History Main / VideoGameRaids

* ''VideoGame/{{Patapon}} 3'' has multi-floor multiplayer dungeons that can only be completed with multiple Uberheroes(I.E {{Player Character}}s) which contain extremely powerful threats but exceptional loot as an incentive. There are also [[RandomEvent randomly occurring]] {{Superboss}}es that spawn out in the world, and while these can ''technically'' be killed in single-player the experience will be much easier with other players.

** In ''VideoGame/PokemonGo'', groups of players can team up in a raid to fight a powerful giant "boss" pokemon. Raids have tiered difficulty, with tier 5 raids being against legendary pokemon. Defeating a boss means a chance of catching them.

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* In ''VideoGame/PokemonGo'', a raid is when an unusually powerful Pokemon takes over an existing gym for a limited amount of time. These Pokemon range from powerful legendaries that are otherwise unavailable and require large teams of players to beat, to weak one-star Pokemon that a player could feasibly handle alone. Players can access these raids by either going to the location in real life, or by using a Remote Raid Pass to complete the raid at a distance. Along with normal raid types, there are also Shadow Raids, which require a player to be in that specific location and do not work with remote raid passes.

A "Raid" as known in the world of online multiplayer games, especially of the [[MassivelyMultiplayerOnlineRolePlayingGame MMORPG]] variety, are a type of content or game mode that features players cooperating in a specific, instanced location and fighting against bosses. What differentiates Raids from similar combat content is their difficulty, often requiring a higher level of preparation, organization between players, and knowledge of the game mechanics.

To compensate for this generally higher level of difficulty, Raids often have the best rewards the game can offer at that time to encourage players to go through with it - though it's often coupled with AntiPoopSocking features like limited attempts for a certain amount of time bosses can be fought to avoid people from going TOO hard on it. Also, depending on how difficult it is, the actual rewards may be more [[BraggingRightsReward being able to brag about beating it]] than anything practical.

A "Raid" as known in the world of online multiplayer games, especially of the [[MassivelyMultiplayerOnlineRolePlayingGame MMORPG]] variety, are a type of content or game mode that features players cooperating in a specific, instanced location and fighting against bosses. What differentiates Raids from similiar combat content is their difficulty, often requiring a higher level of preparation, organization between players, and knowledge of the game mechanics.

To compensate with this generally higher level of difficulty, Raids often have the best rewards the game can offer at that time to encourage players to go through with it - though it's often coupled with AntiPoopSocking features like limited attempts for a certain amount of time bosses can be fought to avoid people from going TOO hard on it. Also, depending on how difficult it is, the actual rewards may be more [[BraggingRightsReward being able to brag about beating it]] than anything practical.

* They often require a higher amount of players than normal, though this number can vary wildly from game to game - it can range from anywhere between dozen or so players to around 40-50 at once!
* The Raid often features several different bosses, fought in sequence. These bosses often have abilities or special gimmicks that make them significantly tougher to fight than anything else in the game - altough it should be noted that Raids that only feature one, extremely tough boss are fairly common.

Another type of 'Raid' that has been getting popular in recent times is the 'World Raid' - a singular boss with an absurdly huge healthbar. Cooperation is still present, but instead of being a direct group of players fighting the boss at once, it's a bunch of separate player slowly whittling down the boss's health bar in unsynched multiplayer.

** ''VideoGame/Borderlands1'' has Crawmerax the Invincible, a giant Crab Worm which is usually found three levels above the highest leveled player. It's fought at his own stage, "Crawmerax's Lair", unlocked by completing the main story of the ''The Secret Armory of General Knoxx'' DLC. He's the main source of Pearlescent weapons.
** ''VideoGame/Borderlands2'' has several of those, usually one or two per product[[note]]The base game has Terramorphous the Invincible and Vermivorous the Invincible; ''Captain Scarlett and Her Pirate's Booty'' has Hyperius the Invincible and Master Gee the Invincible; ''Mr. Torgue's Campaign of Carnage'' has Pyro Pete the Invincible; ''Sir Hammerlock's Big Game Hunt'' has Voracidous the Invincible (with Chief Ngwatu) and Dexiduous the Invincible; ''Tiny Tina's Assault on Dragon Keep'' has the four Ancient Dragons of Destruction; ''Sir Hammerlock vs. the Son of Crawmerax'' has The Invincible Son of Crawmerax the Invincible; and ''Commander Lilith and the Fight for Sanctuary'' has Haderax the Invincible[[/note]]. Each of these bosses has [[CashGate an Eridium cost]], starting from 8 all the way to ''100'' depending on the boss, and in Ultimate Vault Hunter Mode, they can drop specific loot in addition to other Legendary, Pearlescent and Effervescent-tier gear, and in the [=DLCs=] most of them also drop Seraph crystals and Seraph-tier weapons.
** ''VideoGame/BorderlandsThePreSequel'' has The Invincible Sentinel, a powerful Eridian Guardian fought after clearing the main game's story mode. It's a beefed up version of the game's final boss.

** 'Regular' Raids have their own storyline divided into three distinct tiers for each expansion, each tier having 4 'floors' each, divided into Normal and Savage difficulties, and each floor is an instance with its own boss, which need a group of 8 players to take down. Also, the name of the Raid storyline is more often than not an AntagonistTitle, with the titular character often featuring as the overall final boss. Raids of this type include but aren't limited to the Binding Coils of Bahamut, Alexander, Omega, and Eden. Older raids like Coils and Alexander used to have exploratory sections featuring wanton slaughter of {{Mooks}}, but from Omega onwards they were streamlined into teleporting you directly in front of the boss when you enter a floor. Savage Raids are considered the true 'endgame' fights, as they drop the best available gear in any patch cycle.
** Alliance Raids require an 'Alliance' of 24 players divided onto three parties of eight each - unlike normal raids, Alliance Raids are more scenic, often featuring large exploreable areas. Such Raids include the Labyrinth of the Ancients, the Void Ark, the Royal City of Rabanastre and more. Ironically, despite requiring more players, they're actually considered easier and more casual oriented content than regular Raids.

** There are also a couple of special instances that aren't ''technically'' raids but function very close to one, and usually have their own special gimmicks and gameplay features. Such raids include the Baldesion Arsenal, Castrum Lacus Litore, Delibrum Reginae and the Dalriada.

* ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'' is the TropeCodifier, although the concept precedes it by quite a bit. Due to the game's age, the concept of a "Raid" has changed considerably during the years - in vanilla and early expansions, Raids were ''big'' ordeals that often could only be reasonably challenged by organized Guilds, if only through the playercount requirement of around 40, with some exceptions, and were often brutally difficult compared to anything else the game had to offer. Over the years, raids changed to fit a wider range of players and additional difficulty modes - though of course, only the highest difficulty allows you to get the highest level rewards. In general, Raids are used as capstone instances in an expansion and the climax of whatever storyline is happening at the moment, most famously the final confrontation with Arthas, the Lich King in the ''Wrath of the Lich King'' expansion.

* ''VideoGame/{{Patapon}} 3'' has multi-floor multiplayer dungeons that can only be complete with multiple Uberheroes(I.E {{Player Character}}s) which contain extremely powerful threats but exceptional loot as an incentive. There are also [[RandomEvent randomly occurring]] {{Superboss}}es that spawn out in the world, and while these can ''technically'' be killed in singleplayer the experience will be much easier with other players.

* The now defunct mobile RPG ''VideoGame/GrimmsNotes'' had BossRush multiplayer events, which pitted a group of 4 players against a series of [[DamageSpongeBoss Damage Sponge Bosses]] with highly souped up stats, including teams of 2 or 3 bosses. Trying to solo these events was pretty much asking to get your ass kicked.

* ''VideoGame/StarWarsGalaxyOfHeroes'': In Guild Raids, all members of a guild cooperate to take down the raid boss and beating its four phases to obtain raid currency, high-tier gear (for upgrading toons) and exclusive character shards (for unlocking toons). The raids include ''The Pit'' (where players face the Rancor), ''The Sith Triumvirate'' (where players face the Sith trio from ''[[VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublicIITheSithLords KotOR II]]''), ''Tank Takedown'' (where players destroy an AAT vehicle), and ''The Pit (Challenge)'' (where players face a juiced up version of the first raid).

* ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'' is the {{Trope Namer|s}} and the TropeCodifier, altough the concept precedes it by quite a bit. Due to the game's age, the concept of a "Raid" has changed considerably during the years - in vanilla and early expansions, Raids were ''big'' ordeals that often could only be reasonably challenged by organized Guilds, if only through the playercount requirement of around 40, with some exceptions, and were often brutally difficult compared to anything else the game had to offer. Over the years, raids changed to fit a wider range of players and additional difficulty modes - though of course, only the highest difficulty allows you to get the highest level rewards. In general, Raids are used as capstone instances in an expansion and the climax of whatever storyline is happening at the moment, most famously the final confrontation with Arthas, the Lich King in the ''Wrath of the Lich King'' expansion.