Overview[1]
Bleak Barrens is a small map, containing one straight line between the enemies and defense point. Around the map you can spot various skeletons and towers, as well as the main tower near the defense point. You can also point out that the map is covered with some sort of strange liquid acting as water.
Stats
- Type
- Demise
Map Rewards
(Reward is affected by match time. You may get a higher/lower reward than shown as Tower Heroes system is the slower you go, the higher the reward.)
Tips
It is recommended that you spam level 2 attack towers during the first few waves. Maitake is highly recommended due to her Level 1 Detection and high damage allowing her to handle the first few waves. Because more Reapers spawn past wave 10, it is recommended that you donate mana so somebody could get a Level 4-5 Maitake or a Level 4-5 Oddport. Oddport is nearly a complete necessity due to its fast spawn rate. However, Levels 4-5 can be quite expensive, so it's recommended for one player to save up for Oddport's upgrades while the other players donate their mana. An alternative to Oddport would be Hot Dog Frank with a strategy that involves level 4 spam. Level 5 Kart Kid is highly recommended for handling Ancient Runes, Skeleworms and Void Sentries. Slime King is also a viable choice from early to mid-game due to its fast spawn rate and high HP at Levels 3-5. Additionally, Buzzer's ability can make King Slime deal strong damage against Demise, especially if the ability is stacked. However, keep in mind that having multiple Buzzers can cause lag. If this happens, then you can try selling all Buzzers after using their ability. Branch is extremely useful since it can handle Elite and Dark Rogues with its Splash Damage. Rangeds like Scientist, Beebo, Fracture and Voca can be used as secondary damagers. Level 5 Byte can be used to get several enemies close together so that Branches deal even more damage at the same time. Lure is also very useful because of his high damage, stun immunity, and ability to attack multiple of them at the same time.
Patch history
Bleak Barrens is the shortest map in the game, not counting Facility Raid without fences. The tower you're defending will destroy anytime you lose or with the boss entering the base without killing you. The second one said can only happen by using certain Modifiers. Instead of Slimes spawning on Wave 1, a Spider and Ghost spawn, which will most likely cause players to lose health. On Medium and Hard, a single Rune spawns on Wave 1 as well. Prior to an update, Demise's actual theme only played on Hard Mode, while the other theme played on Easy and Medium. Demise is the first boss to have the ability to downgrade a hero, second being Ornate, third one being Eternity and the last one being Mirage. It is also the first boss to be immune to all status effects, second being the Void, and third being Ornate. During the Canyon Calamity Revamp Update, Winged, Devil, and Big Reapers, as well as Big Demon Slimes and Dark Skeletons were added to the map. Hiloh confirmed this map is a direct reference to Barrens from OneShot. When the Volcano Valley remake launched, Bleak Barrens' wave list got updated to include the skeletons from that map. They were removed in the Halloween 2024 Event update, alongside all Skeleton Rogues in error. The Skeleton Rogues were re-added during the launch of Hideaway Hive.
