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Kaovao Bass Inlet

Tidal Nest Defense

Kaovao Bass Inlet

Ten waves of pike and catfish ride the tide into a narrow inlet between the rocks. Place herons, nets and otters on the ledges and keep the bass nest safe.

Boon: —

  • Wave0/10
  • Hearts10
  • Shells100
  • Score0
  • Best0

Defenders

Choose a glowing build spot, place defenders, then call the first wave.

Keyboard: Tab to a build spot, then 1 Heron · 2 Net · 3 Otter · U or Enter upgrades · N next wave · P pause

Three Notes from the Rocks

  • Build before the tide

    Your first shells go furthest. Fill two ledges near the entrance before you call the opening wave.

  • Nets love the bends

    Swimmers slow down where the channel turns. A net on a bend keeps them inside every defender's reach for longer.

  • Upgrade, then spread

    A raised heron often beats two new ones. Upgrade your strongest spot first, then widen the line.

Sea-glass lancet window: an inlet between rocks, a heron on a ledge, a bass above its nest and the morning sun

Before the Tide Comes In

How to play

Tap a glowing ledge beside the channel and choose a defender. Herons strike one fish hard, nets slow everything nearby, otters splash a whole group. Tap a placed defender again to raise its level. Each invader you stop pays shells; each one that reaches the nest costs a heart.

The inlet's tale

Between two dark headlands lies Kaovao, an inlet so narrow that the tide sings as it passes. Every spring a mother bass lays her eggs at its quiet end, and every spring pike and catfish follow the flood tide in. The creatures of the rocks have guarded that nest for as long as anyone remembers.