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Gears of War: E-Day missions list - Full list of acts, chapters and how many to expect

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Gears of War: E-Day missions list - Full list of acts, chapters and how many to expect

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Rob Leane

Published: Thursday, 1 October 2026 at 4:57 pm

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Emergence has arrived early for players who pre-ordered Gears of War: E-Day. And if you're one of those people, you'll want to know how many missions to expect.

Whether you're playing with human allies or bots, the E-Day campaign is a chunky one, easily outlasting most of the Gears stories that came before.

Considering the scale of the story and its importance to the overarching lore, this shouldn't come as a huge surprise. But still, if you want to know the specifics of how many acts and missions to expect, read on!

How many missions are in Gears of War: E-Day?

Gears of War E-Day is split into five acts, and it also has a prologue and an epilogue.

By our count, there are 26 main missions, or 28 if you include the prologue and the epilogue.

This is far bigger than your classic 'three act structure', then.

Each act is split into a number of different missions, obviously, with a couple of acts having as many as six missions to call their own.

To learn more about the game, check out our big developer interview on YouTube. Or, to see the mission list, keep on scrolling, soldier.

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Full list of Gears of War: E-Day missions

The full list of Gears of War: E-Day missions is as follows:

Prologue

Prologue

Act 1

Chapter 1: Emergence
Chapter 2: Survival of the Fittest
Chapter 3: A Gear in Need
Chapter 4: Back in the Fold

Act 2

Chapter 1: Bravo Squad
Chapter 2: Hold the Line
Chapter 3: No Gear Left Behind
Chapter 4: Flyboys
Chapter 5: Overrun

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Act 3

Chapter 1: Stranded
Chapter 2: Enemy Lines
Chapter 3: Last Foothold
Chapter 4: The Convoy
Chapter 5: Desperate Times
Chapter 6: Desperate Measures

Act 4

Chapter 1: Hope and Ruin
Chapter 2: Technical Difficulties
Chapter 3: Tough As Nails
Chapter 4: Signals
Chapter 5: Paths Diverge
Chapter 6: Critical Failure

Act 5

Chapter 1: One Problem at a Time
Chapter 2: Ghost Town
Chapter 3: Storm Clouds
Chapter 4: Resolute
Chapter 5: The Fall of Kalona

Epilogue

Epilogue

And that's your lot! But one question remains...

How long with it take to beat Gears of War: E-Day?

This is a longer campaign than you might have expected, with estimates online clocking it at about 14 hours, which sounds about right to us.

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Rob Leane is the Gaming Editor at Radio Times, overseeing our coverage of the biggest games on PlayStation, Xbox, Switch, PC, mobile and VR. Rob works across our website, social media accounts and video channels, as well as producing our weekly gaming newsletter. He has previously worked at Den of Geek, Stealth Optional and Dennis Publishing.

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