Beginner Guide

Welcome, Final Boss

Be The Final Boss casts you as the villain defending a castle against waves of heroes — the opposite of most tower defense games on Roblox. Apparently Champions built the experience around summoning minions, wielding weapons, and unlocking permanent power through a skill tree. Your first session can feel chaotic because heroes approach from multiple angles while currencies tick up on different timers.

This beginner guide gives you a repeatable framework for the first hour. Redeem the active code betheboss for 700 Coins and 50 Souls before serious runs if you have not already. Those resources accelerate your first minion and skill purchases without skipping the learning curve.

First Run Checklist

Join Be The Final Boss via Place ID 140302982046391 and complete the tutorial prompts if present. Observe the hero path — where they spawn, which lane they prioritize, and how long they take to reach castle walls. Place your starter minion on or near that path, not on empty ground behind the structure.

During wave one and two, watch rather than spam upgrades. Note which heroes deal damage to minions versus the castle directly. Spend Souls on a second minion or first minion upgrade only after you confirm placement covers the main path. Dumping Souls into the wrong lane is the most common beginner mistake in villain-side TD games.

1. Redeem betheboss from the codes menu
2. Identify the primary hero approach path
3. Place minions on paths, not behind the castle
4. Save Coins until you know which skill helps survival
5. Survive wave three before expensive weapon buys

Understanding Coins and Souls

Coins pay for weapons and skill tree nodes. Souls pay for minions and minion-related upgrades. The game deliberately splits economies so you cannot max everything at once. Beginners who spend all Coins on weapons often lack the minion density to clear heroes before they chip castle health.

Read the full currencies article when you want deeper numbers. For now, follow the 60/40 rule in Early Access: roughly sixty percent of early Souls into minion count or upgrades on the main path, forty percent of Coins into defensive skills before weapon flair. Adjust after you unlock more of the skill tree.

Castle Health and Wave Timing

Your castle is the lose condition. Minions are expendable; castle health is not. When waves intensify, heroes that slip past minions become urgent threats. Learn basic wave defense — slightly overlapping minion ranges, focusing fire on healers or tanks if those archetypes appear, and repositioning when a lane is breached.

Between waves, spend quickly if you are one upgrade away from a clear. Hoarding currency while castle health is low gambling that the next wave will be easier. It usually is not. Early Access scaling favors continuous investment over perfect savings.

What to Unlock Next

After three to five successful waves, read the minions guide for placement refinement and the skill tree guide for permanent bonuses. Weapons become more valuable once minions stabilize your lanes — see weapons guide for when to pivot Coins into damage upgrades.

Check tier lists before copying builds from chat. Rankings are labeled Early Access and change with patches. Use controls guides if you play on mobile or console and feel slower than PC players — often it is input familiarity, not account progress.