NPC Wars is the mode where two squads of dummies fight without you swinging. The developer describes three actions: pick the teams, hand out weapons, and press go.
Before the first fight
Which menu holds the team list was not visible in the recording used for this page. The left column is Weapons (B), Shop (N), Rewards (H), Maps (M), Sandbox (J), and Settings (P). Open those until the team list appears rather than guessing a seventh key.
You need at least two living dummies on the floor. Put the weapons you plan to hand out on your own hotbar first. Hold Alt so the cursor can click squad members. Press V if you want the wider third-person view while you place props.
Three actions
- Split the dummies into two sides. A maximum team size is not confirmed.
- Hand each side a weapon from what you already own. They grip the assigned gun or melee item.
- Press go. They charge and shoot without further input from you.
Whether those deaths increase your personal kill counter is not confirmed. The counter was not on screen in the fight that was reviewed. Treat the brawl as a scene until you watch the weapons panel during one.
Props that change the clip
- Explosive barrels in the lane between the teams. A stray shot can chain them. Setting one off next to a dummy is also the Chain Reaction badge.
- The spike wall behind a team. Knockback throws bodies onto it, which is the Pin Cushion badge.
- The wrecking ball across the charge path. It hangs from the yellow gantry that also holds the drop tower, and hitting a dummy with it is Swing Test.
- A trampoline under a raised platform. Bounce Test is the badge for bouncing a dummy on it.
- The cannon aimed into the cluster. Firing a dummy out of it is Blast Off. The cannon is the large wheeled barrel on the open ground.
If the fight stops
Press R to revive every fallen dummy and set the sides again. If a dummy drops its weapon, hand it another one from your hotbar. Press C if your own character is stuck under debris. Press Q if you want to rewind the last moment and watch the same impact again.
Do not fire Nuke in the middle of a setup you still want. That world event is the one used to empty the map.