The House TD 2 Launch The House TD 2 Floors and Modes

Cursed floors, rooms, and game modes are where The House TD 2 stops being a menu tutorial and starts being a haunted tower defense. DeadB Studios’ early beta already surfaces map names like House and Kitchen, plus auto-skip and 2x/3x speed. This guide teaches how to read those spaces without importing tactics from Spectral’s original House TD.

Mental model

Think in three layers:

1. Map shell — House, Kitchen, or future shells.
2. Floor / room pressure — cursed modifiers and room rules that change threat mix.
3. Mode rules — session settings that alter pacing, rewards, or party expectations.

Your faction plan from Best Teams sits underneath all three. A perfect Demon board can still fail if the mode is asking for Holy/Paranormal answers you refused to bring.

House — the classroom

House is the onboarding battlefield. Use it to:

• Prove summon + equip discipline (Equip Items).
• Lock a majority for Undead, Military, or whatever you declared.
• Learn zombie packing before ghosts and shadows complicate reads.
• Practice normal → 2x speed ladders from How to Play.

Do not treat House clears as proof you are ready for every cursed modifier. Treat them as proof your hands know the menus.

Kitchen — the exam

Kitchen raises the cost of sloppy prep. Enter Kitchen when:

• Kitty and core units are equipped.
• Boss focus is assigned (How to Beat Bosses).
• The lobby agreed on faction vs intentional Omni.
• Someone is willing to host calls in co-op.

If your Kitchen wipes always happen in the first minute, you skipped House homework.

Cursed floors and rooms

“Cursed” language in TD2 points to elevated threat scripts and rule twists. Practical responses:

• Re-check whether crowd clear still covers the opener.
• Ask if ghosts/shadows are denser than your Holy/Paranormal flex can handle.
• Delay auto-skip until you see the new pattern once.
• Keep a rebuild minute between rooms instead of pride-pushing 3x.

When patches alter floor behavior, skim Beta Notes the same day.

Game modes and party size

Modes can change how many players you want and how fragile majorities become. In a twelve-player lobby, one silent late joiner can rewrite coin income. Mode nights should start with a pasted plan from Team Planner. Smaller modes are better for F2P experiments and learning new units like Bio, Frank, Duchess, or military kits.

Auto-skip without auto-throwing

Auto-skip is a power tool:

Use it when placements are done, items are on, and you recognize the wave family. Avoid it when a new cursed room just loaded, a teammate is still summoning, or a boss telegraph is unknown.

If skips hide leaks, you will “suddenly” die with no story — then blame the mode instead of the skip.

Speed toggles by floor difficulty

Situation	Suggested speed
New account, first House	1x
Stable House farm	2x
Kitchen with full ready-check	2x, optional 3x
Unknown cursed modifier	1x for first cycle
Boss learning	1x or 2x max

Speed is not a badge of honor; it is a multiplier on the plan you already made in Getting Started.

Threat mix reminders

• Zombies test early AoE and lane spacing.
• Ghosts punish unclean boards.
• Shadows demand attention and sometimes Paranormal tools.
• Demons escalate midgame.
• Bosses require names in chat, not vibes.

Unit role help: Units.

Mode night agenda (90 minutes)

1. 10 min — Kitty/claim/equip check, wrong-game code warning if newcomers arrive (Codes Hub).
2. 25 min — House warm-up with declared faction.
3. 30 min — Kitchen or cursed room attempts with locked roles.
4. 15 min — Boss focus practice.
5. 10 min — Notes for next patch; link Updates Hub.

Related pages

Keep the Guides Hub nearby, farm structure on Starter Checklist, and official place links on Links Hub. Scripts will not teach room reads — see Scripts Hub if you need that distinction clarified.

Floors and modes are the narrative of The House TD 2. House teaches, Kitchen examines, cursed rules remix the exam, and your faction plan is the essay thesis. Walk in with items on and speed humility, and the haunted architecture becomes readable instead of random.