Totally Accurate Battle Simulator Maps & Locations Guide: Every Area Covered

Q: How many factions are there?

Fourteen. Ten standard factions of seven units each cover Tribal, Farmer, Medieval, Ancient, Viking, Dynasty, Renaissance, Pirate, Spooky and Wild West, and four more are unlockable: Legacy with 16 units, Secret with 39, plus Good and Evil which are reached through portals.

Q: Can units from different factions be mixed?

Yes, and it is usually the right call. Nothing rewards a pure faction army, so the standard approach is to buy the cheapest adequate front line from whichever faction sells it, then spend the rest on ranged units from another.

Q: Why does the same army win one battle and lose the next?

Because nothing is scripted. Every wobbler is an active ragdoll, so balance, momentum and collision resolve slightly differently each run. If an army loses narrowly, replay it before redesigning it.

Q: What is the cheapest way to beat a giant unit?

Numbers or a Ballista. Twenty 50 gold Halflings will drag down a 2,200 gold Mammoth by attacking from angles it cannot swing at, and a single 900 gold Ballista handles a large slow target from range. Buying a bigger giant of your own is the expensive answer.

Q: Is there multiplayer?

Yes, online player versus player alongside the campaigns and sandbox. There are also creators for units, maps, factions, campaigns and battles, and Steam Workshop support, so custom armies show up in both sandbox and multiplayer matches.

Complete Totally Accurate Battle Simulator maps and locations guide. Every area with difficulty, rewards, progression order, and what to do in each zone.

EarlyGuides Editorial Team

Researched and editorially reviewed. Updated August 12, 2026.

Totally Accurate Battle Simulator is Landfall's physics battle game, released in full on 1 April 2021 after two years in Early Access. You spend a gold budget on wobblers from 14 factions, place them on a battlefield, and then hand the whole thing over to an active ragdoll simulation that decides the outcome. A Halfling costs 50 gold and a Da Vinci Tank costs 4,000, and the interesting question is almost never which unit is better but which unit is better per gold against the army already sitting on the other side of the field.

Totally Accurate Battle Simulator features distinct areas with increasing difficulty. This guide covers every major location in progression order: what to do, what to get, and when to move on. For the step-by-step path, see our walkthrough.

Area Progression Order

Order	Location	Difficulty	Key Rewards	Recommended Build
1	The Introduction	First campaign, low budgets	Core faction units, basic placement habits	Farmer
2	The Adventure	Second campaign, mid budgets	Faction unlocks, mixed army practice	Farmer
3	The Challenge	Late campaign, deliberately under-budgeted	The levels that teach cost efficiency properly	Tribal
4	Simulation	Mid to late campaign	Hazard-aware placement, unusual map layouts	Tribal
5	Legacy	Unlock campaign, requires the full Legacy faction	Legacy faction completion, Super Peasant and Dark Peasant	Tribal

The Introduction: Starting Area

The tutorial campaign, teaching placement, budget spending and the basics of what the physics does to a formation. Levels here are generous enough that almost any sensible army clears them.

Attribute	Detail
Difficulty	First campaign, low budgets
Key Rewards	Core faction units, basic placement habits
Recommended Build	Farmer
Key Equipment	Hoplite

What to Do Here

Learn the basics of Gold budget placement. This is where you practice without heavy punishment.
Collect starting resources and your first equipment upgrade.
Clear all main content before moving to The Adventure.
If you're struggling, read our beginner's guide.

The Adventure: Early Game

Mixed faction levels with light strategic pressure. Budgets loosen up and the enemy armies start combining melee walls with ranged backlines, which is where reading the enemy layout first starts to pay.

Attribute	Detail
Difficulty	Second campaign, mid budgets
Key Rewards	Faction unlocks, mixed army practice
Recommended Build	Farmer
Key Equipment	Hoplite

What to Do Here

Focus on mastering Active ragdoll physics. It's critical from this point on.
Farm for Hoplite if you don't have it yet.
Complete all objectives for maximum rewards.
Prepare for the difficulty spike in The Challenge.

The Challenge: Mid Game

The hard campaign, where your budget sits below the enemy's total army value on purpose. Cheap units and formation shape do the work here, since simply buying the strongest wobbler cannot cover the gap.

Attribute	Detail
Difficulty	Late campaign, deliberately under-budgeted
Key Rewards	The levels that teach cost efficiency properly
Recommended Build	Tribal
Key Equipment	Hoplite

What to Do Here

This is the main skill check. Bring an optimized build.
Halfling becomes accessible here. Prioritize getting it.
Master Faction unlocks and campaigns for the boss encounters.
Check our boss guide if you get stuck.

Simulation: Late Game

Campaign levels built on simulation maps with environmental hazards, so terrain kills units the enemy never had to pay for. Placement matters more here than composition.

Attribute	Detail
Difficulty	Mid to late campaign
Key Rewards	Hazard-aware placement, unusual map layouts
Recommended Build	Tribal
Key Equipment	Halfling

What to Do Here

Full build optimization is expected by this point.
Halfling should be your primary, fully upgraded.
Unit Creator and Workshop mastery starts mattering here.
Farm resources for the push into Legacy.

Legacy: Endgame

An unlockable campaign gated behind owning all 16 Legacy units, from Peasant and Boxer through Thor, Tank and Super Peasant. It is a nostalgia pass over the Early Access roster rather than a difficulty spike.

Attribute	Detail
Difficulty	Unlock campaign, requires the full Legacy faction
Key Rewards	Legacy faction completion, Super Peasant and Dark Peasant
Recommended Build	Tribal
Key Equipment	Halfling

What to Do Here

This is endgame. Best-in-slot gear and a perfected build are mandatory.
See our boss guide for endgame fight strategies.
The reward loop: clear content → upgrade → push harder content.
Experiment with Renaissance for variety once you've mastered the meta.

Exploration Tips

Clear areas in order: The Introduction → The Adventure → The Challenge → Simulation → Legacy. Skipping areas means missing resources you'll need later.
Check every corner: Hidden caches and secrets are often in non-obvious locations.
Match your equipment: Some areas favor different equipment types.
Read the walkthrough: Our walkthrough provides exact progression milestones for each area.
Don't rush: Clearing an area fully gives more resources than speedrunning two areas.

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