Darktide features several distinct mission types, each with unique objectives and challenges. Understanding these will help you prepare your loadout and strategy:

- Assassination: Locate and eliminate a high-value target. Often involves navigating complex areas and facing strong resistance.
- Investigation: Gather data or evidence from specific locations. Requires interacting with terminals and defending positions.
- Disruption: Sabotage enemy operations, often by destroying key infrastructure or planting explosives.
- Repair: Fix critical machinery or systems, usually involving defending a repair point from waves of enemies.
- Raid: Infiltrate an enemy stronghold to retrieve valuable assets or eliminate key personnel.
- Espionage: Plant surveillance devices or extract sensitive information, often requiring stealth or rapid movement.
Each mission type demands different tactical approaches and team compositions.