Aerial Defense Tower | |
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Town Hall Level Required | 4 |
Maximum Building Levels | 8 |
Building Usage | Defense |
Attacks ground | no |
Attacks air | yes |
Size | 3.5 x 3.5 in blocks |
" Fast-firing cannon designed to nullify or reduce the effectiveness of hostile air action. "
General Information[]
The Aerial Defense Tower (ADT) defends your base against flying monsters, including Fomor. It is the only defense that does splash damage on flying monsters besides a Rocket D.A.V.E. or Airburst Eye-ra in a bunker. It can also destroy Loot-o-tron 5000s.
ADTs cannot attack ground units, so pairing them with another defensive tower (Laser towers or Cannon towers at short range or Railguns, Sniper towers, or Tesla towers at longer range) provides mutual protection. However, this strategy can make the tower pair an attractive target for catapult attacks.

A fully fortified Aerial Defence Tower (ADT).
Attackers will often first target your ADT to allow subsequent D.A.V.Es and Zafreetis to attack swiftly and easily. Hence, protecting your Aerial Defense tower is important; place it near your silos or Town Hall.
Tests indicate a Level four Aerial Defense Tower can kill around 30 level six Teratorns. However, low-level ADTs are not strong enough to kill monsters like Teratorns in one shot and are therefore vulnerable if the attackers are being buffed by a Fomor. Moral: upgrade your ADT enough to kill attackers in one shot and neutralize the buff.
Fortification[]
Level | Cost | Time | Prerequisites | Damage Protection | ||
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Twigs | Pebbles | Putty | ||||
1 | 215,000 | 280,500 | 62,500 | 5h | L5 Town Hall | 20% |
2 | 850,000 | 1,200,00 | 250,500 | 1d | L6 Town Hall | 30% |
3 | 2,750,000 | 3,400,000 | 750,000 | 2d | L7 Town Hall | 40% |
4 | 5,750,000 | 5,200,000 | 1,250,000 | 4d | L8 Town Hall | 50% |
Building and Upgrading[]
Level | Cost | Range | Damage Per Shot (DPShot) | Shots per salvo | Total damage | Construction Time | Prerequisites | ||
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Twigs | Pebbles | Putty | |||||||
1 | 215,000 | 280,000 | 280,000 | 300 | 200 | 4 | 800 | 5h | L4 Town Hall |
2 | 850,000 | 1,200,000 | 250,000 | 320 | 250 | 4 | 1000 | 1d | L5 Town Hall |
3 | 2,750,000 | 3,400,000 | 750,000 | 340 | 250 | 6 | 1500 | 2d | L6 Town Hall |
4 | 5,750,000 | 5,200,000 | 1,250,000 | 360 | 250 | 8 | 2000 | 4d | L7 Town Hall |
5 | 13,500,000 | 11,000,000 | 2,000,000 | 380 | 300 | 10 | 3000 | 6d | L7 Town Hall |
6 | 16,000,000 | 14,000,000 | 4,000,000 | 400 | 350 | 12 | 4200 | 8d | L9 Town Hall |
7 | 19,200,000 | 16,800,000 | 8,000,000 | 420 | 350 | 14 | 4900 | 10d | L10 Town Hall |
8 | 23,040,000 | 21,000,000 | 16,000,000 | 440 | 400 | 16 | 6400 | 14d | L10 Town Hall |
NOTE: A salvo is the simultaneous discharge of artillery or firearms.
Recycling, HP and Repair Time[]
Level | Resources Recycled | HP | Repair Time | ||
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Twigs | Pebbles | Putty | |||
1 | 107,500 | 140,000 | 31,250 | 15,000 | 32m |
2 | 532,500 | 740,000 | 156,250 | 22,000 | 1h |
3 | 1,907,500 | 2,440,000 | 531,250 | 30,000 | 1h |
4 | 4,782,500 | 5,040,000 | 1,156,250 | 48,000 | 1h |
5 | 11,532,500 | 10,054,000 | 2,156,250 | 60,000 | 1h |
6 | 16,000,000 | 14,000,000 | 4,000,000 | 72,000 | 1h |
7 | 29,132,500 | 25,940,000 | 8,156,250 | 82,000 | 1h |
8 | 40,652,500 | 36,440,000 | 16,156,250 | 92,000 | 1h |
Building Stages[]
Level | Normal | Damaged | Destroyed |
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1 ~ 8 | ![]() |
Build Limit[]
Town Hall Level | Amount |
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4 | 1 |
5+ | 2 |
Outpost | 0 |
Tips[]
Moved to Aerial Defense Tower/tips
Trivia[]
- Formerly known as Air Defense Cannon.
- It is also known as AA (Anti-Air) or ADT in the forums.
- The ADT came out a month after Teratorn, and 5 days after Zafreeti.
- The day of its release was May 25, 2011.
- It has also the third greatest range of any tower, higher than that of a sniper tower and only surpassed by the Monster Bunker and the Spurtz Cannon.
- Little Fix - Help button on air defense tower no longer reads catapult.
- Aerial Defense Towers deal the correct amount of damage.
Gallery[]
![]() General |
General Store • Map Room • Outpost • Radio Tower • Town Hall • Yard Planner • Outpost Defender |
![]() Resources |
Twig Snapper • Pebble Shiner • Putty Squisher • Goo Factory • Storage Silo • Resource Outpost |
![]() Monster |
Champion Cage • Champion Chamber • Hatchery • Hatchery Control Center • Housing • Monster Locker • Monster Academy • Monster Lab • Wild Monster Baiter • Monster Juicer |
![]() Offensive |
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![]() Defensive |
Booby Trap • Heavy Trap • Block • Sniper Tower • Cannon Tower • Tesla Tower • Laser Tower • Aerial Defense Tower • Railgun • Monster Bunker • Quake Tower • Magma Tower • Spurtz Cannon • Stronghold |
![]() Others |