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Golden Soldier
Golden Perk Cost	50,000 (Golden Crate & Daily Store)
Tower Cost	350 (Soldier)
Role	Offense
Placement	Ground
Statistics
Base Cost	$450
Base Selling Cost	$150
Base Damage	1
Damage Method	Burst (Level 0-2) Single (Level 3+)
Base Firerate	0.15
Base Range	17
Hidden Detection	Level 2+
Lead Detection	N/A
Flying Detection	Level 0+
Immunities	None
Placement Footprint	Average (1.5)
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A well rounded burst fire tower with solid range and low damage.
Capable of detecting hidden enemies.

A cheap and effective burst tower. Great for beginners!

―Store Description

Description

The Golden Soldier is a ground tower that fires in bursts. It is an upgraded version of the Soldier, obtained from the Golden Crate for 50,000, if you own the Soldier. It can also appear in the Daily Skin Store for 50,000.

The Golden Soldier fires in bursts, with a short delay between each burst, though in Level 3 and 4, it will no longer fire in bursts and will instead auto fire like the Militant. It is a fairly cheap tower, so it can be used effectively in earlier waves. It gains flying detection at Level 0 and hidden detection at Level 2, so it is an effective counter against hidden and flying enemies.

In comparison to its normal counterpart, the Soldier, the Golden Soldier has flying detection immediately, more range, more damage, a higher burst, and a faster firerate on most Levels, but it is more expensive to place down and upgrade. Due to its cheap cost and efficient stats, it is considered an early to mid-game and late-game tower.

Later on during the game, the Golden Soldier's effectiveness dwindles against high health enemies and is outclassed by other, stronger, towers. Despite this, it still acts as an effective anti-air option, as well as dealing with hordes of weaker enemies relatively quickly.

Upgrades

Trigger Finger

Level 1 • Cost: $150

0.15 > 0.12 Firerate

0.45 > 0.35 Cooldown

Sell Price changes to $200

Field Training

Level 2 • Cost: $800

+1 Damage

+3 Range

+Hidden Detection

4 > 5 Burst

Sell Price changes to $466

Gilded Gear

Level 3 • Cost: $3,400

+2 Damage

0.35 > 0 Cooldown

Sell Price changes to $1,600

Maximum Potential

Level 4 • Cost: $11,350

+2 Range

+8 Damage

Sell Price changes to $5,383

Statistics

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

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Level	Cost	Total Cost	Damage	Burst Count	Firerate	Cooldown	Range	DPS	Cost Efficiency
0	$450	$450	1	4	0.15	0.45	17	3.81	$118.11
1	$150	$600	1	4	0.12	0.35	17	4.82	$124.48
2	$800	$1,400	2	5	0.12	0.35	20	10.53	$132.95
3	$3,400	$4,800	4	N/A	0.12	0	20	33.33	$144.01
4	$11,350	$16,150	12	N/A	0.12	0	22	100	$161.5

Skins

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

Skin	Blue	Red	Cold Soldier	Party
Rarity	Common	Common	Uncommon	Exclusive
Daily Store Cost	1,250	1,250	105	N/A
Obtained From	Basic Crate	Basic Crate	Premium Crate	Party Crate
Skin	Toy	Doughboy	Default	Valentines
Rarity	Common	Common	Common	Common
Daily Store Cost	850	85	N/A	4,000
Obtained From	Toy Crate	Premium Crate	Owning Soldier	Valentines 2026 Crate, Lovestruck Crate, Lovely Crate, Season of Love Season
Skin	Ducky	Grand Theft	Holiday	Beast Slayer
Rarity	Common	Common	Event	Event
Daily Store Cost	3,000	255	5,000	N/A
Obtained From	Ducky Crate, Hunting Season	Deluxe Crate, Philips x TDS Season	Jolly Crate, Violent Night Season	Krampus' Revenge Season
Skin	Liberator	Toilet	Stealth Ops	Aerobics
Rarity	Rare	Legendary	Rare	Common
Daily Store Cost	120	190	120	N/A
Obtained From	Premium Crate	Premium Crate (Formerly)	Premium Crate	Hexscape Event Regular Battle Pass
Skin	Dark Frost	Korblox	Bunny	Null
Rarity	Uncommon	Event	Uncommon	Uncommon
Daily Store Cost	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Obtained From	Operation I.C.E Regular Battle Pass	The Hunt: Mega Edition Event Easy Difficulty	Ducky Revenge Regular Battle Pass	Null & Void Regular Battle Pass
Skin	Patriotic	Beach	Eclipse
Rarity	Rare	Rare	Uncommon
Daily Store Cost	N/A	N/A	N/A
Obtained From	Patriotic Crate	Beach Crate	Solar Requiem Regular Battle Pass

Strategy

• The Golden Soldier is an effective early game tower at Level 2, having high DPS and hidden detection for a cheap price.
  • In the mid game, you can get multiple Level 3-4 Golden Soldiers, as they can effectively kill most enemies that appear there, such as the Possessed Armor and Slow Boss.
    • It should not be relied on in the late game if you have better towers like the Turret or Ranger. It can, however, be used as a secondary DPS source to support your main DPS tower, depending on your loadout.
• The Golden Soldier is able to change targets between bursts if another enemy enters its range. This avoids the need to swap targets from time to time.
• The Golden Soldier's firerate can be boosted by the Commander, but not its cooldown.
• The Golden Soldier's flying detection allows it to effectively deal with flying enemies, like Balloons and Balloon Kids.
  • You may want several Level 4 Golden Soldiers to deal with the Balloon Kid due to their high health.

Trivia

• The former Level 4 firerate without the Firerate Bug (0.076) and the Level 4 upgrade cost were references to Soldier: 76 from Overwatch.
• The Level 4 upgrade name, "Maximum Potential", appears to be a reference to the Potential Man meme commonly tied to the Golden Soldier in the community.

Update History

For previous cosmetic variations, see the gallery page.

• 13 May 2022 - v1.2.2
  • Golden Soldier added, replacing the Golden Soldier skin buffs.
  • Bug: Upgrade description lists incorrect amounts of burst.
• 30 September 2022 - v1.4.0
  • New skin: Grand Theft
• 31 October 2022 - v1.4.2
  • Bug: Golden skin uses incorrect animations in the lobby.
• 21 December 2022 - v1.6.0
  • Skin rarity added to all skins.
  • Cold Soldier skin rarity changed from Common to Uncommon.
  • New skin: Holiday
• 14 February 2023 - v1.6.2
  • Valentines skin rarity changed from Event to Common.
• 21 March 2023 - v1.6.3e
  • Statistical changes:
    • Base
      • Cost decreased from $500 to $475.
      • Flying detection added.
    • Level 1
      • Cost decreased from $250 to $125.
    • Level 2
      • Burst changed from 3 to 3 > 5.
    • Level 3
      • Damage increased from +1 to +2.
      • Firerate changed from 0.175 > 0.15 to 0.175 > 0.125.
      • Burst changed from 3 > 7 to 5 > 8.
      • Cost increased from $2,000 to $2,500.
    • Level 4
      • Damage increased from +3 to +5.
      • Firerate changed from 0.15 > 0.125 to 0.125 > 0.1.
      • Burst changed from 7 > 10 to 8 > 12.
      • Cost increased from $5,000 to $7,600.
  • Bugfix: Upgrade descriptions now list correct amounts of burst.
• 5 May 2023 - v1.7.2
  • Ducky skin rarity changed from Event to Common.
  • Bugfix: Golden skin now uses correct animations in the regular lobby.
• 21 December 2023 - v1.11.0
  • Grand Theft skin rarity changed from Legendary to Common.
  • New skin: Beast Slayer
• 28 Janaury 2024 - v1.12.0
  • Bug: Beast Slayer skin is removed from the game.
• 28 January 2024 - v1.12.0a
  • Bugfix: Beast Slayer skin is now in the game again.
• 31 January 2024 - v1.12.0c
  • Beast Slayer skin rarity changed from Common to Event.
• 29 March 2024 - v1.17.0
  • New skin: Liberator
• 1 April 2024 - v1.17.0b
  • New skin: Toilet
  • Bug: Toilet skin cannot be equipped in the intermission lobby.
  • Bug: Toilet skin breaks the tower icon and stats in the tower hotbar.
• 1 April 2024 - v1.17.2
  • Bugfix: Toilet skin now can be equipped in the intermission lobby.
  • Bugfix: Toilet skin no longer breaks the tower icon and stats in the tower hotbar.
• 21 June 2024 - v1.25.0
  • Bug: Damage is no longer boosted by Damage Buffs.
• 2 August 2024 - v1.27.0
  • Statistical changes:
    • Base
      • Cost increased from $475 to $500.
      • Damage decreased from 2 to 1.
      • Firerate decreased from 0.225 to 0.125.
      • Range increased from 13 to 14.
      • Burst count increased from 3 to 4.
      • Cooldown decreased from 1.2 to 0.75.
    • Level 1
      • Cost increased from $125 to $150.
      • Firerate changed from 0.225 > 0.175 to 0.125 > 0.1.
      • Range decreased from +3 to +0.
      • Cooldown changed from 1.2 to 0.75 > 0.6.
    • Level 2
      • Cost increased from $750 to $800.
      • Range increased from +1 to +3.
      • Burst changed from 3 > 5 to 4.
    • Level 3
      • Cost increased from $2,500 to $3,000.
      • Firerate changed from 0.175 > 0.125 to 0.1.
      • Burst changed from 5 > 8 to 4 > 20.
      • Cooldown changed from 1.2 to 0.6 > 1.2.
    • Level 4
      • Cost increased from $7,600 to $12,000.
      • Damage increased from +5 to +6.
      • Firerate changed from 0.125 > 0.1 to 0.1 > 0.83.
      • Burst changed from 8 > 12 to 20 > 30.
  • Bugfix: Damage is now boosted by Damage Buffs.
• 11 September 2024 - v1.31.0
  • New skin: Stealth Ops
• 23 October 2024 - v1.37.0
  • New skin: Aerobics
• 16 December 2024 - v1.46.0
  • New skin: Dark Frost
• 9 April 2025 - v1.60.0
  • Offense role added.
• 16 April 2025 - v1.61.0
  • New skin: Bunny
• 24 September 2025 - v1.75.0
  • Statistical changes:
    • Base
      • Range increased from 14 to 18.
    • Level 1
      • Cost increased from $150 to $250.
      • Burst changed from 4 to 4 > 5.
      • Burst cooldown changed from 0.75 > 0.6 to 0.75 > 0.5.
    • Level 2
      • Range decreased from +3 to +2.
      • Name changed from Better Aiming to Field Training.
    • Level 3
      • Cost increased from $3,000 to $5,750.
      • Lead detection added.
      • Burst cooldown changed from 0.6 > 1.2 to 0.5 > 0.
      • Name changed from Equipment Upgrades to Gilded Gear.
    • Level 4
      • Range increased from +2 to +4.
      • Cost increased from $12,000 to $14,500.
      • Firerate changed from 0.1 > 0.083 to 0.1.
      • Name changed from Deadliest's Soldier to Maximum Potential.
• 18 October 2025 - v1.77.0
  • Statistical changes:
    • Level 3
      • Lead detection removed.
  • New skin: Null
• 28 January 2026 - v1.84.0
  • Statistical changes:
    • Base
      • Cost decreased from $500 to $450.
      • Range decreased from 18 to 17.
      • Burst cooldown decreased from 0.75 to 0.33.
      • Burst decreased from 4 to 2.
    • Level 1
      • Cost decreased from $250 to $100.
      • Burst cooldown changed from 0.75 > 0.5 to 0.33.
      • Burst changed from 4 > 5 to 2.
    • Level 2
      • Cost decreased from $800 to $750.
      • Range increased from +2 to +3.
      • Cooldown changed from 0.5 to 0.33 > 0.25.
    • Level 3
      • Cost decreased from $5,750 to $4,600.
      • Firerate changed from 0.1 to 0.1 > 0.15.
      • Burst cooldown changed from 0.6 > 0 to 0.25 > 0.
    • Level 4
      • Cost decreased from $14,500 to $11,111.
      • Damage increased from +6 to +7.
      • Range decreased from +4 to +2.
• 11 March 2026 - v1.86.0
  • Statistical changes:
    • Base
      • Firerate increased from 0.125 to 0.175.
      • Burst count increased from 2 to 4.
      • Burst cooldown increased from 0.33 to 0.35.
    • Level 1
      • Cost increased from $100 to $150.
      • Firerate changed from 0.125 > 0.1 to 0.175 > 0.15.
      • Burst cooldown changed from 0.33 to 0.35 > 0.25.
    • Level 2
      • Cost increased from $750 to $800.
      • Burst count changed from 2 to 4 > 5.
      • Burst cooldown changed from 0.33 > 0.25 to 0.25.
    • Level 3
      • Cost decreased from $4,600 to $3,750.
      • Firerate changed from 0.1 > 0.15 to 0.15.
    • Level 4
      • Cost increased from $11,111 to $12,000.
      • Damage increased from +7 to +9.
• 5 June 2026 - v2.0.0
  • Firerate decreased due to the Firerate Bug being fixed.
  • Statistical changes:
    • Base
      • Firerate decreased from 0.175 to 0.15.
      • Burst cooldown increased from 0.35 to 0.45.
    • Level 1
      • Firerate changed from 0.175 > 0.15 to 0.15 > 0.125.
      • Burst cooldown changed from 0.35 > 0.25 to 0.45 > 0.35.
    • Level 3
      • Damage decreased from +3 to +2.
      • Burst cooldown changed from 0.25 > 0 to 0.35 > 0.
    • Level 4
      • Damage decreased from +9 to +8.
• 2 July 2026 - v2.1.7
  • New skin: Patriotic
• 7 August 2026 - v2.5.0
  • Statistical changes:
    • Level 1
      • Firerate changed from 0.15 > 0.125 to 0.15 > 0.12.
    • Level 3
      • Cost decreased from $3,750 to $3,400.
    • Level 4
      • Cost decreased from $12,000 to $11,350.
  • New skin: Beach
• 9 October 2026 - v2.14.0
  • New skin: Eclipse

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