Virus Jumps

Unlocking by level

Level 4 / 8 / 12

New viruses open as your lineage levels up with XP from Infect Game Mode runs.

• Influenza A: from the start
• Retrovirus: level 4
• Halovirus: level 8
• Filovirus: level 12
• The first time a virus opens, the very next mutation offer always includes a jump to it
• Once a virus has been offered or played, it stays open

How jumps are offered

Mutation offers

Once another virus is open, there's a 40% chance that one of the three random offers is a jump to another unlocked virus.

• Once a second virus is open you get 4 offers, and the left one always keeps your current virus, for players who want to stay
• Half the time the parent's own mutation comes back to be inherited again (stacked); stacking a jump keeps that virus
• Abandoned runs, Pandemic Game Mode and Endless Game Mode runs don't make a new generation

Segment Reassortment

Jump mutation · Boon

Becomes Influenza A, with +10% damage.

• Stacks: +15% at 2 generations in a row, +20% at 3

Reverse Transcriptase Capture

Jump mutation · Boon

Becomes Retrovirus, with +12% max HP.

• Stacks: +18% at 2 generations in a row, +24% at 3

Filovirus Spillover

Jump mutation · Boon

Becomes Filovirus, with +15% max HP.

• Stacks: about +23% at 2 generations in a row, +30% at 3

Spike Recombination

Jump mutation · Boon

Becomes Halovirus, with +8% move speed.

• Stacks: +12% at 2 generations in a row, +16% at 3

Family Tree

Lineage

The Family Tree shows one lane per virus, with every generation your lineage has been, in unlock order.

• Lanes top to bottom: Influenza A, Retrovirus, Halovirus, Filovirus
• Locked lanes show the level that opens them
• Generations get flu-style names such as A/Brisbane/12/27 (H3N2), or RTV/M:C/Lagos/12 for Retrovirus
• Each generation shows its virus ringed and lit in its mutation's colour, and the ring gets thicker each time the mutation is inherited again
• Tap a virus's name at the start of its lane for its card: how it plays (passive, signature ability and ultimate) and, on the Real World tab, what it is in real life