+ Leave an "Initial mana bonus" of at least > 1000 (thus, do not spent everything on skills) + Mana shards can be leeched best by a strong gem with the beam spell + Before you have the Beam spell: Use orange gems in traps for effective mana leech As soon as you have the beam spell: Use orange gems in towers with beam spell to boost your mana leech to a new dimension + Level up the skills for "mana leech", "true color", "resonance", "beam", etc. Use all tricks possible to increase your mana income: However, here are some tipps which worked well for me in the most recent episode (Chasing Shadows): Since GemCraft is very variable and differs also between episodes, it is difficult to give general strategic tipps. On top of this there are spells, gem bombs, walls, amplifier towers, shrines, tombs, monsters nests, mysteroius shadows and many more features which add to the complexity and make GemCraft one of the most variable and addictive online strategy games out there. you really like to poison a monster, you may want putting it in a trap instead of a tower. Whereas towers have more range and focus on general damage, traps increase the special features of the gem. To add another layer of complexity: Gems can be placed either in towers or in traps. But be careful: To many combinations reduce the damage and specialities of of the gems, so that combinations of three or more colors are normally not preferred.
Well, just combine a blue and red gem and there you go. In total, there are nine different colors (in "Chasing Shadows", in older episodes were only eight).īy investing "mana" (which you get over time and by killing monsters) you can improve the gem quality thereby increasing the damage, range and special features of the gem.īy combining two or more gems, you can create gems with combined features:įancy a gem which slows the enemy down and deals splash damage at the same time? yellow gems cause multiple damages and green gems poison the monster for a while. Each color is associated with a unique feature, e.g. The true difference is the Gem crafting system: The "Gems" have different colors and quality and are used to shoot at the approaching monsters. The complexity (and challenge) comes rather with the way how you forge and use your "weapons" in order to defend against those monsters. OK, the three standard monster-types are later amended by spells and curses and there are sometimes also some nasty flying monsters as well, but compared to other TDGs the variety is rather simple. In fact there are only swarmlings (small, but fast and numerous), reapers ("average guy" - monsters) and giants (large and robust, but slow). Can you stop the final boss?įirst of all, compared to those strategic complexities the monster variety seems rather simple. And be careful, the more your experience and powers increase, the stronger your enemies get. However, any monster reaching your orb will steal mana from you. Each monster killed gives you mana (the ultimate "currency" of the game) and experience points (XP). Luckily you possess the ability to forge magic gems which shoot blasts of magic energy, eventually killing the monsters.
The center of your magic force is your "Orb of Presence" to which all monsters are attracted to and which you need to protect by any means. You are a Wizard who comes into this world to stop an evil creature (The Forgotten), a demon which was once summoned by accident by some wizards and now threatens to overwhelm the world. No wonder the newest member of the family "GemCraft Chasing Shadows" is the 4th sequel already in this family (depending how you count it) and has his own entry on Wikipedia! (How many online games can claim this, heh?) Wikipedia-Linkīut what is it that makes this game special (and one of my favorite online strategy games)?
However, some unique features make this game special and very addictive. Like in many other tower defense games, the major goal of this game is to prevent monsters reaching their goal (here being the player's "Orb of Presence").
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