The Dark Tower

This article is about the level in Kingdom Rush. For the level in Kingdom Rush: Vengeance, see Vez'nan's Tower.

The Dark Tower
Type	Standard
Campaign	Main
Environment	Wastes
Previous Level	Forsaken Valley
Gold	1300 (Campaign) 1600 (Heroic) 2800 (Iron)

"Our troops gather around the dread wizard Vez'nan’s tower. It is time for a reckoning... time for the final fray. This is the ultimate battle for our kingdom's safety. Every step has brought us to this moment, and there is no turning back.

Now it's time to show our mettle!"

The Dark Tower is the twelfth stage in Kingdom Rush, and the final one in the main campaign. Beating it unlocks Sarelgaz's Lair, Ruins of Acaroth, Rotten Forest, Hushwood, Glacial Heights, Rotwick and Pit of Fire.

Upon completion, the end credits will play.

Campaign

Set-Up

• Gold 1300
• Strategic Point x13
• Graveyard
• Vez'nan

Wave Composition

Wave	Enemies (Northwest)	Enemies (Northeast)	Number of Towers Disabled	Income	Income with Skeletons on Casual/Normal/Veteran Difficulty
1	Demon Hound x2 Demon Spawn x4	Necromancer x1 Bandit x6 Brigand x6	0	318	360/360/392
2	Demon Imp x1 Gargoyle x5	Demon Imp x1 Gargoyle x5	0	170	170/170/170
3	Demon Lord x1 Demon Spawn x10		0	260	290/290/370
4		Dark Knight x6 Shadow Archer x4	0	214	234/266/266
5	Bandit x16 Marauder x2 Brigand x4	Bandit x16 Marauder x2 Brigand x4	0	536	928/928/928
6	Bandit x6 Brigand x3 Dark Knight x2 Shadow Archer x3	Bandit x6 Brigand x3 Dark Knight x2 Shadow Archer x3	0	382	438/470/470
7	Rocket Rider x6	Rocket Rider x6	0	360	360/360/360
8	Worg x6 Necromancer x3	Worg x6 Necromancer x3	0	444	504/504/504
9	Spider Matriarch x8 Giant Spiders x25	Spider Matriarch x8 Giant Spiders x25	2	620	620/620/620
10	Demon Lord x1 Demon Hound x3 Demon Spawn x5	Dark Slayer x1 Dark Knight x3 Shadow Archer x5	3	490	536/560/600
11	Demon Imp x8	Demon Imp x8	4	400	400/400/400
12	Magma Elemental x2	Magma Elemental x2	5	400	400/400/400
13	Demon Lord x2 Demon Hound x6 Demon Spawn x12	Dark Slayer x2 Dark Knight x6 Shadow Archer x12	6	1052	1152/1200/1296
14	Demon Spawn x24	Dark Knight x8 Shadow Archer x6 Necromancer x2	7	876	972/1036/1228
15	Demon Lord x4 Demon Spawn x8 Magma Elemental x3	Dark Slayer x4 Dark Knight x4 Magma Elemental x3	8	1500	1664/1696/1760

Vez'nan will start to disable some of your towers starting at Wave 9 at an interval of 16 seconds. The number listed is based on the maximum number of strategic points being used.

After the final wave, Vez'nan will step down from his tower to attack personally. This is not counted as a wave.

Summoning Circles

Vez'nan will summon enemies out from the circle at an interval of 10 seconds, starting from Wave 6. He will do this up to 3 times per wave.

At Wave 6, Vez'nan will start summoning Demons from one of the three Summoning Circles (never the one closest to the exit). Summoned Demons will grant players gold for killing them, and will be reanimated at the Graveyard.

At Wave 8, Vez'nan will start summoning Demons from the top two Summoning Circles.

At Wave 12, Vez'nan will start to utilize the bottommost Summoning Circle.

On Wave 14, Vez'nan will utilize ALL three Summoning Circles.

Circle	Enemies	Income
Top	Demon Spawn x6	120
	Demon Hound x3	75
Center	Demon Spawn x3	60
	Demon Hound x2	50
Bottom	Demon Spawn x3	60

Strategy

General The left side mainly spawns magic-resistant demons while the right side mainly spawns heavily armored Dark Knights, Marauders, and Brigands alongside magic-resistance Shadow Archers This level is very hostile to allied units so be very careful with how you try to stall the enemies Demon Lords can protect other demons so be vigilant to kill them fast When wave 15 ends, Vez'nan exits the tower on the left side When Vez'nan disables towers, you can tap on them to stop them from being disabled It's not always possible to stop all towers from being disabled, so be vigilant to only prevent the most important towers from being disabled The map combines all the wave's enemies in the horizontal area just above the bottom path The massive hordes of enemies from the waves can create large groups of skeletons and skeleton knights especially if the humanoid enemies are killed all at once such as with the Rain of Fire Necromancers & Matriarchs are both spawning enemies that can easily overwhelm your defenses if not dealt with quickly (Matriarchs summon Spiderlings and Necromancers summon Skeletons) Additionally. the summoning circles, especially the one on the bottom, can overwhelm your defenses with demons if you're bottom is not really Always have allied units such as barracks, your hero, or Reinforcements ready for any enemies that could leak at the end The best way to deal with the massive hordes of enemies is using area damage Never forget the flying enemies as they can fly through your defenses if you overfocus on artillery Upgrades and Hero Both of Malik Hammerfury's skills (Hammer Smash & Earthquake) deal area damage Additionally, Earthquake can stun affected enemies for 2 seconds Gerald Lightseeker's Courage buffs allies near him with defense, making them more durable against the demons' explosions and the enemies' strong attacks Hacksaw's Tiiimber can instakill the Lava Elementals and Dark Slayer Thor's Mjolnir & Thunderclap deal True area damage with Thunderclap able to stun enemies Fully upgraded Reinforcements can deal with flying enemies using spears Fully upgraded Rain of Fire can be easily used to eliminate massive groups of enemies because of the fast cooldown Fully upgraded artillery faces no reduction in splash damage of chain damage Towers Tesla x104's high-damage, chaining main attack can easily kill groups of tough enemies especially if Supercharge is upgraded Overcharge is good at dealing with groups of weak enemies such as spiderlings from Matriarchs or Skeletons from the graveyard & necromancers Artillery ignores 50% of armor Tesla's main attack as well as its overcharge can hit flying enemies, making it a great choice for killing them The poison from Rangers Hideout's Poison Arrows ignores armor, giving killing power against armored enemies Wrath of the Forest is great for killing groups of skeletons Sorcerer Mage's main attack can halve enemies' armor, making it a great combo with Rangers & Tesla Arcane Wizard's Teleport can prevent enemies from leaking & the Death Ray can instakill tough enemies such as Lave Elementals & Dark Slayers

Heroic Challenge

Set-Up

• Gold 1600
• Strategic Point x13
• Graveyard
  • Restriction: Heroes are allowed.
  • Restriction: Upgrades fully allowed.

Wave Composition

Wave	Enemies (Northwest)	Enemies (Northeast)	Income	Income with Skeletons on Casual/Normal/Veteran Difficulty
1	Wulf x12 Gargoyle x14	Wulf x12 Gargoyle x14	456	456/456/456
2	Wulf x12 Demon Imp x14 Gargoyle x18 Worg x3	Wulf x12 Demon Imp x10 Gargoyle x16 Worg x3	1200	1200/1200/1200
3	Demon Hound x4 Demon Spawn x16 Demon Lord x1	Worg x8 Dark Knight x16 Dark Slayer x1	1076	1160/1288/1416
4	Wulf x30 Marauder x12 Shadow Archer x4 Bandit x7	Wulf x30 Marauder x12 Shadow Archer x4 Bandit x7	1500	1810/1810/1810
5	Worg x12 Shadow Archer x60 Dark Slayer x2 Dark Knight x24	Worg x12 Shadow Archer x60 Dark Slayer x2 Dark Knight x24	3808	3832/4216/4248
6	Demon Spawn x36 Demon Hound x8 Demon Lord x3	Necromancer x4 Magma Elemental x8	2100	2322/2322/2610

Strategy
General Upgrades and Hero Towers

There are differences in the waves in some flash versions:

Wave	Enemies (Northwest)	Enemies (Northeast)	Income	Income with Skeletons on Casual/Normal/Veteran Difficulty
4	Wulf x30 Ogre x9 Shaman x8 Goblin x23	Wulf x30 Ogre x9 Shaman x8 Goblin x23	1498	1802/1802/1802
5	Worg x12 Troll Champion x20 Troll Chieftain x2 Troll x24	Worg x12 Troll Champion x20 Troll Chieftain x2 Troll x24	3768	4304/4304/4688

Iron Challenge

Set-Up

• Gold 2800
• Strategic Point x13
• Graveyard
  • Restriction: Heroes are allowed.
  • Restriction: Upgrades fully allowed.
  • Restriction: only.

Wave Composition

Wave	Enemies (Northwest)	Enemies (Northeast)	Income	Income with Skeletons on Casual/Normal/Veteran Difficulty
1	Demon Spawn x74 Demon Lord x11 Gargoyle x14 Demon Imp x5 Demon Hound x8 Magma Elemental x5	Marauder x4 Brigand x29 Necromancer x4 Dark Slayer x8 Dark Knight x10 Shadow Archer x12 Worg x10 Magma Elemental x5	5790	6410/6490/7082

On flash, wave composition is a little different.

Flash

Wave	Enemies (Northwest)	Enemies (Northeast)	Income	Income with Skeletons on Casual/Normal/Veteran Difficulty
1	Demon Spawn x67 Shaman x14 Demon Lord x11 Gargoyle x14 Demon Imp x5 Demon Hound x8 Magma Elemental x5	Marauder x4 Brigand x29 Necromancer x4 Dark Slayer x8 Dark Knight x10 Shadow Archer x12 Worg x10 Magma Elemental x5	5790	6424/6504/7040

Strategy
General Upgrades and Hero Towers

Related Achievements

THIS IS THE END! Defeat Vez'nan.

Trivia

• The Dark Tower itself is probably a reference to Barad-dûr, the Dark Tower of Sauron in Mordor in The Lord of the Rings.
• In the Heroic and Iron Challenges, there is a 'For Sale' sign in Vez'nan's tower.

Vez'nan's Tower for sale.

The Dark Tower, completed