The supergem â' After a point, it does not become beneficial to combine two gems of an equal grade. If you are having problems â' beginner problems often need to be taken on a case-by-case basis. Maximize the skills Readiness and Dual Gem Mastery as soon as possible then bring up Focus and Forge. Spend points in Focus until level 16 (and maybe Towerbuilder or Trap builder skills if there are poison gems availabe), then reset skills. This is superior to Pure Gem Mastery, which has less increase to damage, range, and firing speed and fewer specials (certain gem types complement one another).įorge â' Not as important as Readiness or Dual Gem Mastery, but it complements both of those skills. Once you reach level 16, invest as much as you can in this skill.ĭual Gem Mastery â' When maxed, it provides 60% more damage, range, and firing speed for dual gems. Replenish â' An underrated skill it affects mana gain AND score, increasing them by 40% each when it is maxed. The only one of the beginning skills that is actually worth the skill points you spend. Here are the four most important skills:įocus â' the initial starting mana is important, and it will help you immensely.

There are 28 skills total in Gemcraft Chapter 0 (3 are reserved for Armor Games). That said, there are amulets for summoning 50, 100, and 200 monsters in battle, giving 100, 150, and 200 xp, respectively. Angering with grade 1s causes 5 more monsters to be summoned in the next wave. A high armor level can make creatures almost invulnerable to damage.

The armor level shields creatures from damage equal to their armor level of hit points every hit (so if a tower fires a shot with a damage of 10 that hits a creature with an armor level of 2, the creature will only take 8 damage). Even though the monster health increases slowly, the armor level increases rapidly when angering with grade 1s. Beware! Angering can easily kill you and angering too many times can make creatures many times more difficult to kill. Angering causes an increase in the number of monsters, the score per monster, the monster health, and the monster armor. You anger by gem bombing the sidebar (at low levels, anger with grade 1s). Kill 50 monsters in a row â' This is more difficult than it sounds at this low a level â' 60 xp. This requires you to throw gem bombs, but gives an extra 150 xp, and allows you to get Lost Amulets on certain levels, which give from 200 to 2000 xp.) â' 200 xp.Ĭall waves early â' you do this by clicking the upcoming waves â' 40, 80, or 120 xp, depending on the percentage of waves sent early. If possible, destroy every building in a battle (What does this mean? It means to use the gem bomb skill to destroy the structures in your way, like beacons, monster buildings, and small rocks. Luckily, Gameinabottle has provided us with amulets, which help us gain experience without requiring high scores.ĭo not build a trap â' 100 xp. It is useful to space out your towers a bit so they are not competing for creatures.Įarly on, we need to gain experience, but we are not capable of scoring in the millions and getting experience that way. Mix two colors of gems to create Dual Gems, as these provide the best bonuses, especially with Dual Gem Mastery. We will be ignoring Mana Pool for now â' it is a skill that only becomes useful later.Īt this stage of the game, it is far more useful to use towers, as they deal more damage than traps. Gem Bomb, Create Tower, Create a Gem, Mana Pool, Create a Trap, Combine Gems. There are 6 controls on the top of the screen. When monsters reach your wizard point, it costs mana to banish them, which brings the monsters back to the start of the map (wherever they originated). The goal of Gemcraft is to defend your Wizard Point from successive waves of monsters, each wave more difficult than the last. With Mana, you can buy Gems, Towers, Traps, and you can Mana Pool. Mana is the currency of Gemcraft Chapter 0. Towers, Traps, and Gem Creation and Combination

Here are guides complete with strategies - the objectives for each guide are to score the greatest amount of points possible assuming your range of levels. There are basically 3 'levels' of Gemcraft playing - I divide these up into Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced.īeginner ranges from level 1-30.

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