Ultimate Weapon Upgrade Guide for The Tower
Table of Contents
- Intro / Who is this for?
- Acronym reference
- Ultimate Weapon (UW) Unlock Order
- Pre-Guide FAQs & General Advice
- UW Lab Upgrades > UW Stone Upgrades
- Upgrade GT Duration to be 12s+ longer than BH Duration
- Lab Priority: BH Coin Bonus > GT Bonus > DW Coin Bonus >= SL Coin Bonus
- Should I Spend Medals on Stones to upgrade UWs?
- Should I sync my Golden Bot with GT, BH, & DW?
- Now that this guide is really long, we’re finally ready for the "THE GUIDE"
- Step #1 - Unlocking Your 1st 3-5 UWs
- The Big 3 - Golden Tower, Black Hole, & Death Wave
- Golden Tower Priority Labs
- Black Hole Priority Labs
- Death Wave Priority Labs
- TL;DR on GT, BH, & DW Labs
- What to do if you unlock GT, BH, & DW before SL and/or CL?
- What to do if you unlock SL and/or CL before you have GT, BH, & DW?
- With GT, BH, & DW Unlocked, it is time to start prepping for "The Great Syncs"
- Step #2 - Prepare for "The 1st Great Sync!"
- Syncing for "Long-Term Gains" vs Upgrading Your UWs for "Immediate Gains"
- Before "The 1st Great Sync"! - (285 stones)
- Golden Tower (GT) Upgrades - (189 stones)
- Black Hole (BH) Upgrades - (96 stones)
- Death Wave (DW) Upgrades - (0+ stones)
- Once your UWs are properly upgraded, you're ready for "The 1st Great SAVE"
- Step #3 - "The 1st Great SAVE!"
- With GT synced with BH, it is time to start prepping for "The 2nd Great Sync!"
- Step #4 - Prepare for "The 2nd Great Sync!"
- Step #5 - "The 2nd Great SAVE!"
- With GT, BH, & DW synced, you can FINALLY play the game! (work on other UWs lol)
- Syncing is BETTER with MVN!
- Upgrade GT, BH, & DW with MVN equipped, until you have these stats:
- GT, BH, & DW Labs
- With GT, BH, & DW synced, you can FINALLY play the game! (work on other UWs lol) - (repeat)
- Step #6 - The 4th Econ UW (Spotlight)
- Step #7 - Your 1st Damage UW (Chain Lightning)
- Do not farm with Chain Lightning on!
- With CL well-upgraded, it is time for more econ!
- Step #8 - The finishing Touches
- Step #9 - End-Game Econ UW Upgrades!
- Closing Remarks! TL;DR
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Intro / Who is this for?
My goal with this guide is to help you with the following:
● Ultimate Weapon (UW) unlock order
● When to upgrade vs unlock new UWs
● How to efficiently upgrade your UWs
● How to efficiently sync UWs
○ When to sync vs upgrade your UWs
○ What to do while saving stones
○ How to efficiently use Multiverse Nexus while syncing
● How high to upgrade your Econ UWs, before upgrading end-game UWs
● Avoid common pitfalls that will slow your progression down.
This is a comprehensive step-by-step guide that will help players upgrade their 1st 5
Ultimate Weapons as optimally as possible.
● This is meant for anyone who hasn't reached Legend League in Tournaments yet.
○ Or Legends players with under-leveled Econ UWs lol.
● This is meant for both paying & free to play players.
○ If you're buying stones, don't skip steps or you'll have underwhelming results (I'm
speaking from experience lol)
This is the guide I wish I had when I started playing The Tower!
● It is VERY long, but VERY thorough.
● I wanted to provide the reasoning behind every decision so that you can adapt according
to your personal tower, and play-style.
● Taking the time to understand everything in this guide will help you progress faster than
someone who doesn't.
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Acronym reference - I'll clarify acronyms as they're mentioned, and throughout the guide, but
feel free to refer back to here if you get a little mixed up. These are some of the most used
acronyms in this subreddit, and it is worth learning them.
- UW - Ultimate Weapon
- UWs - Ultimate Weapons
- BH - Black Hole
- CL - Chain Lightning
- DC - Dimension Core (a module)
- DW - Death Wave
- GT - Golden Tower
- MVN - Multiverse Nexus (a module)
- SL - Spotlight
Here's a complete list of commonly used acronyms for The Tower
Ultimate Weapon (UW) Unlock Order
Unfortunately, which 3 UW options you get to choose from is completely random. But there is a
well-established optimal order to unlock them in. In most cases, you want to pick the highest
ranked UW from your 3 choices.
The top 5 UWs to unlock - in order (if possible):
1. Golden Tower (GT)
2. Black Hole (BH)
3. Death Wave (DW)
4. Spotlight (SL)
5. Chain Lightning (CL)
○ A very good argument can be made to pick CL before SL if you have a
Dimension Core (DC), but I'll touch on that later.
If none of these are listed as an option, pick the highest ranked UW from below, and start
saving for your next UW (assuming it is time for you to save for your next UW - I'll cover when in
detail later)
● 6th - Chrono Field (CF)
● 7th - Smart Missiles (SM)
● 8th or 9th:
○ Poison Swamp (PS)
○ Inner Land Mines (ILM)
Keep in mind that these UWs aren't bad! They are considered "end-game" UWs that require
significant investment to pay off. Earning the stones & coins to justify that investment will be
much easier once you've developed your Econ UWs & Chain Lightning.
Credit to minionek247 for polling & presenting the community-ranked UW pick order!