Mutator: Gift Exchange

Gifts are periodically deployed around the map. If you don't claim them, Amon will!

Difficulty points	0
Available in custom	No
Rollable in Chaos Studios	No

Detailed Mutator Information

The first gift spawns at 3:00. Following gifts will spawn after 2:10 intervals until the mission time exceeds 20:00, after which gifts will spawn every 1:40.

Gifts only spawn 40 units away from Players 1, 2 and 3 and as long as no units are within 7 range of the intended gift spawn location.

Ahead of a gift spawn, an icon will be displayed on the minimap. The player has 40 seconds before it appears and can be captured. Amon will send forces to capture the gift. Gifts take 20 seconds to be captured.

If players capture 2 consecutive gifts, Amon will steal the third. Players cannot stop it.

The potential rewards for players are:

Reward	Details
Vespene Rain	15+{Mission Minutes Elapsed} Vespene drops appear around the map. Each Vespene drop contains 50 gas.
Chrono Wave	Chrono Wave is activated (500% increase in build speed for 20 seconds).
HERC/Scout/Queen	You get a HERC/Scout/Queen depending on your race.
MULE Party	Drops 3 MULEs in your base.
{Unit} becomes an Avenger	The selected units gains 10 stacks of the Avenger buff (see Avenger details for more information).
The Naughty List has been cleared	Clears the Naughty List
An Archangel	Gives the player an Archangel.
Everything is free for 10 seconds	Removes costs associated with training all units and research.
Healing	(Only available after the 8-minute mark) Heals all units for 100HP, then provides a buff that heals units for 6.6 HP every second.

The potential rewards for Amon are:

Reward

Details

A Temporary Mutator

Picks a random mutator from the list below (see details in the Chaos Studios mutator details for more information) for 3 minutes.

Alien Incubation
Blizzard
Concussive Attacks
Going Nuclear
Just Die!
Mutually Assured Destruction
Outbreak
Self Destruction
Transmutation
We Move Unseen

Hidden Threats

Spawns a mix of 30 Burrowed Widow Mines, Burrowed Banelings and Stasis Wards around the map.

Banelings/Scourge

Spawns Scourge (if players have more than 5 air units) or Banelings otherwise at the gift location, depending on the mission time as follows:

Mission Time	Units Spawned
0:00-6:00	30
6:00-10:00	45
10:00+	60

Hybrid

Spawns Hybrids depending on the mission time as follows:

Mission Time	Hybrids Spawned
0:00-8:20	2 Hybrid Reavers 1 Hybrid Dominator
8:20-11:40	2 Hybrid Reavers 2 Hybrid Dominators 1 Hybrid Behemoth
11:40+	2 Hybrid Reavers 2 Hybrid Dominators 2 Hybrid Behemoths

Kill Bot

Puts a Killbot on the field, with kills depending on the mission time. The kill bot will require 30 kills before 10:00, after which it will require 50 kills.

Overcharged Shuttles

Overcharges 5 Shuttles. Each overcharge does 20 damage every 0.25 seconds.

Shrink Wave

Shrinks all player units for 60 seconds, reducing all damage (including Spell damage), HP and Shields by 50%.

Once a gift is available for capture, a small attack force of Amon's units will be created to try and capture the gift. The power level of this attack force is dependent on a number of factors, listed below:

Each gift claimed by the Allied Commanders adds 1 to the power of the attack force.
Each gift claimed/stolen by Amon removes 1 from the power of the attack force.
Every 2:00 of mission time adds 1 to the power of the attack force.

The composition of the attack forces are shown below. For more information on Strength and Tech levels, check the Enemy Compositions page.

Power Level	Strength Level	Tech Level	Hybrids
0-1	2	1	-
2-3	4	2	-
4-6	4	3	1x Destroyer
7-8	5	4	1x Reaver
9	2	1	2x Destroyer
10	3	1	2x Reaver
11	4	1	1x Behemoth
12	4	2	1x Behemoth 1x Dominator
13	4	3	1x Behemoth 1x Nemesis
14	4	3	1x Behemoth 1x Nemesis 1x Dominator

One of the most valuable gift rewards (particularly in the early game) for players is Everything is Free. To make advantage of this, ensure you have at least one structure (preferably one that uses minerals and gas) on Rapidfire and use it to spam these structures anywhere, for free. Once the effect wears off, cancel the structures and you will be refunded the original cost of resources for those structures.

Commander-specific Tips

Abathur: Units spawned from Gift Exchange drop Biomass.
Artanis: Artanis' Warp Field counts as a unit, and therefore, his calldown can be used to capture gifts.
Dehaka: Units spawned from Gift Exchange drop Essence.
Mengsk: Units spawned from Gift Exchange provide Royal Guard experience.
Fenix: Fenix loses all Avenger stacks given to him if he changes suit.

Mutator Interactions

Afraid of the Dark	Gifts do not appear on the minimap. Kill Bots gifted to Amon do not appear on the minimap.
Aggressive Deployment	Units from Aggressive Deployment Drops can capture gifts.
Alien Incubation	Broodlings can capture gifts. Units spawned from Gift Exchange spawn Broodlings when they die.
Avenger	Units spawned from Gift Exchange can give out/receive Avenger stacks.
Barrier	Units spawned from Gift Exchange get the Barrier buff.
Black Death	Units spawned from Gift Exchange can carry Plague.
Blizzard	Blizzards can capture gifts.
Concussive Attacks	Units spawned from Gift Exchange apply the Concussive Attacks debuff.
Darkness	Gifts do not appear on the minimap. Kill Bots gifted to Amon do not appear on the minimap.
Diffusion	Diffusion applies to all units spawned from Gift Exchange.
Evasive Maneuvers	Units spawned from Gift Exchange get the Evasive Manuevers buff.
Fatal Attraction	Units spawned from Gift Exchange trigger Fatal Attraction when they die.
Fear	Units spawned from Gift Exchange can apply the Fear effect.
Fireworks	Units spawned from Gift Exchange launch Fireworks when they die.
Hardened Will	Units spawned from Gift Exchange can cause Hardened Will to activate. Hybrids and Kill Bots spawned from Gift Exchange can get the Hardened Will buff.
Heroes from the Storm	Gift spawns do not spawn an Amon Heroes with the capturing attack force. Amon Heroes can capture gifts.
Inspiration	Units spawned from Gift Exchange can get the Inspiration buff. Hybrids and Kill Bots spawned from Gift Exchange can provide the Inspiration buff.
Just Die	Units spawned from Gift Exchange respawn when they die.
Kill Bots	Kill Bots can capture gifts.
Laser Drill	Gifts do not provide vision for the Laser Drill.
Lava Burst	Lava Bursts cannot capture gifts.
Life Leech	Units spawned from Gift Exchange have Life Leech.
Long Range	Units spawned from Gift Exchange get the Long Range buff.
Mag-nificent	Mag-mines can capture gifts.
Minesweeper	Mines can capture gifts.
Missile Command	Missiles can capture gifts.
Moment of Silence	Hybrids spawned from Gift Exchange trigger Moment of Silence when they die.
Mutually Assured Destruction	Hybrids spawned from Gift Exchange detonate Hybrid Nukes when they die.
Naughty List	Units spawned from Gift Exchange kills increase the Naughty List count.
Outbreak	Infested and Aberrations can capture gifts.
Polarity	Units spawned from Gift Exchange all have Polarity applied to them.
Power Overwhelming	Units spawned from Gift Exchange can cast abilities.
Propagators	Propagators can capture gifts.
Purifier Beam	Purifier Beam can capture gifts.
Scorched Earth	Units spawned from Gift Exchange set the ground on fire when they die.
Self Destruction	Units spawned from Gift Exchange create an explosion when they die.
Speed Freaks	Units spawned from Gift Exchange move faster with Speed Freaks.
Temporal Field	Temporal Fields cannot capture gifts. Units caught in a Temporal Field can still capture Gifts.
Time Warp	Time Warps cannot capture gifts. Units caught in a Time Warp can still capture gifts.
Transmutation	Units spawned from Gift Exchange can Transmute.
Turkey Shoot	Turkeys cannot capture gifts. Angry Turkeys can capture gifts. The Turking can capture gifts.
Twister	Twisters can capture gifts.
Void Reanimators	Void Reanimators can capture gifts. Void Reanimators can resurrect units spawned from Gift Exchange. Void Reanimators do not resurrect Kill Bots.
Void Rifts	Units spawned from Void Rifts can capture gifts.
Walking Infested	Infested can capture gifts. Units spawned from Gift Exchange spawn Infested when they die.
We Move Unseen	Units spawned from Gift Exchange are cloaked.
Boom Bots	Boom Bots do not capture gifts.