ScrapTD/Guide

Important: This guide isn't complete. It's still under construction. This guide will help from the beginning of ScrapTD, over the unlock of things like the first defenses through higher levels of the game. It's written and maintained by the wiki admin elmenda452, but anyone is welcome to fix errors and making it a bit better.

For the case you already played quite a bit of the game, you can directly jump to the Midgame part or Lategame part. The earlygame part includes obtaining all Barrels and Defenses, the midgame part until Player Level 10 and the lategame part everything after that.

1. The overlay
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First, download the game, if you haven't done this yet. Every time you start it, you get to the main menu, where you get to three "sections": This is the overlay of the game.
 * The first Tab contains a list with your current Barrels and Defenses you'll use to attack other Players. Most of them are locked and must be purchased with Bricks.
 * The second one is a tab where you can see some Statistics, such as your current Player Level, the Trophies, your Energy and more useful information. It has got an Options section as well.
 * The third Tab is the Team Tab, which remains locked until you achieve Level 3.

The next thing you should do now is starting your first Match against other Player.

2. Your first Match
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After a few seconds, the game will have found an opponent for you. You will find three main Sections: Matches always begin with 200 Scrap and 100 Scrap/second production. You can start by sending some Circle Blue barrels (the first, blue Barrel). You will see how the Barrels automatically try going to the other side of the enemy Base, this way you'll remove Health from an enemy (displayed under the opponent's Name). You will get subtracted 200 Scrap every time, but the Barrel will add some Scrap to your production, essential for advancing in a Match. Not much later, you can go to the Defense Tab and place your first Defense. It will automatically shoot the enemy Barrels once placed.
 * Defenses, which will repel enemy Barrels.
 * Barrels, which will be used against your Opponent.
 * Emotes, just to send some emote to your opponent.

Later on, you'll be able to deploy a Square Pink barrel (the second, red Barrel). You will see how it subtracts you 2000 Scrap, but it will give you 10 times as much bonus Scrap Production. Continue fighting the opponent until you either win or lose. In the end of a Match, you'll be rewarded Bricks, and extra Magnets if you win. You can watch an Ad to double the Rewards. A more in-depth guide on how to spend these essential Resources will be found later on in this article. Congratulations! You've finished your first Battle! Head out to get new Defenses and Barrels (don't upgrade them for now, Section 1.4 talks about the Shop) or start another Match.

Pro tip: if you wish not to watch an Ad right after you finish a Match, you can go to the Shop Tab (1st tab in the Main Menu) and get yourself a few Ad Tokens watching ads (1 Ad = 1 Ad Token) to immediately get your x2 Rewards after the end of a Match.

3. Match Basics
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Now that you finished your first Match, it's time to introduce you to some basic tips to improve your Battles.

3.1 Basics
Every Barrel and Defense costs Scrap to be used, which is generated every second. You start out at 200 Scrap and generate 100 Scrap/second, and each Barrel or Defense you deploy in the battleground will grant you with 8% of its cost to your Scrap Production, essential to progress through more advanced Barrels and Defenses.

A few advices:
 * Don't try to use very expensive Barrels/Defenses, as that will slow down your way during the game. Stick with those you can get in a reasonable amount of time.
 * Don't use very cheap Barrels/Defenses either, as you'll just be wasting time. If something is 5x cheaper than your current Scrap Production, just ignore it unless it's an emergency (normally defensive emergency, though don't abuse spamming Defenses as that'll worsen your situation later on).
 * Some barrels are airborne and won't be hit by your first two Defenses. The third Defense (and some latter ones) can hit them. You'll need Defenses which can hit air enemies.

3.2 Offense
Every Barrel has got its unique characteristics which can mean a win or a defeat.

All Barrels have got a Scrap Cost, a different Health, some Damage dealt to your opponent when they get through the way, a Speed at which they get through the opponent's way, and can be terrestrial or airborne.

Here's the overview for the first 5 Barrels, as you'll probably not find yourself against any more Barrels for now: Note how the last Barrel isn't a Ground unit, so it won't be hit by your current defenses (unless you have got the third Defense).

3.3 Defense
As with the Barrels, Defenses have got their own characteristics which help them to repel the enemy Barrels for them to don't get through your way.

All Defenses have got a Scrap Cost, a different Damage done to enemy Barrels, an Attack Speed which sets how fast the Turret will fire at the enemy barrels, an Attack Range, which determines how far a Defense can shoot enemy Barrels, and the ability to hit Ground or Air enemies.

Here's the overview for the first 3 Defenses, as you'll probably not find yourself against any more Defenses for now:

Important: Note how the third Defense is able to shoot Air enemies, so it will be able to assist with Ground enemies as well. This is true for any Air Defense.

3.4 Conclusions
Scrap related: Barrel related: Defense related: Pro tip: the more Scrap you got, the higher the amount of Bricks you'll win from a Match. This is usually used between teammates to win optimal amounts of Bricks, more information on this can be found later on.
 * Try to get more Scrap to produce enough to use better Barrels and Defenses. This is difficult at first and needs quite a bit of practice, but it's the foundation of the game and therefore the biggest difference between the beginner and the experienced.
 * Don't attack with Barrels which can be very easily wiped out by the enemy Defense
 * As stated before, don't use overly expensive Barrels which take a lot to recruit.
 * Don't use very weak Defenses later on as they'll do near to nothing.
 * As stated before, don't use overly expensive Defenses which take a lot to deploy.
 * Put a reasonable amount of Defenses but don't put an unnecessary amount of them, because you will have less space to place better Defenses. Don't put too few Defenses either, if you really feel your defense needs another Defense of a kind, don't hesitate to place it.

4. The end of a Match. Bricks and Shop.
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You'll probably have realized by now that you have got some Bricks (and Magnets if you have won any Match, but those aren't as important) from your matches. I hope you were watching an ad every time to make them x2 every time... because now it's time to use these bricks to unlock new Barrels and Defenses!

To find the Shop, you need to go to the first Tab in the Main Menu, found in the bottom-most part. There, you'll be able to see different sections for Barrels, Defenses, and other cool things you'll unlock later on, such as Upgrades to spend your Magnets on. But for now, head to either Barrels or Defenses and get yourself new Defenses or Barrels. Each Barrel costs 100 Bricks to unlock and each Defense needs 200 Bricks. Don't upgrade them yet because the benefit of obtaining a new Barrel is quite higher than upgrading an already owned one. Only start upgrading them when you get them all.

Also note you'll get some Player Experience when purchasing or upgrading Barrels and Defenses. This sets your maximum Health in a Match. A full list of Barrels can be found at ScrapTD Barrels, and a full list of defenses at Defenses.

5. Teams
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When you get to Player Level 3, you get to unlock Teams. They're located at the third tab of the bottom-most part of the main menu. You can either join or create one at a cost of 500 Magnets. For now, you should join a team. Not a totally inactive one, but not one of the best teams.

At the same time, you unlock Team Leagues, which reward weekly Bricks depending on how many won matches your Team has had throughout the week with a limit at 500 Wins, so you should definitely help your Team getting more Wins, as every 25 Wins the amount of Bricks gets increased.

Congratulations, once you unlocked all Barrels and Defenses you hit the Midgame part!

Part 2: Midgame
Important: This section considers you have got all Barrels and Defenses. If you don't, stay aside!

1. Upgrading Barrels and Defenses
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1.1 Upgrading Barrels
You can Upgrade your Barrels to increase their Damage to deal more damage to the enemy when they reach to the end, and their Health to resist more Defenses upon them.

1.2 Upgrading Defenses
You can Upgrade Your Defenses to increase their Damage to deal more damage to the enemy Barrels. Defenses are more expensive to Upgrade than Barrels if at same level, but give even more Player Experience as well.