Winter Stronghold

Winter Stronghold
Developer(s)	Current - Your_Adversary 1ˢᵗ – 2ⁿᵈ - Beefchoplets
Difficulty	Insane
Length	Both Paths - Medium (00:47.85)
Wave Structure	Two-Pathed
Triumph Rewards	495, 82 EXP & 27 EXP (Easy) 742, 148 EXP & 55 EXP (Casual) 990, 198 EXP & 82 EXP (Intermediate) 1567, 305 EXP & 132 EXP (Molten) 2227, 412 EXP & 203 EXP (Fallen) 165, 412 EXP & 203 EXP (Hidden Wave) 3300, 49, 495 EXP & 214 EXP (Frost)
Modifiers	All Paths (+10% Rewards)
Music
Former Ambient (Official) Tower Defense Simulator OST - Frost Solitude

Description

Winter Stronghold is, as the name suggests, a winter map.

Winter Stronghold has the All Paths modifier, which duplicates all enemies for each path with the exception of major bosses, instead of them alternating between entrances.The All Paths modifier increases all currency rewards by 10%.

Design & Path

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The current version of Winter Stronghold is surrounded by hills and the sea. Snowflakes can be seen falling from the sky. In the middle of the map there is a hill, with a stronghold on top of it. It is a white stone building with blue roofs. There is also a white stone tower with a wooden floor next to it. There is a stone bridge which connects the hill in the middle of the map with the other hilly parts of the map. On the other cliffs, multiple similar buildings can be seen. Multiple winter trees, rocks and small hills can also be seen on the map.

The map has two grey stone paths and, unlike other two-pathed maps, these paths do not cross at any point. This means there are two entrances and two exits. The two paths start at opposite ends of the map, both at caves. Both paths rotate once around the middle castle and end at caves underneath the castle.

The second version of Winter Stronghold was a snowy island map that took place in the middle of a cold lake. There appeared to be little altitude difference between the lake that surrounds the island and the island itself. The island itself appeared to be a fortress with a castle in the middle of the island on top of the hill. Several winter trees were planted around the island. Several hills were also seen around the map, with only a few being able to support cliff towers.

The map had two white pebble paths and, unlike other two-pathed maps, these paths did not cross at any point. This means there were two entrances and two exits. The two paths started at opposite ends of the map, both at caves. Both paths rotated once around the middle castle and ended at caves underneath the castle.

The first version of Winter Stronghold is identical to the second version, except a baseplate frozen lake surrounded the map, instead of terrain water.

Interactive Map

Loading scripts

Rewards

The game calculates how many Coins and EXP you receive based on how many waves you survived and if you won a match. During periods of 50% more EXP (Friday – Sunday), any EXP earned is multiplied by 1.5x through the XP Boost modifier. The VIP gamepass also multiplies any EXP earned by 1.25x through the VIP Boost modifier. These two boosts are additive. Regular EXP boosts are multiplicative with other modifiers present on this map.

Any rewards that end in a decimal point is rounded down, no matter the first figure of the leading decimal.

Difficulty reward scaling for survival mode Coins and Exp is 1.5x.
Mode	Coins/Gem Reward	EXP Reward
Easy	(250 ÷ (1 + [(20 ÷ Current Wave) - 1]^1.3) + 50 (Triumph Only)) × 1.1	(50 EXP ÷ (1 + [(20 ÷ Current Wave) - 1])) × 1.1
Casual	(350 ÷ (1 + [(30 ÷ Current Wave) - 1]^1.3) + 100 (Triumph Only)) × 1.1	(75 EXP ÷ (1 + [(25 ÷ Current Wave) - 1]) + 15 EXP (Triumph Only)) × 1.1
Intermediate	(500 ÷ (1 + [(30 ÷ Current Wave) - 1]^1.3) + 100 (Triumph Only)) × 1.1	(120 EXP ÷ (1 + [(25 ÷ Current Wave) - 1])) × 1.1
Molten	(550 ÷ (1 + [(35 ÷ Current Wave) - 1]^2.4) + 400 (Triumph Only)) × 1.1	(135 EXP ÷ (1 + [(35 ÷ Current Wave) - 1]^2) + 50 EXP (Triumph Only)) × 1.1
Fallen	(700 ÷ (1 + [(40 ÷ Current Wave) - 1]^2.4) + 650 (Triumph Only)) × 1.1	(200 EXP ÷ (1 + [(25 ÷ Current Wave) - 1]^2) + 50 EXP (Triumph Only)) × 1.1
Hidden Wave	150 × 1.1	250 EXP × 1.1
Frost	(800 ÷ (1 + [(40 ÷ Current Wave) - 1]^2.4) + 1,200 (Triumph Only)) × 1.1 (75 (Triumph Only)) × 1.1	(200 EXP ÷ (1 + [(40 ÷ Current Wave) - 1]^2) + 100 EXP (Triumph Only)) × 1.1

Strategy

• All enemies, except major bosses, spawn twice on this map because of the All Paths modifier.
  • The increased amount of enemies allows you to gain more cash by damaging enemies.
    • The Cowboy and Golden Cowboy can also generate more cash because of this.
• Fallen King can spawn in either left side or right side of the map. So its best to even out towers and cover both paths
• While the paths do not cross on this map, there are a few spots where your towers can cover both paths. Your towers should be placed there.
• There are very few cliff spots on this map, limiting the amount of cliff towers you can place down.
• For spawner towers like the Crook Boss and Military Base, only one unit will spawn, which will go down a random path.

Gallery

Map Icons

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  First & second version (1 January 2020 – 21 December 2022)

View

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  First version (1 January 2020 – 29 October 2020)
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  Second version (29 October 2020 – 21 December 2022)

Trailers

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  First version in the game trailer.

Development Images

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  Current version on a development image.
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  Current version on a development image.
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  Current version on a development image.

Trivia

• When the map was first released, you could place ground towers on the middle hill.
• Prior to the Overhaul Update, Frost Solitude played on this map.
• Winter Stronghold used to appear in the Special Elevators, though this is no longer the case due to them being removed from the game.
  • It appeared in both regular and Special Elevators.
  • As Winter Stronghold never received its own Matchmaking statue like other special maps and is quite similar to other maps that were not considered special, like the Black Spot Exchange, it is no longer considered a special map.

Update History

• 1 January 2020 - Release v1.5.1
  • Winter Stronghold added.
  • Bug: Towers do not target the enemies closest to the entrance when set on First targeting setting.
• 11 February 2020 - Release v1.7.0
  • Frost Solitude music added.
• 29 October 2020 - Overhaul v1.0.0
  • Insane difficulty added.
  • Baseplate water replaced with terrain water.
  • Music removed.
  • No longer gives a badge upon first triumph.
• 8 May 2021 - Overhaul v1.3.0
  • Enemies are now divided between lanes.
  • Bugfix: Towers now target enemies closest to the entrance when set on First targeting setting properly.
• 21 December 2022 - v1.6.0
  • Winter Stronghold remade.
  • Enemies Beta modifier added.
  • All Paths modifier added.
  • Bug: Cliffs are not highlighted.
• 9 January 2023 - v1.6.0f
  • Bugfix: Cliffs are now highlighted.
• 29 January 2025 - v1.51.0
  • Enemies Beta removed.