Wave Defence

Wave Defence
Date added	2019-05-26
Time limit	None
Required level	Scales with dungeon
Preceded by	The Underworld
Followed by	Samurai Palace

Wave Defence is a game mode that was added to Dungeon Quest on May 26th, 2019. It is accessible from the Create Dungeon interface and serves as an alternative to playing in dungeons. In Wave Defence, players must fight off groups of enemies and try to survive as many waves as possible. Just like with dungeons, Wave Defence can be played solo or with a team.

Wave Defence is currently unavailable for Ghastly Harbor, Steampunk Sewers, Orbital Outpost, Volcanic Chambers, Aquatic Temple, Enchanted Forest, Northern Lands, Gilded Skies, Yokai Peak and Remastered Dungeons since December 2023. It is unknown if any of these maps will ever be included in Wave Defence.

On the old Join Dungeon interface, Wave Defence parties have a blue tint instead of gray. The party also shows a Wave Defence label in the top left corner of the party listing and does not show the "Hardcore mode" option, since it is not available for Wave Defence.

The main themes are (raw) Glorious Heroes and (raw) Final Defense.

Gameplay

Hardcore mode is replaced by a respawn system, where any vanquished players can respawn after every 5th wave if at least one person on their team is still alive. Solo matches are effectively still "Hardcore" though, since the respawn mechanic requires at least two players to function.

Waves normally have two hordes of eight random mobs from the selected dungeon that spawn at two of the four gateways located around the edges of the coliseum. On every 5th wave, an eligible boss from the selected dungeon will spawn in the center of the coliseum.

After every 15th wave, players are given a loot drop and the health and damage of enemies will increase by an additional 25% of their base stats. Health stats for enemies and bosses are also affected by player scaling, with 30% added per player (+0% with 1 total player, +30% with two total players, +60% with three total players, etc.).

Dungeon interface with Wave Defense mode toggled (Notice the Wave icon at top right)

Wave Defence toggled on the OLD Create Dungeon interface.

The difference between a normal dungeon party and a wave defence party in the OLD Join Dungeon interface.

Bosses

Due to constraints with the coliseum design and boss mechanics, some bosses are unable to spawn. They are denoted on the table below.

Wave Defence Bosses

Dungeon	First mini-boss	Second mini-boss	Main boss
Desert Temple (Legacy)	Desert and Winter do not have any mini-bosses.		Sand Giant
Winter Outpost (Legacy)			Ice Elemental
Pirate Island	Captain Blackbeard	Cannot spawn (Spider Queen)	Demonic Pirate Captain
King's Castle	Cannot spawn (Beast Master)	Arch-Mage	The King
The Underworld	Demonic Overgrowth	Kolvumar	Cannot spawn (Demon Lord Azrallik)
Samurai Palace	Sanada Yukimura	Ancient Golem Guardian	Miyamoto Musashi
The Canals	Mage Overlord	Guardian Overlord	Warrior Overlord

Drops

After every 15 waves, players will receive one random drop from the loot table of the map and difficulty that is being played. Users with the Extra Item game pass receive a second drop. Hardcore mode cannot be applied to a Wave Defence party, which means that three drops is not possible outside of specific events. With the exception of the two Legacy Dungeons, Desert Temple and Winter Outpost, cosmetic sets cannot be obtained in this mode. Those two dungeons' remastered versions' cosmetic sets cannot be obtained from this mode.

To see the possible armor, weapon, and ability drops for each map on Wave Defence, please check the respective dungeon's page listed below:

Wave Defence Loot Drops

Desert Temple drops

Winter Outpost drops

Pirate Island drops

King's Castle drops

The Underworld drops

Samurai Palace drops

The Canals drops

Defender Title Cosmetics

Playing through Wave Defence can allow the player to unlock cosmetic "Defender" titles. These titles can be earned from every map within the Wave Defence game mode. The rarity of the title increases with the amount of completed waves, with a Common title dropping at wave 30, an Uncommon title dropping at wave 45, a Rare title dropping at wave 100, and an Epic title dropping at wave 300.

Each title uses one word to describe what map the waves were played on. Desert is used for Desert Temple, Winter is used for Winter Outpost, Pirate is used for Pirate Island, King is used for King's Castle, Demon is used for The Underworld, Samurai is used for Samurai Palace, and Canal is used for The Canals.

• Desert Temple
• Winter Outpost
• Pirate Island
• King's Castle
• The Underworld
• Samurai Palace
• The Canals

Wave Defence Titles

Title	Waves Required
Desert Defender	30
Elite Desert Defender	45
Ultimate Desert Defender	100
Godly Desert Defender	300

Wave Defence Titles

Title	Waves Required
Winter Defender	30
Elite Winter Defender	45
Ultimate Winter Defender	100
Godly Winter Defender	300

Wave Defence Titles

Title	Waves Required
Pirate Defender	30
Elite Pirate Defender	45
Ultimate Pirate Defender	100
Godly Pirate Defender	300

Wave Defence Titles

Title	Waves Required
King's Defender	30
Elite King's Defender	45
Ultimate King's Defender	100
Godly King's Defender	300

Wave Defence Titles

Title	Waves Required
Demon Defender	30
Elite Demon Defender	45
Ultimate Demon Defender	100
Godly Demon Defender	300

Wave Defence Titles

Title	Waves Required
Samurai Defender	30
Elite Samurai Defender	45
Ultimate Samurai Defender	100
Godly Samurai Defender	300

Wave Defence Titles

Title	Waves Required
Canal Defender	30
Elite Canal Defender	45
Ultimate Canal Defender	100
Godly Canal Defender	300

Gold Yield

Main article: Gold

With every loot drop, players also receive a gold reward. The amount received varies slightly around a fixed value. The gold amount is exactly the same as the rate for dungeons.

EXP Earnings

The table below lists the total experience gained after completing 15 waves (one loot cycle). This total is divided among 192 enemies and three bosses, since this is the amount that spawns in a single loot cycle.

EXP Earnings per loot cycle

Dungeon	Difficulty	EXP	EXP (VIP)	EXP (Boost)	EXP (VIP and Boost)
Desert Temple	Easy	774	928	1,548	1,702
	Medium	1,026	1,231	2,052	2,257
	Hard	1,662	1,994	3,324	3,656
	Insane	2,328	2,793	4,656	5,121
	Nightmare	3,954	4,744	7,908	8,698
Winter Outpost	Easy	8,856	10,627	17,712	19,483
	Medium	12,420	14,904	24,840	27,324
	Hard	21,960	26,352	43,920	48,312
	Insane	38,160	45,792	76,320	83,952
	Nightmare	66,720	80,064	133,440	146,784
Pirate Island	Insane	98,400	118,080	196,800	216,480
	Nightmare	145,200	174,240	290,400	319,440
King's Castle	Insane	271,200	325,440	542,400	596,640
	Nightmare	542,400	650,880	1,084,800	1,193,280
The Underworld	Insane	882,000	~1.058M	1.764M	~1.94M
	Nightmare	1.548M	~1.858M	3.096M	~3.406M
Samurai Palace	Insane	3.384M	~4.061M	6.768M	~7.445M
	Nightmare	6M	7.2M	12M	13.2M
The Canals	Insane	8.028M	~9.634M	16.056M	~17.662M
	Nightmare	13.56M	16.272M	27.12M	29.832M

Trivia

• The addition of Wave Defence was decided by a poll in the vCaffy's Games discord, in which it gained the most votes. The other options were 'Raids' and 'PvP,' the former eventually being added as Boss Raids (Legacy), while the latter has likely transformed into Arena Champions.
• When this update was released, Cosmetic Titles were also introduced.
• It was formerly possible to create a Wave Defence party on Enchanted Forest, though it did not properly function. This has since been fixed.
• The map lighting and color scheme of the coliseum is different between each playable map in Wave Defence.
• When some backend updates have been released, it allows players to obtain corresponding dungeon cosmetic title only from Wave Defence. This is likely an oversight.
• Some of the mobs uses its old version in Wave Defence:
  • Despite modifications made relating to Roblox China Policy (which resulted in the removal of skull sprites from enemies in the Pirate Island dungeon), enemies in the Pirate Island Wave Defence still have them equipped.
  • In the Legacy Desert Temple Wave Defence, the Sand Giant will not attack using the fire lines. As Sand Giant does not have any other abilities other than melee punch at that point.
• Wave Defence received a new soundtrack when the developers released a backend update on 2023-08-08: (raw) "Final Defense"