Base Wars: The Land hides more than the standard anniversary reward. Behind the normal event objective sit two separate secret payoffs, and both only become reachable after you finish the main quest. One is a punishing four-player dungeon called The Trials; the other is a map-wide cake sweep that spawns a hidden button. Here is how each one works, start to finish.
Quick answer: Finish the main Base Wars Skirmish quest first. Then either complete The Trials co-op dungeon through the hidden mountain statue, or destroy every birthday cake on the map and press the secret button on the runway structure.
Finish the main Base Wars quest first
Neither secret works until the normal event badge is done. The main quest comes in two parts. First, go to the 2012 event hub, follow the white arrow to the hilltop castle-like building, and press E to pick up the flag. It attaches to your character. Carry it back to the NPC who gave you the quest to close out stage one.
The Skirmish objective comes second. In the Quests menu, select Roblox 20th Anniversary: Skirmish; its requirement is one round win. Each defeat supplies 50 percent progress, meaning two losses are enough to complete it.
For the quickest Skirmish completion, use a Battle Tank. As soon as the round begins, take one from the spawner at your base and charge groups of enemies. Ordinary bullets barely affect it, while driving over players eliminates them instantly. Once your team leads, hold position and allow the clock to expire.
Artillery and rocket launchers are the weapons that most often destroy tanks. If yours starts burning, return on foot to the spawner and replace it rather than continuing the fight.
Route 1: Beat The Trials dungeon
The Trials is a hidden, class-based co-op dungeon that ends in a boss fight and awards its own badge. You reach it from inside a normal PvP match, but only after setting up a specific loadout.
Build a Classic Weapons loadout
The full Classic set includes the Classic SPAS-12 ‘Flame’, Classic BWSR1-Flame, Classic Supply Camp Builder, Classic Shielded Armor Suit, and the CQC Knife. Once everything is equipped, hit Proceed to Spawning.
Find the hidden statue in the mountains
Work through the co-op trials
The Trials needs a full squad, typically four players. You spawn in an open green area and speak with Commander Pebbles, who briefs you before you climb the rock pile behind the spawn and drop into the dungeon corridor.
The whole run centers on a glowing purple charge. Someone has to pick it up and carry it from pedestal to pedestal, priming each one along the way. The rest of the team handles the obstacles between checkpoints.
- Push heavy blocks through mazes and under gates. Some are marked “Only the UBer class can move this.”
- Block red laser beams with a shield while teammates stand on floor switches or move the charge across.
- Cross lava gaps with careful parkour, or deploy a parachute by pressing T.
- Clear waves of hostile Rebel NPCs, including Marksmen, Gunners, Bombardiers, Vanguards, and Infiltrators.
- Coordinate on color-coded pressure pads to shift laser networks and open the path.
Later stages add a minecart ride across a lava tunnel, purple energy bridges that appear once switches are triggered, and a deployable Engineer supply camp that a teammate can build to heal and hold a safe staging spot. When every obstacle is cleared, all four players must stand on the elevator platform together to descend to the boss arena.
Defeat the Veteran Commander
The elevator opens onto a platform over water where you fight the boss, the Veteran Commander, with your firearms. After the boss goes down, carry the charge to the final pedestal and place it. The message The statue accepts the charge appears, and The Trials award badge pops up on screen.
Grab the secret item in the 2012 hub
Completing the dungeon also opens the door to a hidden reward item back in the event hub. Teleport out to The Hunt: Roblox 20 and re-enter the 2012 area. Run up the hills, past the trenches and wooden barricades, and into the damaged white building. The floating sword-like crystal sits on a pedestal inside; grabbing it awards the Vicennial Visor.
Route 2: Destroy every birthday cake
The other secret badge is unrelated to eliminations and capture points. Instead, you must collect birthday cakes positioned throughout the playable map and then activate one button in an easily overlooked location. Leaving a single cake untouched prevents the button from appearing.
No single area contains the cakes: they are distributed around the map, with multiple ones far from the normal combat routes. Check the following areas in a deliberate sweep.
| Search area | What to check |
|---|---|
| Mountains | Slopes, gaps, and rock pockets |
| Map borders | The outer perimeter edges |
| Buildings | Around and behind each structure |
| Open terrain | Anything off the main routes |
Confirming the badge unlocked
For The Trials, you know it worked when the charge is placed, “The statue accepts the charge” shows on screen, and the badge award notification appears. For the cake route, the badge award pops the moment you press the button on the top level.
When the top level of the runway structure has no interactable object, one or more cakes are still intact somewhere on the map; that is the only cause. You do not need to leave or restart the server. Search again, destroy the last cake, and go back upstairs—the button will then be present.
If you see a “Failed to check badges. Try again soon!” message, do not delete your badges. Wait a short while and let the claim retry.
