The Bear Trap is one of the most rewarding alliance events in Kingshot. Not only does it drop free Forgehammers (essential for upgrades), but it’s also a great source of resources if your alliance can push high damage. You’ll have 30 minutes to attack the Raging Bear, and the reward tier caps out at 1.2 billion total damage.
To get there, your alliance must squeeze out every bit of damage possible. Let’s break down the mechanics, strategies, and best heroes to use so you can consistently perform at the top.
Kingshot Bear Trap Guide 2025 – Layout, Troop Formation
Understanding Damage in Bear Trap
Before you rush in, you need to know how damage is actually calculated in this event. These mechanics will directly influence how you set up your rallies:
Attack vs. Lethality – Both stats are used as multipliers in the damage formula, but Lethality is usually the weaker link since it starts lower and is harder to boost. This makes Lethality the most valuable stat for increasing your Bear damage. Heroes like Chenko, Amadeus, and Yeonwoo shine because their first skill boosts Lethality.
Chance-based skills don’t stack – Avoid sending heroes like Jabel as a joiner, because her damage relies on RNG. She’s still fine as a rally leader, but you don’t want chance-based skills competing for one of the limited joiner slots.
Joiner skill limit – Only four additional hero skills from joiners will apply to a rally. If you already have four top-tier heroes inside, sending another hero in your first slot could actually lower total damage. Sometimes it’s better to just send troops.
Expedition vs. Exclusive skills – Expedition skills (the normal ones) are additive, while Exclusive Skills from Widgets can be additive or multiplicative. Multiplicative boosts are much stronger since they scale with your stats.
Upgrading the Pitfall
Every Bear Hunt starts with the Pitfall, and upgrading it is critical for big damage.
| Pitfall Level | Hunting Arrows Required | Attack Bonus |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 200 | +5% |
| 2 | 300 | +10% |
| 3 | 400 | +15% |
| 4 | 500 | +20% |
| 5 | 500 | +25% |
- It takes 1,900 Hunting Arrows total to max the Pitfall at level 5.
- Each alliance member can earn 24 arrows per day from Intel Missions.
- If 40 members complete their daily missions, your alliance can fully upgrade the Pitfall every two days.
TMake sure your members stay consistent with Intel Missions. A fully upgraded Pitfall gives everyone a 25% Attack boost during Bear Trap, and that boost adds up massively over multiple rallies.
Preparing Your City
To maximize your contribution, set up your city before the event starts:
- Research: Prioritize tech that increases Lethality and deployment capacity.
- Buildings: Upgrade your Command Center for larger troop sends.
- Gear: Focus on equipment that boosts Lethality, especially goggles and boots.
- Governor Charms: Enhance them for additional unit Lethality.
These upgrades improve your base damage output so every rally you join hits harder.
Best Heroes for Rally Captains
When you start a rally, your hero lineup matters the most because your skills are the ones that set the baseline for everyone joining. Here are the recommended setups by generation:
- Gen 1 (Best): Amadeus, Jabel, Saul
- Gen 1 (Mid): Helga, Jabel, Quinn or Saul*
- Gen 1 (F2P): Howard, Jabel, Quinn
- Gen 2 (Best): Amadeus, Hilde, Marlin
- Gen 2 (Mid): Helga, Jabel, Quinn or Marlin
- Gen 2 (F2P): Zoe, Jabel, Quinn
Recommended Troop Formation: 10% Infantry, 10% Cavalry, 80% Archers
*Saul overtakes Quinn once he’s upgraded to 4 stars.
A key detail here: Amadeus is the strongest overall rally hero even in Gen 2. However, it may actually be smarter not to use him as a captain early on. His first skill works as a powerful joiner skill, which can give more overall damage across multiple rallies. If your Helga is well-developed, she makes a strong rally leader instead, since her Widget boosts Lethality and covers the gap left by not using Amadeus.
For free-to-play players, your focus should be on upgrading Jabel and Quinn in Gen 1, and then shifting to Zoe as your third option in Gen 2.
In Bear Trap, the Bear doesn’t kill your troops the way a PvP enemy would. That means defense isn’t important—your goal is pure damage output. Since Archers have the highest damage, your rally should be weighted heavily in their favor.
Still, you should always send at least 10% Infantry and 10% Cavalry. Why? Because each hero buffs their own troop type. If you skip Infantry or Cavalry entirely, you waste the massive stat boosts from your heroes.
For example, if you’re running Helga, Jabel, and Saul in Gen 1, they each provide around +200% Attack to their troop type. If you didn’t bring Infantry or Cavalry, you’d be throwing away a total of +400% Attack from those boosts. Even a small mix ensures you unlock those bonuses while still letting Archers do the heavy lifting.
Key Rally Joiner Heroes
Joining rallies correctly is just as important as leading them. Only four joiner skills are applied, so make sure they’re the right ones:
- Chenko – Top choice. At level 5, her first skill provides a +25% damage boost, but only if she’s placed in the first hero slot of the joiner lineup.
- Amadeus – If he isn’t being used as a leader, Amadeus works like Chenko, giving another big Lethality boost.
- Yeonwoo – At star level 4, she gives a 25% Lethality boost, making her another premium joiner.
- Amane – She boosts Attack instead of Lethality. Not as strong as the above, but still useful because Attack and Lethality multiply together.
Rally Joining Rules
- If there are fewer than four Chenkos in the rally, you should send Chenko in your first slot.
- If four Chenkos are already in, don’t send another high-skill hero in first slot—you risk overriding someone’s stronger skill. In that case, either send a weaker blue hero or just send troops with no hero.
- Be cautious: if you send a hero with a level 5 skill in first slot, it can replace an existing one, potentially lowering rally damage.
You can always check whether a rally is set up properly by tapping the yellow flag icon on the rally screen. Once a Level 5 skill is locked in, it can’t be overridden unless that player is kicked.
The Bear Trap event is all about team efficiency. Maximize your damage by:
- Prioritizing Lethality over Attack.
- Always upgrading the Pitfall with daily arrow donations.
- Building rallies around the right captains and troop ratios.
- Using Chenko, Amadeus, and Yeonwoo as premium rally joiners.
- Making sure your alliance coordinates hero placement so no key skills get overridden.
If your alliance follows these principles, you’ll not only hit the 1.2B reward tier, but you’ll also consistently farm Forgehammers and resources that set you ahead for future events.