Thronefall - A Little Kingdom Monarch Weapon and Loadout Guide

In Thronefall - A Little Kingdom, your monarch loadout determines how much frontline combat you must handle directly versus what your automated kingdom defenses must cover. To survive escalating nights, choose a weapon that counters target enemy profiles, pair it with perks that offset its weaknesses, and use your hero's mobility to herd hostiles into your defensive perimeter.

Monarch Weapon Profiles and Roles

Your primary weapon dictates your engagement distance, crowd-clearing capability, and vulnerability during night attacks.

Ranged setups like the Bow and Dagger allow you to eliminate high-threat targets before they reach your perimeter. Sniping flying units and distant artillery personally prevents them from bypassing walls to strike vulnerable economic structures.

Melee options like the Heavy Flail and Sword and Shield require diving directly into waves. The Flail excels at breaking armor and halting forward momentum, allowing allied archers stationed behind walls to finish off softened targets safely.

Pairing Perks with Your Combat Kit

Run slots are limited, so equip perks that either patch your weapon's mechanical gaps or maximize an operational strength.

• Melee Survivability: Pair the Sword and Shield or Heavy Flail with perks offering health regeneration, increased maximum health, or passive retaliatory damage. These allow you to absorb chip damage while physically blocking choke points.
• Ranged Mobility and Greed: Pair the Bow and Dagger or Spear with perks boosting movement speed, reach, or economic perks such as the Royal Mint. Because ranged kiting avoids direct hits, you can skip personal defense perks to generate bonus daytime gold for defenses.

Reading Wave Forecasts Before Spending Gold

Never spend daytime gold immediately on standard upgrades. Inspect the morning wave preview first to identify incoming unit types, lane counts, and choke points. Direct your treasury toward what your weapon cannot comfortably clear alone.

1. Against Fast Swarms: If wielding single-target weapons like the Spear or Bow, construct perimeter walls and wide-coverage splash towers to halt mass ground units.
2. Against Armored Siege Waves: Invest in single-target ballista towers and unit barracks rather than outer mills that will easily fall.
3. Against Long-Range Artillery: Note spawn directions so you can position your monarch at the fog of war edge at dusk, eliminating catapults before they set up siege positions.
4. Against Split Invasions: Station automated soldiers at one choke point to hold autonomously, then take your monarch kit to defend the opposite flank personally.

Night Combat: Kiting and Target Control

Your monarch is your most adaptable defensive piece because static towers and walls cannot change positions. Manipulate enemy pathfinding rather than engaging in stationary trades.

• Pull aggro early: Strike advancing units near the edge of the map to peel them away from mills and houses.
• Cluster hostiles for splash damage: Circle running packs back toward your defensive line. Dragging pursuers into tight groups maximizes the impact of catapult towers and friendly splash attacks.
• Stay near defensive coverage: Do not duel in isolated corners of the map unless you are assassinating high-priority siege engines. Kite along your tower perimeter so automated defenses deal steady damage while you evade attacks.

Shift Tactical Roles Across Wave Tiers

Adjust your balance between base construction and personal combat as the run progresses:

• Early Waves: Rely heavily on your monarch’s personal damage output to clear small waves. Reinvest nearly all daytime gold into economic buildings to compound income.
• Mid Waves: Transition defensive duties to reinforced walls, archer garrisons, and specialized towers. Use your hero to disrupt formations and plug gaps.
• Late Waves: Treat your monarch as an emergency troubleshooter. Allow your automated lines to hold primary lanes while you ride between fronts, counter siege weapons, and rescue breached choke points.