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Elf Camp has been made unobtainable from the game as of the 4th of February 2023 as it was part of the Violent Night Event.
Players with the item in question can continue using it, but you cannot obtain this item anymore, outside of limited-time promotional sales.

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Elf Camp
Unlock Cost	Triumph Cold Ambush
Role	Defense
Placement	Ground
Placement Limit	4
Statistics
Base Cost	$300
Base Selling Cost	$100
Base Damage	N/A
Damage Method	Collision Single (Level 1+) Splash (Level 2+) Burst (Level 3+)
Base Firerate	N/A
Base Range	1.5 (Elf)
Base Spawnrate	15s
Hidden Detection	Level 0+ (Collision, Guardian Elf, Gunner Elf & Gift Bomber only)
Lead Detection	Level 0+ (Collision & Splash Damage only)
Flying Detection	Level 4 (Gift Bomber only)
Immunities	Debuff Stun
Placement Footprint	Average (1.5)
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A cheap unit spawning tower that summons a steady supply of friendly elf units.
Elves come with hidden, flying, and lead detections.

Elf army.. ATTACK! Send out elf units to defend your base.

―Inventory Description

Description

The Elf Camp is a unit spawning tower that could have been unlocked by triumphing Cold Ambush during the Violent Night Event. After a player had returned to the lobby, it was claimed through the Gift Box menu. It could also have been obtained through a limited time gamepass for 500 during the Violent Night Event and Krampus' Revenge Event, and for 799 during the The Final Act Event.

The Elf Camp is a spawner tower that summons elves. These elves are modernized versions of the enemies that appeared in the Violent Night Event. At Level 0, it only summons the Elf. However, with later Levels, it can spawn multiple units at once instead of just one. The functionality of these units varies, making each unit unique. With Levels, some units will be replaced by their stronger variants.

For the first upgrade, the Elf Camp only summons Elves, which can only collide with enemies. This unit is later replaced with the Guardian Elf, which can also damage enemies with its sword. At Level 1, it can spawn an additional unit, the Snowball Elf, that throws snowballs at enemies from a distance, dealing damage. It is replaced by the Cannoneer Elf at Level 2, which deals more DPS, and by the Gunner Elf at Level 3, which fires in bursts and at Level 4 spawns twice, dealing even more DPS. At Level 2, it can also spawn the Bomber Elf, which explodes upon death, dealing damage to enemies in its explosion radius. It is replaced by the Gift Bomber at Level 4, which instead throws present bombs and flies in a sleigh, allowing it to avoid colliding with non-Boss enemies. It does not explode upon death. At Level 4, it can also spawn its final unit, the Ripped Elf, which throws a large snow boulder at enemies, dealing a large amount of damage to any caught in the explosion radius.

The Elf Camp is considerably an early to mid-game tower as its cheap cost and units such as the Snowball Elf or Bomber Elf can be quite useful in the early-game, while its later units like the Ripped Elf or Gunner Elf can be quite useful in the mid-game.

There is a limit of four Elf Camps per player.

Upgrades

Sno'ball Training

Level 1 • Cost: $750

•15 Health

•4 Damage

•2 Firerate

•17 Range

•10 Spawnrate

•30 Unit Limit

Sell Price changes to $350

Unpaid Labor

Level 2 • Cost: $2,022

•5 Health

•45 Splash Damage upon death

•3 Range

•10 Spawnrate

•5 Explosion Range

•Lead Detection

Replaces Snowball Elf

•20 Health

•4 Damage

•0.5 Firerate

•18 Range

•12 Spawnrate

•35 Projectile Speed

Sell Price changes to $1,024

Cookie Cutting

Level 3 • Cost: $4,500

Replaces Elf

•50 Health

•18 Damage

•7 Range

•0.5 Firerate

•10 Spawnrate

•Hidden Detection

Replaces Cannoneer Elf

•25 Health

•4 Damage

•5 Burst

•0.4 Firerate

•1 Cooldown

•22 Range

•25 Spawnrate

•35 Projectile Speed

•Hidden Detection

Sell Price changes to $2,524

A Violent Night

Level 4 • Cost: $12,012

+25 Health

0% > 30% Defense

+10 Damage

Now spawns twice

0.4 > 0.35 Firerate

•1,000 Health

•375 Splash Damage

•60 Range

•7 Firerate

•100 Spawnrate

•4 Explosion Range

•15 Projectile Speed

•Lead Detection

Replaces Bomber Elf

•500 Health

•60 Splash Damage

•2 Firerate

•25 Range

•50 Spawnrate

•4.5 Explosion Range

•Does not collide with non-Boss enemies

•Hidden Detection

•Flying Detection

Guardian Elf, you go left. Gunner Elf, you go right. And Ripped Elf? Make this a violent night!

Sell Price changes to $6,528

Statistics

To see all the previous statistics of this tower, see the history page.

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Level	Cost	Total Cost
0	$300	$300
1	$750	$1,050
2	$2,022	$3,072
3	$4,500	$7,572
4	$12,012	$19,584

Melee Elves
Level	Minion	Health	Defense	Damage	Spawnrate	Firerate	Range	Limit	DPS	Ram DPS
0-2	Elf	15	N/A	N/A	10	N/A	1.5	30	N/A	1.5
3	Guardian Elf	50	N/A	18	10	0.5	7	30	36	5
4	Guardian Elf	75	30%	28	10	0.5	7	30	56	7.5

Ranged Elves
Level	Minion	Health	Damage	Burst Count	Spawnrate	Firerate	Cooldown	Range	Limit	DPS	Ram DPS
1	Snowball Elf	15	4	N/A	10	2	N/A	17	30	2	1.5
2	Cannoneer Elf	20	4	N/A	12	0.5	N/A	18	30	8	1.67
3	Gunner Elf	25	4	5	25	0.4	1	22	30	6.67	1
4	Gunner Elf	25	4	5	25	0.35	1	22	30	7.27	1

Splash Elves
Level	Minion	Health	Splash Damage	Spawnrate	Firerate	Range	Explosion Range	Limit	DPS	Ram DPS
2-3	Bomber Elf	5	45	8	N/A	3	5	30	N/A	6.25
4	Gift Bomber	500	60	50	2	25	4.5	30	30	10
4	Ripped Elf	1,000	375	100	7	60	4	3	53.57	10

Skins

Skin	Classic	Chocolatier
Rarity	Event	Uncommon
Daily Store Cost	N/A	N/A
Obtained From	Christmas 2025 Crate	Valentines 2026 Crate

Strategy

• The Elf Camp can be an effective counter against defense enemies, as its units deal full damage when colliding with enemies.
  • Splash Damage from the Bomber Elf or Ripped Elf is also not affected by Defense.
  • Damage from the Guardian Elf and ranged elves like the Snowball Elf or Gunner Elf is still affected.
• It is best advised to place the Elf Camp away from the main path, as it has no use close to it.
• The Elf Camp can be very useful against Hidden enemies due to most of its units having hidden detection.
  • The Gift Bomber can also detect Flying enemies while the Elf Camp is at Level 4.
• Do note that some enemies can damage units. As most of the Elf Camp units have low health, they will often be killed instantly.
• Despite being a flying unit, the Gift Bomber is affected by enemy abilities that damage units, even if it does not look like was not hit by it.
• The Bomber Elf's splash damage can be quite useful at clearing out hordes of enemies that appear early on.
  • Later on, the Ripped Elf and Gift Bomber can also prove useful for the stronger hordes of Slow Bosses, although it takes a while for the projectiles to hit, meaning they could miss faster enemies.
    • The Ripped Elf's snowballs may not hit the path most of the time.
• The Electroshocker, Frost Blaster, Freezer and Toxic Gunner pair well with the Elf Camp as they slow down enemies before colliding with units, allowing the units to survive longer.
• Units spawned by the Elf Camp are not affected by any buffs or debuffs.
• Units spawned by the Elf Camp are far less effective against Ghost enemies as they cannot collide with them and only some of the units can detect them.
  • The Gift Bomber, despite being a flying unit, cannot collide with Flying enemies.
  • However, they are effective against Lead enemies, as collision and splash damage deals damage to them.
• As the Gift Bomber is a flying unit, it cannot collide with most enemies. It can only collide with Boss enemies, like the Molten Warlord or Fallen King.
• The two Gunner Elves that spawn are not one unit but two.
  • This means the DPS of both units is effectively doubled at Level 4.

Trivia

• The elves spawned by this tower are based on multiple enemies that appear in the Violent Night Event.
  • The Elf is based on the Basic Elf.
  • The Bomber Elf is based on the enemy of the same name.
  • The Guardian Elf is based on the Cookie Guard
  • The Gift Bomber is based on the Sleigh.
  • The Ripped Elf is based on the enemy of the same name.
    • The Ripped Elf is the first humanoid unit to use a body similar to R15.
  • The Snowball Elf, Cannoneer Elf and Gunner Elf do not appear to be based on any enemies from the event.
    • Though the Gunner Elf does use the same accessories as the Builder Elf.
• The Elf Camp is the first tower that can spawn multiple different units at once.
  • It is also the first event tower to spawn units.
• The Elf Camp is slightly based off of the Graveyard from Tower Battles, with both using a concept of spawning weaker units and introducing stronger units at higher levels.
• The Level 2 upgrade cost is likely a reference to the year the Elf Camp was added in.

Update History

For previous cosmetic variations, see the gallery page.

• 21 December 2022 - v1.6.0
  • Elf Camp added.
  • Bug: Elf Camp uses the Military Base's icon in profile cards.
  • Bug: Cannoneer Elf stops spawning after some time.
  • Bug: Upgrading an Elf Camp to Level 4-5 sometimes creates one second timers which do not spawn anything.
  • Bug: Cannoneer Elf stops moving and attacking in sight after Gunner Elf spawns in Level 5 Elf Camp.
• 9 January 2023 - v1.6.0f
  • Firerate decreased for units due to the Firerate Bug getting less severe for units.
    • Level 2
      • Snowball Elf firerate decreased from 3.03 to 3.025.
    • Level 4
      • Guardian Elf firerate decreased from 0.53 to 0.525.
      • Cannoneer Elf firerate decreased from 0.53 to 0.525.
    • Level 5
      • Ripped Elf firerate decreased from 4.03 to 4.025.
      • Gunner Elf firerate decreased from 0.23 to 0.225.
      • Gift Bomber firerate decreased from 2.03 to 2.025.
• 4 February 2023 - v1.6.1
  • Elf Camp can no longer be obtained by triumphing Cold Ambush.
• 9 March 2023 - v1.6.3c
  • Gamepass offsale, Elf Camp is now unobtainable.
  • Bug: Elf Camp can still be seen in the in-game shop.
• 7 April 2023 - v1.7.0
  • Bug: Guardian Elf is incorrectly called Warrior Elf in-game instead of Guardian Elf.
  • Bug: Elf Camp has a firerate of 0.02.
• 5 May 2023 - v1.7.2
  • Bugfix: Elf Camp no longer has a firerate of 0.02.
  • Bug: Placement footprint does not show up when the Elf Camp is selected.
• 28 October 2023 - v1.9.0
  • Bug: Elf Camp's units when colliding with an enemy give money equal to the enemy's health.
• 31 October 2023 - v1.9.0e
  • Bugfix: Elf Camp's units now give the correct amount of money.
• 12 November 2023 - v1.9.0l
  • Bug: Elf Camp units start going backwards after reaching the entrance, disappearing after reaching the exit.
• 1 December 2023 - v1.9.4b
  • Bugfix: Elf Camp units no longer move backwards after reaching the entrance, they now disappear there instead.
• 25 December 2023 - v1.11.0c
  • Elf Camp is available through a gamepass for 500.
• 29 December 2023 - v1.11.0d
  • Elf Camp gamepass taken offsale.
• 28 January 2024 - v1.12.0
  • Bug: Elf Camp now has Valentines, Bunny, Hazmat and Ghost skins, which do not have any models and all their information is identical to the skins of the same name for the Electroshocker.
• 8 March 2024 - v1.15.0
  • Bug: First spawn's spawnrate appears as random when placed down, despite actually being the full duration, which is fixed upon deselecting and selecting the tower again.
  • Bug: Level 1 spawnrate decrease visually resets the spawnrate.
• 19 April 2024 - v1.19.0
  • Bugfix: First spawn's firerate is now displayed correctly.
• 10 May 2024 - v1.21.0
  • Bug: Gunner Elf no longer spawns.
• 18 May 2024 - v1.22.0
  • Bugfix: Gunner Elf now spawns again.
• 31 May 2024 - v1.23.5
  • Bug: Splash damage no longer bypasses defense.
• 21 June 2024 - v1.25.0
  • Bug: Can still spawn units when jailed.
• 19 July 2024 - v1.26.0
  • Bug: Explosions do not have Damage Indicators.
• 23 October 2024 - v1.37.0
  • Bug: Cannoneer Elf ignores unit stacking restrictions, allowing it to occupy the same spot on the path as other units.
• 9 April 2025 - v1.60.0
  • Defense role added.
• 18 October 2025 - v1.77.0
  • Bug: Elf Camp unit's animation are not adjusted to the Time Scale's current speed, effectively keeping the same animations as when in regular speed.
• 20 December 2025 - v1.83.0
  • Elf Camp is now available through a limited time gamepass for 699.
  • Statistical changes:
    • Base
      • Elf health increased from 8 to 16.
      • Elf limit removed.
      • Elf hidden detection removed.
    • Level 1
      • Cost increased from $150 to $350.
      • Elf spawnrate changed from 15 > 12 to 15.
      • Now spawns the Snowball Elf, moved from Level 2.
        • Health increased from 12 to 20.
        • Damage increased from 3 to 5.
        • Firerate decreased from 3.025 to 2.525.
        • Hidden detection removed.
      • Name changed from Winter Training to Sno'ball Training.
    • Level 2
      • Cost increased from $325 to $1,800.
      • Now spawns the Bomber Elf, moved from Level 3.
        • Health increased from 14 to 22.
        • Damage increased from 35 to 60.
        • Range increased from 1.5 to 2.5.
        • Limit removed.
        • Hidden detection removed.
      • Now spawns the Cannoneer Elf, moved from Level 4.
        • Number spawned decreased from two to one.
        • Health increased from 20 to 30.
        • Damage increased from 4 to 5.
        • Range increased from 20 to 22.
        • Hidden detection removed.
      • Name changed from Snowball Fight to Unpaid Labor.
    • Level 3
      • Cost increased from $1,500 to $4,500.
      • Now spawns the Guardian Elf, moved from Level 4.
        • Now has upgrades which change its stats with Elf Camp levels.
        • Health increased from 60 to 75.
        • Damage increased from 15 to 28.
        • Range increased from 6 to 7.5.
        • Defense of 30% added.
      • Now spawns the Gunner Elf, moved from Level 4.
        • Now has upgrades which change its stats with Elf Camp levels.
        • Number spawned decreased from two to one.
        • Health increased from 25 to 40.
        • Damage decreased from 6 to 5.
        • Range decreased from 25 to 22.
        • Cooldown decreased from 1 to 0.8.
        • Spawnrate increased from 25 to 30.
      • Name changed from Explosive Surprise to Cookie Cutting.
    • Level 4
      • Cost increased from $3,500 to $10,750.
      • Now upgrades the Guardian Elf.
        • Health increased from +0 to +25.
        • Defense increased from 30% to 30% > 50%.
        • Damage increased from +0 to +14.
      • Now upgrades the Gunner Elf
        • Number spawned increased from +0 to +1.
        • Health increased from +0 to +10.
        • Damage increased from +0 to +2.
        • Range increased from +0 to +3.
        • Flying detection added.
      • Now spawns the Ripped Elf, moved from Level 5.
        • Damage increased from 140 to 360.
        • Firerate increased from 4.025 to 6.725.
        • Speed changed from Average (3) to Slightly Slow (2).
        • Limit decreased from 2 to 1.
        • Hidden detection removed.
        • Lead detection removed.
      • Now spawns the Gift Bomber, moved from Level 5.
        • Health increased from 100 to 500.
        • Damage increased from 40 to 150.
        • Explosion range decreased from 8 to 6.
        • Flying detection added.
      • Name changed from Winter Workshop to A Violent Night.
    • Level 5 removed
      • Original statistics:
        • Name: X-Mas Army
        • Cost: $9,500
        • Spawned the Gunner Elf, Gift Bomber, Guardian Elf and Ripped Elf.
  • New skin: Classic
  • Bug: Snowball Elf is unable to damage Corpses.
  • Bug: Gift Bomber does not deal damage from its explosion.
  • Bug: Gamepass and gift prices are not the same.
  • Bug: All Splash Damage elves are less accurate with their explosions, resulting in lower damage than intended.
  • Bug: Snowball Elf, Cannoneer Elf and Gunner Elf have issues with hitting enemies that are on an incline.
  • Bugfix: Cannoneer Elf no longer stops spawning after a while.
  • Bugfix: Cannoneer Elf no longer breaks once Gunner Elfs spawn in from the Elf Camp.
  • Bugfix: Explosions now bypass Defense.
  • Bugfix: Explosions now create Damage Indicators.
  • Bugfix: Elf Camp no longer has Valentines, Bunny, Hazmat and Ghost skins.
  • Bugfix: Guardian Elf is now called Guardian Elf in-game instead of Warrior Elf.
  • Bugfix: Upgrading to Level 4 no longer causes additional timers to appear that do nothing.
• 23 December 2025 - v1.83.5
  • Bugfix: Gamepass cost increased from 699 to 799, making the gamepass and gift costs the same.
• 28 January 2026 - v1.84.0
  • Bug: Gift Bomber is now invisible.
  • Bugfix: Gift Bomber now deals damage.
• 11 February 2026 - v1.85.0
  • New skin: Chocolatier
  • Bugfix: Gift Bomber is now visible.
• 3 April 2026 - v1.87.3b
  • Gamepass taken offsale.
  • Bug: Can still be gifted.
• 3 April 2026 - v1.88.0
  • Bugfix: Can no longer be gifted.
• 22 May 2026 - v1.91.0
  • Bugfix: Splash Damage elves now properly deal damage and target enemies, making them deal correct damage values.
• 5 June 2026 - v2.0.0
  • Firerate decreased due to the Firerate Bug being fixed.
  • Statistical changes:
    • Level 1
      • Snowball Elf firerate decreased from 2.525 to 2.5.
    • Level 2
      • Cannoneer Elf decreased from 0.525 to 0.5
    • Level 3
      • Level 0 Guardian Elf damage decreased from 28 to 27.
      • Level 0 Guardian Elf firerate decreased from 0.525 to 0.5.
      • Level 0 Gunner Elf damage decreased from 5 to 4.
      • Level 0 Gunner Elf firerate decreased from 0.225 to 0.2.
    • Level 4
      • Level 1 Guardian Elf damage decreased from 42 to 40.
      • Level 1 Gunner Elf damage decreased from 7 to 6.
      • Ripped Elf firerate decreased from 6.725 to 6.7.
      • Gift Bomber damage decreased from 150 to 148.
      • Gift Bomber firerate decreased from 2.025 to 2.
  • Bug: Despite the attempted fix, the Snowball Elf's, Cannoneer Elf's and Gunner Elf's snowballs now struggle to hit majority of enemies, resulting in them dealing no damage to them.
  • Bugfix: Further improvements to Splash Damage unit explosions not landing in the right spots, making them deal more correct damage values.
• 17 July 2026 - V2.3.0
  • Bugfix: Snowball Elf's, Cannoneer Elf's and Gunner Elf's snowballs now properly hit all enemies.
• 18 September 2026 - v2.11.0
  • Explosions no longer have damage drop-off.
  • Placement limit increased from 2 to 4.
  • Statistical changes:
    • Base
      • Elf health decreased from 16 to 15.
      • Elf spawnrate decreased from 15 to 10.
      • Elf speed increased from 6 to 8.
      • Elf limit of 30 added.
    • Level 1
      • Cost increased from $350 to $750.
      • Snowball Elf health decreased from 20 to 15.
      • Snowball Elf damage decreased from 5 to 4.
      • Snowball Elf firerate decreased form 2.5 to 2.
      • Snowball Elf range decreased from 18 to 17.
      • Snowball Elf spawnrate decreased from 20 to 10.
      • Snowball Elf limit increased from 4 to 30.
    • Level 2
      • Cost increased from $1,800 to $2,022.
      • Bomber Elf health decreased from 22 to 5.
      • Bomber Elf damage decreased from 60 to 45.
      • Bomber Elf range increased from 2.5 to 3.
      • Bomber Elf explosion range decresaed fro 8 to 5.
      • Bomber Elf spawnrate decreased from 25 to 10.
      • Bomber Elf speed increased from 6.35 to 12.
      • Bomber Elf limit of 30 added.
      • Cannoneer Elf health decreased from 30 to 20.
      • Cannoneer Elf damage decreased from 5 to 4.
      • Cannoneer Elf range decreased from 22 to 18.
      • Cannoneer Elf spawnrate decreased from 25 to 12.
      • Cannoneer Elf limit increased from 4 to 30.
    • Level 3
      • Guardian Elf health decreased from 75 to 50.
      • Guardian Elf Defense decreased from 30% to 0%.
      • Guardian Elf damage decreased from 27 to 18.
      • Guardian Elf range decreased from 7.5 to 7.
      • Guardian Elf spawnrate decreased from 20 to 10.
      • Guardian Elf speed increased from 6.25 to 8.
      • Guardian Elf limit increased from 4 to 30.
      • Gunner Elf health decreased from 40 to 25.
      • Gunner Elf burst count decreased from 6 to 5.
      • Gunner Elf firerate increased from 0.2 to 0.4.
      • Gunner Elf cooldown increased from 0.8 to 1.
      • Gunner Elf spawnrate decreased from 30 to 25.
      • Gunner Elf limit increased from 4 to 30.
    • Level 4
      • Guardian Elf damage decreased from +13 to +10.
      • Guardian Elf Defense changed from 30% > 50% to 0% > 30%.
      • Gunner Elf health decreased from +10 to +0.
      • Gunner Elf damage decreased from +2 to +0.
      • Gunner Elf firerate changed from 0.2 to 0.4 > 0.35.
      • Gunner Elf range decreased from +3 to +0.
      • Gunner Elf flying detection removed.
      • Ripped Elf health increased from 800 to 1,000.
      • Ripped Elf damage increased from 360 to 375.
      • Ripped Elf firerate increased from 6.7 to 7.
      • Ripped Elf range increased from 40 to 60.
      • Ripped Elf explosion range decreased from 12 to 4.
      • Ripped Elf spawnrate increased from 80 to 100.
      • Ripped Elf limit increased from 1 to 3.
      • Gift Bomber damage decreased from 148 to 60.
      • Gift Bomber range increased from 14 to 25.
      • Gift Bomber explosion range decreased from 6 to 4.5.
      • Gift Bomber limit increased from 2 to 30.

Notes