Descent into Darkness

The Descent into Darkness campaign sends your Crusaders into the depths of a castle, utilizing a new diamond shaped formation, new level layouts, monsters, and challenges.

Objectives

Below are the objectives for Descent into Darkness in order from left to right.

Didn't Dig Deep Enough

Objective Beat area 100 Restrictions Must have 50+ Idols Reward 100 Red Rubies

Dug Just Right

Objective Beat area 150 Restrictions Complete 'Didn't Dig Deep Enough' Reward 150 Red Rubies

Grond! Grond! Grond!

Tier 1

Objective Ram your way to area 150 Restrictions Complete 'Dug Just right' Must have 200+ Idols Battering Ram occupies your middle and front slots Reward 200 Red Rubies

Tier 2

Objective Ram your way to area 350 Restrictions Complete 'Dug Just right' Must have 200+ Idols Battering Ram occupies your middle and front slots Grond now shoots fire from its side, reducing DPS of Crusaders in those slots by 95% Reward 250 Red Rubies

Tier 3

Objective Ram your way to area 550 Restrictions Complete 'Dug Just right' Must have 200+ Idols Battering Ram occupies your middle and front slots Grond now shoots fire from its side, reducing DPS of Crusaders in those slots by 95% The fire now also slowly damages Crusaders in the affected slots, but cannot kill them Reward 300 Red Rubies

 Note: Crusaders in the affected slots take 2% of their max HP as damage every second, until 1 HP remaining.

Tier 4

Objective Ram your way to area 750 Restrictions Complete 'Dug Just right' Must have 200+ Idols Battering Ram occupies your middle and front slots Grond now shoots fire from its side, reducing DPS of Crusaders in those slots by 95% The fire now also slowly damages Crusaders in the affected slots, but cannot kill them Defenders of the Realm attack the formation, trying to destroy the Grond Defenders of the Realm have greatly increased speed Reward 300 Red Rubies

 Note: Crusaders in the affected slots take 2% of their max HP as damage every second, until 1 HP remaining.

Tier 5

Objective Ram your way to area 450 Restrictions Grond occupies your middle and front slots Grond shoots fire from its sides, disabling the DPS and Upgrades of Crusaders in those slots Tier 5: Areas become difficult much more quickly Reward 350 Red Rubies

Get Me Out of Here!

Tier 1

Objective Race to Area 150 Restrictions Complete 'Dug Just Right' Must have 400+ Idols Monsters can't be damaged by DPS Reward 200 Red Rubies

Tier 2

Objective Escape to area 350 with a pal in tow. Restrictions Complete 'Dug Just Right' Must have 400+ Idols Monsters can't be damaged by DPS Tier 2: Your best buddy is escaping with you. If he dies, the formation wipes Reward 250 Red Rubies

Tier 3

Objective Escape to area 550. Restrictions Complete 'Dug Just Right' Must have 400+ Idols Monsters can't be damaged by DPS Tier 2: Your best buddy is escaping with you. If he dies, the formation wipes Tier 3: Escape is even farther away Reward 300 Red Rubies

Tier 4

Objective Escape to area 750 by mundane means. Restrictions Complete 'Dug Just Right' Must have 400+ Idols Monsters can't be damaged by DPS Tier 2: Your best buddy is escaping with you. If he dies, the formation wipes Tier 3: Escape is even farther away Tier 4: Legendary effects are disabled Reward 300 Red Rubies

Tier 5

Objective Escape to area 450. Restrictions Monsters can't be damaged by DPS Tier 5: Areas become difficult much more quickly Reward 350 Red Rubies

Dug Too Deep

Objective Beat area 200 Restrictions Complete 'Dug Just Right' Reward 200 Red Rubies

Lone Descent

Tier 1

Objective A solo journey to area 200 Restrictions Complete 'Dug Too Deep' Must have 400+ Idols You can only have one Crusader active at a time! Bring your lone hero past area 200 Reward 250 Red Rubies

Tier 2

Objective A solo journey to area 400 Restrictions Complete 'Dug Too Deep' Must have 400+ Idols You can only have one Crusader active at a time! Reward 300 Red Rubies

Tier 3

Objective A solo journey to area 600 Restrictions Complete 'Dug Too Deep' Must have 400+ Idols You can only have one Crusader active at a time! Reward 350 Red Rubies

Tier 4

Objective A solo journey to area 800 Restrictions Complete 'Dug Too Deep' Must have 400+ Idols You can only have one Crusader active at a time! XP is replaced with Exhaustion A point of Exhaustion is earned every 2 hours Exhaustion decreases Crusader DPS by 100% Reward 350 Red Rubies

Tier 5

Objective A solo journey to area 500 Restrictions You can only have one Crusader active at a time! Tier 5: Areas become difficult much more quickly Reward 400 Red Rubies

Double Trouble

Tier 1

Objective Beat area 250 Restrictions Complete 'Dug Too Deep' Must have 400+ Idols Each area has double the enemies or bosses! Enemies drop less gold Reward 300 Red Rubies

Tier 2

Objective Beat area 450 Restrictions Complete 'Dug Too Deep' Must have 400+ Idols Each area has double the enemies or bosses! Enemies drop less gold and quest items Enemy and boss health greatly increased Reward 350 Red Rubies

Tier 3

Objective Beat area 650 Restrictions Complete 'Dug Too Deep' Must have 400+ Idols Each area has double the enemies or bosses! Enemies drop less gold and quest items Enemy and boss health massively increased Reward 400 Red Rubies

Tier 4

Objective Beat area 850 Restrictions Complete 'Dug Too Deep' Must have 400+ Idols Each area has double the enemies or bosses! Enemies drop less gold and quest items Enemy and boss health massively increased Enemies move much faster Reward 400 Red Rubies

Tier 5

Objective Beat area 500 Restrictions Each area has double the enemies or bosses! Enemies drop half gold and quest items Enemies move twice as fast and have twice as much health Tier 5: Areas become difficult much more quickly Reward 400 Red Rubies

Dual Descent

Tier 1

Objective Beat area 250 while only using 2 Crusaders at a time Restrictions Complete 'Lone Descent' Must have 600+ Idols Only allowed 2 Crusaders on the field at a time Reward 300 Red Rubies

Tier 2

Objective Beat area 450 while only using 2 Crusaders at a time Restrictions Complete 'Lone Descent' Must have 600+ Idols Only allowed 2 Crusaders on the field at a time Your crusaders cannot be placed directly adjacent to each other Reward 350 Red Rubies

Tier 3

Objective Beat area 650 while only using 2 Crusaders at a time Restrictions Complete 'Lone Descent' Must have 600+ Idols Only allowed 2 Crusaders on the field at a time Your crusaders cannot be placed directly adjacent to each other Reward 400 Red Rubies

Tier 4

Objective Beat area 850 while only using 2 Crusaders at a time Restrictions Complete 'Lone Descent' Must have 600+ Idols Only allowed 2 Crusaders on the field at a time Your crusaders cannot be placed directly adjacent to each other XP is replaced with Exhaustion A point of Exhaustion is earned every 2 hours Exhaustion decreases Crusader DPS by 100% Reward 400 Red Rubies

Tier 5

Objective Beat area 550 while only using 2 Crusaders at a time Restrictions Only allowed 2 Crusaders on the field at a time Tier 5: Only Angels and Demons can be used Tier 5: Areas become difficult much more quickly Reward 500 Red Rubies

 Note:

• For All Tiers:
  • As suggested by the formation display, you may place your 2 crusaders in any 2 slots of the whole diamond formation.
• For Tier 2-4:
  • Both crusaders reduce the DPS of adjacent crusaders by 100% (to 0 DPS), therefore you should not place crusaders directly adjacent to each other.

• For Tier 5:
  • Available crusaders are shown below:

Valid Crusaders

Demolition Derby

Tier 1

Objective Beat area 250 while protecting the demolition experts Restrictions Complete 'Dug Too Deep' Must have 1,000+ Idols Demolition experts take up your third column They're carrying explosives... don't let them die! Reward 250 Red Rubies

Tier 2

Objective Beat area 450 while protecting the demolition experts Restrictions Complete 'Dug Too Deep' Must have 1,000+ Idols Demolition experts take up your third column They're carrying explosives... don't let them die! The demolitionists now decrease the DPS of adjacent Crusaders by 95% Reward 300 Red Rubies

Tier 3

Objective Beat area 650 while protecting the demolition experts Restrictions Complete 'Dug Too Deep' Must have 1,000+ Idols Demolition experts take up your third column They're carrying explosives... don't let them die! The demolitionists now decrease the DPS of adjacent Crusaders by 95% The demolitionists now decrease your Gold Find bonus by 25% per adjacent Crusader Reward 350 Red Rubies

 Note: The gold find reduction stacks additively, and is per demolition expert, therefore two crusaders reduce the gold find by 100% (no gold gain).

Tier 4

Objective Beat area 850 while protecting the demolition experts Restrictions Complete 'Dug Too Deep' Must have 1,000+ Idols Demolition experts take up your third column They're carrying explosives... don't let them die! The demolitionists now decrease the DPS of adjacent Crusaders by 95% The demolitionists now decrease your Gold Find bonus by 25% per adjacent Crusader Bomba monsters now spawn. If they reach your formation you wipe and go back one area. Reward 400 Red Rubies

 Note: Bomba monsters do not spawn on boss levels, and will survive for at least 5 seconds.

Tier 5

Objective Beat area 500 while protecting the demolitions experts Restrictions Demolition experts take up your 3rd column They're carrying explosives... don't let them die! Tier 5: Areas become difficult much more quickly Reward 450 Red Rubies

Slow Descent

Tier 1

Objective Beat area 100, but it's a lot harder than normal Restrictions Complete 'Dug Too Deep' Must have 5,000+ Idols Area difficulty ramps up much, much, much, much faster Reward 300 Red Rubies

Tier 2

Objective Beat area 140, but it's a lot harder than normal Restrictions Complete 'Dug Too Deep' Must have 5,000+ Idols Area difficulty ramps up much, much, much, much faster Reward 350 Red Rubies

Tier 3

Objective Beat area 180, but it's a lot harder than normal Restrictions Complete 'Dug Too Deep' Must have 5,000+ Idols Area difficulty ramps up much, much, much, much faster Reward 400 Red Rubies

Tier 4

Objective Beat area 200, but it's a lot harder than normal Restrictions Complete 'Dug Too Deep' Must have 5,000+ Idols Area difficulty ramps up much, much, much, much faster Enemies drop significantly less gold Reward 400 Red Rubies

Tier 5

Objective Beat area 250, but it's a lot harder than normal Restrictions Area difficulty ramps up much, much, much, much faster Enemies drop significantly less gold Reward 450 Red Rubies

 Note:

• For All Tiers:
  • You have to collect five times the items and kill five times the monster/bosses.

It's Getting Dark

Tier 1

Objective Descend into the Darkness to reach area 625 Restrictions Diamond Formation Complete all other Descent into Darkness objectives (tier 1 or better) Complete the Grey Goo objective in World's Wake Every 10 areas it gets darker, reducing your overall DPS by 10% and increasing monster health by 10% and speed by 3.33%. This effect stacks multiplicatively Reward The Shadow Queen Unlocks the 22nd Crusader Slot

 Note: As this objective reduces your DPS by current area, when you want to use time warps, open chests, etc. to gain gold, going back to area 1 (by pressing shift+left arrow) will increase the gold gained significantly.

Light In The Darkness

Tier 2

Objective Reach area 775 while a peculiar ally lights the way. Restrictions Complete all other Tier 2 Descent Into Darkness objectives Complete 'Waking Up' A floating candle occupies the middle of the formation The candle lights up 3 slots every 15 seconds, for 15 seconds Only Crusaders in the lit slots do DPS Reward Unlock Bonus Idols Buffs all Bonus Idol drops by 25% (additive) and unlocks them for this Campaign.

 Note: Lit crusaders retain their status even when taken out of formation or moved to another location. Crusaders added to formation will not deal damage until the candle lights them up.

Corrupting Darkness

Tier 3

Objective Reach area 1200, or embrace your true self. The choice is yours. Restrictions Complete all other Tier 3 "Descent Into Darkness" objectives Complete "Awaken the Dragon" Every 15 seconds, a random Crusader becomes corrupted for 5-15 seconds All positive DPS effects from corrupted Crusaders become negative, and vice versa Reward Double Idols Increases Idols gained on reset by 100% (applied before Bonus Idols)

Inner Darkness

Tier 4

Objective Reach area 1200 during a crisis of faith. Restrictions Complete all other Tier 4 "Descent Into Darkness" objectives Complete 'Washed Up' A seer occupies a slot in the formation, changing places every 100 areas The seer reveals the true nature of adjacent Crusaders, reducing the effects of their Formation Abilities The Shadow Queen is always true to herself, making her immune to this effect If any Crusader is killed, your formation wipes Reward Challenge Bonus Idols Allows Bonus Idols to drop on Challenge objectives

The Memory Remains

Tier 5

Objective Beat area 1150 if you can remember the way. Restrictions Complete all Tier 5 Descent Into Darkness objectives Requires having completed the Watery Demise objective from the World's Wake campaign Areas get difficult much quicker Evil tagged Crusaders cannot be used Only Crusaders with 650 or more personal EP can be used When killed, monsters come back to life as ghosts. Ghosts live at least 3 seconds and don't drop quest items when killed. Reward Enormous Numbers Increases your max number to 1.00e1400

Free Play

Objective Play without an objective. No Red Rubies given at reset. Restrictions Complete 'Didn't Dig Deep Enough' Reward 0 Red Rubies