What is Arid Wastes?
Arid Wastes is a region you pick on the Set Out screen, which is one of the town menus. The region card in the Steam screenshot shows two facts:
- 11 Turns
- Crystal Drop Rate +20%
Two other islands appear on either side of it on the same screen. We do not know their names or whether they are playable regions. The demo is reported to include Arid Wastes, as covered on the demo guide.
Screenshot: © Blacklight Games / Devolver Digital, via the official Steam page.
How do the difficulty levels work?
Below the region card is a selector with left and right arrows and six pips. In the screenshot the third pip is lit and the label reads Level 2. The commander screen in another screenshot shows “Arid Wastes, Level 0” at the top-left, so the numbering starts at 0. Six levels would then run from Level 0 to Level 5. That last part is our reading of the selector, not a stated fact.
The text for Level 2 reads: “Bosses gain Curses; collect Medals.” We have only seen the text for Level 2, so we do not describe the other levels.
Two panels flank the selector:
- Exclusive Mechanic, showing a flame icon and a cactus-creature icon. Neither is labelled.
- Progress, showing “1 Undiscovered Unlocks” and a row of small icons.
What do the curses and medals do?
A screen titled Boss Curse shows curse cards before a boss fight, for example Dead End and Muddy Waters. The how to play guide has their rule text.
The Level 2 text says you “collect Medals”, and each curse card shows a medal icon with the number 5. We think the number is a medal reward, but the game does not say so on the screen. The town menus show a medal counter beside the crystal counter, and the meta-progression guide covers those.
Screenshot: © Blacklight Games / Devolver Digital, via the official Steam page.
What do the battle screenshots in the desert show?
The store page has several desert battle screenshots, with stage labels such as 10-1 and 11-1. The page does not caption them, so we cannot say which region or difficulty each one is from. Do not use the stage label to work out how many turns a run has.
Screenshot: © Blacklight Games / Devolver Digital, via the official Steam page.
What is still unknown?
- What Levels 0, 1, 3, 4 and 5 change
- Whether the +20% crystal bonus applies at every level
- What the Exclusive Mechanic icons are
- What the number 5 on each curse card stands for
If you are new to the game, begin with what All Army Attack is.
Sources and verification
- Steam store page for All Army Attack
- Steam Community hub
- Difficulty count: reports from Output Lag, Gematsu, MonsterVine and Simulation Daily
- Region and level text is read from the official Steam screenshots.
Last verified: November 15, 2026.
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