Gold Guard

Sandbox Only Content

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Gold Guard is content only available through the Sandbox mode.
It is not accessible anywhere else in the game.

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Description

The Gold Guard was a large guardian enemy exclusive to Golden mode. The Gold Guard always spawned before the Gold Titan. Its main purpose was to protect the Gold Titan.

It could impale towers with its trident, stunning them for a brief period of time. It had splash damage immunity, which meant that splash damage towers could not deal damage to it. It was also immune to being frozen by the Freezer and Frost Blaster and was less affected by Electroshocker's stun, only being slowed down by 15% instead of stunned and then slowed down by 30%.

Appearance

The Gold Guard was made entirely of gold, with a light yellow dominus, pauldrons and a trident. The pauldrons were skull-shaped and had glowing neon eyes. It also wore a light-yellow robe and had light yellow wings. The Gold Guard was faceless, and its head was glowing neon.

Strategy

• Despite the common sense of taking the Gold Guards down first, they are not too much of a threat given their inferior attacks when compared to the Gold Titan. However, they will reach the exit first, so keep that in mind.
  • In any case, it is a good idea to take these down before all attacking towers switch to the Gold Titan.
• Golden Guards spawn in a group of three, but as they have splash damage immunity, you will have to take down these enemies one by one.
• Due to their high DPS, Minigunners, Outlaws and Turrets are excellent options against these enemies.
  • Additionally, the Commander can be used to decrease the firerate of your towers, while John's Gorilla Noises ability can be used to increase their damage.
• Try not to group towers together so that the Gold Guard cannot stun all of your towers at once.
  • It is also advised to place them further away from the path to ensure the Gold Guard is unable to attack them.
• The Medic's ability can cleanse towers stunned by Gold Guard, provided that the Medic is not stunned itself.
• You cannot use the Freezer (including its Ice Age ability) or the Frost Blaster to slow this down. If you want to slow this down, you will need to use the Electroshocker or Pyromancer.
  • Be aware that the Electroshocker will only slow the Gold Guard down by 15% as opposed to the 30% experienced by regular enemies.

Gallery

Trailers

• Gold Guard in the game trailer.
  Gold Guard in the game trailer.

Trivia

• The Gold Guard's splash damage immunity got removed in the Overhaul Update, despite the Gold Guard being removed from the game in the same update. Its partial electric immunity was also replaced with energy immunity.

Update History

• 13 October 2019
  • Gold Guard added.
• 14 October 2019
  • Health increased from 8,000 to 9,000.
• 11 February 2020
  • Death animation added.
• 14 February 2020
  • Now has partial electric immunity.
• 29 October 2020
  • Gold Guard removed.
  • NOTE: While the Gold Guard was removed in the Overhaul Update, multiple changes were made to it, though they could never be seen in-game due to its removal. These are:
    • No longer has splash damage immunity.
    • Partial electric immunity replaced with energy immunity.

Golden
Previous Debut	Current Debut	Next Debut
24 Karat Wave 39	Gold Guard & Gold Titan Wave 40	End N/A