Challenges allow players to unlock new ships, upgrades, and more while playing Homeworld 3. Most of these upgrades are used specifically in Homeworld 3‘s War Games mode. I’ll explain all the Challenges available as of Homeworld 3’s release, how to complete them, and the rewards they will give you.
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All Level-Up Challenges in Homeworld 3
As you level up in Homeworld 3, you will complete challenges that give you access to new upgrades, new ships, and artifacts.
List Of Upgrades / Artifacts In Homeworld 3
There are over 19 level-up challenges in Homeworld 3. These are specifically tied towards your current level. So in order to be able to unlock them all you will need to keep playing and grinding, as normal.
Some of the upgrades and artifacts that you can unlock include a wide range of improvements to weapon rate fire as well as new ships.
Level 2 – 17 Challenges
| Level | Upgrade / Artifact Name | Upgrade / Artifact Description |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | Precision (Upgrade) | All vision range bonuses will also affect the damage of Recon ships. |
| 6 | Railgun Corvette Vulcan Pattern | Enables Vulcan Upgrades and increases the Railgun Corvette’s fire rate by 33%. |
| 7 | Preparation (Upgrade) | Increases the pop cap of Frigates by 1 and gives Torpedo Frigates a 5% damage reduction. |
| 8 | Tactical Bomber Pattern | Unlocks the Tactical Bomber Ship. |
| 9 | Torpedo Battery Frigate Pattern | Unlocks the Torpedo Battery Frigate. |
| 12 | Suppress (Upgrade) | Increases the fire rate of Missile Frigates by 10%, doubles their splash damage radius, and reduces damage by 10%. |
| 13 | Plasma PDC Turret Pattern | Unlocks the Plasma PDC Turret. |
| 14 | Cluster Missile Turret Pattern | Unlocks the Cluster Missile Turret. |
| 17 | Railgun Transport Pattern | Unlocks the Railgun Transport. |
Level 18 – 34 Challenges
| Level | Upgrade / Artifact Name | Upgrade / Artifact Description |
| 18 | Rend (Upgrade) | Increases the rate of fire of Anti-Strikecraft turrets by 20% and reduces damage by 10%. |
| 19 | Exploit (Upgrade) | Multi-Beam Frigates’ weapon range increases by 33% while damage and speed are reduced by 10%. |
| 22 | Resilience (Upgrade) | Increases vision range and hit points of Assault Frigates by 10%. |
| 23 | Resolute (Upgrade) | Increases the weapon range of an Ion Cannon Frigate by 33% and decreases damage by 10%. |
| 25 | Impede (Upgrade) | Assault Frigate damage increased by 10%, fire rate increased by 10%, and weapon range decreased by 15%. |
| 26 | Stalwart (Upgrade) | Enables passive self-repair for Torpedo Frigates while increasing their vision range by 25% and decreasing their speed by 15%. |
| 28 | Surveil (Upgrade) | Smart Missile Frigates have their vision range increased by 25% and their rate of fire reduced by 15%. |
| 29 | Force (Upgrade) | Smart Missile Frigates have 25% increased speed, 10% increased damage, and 10% reduced fire rate. |
| 31 | Devastation (Upgrade) | Railgun Corvette’s have 33% increased damage, 20% reduced fire rate, and 20% reduced speed. |
| 34 | Sentinel (Upgrade) | Interceptors increase their range by 33%, increase their accuracy by 20%, and reduce their weapon damage by 10%. |
All War Games Challenges in Homeworld 3
These challenges can only be completed while playing the War Games mode in Homeworld 3.
List Of Challenges In Homeworld 3
One of the many features where we can unlock new upgrades is the various challenges. There is 17 of these and each one requires additional requirements to unlock and complete.
Some of these requirements include destroying a certain number of enemy targets. Whilst others involve dealing with various different objectives.
Destroy Enemy Challenges
| Challenge Name | Unlock Requirement | Upgrade / Artifact Name | Upgrade / Artifact Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hostiles Neutralized I | Destroy 50 enemies. | Tenacity | Interceptors have 10% reduced speed but will passively repair themselves. |
| Hostiles Neutralized II | Destroy 150 enemies. | Reinforced Hull | Fleet bombers have 25% increased hit points and can passively self-repair. |
| Hostiles Neutralized III | Destroy 300 enemies. | Longevity | Assault Frigates can self-repair, have their max hit points increased by 25%, and have their weapon range decreased by 20%. |
| Hostiles Neutralized IV | Destroy 750 enemies. | Evasion | Multi-Beam Frigates have their speed increased by 10%, their hit points reduced by 25%, and they can self-repair. |
| Hostiles Neutralized V | Destroy 2,000 enemies. | Persistence | Missile Frigate hit points are increased by 10% and they become able to self-repair. |
| Hostiles Neutralized VI | Destroy 5,000 enemies. | Survivalist | Ion Cannon Frigates increase speed by 10%, accuracy by 10%, and learn to self-repair. |
Objective Challenges
| Challenge Name | Unlock Requirement | Upgrade / Artifact Name | Upgrade / Artifact Description |
| Objective Complete I | Complete 5 Objectives. | Strikecraft Support Systems | The pop cap of Strikecrafts is increased by 10. |
| Objective Complete II | Complete 10 Objectives. | Frigate Support Systems/ | Frigate pop cop is increased by 5 while Strikecraft and Corvette pop cap is decreased by 5. |
| Objective Complete III | Complete 25 Objectives. | Carrier Assault Pattern | Carrier damage and hit points are increased by 50%, plus their speed is increased by 33%. Enables Assault Upgrades. Strikecraft, Corvette, and Frigate pop caps are decreased by 5. |
| Objective Complete IV | Complete 75 Objectives. | Devour | Dominance Fighters have their pop cap increased by 5 and their weapon range decreased by 10%. |
| Objective Complete V | Complete 150 Objectives. | Outnumber | Decreases Missile Frigate damage by 10% while increasing their pop cap by 2. |
Winning Run Challenges
| Challenge Name | Unlock Requirement | Upgrade / Artifact Name | Upgrade / Artifact Description |
| Pathfinder I | Win 1 Run. | Beam Assault Frigate Pattern | Unlocks the Beam Assault Frigate. |
| Pathfinder II | Win 5 Run. | Assault Recon Pattern | Unlocks the Assault Recon Strikecraft ship. |
| Pathfinder III | Win 10 Run. | Beam Fighter | Unlocks the Beam Fighter. |
| Pathfinder IV | Win 15 Run. | ECM Frigate Pattern | Unlocks the ECM Frigate. |
| Pathfinder V | Win 25 Run. | Nova Assault Corvette Pattern | Unlocks the Nova Assault Corvette. |
| Three Time’s the Charm | Have three of the same Artifact. | Danger Zone | Doubles all damage done and received by your Recons, Interceptors, and Dominance Fighters |
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