School Grounds Act 5

School Grounds Act 5 is the 5th story stage inside School Grounds, a haunted school campus infested with living curses. The act is built from 15 waves and roughly 300 total enemy spawns, opening with a manageable mix of 8x School Curse, 8x Fabric Curse and scaling up wave by wave until the final wave throws 11x School Curse, 14x Fabric Curse, 1x Cursed Summoner, 1x School Girl (Elite) at the player's placed units. Cursed Summoner is the boss that caps the stage, and its health pool and aggression sit noticeably above the Basic and Elite spawns that lead up to it.

Along the way, watch for enemies carrying the Sprinter, Tank, Summoner modifiers: Sprinter enemies trade health for a large burst of movement speed; Tank enemies trade speed for a larger health pool; Summoner enemies periodically call in extra Basic-tier reinforcements while they are alive. Compared to School Grounds Act 4, this act keeps the same core wave shape but raises the difficulty by swapping in Cursed Summoner as the closing boss, making it the toughest clear in the zone.

Clearing School Grounds Act 5 on Normal pays a flat 75 Gems, 75 Gold, 115 Player EXP, and 500 Unit EXP, while Hard raises that to 100 Gems, 100 Gold, 145 Player EXP, and 1000 Unit EXP for the same wave list. Both difficulties also drop a zone-exclusive food item on every clear (1 on Normal, 2 on Hard), and a first-time clear bonus on top of the standard reward applies the first time each difficulty is beaten. Clearing this act on Hard also opens a small chance (5%, with a 20-clear pity counter) at Kunai, an equipment piece unique to School Grounds that does not drop anywhere else. Since Hard pays roughly a third more currency for an identical wave layout, it is the better long-term farming target once a team can survive Cursed Summoner reliably; Normal remains the safer option for teams still gearing up.