Backyard Monsters guide

Getting started

Create a free account with a username and a password (the email is optional) and press Play. The first time, the game walks you through a tutorial that places your first buildings and hands you the resources for each step.

Your yard is saved on the server: you can close the tab and come back later from any browser with your username and password.

The game screen

• Level and name: top left, the star with your yard's level.
• Resources: twigs, pebbles, putty and goo, each with its storage limit.
• Shiny: the game's special coin; it speeds up timers and buys some extras.
• Buttons bottom right: Buildings (your buildings), Quests, Store and Map (the world map).
• Website header: shows your real resources even if you close a game window, and holds your account menu.

Resources

There are four resources: twigs, pebbles, putty and goo. Dedicated buildings produce them: the Twig Snapper, the Pebble Shiner, the Putty Squisher and the Goo Factory.

Producers keep what they make until you collect it; the Storage Silo raises how much you can store.

Buildings

These are the main buildings with the numbers from their configuration: how many levels they have and how much health they have at the first and last level.

Monsters

Monsters are raised in the Hatchery by spending Goo and are housed in the Housing buildings. These are the numbers from their configuration: health and damage at the first and last level, and speed.

Monster	Levels	Health	Damage	Speed
Pokey	6	200 / 300	60 / 85	1.2 kph
Octo-ooze	6	1,000 / 1,800	15 / 35	1.4 kph
Bolt	1	150 / 150	15 / 55	2.5 kph
Fink	6	200 / 240	300 / 520	1.3 kph
Eye-ra	6	600 / 2,400	4,000 / 24,000	2 kph
Ichi	6	2,000 / 2,800	50 / 110	1.2 kph
Bandito	6	500 / 900	200 / 450	1 kph
Fang	1	400 / 400	600 / 800	1.1 kph
Brain	6	600 / 1,400	100 / 350	2 kph
Crabatron	6	4,000 / 4,800	100 / 170	1 kph
Project X	6	800 / 1,200	1,200 / 2,200	0.9 kph
D.A.V.E.	6	8,000 / 21,000	1,500 / 1,900	0.8 kph
Wormzer	6	600 / 1,700	300 / 700	3 kph
Teratorn	6	1,600 / 4,200	300 / 700	2.5 kph
Zafreeti	1	8,000 / 8,000	Heals 400	0.75 kph

A negative damage value in the configuration (Zafreeti and Vorg) is a heal: those monsters repair the others instead of attacking.

Attacking a tribe

Build a Map Room and open the map with the Map button. The wild tribes (Legionnaire, Kozu, Abunakki and Dreadnaut) show up with their level and distance; click one and choose Attack.

In combat you load the Flinger with your monsters and throw them into the enemy yard. When it ends, the game shows you the loot you take.

Defending your yard

Surround your yard with walls and spread towers (cannon, sniper, tesla, laser, bunker...) and traps. A higher-level Town Hall allows more buildings.

The monsters you house in the Monster Bunker help defend when you are attacked.

Help and limits

If something goes wrong, open a ticket in Support with your account: you can attach screenshots and the team answers in the same ticket.

This is a beta: the Inferno, outposts, alliances, mail and gifts have not been tested yet, and on phones the game is not thoroughly tested.