Crystal Spire: Idle Defense - Updates and guides

Guide23 October 2026

From wave 1, grunts. Wave 3: fast runners. Wave 4: swarms that arrive in packs. Wave 6: slow, tough brutes.
Wave 8: shield bearers that block the first hits. Wave 11: archers that stop short and shoot. Wave 13: splitters that burst into smaller enemies.
Wave 16: healers that hang back and heal enemies near them. Wave 22: bombers that run in with a powder keg. Wave 28: phantoms you cannot target until they come close.
Bosses every tenth wave, in turn: the raging demon (wave 10) speeds up when badly hurt, the necromancer (20) keeps raising grunts, the crystal golem (30) is immune at times, the warlord's war horn (40) speeds up every other enemy, and the fire wyrm (50) stays back and breathes fire.
From wave 25, old faces come back changed: swift (25), armored (35), vampiric (45), volatile (55) and regenerating (65).
The land changes every 20 waves: Greenwood, Old Ruins, Frostfield, Emberlands and The Void, then around again.

Version 1.0.118 October 2026

The Frost Nova wave is now a clear expanding ring, so it no longer looks square when it reaches the edge of the screen.

Version 1.0.117 October 2026

The battle camera now fits your screen's shape, so you see more of the battlefield and spot distant enemies sooner.

Version 1.0.115 October 2026

Enemies walk and attack with their own animations, and you can see each attack coming.
Enemies step aside instead of piling up on one another.
Health bars over hurt enemies, a glowing tower and bigger explosions.
Each land has its own battle music.
Player names are now unique, the tournament screen is simply called Tournament, and the battlefield fills the screen on foldable phones.

Version 1.0.014 October 2026

Crystal Spire: Idle Defense is out on Google Play. The iPhone version is waiting for App Store review.
One tower, endless waves: pick one of three cards after every wave, an elite every fifth wave and a boss every tenth.
A talent tree with three branches and keystones, permanent upgrades, offline gold, daily missions and a tournament.