Ever since the release of the famous Vergeway expansion, people have been asking me how to beat a particular stage they got stuck on. Well, worry not, trusted fan, I’ve got your back!
After my run-through and some additional testing, I come with a (mostly) foolproof walkthrough to make your Vergeway campaigning a breeze. Just follow my advice as closely as possible, and you shouldn’t have any problems beating the stages.
The walkthrough assumes you’re leveling up your cards consistently and use the most effective option available at the moment. If you can’t beat a level with my advice, wait for some free chests to get a lucky upgrade for a bit of a boost. Otherwise, try altering the strategy slightly depending on what goes wrong in your run.
Anyway, that’s it for the intro. Let’s move onto the walkthrough. We’ll start from the very beginning, even though some stages are trivial.
Vergeway Chapter 1 Stage 1
- Start with 25 Aether and 1000 Stronghold health
- Objective: Destroy Stronghold
- 250 Stronghold health to beat
- Enemies encountered: Arrow Tower, Sword Squad, Fencer
This is the first tutorial stage. You should be able to clear this one just by following the painstakingly detailed instruction presented to you on the screen.
Vergeway Chapter 1 Stage 2
- Start with 25 Aether and 1000 Stronghold health
- Objective: Destroy Stronghold
- 350 Stronghold health to beat
- Enemies encountered: Arrow Tower, Sword Squad, Fencer
Second tutorial stage. Deploy Axel (the officer you received) and one squad for the win. Place another squad to speed up the destruction. Easy-peasy.
Vergeway Chapter 1 Stage 3
- Start with 25 Aether and 1000 Stronghold health
- Objective: Destroy Stronghold
- 500 Stronghold health to beat
- Enemies encountered: Arrow Tower, Sword Squad, Bow Squad, Huntsman
Since you unlocked the Fireball, just chuck it at the enemy Stronghold twice to win (the game will instruct you how to do it the first time). Place a tower to defend against enemies or stuff if needed.
After this stage, you can start opening Verge chests, which I advise you to do ASAP.
Vergeway Chapter 1 Stage 4
- Start with 30 Aether and 1000 Stronghold health
- Objective: Destroy Stronghold
- 1200 Stronghold health to beat
- Enemies encountered: Arrow Tower, Sword Squad, Bow Squad, Cavalry Squad, Bot Boy
You need at least a tower in your card selection to place as a defense. I recommend placing a few towers a bit further from the base to protect against area damage. The level can be won by throwing five Level 1 Fireballs (four when upgraded to Level 3) at the enemy base or overwhelming the enemy with Axel and a few squads of your choice.
Vergeway Chapter 1 Stage 5
- Start with 30 Aether and 1000 Stronghold health
- Objective: Destroy Stronghold
- 1300 Stronghold health to beat
- Enemies encountered: Arrow Tower, Sword Squad, Cavalry Squad, Ballista Squad, Cannon Train
You can place a tower or two at the back to soak up damage, put Axel or a regular squad to serve as a shield against approaching units, and kill the Stronghold with Fireballs. Alternatively, use Axel and spam Bow Squads for the win.
Vergeway Chapter 1 Stage 6
- Start with 30 Aether and 1000 Stronghold health
- Objective: Destroy Stronghold
- 1400 Stronghold health to beat
- Enemies encountered: Arrow Tower, Sword Squad, Bow Squad, Cavalry Squad, Death Knight
- Card selection: Tally, Axel, Bow Squad (option 2: Arrow Tower, Axel/Sword Squad, Fireball)
Tally, Axel, and a Bow Squad spam work just as well for this level. Another option is to bunker up with a few towers and spam Fireballs at the enemy Stronghold. Completing the level grants another card slot.
Vergeway Chapter 1 Stage 7
- Start with 30 Aether and 1000 Stronghold health
- Objective: Destroy all Towers
- 16 Towers to destroy
- Enemies encountered: Sword Squad, Cavalry Squad, Arrow Tower, Fire Tower, Blazing Obelisk
- Card selection: Axel, Arrow Tower, Fireball, Ballista Squad
This one is the first “Destroy Towers” objective in the mode. Use Axel to tank the towers and deploy Ballista Squads to clear towers. Fireball does great work against tower clusters to make the level easier. You can place Arrow Towers on the edges to make the enemy towers target them, and tank hits effectively.
Vergeway Chapter 1 Stage 8
- Start with 30 Aether and 1000 Stronghold health
- Objective: Defeat all Enemies
- 139 Enemies to destroy
- Enemies encountered: Sword Squad, Cavalry Squad, Ballista Squad, Arrow Tower, Magmalord
- Card selection: Axel, Bow Squad, Fireball, Fire Tower (can replace Bow Squad with Arrow Tower)
Place two Arrow Towers in a single column, then two Fire Towers behind them. If you don’t have Arrow Towers, just put Bow Squads. Put Axel wherever you want to push. Use Fireball to clear any swarms, and the level should be easy to beat. You have to destroy the towers too, which Axel and Fireballs do well.
Vergeway Chapter 1 Stage 9
- Start with 30 Aether and 1000 Stronghold health
- Objective: Destroy Stronghold
- 1500 Stronghold health to beat
- Enemies encountered: Bow Squad, Cavalry Squad, Ballista Squad, Fire Tower, Tally
- Card selection: Fire Tower/Arrow Tower, Fireball, Axel, Tally
You can use towers and officers to defend against the enemy while you blast the Stronghold with Fireballs. However, any unit swarm backed with Fireballs and officers will overwhelm the enemy forces eventually.
Vergeway Chapter 1 Stage 10
- Start with 30 Aether and 1000 Stronghold health
- Objective: Destroy Stronghold
- 1600 Stronghold health to beat
- Enemies encountered: Bow Squad, Cavalry Squad, Fire Tower, Arrow Tower, Vengeful Centaur
- Card selection: Axel, Ballista Squad, Bow Squad, Fireball
Use a similar tactic as before: Axel to tank the enemy towers and units while spamming ranged squads. Use Fireballs to clear swarming enemies. Axel will die once, but your units should hold ground long enough for the cooldown timer.
Vergeway Chapter 1 Stage 11
- Start with 30 Aether and 1000 Stronghold health
- Objective: Defeat all Enemies
- 138 Enemies to destroy
- Enemies encountered: Bow Squad, Sword Squad, Ballista Squad, Arrow Tower, Black Crow
- Card selection: Fire Tower, Bow Squad, Fireball, Axel/Tally
Place Fire Towers in the third column on the right to remove attacking units. You should get enough time to place four towers before the enemy officer walks up. As soon as the enemy officer shows, deploy Axel or Tally and use Bow Squads to overwhelm the enemy. Use Fireball to clear a swarm of units at once when needed.
Vergeway Chapter 1 Stage 12
- Start with 30 Aether and 1000 Stronghold health
- Objective: Destroy all Towers
- 14 Towers to destroy
- Enemies encountered: Arrow Tower, Fire Tower, Frozen Obelisk, Bow Squad, Ballista Squad
- Card selection: Ballista Squad, Bow Squad, Tally, Axel
Place Axel closest to the first tower group and a Ballista Squad two columns behind him. Put one to two Bow Squads and Tally with Ballistas to take out towers. Spam Ballistas as long as Axel is alive. Once he dies, place another Ballista and wait for Axel’s cooldown timer. Redeploy Axel on the frontline as soon as possible. Finish with more Ballista squads.
Vergeway Chapter 1 Stage 13
- Start with 30 Aether and 1000 Stronghold health
- Objective: Destroy Stronghold
- 1800 Stronghold health to beat
- Enemies encountered: Bow Squad, Huntsman, Arrow Tower, Ballista Squad, Terraspike
- Card selection: Bow Squad, Ballista Squad, Axel, Fireball
Like previous Stronghold levels, use Axel as the meat shield while you pummel enemy units and towers with ranged squads. Clear groups of ranged enemies with Fireball when needed.
Vergeway Chapter 1 Stage 14
- Start with 30 Aether and 1000 Stronghold health
- Objective: Destroy all Enemies
- 142 Enemies to Destroy
- Enemies encountered: Bow Squad, Sword Squad, Cavalry Squad, Fire Tower, Gnome
- Card selection: Sword Squad, Bow Squad, Axel, Blizzard (or Fireball)
Use Axel and a Bow Squad to push the enemy towers. Two to three Bow Squads should provide enough ranged damage. Place more Sword Squads when they’re off cooldown. Ideally, you shouldn’t need the skill, but it can be used to clear some enemies along the way.
Beating this stage unlocks a fifth card slot.
Vergeway Chapter 1 Stage 15
- Start with 30 Aether and 1000 Stronghold health
- Objective: Destroy Stronghold
- 10 000 Stronghold health to beat
- Enemies encountered: Arrow Tower, Fire Tower, Bow Squad, Cavalry Squad, Sea Squire
- Card selection: Sword Squad, Ballista Squad, Fireball, Axel, unused slot
Push the towers with Axel, two or three Ballista Squads, and two to three Sword Squads. Continue spamming your units once the Stronghold is attacked and more enemy Towers and Squads appear. Three to four Ballista Squads should finish the enemy Stronghold before the AI units overwhelm your melee troops. Use Fireball if needed. I didn’t use the fifth slot, but you can place Tally and see if that speeds it up or not.
Finishing Chapter 1 rewards you with a free Power Key, and now you can get 30 more cards to level some up, hopefully. It also unlocks the next card tier, which is better than the units you’ve used so far.
