Dungeon Defenders

There are a total of 13 Challenges excluding the Hero PvP Arena. You will need to beat all of them on Insane difficulty to unlock this. Some challenges have separate individual trophies for beating the challenge on Medium or Insane, and these are listed below.

1. No Towers Allowed

Trophies: Where's the Blueprints (Medium), Weapon Master (Insane)
Required Class: DPS-Huntress
Recommended No. of Heroes : 2-4

This is a simple challenge but you absolutely need at least 2 DPS-Huntresses for this challenge, and if possible a 3rd one as backup. You are not allowed to build any towers at all so you need to rely on your weapons. One Huntress should position herself facing at the staircase North of the Crystal Core and the other Huntress at the staircase East of the Crystal Core.

Weapons such as Soul Focuser or Lava Beetle Exterminator will help immensely as the monsters will be coming in a straight line allowing you to take out a lot of them with a couple of shots. Don’t forget to spam Piercing Shot as well.


2. Unlikely Allies

 Trophies: Friends Forever (Medium)
Required Class: Tower-Squire, DPS-Huntress
Optional Class: Tower-Monk
Recommended No. of Heroes : 2-4

This challenge can be done Solo, but it’s better if done with 3 players. Your objective is to protect the Ogre sitting in the middle of the map. You have no control over it, and it will automatically advance and engage any monsters that are within proximity. On Insane the Ogre can go down very quickly if swarmed by a horde of enemies.

Have a Squire build Bouncing Blockades at A during the initial set-up, and back them up with Harpoon Turrets and Bowling Ball turrets. Switch to a DPS-Huntress if you have one before the Combat Phase starts and gun the monsters down. You can use a Tower Monk to drop a Slow aura to help delay the monsters. Do this quickly and always keep an eye on the map to see where the Ogre is. If he starts moving towards a direction, quickly go there and eliminate any enemies.


3. Warping Core

Trophies: 88 Core
Required Class: Tower-Squire
Optional Class: DPS-Huntress
Recommended No. of Heroes : 1-4

The objective for this challenge is to protect the Crystal Core, but there’s a catch. The Core can teleport to 7 different locations on the map marked by a "C". This occurs about every 2-3 minutes and the order is random. It may even "teleport" back end up back in its previous position.

1. Start by building Bouncing Blockades nearest to the "C" locations on the East, West, and South sides of the map. Build a Spike Blockade facing towards the door to prevent archers from attacking the Crystal directly. You might not have enough mana for one side during the initial Build Phase, so you will need to cover that side during the 1st wave.
2. Start building Spike Blockades and Harpoon Turrets on the Southeast and Southwest Crystal locations
3. Build Bouncing Blockades on the longer staircases on the East and West sides. Add a Harpoon Turret to the East/West/South crystal locations.
5. Occasionally you will find archers firing at your Bouncing Blockades at range, use your hero to get rid of them and minimize damage to your Towers. Remember to repair them.


4. Raining Goblins

Trophies: Ella Ella (Medium), Dancing in the Rain (Insane)
Required Class: Tower-Squire
Optional Class: DPS-Huntress
Recommended No. of Heroes : 2-4

This is a pretty easy map, so long as you set up your defenses around the core properly. All you need to do is build Bouncing Blockades and Slice & Dice Blockades to surround the Core in the middle, then switch to a Huntress (recommended). Goblins will fall down from above, but they never land too close to the Crystal so your blockades should be able to repel them safely. Get rid of any goblins and orcs that may sneak in or damage your defenses and you’ll do fine.

1. Start by building Bouncing Blockades at the Crystal.
2. Build Slice & Dice Blockades next. Use Heroes to cover any gaps if you do not have enough mana.
3. One player should cover the crystal and face North, while the other faces South.

5. Wizardry

Trophies: Wizard Hunter (Medium)
Required Class: Tower-Squire, DPS-Huntress
Optional Class: Tower-Monk
Recommended No. of Heroes : 2-4

This challenge is best done with at least 2-3 players, it is practically impossible to do Solo. Your objective is to kill all the Enemy Mages that spawn, but yet again there is a catch. At any time, only 2 of the enemy Mages on the map are vulnerable/can be killed. The rest of them are wrapped in a purple aura and cannot be killed until you eliminate the vulnerable ones. Remember to keep your defenses healthy, upgrade whenever you can and reinforce them with Strength Drain Auras when possible.


6. Ogre Crush

Trophies: You No Take Mushroom, Ogre Block Party
Required Class: Tower-Squire
Optional Class: Tower-Monk
Recommended No. of Heroes : 1

This challenge is best done Solo, even on Insane difficulty. Equip your Squire with an Elemental Dmg Weapon (eg the Malificar’s Rapier with at least 8,000 elementl dmg). The map used is Castle Armory, and on the 1st wave, an Ogre will come through the Northernmost entrance. Take this opportunity to build blockades and turrets in the other four spawn points where ogres will appear on later waves (you’ll have enough time to collect all chests and build everything even on insane).

On the 2nd wave, 1 Ogre will spawn in both the Northeast and Northwest. Again before the wave starts switch to a Tower-Monk and build strength drain & ensnare auras at all four points where the blockades are built. You’ll have enough time to do so and switch back to your Squire or DPS-huntress.

Once that is done just concentrate on taking out the northernmost ogre, then proceed around the map in a systematic matter for each subsequent wave. Repair/upgrade blockades where necessary as well.


7. Zippy Terror

Trophies: Speed Freak, Kobold Exterminator
Required Class: DPS-Huntress
Recommended No. of Heroes : 4

This challenge is best done with 4 Huntresses. 2 players will stand on either side of the Western Core near the staircases, and the other 2 players will stand on either side of the Eastern Core near the other staircases. Your objective is to protect these Cores while surviving for the rest of game.

You cannot build any towers, and numerous Kamikaze Goblins will spawn from the entrances. You will die (and respawn in 3 seconds) if any of these Goblins explode near you so be alert and practice good crowd control by utilizing your Piercing Shots. Try to reload whenever you have a break, and never fully empty your clip as it takes longer to reload an empty clip than a half-full clip, which could turn out to be very costly. Piercing weapons will also help as you can shoot at the goblins prior to them appearing below the steps on the western pathways.


8. Chicken

Trophies: In a Fowl Mood
Required Class: Tower-Squire, DPS-Huntress
Recommended No. of Heroes : 3-4

The map for this challenge is the Throne Room. 3-4 Players are recommended for this challenge, preferably with high level DPS-Huntresses. Every minute, one of the players in game will be designated as Chicken. The player will retain all Hero stats/abilities and still able to kill monsters, but he cannot jump and he dies in ONE hit. You have a limited amount of lives (9), and each time a player dies (even while not being the Chicken) the counter reduces. If the Cores are destroyed, or all players are dead while you have 0 lives left, you will fail the challenge.

Build up your defenses with a Tower-Squire like you would do in the normal Campaign, and have 1 player guard each side of the map. Be particularly aware of the East side where the Throne Seats are, because a lot of Dark Elf warriors spawn here and they can jump over your defenses, going after the Hero directly. Dropping an Ensnare Aura here will slow them down and is highliy recommended. The ‘Chicken’ should be hiding on the side opposite the Throne Seats. When another player is about to become the ‘Chicken’ he should head for that side, and the previous ‘Chicken’ shall take his place and continue eliminating enemies.


9. Moving Core

Trophies: Core Cardio
Required Class: Tower-Squire, DPS-Huntress
Recommended No. of Heroes : 3-4

It is recommended to have at least 3-4 players especially on Insane. Build up the defenses as normal, and have one Huntress stick to the core always. The core will move around the map in a clockwise fashion as shown by the blue lines on the map, starting by moving West-wards and the players must eliminate all enemies around it. Pay particular attention to the defenses as there are a lot of mages who would send skeletons to weaken them hence always keep an eye on the map to ensure that the defenses stay up. When the core reaches the southern part of the map, watch out when the ogre spawns and ensure that there are enough heroes to take it down before reverting to checking the defenses.


10. Death From Above

Required Class: Monster Madness
Optional Class: Tower-Squire, DPS-Huntress
Recommended No. of Heroes : 2-4

In this challenge, the monsters consist of Wyerns, Large Wyerns, and Super Wyerns. Every wave, 1 Ogre will spawn in the North and South immediately after the wave starts, so it is still necessary to have some form of ground defense. Surround the southern Crystal Cores with Slice & Dice blockades on the south side, supported by a couple of Harpoon Turrets. On the roof of the building where the a chest appears, drop another Slice & Dice blockade and 2 Harpoon Turrets around it. Lastly place some Harpoon Turrets facing northwards on the roof as well as the pathway below.

Once the Combat Phase starts first take out the Ogres and then focus your attention on the southern Crystal Core as well as the rooftop. As long as your heroes are maxed out in their levels, stats & equipment, this should be a piece of cake.


11. Assault

Trophies: Core Destroyer
Required Class: DPS-Huntress
Recommended No. of Heroes : 1-4

This challenge plays out like a third person shooter which requires you to destroy 3 cores which will be protected by traps & towers. On Medium difficulty you have 5:20 minutes but on Insane you only have 2:25 minutes to destroy all 3 cores. The recommended hero to tackle this challenge is the DPS-Huntress with maxed out Attack Stats & Base Dmg weapons.

Ironically, the reward for completing this challenge on Insane is the Blasticus, the weapon recommended to tackle this challenge. Hence if you can trade for this weapon from other players or check out the shop (it will be called in other names but the picture will be that of a assault rifle), do so. You would want max out the weapon's Base Damage before tackling this challenge on Insane. Alternatively use a Crystal Tracker that you can get for finishing Warping Core (an easier challenge). Max its base damage (ideally >1,500).

12. Treasure Hunt

Trophies: Gold Rush, Gold Blitz
Required Class: Tower-Squire, DPS-Huntress
Recommended Heroes : 3-4

In this challenge, players need to pickup a specific amount of Gold-colored Mana every wave. The enemy spawns are infinite until you pickup the required amount.

Generally the strategy described for the Campaign version of this level will be sufficient, see the strategy for "The Summit" campaign level under the To The Lofty Summit trophy. There are NO FLYING ENEMIES in this challenge, so you can reallocate your Defense Units as you wish. We present here an alternative strategy ideal for 4 players.

1. Have a Tower-Squire build up all the necessary defenses, and Monks put up Strength Drain auras for the towers in the southern section.
2. For waves 1-3, each player should take up position next to each of the spawn points. Spam your Piercing Shots if you have the Genie pet, and keep an eye out for Gold Mana Tokens. The faster you do this, the faster you can end the level and reduce possibility of failure.
3. Starting wave 4, Ogres will spawn in the southern section. The 2 Heroes here should cooperate and take it down immediately. Retreat to towers and make good use of the Strength Drain auras as necessary.


13. Monster Mania

Trophies: N/A
Required Class: Tower-Squire, DPS-Huntress
Recommended Heroes : 1-2

In Monster Fest you have a fixed amount of time to kill all monsters during each Combat Phase and you have a pre-fixed amount of lives. There is no core to protect, instead all monsters will target the Heroes directly. It is recommended that this be done by 2 Heroes only. Playing with more than 2 Heroes will increase the amount of monster exponentially, but the time given will not.

1. One player sets up the tower defenses in the central bridge area while the other player covers him/her as there is only 15 seconds to set up your initial defenses. Use the time during the first few waves to set up as many Harpoon Turrets as you can (for its Piercing effect), and try to put up a Strength Drain aura to reduce the damage dealt by the monsters.
2. Always observe the on-screen timer and kill enemies in a safe, but quick manner. You will need to ensure these monsters are killed fast enough so more can spawn and be killed within the time limit.
3. Keep your towers healthy, especially your Bouncing Blockades and Slice & Dice blockades. Lay down Strength Drain auras and always keep an eye out for Ogres.
4. Take note of Wyerns as well. Generally the Harpoon Turrets should handle them nicely, but it pays to be attentive.