Empires & Puzzles Harpoon Guide: Unlock, Craft & Use It on Titans

Need help with the Empires and Puzzles Harpoon? In Empires & Puzzles, the match-3 RPG from Small Giant Games, the Harpoon is a battle item made for fighting Titans — the giant monsters your alliance battles together. Throwing Harpoons at a Titan does solid damage, weakens its attack and, most importantly, can make it drop Titan Parts, the materials you need to craft the game’s best Titan items. Here’s how to unlock, craft and use Harpoons efficiently.

What the Empires and Puzzles Harpoon does

According to the Empuzzled fan database, the Harpoon currently:

• Deals 750 damage to one enemy
• Gives the target –20% attack for 6 turns
• Has a chance to drop Titan Parts when used on a Titan

That attack debuff alone helps your team survive longer during a Titan fight, while the parts feed everything else your Hunter’s Lodge can make.

How to unlock Harpoons: the Hunter’s Lodge

Harpoons are crafted in the Hunter’s Lodge, a building converted from a Forge:

1. Raise your Stronghold to level 21.
2. Have a Forge at level 5 or higher.
3. Convert that Forge into a Hunter’s Lodge.
4. Research the Harpoon (it’s the level 1 Lodge item).

The Lodge is levelled up like other buildings, and each level unlocks a new Titan battle item.

Crafting cost

	Requirement
Food	~63,000
Iron	~94,600
Materials	5 Herbs, 1 Bone, 1 Cloth
Craft time	20 minutes
One-time research	~2.77 million Food, 1 day

Values can be rebalanced in updates, so check the in-game Lodge for exact numbers.

How to use Harpoons on Titans

1. Bring Harpoons into Titan battles — select them in your battle item slots before you attack.
2. Throw them early in the fight to apply the –20% attack debuff while your heroes build mana.
3. Use several per attack. Each Harpoon gives another chance at Titan Parts, so alliances that farm parts often bring a full stack.
4. Combine with defence-down effects. Harpoon damage is boosted when the Titan’s defence is lowered by your heroes’ specials or items like Valkyrie’s Bane.
5. Hit the Titan’s weak spot when it’s exposed for extra damage on all your attacks.

What Titan Parts are used for

Titan Parts (Shells, Fangs, Beaks, Eyes, Eggs, Spines, Plumes, Tails, Skulls, Hearts) are needed for the higher-level Hunter’s Lodge items, including:

Lodge level	Item	Effect (summary)
2	Titan Banner	All heroes +50% attack and defence for 3 turns
4	Panacea	Heal, cleanse and buff the whole team
6	Valkyrie’s Bane	Stacking defence reduction on one target
8	Hurricane	Big mana boost and board reshuffle
10	Time Freeze	Drains and blocks enemy mana for 3 turns

So Harpoons are the start of a loop: Harpoons → Titan Parts → stronger Titan items → higher Titan scores → better alliance loot.

Other Hunter’s Lodge items worth unlocking

The Empires and Puzzles Harpoon is only the first Lodge item. As you level the Lodge (up to level 10) and collect Titan Parts, you can craft stronger Titan items. Some of the most useful include:

• Titan Banner (Lodge level 2): all heroes get +50% attack and +50% defense for 3 turns. It needs a Shell and a Fang to craft.
• Valkyrie’s Bane (level 6): the target gets –35% defense, plus a further –5% every turn over 5 turns.
• Hunter’s Caltrops (level 7): deals 750 damage and dispels buffs from the target.
• Scroll of Alteration (level 9): transforms 5 random tiles to match the target’s element.

Costs and effects can change with updates, so check the in-game Lodge or the official Empires & Puzzles website for the latest details.

Tips for getting the most out of Harpoons

• Craft during downtime. Queue Harpoons overnight or while you’re away so your Lodge is never idle.
• Watch your Iron. Harpoons are Iron-heavy; balance them with your building upgrades.
• Coordinate with your alliance. Many alliances agree on when to “harpoon” a Titan to maximise part drops and score.
• Don’t waste them on easy Titans if your stock is low — save them for high-star Titans where the debuff matters.

How to keep a steady supply of Harpoons

Running out of Harpoons on a big Titan day is frustrating. A few habits keep your stock healthy:

• Keep the Lodge busy. A 20-minute craft queued before every break adds up to a full stack over a week.
• Grow your Iron income by upgrading Iron Mines and Storages, since each Empires and Puzzles Harpoon costs more Iron than Food.
• Stock up on Herbs, Bones and Cloth whenever quests, events or chests offer them.
• Agree on a stock target with your alliance, such as 10 Harpoons before each high-star Titan.

A simple Harpoon routine for Titan days

1. Keep the Lodge crafting Harpoons whenever it would otherwise sit idle.
2. Check your alliance chat for the plan before you attack the Titan.
3. Equip Harpoons in your battle item slots and throw one or two early in each attack.
4. Follow up with defense-down specials or items, then aim for the weak spot.
5. After the Titan falls, check your loot for Titan Parts and plan your next Lodge craft.

Common Harpoon mistakes

• Forgetting to add Harpoons to your battle item slots before attacking.
• Throwing them late, so the attack debuff covers fewer of the Titan’s turns.
• Crafting so many that you run out of Iron for building upgrades.
• Using a full stack on easy Titans and having none left for the hard ones.

FAQ

Can I use Harpoons outside Titan battles?

Battle items like the Harpoon can be used in other modes where items are allowed, but their real value is in Titan fights because of the Titan Part drops.

Why didn’t I get Titan Parts?

Drops are a chance, not a guarantee. Using more Harpoons per attack increases your odds.

When can I build the Hunter’s Lodge?

At Stronghold level 21, by converting a level 5+ Forge.

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Is the Empires and Puzzles Harpoon worth crafting?

Yes, if your alliance hunts Titans regularly. The attack debuff makes fights safer, and the Titan Parts it can drop unlock every stronger Lodge item.

Can I use the Empires and Puzzles Harpoon on any Titan?

Yes. You can throw Harpoons at any Titan your alliance faces, but they are most valuable against high-star Titans, where the attack debuff and extra parts matter most.

Does upgrading the Hunter’s Lodge make Harpoons stronger?

Upgrading the Lodge unlocks new Titan items rather than changing the Harpoon itself. It is still worth levelling, because items like the Titan Banner and Valkyrie’s Bane make a big difference to your Titan scores once you have the parts to craft them.

Final thoughts

The Empires and Puzzles Harpoon is a small item with a big role: it softens Titans, adds damage and feeds the Titan Parts loop that powers the whole Hunter’s Lodge. Unlock the Lodge at Stronghold 21, keep it crafting and work with your alliance on when to throw them. You can download the game from Google Play or the App Store. Enjoy mobile games on a big screen? See how to play Brawl Stars on PC.