Getting Started in Drone Defense 2

Drone Defense 2 is Solver Games’ Roblox tower defense sequel set in the Murder Drones toybox: 15 placeable drones, match perks, quests, maps, and secrets tagged 🟣🔴🟡. It is free-to-play, live since 25 October 2025, and running on servers of up to 20 players. You can solo every early mode. You should still treat the lobby like a loadout screen, not a theme park.

This is the day-one guide. Redeem codes before you summon. Then beat Easy, upgrade tiers, and only then copy the Medium video below. If you skip tiers, Medium will feel broken even with a “meta” name on the bar.

Lobby in 60 seconds

Join from the official Roblox page. You land in a shared lobby with shops, quest NPCs, and elevators into maps. Look left for CODES! — that is the sequel layout, documented on how to redeem. Currencies you care about in the lobby:

• Keybugs — summon units and buy perks. You get them for finishing rounds even if you lose.
• Batteries — win-only lobby currency.
• Shells — summer-event purse for Ducky N.
• XP / level — titles at 3 / 10 / 25 / 50 / 100 (Worker, Disassembly, Solver, Eldritch, then Nori via Level Road).

Oil is not a lobby currency. It only exists in a match.

Drone Defense 2 solo Medium tutorial

Match loop

Enter an elevator, vote a difficulty, ready up. Waves spawn along a path. You spend Oil to place drones and upgrade them. You earn Oil from kills, mini-bosses, bosses, and wave clears. Eco units increase that income. If a leak reaches the base, you lose health; enough leaks and the match is over.

Hotkeys inherited from the series (confirm in your settings if a patch rebound them):

Input	Action
1–5	Tower / unit hotkeys
Q or X	Cancel placement
E	Upgrade
X	Sell
Shift	Sprint in lobby
Ctrl	Shift-lock in lobby

Place economy first, then a reliable lane holder, then a backline. That sentence is the whole beginner skill tree. The loadout planner turns it into a checklist.

First hour plan

1. Redeem every active code.
2. Summon once with a plan from the beginner loadouts — do not dump all Keybugs if you still lack a perk.
3. Queue Easy solo. Learn pathing. Finish the match even if it is ugly; Keybugs still pay on a loss, but Batteries do not.
4. After the win, raise tiers on the units that actually dealt damage.
5. Do not vote Medium until those units are upgraded. The Roblox description is not flavour text.
6. Pick up starter quests (Doll / V / Nori lines live on secrets and quests).

Medium without a carry

The video in the middle of this page is a solo Medium clear. Watch placement order, not just the unit names. Community comments on Medium being “too hard” are usually tier and eco problems, not a missing secret unit. If you still bounce, drop back to Easy with a farming route from farm resources and come back with more Keybugs.

Hard and Void are later problems. Hard is a Battery and Keybug multiplier. Void / The Abyss is gated behind beating the standard ladder and, for the full badge, a keycard path described on maps and difficulties. A 5 September 2026 event listing literally says “The Abyss awaits you.” Do not queue it on day one.

Perks, not original-game abilities

The sequel sells perks you take into a match. Original Drone Defense used an ability shop with Life Support, Donator, Extra Slot, and friends. Do not buy a guide for those names and assume they still sit on the same vendor. Spend early Keybugs on a perk that helps income or placement, then read the perks note inside secrets after you own a stable lane.

Gamepasses (optional)

• +4 Batteries — 99 Robux
• 1.5x Experience — 79 Robux
• 1.5x Keybugs — 99 Robux
• VIP — 199 Robux (1.2x Keybugs, 1.25x XP, 1.25x Batteries from matches, title, chat tag, elevator teleports, faster sprint)

None of these replace tiers. Buy VIP if you already enjoy the loop; it will not carry a tier-1 defence.

After your first Easy win

Open the drone roster and mark what you own. Check the tier list only after you know your actual bar. Then either farm, quest, or poke the Summer Event with the Shells from codes. That is a complete first session. Anything else is sightseeing.