Dome Keeper: How to Reach 400K in Prestige Endless Mode

To surpass 400,000 points in Dome Keeper’s singleplayer Prestige Endless Mode, delay resource deposits into the Prestige Transmitter until your mining infrastructure and Laser Dome defenses are fully stable. Monster health and swarm density scale indefinitely in Endless Mode, meaning premature point investments will starve your combat upgrades and cause an early run failure.

Surviving long enough to compound a 400K score requires establishing a vertical mining grid, automating ore hauling, maintaining a reserve of cobalt for emergency dome repairs, and converting remaining resources into score multipliers once enemy scaling outpaces your defenses.

Establish Early-Game Mining and Movement Efficiency

Prioritize digging upgrades during the first five waves so you can collect iron rapidly before defense phases become prolonged. Dig a vertical central shaft straight down from the dome, excavating horizontal side branches every two blocks to expose all buried veins of iron, cobalt, and water without clearing unnecessary empty stone.

Spend early resources in this specific order:

1. Drill Level 1: Purchase immediately upon gathering your first iron vein to prevent bottlenecks against harder rock strata.
2. Suit Speed and Carry Capacity: Upgrade mobility next so you can return to the dome before the attack siren finishes its countdown.
3. Primary Relic Gadget: Select the Teleporter or Condenser if offered. A Teleporter with mineral transport lets you mine until the final seconds of a prep phase, while a Condenser produces passive water to supply shield overcharges and speed enhancements.

Avoid spending early iron on weapon power during waves 1 through 15. The base laser easily defeats early ground crawlers and basic flyers as long as your aim is steady.

Balance Laser Dome Upgrades and Shield Tech

When investing in defense, upgrade beam rotation speed alongside damage. A high-damage beam that turns slowly will fail against splitters and fast flying stingers attacking from opposite sides of the dome.

Integrate the Shield Generator once flying projectile threats begin chipping away at base health. Overcharging the shield with water grants temporary invulnerability against heavy projectile bursts, giving your laser time to sweep across swarms.

Streamline Deep Mine Logistics

Manual hauling becomes a liability once you breach deep stone layers. Carrying ore packs across several vertical screens consumes entire wave intervals, stranding you deep underground when alien waves arrive.

Eliminate manual travel bottlenecks using these logistical setups:

• The Lift: Install a central Lift in the main vertical shaft and upgrade its carrying orbs to ferry clustered piles of iron and cobalt to the surface automatically.
• The Teleporter: If using a Teleporter, leave the base pad at the dome and drop the portable pad directly beside active dig faces. Upgrade it to transport mineral bundles so you can excavate without leaving lower bedrock strata.

Continuous delivery keeps your dome stocked with iron between rounds, enabling rapid mid-combat upgrades or transmitter deposits without lost mining time.

Manage Transmitter Deposits Across Waves

Depositing iron increases your base score multiplier, while cobalt provides large multiplier boosts. Because Endless waves scale exponentially, you must stage your deposits based on wave thresholds:

• Waves 1 to 20: Deposit nothing into the Prestige Transmitter. Reinvest every piece of iron and water into mining gadgets, suit upgrades, and weapon tracking.
• Waves 21 to 40: Begin feeding surplus iron into the transmitter only after securing core beam power and shield modules. Maintain a strict reserve of at least 3 to 5 cobalt exclusively for dome structural repairs.
• Waves 41 and beyond: Send all excess iron directly into the transmitter between combat rounds. Continue holding your cobalt reserve to survive shield breaks.

Execute the Late-Game Multiplier Dump

When monster density reaches the point where shields break consistently and incoming damage outpaces your laser's clear speed, shift into score conversion mode:

1. Target Priority: Focus the laser on explosive backline units and ranged spitters first. Sweep small swarms quickly, leaving slow armored bruisers for last while shields hold.
2. The Final Cobalt Dump: Once dome health reaches critical levels and subsequent wave damage is clearly fatal, feed all remaining banked cobalt directly into the transmitter.
3. Final Wave Defense: Overcharge your shield with remaining water and hold the laser on high-density swarms. Sacrificing the dome after banking your cobalt allows the compounded multiplier to push your final score past the 400,000-point mark before the run ends.