Task Mechanics

Burglin' Gnomes task family types, round rules, difficulty schedule, and forbidden task pairs.

See Tasks for the in-game task list, progress text, and task descriptions.

Round Rules

5 tasks per round, 3 needed to extract.

• Round length20 min

Task Types

Task script families linked to their generated task pages.

• Types9

AI Spawns

Spawn mode, max instances, chance, allowed rooms, and navmesh data.

• Rows9

Difficulty Schedule

Day ranges and task mix for the round scheduler.

• Ranges6

Forbidden Task Pairs

Task combinations blocked by the task collection rules.

• Pairs10

Round Rules

Tasks per round

5

Tasks needed to extract

3

Round length

20 real minutes

Game-time span

120 game minutes

Hours on the clock

9

Task Types

Task Type	Count
Blowdart status task	3
Break object task	1
Entity action task	11
Explosion task	1
Garden gnome task	1
Gather resource task	2
Room steal task	1
Steal item/category task	3
World requirement task	31

AI Spawns

Entity	Spawn Mode	Max Instances	Chance	Allowed Rooms	Navmesh
Human	Only On Start	1	0%	Hallway, Kitchen, Bedroom, Bathroom, Living Room, Dining, Kids Room	HumanGraph
Vacuum	Only On Start	1	0%	Hallway, Kitchen, Bedroom, Bathroom, Living Room, Storage Closet, Dining, Kids Room	HumanGraph
Redcap	Keep Max	Karma curve	0%	Hallway, Kitchen, Bedroom, Bathroom, Living Room, Storage Closet, Dining, Kids Room, Outside	SmallAIGraph
Rat	Random Chance	3	Game Time curve	Hallway, Kitchen, Bedroom, Bathroom, Living Room, Storage Closet, Dining, Kids Room	SmallAIGraph
Bibi	Random Chance	2	Karma curve	Hallway, Kitchen, Bedroom, Bathroom, Living Room, Storage Closet, Dining, Kids Room	CatGraph
Roach	Random Chance	Game Time curve	18.2%	Hallway, Kitchen, Bedroom, Bathroom, Living Room, Storage Closet, Dining, Kids Room	SmallAIGraph
Fairy	Random Chance	1	Karma curve	Outside	SmallAIGraph
Jonathan	Only On Start	1	0%		SmallAIGraph
Sealman	Random Chance	Karma curve	34.9%	Hallway, Kitchen, Bedroom, Bathroom, Living Room, Storage Closet, Dining, Kids Room, Outside	SmallAIGraph

Task Prevention

Type	Value
Specific item	Grenade
Specific item	Pepperspray
Specific item	Taser
Specific item	Gun
Specific item	Landmine
Specific item	Garage Remote
Specific item	Vehicle Stick
Specific item	Vehicle Crank
Specific item	Vehicle Fuse
Specific item	Seagull Egg
Specific item	Dog Toy
Category	Weapon
Category	Vehicle Part
Category	Explosive

Prevented Prefabs

Prefab
Grenade
Bedroom Puf Variant
Stool
Fence piece 15
Bathroom Trashcan
Sauna Bucket Variant
Stool Variant
Crate Variant

Difficulty Schedule

Days	Task Mix
Tutorial / first round to Day 2	5 Easy
Day 3	3 Medium, 2 Easy
Day 4 to Day 6	1 Hard, 3 Medium, 1 Easy
Day 7 to Day 9	2 Hard, 3 Medium
Day 10 to Day 12	3 Hard, 2 Medium
Day 13 to Day 15	4 Hard, 1 Medium

Forbidden Task Pairs

Task	Cannot Pair With
Cause an explosion	Blow up a target
Blow up a landmine	Prime a landmine
Get the boar to attack	Steal a tusk from a boar
Get Jonathan to drop his music box	Get Jonathan out of his hut
Water flower pots with a watering can	Cut plants with gardening shears
Stab a target with a dart	Stab a target with a fork
Find a way inside the shed	Find a way inside the greenhouse
Assemble the minicopter	Open the garage door with a remote
Steal a dog toy from inside the dog park	Get the dog out of the dog park
Open a window	Break a window

Change History

• June 16, 2026 Hotfix 3 changed task filtering, task margins, CPR completion timing, and early enemy timing. See Changelog.
• June 13, 2026 Hotfix 2 reduced difficulty scaling intensity and fixed impossible task cases. See Changelog.
• June 12, 2026 Hotfix 1 fixed a task-list softlock. See Changelog.