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Larry the Leprechaun

You'll never find his pot o' gold! Unless you find it in a chest.

 Detective Kaine

 Mister the Monkey

 Bernard the Bartender

 Zombie Winter

**Larry the Leprechaun** is the first alternate crusader to be available from Hermit's Premature Party event. He is an alternate crusader who swaps with Detective Kaine, Mister the Monkey, Bernard the Bartender, and Zombie Winter.

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As a Leprechaun, Larry can be used in a speed formation with Crusaders like Viktor the Vampire for the bonus items probability.

Since he is also in kaine's seat, he also remove the need to switch for other magnify users before using Storm Rider. This can be very advantageous in tight speed form such as World's Wake.

## References

1. ↑ Advertising slogan for *Skittles* candy.
Kris, the Enraged Elemental/Strategies

***Kris-ing*** is a strategy that use the *Take root* ability to clear areas past your normal limit. *Take root* records your max DPS and CLK for an area **even when Kris is not in the formation which sets the max DPS/CLK.**

Switching to a formation containing Kris maintains your max DPS/CLK reached. As such you do not need to use any buffers/ DPS-ers in the Kris formation. Instead you can construct a practically invulnerable formation.

This lets you advance about 15 areas past your normal limit. At that point you will no longer be able to damage bosses even with abilities such as Fire Storm (The Princess) or Winter Vigil (Kris, the Enraged Elemental).

**Steps to use the strategy:**

1. Create a *Glass cannon formation* that maximizes DPS/CLK. No need for healers, tanks,shooters unless used as buffers
2. Creat a *Kris formation* containing Kris (in the last column) and special crusaders (see list below)
3. Wait until the formation *Glass cannon formation* reaches the max DPS (Mindy for example needs 10 seconds to activate mimic) and move to the next area to clear
4. Switch to the *Kris formation*, wait until you have cleared the area
5. Switch back to *Glass cannon formation* and repeat from step 3

**Crusaders to add to the Kris formation:**

* Speed Crusaders
* Special damage crusaders: Agent 79 (Ricochet and Explosion), Gemthel (shooters and increased activation chance), Gloria (extra damage to polymorphed monsters) , Fright-o-Tron (reduced monster health and explosion on death)
* Defense crusaders: 1st healer, tank (Greyskull, shooter bonus), 2nd healer (Gloria, polymorph bonus), tank buffer (Dark Gryphon)
* Ability crusaders: Monkey, The Princess, Lion, Thalia
Jiaolong the Guardian

Spirit of the endless river.

 Morrigan the Furious

 Momma's Monster

 Yaretzi

**Jiaolong the Guardian** is the new Crusader in the fifth tier of the Princess' Pool Party Event. Jiaolong descends from the skies above to bring a powerful dragon DPS Crusader to your formations! His *Laden Clouds* ability increases his DPS based on a percentage of your Gold Find, while his *Azure Skies, Razor Claws*, and *Nine Sons* upgrades increase his DPS.

With *River Guardian*, Jiaolong marks four slots in the formation when he has the highest DPS in the formation, with each marked slot increasing the Global DPS boosting of Crusaders in those slots (these slots change each reset). This ability is further buffed by *Eternal Waterfall*, which buffs River Guardian by 50% for each Support Crusader that it affects.

**Nature's Guardian**

In Princess' Pool Party 2021, Jiaolong becomes one with the earth. The new skin provides only one set of tag changes:

  Animal
  Flora

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Koivu the Dryad/Strategies

* Currently, the only crusaders that have the ability to make a Formation Ability target Koivu the Dryad that would not normally target him for his Barkskin ability are Mycall the Mushroom(Propagation), Langley the Conductor(Flip the Switch), Tiernan(Druidic Patterns), and Adina the Wonderful(Hero League)
	+ However**,** Mindy copying both him and Karen, the Cat Teenager gains Karen's Center of the Universe which will make Formation Abilities target Mindy and trigger the mimicked Barkskin on her.
* Koivu's projectile attack doesn't do any damage directly, insteads increase damage to monsters transformed by Nuts!
	+ Because of Natural Magic, Koivu likes to be in the central spot of the formation.
Larry the Leprechaun (Companion)

The companion version of **Larry the Leprechaun** is in the first objective of the Hermit's Premature Party event, *Recruit Larry the Leprechaun*. He occupies the center of the formation and has the debuff "Hands Off Me Lucky Charms!", which reduces all Gold found by 10% for each Crusader next to him.
July 2015

*Version: v0.19*

**SFX, Music, and Fixes**

**Audio**

* Added more sound effects
* Added music

**Features**

* Bosses before 50 now also have a chance to drop a chest on subsequent play-throughs, just like bosses above level 50
* Changed 2nd and 3rd campaign objectives to 'beat area 150' and 'beat area 200' respectively
* Changed the cost for Jim's "Bulwark" ability from 500 to 5000 gold
* Changed Gold Panda's 3rd upgrade name to "More Gold! Mine!"
* Easier to click the Next Area Arrow

**Fixes**

* Can no longer get stuck in tutorial because you didn't get enough gold from clicking the monsters
* Abilities can no longer be activated when the hero is dead, and they reenable when that hero revives
* Warlord Gavin will no longer spawn on area 92
* Forums button no long appears about the guidbook popups

### July 30th, 2015

*Thursday July 30th, 2015*

*Version: v0.18*

**Fixes!**

**Features**

* Added forum button

**Fixes**

* Upgrade buttons no longer glow if you don't have the money to buy them
* Fixed monsters not spawning after closing the UseCache dialog popup
* Fixed bug where you couldn't easily select Crusaders behind the Princess
* Fixed bug where Crusaders would start hopping after you added them to the formation
* Fixed bug where Crusaders would occasionally face forward after you added them to the formation
* Fixed UseCache dialog popup happening during the tutorial

### July 22nd, 2015

*Wednesday July 22nd, 2015*

*Version: v0.17*

**Early Access!**

Launched for early access! Have fun, new players!
Langley the Conductor

By clicking here, you agree to the code of conductors.

 Xander, the Xmas Dragon

 Saint Patrokia

 Rex the Wrestler

 The Wolf King

**Langley the Conductor** is the new Crusader in the fourth tier of the Littlefoot's Big Adventure Event. Langley is a naturally adventurous person; while on vacation, they came across the rest of the Crusaders and decided to join them on Littlefoot's Big Adventure!

Langley's *Chew Chew* ability increases Gold Find for each adjacent Crusader in the formation while also increasing the damage of Crusaders two or more spaces away. *Ticket Please* and *Whistle Blower* increase your Gold Find even more. With *My Friend Thomas*, Langley will throw a toy train at an enemy, causing the monster killed by the train to drop even more gold. *Flip the Switch* allows formation abilities affecting Langley to also apply to those Crusaders in the column directly behind Langley and *All Aboard* increases the effect of Chew Chew for each boss area you clear for the first time on the current reset.

**Express Train To Hell**

In Littlefoot's Big Adventure 2021, Langley becomes a hell train.
This creates a single set of tag changes:

  Human

  Robot

  Undead

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Legendary Hoards

## Legendary Hoards

### Effect (per level)

Increases Global DPS by 10% (+1% per level) for every 5 Legendary item levels

Pictured are:

* Slobbering Devouring Sack of Lost Loot
* Extinct Raptor Feathered Hat of a Few Dozen Curses
* Strange Moon Cape of Emotional Distance
* Tornado Orb of Literally Having a Tornado Inside It
* Lizard-Scale Gauntlets of Curse Avoidance
* Enchanted Ivory Wand of Diamond Finding
* Four-Eyed Horned Megalodon of Destruction
Kaala Rigel

Known for doing her best work in her sleep.

 Mogra, the Ring Leader

 Pascal, Highest Bidder Mascot

 Qadir of House Tintahal

**Kaala Rigel** is the new Crusader in the seventh tier of the Kaines' Dinner of Doom Event.

Blackness.

Slowly, as your eyes adjust to the surroundings, you notice a faint hint of light seemingly floating above the ground.

Curious, you move closer to the light source, but are puzzled at the cold mist enveloping your legs, and as you're bopped on the head by a stick of some sort.

Two more light sources have joined the faint glow and they illuminate a snout full of teeth.

"No further please," a feminine voice says and then the light vanishes again.

The stick on your head starts to warm up and memories of your comrades standing beside you as you fling items at monsters stream through your head.

"Oooh, throwing things is fun," she says, and you feel the stick removed from your head. "I will join you."

The blackness immediately lightens and you see your new friend asleep on a cloud with a bundle of bamboo nearby. Time for another magical adventure.

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Larry the Leprechaun/Strategies

As a Leprechaun, Larry can be used in a speed formation with Crusaders like Viktor the Vampire for the bonus items probability.

Since he is also in kaine's seat, he also remove the need to switch for other magnify users before using Storm Rider. This can be very advantageous in tight speed form such as World's Wake.
Kyle the Party Bro (Companion)

The companion version of **Kyle the Party Bro** is in the second objective of the Hermit's Premature Party event, *Recruit Kyle the Party Bro*, along with his fellow Party Bro. He occupies the top of the third column of the formation and has the debuff "Cheers, Bro!", which reduces the Base DPS of adjacent Crusaders by 25%.
Karen, the Cat Teenager/Strategies

* Karen with her Center of the Universe ability can be good main-damage dealer, because she can use abilities which without this skill will be not affecting on her. For example, Jim increases DPS of crusaders in same column as him by 50% (without gear). But Karen get 50% (without gear) of this buff even if she will be not in Jim's column.
	+ With her Epic Collar it doesn't matter where in the formation she is all bluffs will apply at full strength. With her golden epic or Legendary Collar if she gets buffs via Center of the Universe ability they will apply at more than full strength.
* GOLD! Need we say more? Karen's Center of the Universe ability will create quite a boon to your gold bonus if you position her right. For example:
	+ Position Karen away from Larry the Leprechaun and she will add to his Little Pockets ability. This will make it so he is surrounded by 'seven' crusaders, provided there are six physically surrounding Larry.
	+ Position Karen and Detective Kaine in a different columns and increase his A-Hah! ability, making it so there is 'one more' spot in his column.
	+ Position Karen anywhere with Bubba in the formation and she receives is Splish Splash ability.
	+ Do not put Karen directly in front of RoboSanta to increase the effect of his Expensive Toys ability. This makes it so there is 'one more' spot in the column in front of RoboSanta.
* Kitty Has Claws ability which increases your click damage by 1% of her DPS can be good to make Bush Whacker/RoboRabbit more useful,but only when she's strong, otherwise, change in click damage will be unnoticeable.
* Nine Lives ability makes her a potentially good tank, because she can revive after death nine times. However, weakness of this ability is fact, that every time Karen dies, she also has decreased DPS by 10% and this effect stacks. She's pretty good tank when you can beat new areas and finish them before Karen dies too many times.
	+ Nine Lives is very exceptional concept of reviving. Her ability does not have cooldown and also reset when changing area. In a situation that include instant death effect, sometimes it can bypass Alan the Archangel's Resurrection ability, but not for Karen as she always revived as long as FA is not disabled. And since it doesn't have cooldown she can position a tank for a long while against deadly target without Alan (+1 extra life with Alan resurrection if you insist).
	+ Nine Lives also gains another effect if you are able to grab her Legendary Catnap Baggy which will increase the DPS of all other crusaders in the party by 100% for each lost "life." With proper placement this will not only mitagate the DPS loss but even increase it given the proper set up.
	+ Nine Lives will allow Karen to revive after an effect that wipes the party, such as when the escort ornament is destroyed in the "The Nate Before Christmas" T4 objective "Deck The Halls".'
	+ Karen Can also be affected by certain legendary effects, Like Imani's Legendary Belt.
It's So Meta

**It's So Meta** was a promotion event for the release of the ***Ready Player Two*** campaign. It ran from April 22 to April 25, 2016.

### **Crusader Boosts**

* Jason, Master of Shadows's Ambush ability +200%
* Sarah, the Collector's Base DPS +400%
* Dark Gryphon DPS of all crusaders +100%
* Artaxes, the Lion's Roar ability +200%
* Pilot Pam's Focused Teamwork ability +200%

### **Event Chest**

**Jeweled Gaming Chests** available for purchase during the event contained gear for Jason, Sarah, Gryphon, Artaxes, and Pam†. Plus, 2 Trinkets and a Time Warp. A limited-time Golden Epic for Artaxes was awarded for first purchase of an event chest.

†Only if Pam was unlocked beforehand
Jack O'Lantern (Companion)

The companion version of **Jack O'Lantern** is in the first objective of the Emo's New Moon event, *Bring Forth the Pumpkin*. He occupies the center of the last column of the formation and has a debuff, "Pumpkin Monarch", which causes the Crusaders in the two columns in front of Jack to take extra damage when attacked.
Kyle the Party Bro

Party on party bro!

 The Washed Up Hermit

 Serpent King Draco

 Henry, the Scaredy-Ghoul

 Grandmora

**Kyle the Party Bro** is an alternate crusader unlocked by completing the *Recruit Kyle the Party Bro* objective in the Hermit's Premature Party event. While built as a DPS, Kyle can be used as a support with his first upgrade giving random adjacent Crusaders a 25% DPS increase.

Kyle the Party Bro can swap with The Washed Up Hermit, Serpent King Draco, and Henry, the Scaredy-Ghoul. As such, he cannot be used in the formation with these crusaders at the same time.

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* Kyle does best with at least 3 crusaders by him and at least one animal, female and Leprechaun
Kris, the Enraged Elemental

Someone's got their needles in a knot!

 Sashimi the Seal

 Ishtar

 Arenvarr the Beheaded

**Kris, the Enraged Elemental** is the new Crusader in the fifth tier of the The Nate Before Christmas Event. Kris brings all the buffs to the formation you've come to expect from an angry tree: they reduce damage for Crusaders the furthest from them with *True North*, they are able to redirect angry monsters away from them with their *Decorations*, and they increase party damage with *Festering Foliage*.

But that's not all: the *Fresh Air* that Kris brings increases Global DPS for each Flora Crusader in the formation, including Kris, and they are able to increase the maximum health of Crusaders with *Forest Furor*. *Take Root* prevents your DPS and Click Damage from dropping, while *Winter Vigil* can revive your formation once per area to save the day!

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***Kris-ing*** is a strategy that use the *Take root* ability to clear areas past your normal limit. *Take root* records your max DPS and CLK for an area **even when Kris is not in the formation which sets the max DPS/CLK.**

Switching to a formation containing Kris maintains your max DPS/CLK reached. As such you do not need to use any buffers/ DPS-ers in the Kris formation. Instead you can construct a practically invulnerable formation.

This lets you advance about 15 areas past your normal limit. At that point you will no longer be able to damage bosses even with abilities such as Fire Storm (The Princess) or Winter Vigil (**Kris, the Enraged Elemental**).

**Steps to use the strategy:**

1. Create a *Glass cannon formation* that maximizes DPS/CLK. No need for healers, tanks,shooters unless used as buffers
2. Creat a *Kris formation* containing Kris (in the last column) and special crusaders (see list below)
3. Wait until the formation *Glass cannon formation* reaches the max DPS (Mindy for example needs 10 seconds to activate mimic) and move to the next area to clear
4. Switch to the *Kris formation*, wait until you have cleared the area
5. Switch back to *Glass cannon formation* and repeat from step 3

**Crusaders to add to the Kris formation:**

* Speed Crusaders
* Special damage crusaders: Agent 79 (Ricochet and Explosion), Gemthel (shooters and increased activation chance), Gloria (extra damage to polymorphed monsters) , Fright-o-Tron (reduced monster health and explosion on death)
* Defense crusaders: 1st healer, tank (Greyskull, shooter bonus), 2nd healer (Gloria, polymorph bonus), tank buffer (Dark Gryphon)
* Ability crusaders: Monkey, The Princess, Lion, Thalia
King Reginald IV/Strategies

* Not the best crusader to have in your formation, and one that you would consider benching if you find him to be a liability.
* Reginald, however, can have a place in your formation since he has an all-dps buff, if he does buff the formation dps better than other crusaders.
* Even though the January 20 update introduced the Royal Grail buff to Reginald, there are not many royal crusaders that can be reliable main damage dealers.
	+ The Princess contains no self-dps buffs.
	+ Thalia and Reginald have insufficient self-dps buffs.
	+ Siri can never be buffed.
	+ Sal can be a potential main damage-dealer but it is overshadowed by the fact that he is a relatively more expensive crusader to update.
	+ Draco became a very viable choice of DPS, with the Trek through the Hidden Temple event, and Regi's Royal Grail ability greatly enhances him.

* Mr. Boggins can buff Sal and Draco

* You may use Royal Command if you feel like you need a breathing space among a screen full of monsters.
Jason, Master of Shadows

Jason spends his time lurking in the shadows, waiting for unsuspecting prey to pass.

### Base DPS

56.5K

 Pete the Carney

 Broot

 Paul the Pilgrim

 Kathleen the Chaotic

**Jason, Master of Shadows** is intended as a front-line DPS in formations that have multiple front-line slots. While a crusader in the same line as Jason is being attacked, his DPS is quintupled. His sword also increases gold found, which can benefit early-game formations at the beginning.

**Special Ops**

Available in Jeweled Chests or with a one-time token purchase from The Ruby Exchange, Jason can change his appearance.

(This is a cosmetic change only.)

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* Jason can come in useful as a front-line DPS in the same line as a tank such as Thalia, the Thunder King and Greyskull the Pirate or Jack O'Lantern. His upgrade Ambush, allows him to quintuple his damage while someone else in the same line is being attacked.
	+ Jason's Subtle Deflection moves attacking monster away from him, which makes him perfect to be paired with tankers without monster magnet ability such as Greyskull the Pirate & The Metal Soldierette
	+ If Jason is not treated like a main damage dealer, his DPS may fall short even with the Ambush buff.
	+ In formations with 3 slots in frontmost column, either put more tankers or put The Shadow Queen together with Jason to move attacking monsters toward the tanker
* Jason's sword increases gold found by 10/25/50/100% making him viable for gold-farming formations.
* When The Shadow Queen reach lv 1500, thanks to her The Shadow Mastered ability, Jason increases her ability The Shadow's Cowl by 100%, that make possible to him reach a 600% buff, if he is adjacent to her.

## References

1. ↑ Refers to the film *Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon*.
2. ↑ Reference to the *Star Wars* franchise.
3. ↑ Line from the film, *Star Wars: Return of the Jedi*.
4. ↑ Lines when placing the Rogue card, Defias Ringleader, and it's combo card, Defias Bandit, in the online CCG *Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft*.
Large Number Abbreviations

Large numbers are represented in Crusaders by adding a suffix in a similar way that computer memory is measured, the difference is that computer memory works in multiples of 1024 bytes to make 1 kilobyte; 1024 kilobytes to make 1 megabyte and so on.

Crusaders of the Lost Idols uses pure multipliers of 1000. So 1000 DPS is the same as 1K DPS; 1000K gold is the same as 1M gold; etc.

In the table below, the value is represented as a power of 10—that means that the raised number after the *10* is the number of zeroes after the one in the fully written out number. The names given are the US, Canada and accepted modern British names based upon the short scale system of names for each new multiple of a thousand (103), for other naming systems such as the traditional British long scale, where names are given for each new multiple of a million (106), see the Wikipedia article on names of large numbers.

*These are the values that the game is currently using, however, as it is still in beta, this could change.* It is increasingly unlikely to change as the years go by.

Once any value has gone beyond 999c the game automatically switches into *scientific notation*.

### Scientific, or Engineering, Notation

This is often observed on calculators and in spreadsheets, when a number starts to get longer than around eight digits.
Looking at a couple of simple examples first will help to understand:

Scientific notation allows for any value of exponent to be used, whereas engineering notion (as used by Crusaders) only uses multiples of three. Now, when displayed in the game the **× 10** part gets replaced by the letter *e* (for exponent) and the actual exponent value is shown normally (not as a superscript), so the above table values, if they were being shown in the game, would be shown as:

 1234
 9876543210

In the game options, it is possible to select constant display of scientific notation, this switches off the use of the abbreviations listed on the page here.
Khouri, the Witch Doctor

No one's sure where he came from, but he seems keen to help.

 Momma Kaine

 Brogon, Prince of Dragons

 The Half-Blood Elf

 Foresight

**Khouri, the Witch Doctor** acts as a very strong buffer and healer for many formations. He is commonly seen in the middle of the formation, so his powerful buff can apply to as many crusaders as possible. During a boss battle, Khouri can be moved behind the first column to provide healing and survivability to the front line.

**Head Doctor**

Available in Jeweled Chests or with a one-time token purchase from The Ruby Exchange, Khouri can change his appearance.

(This is a cosmetic change only.)

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* Possessing both a healing skill (Frog Soup), and a buffing skill (Koffee Potion), Khouri's role (and hence, position) in the formation is flexible.
	+ As a healer, Khouri's best position would be at the second column, where he could constantly heal crusaders at the frontline and preventing them from dying easily to monsters. If possible, combine him with Gryphon at the second column to further increase the durability of the frontline crusaders such as Jack (such that the rate of healing received exceeds the rate of damage taken from monsters).
		- Depending on your strategy, however, the presence of a healer in your formation may not be necessary.
	+ As a buffer, however, Khouri's role is rather insignificant compared to the other buffers. With the lowest buffing value of 30% (though it can be increased to 60% with equipment), Khouri could be benched if there is no available slot suitable for him. Moreover, as Khouri is considered a human, he can never buff the Werewolf without him losing the Lone Wolf buff.
		- Having said this, there may be scenarios that Khouri could come into play instead of other buffers due to his buffing mechanics. Always experiment with different formations to see which one buffs your main damage-dealer most effectively!

## References

1. ↑ Icon resembles a coffee cup from *Starbucks*.
King Reginald IV

He spent the better part of the last 10 years hunting down a Unicorn for the Princess, but he's pretty much retired now.

### Base DPS

24B

 Queen Siri

 Mr. Boggins, the Substitute

 Squiggles the Clown

 Beary McBearFace

**King Reginald IV** is the seventeenth crusader available in game. He unlocks an ability to freeze all enemies on screen (*Royal Command*) and boosts the DPS of all royalty in the formation, including himself, considerably.

**The Fourth**

Available in Jeweled Chests or with a one-time token purchase from The Ruby Exchange, the King can change his appearance.

(This is a cosmetic change only.)

**The Rat King**

The Waterways can turn Reginald into a rat.
This creates a single set of tag changes:

  Human

  Animal

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* Not the best crusader to have in your formation, and one that you would consider benching if you find him to be a liability.
* Reginald, however, can have a place in your formation since he has an all-dps buff, if he does buff the formation dps better than other crusaders.
* Even though the January 20 update introduced the Royal Grail buff to Reginald, there are not many royal crusaders that can be reliable main damage dealers.
	+ The Princess contains no self-dps buffs.
	+ Thalia and Reginald have insufficient self-dps buffs.
	+ Siri can never be buffed.
	+ Sal can be a potential main damage-dealer but it is overshadowed by the fact that he is a relatively more expensive crusader to update.
	+ Draco became a very viable choice of DPS, with the Trek through the Hidden Temple event, and Regi's Royal Grail ability greatly enhances him.

* Mr. Boggins can buff Sal and Draco

* You may use Royal Command if you feel like you need a breathing space among a screen full of monsters.

## References

1. ↑ Line from the film *Monty Python and the Holy Grail*.
2. ↑ Refers to the song, *It's Good to be King* by *Tom Petty*. Accompanying quote is from the lyrics.[1]
James the Seated

All hail the supreme chair man.

 Jim the Lumberjack

 Pilot Pam

 Veronica, the Android Archer

 Arachnobuddy

**James the Seated** is an exclusive Crusader only available by donating to the *Desert Bus for Hope* charity fundraiser, starting in 2017. Donations are made at desertbus.org/donate/crusaders. And while he may be seated on his trusty driver’s chair, James’ character is no slouch.

James shares the slot with Jim the Lumberjack, Pilot Pam, Veronica, the Android Archer, and Arachnobuddy.

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Koivu the Dryad

Leaf it to him.

 Priestess of Time

 Agent 79

 Ana Guinness

 Xochitl, La Llorona

**Koivu the Dryad** is the new Crusader in the fifth tier of the Littlefoot's Big Adventure Event. Koivu is heading out into the world, ready to start a new adventure for a new chapter in his life, having transitioned to a male form after long and thorough self-reflection. He's excited to make new friends with the other Crusaders and he's willing to lend his magic, and his squirrel friend, to help out while they're exploring what all the worlds have to offer.

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* Currently, the only crusaders that have the ability to make a Formation Ability target Koivu the Dryad that would not normally target him for his Barkskin ability are Mycall the Mushroom(Propagation), Langley the Conductor(Flip the Switch), Tiernan(Druidic Patterns), and Adina the Wonderful(Hero League)
	+ However**,** Mindy copying both him and Karen, the Cat Teenager gains Karen's Center of the Universe which will make Formation Abilities target Mindy and trigger the mimicked Barkskin on her.
* Koivu's projectile attack doesn't do any damage directly, insteads increase damage to monsters transformed by Nuts!
	+ Because of Natural Magic, Koivu likes to be in the central spot of the formation.
Kathleen the Chaotic

Chaos for the bus god!

 Jason, Master of Shadows

 Pete the Carney

 Broot

 Paul the Pilgrim

**Kathleen the Chaotic** is an exclusive crusader only available by donating during the *Desert Bus for Hope* charity fundraiser, starting in 2018. Donations are made at desertbus.org/donate/crusaders.

Note: Kathleen's healing Legendary does not increase exponentially, but by 10% for each level.

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* Kathleen has good synergy with Ilsa, the Insane Wizard because she gives magic tag to adjacent ones and because Ilsa  increases her dps for each magical crusader in formation, kathleen is her support.
Kebos the Mummy

Been a while, crocodile.

 Chef Casey

 Frankie the Demon Crooner

 Thoonoose

 Rosie the Rocklechaun

**Kebos the Mummy** is the new Crusader in the fourth tier of the The Hidden Temple Event. Kebos is an ancient goddess, preserved through mummification. Now known as Kebos the Mummy, this undead goddess brings her supernatural power to the formation in the form of massive DPS buffs (*Show Them Some Teeth*, *Defend the Innocent*). She grows stronger with each DPS Crusader in the formation (*This is a Knife!*), growing stronger still as you level her up (*Better with Age*) and earn Trinkets (*Lady of the Dead*). Kebos is also a righteous DPS Crusader, growing more powerful for each Good Crusader in the formation (*The Power of Good*).

When the dead start to rise, it usually means the end of days is nigh — but in this case, the Crusaders may have instead found one of their strongest allies.

Note: Unlike most other Crusaders, Kebos's Level 200 upgrade (*Better With Age*) gives a 4.25x bonus per increase instead of the usual 4x bonus.

**The Gator Queen**

In The Hidden Temple 2021, Kebos returns to life.
This creates a single set of tag changes:

  Undead

  Royal

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Jeweled Chest

**Jeweled Chests** are a special reward that can be obtained from the in-game shop for 100  Red Rubies per chest, purchasing a chest bundle with real currency, or as a rare drop from defeating boss levels. It contains five loot cards, at least one of which is rare or better. These chests reward warp cards instead of gold loot, which can only be found in silver chests.

Silver chests, awarded for defeating boss levels, have a 1% chance to be upgraded to jeweled chests. This chance can be increased by purchasing and upgrading the level 5 talent Jeweler from the Passive talent tree.

Epic gear/trinket/buff and Legendary Catalyst can **only** be found in jeweled chests.

## Gallery

Jeweled Carnival Chest (CS)Jeweled Halloween Chest (ENM)Jeweled Thanksgiving Chest (KDD)Jeweled Christmas Chest (TNBC)Jeweled Princess' Pool Party Chest (PPP)Jeweled Carnage Cup Chest (CC)Jeweled Valentines Chest (MM)Jeweled Mugwarts Chest (MaM Promo)Jeweled St. Patrick's Day Chest (HPP)Jeweled Easter Chest (NCC)Jeweled Cookie Chest (CC Promo)Jeweled Superhero Chest (SHS)Jeweled Gaming Chest (RPT Promo)Jeweled Gardener's Chest (GotG)Jeweled Hidden Temple Chest (TTtHT)Educational Jeweled Chest (SSS)
## Notes

* No common cards can be found in a jeweled chest.
* Campaign event chests will only contain gear for crusaders unlocked during those events.
* Normal Jeweled chests have 2 pieces of guaranteed Loot. Loot can be Trinkets or Gear.[1]
* Regular Jeweled Chests only contain gear for non-event non-promo Crusaders in slots 1-24. This applies to the original 20 and any unlocked through campaigns, such as The Exterminator.
Leerion, the Royal Dwarf

The world's favorite dwarf!

 Gold Panda

 RoboSanta

 Katie the Cupid

 The Goldhound

**Leerion, the Royal Dwarf** is one of the two crusaders introduced with the A Song of Thrones event. He is the youngest of his siblings with a face only a mother could love on his large, knobbly head. However, what he lacks in physical features, he makes up by being a silver-tongued charmer and a capable treasurer.

Leerion swaps with Gold Panda, RoboSanta, Katie the Cupid, and The Goldhound.

Previously Leerion has human tag but starting from ver 0.126, he no longer has that tag (to match Milgrid the Mining Mage, another dwarf crusader). Also, as of June 11, 2020 his *Short but Sneaky* was changed from self-DPS to GDPS based on adjacent dwarves.

**Graveyard Guardian**

In A Song of Thrones 2021, Leerion dies and returns.
This creates a single set of tag changes:

  Undead

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Legendary Catalyst

*Used for creating and upgrading Legendary items.*

**Legendary Catalyst** is an item which can upgrade an Epic Gear to a Legendary Gear.

Legendary Catalysts can be obtained by Jeweled Chest, Missions, or from the Challenger's Warehouse.

The number of Legendary Catalysts you need depend on how many Legendary Gear you're crafting at once. The first piece of gear will only take 1 Legendary Catalyst, but each piece of gear after that will take 66% more Catalysts, rounded to the nearest whole number. Every week after your first Legendary craft, the number of Catalysts required will decrease by 80%, to a minimum of 1.
Jason, Master of Shadows/Strategies

* Jason can come in useful as a front-line DPS in the same line as a tank such as Thalia, the Thunder King and Greyskull the Pirate or Jack O'Lantern. His upgrade Ambush, allows him to quintuple his damage while someone else in the same line is being attacked.
	+ Jason's Subtle Deflection moves attacking monster away from him, which makes him perfect to be paired with tankers without monster magnet ability such as Greyskull the Pirate & The Metal Soldierette
	+ If Jason is not treated like a main damage dealer, his DPS may fall short even with the Ambush buff.
	+ In formations with 3 slots in frontmost column, either put more tankers or put The Shadow Queen together with Jason to move attacking monsters toward the tanker
* Jason's sword increases gold found by 10/25/50/100% making him viable for gold-farming formations.
* When The Shadow Queen reach lv 1500, thanks to her The Shadow Mastered ability, Jason increases her ability The Shadow's Cowl by 100%, that make possible to him reach a 600% buff, if he is adjacent to her.
Littlefoot

Bigfoot's little sister and key rival.

 Thalia, the Thunder King

 Frosty the Snowman

 Cindy the Cheer-Orc

 The Exchange Student

**Littlefoot** is the second Crusader from the first Littlefoot's Big Adventure event. At level 50 Littlefoot can employ her first unique ability, Parry. For the duration of the ability, Littlefoot is immune to damage for one second after a monster starts attacking her. If this effect lasts for more than 15 seconds in a row, it cannot occur for the next 15 seconds.

**Disguised**

Who is this Littlefoot you speak of? With her new skin, she's disguised as one of those, er, one of us humans! The new skin provides only one set of tag changes:

  Animal
  Human

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* Littlefoot's "Growing Up" ability makes her -eventually- become the best buffer in the game with enough XP, working well on longer runs or with a lot of the Fast Learners skill.
	+ In a Royals formation (using Leerion and Brogon), Littlefoot with no gear needs 16 XP to outdo the gold and damage boosts from Thalia (no Gear) including the royals tag. (8 XP at full Epic on both).
	+ In a non-Royals formation, Littlefoot (no gear) outdoes Thalia (No Gear) at the first XP.
* As a tank Littlefoot appears to be very weak compared to the base Thalia. Littlefoot's 1.5x HP and second of immunity to damage doesn't hold a candle to (well equipped) Thalia's half damage and double healing.
* Littlefoot is best suited to DPS formations, where tanking formations would prefer Thalia, unless there are enough other tanks available to get a decent tanking line without using Thalia.
Jim the Lumberjack/Strategies

* With a conditional buff and being the cheapest dps-dealing crusader, Jim is one of the crusaders that are most commonly used as the main damage-dealer of the formation by players. Consider using him if he deals the most damage compared to other damage-dealers like Hermit, Sarah and Werewolf.
* The criteria of dishing out the most damage is relatively less stringent compared to other conditional buffs, since he only requires another crusader to be next to him to dish out an extra 100% damage. This allows him to be viable with almost any other crusader that could buff and/or benefit from him.
* If you wish to buff your main damage-dealer (if it is not Jim), Jim is an important buffer to have in your formation. With his buff benefitting crusaders in the same column, he could easily find a place in the same column as your main damage-dealer in most formations.
	+ To top it off, he also increases the Bush Whacker's Swordplay effect, making him more of an asset to have in your formation if you wish to use the Bush Whacker.
* Due to the fact that he has a strong damage-dealing potential and also a great buffer, some players have adopted a dual-dps strategy, with Jim and another damage-dealer sharing approximately 50-50 of the total dps. This is viable if both crusaders have approximately the same damage-to-cost ratio.
Ishtar

Subject of worship, or threat to existence? You decide.

 Sashimi the Seal

 Arenvarr the Beheaded

 Kris, the Enraged Elemental

**Ishtar** is the new Crusader in the fourth tier of the Merci's Mix-up Event. Legends tell of Ishtar the Fire Queen, a supernatural fertility demon who knows just how to get the most out of each and every Crusader in her formation. Ishtar's *Fertile Thoughts* increase Global DPS and her *Starlight* increases the potency of angels and demons. Her allure knows little bounds, as she is able to attract *Fire Sprites* that increase Gold Find and speed up quest progress.

Female Crusaders who follow Ishtar will see improvements to their DPS, as long as they don't become too close, and when Ishtar tells *Whispered Stories*, Global DPS increases for every Royal Crusader in the formation. Don't worry if you cannot find enough Royal Crusaders to boost your formation, for the glorious Ishtar is able to elevate worthy Crusaders to royalty — provided they first become close to The Fire Queen.

**Serpent's Virtue**

With her new skin, Ishtar sheds her demonic evil side for angelic goodness! Serpent's Virtue has a few tag changes that could be useful for missions:

  Demon

  Evil

  Angel

  Good

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* Ishtar's Fire and Rain can be a good combination to any Crusaders with Spawn Speed abilities. With better Fireball item, Fire sprites spawn frequently as there are more Crusaders with Spawn Speed in formation.
Littlefoot/Strategies

* Littlefoot's "Growing Up" ability makes her -eventually- become the best buffer in the game with enough XP, working well on longer runs or with a lot of the Fast Learners skill.
	+ In a Royals formation (using Leerion and Brogon), Littlefoot with no gear needs 16 XP to outdo the gold and damage boosts from Thalia (no Gear) including the royals tag. (8 XP at full Epic on both).
	+ In a non-Royals formation, Littlefoot (no gear) outdoes Thalia (No Gear) at the first XP.
* As a tank Littlefoot appears to be very weak compared to the base Thalia. Littlefoot's 1.5x HP and second of immunity to damage doesn't hold a candle to (well equipped) Thalia's half damage and double healing.
* Littlefoot is best suited to DPS formations, where tanking formations would prefer Thalia, unless there are enough other tanks available to get a decent tanking line without using Thalia.
Jim the Lumberjack

Can fell a tree with a single blow. Are monsters all that different?

 Pilot Pam

 Veronica, the Android Archer

 Arachnobuddy

 James the Seated

**Jim the Lumberjack** is the second Crusader available. Jim deals passive damage, or DPS damage, and does not require the player to click. Jim's best upgrade *Sharpen Party* boosts the DPS of Crusaders in the same column by 50%. He is commonly used in early game formations because of the DPS boost given to main damage dealers.

He carries a hammer, for some reason.

**True Lumberjack**

Available in Jeweled Chests or with a one-time token purchase from The Ruby Exchange, Jim can change his appearance.
(This is a cosmetic change only.)

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* With a conditional buff and being the cheapest dps-dealing crusader, Jim is one of the crusaders that are most commonly used as the main damage-dealer of the formation by players. Consider using him if he deals the most damage compared to other damage-dealers like Hermit, Sarah and Werewolf.
* The criteria of dishing out the most damage is relatively less stringent compared to other conditional buffs, since he only requires another crusader to be next to him to dish out an extra 100% damage. This allows him to be viable with almost any other crusader that could buff and/or benefit from him.
* If you wish to buff your main damage-dealer (if it is not Jim), Jim is an important buffer to have in your formation. With his buff benefitting crusaders in the same column, he could easily find a place in the same column as your main damage-dealer in most formations.
	+ To top it off, he also increases the Bush Whacker's Swordplay effect, making him more of an asset to have in your formation if you wish to use the Bush Whacker.
* Due to the fact that he has a strong damage-dealing potential and also a great buffer, some players have adopted a dual-dps strategy, with Jim and another damage-dealer sharing approximately 50-50 of the total dps. This is viable if both crusaders have approximately the same damage-to-cost ratio.

## References

1. ↑ Lyrics of *The Lumberjack Song* from the TV show *Monty Python's Flying Circus*.[1]
Jack O'Lantern

He's a great pumpkin of Irish descent.

 Natalie Dragon

 President Billy Smithsonian

 Karl the Kicker

 The Desert Bus

**Jack O'Lantern** is the second of the two crusaders that can be unlocked by completing objectives in the Halloween event, Emo's New Moon.

Sharing the same crusader slot as Natalie Dragon and President Billy Smithsonian, Jack, Natalie and Billy can never be active in a formation at once.

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* With a skill that increases his health (Hardy Cake), and a skill that increases his damage resistance (Solid Innards), Jack makes a decent tank.
* Due to his durability and the Cry For Help buff, Jack's best place in the formation would be the frontline.
* Jack being an animal, his placement at the frontline will not affect the Werewolf's Lone Wolf.

## References

1. ↑ line from the video game, *Portal*, which later became an internet meme.
Katie the Cupid

She'll shoot you right through the heart!

 Gold Panda

 RoboSanta

 Leerion, the Royal Dwarf

 The Goldhound

Katie is the second Tier 2 hero unlocked in Merci's Mix-up. When it comes to the business of love, opposites do attract. Katie is all sweetness and light compared to Warwick.

At level 150, she unlocks *Cupid's Arrow* and shoots a random enemy with a love arrow every 5 seconds for 200% Global DPS. At level 400 her *Snugglin'* ability gives +15% Gold Find for each adjacent male crusader.

**Super Katie**

In Merci's Mix-up 2021, Katie becomes super!
This creates a single set of tag changes:

  Angel

  Superhero

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* max gold find bonus (no items) ~185.61%, (with Epic bow and Quiver) ~1210.72%
* Because of "Cupid's Arrow" she is moderately useful in a shooter boosted formation with Agent 79
Mr. Boggins, the Substitute

He'll teach you a lesson.

 King Reginald IV

 Queen Siri

 Squiggles the Clown

 Beary McBearFace

**Mr. Boggins, the Substitute** is one of the crusaders awarded for completing objectives in the first year of the Sasha's Schoolhouse Scourge event. He shares the slot with King Reginald IV, Queen Siri, Squiggles the Clown, and Beary McBearFace; as such, he can never be used with them.

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* The New Student ability is applicable best if your **main** DPS dealer is an **animal.**Users who use Serpent King Draco as their main DPS dealer may use Mr Boggins, but it may be not worthy if the suspender gear is not at higher rarity (Rare at minimum).
	+ Since King Reginald can swap with Mr Boggins, he has more potential as Draco's Kingdom'sss Call ability will +100% DPS. Considering that Mr Boggins' suspender gear is at Rare and King Reginald's writing gear is also at Rare, Mr Boggins might get the upper hand as The New Student ability will be [300 + (number of human crusaders \* 18.75)]. And King Reginald's Royal Decree + Draco's Kingdom'sss call will be [300 + 100].
	+ However, if the user have Brogon, prince of dragons, Mr Boggins can't increase the effect of Friends of Brogon with Birthright but King Reginald can as he is a royal crusader.
Mogra, the Ring Leader

He'll have you jumping through hoops in no time.

 Pascal, Highest Bidder Mascot

 Qadir of House Tintahal

 Kaala Rigel

**Mogra, the Ring Leader** is the new Crusader in the sixth tier of the Carnival of Sorrows Event.

Mogra the Ringleader is a demon tiger who refused to fall into the trope of being an act in the carnival and instead runs the show himself, and offers his support to other animals in the carnival.

Once you've recruited Mogra, the Ringleader you'll find him providing support to your formations that contain animal and human Crusaders, Mogra takes seat 36 on the bench.

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Merci, the Mad Wizard/Strategies

* Having several self-dps buffs but being the second most expensive crusader, Merci will most likely be out damaged by firstly Nate, and then subsequently the other cheaper crusaders.
* Merci, however, do possess certain buffs that could potentially boost your formation DPS. If there are still available slots left, consider using him if he buffs better than other crusaders.
	+ As of the January 20 update, Merci has now a skill that allows secondary targets (the ones where the DPS is not dealt) to take a portion of your formation DPS. His presence can be synergistic with Jack's presence; the more enemies that attack Jack, the higher your formation DPS and hence the DPS dealt towards secondary targets. This makes it quicker for you to wipe your enemies!
* Alchemy can be useful if you feel that the healing from Khouri (or Momma Kaine) towards the frontline crusaders is insufficient.
Mr. Grinch

**Mr. Grinch** is a companion in the second and third Tier of the tenth objective of Grimm's Idle Tales, *Holiday Hoopla*. He occupies a position in the formation that follows a set pattern, changing every 25 areas. His debuff is ***Mean One***, reducing the DPS of adjacent crusaders by 95%. In the 3rd Tier he gets the additional debuff ***Isn't from a Store***, also reducing all Gold found by 10% for each adjacent Crusader (additive).

## Positions

The positions are all pre-determined, and start repeating after reaching Area 250.