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title: Legend of Defenders Castle and Waves Guides: Slots, Speed
description: First hour, feature unlocks, locked hero slots, battle speed, the Wormhole, diamonds and the Mine. Answers from the Legend of Defenders developers, official posts and gameplay videos.
url: https://legendofdefenders.com/castle/
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# Legend of Defenders castle, waves and progress
First hour, feature unlocks, locked hero slots, battle speed, the Wormhole, diamonds and the Mine.

## Every Legend of Defenders progress guide

- [Beginner guide A Legend of Defenders beginner guide: what to do in your first hour, when every feature unlocks, where each currency comes from and how far other players get. Rift Gate and 2x speed open at wave 80.Treasure Altar needs a hero at level 155.The tutorial takes about 5 minutes and cannot be skipped. Open →](https://legendofdefenders.com/guide/)

- [Locked slots & quests Why a Legend of Defenders hero, captain, gem or Treasure slot stays locked after the Castle level is met, and how the quest book in the bottom-left corner unlocks it. Castle level shows the slot; the quest book unlocks it.Gem and captain slots follow quests up to wave 350.The last quest-book task is wave 5,000. Open →](https://legendofdefenders.com/castle/hero-slots-and-quests/)

- [Speed, waves & Wormhole Legend of Defenders battle speed (why there is no 3x), why you cannot pick a wave, how the Wormhole skips 10 waves, Solar and Mirror Tower stacking, and what to do when stuck. 2x is the top speed; 3x is off until an FPS fix.No wave select exists.Wormhole: 10 waves per fight, rewards for one fight. Open →](https://legendofdefenders.com/castle/speed-waves-and-wormhole/)

- [Diamonds, Tavern & Mine Where Legend of Defenders diamonds come from, how Tavern recruiting and hero fragments work past level 10,000, and how to build the Mine for diamonds. 10 recruits cost 100 diamonds.Fragments level heroes past level 10,000.Orc miners dig diamonds; the developer points to the Mine first. Open →](https://legendofdefenders.com/castle/diamonds-recruiting-and-mine/)

Other hubs: [Heroes & Units](https://legendofdefenders.com/units/) · [Rift, Tower & Gear](https://legendofdefenders.com/rift-and-tower/) · [The Game](https://legendofdefenders.com/game/) · [Recent changes](https://legendofdefenders.com/recent/)