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"One life. No guns outside king zones"
—Description from Geometry Wars 3: Dimensions

King is a game mode introduced in Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved 2 which has since became a staple game mode.

King returns in Geometry Wars 3: Dimensions, where it makes a few different appearances in Adventure, Ultimate and Hardcore Mode, as well as appearing in Classic Mode.

Gameplay(Classic)[]

The player starts with one life and no bombs, scattered around the map are so called King zones, these zones are the only place where the player is able to shoot from, only the player may enter these zones.

Enemies and Geoms can not enter the the zones, but the player still needs to venture outside periodically, not only to collect geoms, but also since the zones despawn after 5 seconds of use. When they despawn, they shrink, it takes about 1 second for it to shrink to nothing. When a king zone starts shrinking, a new one will immediately spawn. There will always be at least 3 king zones.

Being caught in the open is obviously very risky, so at that point the player should be looking for a new zone to occupy, clearing a path towards another zone should generally be prioritized before collecting gems, especially late in a game.

Levels[]

Each level has its own rules and loadouts, to learn more about a specific level, simply read its respective page.

Adventure[]

Level Star goals(points) Level Loadout
13. King Hot Dog

1 ☆: 50,000
2 ☆: 150,000
3 ☆: 500,000

1 Life
1 Super
0 Bombs

21. King Pond

1 ☆: 250,000
2 ☆: 1,000,000
3 ☆: 2,000,000

1 Life
1 Super
0 Bombs

47. Royal Disease

1 ☆: 250,000
2 ☆: 500,000
3 ☆: 1,000,000

1 Life
1 Super
0 Bombs

Ultimate[]

Level Star goals(points) Level Loadout
6. Moon King

1 ☆: 100,000
2 : 300,000
3 : 1,000,000

1 Life
1 Super
0 Bombs

Hardcore[]

Level Star goals(points) Level Loadout
11. Moon King

1 ☆: 100,000
2 : 500,000
3 : 3,000,000

1 Life
0 Bombs

Tips[]

  • Always make sure that the entire ship is inside the safety zone, since enemies can still kill the player if even small parts of the ship is exposed.
  • Snakes spawn after a certain amount of waves, this is the cue to the player to stop simply flying around for geoms and instead focus on survival. From then on, focus on moving from zone to zone, picking up geoms along the way instead.