Teardown Mission Guide: Secret Ingredients – Mastering Robot Mayhem and Speed Routes

The “Secret Ingredients” mission in Teardown Part Two marks a sharp turn in difficulty and tone. It’s the first time you’ll face autonomous enemies — robotic sentries armed and aggressive. These little machines won’t go down with a simple shotgun blast, and they introduce a brand new layer of chaos to the otherwise pure puzzle-solving loop of the game.

This mission is all about resourceful improvisation, fire management, and mastering movement under pressure. There are six safes to retrieve, including optional objectives, and no time limit — until you trigger the heist. Here’s how to take it on.

1. Understanding the Layout and Planning the Route

If you’re gunning for speed and consistency, here’s a basic route flow:

Start with the nearest building.
Head to the central structure, then cross over to the optional house.
Work your way around in a loop, leaving the water-side extraction point for last.

There’s no strict time constraint until the final trigger, so use that to thoroughly prep your escape path and eliminate robot interference ahead of time.

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2. Dealing with the Robots – Options for Control

Let’s talk about the stars of the mission — the armed bots.

These enemies can’t be “killed” through conventional means. Here are the best strategies to deal with them:

Cables: You can tether a bot to a heavy object or fixed surface. It will struggle, eventually break free, but the tether gives you time to grab what you need and get out.
Fire and Shotguns: Use fire carefully. Robots can cause explosions or be caught in the chaos, but fire also sets off alarms and endangers safes.
Rocket Launchers: Hit a bot directly, knock it over, then pick it up like a crate and toss it in the water. This is a surefire way to disable them.
Environmental Traps: Cable a bot to a vehicle, then drive it into a body of water. Clumsy, but effective.
Stairs and Elevation: Robots have difficulty navigating staircases. Use higher floors to escape pursuit.

Whichever tactic you choose, the aim is to isolate or neutralize bots early, especially those guarding multi-level buildings.

3. Safe Destruction and Fire Management

Blowing up safes is business as usual — plant a bomb and boom. But the aftermath is where things can spiral:

Fires are your biggest threat after explosions. Keep the fire extinguisher equipped and react fast.
Don’t rely on a room staying intact after detonation — safes frequently drop to the floor below, complicating retrieval.
For buildings with low flammability, feel free to go all out. But in wooden structures, take a conservative approach and pre-clear potential hazards.

4. Highlighting Different Techniques in Action

You’ll likely encounter different situations requiring tailored solutions:

In the underground bunker, a rocket followed by a water drop is ideal. It’s clean, it’s fast, and it avoids fire hazards.
In open areas, use rocket knockdown then manually carry the bot — provided you have a safe drop point nearby.
Use outlines and visual indicators to keep track of bot paths. They can be temporarily distracted, stuck on stairwells, or looped around structures if needed.

5. Executing the Route Smoothly

Start with the dam-adjacent area, moving from building to building:

Blow open safes and retrieve quickly.
Use upstairs windows for fast exits.
Cut through walls where possible to avoid stairs — especially if a bot is lingering below.

One of the most effective moves is hitting a safe, triggering a controlled fire, and grabbing it before anything spreads. For this, quick saves are essential. Save before risky entries or bot confrontations.

In buildings with dual staircases, bots can often surprise you by reaching the top floor — so stay mobile. If a bot ends up downstairs and can’t return, capitalize on that isolation.

6. Wrapping the Run and Escaping

Once all safes are collected, it’s time to reach the escape boat. There’s no need to drive a vehicle with the final safe — if you’ve planned well, everything will be positioned for a clean grab-and-go.

Don’t try to do a hero’s run through enemies if you’ve left one active nearby — bots can and will shoot you down if caught off guard.
Use alternate routes, side doors, or broken walls to flank or avoid them entirely.

A good run should clock in at under five minutes. With full setup and cleanup beforehand, your real test is navigation and adapting to robot behavior.

7. Advanced Tips and Things to Watch Out For

Bots can break stairs during pursuit, which can trap them and grant you more freedom.
Shotguns stagger bots if hit low — this gives you time to reposition or escape.
Alternate paths, such as climbing piping or rooftop routes, can circumvent trouble entirely.

Don’t panic if your route goes wrong. Teardown thrives on improvisation, and most problems can be brute-forced or rerouted with a few tools.

Final Thoughts

“Secret Ingredients” blends stealth, speed, chaos, and creative problem-solving. The bots add intensity without feeling unfair, and they turn otherwise routine pickups into dynamic micro-encounters.

Whether you’re dragging robots into lakes like misbehaving toddlers or pulling off rooftop escapes while extinguishing fires, this mission rewards flexibility and creativity. You can play it loud or quiet — but no matter what, things will go sideways at least once.

So bring your best tools, prep your planks and bombs, and enjoy the havoc. Mission Six — complete in under five minutes, with a clean route and all objectives.

You’ve now got a solid handle on the sixth mission — now get back out there and show those robo-guards who’s boss.