🎮 Game Modes
Universal Tower Defense offers multiple game modes with different challenges and rewards.
Data source: canonical UTD modes dataset. Last checked 2026-07-06. Confidence: Likely.
Story
Story currently lists 3 story areas with difficulty-based relic rewards.
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Mechanics
- Easy: Can get rare, epic and low chance of legendary relics
- Hard: Higher chance of epic and legendary relics, mythic relics obtainable at low chance
- Nightmare: High chance for mythic relics, lower chance to get legendary relic
Rewards & Drops
- Drops: Junior Ninja and Master Ninja relic sets.
- Drops: Laughing Captain and Sun God relic sets.
- Drops: Berserk Shinigami and Ex Captain Uraharo relic sets
- Easy: Can get rare, epic and low chance of legendary relics
- Hard: Higher chance of epic and legendary relics, mythic relics obtainable at low chance
Virtual Realm
30-wave mode with card picks every 2 waves and path-based buffs.
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- Lovers: Shared Bond) For every lovers card obtained, Buff all units stats
- Fortune: Future Wealth) For every fortune tarot card obtained increase money gained from all sources by 10%
- Magician: Magician's Manifest) For every magicians tarot obtained, increases DoT damage by 20%, increases status effect duration by 5%, and increases elemental damage by 20%
- Death: Graceful End) For every death tarot obtained increase damage by 30%
Rewards & Drops
- Festing Life Sword 100 Virtual Realm Tokens
- Maid Daggers: 100 Virtual Realm Tokens
- Scarlet Maid Plushie Relic: 250 Virtual Realm Tokens
- Trait Rerolls : 5 Virtual Realm Tokens
- Stat Rerolls : 10 Virtual Realm Tokens
Challenges
Daily, Featured, and Half-Hourly challenge types with separate reward pools.
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- Daily: Challenge type listed on the public Trello card.
- Featured Challenge: Challenge type listed on the public Trello card.
- Half-Hourly: Challenge type listed on the public Trello card.
Rewards & Drops
- Rerolls (100%)
- Universal Fragment (10%)
- Fragments (40%)
- Light/Phantom Fragment (20%)
- Stat Rerolls (100%)
Raids
Raid mode with token shops, evolution items, weekly resets, and available raid stages.
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Mechanics
- Structured mechanics pending review.
Rewards & Drops
- Units,
- Exclusive Grommjaw xInf
- Rerolls x100
- Stat Rerolls x50
- Stat Locks x25
Ragnarok
Permanent event mode with Valkyrie upgrades, wave rewards, and a God Coins shop.
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Mechanics
- Valkyrie setup: Players equip one of five Valkyries and purchase in-match upgrades that buff units.
- Relic shop refresh: The in-match relic shop refreshes every 5 waves.
Rewards & Drops
- First Emperor: Wave 10-19 (1%, 1.5%, 2%, 2.5%, 3%)
- God Coins: x20-x80
- Gems: x750
- Trait Rerolls: 100 Quantity, 5x God Coins Per
- Universal Fragment: 5 Quantity, 10x God Coins Per
World Raid
Raid format with one placed unit per player, shared Yen, boss damage reward scaling, and Ant King drops.
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Mechanics
- Ant Callout: Summons an army of ants up to 30 enemies split between all paths.
- Steelskin: On Spawn, gives himself 250 shields. When HP reaches 30%, gives himself 250 shields again. Cannot stack this effect.
- Abyssal Screech: Charges up a screech attack that stuns the whole map for 20 seconds. This attack can be stopped by doing enough damage to him.
Rewards & Drops
- This new raid drops the Ant King unit ( (8%, 8%, 5%)
Trials
Quest and trial chains tied to units such as First Emperor and Lulu, with staged objectives and rewards.
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Mechanics
- Structured mechanics pending review.
Rewards & Drops
- No governed drop facts yet.
AFK World
Replay completed story stages based on fastest clear time, with Premium and VIP time modifiers.
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Mechanics
- Structured mechanics pending review.
Rewards & Drops
- No governed drop facts yet.