Bug King is the fifty-fourth offline mission and the fifty-eighth online mission in Earth Defense Force 2025 and the fifty-seventh offline mission and the sixty-first online mission in Earth Defense Force 4.1: The Shadow of New Despair.
Objective[]
2025:
4.1: Spider-type insects have infiltrated the city, creating panic amongst the residents. Deploy and assist.
Storyline[]
When Storm Team arrives on the scene, they find a huge swarm of Spiders, but unlike previous swarms these are led by quartet of King Spiders, the male equivalents to Queen Ants.
4.1 Changes[]
Allies[]
2025[]
4.1[]
- A team of 4 Wing Divers is near the player at mission start
- A team of 6 Rangers with Shotguns appear further down the road in wave 2
Enemies[]
2025[]
| Wave | Spawn | Enemy | Amount | Notes |
4.1[]
| Wave | Spawn | Enemy | Amount | Notes |
- Spiders
- King Spiders - 4
Online Limits[]
Strategy[]
4.1[]
Bring any weapons you have that can quickly dispatch a large group of enemies and a high-damage weapon you can use to focus damage on the King Spiders.
| 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 |
| 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 |