9 TO DIEMandatory Fun
What is Mandatory Fun?
Mandatory Fun is floor 8 of 12, and its phrase is "Team-building is mandatory fun." It opens when you win The Fiefdom with that department. Its enemies are 70 percent stronger than the first floor's. Its final boss is The Icebreaker, at 16:00. Beating it opens The Legacy System.
Welcome to the offsite!! Phones away!! Laptops open!! Fun is mandatory!!
Which bosses are on the calendar?
Four calendar bosses book this floor: Two Truths and a Lie, The Trust Fall, The Team Photo, Calibration. They arrive at 3:45, 7:30, 11:15, 15:00 in that order. The Icebreaker closes the quarter at 16:00, and beating it wins the floor. A calendar boss still standing at the next booking leaves without paying out.
| Clock | Boss | Slot | Base health | Phases |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3:45 | Two Truths and a Lie | Calendar | 760 | 3 |
| 7:30 | The Trust Fall | Calendar | 820 | 3 |
| 11:15 | The Team Photo | Calendar | 700 | 3 |
| 15:00 | Calibration | Calendar | 1000 | 3 |
| 16:00 | The Icebreaker | Final | 2900 | 4 |
What is the hazard, and is there a secret?
The hazard: The trust circle: step inside the ring and you and everything near you stop for three seconds to share. It runs for the whole quarter, so plan your route around it. This floor also hides one secret, which appears on the floor during Monday Morning.
Hint: Last year somebody asked what people thought, then hid the answers. Find them and one icebreaker loses its grip on you.
Tips from the floor
- Frozen enemies are free hits. Keep moving and Fun Fact can't freeze you.
- The trust circle stops you and everything near you for three seconds.
- The Team Photo can't be hurt while it flashes. Spend the four seconds on the horde.
Who is in the cast?
22 kinds of enemy work this floor, and 2 of them are elites, marked with a yellow-and-black band. The swarm arrives first, tougher kinds join as the weeks pass, and specials turn up on their own schedule. Numbers below are base figures, before the clock and the floor multiply them.
| Enemy | Tier | Health | Damage | Speed | What it does |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ping | Swarm | 2 | 3 | 3.1 | arrives in a sudden burst on a timer |
| Quick Question | Swarm | 3 | 4 | 2.7 | arrives in a sudden burst on a timer |
| Calendar Invite | Swarm | 3 | 3 | 2.6 | stuns you when it touches you |
| Friendly Reminder | Swarm | 3 | 4 | 2.5 | walks straight at you |
| Daily Stand-Up | Standard | 10 | 6 | 1.7 | forms a ring around you and closes it |
| Culture Committee | Standard | 9 | 4 | 1.3 | stuns you when it touches you |
| Wellness Champion | Standard | 10 | 4 | 1.5 | leaves ground that slows you down |
| Diversity Trainer | Standard | 11 | 4 | 1.5 | stuns you when it touches you |
| Ergonomics Assessor | Standard | 10 | 5 | 1.6 | stuns you when it touches you |
| Circle Back | Standard | 8 | 7 | 2.3 | circles you and bites when you stop |
| Phishing Test | Standard | 8 | 4 | 1.7 | stuns you when it touches you |
| Recruiter | Standard | 8 | 3 | 2.4 | keeps its distance while it attacks |
| Status Report | Standard | 9 | 5 | 1.6 | walks straight at you |
| Dead Horse | Tough | 60 | 12 | 0 | only dies once nothing has hit it for a while |
| Stakeholder | Tough | 60 | 0 | 1 | makes everything around it stronger |
| Lipstick on a Pig | Tough | 40 | 9 | 1.6 | fully heals and renames itself at set health levels |
| Performance Review | Elite | 160 | 0 | 3.5 | sits behind you and slows your fire rate |
| Scrum Master | Elite | 180 | 12 | 1.4 | calls in more enemies on a timer |
| Fun Fact | Special | 30 | 4 | 1.6 | stuns you when it touches you |
| Moving Goalposts | Special | 30 | 6 | 3.2 | keeps its distance while it attacks |
| Fire Warden | Special | 25 | 0 | 1.4 | stuns you when it touches you |
| Reply All | Special | 6 | 5 | 1.5 | snakes across the floor, and kills add to its tail until the head dies |