Choose a clearable difficulty
Higher difficulty improves experience and loot quality, but the useful farm is one your defenses can finish reliably.
Dungeon Defenders FARMING GUIDESKnow what to farm.
Know what to farm.
And where to go.
Dungeon Defenders uses map- and difficulty-based rewards. Clear campaign maps to unlock Survival and Pure Strategy, then progress through accessible routes such as Ramparts, Endless Spires, and Glitterhelm. Higher difficulty raises loot quality and XP; sell spare drops to fund upgrades.
17 farming guides · PC / Global, original Dungeon Defenders edition
What matters before you farm
Unlock requirements, costs and tips to help you get started.
Unlock Survival map by map
Clear a map’s campaign mission to open its Survival and Pure Strategy options; that gate applies to each map you want to farm.
Sources & fact checks
Target the pet reward map
For a Fairy, use Royal Gardens: pet rewards are map-specific, and Pure Strategy leaves your defenses to carry the waves without hero attacks.
Sources & fact checks
Farm with a purpose
Prioritize map-specific pet targets and practical mana goals, then early gear and XP progression, followed by Survival access and evergreen farming methods.
Weapons and armor
Run Ramparts for early gear and XP
Ramparts offers an accessible campaign route for replacing early equipment while earning experience.
Weapons and armor
Farm Glitterhelm Caverns on Insane
A repeatable campaign clear can replace early equipment and provide saleable drops while progressing toward later maps.
Weapons and armor
Progress to Endless Spires loot
Endless Spires is a next-step gear route once your defenses can cover its lanes at a stable difficulty.
Survival and pets
Unlock Survival for extended loot
Completing a map’s campaign mission unlocks its Survival mode for continued waves and additional loot opportunities.
Survival and pets
Use Pure Strategy to farm pets
Royal Gardens has a listed Fairy pet reward, making it a specific target for a pet run rather than a generic map farm.
Weapons and armor
Step into Nightmare for better drops
Nightmare offers a higher loot tier for players with access to Lost Eternia Shards and a build ready for the greater challenge.
Weapons and armor
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Weapons and armor
Run Ramparts for early gear and XP
Ramparts offers an accessible campaign route for replacing early equipment while earning experience.
Weapons and armor
Farm Glitterhelm Caverns on Insane
A repeatable campaign clear can replace early equipment and provide saleable drops while progressing toward later maps.
Weapons and armor
Progress to Endless Spires loot
Endless Spires is a next-step gear route once your defenses can cover its lanes at a stable difficulty.
Weapons and armor
Step into Nightmare for better drops
Nightmare offers a higher loot tier for players with access to Lost Eternia Shards and a build ready for the greater challenge.
Mana and upgrades
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Mana and upgrades
Sell surplus weapons for mana
Converting unused weapons into mana funds equipment upgrades and defense construction.
Mana and upgrades
Farm mana from map chests
Chests and surplus drops can support defense construction and upgrades when gathered during repeatable map runs.
Mana and upgrades
Upgrade elemental damage to sell value
This is a conditional mana conversion tactic for a weapon whose sale return can justify its upgrade cost.
Mana and upgrades
Build a mana reserve from Survival loot
Turns repeated Survival wave clears into a flexible mana reserve for defense construction and upgrades, using only drops you…
Experience
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Experience
Level a new hero on Glitterhelm
Glitterhelm completion experience can help bring a newly added hero forward while stronger characters handle the defense work.
Experience
Repeat Glitterhelm for campaign XP
Glitterhelm campaign completion is a repeatable experience route for a hero that is active during the mission.
Experience
Use Tavern Defense for survival XP
Tavern Defense Pure Strategy Survival is a repeatable wave route for experience when its defense setup can hold.
Survival and pets
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Survival and pets
Unlock Survival for extended loot
Completing a map’s campaign mission unlocks its Survival mode for continued waves and additional loot opportunities.
Survival and pets
Use Pure Strategy to farm pets
Royal Gardens has a listed Fairy pet reward, making it a specific target for a pet run rather than a generic map farm.
Survival and pets
Farm Survival armor drops
Survival extends waves on a completed map, giving repeated opportunities to find armor and convert unwanted pieces into mana.
Survival and pets
Target the Genie pet on Hall of Court Survival
Replaces the duplicated Royal Gardens Fairy route with a different named pet target and its own map-specific Survival milestone.
Survival and pets
Target the Baby Demon Lord in Alchemical Laboratory
Offers a separate named pet target and milestone route on Alchemical Laboratory.
Survival and pets
Target the Baby Ancient Dragon on The Summit
Provides a distinct named pet target on The Summit and a milestone-based Survival or Pure Strategy collection route.
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Weapons and armor
Run Ramparts for early gear and XP
Ramparts offers an accessible campaign route for replacing early equipment while earning experience.
Weapons and armor
Farm Glitterhelm Caverns on Insane
A repeatable campaign clear can replace early equipment and provide saleable drops while progressing toward later maps.
Weapons and armor
Progress to Endless Spires loot
Endless Spires is a next-step gear route once your defenses can cover its lanes at a stable difficulty.
Survival and pets
Unlock Survival for extended loot
Completing a map’s campaign mission unlocks its Survival mode for continued waves and additional loot opportunities.
Survival and pets
Use Pure Strategy to farm pets
Royal Gardens has a listed Fairy pet reward, making it a specific target for a pet run rather than a generic map farm.
Weapons and armor
Step into Nightmare for better drops
Nightmare offers a higher loot tier for players with access to Lost Eternia Shards and a build ready for the greater challenge.
Experience
Level a new hero on Glitterhelm
Glitterhelm completion experience can help bring a newly added hero forward while stronger characters handle the defense work.
Experience
Repeat Glitterhelm for campaign XP
Glitterhelm campaign completion is a repeatable experience route for a hero that is active during the mission.
Survival and pets
Farm Survival armor drops
Survival extends waves on a completed map, giving repeated opportunities to find armor and convert unwanted pieces into mana.
Mana and upgrades
Sell surplus weapons for mana
Converting unused weapons into mana funds equipment upgrades and defense construction.
Experience
Use Tavern Defense for survival XP
Tavern Defense Pure Strategy Survival is a repeatable wave route for experience when its defense setup can hold.
Mana and upgrades
Farm mana from map chests
Chests and surplus drops can support defense construction and upgrades when gathered during repeatable map runs.
Mana and upgrades
Upgrade elemental damage to sell value
This is a conditional mana conversion tactic for a weapon whose sale return can justify its upgrade cost.
Mana and upgrades
Build a mana reserve from Survival loot
Turns repeated Survival wave clears into a flexible mana reserve for defense construction and upgrades, using only drops you…
Survival and pets
Target the Genie pet on Hall of Court Survival
Replaces the duplicated Royal Gardens Fairy route with a different named pet target and its own map-specific Survival milestone.
Survival and pets
Target the Baby Demon Lord in Alchemical Laboratory
Offers a separate named pet target and milestone route on Alchemical Laboratory.
Survival and pets
Target the Baby Ancient Dragon on The Summit
Provides a distinct named pet target on The Summit and a milestone-based Survival or Pure Strategy collection route.
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