Horde fortification upgrade guide

Level - Fortification/Upgrade - Build Cost - Spending Investment Needed -

Barriers:

Level 1 - Caltrops - $500 / $1,000 - None
Level 2 - Caltrops 8% Repair cost deduction - None - $2,000 (Decoy Unlock)
Level 3 - Razor Wire (Heavy Wire) - $1,500 / $2,500 - $8,000
Level 4 - Razor Wire 8% Repair cost deduction - None - $20,000 (Turret Unlock)
Level 5 - Electrified Barrier - $2,000 / $4,000 - $45,000
Level 6 - Electrified Barrier 8% Repair cost deduction - None - $75,000
Level 7 - Laser Barrier - $3,000 / $5,000 - $120,000 (Silverback Unlock)
Level 8 - Laser Barrier 8% Repair cost deduction - None - $170,000

Decoy
Level 1 - Cole Train Standee - $500 - Level 2 Barrier
Level 2 - Dummy - $1000 - $5,000
Level 3 - 11% Repair Cost Reduce - None - $20,000 (Sentry Unlock)
Level 4 - Explosive Dummy - $1,500 - None - $35,000
Level 5 - 11% Repair Cost Reduce - None - $75,000
Level 6 - Heavy Explosive Dummy (Heavy Decoy) - $2,000 - $110,000
Level 7 - 11% Repair Cost Reduce - None - $170,000
Level 8 - Onyx Guard Bot - $5,000 - $220,000 (DLC)

Manned Turret
Level 1 - Retro Lancer Turret - $1,500 - Level 4 Barrier
Level 2 - Accuracy Upgrade - None - $15,000
Level 3 - Lancer Turret - $2,500 -$50,000
Level 4 - 8% Repair Cost Reduce - None - $90,000
Level 5 - Troika - $4,000 - $140,000
Level 6 - 8% Repair Cost Reduce - None - $200,000
Level 7 - Armored Troika - $5,000 - $270,000
Level 8 - 8% Repair Cost Reduce - None - $360,000 (Command Center Unlock)

Sentry Turret
Level 1 - Light Sentry - $1,000 - Level 4 Decoy
Level 2 - Light Sentry 11% Repair Reduce - None - $15,000
Level 3 - Heavy Sentry - $1,500 - $30,000
Level 4 - Heavy Sentry 11% Repair Reduce - None - $90,000
Level 5 - Shock Sentry - $3,000 - $105,000
Level 6 - Shock Sentry 11% Repair Reduce - None - $135,000
Level 7 - Incendiary Sentry (Fire) - $3,500 - $200,000(DLC)

Silverback
Level 1 - Silverback - $12,500 - Level 7 Barriers
Level 2 - 11% Repair Reduce - None - $200,000
Level 3 - Silverback Rockets - $10,000 - $500,000(DLC)
Level 4 - 11% Repair Reduce - None - $900,000(DLC)
Level 5 - 11% Repair Reduce - None - $1,500,000(DLC)

Command Center(DLC)
Level 1 - Sniper Support / Boomshot(indoors) - $1,000 - Level 8 Turrets
Level 2 - Mortar Support / Boomshot and Frags(indoors) - $2,000 - $5,000
Level 3 - Upgraded Mortar Support - None - $25,000
Level 4 - Hammer of Dawn / Vulcans (indoors) - $3,000 - $40,000

You need to be level 3 to get the rockets for the silverback? Just got to level 2 .......arrrrgh!

As if I wasn't thinking the Silverback looks a right nightmare to level up enough.... A million dollars? Seriously?

Looks like I am gonna have to play A LOT of Horde from now on.....a million...grumble, grumble....etc

AWESOME guide though Ninja - nice work mate.

What??????????????? 1 million to upgrade the damned Silverback?

I thought it only leveled to level 3 & that was you, arghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.

Silverback needs some sweet tough loving...im only bothered about the 500 rocket kills lol

It's not as bad as it sounds once you get the right strategy and mutator balance.

What mutators do you have on & on which difficulty?

I use big head mode (doesn't affect levelling), Super Reload (-25%) and Instagib (-25%)

Having seen that, I am gonna drop the easy mutators until I have sorted out my Silverback - want them rockets for the achievement!

If any kind souls have already upgraded their SB and would like to donate it as a gift or some such so I can blast 500 unsuspecting Locust asses out of the Horde park, I would be most appreciative and willing to help out with any other things you need!

Normal difficulty, Instagib, no ammo pick up & enemy re-gen. This will ensure all your money goes ino the fortification. Pick level 10 on Blooddrive & go solo. Kill everything but 1 then die, rinse & repeat. Then once you have the rockets park the silverback in the top room, the enemys have to come through the one doorway, so you just blast away. After about 20 waves you'll have killed enough.

Got the achievement for the rocket kills last night.

Publik NME no1 wrote:

Normal difficulty, Instagib, no ammo pick up & enemy re-gen. This will ensure all your money goes ino the fortification. Pick level 10 on Blooddrive & go solo. Kill everything but 1 then die, rinse & repeat. Then once you have the rockets park the silverback in the top room, the enemys have to come through the one doorway, so you just blast away. After about 20 waves you'll have killed enough.

Got the achievement for the rocket kills last night.

Congrats!

And level 10 Boss Wave? Really? Hmmmm..... Will give it a go....Sounds tricky!

That is one long list.I have maxed out everything except for sliverback.I am only level 2 at sliverback and it takes too long to level up.

Good guide, thanks!

- D

Hit level 2 Silverback last night. Seriously? How long does this take!!!!

And tbh, having already done the cheevo, can I really be arsed spending another million?

mutlien wrote:

Hit level 2 Silverback last night. Seriously? How long does this take!!!!

And tbh, having already done the cheevo, can I really be arsed spending another million?

There is a way to boost money in Horde:

Start on a boss wave (10, 20 etc), use instagib and other good mutators, kill everything until about 3-4 left then die and restart wave, your cash will rack up very quickly, don't spend your cash whilst doing this, keep doing it until you got shit loads of money, then go spend it

Ninja wrote:

mutlien wrote:

Hit level 2 Silverback last night. Seriously? How long does this take!!!!

And tbh, having already done the cheevo, can I really be arsed spending another million?

There is a way to boost money in Horde:

Start on a boss wave (10, 20 etc), use instagib and other good mutators, kill everything until about 3-4 left then die and restart wave, your cash will rack up very quickly, don't spend your cash whilst doing this, keep doing it until you got shit loads of money, then go spend it

As much as I like to boost (made you look Publik!), I am actually going to do this boost purely for the Silverback - it really is a pain and why did they make it so much money?!

Thanks for the tip Ninja.