Beginner Guide & Tips | Tower of Babel Survivors of Chaos
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Tower of Babel is a mixture of wave survival and loot grinding. You drop into a run, enemies spawn from every direction, and your character starts swinging on their own.
You move, you dodge, and you try not to get boxed in.
Your goal is to survive long enough to level up, loot, and climb the tower... without getting swarmed by fifteen skeletons with axes.
How Leveling Works
As you kill monsters, they drop glowing shards. These are your XP.
Pick them up, level up, then choose one of three random upgrades.
These can be:
New skills
Stat boosts
Buffs to skills you already have
Some upgrades are passive. Some only trigger in certain conditions. A few are just raw damage.
You don’t get to re-roll. Pick what works and make it fit your build.
How Loot Works
Enemies drop gear as you go, but you can’t equip anything during the run.
All loot gets sent to your stash. Some of it gets eaten by a weird little goblin at the end.
You still keep the good stuff, so it’s not a full loss.
Once you’re back at camp, you can go through what you picked up.
Gear comes in rarity tiers:
Gray (basic)
Green (uncommon)
Blue (rare)
Purple (epic)
Orange (legendary)
Each item has stats, bonuses, and sometimes extra effects tied to your skills. You can compare gear directly and equip what fits your setup.
Also, your character’s gear changes your look in combat. It’s cosmetic, but it helps you feel like you’re making progress even when you aren’t.
Camp and Permanent Progress
At the hub, you can spend gold on permanent upgrades.
These boost your stats like:
Strength
Dexterity
Intelligence
Each boost is small on its own, but they stack and carry across all runs.
There’s also a merchant who sells gear, and a few locked NPCs who aren’t active yet. They’ll likely matter more as the Early Access updates roll out.
What’s In the Demo
Right now, the Early Access version gives you:
A few different classes
Dozens of skill upgrades
Full gear system
A climbable tower with wave-based floors
More classes, enemies, stages, and features are confirmed to be coming.
So far, the core loop is already satisfying. You move fast, loot fast, and either die fast or win slower.
Final Blurb & FAQ
Tower of Babel isn’t trying to reinvent the genre.
It just takes the good stuff from survivor-likes and loot games and mashes them into a fun, repeatable climb.
You’ll die often, but you’ll get stronger every time. And eventually, you’ll stop blaming the goblin for stealing your junk loot.
FAQ
Q: Can I equip gear during a run
No. All loot goes to your stash until you finish or die.
Q: Do I lose everything if I die
No. The goblin steals a few things, but you keep your best gear and all gold.
Q: How do I upgrade my stats
Use gold at the camp to unlock permanent strength, dexterity, or intelligence boosts.
Q: Does gear affect appearance
Yes. Whatever you equip shows up on your character in the next run.
Q: Is there more coming
Yes. Tower of Babel is in Early Access, and the devs have confirmed more classes, content, and features are on the way.
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