DeathWatch Challenge

A DeathWatch Challenge is a special objective that Jack Cayman is tasked with at the beginning of a level. Completion of these objectives is optional and rewards bonus points for Jack on his current run through the level. Many DeathWatch Challenges require the player to deviate from their normal strategy or stay much longer in a level than required for unlocking the boss.

There is no special reward given upon completing all DeathWatch Challenges in MadWorld.

Occurrence and rules
The first DeathWatch Challenge occurs in Asian Town's Great Wall Street. From then on, every level except for the final levels of an area and the levels of Casino Land provide Jack with a DeathWatch Challenge upon their first visit. Revisiting the already finished Varrigan City area will also provide new DeathWatch Challenges. Every level has between three and four different DeathWatch Challenges, though only one at a time will be active. Their order of appearance is predetermined. A level for which a DeathWatch Challenge is available is marked with a warning triangle in the world map. After the DeathWatch Challenge is cleared, the triangle will disappear. In order for the next DeathWatch Challenge to appear in that level, another level has to be beaten before. A DeathWatch Challenge is only completed when after fulfilling the objective the level is beaten as well. This is because MadWorld only saves the game when a level was successfully finished.

Objectives and points
After a DeathWatch Challenge is completed, a certain number of points is added to Jack's score for that level. Similar objectives yield the same amount of points upon completion. The following table is a breakdown of all DeathWatch Challenges in MadWorld and how many points they are worth.

*The objectives' wording is provided as it is presented in the game. However, in the game everything is written in upper case, which was changed for better legibility in this article.

Trivia

 * The first DeathWatch Challenge of the bistro in Asian Town is the only one to be cleared along the normal progression of the level.
 * Although the first DeathWatch Challenge of Mad Castle's dungeon says "Stick Driller with 5 signs!", no signposts are found in that level. Instead, Jack uses candelabra.