.25 White Pollen	N/A
Optimize	25	x1.1 Pollen, x1.1 Convert Rate, x1.1 Capacity	x2.5 Pollen, x2.5 Convert Rate, x2.5 Capacity
Overclock	1	+10% Bee Movespeed, +10% Bee Ability Rate, x0.75 Capacity	N/A
Pseudo-RNG	1	+3% Critical Chance, x1.25 Super-Crit Power, x2 Clover Field Pollen	N/A
Reboot	1	+1 Quest Reroll	N/A
Stack Overflow	1	+10 Cogs Per Round, x0.75 Movespeed, -25% Bee Movespeed	N/A
The Cloud	3	x2.5 Capacity	x5.5 Capacity
Wifi	10	x1.5 Stump Field Pollen, x1.5 Mountain Top Field Pollen, x1.5 Coconut Field Pollen, x1.5 Pepper Patch Pollen	x6 Stump Field Pollen, x6 Mountain Top Field Pollen, x6 Coconut Field Pollen, x6 Pepper Patch Pollen

Mobs[]

Tips[]

Pre-Round Preparations[]

If you are aiming for a high score, you should use consumables, such as Super Smoothies. You are also able to use field boosts and winds during a round. Even if you're not aiming for a high score, doing so can still be useful.
- Giving Onett a Present grants the Super Smoothie buff as well as a 3x Mountain Top Field buff. It also gives a free Robo Pass.
Attempt to save your quest rerolls or get the Reboot upgrade for an extra quest re-roll. Quest re-rolls are important if you get bad quests (i.e. being a red hive and getting two quests related to blue pollen, or a convert at hive quest).
Don't be afraid to save up cogs if the options are bad. They can be spent later on other re-rolls, upgrades, or drives.
Use the lock feature when necessary. If there is an upgrade that you need but cannot afford it, this feature will allow that specific upgrade to stay where it is until you select it. There is a lock beside each upgrade.
Prioritize attack bees such as Precise Bees, Spicy Bees, Vicious Bees, and Windy Bees. Vicious Bee is especially useful as it can attack entire swarms of mobs with Impale. Windy Bees provide excellent crowd control by damaging multiple mobs at a time with Tornado.
Digital Bee can freeze enemies and makes them receive more damage.
Avoid picking a "Convert at Hive" quest, unless you are a Blue Hive or the required amount is low.

Tips During Rounds[]

Always keep on your toes! Mechsquitoes will apply Mechsquito Toxin on you, which reduces Pollen and Player movespeed. This can quickly accumulate in later rounds and severely hamper your collection. Mega Mechsquitoes can also do considerable damage to a still player.
Prioritize Cogturrets if possible. Cogturrets can make large swathes of the field dangerous with their rolling cogs, so try to stay near them so your Bees will attack them and take them down before they pile up and make the field impossible to navigate.
- In addition, Cogturrets only shoot their rolling cogs forward, to the left, to the right or backwards, so tracking where the rolling cogs will go and avoiding those spaces can be very helpful in dodging their cogs.
If the Cogmower/Cogturret spam is becoming too great, use Star Saw (if you have it). Star Saw circles around you for 30 seconds after activation, and while it's difficult to hit Mechsquitoes and Mega Mechsquitoes (owing to their flying hitboxes), Cogmowers and Cogturrets can easily be hit with it, allowing you to quickly take down these threats if the Bees are preoccupied with Mechsquitoes and Mega Mechsquitoes.
Finish the round quickly! A fast and decisive completion is key to a good run. As the round drags on, waves of enemies will pile up on each other, making them harder to clear. This in turn leads to a more cluttered field and a higher chance of death, ending in a death spiral that's sure to end in defeat (especially in later rounds).
If you're a Blue Hive or a mid-game Bomb Hive, make sure to use both Crimson and Cobalt Bee as the synchronize upgrade can save you. Also, in general there are a ton of upgrades that synergize around bombs and Crimson and Cobalt bee.
If you have any boost items active, such as Purple Potion or Super Smoothie when the round seems unbeatable, it is best to leave the challenge to give their buffs more time to be used in later sessions.

Rewards[]

After the challenge ends, a message box displays the rewards. The number of rewards received tends to increase with a higher score. The rewards also increase in quality and quantity relative to the player's level. A higher level will also give players higher-tier Cog Amulets. The player will also only receive four rewards (other than the amulet) in varying quantities (except for the drive, which is guaranteed to have only one).

Rewards List[]

Honey
Potentially 1-2 items of the following types (has a chance to reward one more type of drive when completing the challenge):
- Red Drives
- White Drives
- Blue Drives
- Glitched Drives (Past completing round 10, chance increases the higher the round the challenge ended).
  - Reaching Round 21 or higher guarantees 1 Glitched Drive with a cooldown of 1 day.
  - Beating Round 25 guarantees 1 Glitched Drive and has a limit of obtaining with a cooldown of 1 day.
Three of the following (The chance of getting certain items are affected by the round the challenge ended):
- Star Jellies
- Hard Waxes
- Field Dice
- Smooth Dice
- Loaded Dice
- Whirligigs
- Honeysuckles
- Micro-Converters
- Jelly Beans
- Glues
- Oils
- Neonberries
- Atomic Treats (Very Rare)
- White Balloons (Somewhat rare).
- Purple Potions (Somewhat rare).
- Bang Snaps (Very Rare)
- Super Smoothies (Rare).
- Gold Egg (Very Rare).
- Diamond Egg (Extremely Rare).
- Mythic Egg (Extremely Rare).
- Turpentine (Extremely Rare).
- Gifted Silver Egg (Extremely Rare).
- Gifted Gold Egg (Extremely Rare).
- Gifted Diamond Egg (Extremely Rare).
- Whistle (Very Rare).
- Small Shield Sticker (Very Rare).
- Robot Head Sticker (Extremely rare).
- Pink Shades (Exceptionally Rare).
- Cub Buddy Voucher (Unfathomably Rare).

Amulets[]

Requirement(s)	Amulet	Detail
Round 5 - 9	Bronze Cog Amulet
Round 10 - 14	Silver Cog Amulet
Round 15 - 19	Gold Cog Amulet	Access to crafting Glitched Drives
Round 20 - 24	Diamond Cog Amulet	Access to purchasing the Digital Bee
Round 25	Supreme Cog Amulet	Challenge Completion Access to the Robo Cub

Trivia[]

When you complete a quest, you might briefly see a green 'Finish' button that's in the place of the 'Quit' button. It is unknown what purpose this button would serve, as the round automatically finishes once the quest(s) are completed.
There is a glitch where after the timer ends, it disappears and the challenge doesn't end. In this period, you get infinite time to complete the quest. It is unknown why this glitch is caused, but it's most likely caused by lag.
If you attempt to use a royal jelly on a bee or hatch an egg in-between Robo Bear Challenge rounds, it will prompt you with the message: "⚠ Hatching or transforming a bee will end your Robo Bear Challenge. Continue?⚠". Choosing "Yes" will end your Robo Bear Challenge, and "No" will cancel it.
When in the quest picking menu, your bees are frozen in place.
If the player ended the session through disconnecting, the player will not obtain the amulet of the session until they claim their hive when they rejoined.
You can obtain Cogs outside of Robo Bear's Challenge. To do this, end RBC right after you kill a Golden Cogmower, however the cogs won't transfer into the next challenge.
When you complete a round your balloon blessing will refresh.
TurboTobyTwo was the first player who triumphed the Robo Bear Challenge.
While receiving a quest, the players movespeed is set to 0, meaning it's impossible for them to move.
If a bee isn't picked in the challenge, its gifted hive bonus, or any bonus on it's beequip doesn't apply.
The final score is calculated with the following formula: Score = (5000 x Round Reached) + (1000 x Progress % made in round you lost) + (Total number of earned cogs)
- If the player manages to triumph the challenge, the score formula is instead: 125,000 + (Total number of earned cogs)