Seven mission types are in the current EA build. The campaign uses the first four (Assassination, Extraction, Sabotage, Convoy Intercept); the last three (The Party, Battle Arena, Conquest) are side modes with their own progression tracks. Each mission type has a meta weapon and a meta modifier — pick those and you'll clear in half the time.
Kill a named target, then escape the area before reinforcements overwhelm you. The target is usually a faction lieutenant with a beefy health bar and a 2‑second rage window when below 30% HP.
Best weapons
A Shadow ShotgunS Dual Wield Deagles
Strategy tips
Always enter from elevation — the assassination target is on the ground floor
Save the Burrito Launcher for the escape phase, not the kill
The Stealth skill tree's backstab finisher skips the rage phase entirely
Loot: Faction token + rare weapon drop (12% chance Epic)
📦 Mission type
📦 Extraction
Grab an item, then survive a 60‑second timer while the area fills with adds. The item is heavy — your movement speed drops by 40% while carrying it.
Best weapons
A SMG BeanA Shadow Shotgun
Strategy tips
The item auto‑picks‑up; don't try to interact with it manually
Loot Magnet modifier is mandatory — you'll be too slow to chase pickups otherwise
The escape path is always a straight line back to the insertion point
Loot: Faction token + ammo cache
💣 Mission type
💣 Sabotage
Plant explosives on 3 structures, then fight the reinforcements. The explosives have a 4‑second arm timer — the building starts shaking visibly at 2 seconds.
Best weapons
S Explosive Burrito LauncherB Grenade Bean
Strategy tips
Plant the explosives on the LOAD‑bearing walls, not the floor
The reinforcement wave is the real boss — the building is the easy part
Parkour's double jump lets you skip the ground floor entirely
Loot: Faction token + skill tree token
🚗 Mission type
🚗 Convoy Intercept
Destroy a moving vehicle before it reaches the extraction point. The convoy has 2–4 escort vehicles and a single high‑value target vehicle. The target vehicle has more HP but better loot.
Best weapons
B Sniper BeanB Rocket Bean
Strategy tips
Sniper Bean one‑shots the escort vehicles' drivers
Rocket Bean is mandatory for the target vehicle's armor plating
Don't chase the convoy on foot — hijack a vehicle and ram the target
Survival mode. 10 waves of increasingly numerous enemies. Wave 5 drops a guaranteed Epic weapon, wave 10 drops a guaranteed Epic weapon with a Phoenix Coil modifier.
Best weapons
S Explosive Burrito LauncherB Machine Gun Bean
Strategy tips
Burrito Launcher with Bean‑Seeking + Explosive Rounds is the only viable primary
Don't chase the enemies — let them come to the choke point
Save the Unstoppable skill for wave 10's final 30 seconds
Loot: Guaranteed Epic weapon every 5 waves
⚔️ Mission type
⚔️ Battle Arena
Endless wave survival. The arena is a small circular room with four pillars. The pillars are indestructible — use them for cover.
Best weapons
B Machine Gun BeanA Plasma Bean
Strategy tips
Rotate pillars every 15 seconds — the spawns flank you after that
Loot Magnet is mandatory — see the XP farm guide
The arena's 'safe zone' shrinks every 5 waves
Loot: XP + ammo + rare weapon drops scale with wave number
🏴 Mission type
🏴 Conquest
Faction warfare. You join the Bad Beans and push back the Mercenaries on a procedurally generated island. Capture zones, hold them, and the enemy faction loses reinforcements.
Best weapons
A Assault Bean ARA SMG Bean
Strategy tips
Conquest is the best XP farm in the game
Capture zones reset on enemy death — don't overcommit
Co‑op is planned but not in the EA build
Loot: Faction rep + XP + faction‑specific weapon skins
Mission rotation in the campaign
The campaign uses a weighted random rotation. You'll get 3–5 missions per biome, and the game guarantees one of each type per biome. So if you skipped an Extraction in the Island biome, the Desert biome will start with one.
Frequently asked
What is the fastest mission type to farm XP?
Conquest — it's open‑ended and you can stay in the capture zone indefinitely. Battle Arena wave 10+ is the alternative. See the XP farm guide.
Can you replay missions in Killer Bean?
The Party, Battle Arena and Conquest are repeatable by design. Campaign missions are not — once a biome is cleared, you can't replay its missions without starting a new run.
