Every set of traits is linked to either a hero's race, or their class. Those won't ever change. However, the weapon they choose to wield and their stats will slightly differ, so you'll want to try and keep an eye out for the best choice depending on your choice of lyrics you're planning to write.

This is more important than you may realize. A lot of lyrics involve bonuses directed specifically towards the hero's choice of weapon for their class. I'll be more specific later in the class ballads, but I thought it important to know this now. So, keep this in mind because you'll want to have all your Assassins wielding Daggers.

Weapon scaling grades are always consistent unless they've been altered and improved by the use of Gems. Grades start at E and improve all the way up to S affecting the amount of damage dealt.




There are a total of 46 possible lines to choose from to write your three verse ballad of 10 each. Eight of them are the chorus, which means they can be written any number of times in the same ballad. Every other line is unique to the song and can only be written once.

It's best to start a song knowing exactly how you plan on shaping the story. For example, if you don't plan on having any Undead in the squad, it's probably best you don't sing any lyrics containing tales of resurrection. Thus, having a few spare candies laying around will help forge an unforgettable ballad to be passed down the generations to be sung for ages to come.

- There are 15 lines to choose from to complete the first chapter of the ballad. Only 2 of them are chorus lines, and can only write 9 because each ballad starts with random lyrics for the first line.

gold inflow +250%

+100% damage increase

+1 bowshot

Soups are used automatically plus 1 soup

Undead gain 2 resurrection and 5 seconds of invulnerability after each resurrection

Goblin: cunning and dexterity +5, 15% chance of surviving a fatal hit

75% chance of not dying while eating

Priests act thrice

Accuracy +5 to all heroes

Events happen more often

3 onyx gems

3x critical damage

The tree stands at the beginning of each zone +3 wisdom for elves and druids

Doubles the damage of each hit in a chain of combos or in a chain of arrows

2x HP and regen to the whole squad

- With a new set of 18 lines to choose from, you get to pick all 10 of your favorites, but no longer have the options to select any previously available during Chapter 1.

+1 to initiative for all heroes

+200% camp regen

+200% HP to the whole squad

Accuracy increases crit damage. 1 accuracy = 5% crit damage

50% chance to automatically pick up the fallen cheese. Max. power of cheese strike: 300% instead of 100%

Knights get +5 to strength and constitution

x4 stumps damage and HP

If the hero has more than 50% HP left after taking damage, that hero gets 2 seconds of invulnerability

+1 to the dexterity scaling for all weapons

Two hawks appear, 3x gold from rabbits and other creatures

Onyx Gem: +10 to base damage instead of +3 to base damage

Undead gain 1 resurrection charge and 50% damage

Arrows set enemies on fire. Strength of fire depends on arrow damage.

After rebirth, the hero makes extra turn

+1 to strength scaling for all weapons

Heroes with invulnerability do triple damage

x3 mace damage

+1 to the wisdom scaling for all weapons

- Only 13 lines in the last chapter, so it should be pretty straight forward to choose the 10 best. "Ah, how it all began!.." can be a great option to be able to choose from the pool of 15 lines from Chapter 1 again, but will cost a line with no rewards.

Get a random gnome

+100% damage from fire

+300% gold from rabbits and other creatures. Creatures appear more often.

Instantly write one more line from the set of lines of the first page.

Gourmet only: x5 cheese effect

x3 heroes damage. x9 enemy damage

Events appear less frequently, but their reward is higher

If the soup is NOT used, cheese falls every second

Melee Heroes have a 50% chance to inflict additional damage to enemy. Damage equals to hero current HP.

Each lumberjack gives +10 to basic axe damage instead of +4

Goblins: Cunning is added to dexterity

Hawks can pick up cheeses

Get Garnet, Tourmaline and Lazurite

- A new interesting set of 16 lines focused on increased the amount of damage your squad does by even greater proportions.

2 extra marks when applying marks

8% chance that when the monster dies it explodes and creates columns of fire around itself. The damage dealt by this fire is based on the monster's max HP.

Additional 50% damage to all wands and staffs, get Lazurite

500% gold from chests. 150% extra gold from all sources. 5% chance of multiplying the gold you get by 10.

Wand, staff and mace get +2 to scaling from wisdom

Elves fire 1 extra arrow

Saber gets +5 to damage for each stone inserted

Axe can be added as a spice to the dish, +1 to scaling from the strength of all axes.

If a hero has at least one flower, the hero's HP and damage are increased x1.5 times.

When using soup, 5 portions are used and the action time does not increase. Gourmets get x10 to HP and damage during the meal.

Thieves begin from invisibility

Automatic use of soup. 10% acceleration from soup

The chance of MIRV increases by 40 percentage points

Fire damage is increased by 40% for each priest

Goblins and elves get +8 to dexterity

Trade a rebirth charge for 5 seconds of invulnerability

- We get to see something fresh and different for the first time in our long heroic tale of the bard. Not only will there be songs, but now immortalized in paintings. There are 12 options to choose from, but this time only one may be selected.

Archers get an extra move at the beginning of each wave. Archers release 1 extra arrow.

x100 damage from invisibility. (instead of x10). Invisible units have a 99% chance of avoiding a hit.

Blessing of the cheese hit no longer has a maximum and its lifetime becomes infinite.

Elves' dexterity, wisdom and accuracy are tripled. Elves gain a resurrection charge.

Periodically, a rainbow appears, which collects all rabbits and other creatures. x10 gold from rabbits. As long as the rainbow is active, chance for crit is doubled.

Get a rose, a daisy and a tulip. (double effect of the flowers)

x4 cure rate in the camp. 5 extra soup in the camp. A "Pep" blessing is given. (15% to damage, HP, gold and inspiration for 200 seconds).

10 constitution to all undead units. 1 resurrection charge to all undead units

x100 damage of small MIRV charges

x2 fire damage. x1.5 burning duration. x1.5 the size of pillars of fire

Power of all choruses doubles.

Swords gain 1 to all scaling, but scaling of swords can no longer be higher than A. 50 to basic sword damage.

- Returning to our song, we have the greatest selection and hardest choice to make in this chapter of 26 possible lines.

In next chest thief will find a dagger instead of gold, and will become a dagger master

Gold from enemy heroes 500% gold from chests 100%

Elves get 50 to wisdom

50% squad HP, 50% total squad damage.

Staff: 2 to all scaling, 50 to base damage.

x6 production of orange jelly

Effectiveness of a dexterity blessing is multiplies by 3

Effectiveness of a strength blessing is multiplied by 3

Effectiveness of a wisdom blessing is multiplied by 3

Heroes with invulnerability get a Courage Charge for every second of invulnerability (minimum 1 charge)

Archers with dexterity greater than 10 deal x3 damage. Archers with accuracy greater than 10 deal x3 damage from a crit.

Instantly get 2 random lines from previous pages.

x6 Purple jelly production

Undead deals triple damage to enemies with dark marks.

Knights: x10 strength and constitution. Legionaries: x5 strength and constitution

x6 aqua jelly production

x4 damage from burning, but fire is extinguished twice as fast

Increased stumps! x5 damage, x10 HP stumps.

Double damage and double chance of a crit from invisibility.

x6 yellow jelly production

Elves receive a resurrection charge. When an elf dies, a random blessing is given for 100 seconds

Undead units gain a resurrection charge. When an undead unit dies, a random enemy unit receives 100 dark marks.

x6 red jelly production

x6 green jelly production

x6 blue jelly production

Priests and mages with wands get a second wand and release two magical projectiles each

-I believe this is the first chapter that doesn't feature any chorus lines. There are 25 to choose from.

Lazurite and rhodonite +1 to wisdom scaling

Archers deal x1000 damage if there is only one enemy left on battlefield.

Archers get ricochet ability. (The arrow jumps from one monster to another 5 times)

Arrows and magical orbs deal 5x damage.

Give flag to hero. Hero's weapon is replaced by flag, but all heroes gain bonus to morale: 500% to damage.

Effectiveness of dark marks increases by 500%

Goblins sit on boars. Boar: Initiative 5, HP and damage x5, 1 extra hit at the beginning of wave.

Write any available line from previous pages.

Bandits quadruple their characteristics and gain +500 to cunning and +500 to dexterity. Each bandit receives 4 random stones.

+1 to dexterity for all heroes.

Hire a hero for free.

Daggers get extra combo hit.

When an orc drinks milk, orc gains +0.5 seconds of invulnerability.

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An especially rare variety of cheese appears - roquefort! These cheeses give 10 times cheese blessing and do not disappear on earth.

If melee hero survives a melee hit, he makes repel against enemy that hit him, dealing x5 damage. If hero has shield, damage is x500

Undead gain +10 wisdom. When undead hero dies and is reborn, at moment of rebirth all heroes in team gain +5 admiration. Admiration: spend an admiration charge to deal x10 damage, or reduce damage you take by 10.

People: flowers become 3 times more effective.

Bulat and garnet: +1 to strength scaling.

+1000% gold from snails.

Jade and tourmaline: +1 to dexterity scaling.

It is possible to hire an additional Master of candle. Master of candle is guaranteed to show up for hire in first position.

Masters of candle set enemies on fire and deal x10 damage.

Cultists can desecrate altars. Desecrating an altar gives Cultist +300 ritual dagger damage and a special "Cult" blessing for 500 seconds. (x10 damage to cultists, x10 fire damage)

At sight of dragons and toads all heroes get +4 admiration.

-Currently a total of 19 possible tarot cards choosing from 3 at a time.

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Undead heroes on death deal 66% of their damage to a random enemy and place a dark mark on them.

Get ambrosia. 2x damage to bosses.

All heroes now share a common HP pool. Each time a hero takes damage, damage is distributed among HP of all heroes. Heroes do not regenerate HP between waves.

All heroes get 1 to strength.

You can have no more than 5 soups per game. Total squad damage x5. Total hero HP x5.

Game speed increases by 10%. Get 3 tulips. Combo hits are speeded up considerably.

The Devil

Damage from fire is increased by 3 times. 50% chance not to take fire damage. 50% chance to additionaly ignite enemy on impact.

Chance is higher for Knights, Legionaries, Archers, Priests, Lumberjacks, hapy monks and priests of light, but the chance of thieves, bandits, assassins, cultists and dark priests is lower.

Heroes get dealy jokes. (Sometimes hero can tell a joke and deal 20% damage to a random enemy)

Full automation of everything. Everything is decided for you.

No soup. Gold receive is reduced by 99%. Instead of receiving soups, get lazurite (1 to wisdom).

All priests releases 2 charges at time (works on regular priests, priests of Light and dark priests). Priests gains 1.5 seconds of invulnerability at the beginning of each wave.

It is possible to pray at altars without priest. Quicker use of altar. Blessings last 50% longer and altars gives one more blessing.

Elves gain silver arrows and blades(swords, rapiers, sabers, daggers). Silver damage: x3 damage on critical hit, hero is healed by 50% damage dealt. In dungeons all damage of elves is increased by 20 times.

25% inspiration.

Quick conversation with tree. Damage is increased by 2 times in open terrain. Get camomile.

Chests opens without thieves. Fast chest opening. Chests contain 2 times more gold.

Increases likelihood of random evens, number of creatres and cheese. Occasionally a rainbow appears. Unique creates appear. Added 2 hawks. Hawks are getting smarter.

Heroes are always lucky. (chance of critical hits is 2 times highter, 20% chance to find x5 gold in chest).

Elves are really good at performing magic. They can heal the team of their injuries, summon forest spirits, and provide the squad with blessings and miracles.

Archers
Assassins wielding Daggers
Beasts wielding Sabers?
Druids
Mercenaries wielding Sabers?
Priests wielding Wands
Thieves

Dagger Master
Master of Candle
Shooting Master

The tree stands at the beginning of each zone. +3 wisdom for elves and druids

Elves fire +1 extra arrow

Goblins and elves get +8 to dexterity

Elves' dexterity, wisdom and accuracy are tripled. Elves gain a resurrection charge.

Elves receive a resurrection charge. When an elf dies, a random blessing is given for 100 seconds.

Elves get +50 to wisdom

Goblins may be small and weak, but despite their size, are quick on their feet. They are very Cunning and have lots of dexterity. However, it more than makes up for the constitution penalty they suffer. Because of this, they are best suited for classes capable of striking fast, from afar, or lurking in the shadows.

Archers
Assassins with daggers.
Bandits with either bow or dagger (depending on the build)
Beasts with either swords or sabers (again depending on the build).
Thieves

Dagger Master
Shooting Master

Goblin: cunning and dexterity +5, 15% chance of surviving a fatal hit

Goblins: Cunning is added to dexterity

Goblins and elves get +8 to dexterity

Humans star the game without any special bonuses. However, they have the unique ability to obtain them later through the Writer's Shop. This can be changed at any time and should be selected based on what's most suitable for the team.

Humans have a unique book listed under Questionable Techniques. It basically allows you to further customize the humans in the squad based on their tactics. This makes Humans the most versatile race, and have the most freedom to go with whatever build is chosen.

A great all-round choice. All Humans now come equipped with these traits making them great at taking blows to the face as well as the knowledge of magic. This makes them great for both defender classes such as a Knight providing further increases to HP, or magic-bearing classes wielding Staffs and Wands.

A perfect option for mimicking the Ballad of Orcs, or pairing with the Ballad of Soup.

Best used when making an army of Legionnaires or Lumberjacks.

This is the best choice for Human Thieves, Assassins, and Archers.

If you plan on making a heroic squad of 30 Druids and 30 Stumps, this choice goes hand-in-hand with Staffs when taking the more damage approach.

Improves the effectiveness of weapons, but you're still probably best doing it with gems anyways, so I'd personally avoid this one.

If this game had a pseudo-multiplayer where you got to face off against other player squads, they would absolutely hate you for this choice with a team of knights. However, there is a line of lyrics that does this same thing, and better too. If you don't want to waste a line on it, then this might actually come in handy when fighting bosses.

Beast Human (Philosophy) (weapon)
Druid (Philosophy) (weapon)
Knights (Philosophy) (weapon)
Legionaire (Philosophy) (weapon)
Lumberjack (Philosophy) (weapon)
Mercenery (Philosophy) (weapon)
Priests (Philosophy) (weapon)

Master of Candle (Philosophy)
Shooting Master (Philosophy)
Sword Master (Philosophy) (weapon)

There are currently no ballad lines exclusive to Humans

Orcs will always come with a bonus to Constitution and Strength. They even have a unique racial trait called Gourmet. They share their protective nature with the humans, but also like to get their hands dirty by getting up close and personal with the enemy. They hunger for grub and blood.

Bandits?
Beasts wielding maces.
Knights wielding maces.
Legionnaires
Lumberjacks
Mercenaries wielding maces (or axes with axe build paired with lumberjacks)

Dagger Master?
Sword Master wielding sabers

There are currently no ballad lines exclusive to Orcs

Zombies have the unique ability of resurrecting when struck down during a wave. All other hero races must wait until the beginning of the next wave to be revived (modified with ballad lines).

Beasts
Druids
Knights
Lumberjacks
Mercenaries
Priests (won't heal, but still gain blessings)
*The Undead don't have any weapon modifiers, so it doesn't matter which weapons are chosen.

Dark Master (Absolute best for undead teams)
Master of Candle
Sword Master

Undead gain +2 resurrection and 5 seconds of invulnerability after each resurrection.

Undead gain +1 resurrection charge and +50% damage.

+10 constitution to all undead units. +1 resurrection charge to all undead units.

Undead deals triple damage to enemies with dark marks.

Undead units gain a resurrection charge. When an undead unit dies, a random enemy unit receives 100 dark marks.

Always wields a bow, and able to shoot a volley of fire arrows before the enemy draws near.
Best Class Races
Best Class Weapons
Unique Lyrics for Class
Aim, Fire!
Archers get an extra move at the beginning of each wave. Archers release 1 extra arrow.

Bowstring whispered to wind
Archers with dexterity greater than 10 deal x3 damage. Archers with accuracy greater than 10 deal x3 damage from a crit.

Strikes from the shadows with a dagger in the back. Usually best with daggers (Considering available master classes)
Best Class Races
Best Class Weapons
Unique Lyrics for Class
There are currently no exclusive Ballad lines for Assassins

Class Pretext
Best Class Races
Best Class Weapons
Unique Lyrics for Class
There are currently no exclusive Ballad lines for Bandits

Becoming feral might not have been the wisest choice, but who's gonna complain as they rip the battlefield apart?
Best Class Races
Best Class Weapons
Unique Lyrics for Class
There are currently no exclusive Ballad lines for Beasts

Never go alone is their motto. A summoned tree stump is always around to keep them company by providing all kinds of support.
Best Class Races
Best Class Weapons
Unique Lyrics for Class
The wise tree will help with advice
The tree stands at the beginning of each zone +3 wisdom for elves and druids

Stand at the front of the line as they're equipped with the most formidable armor. Often praised for their ability to protect their friends.
Best Class Races
Best Class Weapons
Unique Lyrics for Class
And the knights sweat from exertion
Knights get 5 to strength and constitution

Discipline and will - the army's honour
Knights: x10 strength and constitution. Legionaries: x5 strength and constitution

Highly trained combatants in melee weaponry. Even a small squad shouldn't be underestimated.
Best Class Races
Best Class Weapons
Unique Lyrics for Class
Discipline and will - the army's honour
Knights: x10 strength and constitution. Legionaries: x5 strength and constitution

Using the same technique for chopping trees as chopping heads. They've been doing it for a long time. Where do you think the druids get all their stumps?
Best Class Races
Best Class Weapons
Unique Lyrics for Class
Ow, tree, beware!
Each lumberjack gives 10 to basic axe damage instead of 4

Class Pretext
Best Class Races
Best Class Weapons
Unique Lyrics for Class
When one wand is not enough
Priests and mages with wands get a second wand and release two magical projectiles each

With their expertise in monster hunting, I'd say the money spent on hiring them is well worth the cost.
Best Class Races
Best Class Weapons
Unique Lyrics for Class
There are currently no exclusive Ballad lines for Mercenaries

Not just around to listen to and forgive you of your sins. They also don't like to see a person lie on the brink of death. They will heal your wounds no questions asked. Usually best with Wands.
Best Class Races
Best Class Weapons
Unique Lyrics for Class
The gift of good intention is the true power!
Priests act thrice

When one wand is not enough
Priests and mages with wands get a second wand and release two magical projectiles each

We shall burn our enemies to the ground!
Fire damage is increased by 40% for each priest

If there's one thing they love, it's stealing. Don't leave your valuables lying around unattended, picking locks is their specialty.
Best Class Races
Best Class Weapons
Unique Lyrics for Class
For there is virtue in the shadows, too!
Thieves begin from invisibility

For ancient dagger, whom in a chest, there is apprentice found (chorus)
In next chest, thief will find a dagger instead of gold, and will become a dagger master
*This is but the only way to have more than one Master Class.

To be honest, this master is kind of pointless to bring along unless most of your party is wielding daggers. And, while it's possible to have up to 11 of them at a time, it's not remotely worth the hassle to make it happen.

Kind of another pointless master if I'm being frank. Even with the majority of the heroes being undead, they revive like 6 times, so they already effectively have 6x HP.

The only Master of any value. Even if he doesn't contribute directly to the battle at hand, his ability to bless the fighting warriors is tremendous. It doesn't matter what mishmash of a team you've managed to scavenge together.

Much like the Dagger Master, unless both the front and backline of the squad is comprised of Archers, then you probably won't be benefiting from this guy. I would maybe change my opinion if the +5 Accuracy was applied to everyone.

Another selective Master in the offerings of his teachings. He only enhances the ability of melee heroes excluding axes and maces.

Paired best with Orcs because of Gourmet trait.

But isn't it time for lunch?: Soups are used automatically. Plus gain 1 additional Soup.

*Hawks, forward!: Two hawks appear. 3x Gold from rabbits and other creatures.

*The nimble hawk snatches the cheese: Hawks can pick up cheeses.

*Serene those warriors who eat well: 75% chance of not dying while eating.

*Ah, Cheeses chees! Round and fine!

Oh, give us cheese!: If the soup is NOT used, cheese falls every second.

The following tables are a representation of how well, relatively speaking, a race or class performs on average without the help of any modifiers.

*For Solo Adventures

Once you start to add in Squad Health, Weapons, or the use of Soup, the highest wave capable only scales evenly. After Books from the Writer's Shop have been read, or lines to the ballad have been written, these tables no longer apply.

However, with that said, I would still consider Orcs to be a powerful starter race to take you pretty far. Because of Gourmet and the benefits Soup provides, Orcs just might be the best of the races. At a certain breaking point, with the available song lyrics, All races are viable in strength with the bonuses they receive.

The Undead are able to stay in battle for an indefinite amount of time proving to be formidable with their growing number of times they can revive. Elves and Goblins end up sharing a lot of traits, but have their own as well. Eventually Goblins become a nuisance to kill with their vast amounts of gold spent on the squad health they originally lacked. Plus, Elves also turn into zombies almost making the actual Undead moot.




While some classes may work best in large numbers such as legionnaires and lumberjacks, most others are suitable for any accompanying arrangement as well as being able to hold their own better in battle. A few classes are kind of pointless no matter what (Bandits, Mercenaries, Thieves), so it would probably be best to avoid learning their trade from their respective books effectively making it more difficult to organize the perfect party.

For example, a single beast is hands down able to make it the furthest, but when you try to stack them up, end up falling apart. Even though Legionnaires can become a strong organized army, and Lumberjacks can land one hell of a whooping, it would still be smart to have some defensive and sustainability by incorporating a few knights and priests in the mix.

Druids can effectively conjure up a team of 60 squad members, and even continue to summon more stumps as they fall. Assassins can land a nuclear bomb from the shadows with critical hits before the enemies have a chance to even think about retaliating. Knights can stand their grand for a very long time, but often need help with quicker damage.

Originally, I was able to make it to Zone 50 with a bunch of Goblin Assassins choosing the right lyrics to tell my story. I've since learned a lot of different techniques with the continuing updates that are possibly better. A volley of quick fire arrows, or a cult of mages also seem to work their magic.

In a nutshell, mix it up, but have a strong focus on how you plan to build your squad. I'd say that choosing a class is more important that picking a race, but when given the option, try to select Orcs, then Elves, then Goblins? There are more than enough ballad lines to give you what you need specifically while having a few to spare into earning extra gold. Sometimes, you may just need to include a unique junk line to avoid paying candy fees.

- A couple of people have stated that "The power of the empire is steel and fire!" is a strong early pick for your ballad. So, I decided to do a cross comparison between damage related lyrics and the amount of total damage it adds to the team.

- It takes all 3 Onyx gems to be placed onto a single hero to increase his damage by roughly 90%.
- Instead of using a line in the ballad, you can level weapons 45 times.


- A single Onyx with increased power doubles a heroes damage
- Paired with Example 1, stacking 3 on a hero increases damage by 300%.
- Alternatively, 1 Onyx on 3 different heroes will have the same effect on total damage output, which is better.


- The chorus not only increases the damage for a hero by 100%, but it's effective for the entire team, not just up to 3 heroes.
- Repeating this line a second time in place of the above two further increases damage of all heroes by another 100%. In other words, 300% total damage.

To obtain the same amount of power as one line of "Blades cut the truth," you would need an Onyx+10 gem (450 weapon upgrades) on every hero. It's better to repeat "Blades cut the truth" twice rather than sing "The power of the empire is steel and fire!" and "Ignite your weapon with darkness."

Books to avoid reading?

This table is not included with Assassins, Lumberjacks, nor Master Classes yet.