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Dart Soldier

Toy · Shooter

Dart Soldier

Fires foam darts down its lane. Reliable and cheap.

Shooter
Glow cost
100 75 at Lv 25
Card recharge
7.5s
Unlocks
From the start
Coins to Lv 25
114,320
Damage per second
14.3 → 58.6 at Lv 25
Dart Soldier at Lv 1. A staged lane: the same nightmares, with health set from the toy's own Lv 1 damage, walk at it.

How it works.

The Bedtime Book says, at Lv 1

20 damage every 1.4s. Toughness 300.

And at Lv 25

59 damage every 1s. Toughness 660.

Every level, 1 to 25.

Upgrading costs coins, once, and lasts for good. Lv 25 costs 114,320 coins in all. The green rows are the levels with a milestone perk.

Damage per second by level

Dart Soldier, in damage a second. The dots are the perk levels.

020406080Lv 1Lv 5Lv 10Lv 15Lv 20Lv 2514.358.6
LevelUpgradeCoins so farDamageEveryDamage / sToughnessPiercesGlow costPerk
Lv 1–0201.4s14.3300–100
Lv 210010021.41.4s15.3315–100
Lv 313023022.81.4s16.3330–100
Lv 416039024.21.4s17.3345–100
Lv 520059025.61.22s21360–100Shoots 15% faster
Lv 6260850271.22s22.2375–100
Lv 73301,18028.41.22s23.3390–100
Lv 84201,60029.81.22s24.5405–100
Lv 95302,13031.21.22s25.6420–100
Lv 106802,81032.61.22s26.8435–75Costs 25 less Glow
Lv 118603,670341.22s27.9450–75
Lv 121,1004,77035.41.22s29.1465–75
Lv 131,4006,17036.81.22s30.2480–75
Lv 141,7507,92038.21.22s31.4495–75
Lv 152,25010,17039.61.22s32.5510+175Darts pierce one extra monster
Lv 162,85013,020411.22s33.7525+175
Lv 173,60016,62042.41.22s34.8540+175
Lv 184,60021,22043.81.22s36555+175
Lv 195,80027,02045.21.22s37.1570+175
Lv 207,40034,42051.61.22s42.4585+175+25% damage
Lv 219,40043,820531.22s43.5600+175
Lv 2212,00055,82054.41.22s44.7615+175
Lv 2315,00070,82055.81.22s45.8630+175
Lv 2419,00089,82057.21.22s47645+175
Lv 2524,500114,32058.61s58.6660+175Shoots 25% faster

Each level adds +7% damage, +5% toughness of the Lv 1 number; perks add theirs on top. Upgrade prices start at 100 coins and grow ×1.27 a level. How toy levels work

Milestone perks.

LevelPerkCoins to get there
Lv 5Shoots 15% faster590
Lv 10Costs 25 less Glow2,810
Lv 15Darts pierce one extra monster10,170
Lv 20+25% damage34,420
Lv 25Shoots 25% faster114,320

Lv 1 against Lv 25.

The same scene twice, recorded in the game: on top with the toy at Lv 1, below at Lv 25.

A staged lane: the same nightmares, with health set from the toy's own Lv 1 damage, walk at it. The nightmares and their health are the same in both halves: only the toy's level differs.
Lv 1All defeated in 11.9s
Lv 25All defeated in 1.9s

Measured from the recording. Nightmares in a real night have more health the deeper the level (the curve), so times there differ; the ratio is what an upgrade buys. Every toy's comparison

Toy Mastery.

From campaign level 100, a Dart Soldier at Lv 25 can go on through 25 Mastery ranks. Each rank adds 0.4% to its damage and toughness: +10% at M25.

RankGemsCoins, after the storyWins at Lv 25BonusDamageDamage / sToughness
Lv 25–––58.658.6660
M1Free20+0.4%58.858.8663
M2Free40+0.8%59.159.1665
M3Free60+1.2%59.359.3668
M4Free80+1.6%59.559.5671
M5Free100+2%59.859.8673
M6605,520120+2.4%6060676
M7706,440140+2.8%60.260.2678
M8807,360160+3.2%60.560.5681
M9908,280180+3.6%60.760.7684
M101009,200200+4%60.960.9686
M1111010,120220+4.4%61.261.2689
M1212011,040240+4.8%61.461.4692
M1313011,960260+5.2%61.661.6694
M1414012,880280+5.6%61.961.9697
M1515013,800300+6%62.162.1700
M1616014,720320+6.4%62.462.4702
M1717015,640340+6.8%62.662.6705
M1818016,560360+7.2%62.862.8708
M1919017,480380+7.6%63.163.1710
M2020018,400400+8%63.363.3713
M2121019,320420+8.4%63.563.5715
M2222020,240440+8.8%63.863.8718
M2323021,160460+9.2%6464721
M2424022,080480+9.6%64.264.2723
M2525023,000500+10%64.564.5726

Ranks 1 to 5 are free; from M6 a rank costs 10 gems × the rankfrom M6 a rank costs coins: 10 × the rank × what a gem is worth at your progress (92 coins once the story is done, less before). Every rank also needs 20 × the rank counted wins with the toy at Lv 25. Dream Light adds another 0.5% damage and toughness per level to every toy. How Mastery works

Using it.

The game's tip

Place Dart Soldiers in lanes with monsters. Foam darts never miss!

Other shooter toys

Numbers from the game's own data, version 1.0.0 as of November 13, 2026. Toy and nightmare numbers are the base values: every night scales the nightmares to its level (how). You are reading for the phone game (iPhone, iPad, Android): the switch at the top shows the PC game's numbers.You are reading for the PC game, coming to Steam: the switch at the top goes back to the phone game's numbers.

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