Uploaded June 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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If you want to level up new heroes fast, you should play the map "Lover's Paradise" on Survival at Ruthless Hardcore difficulty. This map is the best XP map in the whole game, if you ask me. Its better than Tinkeres Lab and Crystal Cave (and its faster). You need some heroes with okay-ish stats to do this (4-6k). And you only need to repeat waves 10-20. If you dont have good enough heroes to do this yourself, you can ask friends or people online to help you set up the map - OR - You can play on easier difficulty. If you playing on easier difficulty, for example Insane, then Im not sure if maps like Tinkeres Lab or Crystal cave are better than Lovers Paradise (I didnt test on easier difficulty).

You can level up to 4 new heroes from level 1-85 in one run (depending on your tower stats and how many waves you survive). Repeat this map as many times as needed to get to level 100. You should focus on repeating wave 10-20/25, its the fastest way to level up heroes! Also, you should put a fully upgraded guardian pet on each hero, it gives you more XP and also help boost towers so you stay alive without tower boosting. The build strategy is fast and simple, auras on each crystal, gas traps on each crystal (not needed, but to be safe), reflection beams on each side of the bridge, and finally an EV beam with 4 deathly strike towers and the rest lighting towers. It doesn't matter if you cant beat all waves, you will get lots of experience from wave 10. Just repeat the map until you reach level 100 (if that's your goal).

If you wanna stack towers and build them on top of each other, you need a program called "AutoHotKey" (legacy version) and a tower stack script. More info available on the DD wiki: dungeondefenders.fandom.com/wiki/Tower_Stacking

Background music used in this video are my own remixes of the Dungeon Defenders OST :D
Listen to my DD remixes here: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLG-nemiRc1_q5eTXxYAOUv8J8OUOmiG_j
Buy Dungeon Defenders here: store.steampowered.com/app/65800/Dungeon_Defenders

Some DD Tips:
- Press CTRL+SHIFT to toggle minimap
- Press G or CTRL+G to ready up, Press V to ready up Boss timer
- Hold SHIFT to view map, press O or P to toggle map enemies and traps
- Press H to toggle UI
- Press F2-F8 to toggle multiple heroes window - F2 is main hero, F7 removes all other heroes
- Press TAB to chat, or F1 to view chat log / use chat
- Hold the numbers button (0-9) when selecting trap/ability to bind the hotkey.
- Always have all your heroes out when u leveling up while playing solo, then you always have heroes in high level when finding better armor and weapons. Also it helps to have many good heroes when playing with others.
- Good builders are Monk aura (Aura range), EV beam (Tower dmg), Summoner minions (Minions HP), Hermit towers (Tower dmg and range), App towers (Tower dmg and speed), and Huntress gas traps etc (Mines range).
- Good DPS heroes are Monk with pet, Huntress, App and Gunwitch.
Squire, Countess, Jester and other heroes are also good for DPS.
I would say highest DPS Heroes are Huntress, GW, Jester and App.
I almost beat the whole endgame with Squire though, he was my favorite hero for a long time. Now Im using GW for DPS.
- Monk has best Pet dmg scale. Use monk for best Pet damage.
- Unique weapons from clearing maps are the best weapons. Event weapons are even better (and a little bit lame :P).
- Best levels to get lots of XP: Tinkerers lab, Crystal cave, and Lovers paradise.
- Hardcore mode adds timer to most maps on Insane or higher difficulty. Hardcore mode gives better loot and exp when enabled. Many achievements require you to win with Hardcore mode enabled.
- Collect achievements (makes game more fun imo), it will give you good gear (accs) and also more storage space in Item box later on.
- Upgrade your stuff and make sure your armor has maximum resistance on all 4 resistances. Then you will stop dying on higher difficulties.
- Use the same type of Armor for bonus stats. There are 5 types of Armor (Mail, Chain, Pristine, Leather, Plate).
- If you use Jester, you can heal the crystal core with the Wheel O Fortune ability (Crystal - Potion - Potion). Or you can use a Crystal Pet that heals nearby cores (not easy to get).
- With summoner, when building minions, if you dont move your mouse when placing minions, then you can stack them on top of each other.




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