Guardian Mode: your cat defends the house
Mice are sneaking into your living room from every direction. You can't finish them off yourself, but your pet can. Guardian Mode is a short arcade challenge inside MyVrPet where you and your pet team up to survive as many waves as you can.
- 3 kinds of pests
- 20 upgrades
- High scores
- Earn Sparkles
How it plays
Swat, toss, team up
Your hands never land the final blow. They set up the play, and your pet finishes it.
- SwatSmack a pest with your bare hand. It gets stunned and softened, but never defeated by you alone.
- TossYour swing flings it in a tumbling arc. Swing toward your pet and it lands right inside your pet's reach, dazed with little stars spinning over its head.
- Team-up!If your pet finishes it within four seconds of your swat, that's a Team-up: bonus score, a combo and a satisfying launch.
The pests
- Mouse. The everyday intruder. A swat and a toss usually does it.
- Speedy Mouse. Fast and slippery. Catch it before it reaches your pet.
- Chonky Rat. Big, slow and tough. It takes a few hits, so set it up early.
Each pest introduces itself the first time it appears. Spawns are telegraphed with a rustle and a marker on the floor, and arrows at the edge of your view point at pests sneaking up behind you.
Your arena is your room
The game finds open floor in front of you and draws a glowing ring around your pet: that ring is its reach. Pests path around your real furniture, so a sofa or coffee table changes how each run plays out.
First run? Quick training
The first time you start Guardian Mode, a short training run walks you through it: swat a mouse, watch your pet pounce, handle a pest from behind and pick your first upgrade. You can't fail it, you can skip it, and finishing it gives you a small Sparkles bonus.
Rewards
Every run earns Sparkles based on the waves you held, pests caught and perfect waves, up to a daily limit. Your best score is saved, and surviving five waves unlocks an achievement. A finished run also counts toward your pet's Bond Journey.
Upgrades: pick one between waves
After each wave you choose one of three cards. Rarer cards show up less often, and you never see the same card twice in one offer. Here are some favourites from the 20 upgrades.
- CommonWider ReachYour pet's attack ring grows by 20%.
- CommonFaster PawsYour pet attacks 15% faster.
- CommonBig SwatsSwatted pests fly farther toward your pet and stay dazed longer.
- CommonPower HandsSwats soften pests more, so your pet finishes them faster.
- CommonSticky PawsSwatted pests stay slowed for a while after waking up.
- CommonExtra HeartOne more heart to lose.
- RareAngry MeowOnce per wave, a meow shockwave stuns everything nearby.
- RareGuardian BubbleA shield absorbs one bite and recharges every two waves.
- RarePaw BarrageEvery fifth attack becomes a quick three-hit combo.
- RareSnack BreakWin a heart back after every perfect wave.
- EpicHand ShockwaveStrong swats daze and toss every pest around your hand.
- EpicTail SweepYour pet spins and swipes everything close by.
- EpicSparkle ChainDefeated pests can pop their neighbours for bonus score.
- EpicZoomies ModeWhen pests crowd in, your pet attacks 35% faster for a few seconds.
High-score tips
- Aim your swings at your pet. A swing toward your pet is assisted, so pests land inside its ring. Swinging away sends them away.
- Chase Team-ups, not swats. Team-ups are where the big points are. Space your swats so your pet can keep up.
- Turn around. Pests come from all sides. Watch the arrows at the edge of your view.
- Take Wider Reach early. A bigger ring makes every toss easier to land.
- Go for perfect waves. A wave without a bite pays extra Sparkles, and Snack Break turns it into a free heart.
Ready to defend your room?
Guardian Mode is part of MyVrPet on Meta Quest 3, 3S and Pro. Start it any time from your hand menu.
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