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500mm Big Bertha

Specialist artillery tower

500mm Big Bertha

Specialist · built from Dwarven Howitzer

500mm Big Bertha is a specialist artillery tower, built from Dwarven Howitzer for 400 gold (1,065 gold in all). It deals 50-100 explosive damage every 3.65 s with range 180. Its abilities are Dragonbreath Launcher and Cluster Launcher, bought with gold in battle.

  • 400Gold to upgrade
  • 1,065Gold in all
  • 50-100Damage
  • 180Range
Abilities

Abilities are bought in battle with gold, one level at a time; the price of each level is on its line. The Upgrades room upgrades below apply in every battle, except that the Heroic and Iron Challenges of stages 1 to 10 use each tree only up to a set level.

Tower facts

Tower type

Artillery

Role

Specialist tower

Damage type

Explosive

Targets

Ground only (flying too: Dragonbreath Launcher)

Cost

400 gold from Dwarven Howitzer

Gold in all

1,065 gold

All ability levels

1,000 gold

Campaign from

Stage 8, Icewind Pass

Selling

Selling returns 60% of all the gold spent on the tower, its upgrades and its abilities once a wave has started, and all of it before the first wave.

Levels

Cost and stats

  • 500mm Big Bertha

    Upgrade 400 goldCampaign from stage 8

    50-100 explosive damage · every 3.65 s (Very slow) · range 180 (Long) · ground only

Explosive damage is reduced by half of the enemy's armor.

AbilitiesBought with gold in battle

  • Dragonbreath Launcher I

    250 gold

    Launches a seeking missile at an enemy within 216, flying ones included: 100-140 explosive damage within 41.25. One missile every 14.1 seconds, or every 6.5 seconds when no ground enemy is within reach of the tower's bombs.

  • Dragonbreath Launcher II

    100 gold

    Range 252; each missile deals 140-180 explosive damage within 41.25.

  • Dragonbreath Launcher III

    100 gold

    Range 288; each missile deals 180-220 explosive damage within 41.25.

  • Cluster Launcher I

    250 gold

    Every 17 seconds fires a bomb at a ground enemy within 180 that bursts into 3 bomblets, each dealing 60-80 explosive damage within 52.5.

  • Cluster Launcher II

    150 gold

    The bomb bursts into 5 bomblets.

  • Cluster Launcher III

    150 gold

    The bomb bursts into 7 bomblets.

Upgrades roomUpgrades that change this tower

  • Concentrated Fire

    1 star

    Bomb damage x1.1: 50-100 -> 55-110. Missiles and bomblets are not changed.

  • Range Finder

    1 star

    Attack range x1.1, rounded up: 180 -> 199. Dragonbreath Launcher range 216/252/288 -> 238.8/278.6/318.4.

  • Field Logistic

    2 stars

    Price in gold x0.9, rounded down: 400 -> 360.

  • Industrialization

    3 stars

    Ability prices in gold x0.75, rounded down: Dragonbreath Launcher 250/100/100 -> 187/75/75; Cluster Launcher 250/150/150 -> 187/112/112.

  • Smart Targeting

    3 stars

    Bombs and bomblets deal their full damage to every enemy in the blast, with no drop towards the edge (not the missiles).

  • Upgrades room

    All six upgrade trees, bought with stars between stages.

Related towers

Upgrade path