This mod introduces a Tier system and several balance changes to increase creature variety and make more diverse strategies viable.

Tier system🔗

To prevent OP creatures attracted from the first second without changing all the room requirements, we implemented a Tier system.

Tier 0 [Available from the start]

• Fly
• Beetle
• Spider

Tier 1 [Unlocked with Workshop]

• Demonspawn
• Troll
• Warlock
• Skeleton
• Ghost

Demonspawn, Skeleton and Ghost can rarely appear in the Portal pool before Tier 1 is unlocked.

Tier 2 [Unlocked with Barracks]

• Druid
• Maiden
• Hellhound
• Orc
• Bile Demon

Tier 3 [Unlocked with Temple]

• Dragon
• Dark Mistress
• Vampire
• Horny

Vampire and Horny also belong to Tier 3, but can rarely be found in the portal pool.

Research and spells🔗

Workshop and Bridge

• Workshop and Bridge have been swapped in the research path.
• This unlocks Tier 1 earlier and gives the Workshop more use in the early game.
• It also slows down the early game on maps where Bridges are required for expansion.

Lightning Strike

• Can now only be cast on Owned Ground.

Armageddon

• Research turns reduced from 100,000 → 40,000.
• Warning reduced from 500 → 200 turns.
• Duration reduced from 4,000 → 2,000 turns.

Destroy Walls

• Research turns reduced from 750,000 → 80,000.

Hold Audience

• Duration reduced from 500 → 200 turns.

Training values🔗

Training Values have been adjusted to fit the new Tier system:

• Tier 0 & Tier 1: TrainingValue 2 Demonspawn, Skeleton and Ghost: TrainingValue 3
• Tier 2 & Tier 3: TrainingValue 3 Horny: TrainingValue 2

Creature Balance🔗

Dragon

• Requires 9 tiles of Scavenger Room as its third room requirement.
• This makes Dragon the last creature to be attracted and fits its high ScavengeValue.

Hellhound

• Requires 9 tiles of Guard Post instead of Scavenger Room.
• This allows Hellhounds to be attracted earlier in the game.

Fly

• Learns Speed at Level 2 instead of Level 8.
• Learns Sight at Level 3 instead of Level 5.
• This allows Flies to level up and explore faster.
• Their improved Sight also makes them a useful counter to Invisibility.

Mistress

• The Temple recipe for Mistress has been removed.
• This prevents players from converting all Tier 0 creatures into a large army of Level 6 Mistresses as soon as the Temple becomes available.

Tentacles

• Temporarily removed.
• They may be added back in a future version. For this first ruleset, we wanted to avoid changing too many things at once.

Other adjustments🔗

Dungeon Heart

• Regeneration increased.
• Statues added to visualise and a Sound Effect when advancing to the next tier

Maps added🔗

• Added several balanced Maps created by AncientWay and Myself

Special Thanks to:🔗

• AncientWay - Co-author of the mod. Created the entire script and helped with the balance changes.
• Raul - Fixed the Lua script, added DA compatibility, Statues and sound effects for Tier upgrades.
• Shinthoras - Created the Tier icons for the Spell Tab.