Airport: Tower Stats, Upgrades, Tips: The Airport in Blockade Brigade: 800 gold, planes that hit ground and air. Planes per level, ground work, every level's stats, research and FAQ.
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Multi-plane airbase.
800 goldGround + AirResearch 200000
The Airport is a whole airfield: a control tower, hangars and a runway across 8 tiles. When a wave starts its planes taxi out, take off and dive on enemies on the ground and in the air, then land again when the wave is over. It has 1 plane at level 1 and 3 at level 10, a range that covers most of the map, and from level 6 its planes fire missiles that splash. It costs 800 gold and its full power all the time; one plane's listed damage per second at level 10 is about 9 times level 1's.
Base numbers: no research, cards or neighbours. (+n) is the change from the level before.
It needs 8 tiles in a block, clear of the path and of other towers, and it cannot go on platforms already there. R turns it before you place it. On uneven ground it levels its own tiles, digging hills down, raising platforms under the low tiles, or both (T picks which); the ghost shows the price plus that ground work, which you do not get back when you sell.
Its range covers most of the map, so build it where the space is, not next to the path. The planes come to the enemies.
Planes hit both, so an Airport backs up guns that cannot shoot up, like an Acid.
1 at levels 1-4, 2 at levels 5-9 and 3 at level 10. Each plane flies and fights on its own, so the jumps to a new plane are the big ones. From level 6 the planes fire missiles that also hurt enemies close to the target, and from level 8 every volley does 50% more.
An airfield has no standby, it draws its full power all game. With no power when a wave starts, the planes stay in their hangars for that wave.
Each level of hill under it gives +8% damage. Bare grass costs it nothing: its planes fly.
Pick a level, research, end-of-wave cards and where it stands, and see what your Airport's planes end up doing, worked out the way the game does it: how many planes, each plane's volley, its critical hits and missile splash. Share the build with a link.
Each wave offers 3 cards. Up to 5 cards of each stat a game, then that stat comes only as grey Endless cards (a random amount in the range shown). Percent per card:
| Card | Normal | Common | Rare | Epic | Legendary | Mythical | Endless |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Damage | 2% | 5% | 10% | 15% | 25% | 35% | 1-5% |
| Fire Rate | 2% | 5% | 10% | 15% | 25% | 35% | 1-5% |
| Range | 2% | 5% | 10% | 15% | 25% | 35% | 1-5% |
| Deep Wound | 1% | 1% | 2% | 2% | 3% | 3% | 1% |
| Poison | 1% | 1% | 2% | 2% | 3% | 3% | 1% |
| Armor Damage | 2% | 4% | 6% | 8% | 10% | 12% | 2% |
| Shield Damage | 2% | 4% | 6% | 8% | 10% | 12% | 2% |
Unlock: 200,000 XP; its upgrades: 120,000 XP for all.
#build:l10~r.damage.5~c.damage.55555~e.damage.5x10: damage 828.75, fire rate 4.75/s, DPS 3,937, range 152.#build:l10~r.damage.5~c.damage.55555~e.damage.5x10~n3~h15: damage 2643.71, fire rate 6.175/s, DPS 16,325, range 159.5.A build is the page address + #build: + parts joined by ~, in any order; parts left out are 0 / none. Opening the link loads the build and scrolls here. Links shared from the page also carry ?utm_source=...&utm_medium=...&utm_campaign=tower_build&utm_content=... before the hash; they are optional.
l<N>: tower level 1..10r.<stat>.<N>: research level 0..5 of a research item (damage, fire_rate, range, deep_wound, poison)c.<stat>.<digits>: end-of-wave cards of one stat, one digit per card = its rarity (0 Normal, 1 Common, 2 Rare, 3 Epic, 4 Legendary, 5 Mythical); at most 5 a state.<stat>.<amount>x<count>: Endless cards of one stat: count cards of +amount% (only once that stat has 5 cards)n<N>: same-type neighbours touching it, 0..4h<N>: height: hill + platform levels, 0..15g: standing on bare grass (no platform)s<N>: level of the Cold Snap over it, 0 = none (1..10)sp0: that Cold Snap has no power (it cools nothing)w<N>: water tiles beside it, 0..4 (sides not taken by neighbours)k<N>: towers in its connected chain, itself included (at least neighbours + 1)kw<N>: water tiles beside the whole chainBase numbers: no research, cards, height or neighbours. Damage is one plane's whole volley, shared by its guns; fire rate is volleys a second for each plane while it is diving at a target, and damage per second = damage x fire rate for one plane. Power is what it needs all the time.
| Level | Upgrade | Total spent | Damage | Fire rate | DPS | Range | Power |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | build 800 | 800 | 35 | 2.5/s | 88 | 80 | 16 |
| 2 | 1,040 | 1,840 | 50 | 2.75/s | 138 | 88 | 19 |
| 3 | 1,352 | 3,192 | 65 | 3/s | 195 | 96 | 22 |
| 4 | 1,757 | 4,949 | 80 | 3.25/s | 260 | 104 | 26 |
| 5 | 2,284 | 7,233 | 95 | 3.5/s | 332 | 112 | 29 |
| 6 | 2,970 | 10,203 | 110 | 3.75/s | 412 | 120 | 32 |
| 7 | 3,861 | 14,064 | 125 | 4/s | 500 | 128 | 35 |
| 8 | 5,019 | 19,083 | 140 | 4.25/s | 595 | 136 | 38 |
| 9 | 6,525 | 25,608 | 155 | 4.5/s | 698 | 144 | 42 |
| 10 | 8,483 | 34,091 | 170 | 4.75/s | 808 | 152 | 45 |
Planes1 at levels 1-4, 2 at levels 5-9 and 3 at level 10. A plane added in the middle of a wave waits in its hangar and flies from the next wave on.
Levels 6 and upThe planes become jets and fire missiles: each one splashes 60% of its damage onto the enemies within 2 of where it lands. From level 8 every volley also does 50% more than the damage listed.
GoldIt is dear to build and to upgrade (level 2 costs 1,040 gold, level 10 alone 8,483), but each upgrade adds damage, fire rate, range and longer attack runs to every plane.
Research (main menu, Upgrades & Research) makes every Airport you build stronger. Each item has 5 levels for 250, 750, 2,000, 6,000 and 15,000 XP (24,000 XP for all 5).
+10% damage a level, +50% at level 5, for every plane's guns and missiles.
+6% fire rate a level, +30% at level 5: more volleys in each dive.
+6% patrol range a level, +30% at level 5: the planes hunt further from the airbase.
Each level: enemies a plane hits, missile splash too, take 1% more damage from every tower for 4 seconds (5% at level 5). Wounds from different kinds of tower add up.
Each level: every bullet and missile, splash too, leaves poison worth 1% of its damage every second for 4 seconds (5% at level 5). Poison goes straight to health, past shield and armour.
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Not on platforms already there: it cannot be built over one, or half on a hillside ramp or a hill of a different height. But on uneven ground it prepares its own ground as you place it, and that can build platforms: it digs hills down, raises platforms under the low tiles, or does both, and also clears trees and rocks and fills water. It offers the cheapest plan, and T picks another. It then stands at the height its tiles were levelled to. The ghost shows the price plus the ground work; the ground work is not refunded when you sell, and the platforms it raised stay yours and sell on their own.
1 at levels 1-4, 2 at levels 5-9 and 3 at level 10. A new plane from an upgrade during a wave waits in its hangar and takes off with the others when the next wave starts.
Only during waves. When a wave starts the hangar doors open and the planes taxi out and take off, which takes a few seconds; when the wave is over they land and taxi back in. If the next wave starts while they are landing, they turn round and fight again.
Yes. Its planes attack enemies on the ground and in the air, picking the Airport's current target as they start each attack run.
Each volley does the damage the panel lists, plus 25% because the planes always aim for health, shared by its guns. From level 8 a volley does 50% more. Every volley has a chance to be a critical hit, 12% at level 1 rising to 30% at level 10, for 50% more. From level 6 the guns fire missiles that also hit the enemies within 2 of the target for 60% of their damage. Each volley also does 12 extra to armour and 12 extra to shields.
Planes fire only while they dive at a target. An attack run ends after its volleys are spent (6 at level 1, 24 at level 10), when the plane flies over the target, or after a few seconds; then it pulls up and comes round for the next run. So a plane spends part of every wave turning, not shooting.
Its full power, all the time: an airfield has no standby. It needs 16 power at level 1 and 45 at level 10. With no power when a wave starts, the planes stay in their hangars for that wave. Planes already in the air fly on until they land; its light shows orange while they do.
Grass does not: its planes fly, so bare ground costs it no damage. Height does: each level of hill under it gives +8% damage.
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