One of the things that Blaze has often enjoyed was Grub Guardian. He would constantly work on us to get over there and play it with him. For me, this was always a challenge of benefit versus time spent. Honestly, Wizard101 takes a lot of my free time, I just didn't know how much time I would have left to play this thing called Grub Guardian.Well, now I am a convert, and I admit, I do play Grub Guardian on a semi-regular basis. Why? What changed my mind? Two things - First: free Energy Elixirs, Second: Unique housing items!
Some of these are very unique. I thought I had every rug in the game...boy was I wrong! There are at least 7 unique rugs available. Add to that packs, elixirs ... the list goes on. This is a treasure trove of Wizard101 items. For a reasonable list of what is available, click here to go to Wizard101 Central. From experience I have found that it is not 100% accurate, but it is a great start.
So what is it really? At its heart, Grub Guardian is a classic TDG - A Tower Defense Game. This means, you have something you need to protect ("Grub for your Pet", or "10 items of Pet food") from the numerous waves of bad guys who want to eat your pet's grub all for themselves. The way you protect them is with your Pet (yes, your actual pet from the Wizard101 game), and a series of Towers that each represent a different school. Each Tower has its own unique ability that can be used to defend your bowl of Grub.
Normal Towers
These are the normal Towers in the game that everyone can use. Not all Towers are available to be used in every Map. On the map in this image, the Myth Tower cannot be used, much to many people's annoyance!
- Myth - A cheap, fast, single shot at a time Tower. Quite effective upgraded to Level 5 with a Life Tower boost. A useful Tower in almost all occasions.
- Fire - A burning flame to keep up the pain for the hoards over time. Can attack multiple targets simultaneously, but takes time to deliver the full impact of the blow.
- Ice - A freeze Tower specifically designed to slow the approaching hoards.
- Storm - A lightening bolt designed to take out anything in its path. Can be quite useful, but fire rate is a little slow.
- Death - A very handy Tower that can instantly kill a bad guy. Very useful in numbers!
- Life - A boost Tower. All Towers within range of the Life Tower will have increased fire rates.
- Balance - A great multi-hit Tower that can also 'chain' the attack to all bad guys in the immediate vicinity, even if they are beyond the actual range of the Tower. Can be very helpful against large numbers of low level targets.
There are few Crowns Towers to choose from. These include:
- Star Guardian - If you want to spend Crowns on a Tower it is hard to go past this one!
- Sun Guardian - Opens a crater that burns and slows the enemy when they pass through it.
- Moon Guardian - Generates extra cash if bad guys are killed near it.
- Avalon Guardian - A chain attack that uses lightening, fun and effective.
Each Tower can be upgraded during normal game play. Just click on a Tower and the following will appear (unless it is full upgraded!)From the image here, you can see that there is useful information about upgrades and what they will do for you. To upgrade, simply click on the bar at the top (with the images in it).
There is one word of caution though. If you have two Towers, one in the square directly below another, it is easy to accidentally sell the Tower at the top. You think you are switching to the Tower at the bottom, when actually you click on the Sell coin! Poof! There goes your Tower!!
Pets
When selecting your pet, your choice will make a huge difference on your game! Choosing your highest level Pet is a definite advantage as it adds to both its ability to help you, but also the Tower value, calculated at the end of the game and one of the factors in calculating your total Score. I use a Mega Coldfire Dragon. Miss Ellie can hit and burn bad guys from almost anywhere on the screen, making her a deadly weapon against the waves of lower level enemies that will try to distract your other Towers.
How to Play Grub Guardian in Simple Terms
When you first start playing Grub, it will ask you to sign into Wizard101. This will allow the game to know who you are, what pets you have and how much Energy you have available. You can now select your Pet, and then, once you are at the first map, decide whether you want to use your Energy to actually train your Pet (yep, you can train your Wizard101 pet in Grub) or whether you want to play for prizes. For me, it is easy, prizes EVERY time!
To actually play Grub Guardian is pretty straightforward. Milo will take you through the basics at the start. Unicorn Way is a nice simple map to get you started. You really only need one Tower to complete it, depending on the type of pet you have. I'll overview that for now, and Blaze might post a few of the trickier maps in some later posts.
For Unicorn Way, place your Pet somewhere central, then place a Fire Tower as per the image below:
Before you click on GO, select your Fire Tower and upgrade it. It will turn into a Spiral. Now click on GO.
You can upgrade your Tower once more when you have the available funds. That should be enough for you to survive Unicorn Way and come away with a Gold Medal! If you do not, it will be your choice of Pet. Upgrade your Tower again and you should cover it :)
Once you have collected a heap of prizes for the day, the game will tell you you have hit your limit. Now it is time to enter the Wizard101 Spiral and claim your rewards!
One key point to note - you cannot be logged into Grub Guardian and Wizard101 at the same time. You will be kicked out of one if you start playing the other.
I hope this has been helpful. We'll start posting more blogs on Grub Guardian over time. If there is any map in particular that you need help with, just leave us a comment.
See you 'round the Spiral!
Morgrim
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