Dummy Boss

Sandbox Only Content

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Dummy Boss was previously removed on the 3rd of September 2025, though it has been made available through the Sandbox mode later.
It is not accessible anywhere else in the game. This page will attempt to include information about both the version before removal and its re-added version.

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Description

The Dummy Boss, internally referred to as TutorialBoss, was the final boss for the Tutorial. Currently, it can only be spawned in Sandbox mode if the player has its Logbook. It had a high amount health and a quite slow speed. Additionally, as it was a Boss enemy, it had various immunities. This includes things like that it could not be frozen, only slowed down by stunning towers like the Electroshocker and Trapper, could not be slowed down by the Toxic Gunner, could not be confused by the Jester, it could not be knocked back, it could not be slowed down by the DJ Booth and it could not be damaged by the Nuke's fallout damage. However, since none of these effects could be used in the Tutorial, these immunities were not important.

Appearance

The Dummy Boss is a large hulking humanoid with a waist and lower arms in its rig. It has a pale green skin color, an orange torso, waist and legs, with the former having white stripes. It wears black shoes and has a black harness with white buckles. It also has black braces with white spikes and chains attached, along with indented lower arms. It also has two heads, with the left one being larger.

Whenever one of its fists hits the ground, the screen shakes. On death, the Dummy Boss will repeatedly bang its lower arms on its chest before falling forward onto the ground.

Strategy

This strategy refers to the state of the game while the Dummy Boss still appeared in the Tutorial.

• As this enemy only appears in the Tutorial, the only options are placing down multiple Snipers, Scouts, Demomans and Minigunners.
  • The Minigunner happens to be the fastest way to beat it.
• If the player intentionally tries to lose, the match will not end in a loss. Instead, the player will triumph. This means it is impossible to lose against it through normal means.
• If you are trying to get its Logbook, the Scholar Skill cannot be used to boost the odds of getting it, as Skills are disabled in the Tutorial.

Gallery

Animations

• Current walk animation (24 February 2024 – Present)
  Current walk animation (24 February 2024 – Present)
• Current death animation (24 February 2024 – Present)
  Current death animation (24 February 2024 – Present)

Corpse Variants

• Second Corpse variant, current version (12 March 2025 – Present)
  Second Corpse variant, current version (12 March 2025 – Present)

Thumbnails

• Dummy Boss in a game thumbnail.
  Dummy Boss in a game thumbnail.

Miscellaneous

• Dummy Boss on its bugged Index icon.
  Dummy Boss on its bugged Index icon.
• Dummy Boss on its Index icon.
  Dummy Boss on its Index icon.

Trivia

• The Dummy Boss has the lowest health for a major boss in the entire game.
• The Dummy Boss is the first enemy to make the screen shake without an ability.
  • The second enemy would be Patient Zero who shakes the screen whenever it takes a step after its Index Case ability is activated.
• The Dummy Boss has Stun Immunity. However, this immunity is useless as not a single tower available in the Tutorial can stun enemies, though it has use in Sandbox mode.
• The Dummy Boss's appearance is based on the Abomination from Polluted Wasteland II.
• The Dummy Boss is the first and currently only, major boss to have no abilities.
• The Dummy Boss shares its design with the Brute from Easy mode.
  • Despite sharing the same design and icon, they are two seperate enemies and therefore give two separate Logbooks. This also means it is no longer possible to get it.
• The Dummy Boss drops the lowest cash upon death, being only Cash upon death.

Update History

• 24 February 2024 - v1.14.0
  • Dummy Boss added.
• 3 May 2024 - v1.20.0
  • Dummy Boss can no longer be confused by the Jester.
• 10 May 2024 - v1.21.0
  • Dummy Boss is now immune to the fallout damage from the Nuke.
• 18 May 2024 - v1.22.0
  • Dummy Boss is now immune to knockback.
• 28 August 2024 - v1.29.0
  • Bug: Can be slowed down by the DJ Booth.
• 31 August 2024 - v1.29.0
  • Bugfix: No longer can be slowed down by the DJ Booth.
• 11 September 2024 - v1.31.0
  • Speed increased from Very Slow (1) to Slightly Slow (2).
• 2 October 2024 - v1.34.0
  • Health decreased from 300 to 250.
• 6 November 2024 - v1.40.0
  • Dummy Boss can no longer have its defense dropped.
• 16 December 2024 - v1.46.0
  • Bug: Uses a placeholder icon instead of the intended one.
• 22 January 2025 - v1.50.0
  • Bugfix: Now uses the correct icon.
• 12 February 2025 - v1.53.0
  • Bug: Uses a placeholder icon instead of the intended one.
• 26 February 2025 - v1.55.0
  • Bugfix: Now uses the correct icon.
• 1 April 2025 - v1.58.1a
  • Bug: Dummy Boss has a broken icon.
• 25 June 2025 - v1.68.0
  • Health increased from 250 to 1,250.
  • Speed decreased from Slightly Slow (2) to Very Slow (1.25).
• 3 September 2025 - v1.74.0
  • Dummy Boss removed from the main game, now appears exclusively in Sandbox mode.

Tutorial
Previous Debut	Current Debut	Next Debut
Hidden Wave 4	Dummy Boss Wave 5	End N/A

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