Sorcerer Tower Defense Evolves & Ascended Grade Guide

Players searching fusion in Sorcerer Tower Defense almost always mean evolves and crafts—the lobby recipes that turn a protected base unit plus raid or event materials into a stronger Special Grade or Ascended Grade form. This guide maps those paths for the live Peanut Butter Entertainment build (Place 17720162456), clarifies what Hell Stage 15 unlocks, and lists the bases you must never sell. Pair rankings with the Tier List and fragment farming with the Culling Game walkthrough.

If you are still clearing early Normal stages, finish Getting Started first. Ascended Grade recipes sit behind Hell, raids, quests, and Culling—not day-one crates alone.

Fusion vs evolve vs craft — vocabulary

Community chat mixes three words for the same UI desk:

Player search term	What the game is doing	Typical sink
Fusion	Combining a base unit with materials	Ascended Grade recipes
Evolve / awaken	Same desk; often used for Strongest Sorcerer	Reverse Energy Shards
Craft	Fragment recipes without a classic “sacrifice base” feel	Projection / Lightning / Justice

Treat them as one system with different material loops. Always open the live evolution panel before you spend—hotfix patches can nudge shard counts. Never assume a seasonal skin counts as the base unit unless the recipe accepts that exact inventory item.

Sorcerer Tower Defense new evolutions showcase — Nanami, Todo, Panda

Gate zero — Hell 15 unlocks raids

Almost every Ascended Grade farm depends on the raids hub, and the raids hub unlocks when you clear Hell Stage 15. That is non-negotiable progression, not optional endgame flavor.

1. Climb Hell with a stable board (Bow → Overtime → Special Grades). Full route notes live on Hell Mode.
2. Clear Hell 15 once; confirm the raids panel opens the same session.
3. Stock raid tickets before you queue Heaven and Earth, Shinjuku, Toji / Shibuya Helipad, or Casino windows. Losses still spend tickets.

Skipping Hell 15 while hunting “fusion materials” on Discord will waste hours. Raids are the material printers; Hell is the key.

Never-sell bases (favorite these now)

Never sell	Evolves / awakens into	Why it matters
Red Scarf Sorcerer	King Of Curses (15 Fingers) → Meguna / Shadow lines	Core Sukuna progression
Soul Curse	Soul Curse (True)	High-value Exclusive evolve
Strongest Sorcerer	Strongest Sorcerer (Awakened)	Ceiling Ascended Grade carry
Curse Manipulator	Possessed / ascended Geto-line evolve	Rare awakening material

New accounts sell “mid” Mythics for a few gems and regret it for weeks. Favorite all four before you open sell menus after crates. Trading is fine for duplicates only—never trade your last copy of a never-sell base.

Ascended Grade path — Strongest Sorcerer (Awakened)

1. Pull base Strongest Sorcerer from The Strongest Crate (community tables ~0.1% at ~300 gems) or trade carefully.
2. Unlock raids via Hell 15.
3. Farm Heaven and Earth for Reverse Energy Shards (commonly ~40 for the awaken—verify live UI).
4. Evolve into Strongest Sorcerer (Awakened).

Deep crate odds, ticket pacing, and mistakes to avoid: How to Get Strongest Sorcerer. Trait priority after awaken belongs on this unit first—see Traits when you plan Caster II / Honored One / Heavenly Restriction rolls.

Ascended Grade path — Meguna / King Of Curses (Shadow)

Community and patch notes describe the Shinjuku raid as the Sukuna / Meguna material loop:

1. Keep Red Scarf Sorcerer and evolve into King Of Curses (15 Fingers) when that recipe is available.
2. Clear Hell 15, then run the Shinjuku raid featuring Meguna / King of Curses pressure and shadow beats.
3. Collect Divine Wheels from successful clears (community recipes commonly cite 30 Divine Wheels).
4. Sacrifice the required Megumi / Ten Shadows-linked material shown in the evolve UI together with the wheels to craft Meguna—the Ascended / Shadow King Of Curses form that tames shadows through in-match rituals.

Exact secondary unit names can shift with UI labels; trust the live recipe panel over chat slang. Meguna sits among the highest investment Ascended Grades—do not start Shinjuku ticket dumps until Red Scarf is protected and your raid board can finish clears.

Ascended Grade path — Sorcerer Killer (Resurrected)

Sorcerer Killer (Toji) starts as a quest-line unit, not a random crate pity. Progression outline:

1. Work the Sorcerer Killer quest chain from early mid-game onward (Getting Started flags this in the first hour).
2. Unlock the Toji / Shibuya Helipad raid after Hell 15.
3. Farm Cursed Chains (community recipes commonly cite 30 Cursed Chains).
4. Evolve base Sorcerer Killer + Cursed Chains into Sorcerer Killer (Resurrected)—Ascended Grade with switchable weapon kits (Split Soul Katana, Playful Cloud, Chain of a Thousand Miles style toolkit).

Resurrected Toji is one of the few Ascended Grades that does not also demand a second named unit sacrifice beyond the base Toji itself. Still treat the base as never-trade until the craft completes.

Separate craft path — Culling Game (not classic fusion)

Projection Sorcerer, Lightning Sorcerer, and Justice Sorcerer are Update 31.0 [NAOYA] fragment crafts, not Heaven-and-Earth-style awakenings. You farm colony fragments (and contracts for Justice), then craft at the Culling desk.

• Prioritize Projection Fragments first—boss-killer Frame Shatter kit. Full walkthrough: How to Get Projection Sorcerer.
• Add Lightning and Justice as fragment income allows; Justice often pairs with contract checklists.
• Mode structure, hearts, and Anniversary overlap: Culling Game.

Do not confuse Culling fragments with Reverse Energy Shards or Divine Wheels. Three wallets, three desks.

Recommended evolve order (Update 31–32 accounts)

1. Protect never-sell four — inventory hygiene before any craft.
2. Hell 15 — open raids.
3. Strongest Sorcerer → Awakened — highest general ceiling for Endless, late Hell, and raid lanes.
4. Projection craft — fastest Culling power spike once colonies are comfortable.
5. King Of Curses line → Meguna when Divine Wheels are efficient for your board.
6. Resurrected Toji when quest + chain farm is ready.
7. Soul Curse (True) / Possessed when those materials land without selling other bases.

Anniversary Update 32 festive units are exciting extras. They do not replace Hell 15, Heaven and Earth shards, Shinjuku wheels, or Culling fragments. Keep both tracks warm instead of abandoning evolves for every piñata banner.

Material checklist before you queue

• Raid tickets counted for the exact raid you need.
• Base unit favorited and not listed on trade ads.
• Secondary materials counted against the live recipe (shards, wheels, chains, fragments).
• Traits planned after craft—do not dump premium traits on temporary fillers (Traits).
• Codes redeemed for gems / Culling Points on Codes so you are not ticket-starved mid-farm.

Common evolve failures

• Searching “fusion” guides and ignoring Hell 15 entirely.
• Selling Red Scarf or Strongest Sorcerer because they “aren’t S tier yet.”
• Spending every gem on Anniversary pity with zero Strongest Crate or raid ticket progress.
• Mixing Divine Wheels into Heaven and Earth expectations (wrong raid, wrong currency).
• Starting Projection craft, then abandoning Culling the week Anniversary launches—finish the 10-fragment goal first.

Related pages

• How to Get Strongest Sorcerer
• How to Get Projection Sorcerer
• Hell Mode
• Culling Game
• Traits
• Tier List
• Best Units by Mode
• Value List
• Codes

Protect the bases, clear Hell 15, then pick one Ascended Grade farm and finish it. Split attention across every raid at once is how accounts stall with half-filled material bags.