Collaborate with your friends, and the entire medical community, on cutting-edge research to discover unique in-game rewards. Head to the Superbug Network to get started.
The Superbug Initiative is the main multiplayer element of Two Point Hospital, being made available upon reaching Star Level in Mitton University. Collaborative in nature, it involves players completing tasks in their hospital in order to unlock unique rewards.
Invitation[]
Dear Hospital Administrator,
Your organisation shows great promise, and, as a result, has been chosen to take part in the Bungle Superbug Initiative. Congratulations.
The Superbug Initiative was founded with the intention of connecting the finest minds in the County in order to tackle our most pressing medical concerns. Since then, Superbug has transformed into the premier interface for all forms of research and technology.
You have been given access to the Superbug Network, when you're ready, dive headfirst into the exciting world of collaborative research.
Thank you
Sophie Nova
CEO, Bungle Technologies
Superbug Network[]
One global project and up to three local projects can be active at one time on the Superbug Network screen.
Each project will consist of a branching set of nodes, each of which is associated with a certain task, such as watering plants and upgrading machines. The aim is for the requisite number of players to complete each node, and continue together along the branching paths in order to reach the victory nodes, which, upon completion, will result in rewards for all participants.
Local Superbug Projects[]
The five local projects are hosted by players themselves, and are unlocked sequentially upon completion. The host may send an invitation to any players in their friends list on their respective platform.
Victory nodes are each marked with a gold star, with the goal being for all of them to be completed by the requisite number of players. At this time, the project is marked as completed and all rewards are issued. This will be the case for all players, host and participant alike.
The nodes list below specifies the kinds of tasks the player may expect to encounter, but, since the research trees for local projects are randomly generated each time, it cannot be predicted which will appear, so players are advised to be sure they can complete all the listed tasks.
Hair Removal | 1-3 Participant(s) | |
Love Sick | 2-5 Participants | |
Dead Weight | 2-5 Participants | |
Cheese on the Chalkboard | 3-5 Participants | |
Learning Machine Learning | 4-5 Participants |
Global Projects[]
Global Projects work slightly differently to Local Projects. They are not hosted by players, instead being presented to the entire community; and as such, several thousand players are sometimes required to complete the later nodes. The research tree is fixed, and the victory nodes, when completed, will immediately result in the corresponding reward being made available to claim.
Each project is regarded as complete when all of the victory nodes have been completed, at which point the rewards are made available to players to claim whether or not they participated in the Global Project. This will remain in place until the next Global Project begins.
The Gyro-Nut (Beta) | 17th to 25th April 2019 | 50-220 Participants |
The Gyro-Nut | 30th April to 21 May 2019 | 300-3500 Participants |
Meditations on Mortality | 3rd June to 7th July 2019 | - |
Creature Comfort | 30th August to 9th September 2019 | - |
Nice Smelling Research | 26th November to 8th December 2019 | - |
Healthy Appetite | 15th May to 3rd June 2020 | - |
Fruit Loot | 26th June to 4th July 2020 | - |
A Project of Ice & Fire | 15th December 2020 to 1st January 2021 | - |
Research & Victory Nodes[]
There are many different research nodes, with all varying degrees of rarity. All research trees build from the pool of research nodes available. Listed below are the collection of research nodes, what they require to complete.
Victory nodes mark the end of a research branch, completing an aspect of the research overall. Sometimes branches of the trees will lead to a dead end, which means that this line of research didn't yield any useful results.
Cure Patients | Cure 10 Patients | Any Hospital | |
Touch of Midas | Cure 3 Patients with Touch of Midas | Grockle Bay Blighton | |
Leopard Skin | Cure 3 Patients with Leopard Skin | Grockle Bay Blighton | |
Consecutive Cures | Cure 5 Patients in a Row | Any Hospital | |
Consecutive Cures | Cure 5 Psychiatry Patients in a Row | Lower Bullocks | |
Lightheadedness | Cure 5 Patients with Lightheadedness | Hogsport | |
Pandemic | Cure 5 Patients with Pandemic | Lower Bullocks | |
Jest Infection | Cure 5 Patients with Jest Infection | Flottering | |
Grey Anatomy | Cure 5 Patients with Grey Anatomy | Mitton University | |
Pharmacy | Cure 5 Patients in Pharmacy | ||
Psychiatry | Cure 5 Patients in Psychiatry | Lower Bullocks | |
Ward | Cure 5 Patients in Ward | Lower Bullocks | |
Psychiatry | Cure 5 Patients with Night Fever | Mitton University | |
Surgery | Cure 5 Patients in Surgery | Smogley | |
Shock Horror | Cure 5 Patients with Shock Horror | Melt Downs | |
Cubism | Cure 5 Patients with Cubism | Grockle Bay | |
Injection Room | Cure 5 Patients in Injection Room | ||
DNA Lab | Cure 5 Patients in DNA Lab | Melt Downs | |
8-Bitten | Cure 5 Patients with 8-bitten | Duckworth-upon-Bilge | |
Consecutive Cures | Cure 5 DNA Lab Patients in a Row | Melt Downs | |
Animal Magnetism | Cure 5 Patients with Animal Magnetism | Flemington | |
Denim Genes | Cure 3 Patients with Denim Genes | Melt Downs | |
Premature Mummification | Cure 5 Patients with Premature Mummification | Sweaty Palms | |
Emperor Complex | Cure 3 Patients with Emperor Complex | Grockle Bay |
Timed Cure Patients | Cure 10 Patients within 90 Days | Any Hospital | |
Timed Moneymaker | Earn $200,000 within 90 Days | Any Hospital | |
Timed Research | Generate 1000 Research Points within 120 Days | Any Hospital |
Train Nurses | Train 3 Nurses | Any Hospital | |
Training | Train 3 Staff | Any Hospital | |
Staff Development | Promote 3 Staff | Any Hospital | |
Train Doctors | Train 3 Doctors | Any Hospital |
Maintenance | Water 5 Plants | Any Hospital | |
Ghost Capture | Capture 3 Ghosts | Roquefort Castle | |
Moneymaker | Earn $200,000 | Any Hospital | |
Kudosh | Earn K50 | Any Hospital | |
Research | Generate 1000 Research Points | ||
Upgrade Machine | Upgrade a Machine | Any Hospital | |
Upgrading Machines | Upgrade 3 Machines | Any Hospital |
Superbug Items[]
Exclusive new items can be gained from completing both Local and Global Projects. Below is a list of items so far and from which project they were available.
Local Superbug Projects[]
Hair Removal | Love Sick | Dead Weight |
Cheese on the Chalkboard | Learning Machine Learning |
Global Superbug Projects[]
The item rewards from the Global Projects have been reissued to players through the Hospital Pass, and the rewards from A Project of Ice & Fire can also be claimed from the Superbug menu itself.
The Gyro-Nut
Giant Pipette |
Meditations on Mortality | Creature Comfort |
Nice Smelling Research
Jasmine Bed |
Healthy Appetite | Fruit Loot |
The Jasmine EP from Global Project Nice Smelling Research is two music tracks (Fish Whispers and Nice Smelling Face). These were later made available to all players. | ||
A Project of Ice & Fire | - | - |
Achievements[]
These are the various achievements that can be unlocked while playing The Superbug Initiative
Achievement | ||
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Icebreaker | ||
Complete Superbug Project Hair Removal | ||
Serial Collaborator | ||
Complete 50 Research Nodes | ||
Strength in Numbers | ||
Complete Superbug Project Learning Machine Learning |