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Learn the fortress. Meet the infected.

Dead 2048: Last Hope turns matching towers into a fight for survival. This official guide introduces the towers, enemies, and choices behind that fight, using artwork you will recognize in the game.

New to the fortress?

Begin with a short walkthrough, learn to read battlefield warnings, and use the quick references when a new choice appears.

Start Here → · Reading the Battlefield →

Common Questions → · Glossary →

Try a fortress experiment

Five optional practice prompts help you test coverage, read warnings, and use support with a purpose. Keep a note of what happened and revisit the challenge on another run.

Fortress Challenges →

Towers

Meet your first active defenses, learn their practical strengths, and preview later tower portraits. Use these guides to think about coverage and which threats your fortress needs to handle.

Explore the Towers guide →

See every form side by side in the Tower Evolution Gallery →.

Ability Cards

Choose how your towers fight the next wave. Explore seven illustrated effect guides with practical selection advice. Two more abilities remain undiscovered.

Explore Ability Cards →

Zombie Field Guide

Meet the infected and learn their attack behavior, relative speed and toughness, warning signs, and possible responses.

Explore the zombies →

Tactical Support

Time a Convoy, divert a horde with a Flare, prepare a Minefield, or choose a Strike Plane impact. Learn when these commands can give your fortress an opening.

Tactical Support overview → · Minefield guide → · Convoy guide →

Build toward the Final Cure

Creating a research Core starts the next challenge: keeping it alive. Follow the seven Cure milestones, learn what counts as secured progress, and read the next objective in Collection.

The Cure Project →

From the developer’s desk

Follow the experiments behind the fortress in our devlogs. New guides will grow here as development continues.

Development guide · Updated October 8, 2026. Describes the current development build. Availability and balance may change before release.