A Memoir of Work Screw-ups (HDD)
Last updated 2025-04-28
This article is about the HDD commission. For the open-world commission, see A Memoir of Work Screw-ups.
A Memoir of Work Screw-ups is an Exploration Commission, unlocked during A Memoir of Work Screw-ups.
Steps
- Protect the drill rig (X/9)
- Leave the Hollow
Enemy Info
Gameplay Notes
- Normal enemies and Bombers require 1 D Round to be defeated, while Elite enemies require 2 D rounds.
- Every time the player moves twice, most enemies will move once. Golden Bangboo are the exception, and will move every time the player moves.
- Firing the cannon does not count as a move.
- Interacting with the Engineering Device counts as a move.
- If an enemy manages to enter a fissure, it is possible to attack it before it damages the drill rig. The player will enter combat.
- If the drill rig takes less than 6 hits, a Senior Investigator's Supply Box appears at the end. If it has full health, an additional Supply Box appears.
- Repairing the drill rig to full health after getting hit also counts.
- Unlocking all 6 launch buttons awards the Hollow Exploration Guide achievement Firework Show.
- 4,500 Gear Coins are required to unlock all buttons.
Dialogue
- (Upon starting the commission)
- Fairy Smart Intervention: "Transferring you to the client. Please hold."
- Fairy Smart Intervention: ...
- Fairy Smart Intervention: Dana: "Proxy! Right on time. My superior was right, I can definitely count on you!"
- Fairy Smart Intervention: Dana: "Our goal is to
defend the drill rig from monsters while it's operating!" - Fairy Smart Intervention: Dana: "Of course asking you to fight in your current condition is a bit of a stretch. All you have to do is control the device we give you to fight off the enemies — that's it!"
- Fairy Smart Intervention: Dana: "And while you're at it, you can test my... I mean, our company's new product:
Long-Range Acceleration D Rounds!" - Fairy Smart Intervention: Dana: "We're not military. These D Rounds were originally developed for building demolition. Yet, they're used as weapons... Powerful indeed, try them and see!"
- (After the event)
- Dana: Control the lever and shoot D rounds!
- (Use the cannon to hit an enemy)
- Dana: They explode upon hitting a target
- (Defeat the top enemy)[Note 1]
- Dana: Now go to the mine!
- (Head to the next area)
- Dana: Large numbers of D Rounds have been prepared for you
- Dana: Please note enemies can quickly approach the drill rig through the fissures.
- Dana: Beware of enemies attempting to enter the fissures.
- Dana: The enemies are coming... Everything is in your hands!
- Dana: Don't waste too many D Rounds
- Dana: D Rounds take a while to reload
- (Clear the first wave of enemies)
- Dana: Strong enemies incoming!
- Dana: We need to hit them with more D Rounds to take them out!
- (Clear the second wave of enemies)
- Dana: The enemy is stronger than we thought. It's time to play the trump card...
- Dana: Let's reinforce the engineering unit with the modification table we just requested!
- Dana: Give it a try before more enemies arrive!
- (Interact with the modification table)
- Fairy Smart Intervention: "Transferring you to the client again. Please hold..."
- Fairy Smart Intervention: Dana: "Is the situation getting tense? Please allow me to recommend something even more powerful than D Rounds... introducing: DDD Rounds!"
- Fairy Smart Intervention: Dana: "Firing it grinds up all the enemies in its ballistic path in one go. It's highly efficient!"
- [Note 2]Engineering Device: Comrade, welcome to our in-house developed booster device. This device can provide building and reloading services for DDD Rounds.
DDD Rounds are more powerful than D Rounds! However, you need to pay extra Gear Coins to use them. - Please select the service you need.
Unlock 2 launch buttonsSpend 1500 Gear Coins- (2 buttons will appear by the drill rig, up to 6 buttons in total)
- Reset 2 launch buttonsSpend 1500 Gear Coins
- (2 buttons will reactivate)
- [Note 3]Other modifications
- Engineering Device: Besides the basic functions, you can also make some modifications to the buttons.
There's also a drill rig repair service here! - Please select the service you need.
- Repair drill rig (3,000 Gear Coins)Negate 3 hits. Taken (x) hits so far
- Engineering Device: "..."
- Engineering Device: "Hits taken restored to (x-3) hits!"
- [Note 4]Auto-reset (2,000 Gear Coins)Automatically reset a launch button every 20 steps
- Engineering Device: "..."
- Engineering Device: "Order for more DDD Rounds dispatched to the storehouse!"
- Return
- Engineering Device: Besides the basic functions, you can also make some modifications to the buttons.
- Leave device
- (Attempt to press an unactivated button, optional)
- (ProtagonistProtagonist): The buttons haven't been reset...
- (If the drill rig takes 3 or more hits)[Note 5]
- Fairy: The drill rig takes 3 attacks. The operation is not impacted.
- (If the drill rig takes 6 or more hits)
- Fairy: The drill rig takes 6 attacks, greatly reducing the efficiency of extracting...
- (If the drill rig takes 9 or more hits)
- Fairy: The drill rig takes 9 attacks, and might just crash at any moment!
- (If the drill rig takes 12 or more hits)
- Fairy: The drill rig has taken too many attacks and is now broken...
- Fairy Smart Intervention: "We can't keep working when the drill rig's malfunctioned!"
- Fairy Smart Intervention: Dana: "The drill rig was attacked 12 times, preventing us getting enough samples..."
- Fairy Smart Intervention: Dana goes to fix the rig.
- Want to try again?
- Give it another try!
- (Reset to the first wave)
- Leave the Hollow
- (Clear the third wave)
- Dana: The enemies are carrying some explosives...
- (Clear the fourth wave)
- Dana: Time to earn some overtime pay! Attack those Golden Bangboo!
- Dana: 5 enemy waves remaining
- (Clear the fifth wave)
- Dana: 4 enemy waves remaining
- (Clear the sixth wave)
- Dana: A large horde of enemies is approaching!
- (Clear the seventh wave)
- Dana: Time to earn some overtime pay! Attack those Golden Bangboo!
- Dana: 2 enemy waves remaining
- (Clear the eighth wave)
- Dana: This is their final wave!
- (Clear the final wave)
- Fairy Smart Intervention: Dana: "Thank the stars all that mineral extraction is done! Let's see how everything worked out..."
- (If the drill rig took no damage)
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- Fairy Smart Intervention: Dana: "Perfect! The rig's tunneling was completely uninterrupted, and we've already collected enough samples!"
- Fairy Smart Intervention: Dana: "Plus, we dug out some great stuff... All I need is the samples, so why don't you take the rest!"
- (If the drill rig took 1-5 hits)
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- Fairy Smart Intervention: Dana: "Brilliant! Despite being attacked (x) times, the mineral extraction went well!"
- Fairy Smart Intervention: Dana: "Plus, we dug out some great stuff... All I need is the samples, so why don't you take the rest!"
- (If the drill rig took 6 or more hits)
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- Fairy Smart Intervention: Dana: "All bark and no bite! Despite the drill rig being attacked (x) times, we still managed to pick up a few samples!"
- Fairy Smart Intervention: Dana: "Plus, we dug up something... That's kind of unexpected, so why don't you take it!"
Notes
Other Languages
| Language | Official Name |
|---|---|
| English | A Memoir of Work Screw-ups |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 上班补锅回忆录 Shàngbān Bǔguō Huíyìlù |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 上班補鍋回憶錄 hàngbān Bǔguō Huíyìlù |
| Japanese | オフィスの愛を守るため Ofisu no Ai wo Mamorutame |
| Korean | 커리어 구제 회고록 Keorieo Guje Hoegorok |
| Spanish | Malos recuerdos del trabajo |
| French | Mémoire de bourdes professionnelles |
| Russian | Память об ошибках на работе Pamyat' ob oshibkakh na rabote |
| Thai | บันทึกความทรงจำการแก้งานในที่ทำงาน |
| Vietnamese | Hồi Ký Sửa Sai Nơi Công Sở |
| German | Ein Memoir über Arbeitsverfehlungen |
| Indonesian | Kisah Kegagalan di Kantor |
| Portuguese | Memórias de Vacilos no Trabalho |
Change History
Released in Version 1.0 - Welcome To New Eridu