Competitive consensus:

• Battle for the Kingdom is the end goal — everything feeds into it.
• Stack Madnesses before starting Multiball Madness.
• Castle progress is always valuable, even during multiball.
• Troll Bombs are currency — save them for Royal Madness / BfK.
• Castle Hurry-Ups are sneaky big points.

Standard Skill Shot

• Plunge to flashing rollover
• Scores 50K +10K per success, +5X Bonus

Super Skill Shot

• Hold left flipper while plunging
• Ball feeds left flipper
• Shoot any lit shot (ramps, orbits, catapult)
• Scores 100K
• Starts Castle Hurry-Up

Collected at Merlins Saucer, Lit at start of game, Relit by completing 3 Merlin standup targets

Possible awards include:

• Light Lock / Award Lock
• Start Trolls!
• Start Trolls! or Troll Madness
• Castle Multiball
• Start any Madness
• Light Extra Ball
• Lower Drawbridge
• Destroy Gate / Destroy Castle
• Video Mode
• Troll Bombs
• +5X Bonus / Hold Bonus

To destroy a castle:

• Hit Drawbridge N times (1 → 6)
• Hit Gate N+1 times (2 → 7)
• Shoot Main Entrance to destroy

Scoring:

• Gate hits scale with castle number
• Castle destroy awards scale
• Extra Ball lit after defeating 2 castles (default)

Castle remains available during all multiballs.

Lit by:

• Repeating completed objectives
• Super Skill Shot
• Merlins Magic

Collected at Main Entrance

• Starts at 1M, counts down to 250K
• Multiple completions stack value:
• 2 → 3M
• 3 → 5.5M
• 4 → 8.5M
• Continues upward

Collected Hurry-Ups count toward EB:

• 10 = Extra Ball
• 40 = Second Extra Ball

Started by Lock shots

• First MB: 3 Lock shots
• Later MBs: 6 Lock shots
• Virtual locks

Stage 1:

• Ramps = Jackpot (750K base)
• 5 jackpots light Super Jackpot

Stage 2:

• Super Jackpot at Lock (1.5M base)

Stage 3:

• Ramps, orbits, Lock, Catapult = Super Jackpots
• Completing all returns to Stage 1
• Jackpot value permanently increases

Completing first Super Jackpot lights Extra Ball (default).

Light Trolls! by hitting Troll standups (default 8)

Start Trolls! at Merlins Saucer

Trolls! Mode:

• Both Trolls pop up
• Hit each Troll 3 times in 30 seconds
• Troll Bombs (Launch button) count as hits
• Completing Trolls!:
• Awards 1M
• Lights Troll Madness

Troll Bombs:

• Earned via standups, Merlins Magic, banks
• Stack and carry over
• Extremely valuable for Royal Madness & BfK

Destroying Trolls advances Master of Trolls (default 10 Trolls required).

Each Madness lights after completing its task:

• Troll Madness → Complete Trolls!
• Defender of Damsels - Right Ramp ×4 → Damsel Save → Damsel Madness
• Patron of the Peasants Left Ramp ×4 → Peasant Revolt → Peasant Madness
• Catapult Ace Catapult / Standup ×3 → Catapult Slam → Catapult Madness
• Joust Champion - Either Orbit ×3 → Joust Victory → Joust Madness

• First Super Jets at 50 jet hits
• Jets score increasing values
• Each Super Jets requires +25 more hits
• During Super Jets, orbits feed bumpers

Started at Merlins Saucer

• Requires ≥1 Madness lit
• Can only be played once per cycle
• You can stack Trolls! during this multiball

Balls in play:

• 1 Madness → 2 balls
• 2–4 Madnesses → 3 balls
• 5 Madnesses → 4 balls

Scoring:

• Jackpots: 75K +25K per Madness
• Super Jackpots: 250K +150K per Madness
• Lock = Double Super Jackpot
• Troll = Troll Super Jackpot (½ Super)

Lit after:

• All 5 Madnesses lit
• Multiball Madness completed

Single-ball timed mode:

• 10 shots total - 2 ramps, 2 orbits, 2 catapult, 2 Trolls, Lock spots Catapult shots
• Timer resets with each shot

Completing awards: Extra Ball (default)

• Destroying Castles (default 2)
• Super Jackpot in Castle Multiball
• 10 and 40 Hurry-Ups
• Merlins Magic random award
• Royal Madness completed

To light:

Complete all 6 objectives:

1. Master of Trolls (Destroy 10 Trolls)
2. Defender of Damsels (Shoot right ramp 4 times X 3)
3. Patron of the Peasants (Shoot left ramp 4 times X 3)
4. Catapult Ace (Shoot Catapult 3 times X 3)
5. Joust Champion (Shoot either orbit 3 times X 3)
6. Castle Crusher (Destroy all 6 castles)

Start at Main Entrance (single-ball only)

Battle for the Kingdom

• 4-ball multiball
• All major shots lit for 2.5M Battle Jackpots
• Complete all shots → Gate phase

Gate Phase:

• Gate shots = 5M each
• Trolls pop up
• Use Troll Bombs to clear
• Final Castle shot wins Battle

Awards:

• 50M bonus
• Victory Laps:
• All shots lit
• Ultra Combos score escalating values