Dignfight Strategies

Now that the damage charts of most of the traps have been revealed, it's time to take a look at effectiveness. The cost of building traps will vary a lot, depending on how many wizards researched it and how many trolls are used to tinker each one. Don't forget that the more traps you have, the more expensive it becomes to tinker the next one...<sarcasm>that makes TOTAL sense, since your trolls are going to need MORE money to make the 12th trap...the more quantities you mass produce, the more expensive is becomes.</sarcasm>

The Indy Trap immediately caught my eye because it damages all 12 opponents with only 1 trap!! After doing some calculations, the Indy Trap is surprisingly, not the best trap for causing damage.

If you can afford the 25x25 Workshop necessary to support 12 active traps, then this post may be an interesting read.

Nest of Thorns is the winner in my book. It's relatively low on the tech tree, it's cheaper to tinker than the Trigger Trap and regardless of the quantity of active traps, it averages about the same amount of damage as the Trigger Trap.

The Poisonous Gas and Trigger trap are tied for 2nd place. Both attainable and both do more average damage than the Indy Trap.

The dream trap is the Fire Trap. With a build cost of nearly 20,000 gold per Troll for the 12th trap, it will be pricey. But you cannot argue with a minimum damage of 204.

When the Spells, Doors, and Traps update went into effect at DignFight, a whole new world of gold-spending opened up. Wizards, Libraries, Trolls, and Workshops are now an important part of the game.

Each spell, door, and trap needs to be researched by a wizard(s). Once a spell's research is complete, it can be cast from the Attack screen. After a door or trap is researched, trolls have to tinker it (build it) in your Workshop. After your new door/trap is tinkered, you have to assign it as an Active Trap.

As you build a larger Library, the number of Wizards that you can have researching increases. As you build a larger Workshop, the number of Trolls that you can have tinkering increases AND the number of active traps that you can have also increases.

There are 2 types of traps: The Barricade and all of the Doors are considered Passive, their bonuses will always be in effect when you defend your dungeon. The rest of the traps are considered Active, each time you are attacked, one of your active traps will be chosen and it's effects will be applied to the attacking forces. If you have activated more than one of the same trap, refer to our tables to see how their effects "stack".

Example:
Let's say you have 2 Wooden Gates, 2 Watchers, and 1 Poisonous Gas Trap. The 2 Wooden Gates will always affect your defenses and will combine to give you a +7% field coverage bonus. Each time you are attacked, one of your active traps will be randomly chosen. If the Watchers are chosen, the attacking forces will suffer 2-3 damage to 2 creatures. If the Poisonous Gas Trap is chosen, the attacking forces will suffer 1-3 damage to 1 creature. Only one active trap will take effect each time you defend your dungeon.

Combat spells cancel your active traps. You will receive the bonus of your combat spell and your passive traps, but you will not receive any bonuses from active traps during defensive combat. After the spell's time limit is reached, you will lose the bonuses of the combat spell (obviously) and one of your active traps will take effect each time you defend your dungeon.

Description: Y enemy creatures suffer X points of damage

Fire Trap

# of Traps	Research Time (in hours)	Research Costs	Requirements	Tinker Time (in hours)	Tinker Costs	X
1	?	6000/Wizard	Library 13x13, Workshop 14x14, Lightning Trap	?	6000/Troll	1*(5-7)
2				?	6000/Troll	2*(7-10)
3				?	8485/Troll	3*(9-12)
4				?	10392/Troll	4*(10-14)
5				?	12000/Troll	5*(11-16)
6				?	13416/Troll	6*(12-17)
7				?	14697/Troll	7*(13-19)
8				?	15875/Troll	8*(14-20)
9				?	16971/Troll	9*(15-21)
10				?	18000/Troll	10*(16-22)
11				?	18974/Troll	11*(17-23)
12				?	19900/Troll	12*(17-24)

Note: As you build more of the same Door or Trap, the Tinker time and cost increases.

Description: Y enemy creatures suffer X points of damage

Lightning Trap

# of Traps	Research Time (in hours)	Research Costs	Requirements	Tinker Time (in hours)	Tinker Costs	Y(X)
1	?	4500/Wizard	Library 11x11, Workshop 12x12, Indy Trap	?	4500/Troll	1*(3-5)
2				?	4500/Troll	2*(4-7)
3				?	6364/Troll	3*(5-9)
4				?	7794/Troll	4*(6-10)
5				?	9000/Troll	5*(7-11)
6				?	10062/Troll	6*(7-12)
7				?	11023/Troll	7*(8-13)
8				?	11906/Troll	8*(8-14)
9				?	12728/Troll	9*(9-15)
10				?	13500/Troll	10*(9-16)
11				?	14230/Troll	11*(10-17)
12				?	14925/Troll	12*(10-17)

Note: As you build more of the same Door or Trap, the Tinker time and cost increases.

Description: All enemy creatures suffer X points of damage

Indy Trap

# of Traps	Research Time	Research Costs	Requirements	Tinker Time	Tinker Costs	Y/X
1	?	4000/Wizard	Library 10x10, Workshop 10x10, Trigger Trap	?	4000/Troll	12*(1-2)
2				?	4000/Troll	12*(1-3)
3				?	5657/Troll	12*(2-3)
4				?	6928/Troll	12*(2-4)
5				?	8000/Troll	12*(2-4)
6				?	8944/Troll	12*(2-5)
7				?	9798/Troll	12*(3-5)
8				?	10583/Troll	12*(3-6)
9				?	11314/Troll	12*(3-6)
10				?	12000/Troll	12*(3-6)
11				?	12649/Troll	12*(3-7)
12				?	13266/Troll	12*(3-7)

Note: As you build more of the same Door or Trap, the Tinker time and cost increases.

Description: Enemy creatures suffer a malus (penalty) of X to their range.

Brake Trap

# of Traps	Research Time (in hours)	Research Costs	Requirements	Tinker Time (in hours)	Tinker Costs	X
1	2400	1500/Wizard	?	1200	1500/Troll	1
2				1200	1500/Troll	1
3				?	2121/Troll	2
4				?	2598/Troll	2
5				?	3000/Troll	2
6				?	3354/Troll	2
7				?	3674/Troll	3
8				?	3969/Troll	3
9				?	4243/Troll	3
10				?	4500/Troll	3
11				?	4743/Troll	3
12				?	4975/Troll	3

Note: As you build more of the same Door or Trap, the Tinker time and cost increases.

Description: Y enemy creatures suffer X points of damage.

Trigger Trap

# of Traps	Research Time	Research Costs	Requirements	Tinker Time	Tinker Costs	Y/X
1	2400	3500/Wizard	Library 9x9, Workshop 8x8, Nest of Thorns	1200	3500/Troll	1*(1-4)
2				1200	3500/Troll	2*(1-6)
3				?	4950/Troll	3*(2-7)
4				?	6062/Troll	4*(2-8)
5				?	7000/Troll	5*(2-9)
6				?	7826/Troll	6*(2-10)
7				?	8573/Troll	7*(3-11)
8				?	9260/Troll	8*(3-11)
9				?	9899/Troll	9*(3-12)
10				?	10500/Troll	10*(3-13)
11				?	11068/Troll	11*(3-13)
12				?	11680/Troll	12*(3-14)

Note: As you build more of the same Door or Trap, the Tinker time and cost increases.

Description: Y enemy creatures suffer X points of damage.

Nest of Thorns

# of Traps	Research Time	Research Costs	Requirements	Tinker Time	Tinker Costs	Y/X
1	2100	3000/Wizard	Library 9x9, Workshop 8x8, Alarm Trap, Poisonous Gas Trap	1050	3000/Troll	1*(2-3)
2				1050	3000/Troll	2*(3-4)
3				?	4243/Troll	3*(3-5)
4				?	5196/Troll	4*(4-6)
5				?	6000/Troll	5*(4-7)
6				?	6708/Troll	6*(5-7)
7				?	7348/Troll	7*(5-8)
8				?	7937/Troll	8*(6-8)
9				?	8485/Troll	9*(6-9)
10				?	9000/Troll	10*(6-9)
11				?	9487/Troll	11*(7-10)
12				?	9950/Troll	12*(7-10)

Note: As you build more of the same Door or Trap, the Tinker time and cost increases.

Description: Increases field coverage of each creature by X.

Alarm Trap

# of Traps	Research Time	Research Costs	Requirements	Tinker Time	Tinker Costs	X
1	1800	3000/Wizard	Watcher Trap, Secret Gate, Library 8x8, Workshop 7x7	900	3000/Troll	+2
2				900	3000/Troll	+3
3				?	4243/Troll	+3
4				?	5196/Troll	+3
5				?	6000/Troll	+4
6				?	6708/Troll	+4
7				?	7348/Troll	+5
8				?	7937/Troll	+6
9				?	8485/Troll	+6
10				?	9000/Troll	+6
11				?	9487/Troll	+7
12				?	9950/Troll	+7

Note: As you build more of the same Door or Trap, the Tinker time and cost increases.

Description: Y enemy creatures suffer X points of damage.

Poisonous Gas Trap

# of Traps	Research Time	Research Costs	Requirements	Tinker Time	Tinker Costs	Y/X
1	1650	2500/Wizard	Library ?x?, Workshop 8x8, Watcher Trap	825	2500/Troll	1*(1-3)
2				825	2500/Troll	2*(1-4)
3				?	3536/Troll	3*(2-5)
4				?	4330/Troll	4*(2-6)
5				?	5000/Troll	5*(2-7)
6				?	5590/Troll	6*(2-7)
7				?	6124/Troll	7*(2-8)
8				?	7071/Troll	8*(2-8)
9				?	7500/Troll	9*(3-9)
10				?	7906/Troll	10*(3-9)
11				?	8292/Troll	11*(3-10)
12				?	8660/Troll	12*(3-10)

Effect: Y enemy creatures suffer X points of damage.

Watcher Trap

# of Traps	Research Time (hours)	Research Costs	Requirements	Tinker Time (hours)	Tinker Costs	Y/X
1	1500	2400/Wizard	Library 7x7, Workshop 6x6, Watchtower	750	2400/Troll	1*(1-2)
2				750	2400/Troll	2*(1-3)
3				?	3394/Troll	3*(2-3)
4				?	4157/Troll	4*(2-4)
5				?	4800/Troll	5*(2-4)
6				?	5367/Troll	6*(2-5)
7				?	5879/Troll	7*(3-5)
8				?	6350/Troll	8*(3-6)
9				?	3788/Troll	9*(3-6)
10				?	7200/Troll	10*(3-6)
11				?	7589/Troll	11*(3-7)
12				?	7960/Troll	12*(3-7)

Note: As you build more of the same Door or Trap, the Tinker time and cost increases.

Effect: Increases coverage of each creature by X.

Watchman

# of Traps	Research Time (hours)	Research Costs	Requirements	Tinker Time (hours)	Tinker Costs	X
1	1050	2400/Wizard	Barricade, Library 7x7, Workshop 5x5	525	2400/Troll	+1
2				525	2400/Troll	+1
3				853	3394/Troll	+2
4					4157/Troll	+2
5					4800/Troll	+2
6					5367/Troll	+2
7					5879/Troll	+3
8					6350/Troll	+3
9					6788/Troll	+3
10					7200/Troll	+3
11					7589/Troll	+3
12					7960/Troll	+3

Note: As you build more of the same Door or Trap, the Tinker time and cost increases. It's a bit bass-ackwards from what you would expect of mass production, but Trolls must not like repetitive work. Labor unions are protecting them from RSI like carpal tunnel... ;P

Description: Increases field coverage by X

Barricade

# of Traps	Research Time (in hours)	Research Costs	Requirements	Tinker Time (in hours)	Tinker Costs	X
1	450	1500/Wizard	?	225	1500/Troll	+50
2				225	1500/Troll	+71
3				365	2121/Troll	+87
4				?	2598/Troll	+100
5				?	3000/Troll	+112
6				?	3354/Troll	+122
7				?	3674/Troll	+132
8				?	3969/Troll	+141
9				?	4243/Troll	+150
10				?	4500/Troll	+158
11				?	4743/Troll	+166
12				?	4975/Troll	+173

Note: As you build more of the same Door or Trap, the Tinker time and cost increases.