How to play

Monsters walk a fixed path to your castle. Defenders stand on fixed spots beside it. Pawns gather the gold, wood and meat you pay for them with. Hold out through every wave to win the level and unlock the next.

1. Click a gold stone, tree or sheep: a free Pawn goes and brings it back.
2. Click a dashed spot to build a defender. Hover a choice to see its range.
3. Click a house to upgrade it and unlock more units. Click a defender to upgrade, move or sell it.
4. Waves start on a timer; press Space or "Next wave" to call the next one early.
5. Win the level to unlock the next. You can play levels 1 to 5 without an account; log in to play on, save your progress and compare with friends.

Resources

Your base

Defenders

Tower

Sturdy and long-ranged. Built from wood and gold, so it needs no house.

Cost: 100 gold · 20 wood

HP 260 · Damage 14 · Range 200

Unlocks at level 1

Archer

Cheap ranged attacker. Fragile, so keep it behind a Warrior.

Cost: 60 gold · 6 meat

HP 70 · Damage 8 · Range 170

Unlocks at level 1 · needs Fighter House tier 1

Warrior

Melee fighter that holds the line and soaks up hits.

Cost: 80 gold · 8 meat

HP 220 · Damage 16 · Range 44

Unlocks at level 1 · needs Fighter House tier 1

Lancer

Melee unit with a heavy hit and a longer reach than the Warrior.

Cost: 110 gold · 12 meat

HP 190 · Damage 24 · Range 62

Unlocks at level 6 · needs Fighter House tier 2

Monk

Heals the most hurt ally in its ring. Deals no damage.

Cost: 90 gold · 10 meat

HP 90 · No damage · Range 150

Unlocks at level 3 · needs Monk House tier 1

Frost Monk

Slows monsters in its ring for a couple of seconds. Deals no damage; bosses slow only half as much.

Cost: 100 gold · 14 meat

HP 90 · No damage · Range 150

Unlocks at level 9 · needs Monk House tier 2

Stars

Spend meat and gold to upgrade a defender up to five stars. Two things limit stars: your house (tier 1 lets its units reach 2 stars, tier 2 up to 4, tier 3 up to 5) and the map level, which sets the highest you can go:

• Levels 1-5: up to 2 stars
• Levels 6-11: up to 3 stars
• Levels 12-17: up to 4 stars
• Levels 18-25: up to 5 stars

Monsters

Orc

Stops to attack defenders and Pawns in reach.

HP 80 · Speed 46 · Reward 3 gold

Soldier

A tougher Orc.

HP 170 · Speed 38 · Reward 6 gold

Demon

Fast. Ignores defenders and runs straight for the castle.

HP 70 · Speed 78 · Reward 4 gold

Blood Monster

Slow, very tough and hits hard.

HP 560 · Speed 24 · Reward 20 gold

Brute

Slow and heavy; wrecks defenders.

HP 300 · Speed 30 · Reward 12 gold

Runner

Tiny and very fast. Rushes the castle.

HP 45 · Speed 100 · Reward 3 gold

Bowman

Shoots defenders and Pawns from a distance.

HP 90 · Speed 40 · Reward 6 gold

Boss

A huge, slow wrecker. Appears at the end of every fifth level.

HP 1700 · Speed 20 · Reward 120 gold

Tips

• Click a gold stone, tree or sheep and a free Pawn goes automatically. Click a Pawn first if you want to choose which one.
• Hover a build choice to see its range ring. A monster is hit as soon as its edge touches the ring, so place defenders where the ring covers a long stretch of path.
• Put Warriors where monsters stop to fight and Archers or Towers behind them. A Monk behind the front line keeps them alive.
• Frost Monks near the end of the path buy your archers more time on fast monsters.
• Meat is usually what you run short of: send a Pawn or two to hunt sheep early, and keep a Pawn chopping once you want Towers.
• Pawns near the monsters' path get killed. Prefer trees, sheep and mines that are close to your castle.
• Stars cap out by map level. Upgrading beyond what the level allows is not possible, so spend on houses and new units once you reach the cap.
• Do not put everything at the entrance: it is attacked first. Spread Towers and Warriors along the long part of the path, keep a few near the castle, and put a Monk or Frost Monk behind them.
• A defender can be moved for free or sold for 60% of everything you put into it. Reshuffle between waves.