Defender Medals
Defender Medals are one of the primary currencies in Dungeon Defenders II, alongside Gems and Gold.
Introduced with the Calling All Heroes patch, Defender Medals replaced the previous Wyvern Tokens.
They are used to purchase items from NPCs, upgrading your equipment, and more.
Earning Defender Medals
- Defender Medals can be obtained through Daily and Weekly Missions, the Defender Pass rewards, and completing maps. Typically, you earn 25 Medals per map and an additional 25 for completing your highest Onslaught floor for the first time. Resetting will allow you to earn that bonus again.
- End of wave 1 : gain 0 Medals.
- End of wave 2 : gain 1 Medals.
- End of wave 3 : gain 3 Medals.
- End of wave 4 : gain 8 Medals.
- End of wave 5 : gain 13 Medals.
- Total = 25 Medals.
- If a map consists of 6 waves, you'll gain 26 Medals instead of 25.
- End of wave 1 : gain 0 Medals.
- End of wave 2 : gain 1 Medals.
- End of wave 3 : gain 1 Medals.
- End of wave 4 : gain 4 Medals.
- End of wave 5 : gain 8 Medals.
- End of wave 6 : gain 12 Medals.
- Total = 26 Medals.
- There is a daily cap of 2,000 Defender Medals per player, excluding Missions.
- The maximum number of medals a single account can hold is 12,000; if a map is completed and a player is at the cap, they will not gain any more.
Usage
- Defender Medals can be used to purchase various items, including:
- The following can be purchased from the Gran Ma'ster's Shop:
| Icon | Item | Price |
|---|---|---|
| N/A | Any Shard of your choice | 1,000 defender medal |
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Campaign Shard Pack | 500 defender medal |
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Chaos I Shard Pack | 500 defender medal |
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Chaos II Shard Pack | 500 defender medal |
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Chaos III Shard Pack | 500 defender medal |
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Chaos IV Shard Pack | 500 defender medal |
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Chaos V Shard Pack | 500 defender medal |
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Chaos VI Shard Pack | 500 defender medal |
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Chaos VII Shard Pack | 500 defender medal |
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Chaos VIII Shard Pack | 500 defender medal |
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Chaos IX Shard Pack | 500 defender medal |
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Chaos X Shard Pack | 500 defender medal |
- The following can be purchased from the Colonel's Treasure Shop:
| Icon | Item | Price |
|---|---|---|
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Pet Affection Booster | 250 defender medal |
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Unbound Bearkira Egg | 7,500 defender medal |
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Tainted Sword Egg | 7,500 defender medal |
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Blighted Dragon Egg | 7,500 defender medal |
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Terror Dragolich Egg | 7,500 defender medal |
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Left Narwhagon Egg | 7,500 defender medal |
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Reforged Thunder-O Egg | 7,500 defender medal |
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Amber Dino Dragon Egg | 7,500 defender medal |
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Betsy Dragon Egg | 10,000 defender medal |
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Ghost Cat Egg | 7,500 defender medal |
- The following can be purchased from the Wayfarer:
| Icon | Weapon | Cost |
|---|---|---|
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Aerial Bane | 500 defender medal |
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Betsy's Wrath | 500 defender medal |
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Bling King Bow (Bling-O-Midas) | 500 defender medal |
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Bone Glove | 500 defender medal |
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Celebration!!! | 500 defender medal |
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Demon Scythe | 500 defender medal |
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Flying Dragon | 500 defender medal |
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Haunted Halberd (Ghastly Halberd) | 500 defender medal |
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Lunar Portal Staff | 500 defender medal |
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Megashark | 500 defender medal |
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Meowmere | 500 defender medal |
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Molten Tome (Scorched Tome Of Molten Brimstone) | 500 defender medal |
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North Pole | 500 defender medal |
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Shadowflame Knife | 500 defender medal |
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Sky Dragon's Fury | 500 defender medal |
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Glaive Of The Storms | 500 defender medal |
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Terrablade | 500 defender medal |
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The Last Word | 500 defender medal |
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Tsunami Chlorophyte (Tsunami) | 500 defender medal |
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Tsunami Jester (Tsunami) | 500 defender medal |
Defender Medals have multiple uses, including:
- Tinkering Mods: Spend Defender Medals to move a mod to another item, instead of gems. Main article : Tinkering
- Devolving Items: Use Defender Medals to revert items to the previous chaos level, instead of gems.
- Rerolling Godly Stats: Instead of using Gems, you can invest Defender Medals to alter the godly stat on your equipment at the Blacksmith.
- Material Conversion with the Enchantress: Utilize Defender Medals to convert materials into a different quality material.
- Upgrading, Evolving, Advancing: Spend Defender Medals to increase the levels, chaos level and rarity of your equipment. Main article : Upgrade
- Rerolling : Rather than using gold, you can use Defender Medals to reroll the primary stat of an item, or the quality level of a mod. Main article : Rerolling
- Unlocking Heroes: Instead of using gems, you can purchase new heroes for
10,000 or 12,000 if it's the newest one. Though, it is highly recommended to buy the All Heroes Bundle in the Emporium. Additionally, you have the option to buy extra hero cards.