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WRITTEN BY E. Wong ("YYZ" from NeoGAF forums)
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Pixel Junk Monsters Rainbow Walkthrough (Now with videos!)
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e-mail: yyzfaqs@gmail.com
Feel free to use this FAQ and reproduce it for private use. If you wish to use
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I did not use any sources for help or strategies except for advice from people
who are credited.
This is my third FAQ:
1. God of War II Titan Mode FAQ can be found on IGN
2. Uncharted Drake's Fortune Treasure Locations FAQ can be found on GameFAQs
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Acknowledgements
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-Thanks to the NeoGAF forums for being awesome
-Thanks to GameFAQs for being a great resource for all gamers
-Thanks to Q-Games for developing this charming and addictive game and Sony
Computer Entertainment for bringing it to PS3 owners
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Version History
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1/29/08: 0.00 Began working on FAQ near the end of the game.
2/03/08: 0.50 Finished the first half of the walkthrough, took much longer than
expected. Have yet to do the walkthroughs except for Hard 1.
The rest will come soon, starting with all the hard levels.
2/08/08: 0.60 Finally able to capture gameplay. Captured and uploaded videos
for Hard1, Hard2, and Hard3; the rest are coming soon!
2/22/08: 0.85 All videos have been uploaded to Stage6 and most level write-ups
completed.
3/06/08: 0.86 New video host since stage6 is not working anymore. Now using
Google Video.
5/09/08: 0.87 Minor change
NOTE: This FAQ will show through videos how to obtain rainbows for every level
so it can be used by anyone who wants to finish the game, even without
obtaining all rainbows.
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Game Information
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Developer: Q-Games Ltd.
Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment
Players: 1 or 2 players
Genre: Tower Defense
Release Dates: Japan - December 6, 2007
North America - January 24, 2008
Europe - January 24, 2008
Price : $7.99USD at time of release, available only on the PLAYSTATION Store
Size: Approx. 60MB
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Why You Should Get This Game
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-Extremely easy to pick up and play
-Amazingly fun and addictive
-Challenging to master and complete
-Undeniable charm and appeal
-The music is awesome
-Very high amounts of awesome for a very low price!
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Some Tidbits About PixelJunk Monsters
>>>IMPORTANT INFO ABOUT VIEWING THE VIDEOS!<<<
Section I. The Basics
i. The Premise
ii. Controls and Options
Section II. The Gameplay
i. Gold and Gems
ii. Monsters and the Wave Meter
iii. Tower Defense
iv. Movement
v. Types of Forests and Unlocking
vi. Scoring System and Rainbows
Section III. The Towers
i. Building, Selling, and Upgrading
ii. Tower Types
iii. Towers Summary
Section IV. The Monsters
i. Monster Names and Descriptions
ii. Monster Types, Shields, Strengths and Weaknesses
iii. Preparing for Waves of Monsters
Section V. The Pointers
Section VI. The Rainbow Walkthrough
i. Easy
Tutorial
Easy 1 The waves begin
Easy 2 Power play
Easy 3 Prudence is key
Easy 4 Hold the line
Special 1 From all sides
ii. Medium
Medium 1 Short cut
Medium 2 Smile
Medium 3 Bridge out!
Medium 4 Treeless forest
Medium 5 Monster mishmash
Medium 6 Heart
Medium 7 Roundabout
Special 2 Lines of attack
iii. Hard
Hard 1 So many monsters
Hard 2 Double team
Hard 3 Pond patrol
Hard 4 Swirling paths
Hard 5 Semicircle assaults
Hard 6 The Final Stage
Special 3 Eruption Destruction
Section VII. Some of the Weapons and Monsters In Real Life
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Some Tidbits About PixelJunk Monsters and This FAQ
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PixelJunk Monsters is a tower defense game that is similar to Desktop Tower
Defense by Paul Preece and tower defense mods to games such as Warcraft III and
Starcraft which introduce the tower defense gameplay to those games.
In this gamer's opinion, PixelJunk Monsters adds some much needed life, charm,
and wider appeal to the tower defense genre.
This game has a co-op mode which I'm told is a lot of fun, but this walkthrough
will assume that the game is being played by one person. Co-op mode is the
same as single player mode except there are now two Chiefs to defend the base.
ALL of the gameplay aspects are the same except for upgrading towers which I
will mention in the towers section. Co-op mode is not meant to be more or less
difficult than single player, but rather it is there for people who want to
share in the gameplay experience.
TERMINOLOGY
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The areas where the game takes place will be called levels or forests.
All enemies in this FAQ will be referred to as monsters.
ALL VIDEOS
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http://video.google.com/videosearch?q=yyzfaqs&sitesearch=
WATCHING THE VIDEOS
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The videos are available at Google Video with the above link. You should be
able to watch them if you can watch YouTube videos.
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Section I. The Basics
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i. The Premise
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This game takes place on a quaint little tropical island that has it all, from
an active volcano launching fiery boulders, to lush forests, to fields of snow,
and even a frozen lake.
You play as the nameless, wooden two-dimensional Chief of the island complete
with a leafy beard and feet; and a cool-looking shield.
The island is at peace...
But the island is attacked by monsters, of the PixelJunk variety!!
As Chief of the island, your job is to prevent the monsters from reaching your
base where your 20 villagers are. You do this by building towers of a wide
variety that have varying levels of effectiveness depending on the type of
monster it is attacking. See section II for details on towers and section III
for details on monsters.
You do not need to worry about your towers being destroyed by monsters since
they are indestructible.
If you let a monster through to your base, then you will lose one of your
villagers. If all of your villagers die, then it is game over for that level.
You must defend your village through a total of 20 forests before peace can
return to the island.
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ii. Controls and Options
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MAP CONTROLS
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Move around the map screen by pressing the direction in which you want to go.
It is easier to use the D-pad here.
Enter a forest by standing on it and pressing the X button.
IN-GAME CONTROLS
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Movement/ring menu navigation - Left analog stick/D-pad
Activating trees/towers - X button
Cancelling selection - O button
Run - Hold O button (available after completing 'Special 1')
Lay mine/
detonate mine - Square button (available after completing 'Special 2')
View upgrade status of all towers - L1
OPTIONS
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You can independently adjust the volume of the background music and sound
effects.
The important options are screen size and ring menu.
Adjust the screen size so that you can view the tips of the four white
triangles, this is important because you want to have a full view of the forest
while playing.
I suggest leaving the ring menu as clockwise because it is the most logical;
pressing the right direction will rotate the ring clockwise and pressing left
will rotate it counterclockwise.
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Section I. The Gameplay
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i. Gold and Gems
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GOLD
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There is currency in this game and it comes in the form of gold coins which is
used to construct new towers. Gold is dropped by every monster (except in one
forest). Not every monster will drop the same amount of gold.
Each coin picked up in easy and medium levels is worth 10 gold in your bank
(indicated in the bottom right corner of the screen).
In hard levels, each coin is worth 5 gold.
Towers can be sold for gold, the amount is indicated in the ring menu. The
tower will turn into a bundle of coins.
The Chief has a magnetic draw on the coins. If you move close enough to a
coin, it will be drawn toward him, making it easier to quickly pick up a large
number of coins.
After each wave of enemies (all enemies from the wave must be gone even if
another wave has begun!), your gold increases depending on how much gold you
have and the interest rate:
Total Gold x Multiplier = New total
The multiplier is either 1.05, 1.10, 1.15, or 1.20 corresponding respectively
to 5%, 10%, 15%, and 20% interest respectively. The interest rate starts out
at 5% and can be increased by researching at the base.
INTEREST RATES:
Interest 0 (default) Level * Cost: n/a
Interest 1 Level ** Cost: 7 gems
Interest 2 Level *** Cost: 8 gems
Interest 3 Level **** Cost: 9 gems
Interest 4 Level ***** Cost: 10 gems
You cannot skip any interest levels to get to a higher one, they must be
researched in order.
LOSING GOLD
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If you touch any monster, gold coins will fly out in all directions from the
Chief's body and you will have a chance to recover any that don't land in a
body of water.
TIP FROM DAVE
"...the amout of gold you lose is equal to 10x the Wave#. So basically Wave1
you lose 10coins, Wave2 you lose 20 coins, Wave3 you lose 30coins etc etc.
Providing you have at least that many coins of course."
Thanks to Dave for his astute observations.
According to the above information, the game will punish you more for getting
hit by a monster the deeper you get into a level, so be careful!
GEMS
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Gems are much less commmon than gold coins. They are used to quickly upgrade a
tower and to research new towers at your base. Gems are dropped by enemies at
an uncommmon rate. Your current total number of gems is indicated by the
signpost by your base. When you pick up a gem, it must "fly" over to your base
(takes approx. 1 second) before the number is updated.
Each wave of enemies in each level drop the same amount of gold and gems.
GETTING GEMS FROM TOWERS:
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Selling certain towers can yield more than just gold:
Selling a PURPLE FLAG tower....1 gem
Selling a BLACK FLAG tower.....2 gems
HIDDEN COINS AND GEMS; AND MISC. INFO
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-Hidden bonus gems and gold can be found in trees by moving through them.
-Each forest has one gem to find along with 10-15 gold coins. The gold coins
are released from trees usually in groups of five, but sometimes more.
Sometimes a gem and a group of coins are released from the same tree, but a
gem is usually released by itself from a tree.
-Each coin from a tree is worth 10 gold in easy and medium levels, but only 5
in hard levels.
-Every time a forest is played, the trees holding coins and the gem are
randomized so search carefully!
-Gems that happen to touch your villagers will be automatically picked up, but
coins will not be.
-Coins and gems can and will fall into bodies of water if they fall from an
enemy while it is nearby or over a body of water, these cannot be recovered.
-Coins from any sold towers can fall into a body of water if the tower was
close enough to the water.
IMPORTANT!
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Fallen coins and gems can be hidden by trees and towers. If there are a bunch
of enemies that are killed in a crowded area, pick up the visible coins and
gems and search the nearby towers for any that are hidden from view.
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ii. Monsters and the Wave Meter
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Monsters come in separate waves of varying size and duration (see section III
for details on the various monsters). Each wave of monsters will follow a set
path toward your base. The first wave of monsters is almost always the puffs.
There is a WAVE METER at the bottom left of the screen that tells you the
current wave number, the upcoming monster type for the next wave, and the
monster type two waves away.
WAVE METER (it is critical that you look at this regularly):
X=================$==========%
X indicates the wave number.
$ indicates the upcoming monster type and how far away it is from entering.
Once the symbol for that monster reaches the left side of the bar, a new wave
will begin.
% indicates the monster type two waves from the current wave.
Touching any monsters will cause the Chief to recoil and drop coins.
All easy forests have 10 waves.
All special forests, medium forests, and hard forests have 20 waves.
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iii. Tower Defense
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Your job as Chief is to defend your villagers from the monsters by building
towers that will attack the monsters as they make their way toward your base.
The towers cost varying amounts of gold so you must build efficiently and
economically since you do not have an unlimited amount of gold.
The various towers have different build times, reload times, and ranges; all of
which will be covered in detail in the next section.
Towers cannot be built anywhere, they can only be built in the place of trees,
but luckily there are many trees on this island!
For an in-depth look at towers, please refer to section II.
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iv. Movement
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You can move with the d-pad or the left analog stick.
As the Chief, you can go anywhere and move through anything in the forest
except for the following,
You CANNOT:
-Go through water
-Go through rock formations
-Go through any monsters under normal circumstances. If you touch a monster,
you will lose a bunch of coins and become invulnerable for a few seconds
during which you CAN move through monsters.
The default movement is walking. Successfully completing the Special 1 level
will give you the ability to run (hold O button) which you should use 99% of
the time to get around a level.
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v. Types of Forests and Unlocking
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Special Forests
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There are three special forests in total, one for each section of difficulty on
the island (easy, medium, and hard). They are all unique in layout and/or
gameplay. The reward for successfully completing the special forests are as
follows:
Special 1: Ability to run
Special 2: User-controlled landmine
Special 3: Lightning tower
The special forests will be covered in detail along with the rest of
the forests in the walkthrough section.
Unique Forests
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These forests are indicated by a dotted white circle on the map. Each of these
forests will have a unique rule about it such as "monsters drop no coins",
"monsters drop no gems", etc...
Island walls
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There are walls on the island that can only be unlocked by obtaining a minimum
number of rainbows in the forests available. The doorways are as follows:
1 Rainbow.....Unlock doorway to Special 1 forest
2 Rainbows....Unlock doorway to medium forests
5 Rainbows....Unlock doorway to Special 2 forest
7 Rainbows....Unlock doorway to hard forests
8 Rainbows....Unlock doorway to final forest (Hard 6)
10 Rainbows...Unlock doorway to Special 3 forest
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vi. Scoring System and Rainbows
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A rainbow will be displayed over a forest on the island map if you manage to
defend a forest without losing a single villager. Getting rainbows should not
be a problem with the help of this FAQ!
SCORING:
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There has not been an official explanation from Q-Games yet, but this is what
has been discovered of the scoring system so far (thanks to Zoe from NeoGAF for
the translation from Japanese):
-You get points for total gold increase in a 1:1 ratio, this is done through
picking up gold from monsters and the interest bonus in between waves.
-Gold picked up from after being hit by enemies and selling towers DOES NOT
increase your point total. However, gold from selling towers will increase
your interest bonus in between waves which does contribute to your point
total.
-Each gem picked up gives 100 points. This likely includes gems from selling
towers as well since this only occurs with purple and black towers which are
uncommon. It was not stated explicitly whether or not picking up gems from
sold towers contributes to the point total or not, but I am assuming they do.
When you clear a wave:
- 10 points per villager alive
- 100 point bonus for all 20 alive
- 10 points if you killed all enemies
- 1:1 in points per money increase at the end
Clear bonus of 1000 points if you clear the stage perfectly.
There is no interest or anything on the last wave so there is no point in
selling off towers and collecting all the gold for more points during the last
wave.
Example Situation:
You are currently in wave with a total of 510 gold, 5 gems, and a point total
of 1000. The interest rate is 5%. You have all 20 villagers still alive. You
sell an arrow tower which nets you 70 gold for a total of 580 gold. The last
enemy of the wave has been killed so your interest is 5% of 580, which is 29.
You gain 29 points from the 29 gold from interest.
You gain 10 x 20 = 200 points for the villagers alive.
You gain 100 points as a bonus for having all 20 villagers alive.
You gain 10 points for killing all the enemies in that wave.
Your new point total is 1000 + 29 + 200 + 100 + 10 = 1339 points.
I am unsure at the moment if killing individual monsters nets any points or if
there are any other ways to gain points.
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Section II. The Towers
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i. Building, Selling, and Upgrading
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Building Towers
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1) Stand in a tree and it will start flashing between opaque and
semi-transparent.
2) Press the X button to open the ring menu which will show you the towers that
are available to build. In the beginning of a forest, you will only be able
to build the cannon, arrow, or anti-air towers (except on the tutorial and
one other forest). The price and type of tower are shown in the middle of
the ring.
Ground......Attacks only land-based monsters
Air.........Attacks only flying monsters
All.........Attacks every monster
3) Select one of the towers and press X again to build it, providing you have
enough gold available. The tower will build on its own.
Selling Towers
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Stand in a tower and press X to open the ring menu. The option for selling the
tower is indicated by an arrow and a gold coin along with the amount of gold
you'll get for selling the tower. The tower will turn into a bunch of coins
once you confirm.
IMPORTANT NOTE!
Selling a purple tower will give you ONE GEM.
Selling a black tower will give you TWO GEMS.
Upgrading Towers
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ACTIVE UPGRADING
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Method 1: Stand in a tower and the Chief will begin dancing, this indicates
that the tower is currently being upgraded. There is also a sound
effect that plays while dancing in a tower. The upgrade status is
the little red vertical bar. To view the current upgrade status of
all your towers, press the L1 button.
Method 2: Stand in a tower and press the X button to open the ring menu. The
upgrade option is the one with the symbol indicating the upgrade type
above a picture of a gem and the number of gems required to upgrade
the tower to the next level.
The type of symbol that appears for upgrading will vary depending on
what the next upgrade for that tower happens to be.
PASSIVE UPGRADING
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A tower will gain progress toward the next level for every kill it gets. This
method of upgrading is only effective for a small number of towers and is quite
slow much of the time. However, this is better than having no passive
upgrading and some towers can get up to red fairly quickly depending on its
position.
Levels of towers are indicated by the colour of the flag flying from the tower.
Higher levels require progressively longer times to upgrade using method 1.
Level | Cost to | Flag | Dance Upgrade Time | Number of Gems
| Upgrade | Colour | (seconds) | Received for
| | | | Selling Tower
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1 | n/a | Green | n/a | 0
2 | 1 gem | Yellow | 18 | 0
3 | 1 gem | Red | 33 | 0
4 | 2 gems | Purple | 52 | 1
5 | 3 gems | Black | 83 | 2
I recommend dancing to upgrade a tower to yellow and red if you have time, but
there are many situations in the game where you will need to upgrade to red
fairly quickly. Even then I would still dance to yellow and then use gems from
there unless the situation is critical. You should dance to the higher
upgrades only if there is time to spare and there is nothing else for you to do
(rare situations).
Besides receiving the last upgrade bonus, towers receive a small visual upgrade
as well when upgraded to black. The tower is outlined in gold trim and stands
out in comparison to the same towers of lower levels.
Types of Tower Upgrades
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There are four different ways in which a tower can upgrades.
Each tower upgrades specific types in a specific order as it goes from level 1
to level 5.
Each level of upgrade increases one of a tower's four attributes which is
described in more detail further on in this section of the FAQ.
Upgrade Type | Symbol shown in | Description
| Ring Menu |
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Power | Muscular arm | Increase damage of projectile
| | that the tower fires
| |
Speed | Flying bullet | Increase FIRING RATE of the
| | tower, NOT the speed of the
| | projectiles it fires
| |
Range | Two directional arrows | Increases overall distance in
| going away from a tower | which the tower can target and
| in opposite directions | attack a monster
| |
Spread | Explosion | Increases the RADIUS in which
| | a tower's projectile will
| | damage monsters
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ii. Tower Types
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There are 10 different tower types in PixelJunk Monsters. In almost all of the
forests, the anti-air gun towr, arrow tower, and cannon tower are available to
use from the beginning while the others must be researched before being able to
use them.
I will list the tower types along with the name I will be referring to them
as in the remainder of the FAQ.
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--LEGEND--
Tower Name ("FAQ name")
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Description: In-game description of the tower.
Type: All, Air, or Ground
Research Price: Number of gems needed to unlock tower.
Building Price: Amount of gold needed to build tower.
Selling Price: Amount of gold received for selling tower.
Building Time: Amount of time (in seconds) it takes for to start working after
selecting to build it.
Firing Rate: Amount of time (in seconds) between two shots of the tower.
Power: Defaultpower.
Speed: Default speed.
Range: Default range.
Spread: Default spread.
Upgrade Path: The type of upgrades this tower receives going from level 1 to
level 5.
Strong Against: Which monsters this tower is good against.
Weak Against: Which monsters this tower is weak against.
Pros: List of positive aspects
Cons: List of negative aspects
Effective Use: How to effectively use this tower in a typical level.
Upgrading: Tips on how to upgrade this tower in a typical level.
Opinion: My personal opinion on the tower.
NOTE: Build times and firing rates are close to the real values, but not exact.
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Anti-Air Gun Tower ("AA")
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Description: A rapid-fire tower which targets only flying monsters.
Usefulness: 3.5/5
Type: Air
Research: n/a
Build Price: 150
Sell Price: 110
Build Time: 8 seconds
Firing Rate: Level 1: 1.5 seconds
Level 2: 1.0
Level 3: 0.5
Level 4-5: 0.1
Power: *
Speed: ***
Range: ***
Spread: zero
Upgrading: Level 1 to 2 - Speed
Level 2 to 3 - Speed
Level 3 to 4 - Speed
Level 4 to 5 - Power
Strengths: Fliers, bats (if there are many AA towers)
Weaknesses: Bees, all bosses
Pros: +Cheap and fairly effective solution to flying monsters
+Effective when tightly grouped, especially when upgraded
+Fast firing rate
+Large range
Cons: -Very low damage unless fully upgraded
-Need many towers to equal the effectiveness of laser towers
-Useless against bees unless fully upgraded, then it is moderately
effective
-Useless against bees unless at least 10 are built, then it is
moderately effective
How to Use: It is safe and effective to put these fairly close together.
Since they have a lot of range, it is usually safe to keep them
one row back of the front line of trees.
Upgrading: The upgrade path only truly rewards you at level 5 by giving the
projectiles more power. Getting an AA to black is a SIGNIFICANT
upgrade since the damage incrase is very noticeable and can
actually stop 2-3 weakened bees as opposed to a purple AA which
fires at the same rate as a black one, but but has the same power
as a green AA. Only upgrade to black if you have the time and
gems to spare, otherwise having a bunch at red and a few at purple
is effective for many waves. In all of the forests, you should
sell off all your AA guns sometime before the final wave to make
room for cannons and other towers as well as for extra gold.
Opinion: These are absolutely essential to air defense early on in a forest
defense when coupled with arrow towers, but I prefer to ditch them
for laser towers if and when possible (there is one forest in
particular where you must rely on AA towers for the bulk of your
air defense).
Arrow Tower ("Arrows")
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Description: An all-round tower which can attack ground and air monsters.
Usefulness: 5/5
Type: All
Research: n/a
Build Price: 100
Sell Price: 70
Build Time: 4 seconds
Firing Rate: 3 seconds
Power: *
Speed: *
Range: **
Spread: zero
Upgrading: Level 1 to 2 - Range
Level 2 to 3 - Range
Level 3 to 4 - Range
Level 4 to 5 - Power
Strengths: Spiders, bats
Weaknesses: Golems, bees, all three bosses
Pros: +Incredibly versatile tower, useful for early on in forest defense
and even later on
+Strong against bats and spiders which are very troublesome for
most other towers
+Shortest build time out of all the towers
+Very effective last resort base defense
Cons: -Actively upgrading it is not worth the time and/or investment
How to Use: It is best to put these towers every other tree if possible, but
it is not wrong to put them side by side either. Having one or
two arrows by your base is very necessary as a final line of
defense in many forests. Since arrows have very good range, even
at green, it is a good idea to put them in the second row of
trees. Also try to put them in a spot where they can attack
monsters on two paths (much harder to do with cannons). In all of
the forests, you should sell off all your arrows sometime before
the final wave to make room for cannons and other towers as well
as for extra gold.
Upgrading: Many arrows will passively upgrade to at least yellow by the end
of defending a forest. Otherwise it is not really worth it to
actively upgrade arrows.
Opinion: There is not one forest where I didn't build at least one arrow,
they are the backbone of your defense in almost all of the
forests.
Cannon Tower ("Cannons")
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Description: Fires a cannonball which affecs all monsters near point of impact.
Usefulness: 5/5
Type: Ground
Research: n/a
Build Price: 120
Sell Price: 90
Build Time: 6 seconds
Firing Rate: 6 seconds
Power: **
Speed: *
Range: *
Spread: **
Upgrading: Level 1 to 2 - Power
Level 2 to 3 - Power
Level 3 to 4 - Power
Level 4 to 5 - Power
Strengths: Puffs, golems, all bosses
Weaknesses: Green and blue-shielded enemies
Pros: +Extremely versatile and relatively inexpensive ground type tower
+Useful from beginning to end of defending a forest
Cons: -Upgrades are minor and incremental; and don't add anything
significant such as speed or range
-Frustratingly slow rate of fire and less than average range
How to Use: Place cannons as close to the monsters' paths as possible to make
up for their short range and slow firing rate. It is a good idea
to position cannons at least every other tree or more so that
their ranges of fire don't overlap (if they do then it will lead
to some wasted shots as two cannons try to go for the same target
that is almost dead). In some forests, there is no choice but to
put cannons close together, especially later in the level.
Whenever there is a turn in the path, the best position for a
cannon is at the point of the turn so that it can get off an extra
shot or two while the monsters are making the turn.
Upgrading: Similar to the arrows, the cannons are not worth actively
upgrading until you get to the last wave and happen to have an
excess of gems to spend. Cannons along the main path generally
upgrade on their own fairly quickly, especially the middle bunch
of cannons in a line of cannons. It is best to upgrade cannons as
a group since having 1 black will not be better than 3 reds for
example.
Opinion: Much like the arrows, the cannons are the backbone of any good
defense throughout an ENTIRE level. They are arguably more useful
than arrows since you need an ample number of cannons for the
final boss of almost every forest.
Fire Tower ("Flame")
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Description: Fires a powerful flaming stream to hurt multiple monsters
Usefulness: 5/5
Type: Ground
Research: 13 gems
Build Price: 350
Sell Price: 250
Build Time: 10 seconds
Firing Rate: 6 seconds (the time from when the flame leaving the mouth of the
tower to when the tower fires again).
The tower actually does damage to monsters as soon as the fire
emerges from the spout and before it hits the ground.
The damage ends only when the fire completely dissapears from the
ground.
Power: ****
Speed: *
Range: **
Spread: ***
Upgrading: Level 1 to 2 - Range
Level 2 to 3 - Power
Level 3 to 4 - Spread
Level 4 to 5 - Power
Strengths: Puffs. Very strong against everything (including bosses) when
upgraded to black.
Extremely strong against blue and green-shielded monsters.
Weaknesses: Red-shielded monsters.
Pros: +Extremely powerful and useful ground defense
+Stream of fire is perfect for attacking the line that all
monsters travel in
+Upgrade path makes it very worthwhile to fully upgrade
+Very cool appearance
Cons: -Can sometimes fire in the wrong direction at one or two enemies
and let through an entire line of monsters
-Slow firing rate
How to Use: The flame is a beast that must be "tamed" before you can harness
its tremendous power.
It is essential that you learn how to properly set up a group of
flames once you reach the hard forests. The nature of its attack
and slow firing rate requires that you establish some redundancy
in your lines of defense if you want to kill every monster. What
this means is that you need to set up a bunch of flames and space
them apart. This is especially important because of the
green-shielded spiders which will be covered in detail in the
monsters section.
Do not put a bunch of flames directly beside each other.
Do not leave a flame at green or yellow.
Upgrading: Every upgrade for the fire tower is critical. The first two
upgrades are important so that it can do some significant damage
to an enemy line, especially the quick spiders. The upgrade to
purple is important for hitting as many enemies as possible. The
final upgrade to black makes it a true killing machine.
Upgrade every flame to at least red and use gems or dance to get
them to purple if you have time, but do not hesitate to use gems
to upgrade a flame to purple and black.
An easy way to upgrade a flame to red is to build it before a
wave of puffs. Even a green flame will take down a line of puffs,
quickly filling up its upgrade bar.
Opinion: My favourite ground defense tower, I recommend using flames when
you have enough resources to build them. Most medium and hard
forests have green-shielded monsters which require at least one
flame to take down, usually many more.
Hive Tower ("Hive")
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Description: Creatures launch from the hive, targeting monsters from the air
Usefulness: 3/5
Type: All
Research: 14 gems
Build Price: 450, can only have one at any time
Sell Price: 320
Build Time: 20 seconds
Firing Rate: Rate at which attack bees are created
Level 1: 2 seconds
Level 2: 1.5
Level 3-5: <1.5
Power: *
Speed: **
Range: *****
Spread: zero
Upgrading: Level 1 to 2 - Speed
Level 2 to 3 - Speed
Level 3 to 4 - Power
Level 4 to 5 - Power
Strengths: When fully upgraded, will do average to good amount of damage on
every monster.
Weaknesses: When fully upgraded, will not be especially weak against any
monster.
Pros: +Can attack anywhere in a level
+Neutral to every monster, including shielded
Cons: -Large investment for only one tower
-Only worth it when fully upgraded
-Must move the Chief around to direct the attack bees
-Bees move fairly slowly
How to Use: The bees emerge from the hive at a constant rate and travel in a
beeline TOWARD THE CHIEF'S POSITION and will attack any nearby
monsters along the way. The bees attack by kamikaze diving into
the monsters and explode on impact. A bee cannot diverge from its
course once it is set after emerging from the hive.
A good place to put the hive is around the middle of a forest or
near your base and to use a tree that wouldn't be terribly useful
for any other tower.
Upgrading: The hive must be fully upgraded in order for it to be worth the
initial investment. With a black hive, the bees do decent damage
to every monster. It takes about 5 bees to take down one of the
shielded golems and only two hits to take down the shielded
spiders.
Opinion: The hive is an average support tower if you really do have enough
gems to research it, upgrade it to black, and put in the effort to
direct the attack bees properly.
I prefer not to use a hive because there are other things to do
such as setting up and upgrading other towers; and picking up
fallen gold and gems. All of these activities will lower the
efficiency of attack bees.
Getting a rainbow on even the most difficult of forests does not
require the use of a hive.
It would be one of my top recommended towers if only the attack
bees actively seeked out monsters to attack.
Ice Tower ("Ice")
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Description: A burst of freezing air is fired to slow down monsters.
Usefulness: 0/5
Type: Ground
Research: 9 gems
Build Price: 200
Sell Price: 140
Build Time: 10 seconds
Firing Rate: 6.5 seconds
Power: *
Speed: *
Range: **
Spread: *
Upgrading: Level 1 to 2 - Power
Level 2 to 3 - Power
Level 3 to 4 - Spread
Level 4 to 5 - Spread
Strengths: This tower isn't strong against any monsters, even after the two
power upgrades.
Weaknesses: Everything, especially blue-shielded monsters.
Pros: +Decent range
Cons: -The slowing effect lasts only about a second
-Slow rate of fire
-Does insignificant amount of damage to every monster
How to Use: If you insist on using ice then place it before a fire tower so
that the flame will have a longer effect on quicker enemies. It
can be somewhat effective against bosses since cannons can then
have more time to fire upon the boss, but there would have to be
ice towers placed regularly along the path and 3 ice towers costs
the same amount of gold as 5 cannons and ice requires a 9 gem
investment to research.
In general, a bunch of ice towers spaced apart along a path will
help other towers get 1-3 more shots off at the monsters but the
investment is not worth it.
Upgrading: None of the upgrades help raise the ice tower's usefullness past
zero.
Opinion: I'm not sure what the game designer's were thinking with this
tower because there is no reason to use it except for the novelty
effect. This tower would be amazing if it did one or all of the
following:
1) Fired at a much faster rate (perhaps once every second) and the
freezing lasting at least 5 seconds.
2) Worked in a similar fashion to the fire tower, sending out a
chilling and slightly more damaging blast than what it is now.
The freezing effect would last a 3-5 seconds. The duration and
firing rate of the ice blast would be similar to the flame. This
would make the combo of ice+fire towers side by side extremely
deadly for spiders and other monsters. It would be a worthwhile
investment on many levels.
Laser Tower ("Laser")
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Description: Shoots at aireborne monsters with powerful laser beams.
Usefulness: 5/5
Type: Air
Research: 11 gems
Build Price: 300
Sell Price: 210
Build Time: 12 seconds
Firing Rate: Level 1: 4.5 seconds
Level 2: 3.5
Level 3-5: 2.5
Power: **
Speed: *
Range: ***
Spread: zero
Upgrading: Level 1 to 2 - Speed
Level 2 to 3 - Speed
Level 3 to 4 - Range
Level 4 to 5 - Power
Strengths: Fliers, bees, bats (bats are quick so many lasers are needed
to take down a LARGE group, usually 4 lasers is enough, but
arrows should be used as backup for any defense)
Weaknesses: None
Pros: +Can easily take down a group of flying monsters
+Don't need many for a strong air defense (4-6 at most)
+Can significantly damage many monsters with one shot
+Upgrade path is useful and is worthwhile to fully upgrade
+Laser beam hitting one monster can hit another monster if it
happens to be in the path of the beam
Cons: -Shots aren't always the most efficient, hitting only one monster
depending on the relative positions of the monster and laser
-Can be troubled by a wave of bats if there are not enough built
How to Use: The laser is even trickier to use properly than the flame. It
fires a straight beam that lasts for a fraction of a second and
will damage every airborne monster in its path.
You'll want to position the laser so that the beam will hit an
entire line (or most of the line) of monsters as they enter the
level. It may also be helpful to place the laser(s) extremely
close to the monsters' entrance point. I have demonstrated this
technique in my strategy for the Hard 3 level.
Once the monsters get closer to the laser, it is less efficient
since the laser will target the leading monster.
The only real problem with lasers is when defending against
bats. Lasers can easily kill a bat, but at most it will be able
to hit two bats at once so you'll need many lasers spaced apart
for a defense against bats. It is a good idea to back up the
lasers with arrows further down the path. Lasers aren't weak
against bats, you just need 4-5 red lasers for a large group of
them.
Upgrading: Upgrade every laser to red as soon as possible if there is a large
group of bats coming.
3-4 green/yellow lasers are enough for a small group of bees
(4-8). Purple isn't a terribly useful upgrade, it is more of a
stepping stone to black which IS a significant upgrade. It may
allow for 1-2 more additional shots depending on the type of
monster. Black is only needed for huge groups of bees, there will
be more than one forest where this is necessary though.
Lasers, like flames, can upgrade quickly from green to red if
given a large group of fliers to take out.
Opinion: Lasers are absolutely essential to attain a rainbow in many
forests past Medium 3 (Bridge out!). They are the true air
defense and will effectively stop all flying monsters provided
that you have positioned and upgraded them appropriately.
Lightning Tower ("Lightning")
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Description: Supremely powerful, this weapon attacks all monsters on the stage.
Usefulness: 1/5
Type: All
Research: 13 gems. Must complete Special 3 to unlock it.
Build Price: 500, can only have one at any time.
Sell Price: 350
Build Time: 30 seconds
Firing Rate: 20 seconds
Power: *
Speed: *
Range: *****
Spread: ***
Upgrading: Level 1 to 2 - Power
Level 2 to 3 - Power
Level 3 to 4 - Power
Level 4 to 5 - Power
Strengths: Lightning is not especially strong or weak against all unshielded
monsters.
Weaknesses: Any shielded monsters, especially red shields.
Pros: +Attacks every monster on screen
Cons: -Expensive to research and build
-Extremely slow building time and firing rate
-Even at black, does very little damage to monsters that are
easily taken down by flames or cannons
How to Use: Place it anywhere in the level that doesn't take away a good spot
for another tower. Lightning will attack every monster regardless
of where it is placed. Only effective when fully upgraded.
Upgrading: This tower is most effective when fully upgraded since every
upgrade affects its power which starts out very low.
Opinion: It is just not worth using lightning. It is extremely expensive
to research and build and you can only have one at any one time.
Any of these things will help improve this tower:
1) Allowed build more than one, cost is prohibitive.
2) Faster firing rate.
3) Higher damage.
This tower, much like ice, is a novelty tower.
Mortar Tower ("Mortar")
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Description: One powerful hit affects many monsters with a wide spread.
Usefulness: 3.5/5
Type: Ground
Research: 15 gems
Build Price: 400
Sell Price: 280
Build Time: 15 seconds
Firing Rate: Level 1-4: 14 seconds
Level 5: 7.5
Power: ****
Speed: *
Range: ***
Spread: ****
Upgrading: Level 1 to 2 - Spread
Level 2 to 3 - Spread
Level 3 to 4 - Spread
Level 4 to 5 - Speed
Strengths: Every ground monster except blue and green-shielded monsters.
Especially strong against red-shielded monsters.
Weaknesses: Blue and green-shielded monsters.
Pros: +Extremely powerful
+Excellent range
+Massive spread, even before upgraded
+Very cool appearance, especially when firing
Cons: -Slow firing rate
-Poor upgrade path
-Not worth the investment unless fully upgraded
How to Use: Try to place the mortar so that it can cover as much of the
monsters' paths as possible. It is a good idea to place them at
the turning point of a path so that they can get as many shots off
as possible. Mortars are basically super cannons so any spot that
is good for a cannon would be good for a mortar although you don't
want to waste any of the mortar's range by placing it where its
range will be cut off or where monsters will not go.
It is also effective to place mortars close together in a bundle
or in the second row of trees if room is needed for another tower
since its range is so large.
The mortar is not practical to have as a primary ground defense
since it is so expensive and slow, but it is the best secondary
defense.
Upgrading: The upgrade path doesn't really add anything significant to the
mortar EXCEPT for the last upgrade which is HUGELY beneficial.
Upgrading a mortar to black will literally double its firing rate,
it is almost on par with a cannon now and yet so much more
powerful.
Mortars come later in a level so it is more difficult to have one
upgraded without spending a lot of gems on it. Try to upgrade as
many mortars to black as possible if you're using against a boss
which is the most common time mortars are built. There is no
point in having a bunch of red and purple mortars and no black
ones.
Opinion: The mortar is an awesome choice for a secondary defense because it
adds that extra bang to the cannons. If you do happen to have
many gems left over, building some mortars and having one or two
at black will quickly take care of the boss in a satisfying
manner. I rated this a 3.5 because it is not essential for the v
vast majority of levels and the mortars themselves don't make the
high investment cost feel like it was worth it unless they are
built in the last wave. For the snail boss which comes in the
hard forests, if yo uhave the 15+ gems to invest in mortars and
upgrading, it is better to use 3 landmines instead or upgrade
some flames.
It is a powerful late-game tower that's meant for secondary
defense purposes so it is non-essential. The mortar could be
pushed into the primary defense if its upgrade path went something
like this:
Spread --> Speed (10s) --> Power --> Speed (6s)
Mortars are almost useless against green-shielded enemies so an
extra shot of power and faster rate of fire is necessary.
Tesla Tower ("Tesla")
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Description: Releases a high-power electrical attack on all nearby monsters.
Usefulness: 2/5
Type: Ground
Research: 12 gems
Build Price: 300
Sell Price: 210
Build Time: 10 seconds
Firing Rate: 6 seconds
Power: ****
Speed: *
Range: *
Spread: zero
Upgrading: Level 1 to 2 - Range
Level 2 to 3 - Range
Level 3 to 4 - Range
Level 4 to 5 - Range
Strengths: Ground monsters and green-shielded monsters
Weaknesses: Red-shielded monsters
Pros: +Strong ground defense
+Can target many enemies at once (different from a spread effect)
Cons: -Upgrade path is terrible (gains no power or speed at all)
-Slow rate of fire
-Needs to be upgraded to be have any usefullness beyond that of
glorified cannon
How to Use: Place these towers as you would cannons. They are capable of
greater range than cannons so use that to your advantage.
Upgrading: All upgrades boost range so there is no reason to go to black,
upgrade the teslas steadily as a group.
Opinion: Another tower that needs to be compared to the flame. Teslas are
like slightly more powerful cannons with bigger range when
upgraded, but cost more than double and cost 12 gems to research,
but with that you get a tower that can defeat green-shielded
monsters. It would have been interesting to see teslas in a group
boost each other's power by building up their electricity and
releasing an electric storm. Sadly, there is no such thing and
the flame remains my weapon of choice.
I can see someone using teslas if they started out using these
against green-shielded foes, but flames have the upper hand
regardless.
Tesla:
Starts out with same strength as flame, in the end, will have a
slightly larger range. Has no spread, but can target multiple
monsters in one shot. Costs 50 gold less than flames.
Flame:
Starts out with same strength as tesla. After going to yellow, its
range is quite sufficient for all situations. After going to red,
its power is already higher than the tesla. Much easier to use
since the flame will damage every monster as it goes through the
fires and then the next flame or two will finish them off. After
going to purple, its spread is quite large, and after going to
black it is much more powerful than teslas.
The tesla would be a completely viable alternative to the flame if
it had these attributes:
1) Gained at least one level of power
2) Gained at least one level of speed
3) Be 50-75 gold cheaper to build, although if it had the above
two attributes, the 300 cost would be ok.
In the end, you need more teslas to do the job of 4-5 flames,
having teslas is a messier situation, and you have to upgrade many
rather than having to upload a few flames to black and the others
to red/purple.
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iii. Towers Summary
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There are only FIVE truly essential towers that a player needs to utilize to
attain a rainbow in every forest.
These are:
-Anti-Air Gun
-Arrow
-Cannon
-Fire
-Laser
-Mortar
The mortar gets an honourable mention since it is quite useful in some
situations. It would be interesting to see what would happen if every tower
were necessary, but the game would likely lose some of its charm if it becomes
too complex.
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The following table shows a comparison between all the towers' main attributes.
The first line for each tower are the default attributes.
The second line is an estimate of the fully upgraded tower's attributes. I am
assuming that each upgrade bonus adds one star to that attribute although I
will make my own changes if a tower's attribute at black does not make sense
when compared to other towers (not every upgrade bonus is equal in magnitude).
NOTE: A range of 5 means that the tower can affect the whole level, it is much
greater than a range of 4 which is quite large, but not close to the
whole level.
The numbers below the tower names are the build costs, the numbers in
parentheses are the amounts of gold you get for selling the tower (amount of
gold received is 70% of build cost).
Tower | Type | Research | Power | Speed | Range | Spread
| | Cost | | | |
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| | | | | |
Anti-Air Gun | Air | n/a | * | *** | *** |
150 (110) | | | ** | ***** | **** |
| | | | | |
Arrow | All | n/a | * | * | ** |
100 (70) | | | ** | * | **** |
| | | | | |
Cannon | Ground | n/a | ** | * | * | **
120 (90) | | | **** | * | * | **
| | | | | |
Fire | Ground | 13 | **** | * | ** | ***
350 (250) | | | ***** | * | *** | ****
| | | | | |
Hive | All | 14 | * | ** | ***** |
450 (320) | | | *** | *** | ***** |
| | | | | |
Ice | Ground | 9 | * | * | ** | *
200 (140) | | | ** | * | ** | ***
| | | | | |
Laser | Air | 11 | ** | * | *** |
300 (210) | | | *** | *** | **** |
| | | | | |
Lightning | All | 13 | * | * | ***** | ***
500 (350) | | | *** | * | ***** | ***
| | | | | |
Mortar | Ground | 15 | **** | * | *** | ****
400 (280) | | | **** | ** | *** | ******
| | | | | |
Tesla | Ground | 12 | **** | * | * |
300 (210) | | | **** | * | ** |
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Section III. The Monsters
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i. Monster Names and Descriptions
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A Note On Naming
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There are official Japanese names for every monster (thanks to Zoe from NeoGAF
for the translation from Japanese).
The official English names are not yet all known. They will be released very
soon I am told.
I will refer to each monster with my own specific name that allows for ease of
communication while eliminating any potential confusion.
English Name: Unknown (Acorn?)
Japanese Name: Kuri
FAQ Name: Puff
Description: Very small, white, and round, has an acorn-like body
Death Noise: Very distinct high-pitched scream
English Name: Unknown (Creep?)
Japanese Name: Kumo
FAQ Name: Spider
Description: Four-legged spider that moves quite quickly
Death Noise: Scream, not as high-pitched as the puff
English Name: Rock
Japanese Name: Giant
FAQ Name: Golem
Description: Huge rock-like creature that moves very slowly
Death Noise: Low monstrous groan
English Name: Sycamore
Japanese Name: Kurukuru
FAQ Name: Flier
Description: Tiny flying monster that has sycamore seeds for wings
Death Noise: Quiet yelping noise
English Name: Unknown (Fang?)
Japanese Name: Kawahori
FAQ Name: Bat
Description: Quick and dodgy bat, moves in a zig-zag pattern
Death Noise: Slightly stronger scream than the spider
English Name: Unknown
Japanese Name: Hachi
FAQ Name: Bee
Description: Balloon-like bumblebee that slowly drifts along its path
Death Noise: Strange cross between a robotic and organic cry
English Name: Unknown (Relic?)
Japanese Name: Boss
FAQ Name: Gold Statue
Description: Gold statue that slowly thwomps its way along its path
Death Noise: Mooing cow
English Name: Unknown
Japanese Name: Boss
FAQ Name: Yeti
Description: Doesn't really look like a yeti, but it is the easiest way for
me to describe it. It has long arms and floats along its path
at an average pace
Death Noise: Muffled demonic moan
English Name: Unknown (Snail?)
Japanese Name: Boss
FAQ Name: Snail
Description: Large snail with a big shell upon its back. Ironically, moves
fairly quickly
Death Noise: Cross between a mooing cow and an alphorn
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ii. Monster Types, Shields, Strengths and Weaknesses
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I'm not 100% certain, but it seems there are two types of golems and bees,
those with green health bars and those with blue health bars. The ones with
blue health bars have more health so they're tougher to kill, but otherwise
they are the same as their counterparts with green health bars. They are
uncommon and may not appear in some forests at all.
There are also spiders with blue health bars for wave 11-20 in 'Special1 - From
all sides'.
ANY MONSTERS WITH BLUE HEALTH BARS WILL HAVE A "+" BESIDE THEIR NAME IN THE
WALKTHROUGH SECTION.
Ground Monsters
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Name: Puff
Type: Ground
Speed: Average
Life: Weak
Strength: None
Neutral: Arrow, hive
Weakness: Cannon, mortar, flame, tesla
Pattern: Travel in large groups and long lines, slowly weaving back and forth
Name: Spider
Type: Ground
Speed: Fast
Life: Average
Strength: None
Neutral: Cannon, flame, hive
Weakness: Arrows
Pattern: Travel in a loosely packed line, moving in a zig-zag pattern
Name: Golem
Type: Ground
Speed: Slow
Life: Strong
Strength: Arrow
Neutral: Flame, tesla, hive
Weakness: Cannon, mortar
Pattern: Travel in tightly packed lines of up to approximately 10
Name: Flier
Type: Air
Speed: Average
Life: Weak
Strength: Hive
Neutral: Arrow
Weakness: AA, laser
Pattern: Travel in tightly packed lines of up to approximately 10.
Name: Bat
Type: Air
Speed: Fast
Life: Average
Strength: None
Neutral: AA, hive
Weakness: Arrow, laser
Pattern: Travel in a loosely packed line, moving in a zig-zag pattern
Name: Bee
Type: Air
Speed: Slow-average
Life: Strong
Strength: AA, arrow
Neutral: Hive
Weakness: Laser
Pattern: Travel in tightly packed lines of up to 10-15
Name: Gold Statue
Type: Boss (ground)
Speed: Slow
Life: Strong
Strength: Arrow
Neutral: Flame, hive
Weakness: Cannon, mortar
Pattern: Jumps and thwomps along its path
Name: Yeti
Type: Boss (ground)
Speed: Average
Life: Strong
Strength: Arrow
Neutral: Flame, hive
Weakness: Cannon, mortar
Pattern: Floats along its path, weaves back and forth
Name: Snail
Type: Boss (ground)
Speed: Average-fast
Life: Strong
Strength: Arrow
Neutral: Flame, hive
Weakness: Cannon, mortar
Pattern: Moves like a faster version of the Yeti, but doesn't float
Only the ground monsters (excluding bosses) have shields, none of the flying
monsters will have any shields.
A shielded monster has a flashing symbol in the wave meter, but the wave meter
does NOT specify which TYPE of shield the monster will have.
If a projectile cannot penetrate a type of shield then you will hear a dull
noise for evrey time the projectile hits.
There are three types of shielded monsters:
Red Shield
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Strong Against: Fire, tesla
Weak Against: Cannon, mortar
Green Shield
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Strong Against: Cannon, mortar
Weak Against: Fire, tesla
Blue Shield
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Strong Against: Ice, cannon, mortar
Weak Against: Fire (extremely vulnerable)
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iii. Preparing for Waves of Monsters
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Keep in mind that this game is about trial and error because you won't know
the entire lineup of monsters in a level unless you're reading a FAQ like this
one. Sometimes the game may surprise you with something and you'll have to
retry the level.
The first wave of monsters is almost always groups of puffs. Build cannons in
key positions (along corners and turning points) to maximize the number of
shots taken.
It's important to be efficient in the early going, picking up every dropped
coin and gem.
The next few waves are likely more puffs. If there are spiders coming then
build a good number of arrows before and after the area where you have cannons.
This is a good way to maximize efficiency of shots so that an arrow and cannon
won't be shooting and killing a monster that one of them alone could have taken
out.
Arrows are also good for spiders which come early in levels as well so it is a
good idea to have some arrows regardless.
If there are fliers coming in then it is a good idea to build at least two AAs,
but this depends on the number of fliers.
Keep an eye on how many gems you have, usually the first thing you need to
research in the more difficult forests are lasers (sometimes it's interest or
flames).
Number of lasers needed for bees will depend on how many bees there are. I
also like to use lasers for large groups of bats if I can get enough up in
time. Laser placement is very important. It is important to get lasers up
red as soon as possible. I usually dance upgrade them to yellow and spend one
gem to upgrade.
If there are green-shielded puffs coming in then you can get away with using
a green flame and level it up by dancing and having it kill the puffs.
If there are a large number of green=shielded spiders or golems coming in, you
should have 3 or more red flames, upgrade them to yellow by dancing (if you
have time) and then spending spending one gem.
Besides the above advice, it is a matter of trial and error, and experience to
learn about all the details needed to maximize efficiency.
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Section IV. The Pointers
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In order to maximize your gold and points, you should collect as many dropped
coins before the wave is over and the bonus is calculated. Also do not build
any new structures until the bonus is calculated.
However, doing the above can be a detriment to your defense if you need to
upgrade towers and build something important before the next wave so only do
the above if it will not be a detriment to your defense.
There are five essential towers as mentioned previously:
-AA
-Arrow
-Cannon
-Fire
-Laser
The next two on the list would be mortar/hive as they are both useful, the hive
needs to be fully upgraded.
When upgrading, always try to dance upgrade a tower to yellow since it only
takes 18 seconds. After that, dance upgrading becomes a significant time
investment and should only be done when it is not detrimental to your defense.
Towers should be upgraded depending on what waves are coming next. A large
wave of bees will require every laser tower to be at least red and maybe one
black.
A large wave of green-shielded spiders requires at least a black flame and 4
red flames or 2 black flames and 3 red flames.
Keep in mind that selling a purple tower will give you one gem and black towers
will give you two gems. If there is a red tower close to upgrading that you
want to sell then it may be worthwhile to dance upgrade it and then sell it for
the one gem.
Usually you do not want to touch any monsters, but if a gem is going to
dissapear and there are monsters in the way then it is worth it to touch a
monster in order to gain invulnerability and get that gem.
If you're going for rainbows and high scores, getting the run ability is a must
for almost every forest and getting the landmine is helpful for some forests.
The lightning tower is not necessary.
If you're going for high scores, it doesn't mean you have to get a rainbow, in
fact many times you will have more points if you save on some gold and invest
in interest earlier than usual at the cost of some villagers. Have more
throughout the whole round does give you slightly more points but the points
obtained from having a lot of gold may outweigh it.
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Section V. The Rainbow Walkthrough
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ANY MONSTERS WITH BLUE HEALTH BARS WILL HAVE A "+" BESIDE THEIR NAME (see the
monsters section if you don't know about the blue health bars).
ALL VIDEOS
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http://video.google.com/videosearch?q=yyzfaqs&sitesearch=
WATCHING THE VIDEOS
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The videos are available at Google Video with the above link. You should be
able to watch them if you can watch YouTube videos.
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For each wave I will tell you the monster type, approximately how many there
are (if it's important), which entrance they use (if there's more than one
entrance), and the pattern they take. I will also tell you which towers to
build for that wave in order to prevent any lost villagers.
Notes for the level in general and strategies for hi-scores will also be
included.
Please view the videos for the easiest way to determine how to pass each level
and/or rainbow the level.
IMPORTANT NOTE ABUOT HI-SCORES
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Getting a hi-score doesn't necessarily mean that you must keep all your
villagers alive, especially in the later forests.
When you clear a wave:
- 10 points per villager alive
- 100 point bonus for all 20 alive
- 10 points if you killed all enemies
Clear bonus of 1000 points if you clear the stage perfectly.
This means that you get 200 points after every wave for having 20 villagers
alive; 100 points after every wave for having 20 villagers alive; and only 10
points for killing every enemy. Since the hi-scores are more variable in the
later forests (20 waves), for getting a rainbow you get:
4000 points for the "10 points per villager alive" (10x20x20 waves)
2000 points for the "100 point bonus for all 20 alive" (100x20 waves)
200 points for the "10 points if you killed all enemies" (10x20 waves)
1000 points for getting a rainbow
So the biggest bonus is the 4000 points and you still get a significant amount
if you lose many villagers since it is more likely that you'll lose more
villagers with the more difficult later waves.
The 2000 points bonus can still be maintained for many waves depending on the
level and how far into the level you want to keep all your villagers alive
while maximizing gold and interest.
The art of getting a hi-score is finding a balance between keeping villagers
alive; and maximizing interest and minimizing gold spent. Investing all gems
into interest early on will lead to huge gains in gold, but will likely lead to
many villagers lost if you're ignoring researching essential towers like the
flame and laser.
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i. Easy
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Tutorial
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Wave 1: Puff
Wave 2: Puffs
Wave 3: Spiders
Wave 4: Fliers
Wave 5: Fliers
Wave 6: Fliers
Wave 7: Puffs
Wave 8: Spiders
Wave 9: Spiders
Wave 10: Golems
Notes: Should have no problems here.
Hi-Score: n/a
Easy 1: The waves begin
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Wave 1: Puffs
Wave 2: Spiders
Wave 3: Puffs
Wave 4: Golems
Wave 5: Fliers
Wave 6: Spiders
Wave 7: Fliers
Wave 8: Puffs
Wave 9: Golems
Wave 10: Gold Statue
Notes:
Very easy due to the winding paths. Build your cannnon so that they can target
above and below, effectively doubling the number of cannons you have.
Need about 2 AAs for the fliers, upgrade one to at least purple by wave 7.
Need 5 arrows for wave 6.
Hi-Score:
Sell off AA and arrows after wave 7. Invest in interest whenever you have
enough gems.
Easy 2: Power play
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Wave 1: Puffs (top path)
Wave 2: Spiders (top path)
Wave 3: Puffs (top path)
Wave 4: Golems (top path)
Wave 5: Spiders (top path)
Wave 6: Fliers (top path)
Wave 7: Fliers (only a few go to the bottom path)
Wave 8: Puffs
Wave 9: Golems
Wave 10: Gold Statue
Notes:
Need 2 cannons or 1 cannon + 1 arrow for wave 1.
Need 3 arrows for wave 2.
Need 4 cannons for wave 3 and 4.
Need 2 AA for wave 6, dance both to yellow during the wave.
Need 1 black AA for wave 7, dance to red and upgrade to black if there's enough
time.
Need 9-10 cannons for wave 8.
Need 12-13 cannons for wave 9 and 10. Upgrade some cannons to black if you
have the gems.
Hi-Score:
Invest in interest whenever you have enough gems.
Easy 3 Prudence is key
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Wave 1: Fliers
Wave 2: Puffs
Wave 3: Golems
Wave 4: Spiders
Wave 5: Fliers
Wave 6: Golems
Wave 7: Fliers
Wave 8: Puffs
Wave 9: Spiders
Wave 10: Gold Statue
Notes:
Need 2 AAs for wave 1, quickly dance one to yellow before the fliers come into
range.
Need 4 cannons for wave 2, must space them correctly.
Need 8-9 cannons for wave 3 if you want to prevent golems from reaching the
other side. Dance on any cannons that are close to upgrade.
Need 3 arrows for wave 4.
Need 1 black AA (dance to red and upgrade to black) and another AA for wave 5
and 7.
Need at least 10 cannons to prevent wave 6 from reaching the other side,
upgrade at least one cannon to black.
Need 1 black AA and 1 red AA for wave 7. May need arrow near base to kill any
flier(s) that gets through.
Upgrade as many cannons to black for the Gold Statue. Need 13-15 cannons.
Hi-Score:
Easy 4: Hold the line
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Wave 1: Puffs (from top)
Wave 2: Spiders (from bottom)
Wave 3: Puffs (from top and bottom, more from top)
Wave 4: Golems (from bottom)
Wave 5: Spiders (from top and bottom)
Wave 6: Fliers (from top)
Wave 7: Puffs (from top and bottom, about equal numbers)
Wave 8: Fliers (from top and bottom)
Wave 9: Golems (from top and bottom)
Wave 10: Gold Statue (from bottom left)
Notes:
Need 2 cannons for wave 1.
Need 3 arrow for wave 2.
Need 5 cannons for wave 3, placed correctly.
Need at least 4 cannons in bottom.
Need 4 arrows for wave 5, placed correctly.
Need at least 2 AAs, one in middle bunch of trees, one closer to base. Must
upgrade middle AA to at least yellow.
Need 8-9 cannons for wave 7.
Need 3 AAs for wave 8, upgrade top one to black before fliers come into range.
Need at least 15 cannonns in left side if you want to prevent golems from
passing the midpoint.
Need at least 9 cannons in bottom area, upgrade any to black if you have enough
gems.
Hi-Score:
Invest in interest when possible, keep in mind that you may need some gems for
quick upgrades or you may need to spend more money on AA towers if you are not
upgrading one of them to black.
Special 1: From all sides
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Wave 1: Spiders
Wave 2: Spiders
Wave 3: Spiders
Wave 4: Spiders
Wave 5: Spiders
Wave 6: Spiders
Wave 7: Spiders
Wave 8: Spiders
Wave 9: Spiders
Wave 10: Spiders
Wave 11: Spiders+
Wave 12: Spiders+
Wave 13: Spiders+
Wave 14: Spiders+
Wave 15: Spiders+
Wave 16: Spiders+
Wave 17: Spiders+
Wave 18: Spiders+
Wave 19: Spiders+
Wave 20: Gold Statue
Notes:
Build 4 arrows in wave 1. After that build 1 arrow per wave up until about
wave 7-8.
Upgrade the towers above the base to purple by dancing, then upgrade to black
with gems.
After wave 11, you will probably have to use gems to upgrade from red to black
due to time restrictions.
Hi-Score:
You will have to be almost 100% efficient with your expenditure of gold.
Requires trial and error with figuring out the minimum number of arrows needed
and the number of black arrows needed for specific waves. I believe using
arrows only will lead to the highest score.
One of the biggest payoffs is selling off towers late in the level, but keeping
enough kill all the spiders.
This may be one level where you may not need a rainbow to have the highest
score.
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ii. Medium
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Medium 1: Short cut
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Wave 1: Puffs (top path)
Wave 2: Spiders (top path)
Wave 3: Golems (top path)
Wave 4: Spiders (top path)
Wave 5: Fliers (top path), ~10
Wave 6: Spiders (top path) ~25
Wave 7: Fliers (top path)
Wave 8: Puffs(top path)
Wave 9: Golems (top path)
Wave 10: Bats (top path)
Wave 11: Puffs (top path), large group
Wave 12: Puffs, green (top path)
Wave 13: Spiders (few take bottom path)
Wave 14: Bats
Wave 15: Fliers (some take bottom path if they manage to get through)
Wave 16: Puffs (top path)
Wave 17: Bats (~5 take bottom path)
Wave 18: Golems+ (top path)
Wave 19: Puffs, green (top path)
Wave 20: Yeti
Notes:
Need 4 cannons for wave 1.
Need ~4 arrows for wave 2.
Need 5 cannons for wave 3.
Need 6-8 arrows along the right wall of the base for wave 4.
Need 1 AA for wave 5, arrows should be able to handle the rest.
Need 10 arrows for wave 6.
Need 2 AA (1 yellow) for wave 7, would help to have both at yellow at least.
Need 6 cannons for wave 9, arrows will kill some off.
Need ~10 arrows for wave 10.
May want to have a flame built for wave 11 to have it upgrade quickly.
Need 1 red flame for wave 12.
Need ~6 arrows in the bottom path for wave 13.
Need 1 black AA and 2 red AA for wave 15.
Had 2 black AA for wave 17, may not need any AA for this wave.
Sell off all AAs and arrows after wave 17.
Invest in mortars and build many for the Yeti after wave 19.
Hi-Score:
Medium 2: Smile
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Wave 1: Puffs
Wave 2: Spiders
Wave 3: Puffs
Wave 4: Golems
Wave 5: Fliers
Wave 6: Spiders
Wave 7: Fliers
Wave 8: Spiders
Wave 9: Golems+
Wave 10: Fliers
Wave 11: Puffs
Wave 12: Puffs, blue
Wave 13: Spiders
Wave 14: Golems+
Wave 15: Fliers
Wave 16: Spiders
Wave 17: Puffs, blue
Wave 18: Spiders
Wave 19: Puffs, blue
Wave 20: Yeti
Notes:
Need 3 cannons for wave 1.
Need 3 arrows for wave 2.
Need 4 cannons for wave 3.
Need 5 cannons for wave 4.
Need 2 AAs for wave 5 (dance both to yellow ASAP), 2 arrows on the right side.
Need 5-6 arrows for wave 6.
Need 3 AAs for wave 7, at least 1 red.
Need ~10 arrows for wave 8, placed correctly.
Need 7 cannons for wave 9.
Need 1 black AA, and 1 red or 2 yellows for wave 10.
May want to build 1 flame for wave 11 to upgrade it quickly.
Need 1 flame for wave 12, build another flame, dance both to red.
May want to upgrade one flame to black for wave 14, or replace one of the
arrows on the right side with a cannon.
Sell off all AAs after wave 15.
Sell off all arrows after wave 17.
Invest in mortars for Yeti, build around left half of level.
Hi-Score:
Medium 3: Bridge out!
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Wave 1: Puffs
Wave 2: Spiders
Wave 3: Puffs
Wave 4: Spiders
Wave 5: Fliers (bottom path)
Wave 6: Spiders
Wave 7: Fliers (bottom path)
Wave 8: Puffs
Wave 9: Golems
Wave 10: Fliers
Wave 11: Puffs, red
Wave 12: Bees+
Wave 13: Spiders
Wave 14: Fliers
Wave 15: Golems+, red
Wave 16: Bees+
Wave 17: Fliers
Wave 18: Spiders, red
Wave 19: Bees
Wave 20: Yeti
Notes:
4 cannons or 3 cannons + 1 arrow for wave 1
4 cannons + 3 arrows for wave 2
5 cannons + 3 arrows for wave 3
5 cannons + 5 arrows (1 in right half) for wave 4
2 green AAs + 5 arrows for wave 5
5 cannons + 7 arrows (2 in right half) for wave 6
Invest in lasers during wave 6
1 yellow laser + 1 green AA + 6 arrows for wave 7
6 cannons for wave 8
Invest in interest
8 cannons for wave 9
2 red lasers for wave 10 (should have time to dance upgrade both to red)
Invest in interest
6 cannons for wave 11
1 black laser + 1 red laser + 1 yellow laser + 1 green laser (to prevent bees
from crossing the water) for wave 12
10 cannons + 9 arrows for wave 13
Invest in interest
11 cannons (left half, replace two arrows) for wave 15
2 black lasers + two other lasers for wave 16
12 cannons (1 right half) + 9 arrows (6 right half) for wave 18
Sell off all arrows
4 black lasers (if you want to kill them all in the top left quadrant) for
wave 19
Invest in mortars for Yeti, build around left half of level.
Hi-Score:
Medium 4: Treeless forest
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Long path is when the monsters circle around and go back to the left side.
Short path is when the monsters do not go back to the left side.
Wave 1: Puffs (long path)
Wave 2: Spiders (long path)
Wave 3: Puffs (long path)
Wave 4: Fliers (long path)
Wave 5: Puffs (long path)
Wave 6: Spiders (long path)
Wave 7: Puffs (short path)
Wave 8: Fliers (long path)
Wave 9: Puffs, green (short path)
Wave 10: Spiders, green (long path)
Wave 11: Puffs, green
Wave 12: Bats (long path)
Wave 13: Puffs, red (short path)
Wave 14: Spiders, red (long path)
Wave 15: Puffs, red (short path)
Wave 16: Bees (long path)
Wave 17: Puffs, red (short path)
Wave 18: Spiders, red (long path)
Wave 19: Goelms+ (short path)
Wave 20: Yeti (long path)
Notes:
Please see video for details on towers and upgrading.
Invest in interest, wave 14 (not mandatory)
Invest in lasers, wave 15
Hi-Score:
Medium 5: Monster mishmash
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Wave 1: Monsters appear in this order:
4 Puffs
6 fliers
4 golems+
5 bees+
5 fliers
4 puffs, red
4 puffs, green
4 golems, red+
4 golems, green+
4 spiders, red
4 spiders, green
Wave 2: Gold Statue
Wave 3: Yeti
Notes:
See the video for my setup, there are MANY different ways to get a rainbow on
this level.
Hi-Score:
Medium 6: Heart
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Wave 1: Puffs (left path)
Wave 2: Spiders (left path)
Wave 3: Puffs (right path)
Wave 4: Spiders (right path)
Wave 5: Fliers (left path)
Wave 6: Spiders (right path)
Wave 7: Fliers (left path)
Wave 8: Puffs (right path)
Wave 9: Golems (right path)
Wave 10: Bats (left path)
Wave 11: Puffs (right path, right path, left path)
Wave 12: Puffs, green (right path)
Wave 13: Puffs (right and left path)
Wave 14: Bats (left path)
Wave 15: Puffs, green (right and left path)
Wave 16: Golems+ (right and left path, more right)
Wave 17: Spiders (right and left path)
Wave 18: Golems+ (right and left path, more left)
Wave 19: Puffs (right and left path)
Wave 20: Yeti (right path)
Notes:
Basically, most of the ground-based monsters will take the right path and
flying monsters will take the left path. It is not exclusive so you still need
some ground-defense towers for the left path and air-defense tower for the
right path.
Need 2 cannons for wave 1
Need 2 cannons + 3 arrows (left half) for wave 2
Need 3 cannons + 3 arrows (right half) for wave 3
Invest in interest
Need 3 cannons + 3-4 arrows (right half) for wave 4
Need 2 yellow AAs (dance both to yellow) + some arrows above base for wave 5
Almost all trees above the base should be arrows by now
Need 2 yellow AAs + 1 other AA for wave 7
Invest in interest
Need 5 cannons for wave 8
Need 6 cannons for wave 9
Sell off AAs and build 3-4 arrows around the area for wave 10
Invest in flame
Build one flame, dance upgrade to yellow for wave 11 (not mandatory)
Need 1 yellow flame + 1 other flame for wave 12
Need ~5 arrows (left quadrant) for wave 14
Need at least 3 yellow flames for wave 15
For wave 16-19, you can build a variety of towers to handle the waves,
depending on how much you've upgraded the 3 flames. You won't need to build
as much if you have black flames in the key positions.
Use mines for the Yeti or invest in mortars if you don't have mines (you should
have more than 20 gems at this point).
Hi-Score:
Medium 7: Roundabout
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Wave 1: Puffs (from right)
Wave 2: Spiders (from right)
Wave 3: Puffs (from right)
Wave 4: Spiders (from right)
Wave 5: Golems (from right)
Wave 6: Spiders (from right)
Wave 7: Fliers (from right and left)
Wave 8: Puffs (from right and left)
Wave 9: Golems+ (from right and left)
Wave 10: Bats (from right)
Wave 11: Puffs, red (from right and left)
Wave 12: Golems+ (from right and left)
Wave 13: Puffs (from right and left)
Wave 14: Puffs, red (from right and left)
Wave 15: Bats (from right and left)
Wave 16: Spiders (from right and left)
Wave 17: Puffs, red (from right)
Wave 18: Spiders (from right and left)
Wave 19: Golems (from right)
Wave 20: Yeti
Notes:
Need 3 cannons for wave 1
Need 4 arrows (around middle) for wave 2
Need 8-9 arrows (at least 3 in left half) for wave 4
Invest in interest
Need 5-6 cannons for wave 5
Need 1-2 AAs for wave 7
Invest in interest
Need ~11 cannons for wave 9
Invest in interest
Invest in interest again after wave 10
Need additional cannons in the left half for wave 12
Invest in mortars after wave 13
Sell off any unnecessary arrows during waves 16-18
Should have two black mortars by wave 19
Use many mortars for Yeti
Hi-Score:
Special 2: Lines of attack
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Upon successfully finishing this level (you don't need a rainbow), you will
receive the ability to use mines (plant and detonate with the square button).
Wave 1: Fliers
Wave 2: Bats
Wave 3: Fliers
Wave 4: Bees (6)
Wave 5: Spiders
Wave 6: Bees (9)
Wave 7: Fliers
Wave 8: Bats
Wave 9: Bees (12)
Wave 10: Spiders
Wave 11: Bats
Wave 12: Fliers
Wave 13: Fliers
Wave 14: Bees (15)
Wave 15: Golems+
Wave 16: Bats
Wave 17: Fliers
Wave 18: Bees (17)
Wave 19: Bees (23)
Wave 20: Yeti
Notes:
Need 3 AAs for wave 1
Need 2 arrows for wave 2
Need 1 black AA (should be able to dance to purple first) + 4 others for wave 4
Need 5 arrows (middle colum of right half) for wave 5
Need 1 black AA + 6 others for wave 6
Invest in lasers after wave 7
Need 2 lasers for wave 9
Invest in interest during wave 9
Need 9-10 arrows (3 in left half) for wave 10
Invest in interest after wave 13
Need 4 lasers (yellow/red) for wave 14
Need 12 cannons (9 in left half) for wave 15
Invest in interest
Need 1 black laser + 3 red lasers for wave 18 and 19
Need 16 green cannons for Yeti
The hardest parts of this level are wave 4, 10, and 15. For wave 4 you need
1 black AA so upgrade one to purple by dancing. You should have enough gems
to upgrade it to purple and black if you don't have enough time.
For wave 10, the number of arrows needed may surprise you. Similarly, for
wave 15, you need a lot of cannons.
Hi-Score:
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iii. Hard
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Hard 1: So many monsters
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Wave 1: Puffs (from top)
Wave 2: Puffs (from top)
Wave 3: Puffs (from top)
Wave 4: Puffs (from top and right)
Wave 5: Fliers (from top and right)
Wave 6: Bats (from top)
Wave 7: Spiders (from top)
Wave 8: Puffs (from top)
Wave 9: Bats (from right)
Wave 10: Golems, very few (from top and right)
Wave 11: Bees (from top and right, 4 from each)
Wave 12: Puffs (from top and right, mostly top)
Wave 13: Spiders (from top)
Wave 14: Bees (from top and right, 5 from each)
Wave 15: Green puffs (from top and right)
Wave 16: Green spiders (from top and right)
Wave 17: Bats (from top and right)
Wave 18: Bees (from top and right)
Wave 19: Green spiders (from top and right)
Wave 20: Yeti (from top)
Notes:
Need 3 cannons for wave 1, dance upgrade cannons to yellow/red
Need 5 cannons (2 in right side) or 3 cannons + 3 arrows (top right of base)
for wave 4
Need 2 lasers (2 yellow or red/green) for waves 5 and 6
Need 5 arrows for wave 7
Flame is useful for wave 8 (top), but not yet necessary
Need 4 lasers (at least 3 yellow) for wave 9
Need 5 cannons for wave 10 (2 in right side)
2 Flames is very useful for wave 12, but still not necessary
Invest in flame
Need 4-5 lasers (at least 2 red) for wave 14
Need 3 flames for wave 15
Need 4 flames for wave 16 (3 red) for wave 16
Need 4-5 lasers (at least 2 black, others red) for wave 18
Need 4 flames (at least 2 black) for wave 19
Build more flames for Yeti
You can have 20% interest before the end of wave 10 or you can invest in flames
earlier and still have plenty of gold later on. Investing in interest earlier
will net you more points, but it isn't necessary to get a rainbow.
Hi-Score:
Hard 2: Double team
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In my opinion, this is by far the most difficult level in the game so hopefully
this strategy will make it easy for you.
Wave 1:
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Wave 20:
Notes:
Hi-Score:
Hard 3: Pond patrol
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Notes:
Hi-Score:
Hard 4: Swirling paths
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Notes:
Hi-Score:
Hard 5: Semicircle assaults
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Hi-Score:
Hard 6: The Final Stage
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Notes:
Hi-Score:
Special 3: Eruption Destruction
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Notes:
Hi-Score:
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Section VII. Some of the Weapons and Monsters In Real Life
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