Inferno is the thirty-fifth offline mission and the thirty-eighth online mission in Earth Defense Force 2025 and the thirty-sixth offline mission and the thirty-ninth online mission in Earth Defense Force 4.1: The Shadow of New Despair.
Objective[]
2025: The intensity of the Ravagers' invasion keeps increasing. We are being overwhelmed. This battle will be the most difficult by far. The Ranger team has lost their commander from an enemy attack and are now in chaos. It's only a matter of time before they are destroyed. Go and offer them support immediately. Good luck Storm Team.
4.1: The intensity of the Ravagers' invasions keeps increasing, and we're becoming overwhelmed. This battle will be the most difficult by far. The Ranger team has lost its commander from an enemy attack, and is now in total disarray. It's only a matter of time before it's completely wiped out, so go and offer your support immediately. Good luck, Storm Team!
Storyline[]
Storm Team joins two Ranger teams in the middle of a destroyed city. The Tactics Officer tells Storm Team that a huge Ravager army is present and soon enough, Flying Drones can be seen on the horizon, flying above a horde of ants.
Soon after they defeated the army another wave will come, this time aided by a Queen. Once all enemies are killed, TO announces that Command Headquarters, (not to be confused with Strategic Command Headquarters, who gives the orders to the Japanese branch including Storm Team) ordered an attack on all Motherships around the world and that they'll have to deal with the ship in their area. Strategic Command HQ, exclaims that 'we are reliving 8 years ago' and the mission ends.
4.1 Changes[]
The mission starts on the other side of the map in the ruins of a park.
Like most missions the number of enemies is increased andh Hectors, Transport Ships and an extra wave of enemies was added between the original two waves.
There are also more allies. Two Ranger teams, a Fencer team and two Naeglings with limited ammunition are accompanying Storm Team at the start. HQ will even informs about the presence of the latter. When the third wave starts HQ will request two Wing Diver teams and four Epsilon Armored Railguns which will arrive during the middle of the third wave as soon as TO announces them.
Enemies[]
2025[]
| Wave | Spawn | Enemy | Amount | Notes |
| 1st | Appears at the begining of the mission. | Black Ants | 45 | |
| Crimson Ants | 20 | |||
| Flying Drones | 51 | |||
| 2nd | Appears after the previous wave. | Black Ants | 52 | |
| Crimson Ants | 10 | |||
| Queen Ants | 1 | |||
| Red Drones | 2 |
4.1[]
| Wave | Spawn | Enemy | Amount | Notes | |
| 1st | Appears at the begining of the mission. | Black Ants | 60 | ||
| Crimson Ants | 24 | ||||
| Flying Drones | 60 | ||||
| Hectors | 3 | With Plasma Cannons. | |||
| 2nd | Appears when there is only 30 or less enemy remains. | Black Ants | 28 | ||
| Flying Drones | 30 | ||||
| 3rd | Appears after the previous wave. | Queen Ants | 4 | On Hardest: 3 Black, 1 Gold varians.
On Inferno: 2 Black, 2 Gold variants. | |
| Red Drones | 4 | ||||
| Transport Ship | 2 | On Normal and below their hatches is allways open. | |||
| Black Ants | 20 each | First Drop only. | |||
| Black Ants | 15 each | Second and following drops. | |||
Online Limits[]
Armor Limit
There's no limit for Inferno difficulty.
| Difficulty | Ranger & Air Raider | Wing Diver | Fencer | |||
| 2025 | 4.1 | 2025 | 4.1 | 2025 | 4.1 | |
| Easy & Normal | 837 | 830 | 468 | 465 | 1046 | 1038 |
| Hard | 2096 | 2283 | 1098 | 1191 | 2620 | 2854 |
| Hardest | 3397 | 4088 | 1748 | 2094 | 4246 | 5110 |
Weapon Level Limit
| Game | Easy & Normal | Hard | Hardest | Inferno |
| 2025 | 11 | 34 | 59 | - |
| 4.1 | 11 | 35 | 62 | - |
Approximate Weapon Drop Rate
| Game | Easy | Normal | Hard | Hardest | Inferno |
| 2025 | 3-7 | 5-9 | 19-31 | 1-56 | 9-68 |
| 4.1 | 2-7 | 4-9 | 20-35 | 0-57 | 9-69 |
Strategy[]
4.1[]
Most of the enemies are ants and drones so use weapons that can deal with them when you get swarmed. Also bring sniper rifles, rocket launchers or similar weapons against the queens, Hectors and Transport Ships.
Collect the soldiers and move forward a bit so the enemy will focus on you instead of the Naeglings, at least until they run out of ammunition. Concentrate on the ants and drones and ignore the Hectors, but keep moving so they can't shoot you with plasma.
Once he third wave starts, start shooting at the queens with your long range weapon in order to kill as many as you can before they can get close enough to attack. Once the swarm arrives, business as usual, but try to avoid the remaining queens.
On higher difficulties, killing both Queen Ants before they and the rest of the ant swarm overruns you requires you to bring your own railgun or a Nova Buster. Airstrikes could help, but on Inferno the Gold Queen Ants have enough HP to survive a Tempest S1A. Wing Divers and Air Raiders can cheese the mission by flying on top of the transport ships and take potshots at the queens to distract them while the railguns arrive.
When the railguns finally arrive the mission becomes far more easier. They can help you kill the non-respawning enemies and keep most of the respawning ants at bay, so it's a great time to start collecting loot.
When you collect enough loot or get bored of mission just destroy the ships and exterminate the remaining ants to finish the mission.
| DLC 1: Special Forces | Exploration • Giant's Advance • Silver Camp • Citadel • Floating Fleet |
| DLC 2: Mutant Rampage | Advance • Mountain Assault • Enemy Camp Infiltration • Underground Advance • Giant Robots • Battle Species • Beast Mountain • Dark Arena • Gathering Around • Armored Species • Iron Wall • Mountain of Change • Whirlwind of Death • Bugged City • The Tough • Golden Darkness • True King • Final Impact • Into Destruction • Ship of Dragons |
| DLC 3: Beyond Despair | Tracking • Underground Complex • Blocked Pass • Close Formation • Dragon Ship Fleet • Heavy Artillery • Bloody River • Dangerous Goldmines • Beast Mobilization • Total Protection • Aerial Bombing • King of Armor • Cannon Defenders • Traps Behind • Four Kings of Nightmares • Resistance Against the Twilight • Shivering Nexus • Three Giants • Crimson Lotus • Starry Prison |
| 1-10 | Reconvene • Spreading Disaster • Winged War Goddess • Setting Sun • Wind Shear • Underground Cave • Eruption • Retaliation • Beach Fear • The Return |
| 11-20 | Air Force • Day of the Demons • Takedown • Preventing Landfall • Land Collapse • Fortress Siege • Valley Shadows • Artillery • Breaking Through • Shining Stronghold |
| 21-30 | Into the Depths • A Trap • Giant Robots • Summit Ship • Anchored • Silver City • Crimson • Assault • High-Speed • Bloody Mountain |
| 31-40 | Brute Force • Charge Phase 1 • Charge Phase 2 • Dark Prisoner • Charge Phase 3 • Thunder • Infiltration • Convergence • Inferno • Starship |
| 41-50 | High Density • Dozing Beast • Crossing • Search • Waterside Bugs • Annihilation • Natural Calamity • Steel Beast • Void Ship • Blue Fighters |
| 51-60 | Earth Defenders • Fleet Attack • Mountain Pass Trap • Fortress Frenzy • Pincer • Ravages of War • Crash • Air Mobilization • Bug Invasion • Transport Ship Surprise Attack |
| 61-70 | Bug King • Crazy Skies • The Fleet Below • Ill Omen • City of Horror • Mountains Ablaze • Breaking Through (2) • Bug Tower • Fortress Attack • Mountain Liberation |
| 71-80 | Battle of Giants • Sniper Attack • Mountain Giants • Towering Beast • Teeth of the Universe • Giant Ship • Spearhead • Tower Siege • Den of Thieves • Death Queen |
| 81-90 | Machine Squad • Monster Party • Labyrinth of Light • City Flaws • Monster Camp • Fallen Flagship • Heaven's Army • Encircling • Divine • The Threat |
| 91-98 | Troubled Valley • Battle to the Death • Massive Mobilization • Legion of Monsters • Scorching • Demon Army • Surrounded! • Star Eaters |
| DLC 1: Time of the Mutants | Air Offensive • Giants Advance • Recon • Dust Town • Defense Line • Underground Advance • War Breed • Mountain Assault • Enemy Camp Infiltration • Dark Arena • Beast Mountain • God's Army • The Gathering • Armored Species • Iron Wall • Silver Base • Shifting Mountain • Whirlwind of Death • Bugged City • Toughness • Golden Darkness • True Sovereign • Final Impact • Floating Fleet • Into Destruction • Ship of Dragons |
| DLC 2: Extreme Battle | Tracking Bogeys • Underground Complex • Blocked Pass • Close Formation • Dragon Ship Fleet • Heavy Artillery • Overflight • Dangerous Goldmines • Beast Mobilization • Total Protection • Bombs Away • King of Armor • Cannon Defenders • Bloody River • Three Giants • Traps from Behind • The Four Horsemen • Cross the Line • Facing Off • Crimson Lotus • Shivering Nexus • Last Bastion • Starry Prison |