Tap Defense Walkthrough – How to survive “Sudden death”
When I start playing a game I occasionally obsess with it a little. So here I put together a little walkthrough of Tap Defense, an excellent little free tower defence game for the iPhone. Here is a level by level guide how to survive the easy mode for “Sudden Death”, or the normal game mode for that matter.
Level 1:
Tap Defense "Sudden Death" - Level 1
Getting started is rather easy. To survive the first level you just need to build any two towers anywhere. To do it right though we’ll start with 2 bomb towers, place them as in the screenshot. This will alow them to cover both the frst bend and the second long way once we start updating them.
General Strategy Tip: The way to win this game and/or get a decent highscore is to save and make as much money as possible. So only build/upgrade towers when you really, really need to.
Level 2:
Tap Defense "Sudden Death" . Level 2
Right the first level was easy. For good measure let’s build an arrow tower for the second level. If you place it as in the screenshot it can cover the whole bend in the bottom left corner once it’s fully upgraded. Later on we will not be building any arrow towers the only reason we need this one if for the “bat out of hell” in level 7.
General Strategy Tip: Placing towers strategically is very important. Always make sure the cover the maximum part of the road, or if possible 2 parts of the way.
Level 3:
Tap Defense "Sudden Death" - Level 3
For level 3 let’s upgrade the arrow tower, otherwise save your money.
General Strategy Tip: Always upgrade towers at the start of a level, never at the end. This will ensure that you get maximum revenue from your tax.
Level 4:
Tap Defense "Sudden Death" - Level 4
Upgrade one of the bomb towers for this level.
Level 5:
Tap Defense "Sudden Death" - Level 5
Slowly we start raking up money. To do so we must save, save, save! So do nothing this level and you will be fine…
Level 6:
Tap Defense "Sudden Death" - Level 6
It’s time to upgrade your second bomb tower, to get these firecats ’cause they are damn fast…
Level 7:
Tap Defense "Sudden Death" - Level 7
Upgrade the arrow tower to level 3, this will nicely take care of this little fast sucker!
Level 8:
Tap Defense "Sudden Death" - Level 8
Another great “do nothing” level.
General Strategy Tip: Save your halos, you need to increase your tax level early on and to do so you need 2 Halos.
Level 9:
Tap Defense "Sudden Death" - Level 9
And another “do nothing” and “save money” level! :D
Level 10:
Tap Defense "Sudden Death" - Level 10
Do nothing and save…
Level 11:
Tap Defense "Sudden Death" - Level 11
You received your second level so it’s time to upgrade your tax rate. Otherwise guess what? Yup, do nothing and save… ;)
Level 12:
Tap Defense "Sudden Death" - Level 12
At some point the beasts will get past your 3 lower towers, this level might well be it. To have a little backup at the end, build another bomb tower and to be on the safe side upgrade it to level 2 straight away. You should have plenty of money to do this by now..
Level 13:
Tap Defense "Sudden Death" - Level 13
Ok, the enemys of heaven are getting pretty strong by now, time to upgrade one of your lower bomb towers to level 3.
General Strategy Tip: A tower that is upgraded to level 3 is very much stronger than building extra towers. However it is also the most expensive step to upgrade a tower to level three so do so wisely and sparingly.
Level 14:
Tap Defense "Sudden Death" - Level 14
This devil is rather tough, you might need another tower. Place a bomb tower as shown in the screenshot to cover the maximum area at the end of the path. Upgrade it to level 2.
Level 15:
Tap Defense "Sudden Death" - Level 15
Upgrade the last bomb tower to level 3 to keep the gate to heaven clean… The halo you received should be saved for later.
Level 16:
Tap Defense "Sudden Death" - Level 16
Upgrade the second bomb tower at the start of the path to level 3.
Level 17:
Tap Defense "Sudden Death" - Level 17
Do nothing and save.
Level 18:
Tap Defense "Sudden Death" - Level 18
Keep saving…
Level 19:
Tap Defense "Suden Death" - Level 19
These are the money levels, save and do nothing.
Level 20:
Tap Defense "Sudden Death" - Level 20
Upgrade your last bomb tower to level 3.
Level 21:
Tap Defense "Sudden Death" - Level 21
Time for another bomb tower place it more or less centrally (see screenshot). Here you can cover most of the long middle part of the patha dn the last curve on the way to the gate to heaven.
Level 22:
Tap Defense "Sudden Death" - Level 22
Another halo, upgrade your tax rate again!. Otherwise: save, save, save…
Level 23:
Tap Defense "Sudden Death" - Level 23
*Sing* Do nothing and save…. *Sing*
Level 24:
Tap Defense "Sudden Death" - Level 24
Save…
Level 25:
Tap Defense "Sudden Death" - Level 25
See your money and score increasing? Yup, keep saving…
Level 26:
Tap Defense "Sudden Death" - Level 26
You got another halo, research the storm tower and place it fully upgraded at the start of the path (see screnshot).
General Strategy Tip: Storm towers are completly useless, unless you upgrade them to level 3 then they are very, very usefull. Also since they steal 25% of the enemies hit points they are most usefull when placed at the start where your enemies have most of their hitpoints so they can do most damage.
Level 27:
Tap Defense "Sudden Death" - Level 27
Place another fully upgraded storm tower at the start of the path.
Level 28:
Tap Defense "Sudden Death" - Level 28
After upgrading the last levels it’s time to save again.
Level 29:
Tap Defense "Sudden death" - Level 29
Another halo earned, time to research ice towers. We need to slow down the enemies in our kill zones. Our most effective kill zone is at the start of the path near the storm towers, so place 2 ice towers fully upgraded near there. See the screenshot as a reference.
Level 30:
Tap Defense "Sudden Death" - Level 30
This and the next level are pretty tough, time to improve our kill zone. Add another fully upgraded bomb tower next to your second ice tower.
Level 31:
Tap Defense "Sudden Death" - Level 31
Again time to increase your defences. Add another ice and another bomb tower fully upgraded at the middle path.
Level 32:
Tap Defense "Sudden Death" - Level 32
Another fine do nothing level.
Level 33:
Tap Defense "Sudden Death" - Level 33
Enjoy doing nothing…
Level 34:
Tap Defense "Sudden Death" - Level 34
Still going strong with your current defences, so just sit and watch.
Level 35:
Tap Defense "Sudden Death" - Level 35
Do nothing…
Level 36:
Tap Defense "Sudden Death" - Level 36
Time to shore up our defences for the final levels, add another bomb tower to the middle lane (see screenshot).
Level 37:
Tap Defense "Sudden Death" - Level 37
Keep increasing your tower count, add another fully upgraded ice and bomb tower.
Level 38:
Tap Defense "Sudden Death" - Level 38
You get away doing nothing this level again…
Level 39:
Tap Defense "Sudden Death" - Level 39
Add bomb towers around your last lonesome ice tower…
Level 40:
Tap Defense "Sudden Death" - Level 41
These guys are fast so add another 2 ice towers and a bomb tower ath the top righ bend. Fully upgraded towers that is of course…
Level 42:
Tap Defense "Sudden Death" - Level 42
In preparation for the final onslaught, add another bomb and ice tower at the start of the path… You nearly made it!
Level 43:
Tap Defense "Sudden Death" - Level 43, the final level!
Use your last halos to upgrade taxes once mor and then research the magic tower. Build as much towers as you consider necessary, remember you can also always add towers while the enemies are walking past…
Congratulations!
Job well done! You beat Tap Defense...
Well done, save your highscore and enjoy. Obviously this is only one wayy of many to beat this game. Experiment and try your own methods. Also try and get a better score, building less towers and upgrading later will give you more points, start trying different things.
Next up look out for a guide to “This is Sparta” and a walkthough to the medium level as soon as I get round to taking all the screenshots…
If you have any tips and tricks to this game I’d love to hear them…
Keep Tapping! :D
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Yeah, but that’s a little beside the point isn’t it? ;)
Using this walkthrough with version 2.0 just barely lets the devil in Level 14 get through. His health meter doesn’t even show any life left, but he made it to the finish (thereby ending the game). Perhaps it would be best to upgrade the second tower to level 3 at this point?
I experienced the same thing as Chip Haynor. I also had one creature get through in an earlier level, but I was playing the “classic” game. The 2nd thing I noticed is that it only requires one halo to upgrade your interest rate. Perhaps this is just another “classic” anomaly.
Thanks for this guide. Its a lot of fun to follow.
Cheers,
Brian
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