Dozing Beast is the thirty-ninth offline mission and the forty-second online mission in Earth Defense Force 4.1: The Shadow of New Despair.
Objective[]
Erginus, which destroyed that residential area, suddenly went completely silent, as if it's taking a hiatus. We shouldn't pass up this opportunity. With air strikes, we can destroy Erginus once and for all! EDF tactical bombers are now preparing for the air raid. Just in case things go wrong, though, we'll deploy Ranger units as well. They are to approach Erginus and await further orders.
Storyline[]
Storm Team and a large number of EDF personnel are slowly moving forward in the middle of a park. In front of them Erginus is sleeping soundly after its previous rampage. One of the Rangers orders to hold fire, while another asks what hiatus means and whether it means that Erginus is sleeping, clearly not seeing giant monster in front of him.
Ohara then starts musing about the monster sleeping in front of its enemies and asks whether it knows that they can't harm it. The Tactics Officer then announces the airstrike and Charon bombers start their bombing run, while the soldiers are cheering.
As the dust settles turns out that that it's still alive, so the leader of the group orders an attack. HQ then hurriedly orders another air raid which completely misses, as the beast starts moving. The TO then warns the soldiers of another airstrike, which it also manages to mostly dodge. Ohara then realizes that he hadn't filled his quota of obvious statements so he says that seems like it can't be harmed by airstrike. After a while HQ calls in Omega Team who also engages the enemy.
When Erginus finally gets bored the TO reports that the Command Headquarters (the one, who HQ isn't) is sending Walking Fortress Balams. HQ questions the reason, to which the TO explains that they believe that since explosives don't seem to work, hitting it with large amount of mass might.
Enemies[]
| Wave | Spawn | Enemy | Amount | Notes |
| 1st | Appears at the beginning of the mission. | Erginus | 1 | Cannot be killed, withdraws if damaged enough. |
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 | - | 865 | - | 482 | - | 1081 |
| Hard | - | 2345 | - | 1222 | - | 2932 |
| Hardest | - | 4134 | - | 2117 | - | 5167 |
Weapon Level Limit
| Game | Easy & Normal | Hard | Hardest | Inferno |
| 2025 | - | - | - | - |
| 4.1 | 12 | 36 | 63 | - |
Approximate Weapon Drop Rate[]
Since there are no killable enemies on this mission, there is no item drop.
Strategy[]
This mission beats itself on any difficulty as long as you don't place yourself in front of Erginus.
Erginus has tremendous amount of health so while the NPC soldiers can easily take care of it, you should bring weapons that deal high damage to make it quicker. Air Raiders shouldn't bring vehicles and support, which they can't deploy immediately as there aren't any enemies to fill up their Reload Credits.
Don't recruit the NPCs and move as far away as you can, so you can use them as bait. Either wait in a quiet corner of the map until the mission finishes or help them shooting to make it faster.
| 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 |