Archer Forest: Idle Defense combines idle and tower defense in an epic combination. The game features an interesting arrow crafting system where you merge two arrows into one to strengthen the arrow. With this, the game provides a very addicting gameplay loop where you keep upgrading and upgrading to further fortify your post.

However, Archer Forest is not just a mindless strategy game. If you want to keep winning in the game, you must employ some wise strategies regarding how you upgrade things and how you manage your arrow crafting. In this guide, we’ll show you an in-depth guide to upgrades in Archer Forest: Idle Defense and how you can strategically use them to get the most bang out of your buck.

If you haven’t done so already, install and play Archer Forest: Idle Defense now on PC or Mac with BlueStacks with the help of this installation guide. Are you new to the game? If you are, then check out first the beginner’s guide to learn the basic mechanics of Archer Forest.

General Upgrades

You can purchase general upgrades using rebirth stones, gold, and diamond. These are upgrades that apply to all your Archers. General upgrades are divided into five categories: Gold, Manage, ATK, Production, and Special. 

Under the Gold category, these are upgrades to stats like ATK, ASPD, CRIT chance, and CRIT DMG that can be purchased with gold. Aside from Archer stats, you can also level up other aspects of the game like the amount of damage you deal when summon lightning or enable auto lightning. You can also buy upgrades for your fence by either increasing the fence HP or increasing the fence HP recovered per minute. Lastly, you can increase the gold income percentage and the chances for double gold income. It is recommended to max out the upgrades related to gold income first so that you can earn more money faster to purchase the other upgrades.

Under the Manage category, you can purchase the same fence and gold income upgrades from the Gold category except that you pay with diamonds this time. Additionally, you can also increase the offline bonus rewards you gain when you log into the game. The biggest upgrade you can get from this category is the Hill Expansion which adds another spot to deploy your Archer to. You can prioritize this upgrade especially when you have more Archers on standby than empty slots. Afterwards, you can focus on upgrading gold income rates to help fund upgrades under the Gold category.

Under the ATK category, you can level up ATK, ASPD, CRIT chance, CRIT DMG, lightning DMG, and auto lightning bolts by spending diamonds. Leveling up ATK and CRIT DMG however costs rebirth stones instead of diamonds. Because diamond is a premium currency in Archer Forest, it is best to spend mostly on ATK and CRIT DMG because rebirth stones are simply more abundant. If you are going to spend diamonds, it is best to invest it on ASPD and lightning DMG.

Under the Production category, you can buy upgrades related to arrow crafting. This is probably the most useful set of upgrades especially if you prefer actually playing the game instead of leaving it idle. 

• Fast Production – reduces arrow production time.
• Unlock Arrow Slot – unlocks another arrow slot. There are 40 slots in total.
• Arrow Production Increase – increase the amount of arrow produced per click of the anvil.
• Level of Produced Arrows Increase (Max 150) – increase the level of the produced arrows by spending diamonds.
• Level of Produced Arrows Increase (Max 150) – increase the level of the produced arrows by spending rebirth stones.
• Auto Production – increase the rate at which arrows are produced every 10 seconds.
• Auto Merge – increase the rate at which arrows are automatically merged every 10 seconds.

The best upgrade here is the Level of Produced Arrows Increase upgrade because it can greatly make arrow crafting more convenient, especially as you get to higher arrow levels.

Under the Special category, this consists of cards that provide marginal upgrades to stats, lightning DMG, and auto lightning bolts. You can also get other neat upgrades like decreased HP of monsters, increased rebirth stone income, increased game speed, and a chance to skip the next wave.

Archer Upgrades

Do not forget that you can also individually upgrade your Archers. The benefits of individual upgrades will stack on top of the general upgrades.

Archers can upgrade their ATK, ASPD, CRIT chance, CRIT DMG, skills upgrade, and cooldown reduction by spending rebirth stones. The most useful upgrades here are ATK and ASPD as these make their attack capabilities stronger. To make your character properly balanced, try to make the Archer’s stats to be multiples of 5. For example, upgrade all of their stats up to level 5 and then upgrade them up to level 10 if you have resources again.

Take into consideration that Archers have a rarity represented by the number of stars. One star indicates a very common and weak Archer whereas five stars indicates the rarest and strongest Archer. Make sure to deploy Archers based on their rarity to create the strongest deck.

Conclusion

To keep winning in Archer Forest: Idle Defense, you must make wise decisions when it comes to your upgrades. Always pick upgrades that have the most potential to contribute greatly such as ATK and ASPD. However, also take into account the currency needed to buy these upgrades. Additionally, do not forget to upgrade Archers and make sure to keep levels the same to properly balance your character.

If you like games like Archer Forest: Idle Defense, you can check out more role playing games here.