Altars

Altars are a special type of building that appear on some levels. They require a key to enter. Keys drop from enemies and go to the unit that has waited the longest.

Lava Altar

Found on Map: Cinder Circuit

• Visiting the altar summons a lava elemental and turns one crystal red.
  • Lava elementals spawn at the altar and walk backwards along the path, exploding upon colliding with an enemy.
• At the end of each wave, one red crystal returns to blue
• If all 4 crystals are already red, visiting the altar summons a lava golem instead
  • Lava golems continuously deal damage to nearby enemies and only explode upon colliding with a boss.
• When a key drops but all units are already holding a key, the key is “stored”
• As soon as a unit uses the altar, all stored keys are used at once

Rebirth Altar

Found on Map: Mystic Plateau

When a player visits the Rebirth Altar, their experience will be drained, taking them back to level 1.  However, for the rest of the game, they will receive a portion of the drained experience after every wave.  Players can revisit the altar as often as they’d like – increasing how much experience they earn at the end of each wave.

The portion of XP recovered each wave is based on the number of waves:

• Endless: 5%
• 50 Waves: 10%
• 40 Waves: 12.5%
• 30 Waves: 15%
• 20 Waves: 20%

Wisdom Altar

Found on Map: Coastal Cliffs

The effect of the Wisdom Altar depending on the color of the player’s coin:

• Visiting with a gold key, increases the unit’s level by 8, and curses the player with a red key. The player cannot train while holding the red key.
• Visiting with a red key removes the key and sets the player’s level to the same level a new unit would join at.

Challenge Altar

Found on Map: Icecap Summit

Only one player can enter the Challenge Altar at a time.  Upon entering, a small wave of enemies will spawn and walk towards the tower.

• If the player can defeat all the enemies before they reach the tower, they will be rewarded with a large sum of XP, and the challenge difficulty will increase by 1 level.
• If any of the enemies reach the tower, the player will be kicked out and the challenge difficulty will decrease by 2 levels.

Investment Altar

Found on Map: Lost City

• Upon receiving the key, the unit gains an “investment” equal to 1 wave of XP
• While holding the key, all the unit’s experience gains will be added to their investment instead of increasing their level
• At the end of each wave, each unit’s total investment is increased by a percentage, based on the number of waves (shown below)
• Visiting the altar grants the unit their total investment in XP, resetting their investment to 0 and removing their key

Invested increase by wave count:

• Endless: 5%
• 50 Waves: 10%
• 40 Waves: 12.5%
• 30 Waves: 15%
• 20 Waves: 20%

Polarity Altar

Found on Map: Dune Gauntlet

A mystical altar that alternates between two phases, providing different benefits to all players.

Core Mechanics:

• Alternates between Sun Phase and Moon Phase
• Starts each game in Moon Phase
• Approximately one key drops per wave
• Each key use advances altar 20% toward opposite phase

Benefits:

• Moon Phase: Double power generation for all units
• Sun Phase: 300% increased ability damage and 200% increased power train

• • • This stacks additively with any other Ability Damage and Power Train buffs