Defense Grid 2

Defense Grid 2

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Trash's Gold Guide
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A guide to getting gold
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Map 02 Supply And Demand
A guide to get gold on this map on easy in open and competitive mode.
This layout will get you gold on all the following modes
Fixed Resources
Power outage
Focal Point
No Red Towers
Limited Towers
Fully Loaded
Out Of Bullets
Frozen Core
Practice

The build
1 yellow inferno
12 yellow lasers

Map 03 Suspension
A guide to get gold on this map on easy in open and competitive mode.
This layout will get you gold on all the following modes
Fixed Resources
Power outage
Focal Point
Limited Towers
Fully Loaded
Frozen Core
Practice

The build
3 red cannons
4 boosts with 4 red lasers all overcharged

Map 04 Overlook
A guide to get gold on this map on easy in open and competitive mode.
This layout will get you gold on all the following modes
Fixed Resources
Power outage
Focal Point
Limited Towers
Fully Loaded
Frozen Core
Practice

The build
1 boost with 1 red laser with disruptor
3 yellow cannans
7 red tesla

Map 05 Barrage
A guide to get gold on this map on easy in open and competitive mode.
This layout will get you gold on all the following modes
Fixed Resources
Power outage
Focal Point
Limited Towers
Fully Loaded
Out Of Bullets
Frozen Core
Practice

The build
3 green tesla
4 green meteor
2 yellow meteor
3 boost with 3 red concussion all the disruptor on

Map 06 Rapid Collapse
A guide to get gold on this map on easy in open and competitive mode.
This layout will get you gold on all the following modes
Fixed Resources
Power outage
Focal Point
Limited Towers
Fully Loaded
Out Of Bullets
Frozen Core
Practice

The build
1 green temporal
2 red lasers
1 boost with yellow concussion with disruptor
3 boost with 3 red laser all with disruptor

Map 07 Split Decision
A guide to get gold on this map on easy in open and competitive mode.
This layout will get you gold on all the following modes
Fixed Resources
Limited Towers
Fully Loaded
Frozen Core
Practice

The build
5 red lasers
3 red temporals
2 yellow meteor
9 red cannons

Map 08 Boiling Point
A guide to get gold on this map on easy in open and competitive mode.
This layout will get you gold on all the following modes
Fixed Resources
Focal Point
Fully Loaded
Frozen Core
Practice

The build
1 boost as blocker
1 red temporal
2 boost with 2 red concussion one with disruptor and one with score boost
7 boosts with 7 red cannons
2 boosts with 2 red lasers one with score boost and one over charge

Map 09 Precipice
A guide to get gold on this map on easy in open and competitive mode.
This layout will get you gold on all the following modes
Fixed Resources
Power outage
Focal Point
Limited Towers
Fully Loaded
Frozen Core

The builld
Boost with 1 red laser with disruptor
boost with 1 red concussion with score boost
2 boost with 2 red tesla
2 boost with 2 red cannons
2 boost with 2 red meteor

Map 10 Breach
A guide to get gold on this map on easy in open and competitive mode.
This layout will get you gold on all the following modes
Fixed Resources
Focal Point
Limited Towers
Fully Loaded
Frozen Core
Practice

The build
2 red temporals
2 boost with 2 red concussion both with score boost
1 red meteor
7 red cannons

Map 11 Sandstorm
A guide to get gold on this map on easy in open and competitive mode.
This layout will get you gold on all the following modes
Fixed Resources
Power outage
Focal Point
Limited Towers
Fully Loaded
Frozen Core
Practice

The build
1 red temporal
1 red laser with disruptor
1 red laser with overcharge
2 red concussion with score boost
2 red metoer with overcharge
4 red cannans

Map 12 Incursion
A guide to get gold on this map on easy in open and competitive mode.
This layout will get you gold on all the following modes
Fixed Resources
Power outage
Focal Point
Limited Towers
Fully Loaded
Frozen Core
Practice

The build
1 yellow laser
1 boost with yellow laser with disruptor
2 red temporals
2 red meteor
4 red cannons
4 boost with 4 red concussion all with score boost

Map 13 Deep End
A guide to get gold on this map on easy in open and competitive mode.
This layout will get you gold on all the following modes
Fixed Resources
Power outage
Focal Point
Limited Towers
Fully Loaded
Practice

The build
1 boost with 1 red laser with disruptor
1 boost with 1 red tesla with overcharge
1 boost with 1 red cannon with disruptor
2 boost with 2 red concussion both with score boost
3 boost with 3 red cannons all with overcharge
4 red cannons

Map 14 Surface Tension
A guide to get gold on this map on easy in open and competitive mode.
This layout will get you gold on all the following modes
Fixed Resources
Power outage
Focal Point
Limited Towers
Fully Loaded
Practice

The build
1 red laser
1 red tesla
1 boost with 1 red concussion with scoreboost
3 green cannons
4 red cannons
2 boost with 2 red cannons both with disruptor

Map 15 Refuge
A guide to get gold on this map on easy in open and competitive mode.
This layout will get you gold on all the following modes
Fixed Resources
Focal Point
Limited Towers
Fully Loaded
Frozen Core
Practice

The build
1 green laser
2 red lasers
3 red cannons with one on a boost with overcharge
5 red meteor with two on boosts with overcharge
2 red temporals with one on a boost with scoreboost
1 red concussion on boost with scoreboost

Map 16 Double Take
A guide to get gold on this map on easy in open and competitive mode.
This layout will get you gold on all the following modes
Fixed Resources
Power outage
Focal Point
Limited Towers
Fully Loaded
Frozen Core
Practice

The build
12 red cannons

Map 17 Scarce Resources
A guide to get gold on this map on easy in open and competitive mode.
This layout will get you gold on all the following modes
Fixed Resources
Focal Point
Limited Towers
Fully Loaded
Frozen Core
Practice

The Build
boost with1 red tesla with disruptor
1 red temporal
boost with 1 concussion with score boost
boost with1 red cannon with disruptor
2 boost with 2 red cannons with score boost
4 boost with 4 red cannons with overcharge
4 red cannons


Map 18 Checks And Balances
A guide to get gold on this map on easy in open and competitive mode.
This layout will get you gold on all the following modes
Fixed Resources
Focal Point
Limited Towers
Fully Loaded
Frozen Core
Practice

The build
1 red cannon
1 boost with 1 red cannon with overcharge
1 boost with 1 red cannon with score boost
2 boost with 2 red cannon with disruptor
2 boost with 2 red meteor with overcharge
2 boost with 2 red concussion with overchage
2 boost with 2 red concusssion with 1 with score boost and the other with disruptor


Map 19 Out Of Control
A guide to get gold on this map on easy in open and competitive mode.
This layout will get you gold on all the following modes
Fixed Resources
Focal Point
Limited Towers
Fully Loaded
Frozen Core
Practice

The build
1 red temporal
1 boost with 1 red laser
3 boost as blockers
4 boost with 4 red concussion with one with disruptor and one with score boost
17 red cannons

Map 20 Backlash
A guide to get gold on this map on easy in open and competitive mode.
This layout will get you gold on all the following modes
Fixed Resources
Power outage
Focal Point
Fully Loaded
Practice

The build
9 boosts as blockers
1 red temporal
3 boost with 3 red concussion all with scoreboost
4 red cannons
3 red lasers
3 red tesla


A guide for getting gold on open elite.
All the above layouts should get gold on open elite with using the perks below and if not just put more towers down as you have resources to burn .

General Cai is what i choose to use. Can be used about every 9-10 waves on fast forward and i do use it when things are in the scoreboost range. Just remeber that in each level their is one wave that is a problem and i often use it on the 4 pods at wave 26 just to make it easy. So timing and choosing when to use it will come in play.

The perks i use when playing on open elite are as follows

Laser with the perk of 05 Slows down targets while inflicting 60% additional heat damage

Cannon with the perk of 05 Chemical Tipped ordnance inflicts an additional 100% damage over time as a substance slowly eats away at them

Temporal with the perk of 05 Increased Slowdown effect when a target is hit by the temporal pulse, for 100% longer

Concussion with the perk of 05 Explosive ordnance sets targets on fire for 100% additional damage over time

Meteor with the perk of 05 Fiery Impacts inflict an additional 100% damage over time on target.


These perks beat all open elite story modes and i use the same perks to beat all the custom maps i play on open elite story mode.

As a general guide i play any story mode with the above towers on competitive easy story mode first. If i can beat it on competitive easy story mode i use the same build on open elite just with the above perks to get gold on open elite.
2 Comments
SubWorx 29 Oct, 2014 @ 4:56am 
All modes where you use Boosts as blockers without building something the next round (Level 8 and more) cannot be beaten in "Limited Towers" when following your way, as the Boosts deconstruct themselves once a new one is placed.
SubWorx 29 Oct, 2014 @ 4:38am 
Hi there, very nice guide, thank you so much.
For level 8 Boiling Point, you forgot to add a total of all towers used with their upgrade and boost status.