Buccaneer's Den

Buccaneer's Den
Type	Standard
Campaign	Main
Environment	Desert
Previous Level	Dunes of Despair
Next Level	Nazeru's Gates
Gold	800 (Campaign) 900 (Heroic) 1000 (Iron)

Behold Buccaneer's Den!

Nowhere else will you find a worse collection of unruly freebooters and dastardly pirates... and nowhere but here will you find a better crew to sail the Crystal Sea.

After greasing some dirty palms we've learned that Lord Malagar has boarded a ship towards The Gates of Nazeru. Hiring a crew, however, will have to wait, as an enemy fleet is heading toward us. Ahoy!

Buccaneer's Den is 5th level of Kingdom Rush: Frontiers. The stage has an entry point at the enemy ship. At wave 8, an Executioner will appear from the eastern jungle, chop down the trees, and turn it into another entry point.

Campaign

Set-Up

• Gold 800
• Strategic Point x16
• SCUMM Bar x1
• Cannonade x1

Wave Composition

Wave	Enemies (Ship > West Path)	Enemies (Ship > East Path)	Enemies (East)	Income
1	Desert Thug x23	Dune Raider x5		195
2		Desert Thug x28 Dune Raider x6		236
3	Sand Hound x24	Desert Thug x15 Dune Raider x6		291
4	Desert Thug x32	Desert Thug x32		320
5	Desert Thug x60	Sand Wraith x1		400
6		Sand Hound x34 War Hound x30		470
7	Dune Raider x15	Dune Raider x15		480
8	Desert Thug x50	Desert Thug x50	Executioner x1	550
9	Dune Raider x6 Immortal x5	Dune Raider x6 Immortal x5	Sand Hound x18 War Hound x13	652
10	Sand Hound x20 War Hound x10	Sand Hound x20 War Hound x10	Dune Terror x15 Giant Scorpion x2	606
11		Dune Raider x28 Immortal x12		736
12	Dune Raider x36	Immortal x8 Sand Wraith x1		868
13	Sand Hound x48 War Hound x7	Sand Hound x48 War Hound x7	Sand Hound x36 War Hound x4	840
14	Immortal x12	Dune Raider x15	Giant Scorpion x9	780
15	Immortal x18	Dune Raider x20 Executioner x2	Dune Terror x30	1152

At Wave 8, Executioner starts to cut down trees to make a path for entrances.

Strategy
General Upgrades and Hero Towers

Heroic Challenge

Set-Up

• Gold 900
• Strategic Point x16
• SCUMM Bar x1
• Cannonade x1
  • Restriction: Heroes are allowed.
  • Restriction: Upgrades above Level 2 are not allowed.

Wave Composition

Wave	Enemies (Ship > West Path)	Enemies (Ship > East Path)	Enemies (East)	Income
1	Sand Hound x5 Desert Thug x25	Sand Hound x5 Desert Thug x25	Sand Hound x30	450
2	Dune Raider x7 Desert Thug x19 Immortal x1	Dune Raider x7 Desert Thug x19 Immortal x1	Dune Terror x16	622
3	Immortal x5 Desert Thug x55	Immortal x5 Desert Thug x55		790
4	Dune Raider x35	Dune Raider x10 Sand Wraith x1	Giant Scorpion x3	904
5	War Hound x5 Executioner x1 Desert Thug x29 Sand Wraith x1 Immortal x4	War Hound x5 Executioner x1 Desert Thug x29 Sand Wraith x1 Immortal x4	War Hound x18	1172
6	War Hound x8 Executioner x1 Dune Raider x24 Sand Wraith x1 Immortal x4	War Hound x8 Executioner x1 Dune Raider x24 Sand Wraith x1 Immortal x4	Dune Terror x24	1820

Strategy

General As the only major area effect dealers in this challenge, Buccaneers are crucial for winning and must be treated with utmost care. Shield your Buccaneers with your hero and reinforcements and try your best to not let Buccaneers engage in melee. If that happens, let them retreat so that they start throwing bombs again – or throw Rain of Fire. In the beginning, you will need at least one Buccaneer on the western side and at least two on the eastern side. Everything before the Buccaneers must be low-level Archers and/or Mages (alternating those is advised). Aslevel progresses, build more Mages and Archers first (but not behind the Buccaneers as that would be a waste of money), then get all Buccaneers available (for the western side, the three from the further SCUMM Bar should be enough), and finally upgrade your towers one by one. Mages should be upgraded first as they help deal with armored enemies. Use Rain of Fire at the eastern chokepoint when most enemies try to get through it. Upgrades and Hero It is strongly advised to acquire all upgrades that are allowed for this challenge. As for your hero, choose one who is good at stalling (e. g. Alric, Cronin) or crowd control. Anyway, the hero must be at their max level too. Towers Start with maximum amount of low-level Archers and Mages (preferably alternating them) and then upgrade them one by one, giving priority to Mages and towers in the middle line.

Iron Challenge

Set-Up

• Gold 1000
• Strategic Point x12
• SCUMM Bar x5
• Cannonade x1
  • Restriction: Heroes are allowed.
  • Restriction: Upgrades above Level 2 are not allowed.
  • Restriction: only.

Wave Composition

Wave	Enemies (Ship > West Path)	Enemies (Ship > East Path)	Enemies (East)	Income
1	Desert Thug x90 Dune Raider x37 War Hound x14 Sand Hound x10 Immortal x2 Executioner x1	Desert Thug x90 Dune Raider x27 War Hound x8 Sand Hound x10 Immortal x2 Executioner x1	Desert Thug x130 Dune Raider x10 War Hound x8 Sand Hound x10	3540

Strategy
General Upgrades and Hero Towers

Events

New Tower Unlocked	Level 4 Artillery Tower DWAARP
	Earthquake tower that damages and slows all enemies in range.

New Enemy Wave 5	Sand Wraith
	Often in command of dark armies, they leave a path of death and decay in their wake. Ranged attack Can heal allies Spawns Fallen

New Enemy Wave 8	Executioner
	An unstoppable killing force. A strike from its axe delivers a swift death. Slow speed Very high health Can execute soldiers

Related Achievements

 THE BLACK PEARL Kill 30 enemies with the pirate ship cannons.

 SPLASH Find a mermaid.

Trivia

• The achievement "THE BLACK PEARL" that can be unlocked on this level is a reference to Pirates Of The Caribbean, the name of Captain Jack Sparrow's ship.