--- title: Legend of Defenders Wiki: Achievements, Guide, Heroes & Patch Notes description: Fan wiki for the Steam idle tower defense game Legend of Defenders: all 153 achievements with unlock rates and a tracker, a beginner guide, heroes and bosses, and patch notes. url: https://legendofdefenders.com/ --- Wave **1** · Fan wiki # Legend of Defenders Wiki Everything you need for the idle tower defense game on Steam: all 153 achievements with real unlock rates and a tracker, a beginner guide built from the developers' own patch notes, and every hero, captain and Rift boss named so far. [Track achievements](https://legendofdefenders.com/achievements/) [Beginner guide](https://legendofdefenders.com/guide/) ## Game at a glance Playing now5,230Steam, 2026-11-03 Price (US)$9.80$14.00 −30% on 2026-11-03 ReleasedNov 2, 2026Windows, Steam Achievements153none hidden DeveloperKaiPlaypublisher Gamersky Games Languages5EN, 简中, 繁中, 日本語, 한국어 Player count and price from Steam's public APIs. Live numbers refresh every 10 minutes. ## Start here [Achievement tracker All 153 with Steam unlock rates, the six that are easy but skipped, and your next five likely unlocks. Open tracker →](https://legendofdefenders.com/achievements/) [Beginner guide What to do in your first hour, where most players stall (57% reach wave 200), and how to get unstuck. Read the guide →](https://legendofdefenders.com/guide/) [Heroes & bosses 22 heroes, 6 captains and 7 Rift bosses named by the developers, with element combos. See the roster →](https://legendofdefenders.com/heroes/) [Patch notes Every official update from the first playtest to the Day 1 Hotfix, summed up in plain words. See what changed →](https://legendofdefenders.com/patch-notes/) [Gameplay videos English full-release, Demo and review videos with chapter links to unlocks, the Mine and the Red Dragon. Watch →](https://legendofdefenders.com/videos/) ## How the game plays Your castle stands on the left; monster waves walk in from the right. Heroes fight from windows in the castle, Turrets and Cannons stand in front of it, and a Captain walks the battlefield. Everything attacks on its own, and Auto Battle also casts skills for you. Waves pay out gold, EXP and talent points. You spend them on Castle Upgrade, hero levels and star-ups, the Training Grounds and the talent tree. Placement barely matters: the developers built it so you swap lineups, not tiles. When the main waves get too hard, you go sideways: Rift Raid bosses for gear, the Blacksmith to improve it, the Demon Lord Tower, the Mine for Diamonds and the Black Market for blind boxes. ## Watch it play Two launch-day runs of the full release: one mid-game save, one fresh start. Chapter links jump to the parts our guide cites. Full release 2026-11-02 · 4,233 views ### [The Tower Defense With NO LEVEL CAP Finally Released IN FULL!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSpOuExSDiI) AboboKnows A mid-game save (wave 100 → 166) with a fire-and-ice team. Best single tour of the menus, recruiting and the first Rift boss. - [1:39 Menu tour: Training Grounds, Monster Lab, Black Market, Warehouse, Mine](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSpOuExSDiI&t=99s) - [3:15 10-pulls, shards and gems](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSpOuExSDiI&t=195s) - [16:42 Unlocking the Treasure Altar](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSpOuExSDiI&t=1002s) - [25:44 Red Dragon fight (Rift Gate)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSpOuExSDiI&t=1544s) - [29:50 Demon Lord Tower field effects](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSpOuExSDiI&t=1790s) - [42:33 Talent tree nodes](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSpOuExSDiI&t=2553s) Full release 2026-11-02 · 3,148 views ### [This incremental idle TD is insanely good](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=etJMFiRxGYo) Nerfed Reflexes A fresh start on the full release. Good for seeing exactly when each feature unlocks. - [7:15 Training Grounds unlock (wave 20)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=etJMFiRxGYo&t=435s) - [9:40 Unlock requirements for Tower, Rift, Blacksmith, Black Market, Treasure Altar](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=etJMFiRxGYo&t=580s) - [10:28 Settings: auto next wave, fail rewind, damage numbers](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=etJMFiRxGYo&t=628s) - [21:49 Castle level 50 opens a 4th hero slot](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=etJMFiRxGYo&t=1309s) - [25:57 Talent Bureau at Castle level 60](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=etJMFiRxGYo&t=1557s) [All gameplay videos, sorted by game version →](https://legendofdefenders.com/videos/) ## Latest from the developers - 2026-11-02 ### Day 1 Hotfix [Read on Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/4740930/view/1847920302248853) · [our summary](https://legendofdefenders.com/patch-notes/) - 2026-11-02 ### Lead Your Defenders Against the Hordes! [Read on Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/4740930/view/1847920302247473) · [our summary](https://legendofdefenders.com/patch-notes/) - 2026-10-31 ### Stuck on a Wave? No Worries! Farm Bosses in the Rift and Forge Epic Gear! [Read on Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/4740930/view/1847920302241615) · [our summary](https://legendofdefenders.com/patch-notes/) ## Legend of Defenders FAQ ### What is Legend of Defenders? An idle tower defense game for Windows by KaiPlay Studio, published by Gamersky Games and released on Steam on Nov 2, 2026. You defend a castle from endless monster waves with Heroes, Turrets, Cannons and Captains; battles run automatically and resources keep coming in while you are away. ### Is Legend of Defenders free to play? Does it have microtransactions? No and no. It is a paid game ($14.00 list price) and the developers describe it as single-player with zero in-app purchases. Optional extras are a free Halloween Castle Skin DLC and a Supporter Pack (Holy Light castle skin, Witch Hand recruitment skin, 200 Diamonds and the Mag Ranger hero). ### Does my Demo progress carry over to the full game? Yes, according to the developers: Demo saves carry over directly when you launch the full release, gear included. Saves from the earlier Playtest did not carry into the Demo. ### Can I play it in the background or at work? Auto Battle lets heroes, turrets and cannons attack and cast skills on their own, and the Boss Key hides the window instantly, taskbar icon included. Resources also accumulate while the game is closed. ### Does it run on Steam Deck, Mac or Linux? Steam lists Windows only. The Day 1 Hotfix fixed a bug that stopped saving on Steam Deck, so the developers are fixing Deck issues, but there is no official Mac or Linux build. ### Is this the same game as Legend of Defenders on the App Store? No. The iOS app called Legend of Defenders is a different game from a different developer (Mintry Inc., released 2024). This site covers the Steam PC game by KaiPlay Studio. ### How many achievements are there? 153. Our tracker lists all of them with Steam's global unlock rates. System requirements (Steam): minimum Windows 10 21H1+ 64-bit, Intel Core i3, 8 GB RAM, DirectX 11 GPU with 1 GB VRAM, 1 GB storage. Recommended Windows 10/11 64-bit, Intel Core i5, 16 GB RAM, GTX 1060 / RX 580, 1 GB storage.