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Golden Demoman
Golden Perk Cost	50,000 (Golden Crate) or 55,000 (Daily Store)
Tower Cost	200
Role	Offense
Placement	Ground
Statistics
Base Cost	$875
Base Selling Cost	$291
Base Damage	10
Damage Method	Splash
Base Firerate	1.95
Base Range	12 4.5 (Explosion Range)
Hidden Detection	Level 2+
Lead Detection	Level 0+
Flying Detection	N/A
Immunities	Stun Immune (Level 4)
Placement Footprint	Average (1.5)

Ka-boooom! A great early game splash tower.

―Store Description

Description

The Golden Demoman is a splash damage tower that is an upgraded version of the Demoman, obtained from the Golden Crate for 50,000, if you own the Demoman. It can also appear in the Daily Skin Store for 55,000.

The Golden Demoman throws explosive golden grenades at enemies which deal medium damage within an explosion radius. To compensate, it has a rather fast firerate compared to other Splash Damage towers. It has no damage drop-off, so it deals full damage to all enemies within explosion radius. At Levels 0-2, the Golden Demoman takes one second to aim at an enemy before throwing its grenade. This only affects the damage for the first throw, as it means the Golden Demoman has to wait 0.8 seconds before throwing it. While it is aiming, it will lock onto one enemy until it throws the grenade, after which it can target a different one. Even after the targeted enemy dies, the Golden Demoman will continue targeting it, though its grenade will land slightly ahead of where the enemy dies, in order to hit the enemy should it be still alive and moving forward. The Golden Demoman will also continue to aim at a target enemy even if it leaves its range, allowing it to attack outside of its range.

The Golden Demoman is excellent for clearing huge crowds, except for those immune to splash damage. It is relatively weak against major bosses, though it can be useful for clearing the enemies that spawn from some major bosses. The Golden Demoman is considered an early game to mid-game tower, though in late game it can be quite useful for AOE damage when multiple are placed down.

The Golden Demoman can damage Lead and Hidden enemies, and has no placement limit.

Upgrades

Faster Pitch

Level 1 • Cost: $200

+1.5 Range

1.95 > 1.8 Firerate

Sell Price changes to $358

Golden Handshake

Level 2 • Cost: $1,150

+8 Damage

4.5 > 5 Explosion Range

+Hidden Detection

Sell Price changes to $741

Loose Cannon

Level 3 • Cost: $2,650

+1.5 Range

1.8 > 1.1 Firerate

+7 Damage

0.8 > 0 Aim Time

5 > 5.5 Explosion Range

+Faster Projectile

Sell Price changes to $1,625

A Thousand Exploding Suns

Level 4 • Cost: $7,750

+2 Range

1.1 > 0.45 Firerate

+Stun Immunity

Sell Price changes to $4,208

Statistics

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Level	Cost	Total Cost	Splash Damage	Firerate	Aim Time	Range	Explosion Range	DPS	Cost Efficiency
0	$875	$875	10	1.95	0.8	12	4.5	5.13	$170.57
1	$200	$1,075	10	1.8	0.8	13.5	4.5	5.56	$193.35
2	$1,150	$2,225	18	1.8	0.8	13.5	5	10	$222.5
3	$2,650	$4,875	25	1.1	0	15	5.5	22.73	$214.47
4	$7,750	$12,625	25	0.45	0	17	5.5	55.56	$227.23

Skins

To see all the upgrades of a skin, see the gallery page.

Skin	Default	Green	Blue	Military
Rarity	Common	Common	Common	Uncommon
Daily Store Cost	N/A	1,250	1,250	1,500
Obtained From	Owning Demoman	Basic Crate	Basic Crate	Basic Crate
Skin	Red	Yellow	Fortress	Pirate
Rarity	Common	Common	Uncommon	Common
Daily Store Cost	1,250	1,250	105	3,500
Obtained From	Basic Crate	Basic Crate	Premium Crate	Pirate Crate
Skin	Pumpkin	Ducky	Ghost	Egg
Rarity	Exclusive	Uncommon	Uncommon	Uncommon
Daily Store Cost	5,000	N/A	N/A	N/A
Obtained From	Halloween Crate	Ducky Revenge Regular Battle Pass	Null & Void Event Regular Battle Pass	Spring Frenzy Regular Battle Pass
Skin	Crew	Beach	Celestial
Rarity	Exclusive	Uncommon	TBA
Daily Store Cost	N/A	5,250	N/A
Obtained From	Triumph all Backyard Legends Event maps on Easy difficulty	Beach Crate	Solar Requiem Regular Battle Pass

Strategy

• The Golden Demoman is considered an early to mid-game tower, allowing it to clear early waves quickly with its splash damage that is able to hit an unlimited number of enemies.
  • Golden Demoman can completely bypass Defense through its explosives, allowing it to quickly clear larger hordes of high-defense enemies like Heavy or Armored.
    • This also makes it very useful against enemies that received the Blessed attribute from Trickster Elf or Fallen Jester as it can completely bypass the extremely high defense of these types of enemies.
• The Golden Demoman is excellent as starting defense in solo Hardcore mode, similarly to Golden Pyromancer. Its optimal usage is to place one down at the front of the map and upgrade it to Level 3 before getting something else.
  • Keep in mind that the earlier levels of Golden Demoman, like Level 0 and Level 1, can leak faster enemies like Swift, though this is not a huge issue since the earlier enemies have relatively low hp, and past Level 2 it can handle these enemy types much better.
  • Afterwards it is advantageous to invest in a few more Golden Demomans as they can clear larger hordes much better this way.
• The Golden Demoman is best used when set to target Random, especially due to its faster firerate which allows for maximum area coverage.
  • Alternatively the Golden Demoman can be set to target first as summoner enemies like Necromancer and Frost Necromancer, or major bosses like Frost Spirit and Molten Warlord summon enemies in front of themselves, allowing Golden Demoman to quickly eliminate these weaker enemies and let the other towers focus on the target enemy.
• The Golden Demoman is a good cost-effective option for early-mid game as it can easily clear earlier waves, though it struggles in late game by itself.
  • Pairing Golden Demoman with high single-target damage towers like Golden Minigunner and Crook Boss, or stall towers like Slime Trooper and Tesla allows for maximum efficiency as a crowd clearer.
  • Placing multiple Golden Demomans also allow it to take down stronger swarms much more easily, although this can cause some lag if particles are turned on.
• The Golden Demoman can be paired with DJ Booth to increase its range and damage, or Commander to decrease its firerate, allowing it to handle late game more effectively
  • Pairing Golden Demoman with Golden Pyromancer can further increase its swarm clearing when paired with Golden Pyromancer's practically infinite burn.
  • Pairing Golden Demoman with Firework Technician will allow it to attack Flying enemies, though this is not recommended since Golden Demoman cannot generate fireworks at any level.
• The Golden Demoman can accidentally hit Flying enemies if other detectable enemies are within range, but this is not recommended as it is rather unreliable and cannot directly target Flying enemies.
• The Golden Demoman is stun immune at Level 4, so it cannot be stopped by most enemy attacks, making it a consistent and reliable splash damage tower.
  • In some cases, Golden Demoman can be used as enemy bait to protect other more vulnerable towers like Accelerator or Juggernaut by taking hits for them, and since it is stun immune, it is not affected, though do note certain enemies will not target towers with the Stun Immunity.
• The Golden Demoman has no placement limit, so in solo matches it can be spammed to the point of dealing absurd amounts of collective DPS in the form of AOE damage.
  • This is not recommended due to the low single-target DPS and that the space a large number of them occupies is better used for other high damage towers like Golden Minigunner.

Trivia

• The Golden Demoman is the first mainstream golden tower in 6 years to be added to the game since the Golden Soldier in 2020.
  • This is true if not including the Golden Snowballer, which is exclusive to developers and Sandbox Mode.
  • It is also the first golden tower since the Golden Soldier to be added to the Golden Crate.
• The Golden Demoman's Level 3 upgrade name, Loose Cannon, may be a reference to the Team Fortress 2 weapon of the same name.
• The Golden Demoman's Level 4 upgrade name, A Thousand Exploding Suns, may be a reference to the line "If the radiance of a thousand suns were to burst at once into the sky…" from when Robert J. Oppenheimer witnessed the explosion from the Trinity test.

Update History

For previous cosmetic variations, see the gallery page.

• 17 July 2026 - v2.3.0
  • Golden Demoman added.
• 4 September 2026 - v2.9.0
  • New skin: Beach
• 9 October 2026 - v2.14.0
  • New skin: Celestial

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