Roguelite Dungeon Defence

Roguelite Dungeon Defence

Early beta. Dungeon Defenders–style coop: pick a class, fortify the map, hold the Nexus.

You are not exploring Minecraft. You are running a defense. Rifts open, waves march the lane, and if the Nexus hits 0 HP the run is over. Clear a wave, draft a perk, spend a skill point, start the next one. Ten waves. Then you go again.

How a run works

1. Open to LAN with cheats on (required for /td).
2. Meet at the Hub — storage, class select, map select, meta shop.
3. Pick a class and a map.
4. Place towers (DU budget). Wave 1 is a short kit tutorial; class turrets unlock on the skill tree (K) after waves.
5. Right-click the Nexus to ready / start. Kill the wave or let the defenses do it.
6. WAVE CLEAR → mana, run level, skill point, draft 3 cards (keys 1 / 2 / 3 or /td pick).
7. Repeat until wave 10 or the Nexus falls.

Phase shifts at 75% / 50% / 25% Nexus HP shove nearby mobs. Natural spawning is off during a run. Wave mobs do not burn in daylight.

Lose: run failed, you are sent back to the hub. 2-player: a downed teammate is revived by holding SPACE next to them. If the whole party is down, the run fails.

Classes (playtested)

Knight, Pyromancer, Zapper, Berserker, Hammersmith, Frost Mage.

The rest of the roster is in and selectable (Engineer, Warden, Paladin, and others) but not signed off as finished kits. Treat those as preview.

Casters use Iron’s Spellbooks (staff + book + inscription table by the Nexus). Melee uses Better Combat where it applies. Press K for the Puffish class tree.

Maps

Twin Lanes, Fenced paddock, Abandoned Keep, Sunken Quarry, Molten Foundry

Pick from the hub SELECT LEVEL block (or /td level select). Each site is a themed arena with rifts, a Nexus hill, and build space 

Towers

Blueprints: placing does not consume the item. DU is the cap (starts at 20, +2 per run level). Break your own tower to refund DU.

Barricades and spike traps block the lane. Flameburst, Tesla, EMP plates, snowmen, mines, and the rest are class-gated on the tree.

Multiplayer

Designed for Open to LAN, two players. Same pack version on both PCs (mods and kubejs). The host is the server. After you publish updates on CurseForge, the other player clicks Update, then fully restarts Minecraft if new blocks/items were added.

Requirements

• Minecraft 1.20.1
• Forge (this pack’s loader)
• Cheats enabled
• Allocate enough RAM for a busy Forge instance

Beta honesty

This is the loop, not the finished campaign. Expect balance swings, a few PARTIAL classes, and LAN jank we are still filing down. If you want Dungeon Defenders in Minecraft and you are willing to play an early build, this is that.

Feedback welcome. Bring a friend, pick Knight + Pyro, and see if the Nexus lives.