Grave Digger

Grave Digger

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Description

The Grave Digger is the final boss for Casual mode and one of the Challenge Trials mini-bosses. It also appeared in The Classic Event. The Grave Digger has Stun Immunity, reducing the effectiveness of the stun from stunning towers like the Electroshocker and Warden, while also preventing it from being knocked back. As it is a Boss enemy, it is also immune to being frozen by freezing towers, slowed down by the Toxic Gunner, confused by the Jester, damaged from the Nuke's fallout and slowed down by the DJ Booth.

It has very high health compared to anything that spawns before, but to compensate, it moves very slowly. In addition, it can stun towers and damage units by performing its Stomp or Shovel abilities, both having different stun duration and damage values. It can also perform its Summon ability which spawns multiple enemies. These enemies all have different odds of spawning and start a delay before another enemy be spawned.

The Grave Digger was replaced by the Toilet Boss in Headache Headquarters.

Enemies Spawned

• Normal
  • 15% chance of being spawned.
  • 0.05 second delay before another enemy can be spawned.
• Speedy
  • 15% chance of being spawned.
  • 0.05 second delay before another enemy can be spawned.
• Slow
  • 14% chance of being spawned.
  • 0.1 second delay before another enemy can be spawned.
• Skeleton
  • 14% chance of being spawned.
  • 0.1 second delay before another enemy can be spawned.
• Bolt
  • 14% chance of being spawned.
  • 0.2 second delay before another enemy can be spawned.
• Normal Boss
  • 14% chance of being spawned.
  • 0.2 second delay before another enemy can be spawned.
• Hazmat
  • 14% chance of being spawned.
  • 0.3 second delay before another enemy can be spawned.

Strategy

• Multiple early-game towers like the Militant, Hunter, Crook Boss and Cowboy should be enough to defeat the Grave Digger.
  • High DPS towers, like the Minigunner, Ranger or Accelerator can also be used, though they can be quite expensive for Casual mode.
    • The Commander, Medic and DJ Booth should be used to support these towers.
    • Be aware that the Grave Digger can spawn multiple enemies at once. This means that if the Accelerator locks onto the Grave Digger, you may need to place other towers like the Minigunner or Turret to deal with the summoned enemies.
• Rocketeers, Demomen and Mortars can be helpful against this boss as they are able to kill the enemies summoned from the Summon ability fairly well.
• Towers near the path are vulnerable to the Stomp and Shovel abilities. Placing towers away from the path can help avoid some of them getting stunned.
  • Towers with Stun Immunity, like the Ranger, Brawler or Gatling Gun can be used as they cannot be stunned.
    • The Medic can also be used to make towers which are not normally immune to stuns immune to them.
• If you want to kill the Grave Digger quickly, instant damage methods such as airdropping Riot Guards or multiple Bear Traps from Trapper can be effective.
  • Using the Nuke consumable can greatly wound the Grave Digger by reducing it to 10,000 health, though this is not recommended as the Grave Digger is fairly weak and the consumable could be used for bigger threats.

Gallery

Previous Variants

• First version (24 February 2024 – 25 September 2024)
  First version (24 February 2024 – 25 September 2024)

Animations

• Current version, current walk animation (25 September 2024 – Present)
  Current version, current walk animation (25 September 2024 – Present)
• Current version, current Summon animation (25 September 2024 – Present)
  Current version, current Summon animation (25 September 2024 – Present)
• Current version, current Stomp animation (25 September 2024 – Present)
  Current version, current Stomp animation (25 September 2024 – Present)
• Current version, current Shovel animation (25 September 2024 – Present)
  Current version, current Shovel animation (25 September 2024 – Present)
• Current version, current death animation (25 September 2024 – Present)
  Current version, current death animation (25 September 2024 – Present)
• First version, walk animation (24 February 2024 – 25 September 2024)
  First version, walk animation (24 February 2024 – 25 September 2024)
• First version, Summon animation (24 February 2024 – 25 September 2024)
  First version, Summon animation (24 February 2024 – 25 September 2024)
• First version, Stomp animation (24 February 2024 – 25 September 2024)
  First version, Stomp animation (24 February 2024 – 25 September 2024)
• First version, death animation (24 February 2024 – 25 September 2024)
  First version, death animation (24 February 2024 – 25 September 2024)

Corpse Variants

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

Thumbnails

• Grave Digger on a game thumbnail.
  Grave Digger on a game thumbnail.
• Grave Digger on a game thumbnail.
  Grave Digger on a game thumbnail.

Icons

• Grave Digger on a game icon.
  Grave Digger on a game icon.
• Grave Digger on the game icon.
  Grave Digger on the game icon.
• Grave Digger on the game icon.
  Grave Digger on the game icon.
• Grave Digger on the game icon.
  Grave Digger on the game icon.
• Grave Digger on the game icon.
  Grave Digger on the game icon.
• Grave Digger on the game icon.
  Grave Digger on the game icon.
• Grave Digger on the game icon.
  Grave Digger on the game icon.
• Grave Digger on the game icon.
  Grave Digger on the game icon.
• Grave Digger on the game icon.
  Grave Digger on the game icon.
• Grave Digger on the game icon.
  Grave Digger on the game icon.
• Grave Digger on the game icon.
  Grave Digger on the game icon.
• Grave Digger on the game icon.
  Grave Digger on the game icon.

Promotional Images

• Grave Digger on a promotional image.
  Grave Digger on a promotional image.
• Grave Digger on a promotional image.
  Grave Digger on a promotional image.

Promotional Videos

• Grave Digger on a promotional video.
  Grave Digger on a promotional video.

Cutscenes

• Grave Digger in the Outpost 16 opening cutscene.
  Grave Digger in the Outpost 16 opening cutscene.
• Grave Digger in Aftermath.
  Grave Digger in Aftermath.

Renders

• Grave Digger on a render.
  Grave Digger on a render.
• Grave Digger on the matchmaking icon.
  Grave Digger on the matchmaking icon.
• Grave Digger on the former matchmaking icon.
  Grave Digger on the former matchmaking icon.
• Grave Digger on the Easy mode icon.
  Grave Digger on the Easy mode icon.
• Grave Digger on a render.
  Grave Digger on a render.
• Grave Digger on the Main Lobby Matchmaking mural.
  Grave Digger on the Main Lobby Matchmaking mural.

Charms

• Grave Digger on the Grave Digger Charm.
  Grave Digger on the Grave Digger Charm.

Badges

• Grave Digger on the "Defeat Grave Digger" badge.
  Grave Digger on the "Defeat Grave Digger" badge.
• Grave Digger on the "Defeat Grave Digger" badge.
  Grave Digger on the "Defeat Grave Digger" badge.

Miscellaneous

• Grave Digger's face.
  Grave Digger's face.
• Grave Digger on its Index icon.
  Grave Digger on its Index icon.

Trivia

• There is a Roblox bundle based on the Grave Digger, namely the Grave Digger bundle.
  • Weirdly, the bundle used to call the Grave Digger a goblin in its name, despite it not being a goblin in-game.
  • The individual items of the bundle, such as the Grave Digger Goblin - Torso, still call it a goblin.
• The Grave Digger's final wave music is a remixed version of Cursed Abbey.
  • Coincidentally, the Raider Boss also used the same song, just not remixed.
• According to 1x1x1x1 in Classic Forest Camp, the Grave Digger is its camping buddy.
• The animation played when summoning is a reference to the Eureka Effect's teleport ability from Team Fortress 2.
• The Grave Digger loves tacos, as revealed through the Halloween 2025 Live Events.

Update History

• 24 February 2024 - v1.14.0
  • Grave Digger added.
• 1 March 2024 - v1.14.0b
  • Health decreased from 20,000 to 15,000.
  • Stomp stun time decreased significantly in Easy mode.
• 3 May 2024 - v1.20.0
  • Grave Digger can no longer be confused by the Jester.
• 10 May 2024 - v1.21.0
  • Grave Digger is now immune to the fallout damage from the Nuke.
• 18 May 2024 - v1.22.0
  • Grave Digger is now immune to knockback.
  • Now appears in PVP Test
• 23 May 2024 - v1.23.0
  • Grave Digger now appears in Classic Candy Cane Lane, Classic Forest Camp and Classic Castle.
    • Has 8,000 health in Classic Candy Cane Lane and 28,000 health in Classic Forest Camp and Classic Castle.
• 28 May 2024 - v1.23.3
  • No longer appears in Classic Candy Cane Lane, Classic Forest Camp and Classic Castle, as they have been removed.
• 29 May 2024 - v1.23.4
  • Now appears on wave 30 instead of wave 25 in PVP Test.
• 19 July 2024 - v1.26.0
  • Summon ability no longer summons Slow Bosses, Necromancers, Strongs and Mystery Bosses/Breaker4s.
  • Summon ability now summons the Breaker2 instead of Mystery in maps without Enemies Beta.
• 28 August 2024 - v1.29.0
  • Bug: Can be slowed down by the DJ Booth.
• 31 August 2024 - v1.29.7
  • Bugfix: No longer can be slowed down by the DJ Booth.
• 25 September 2024 - v1.33.0
  • Health increased from 15,000 to 20,000.
  • Cash given changed from Cash$5,000 every 20% health lost to Cash$2,500 every 10% health lost.
  • Summon ability can now summon Armoreds.
  • Summon ability can no longer summon Normals, Speedies, Slows and Hiddens.
  • Summon ability functionality changed.
    • Now lasts between 5 and 8 seconds.
    • Enemies are not all summoned at once, one enemy will spawn which will apply a delay before another enemy can spawn. Delay and chance of an enemy spawning depends on the enemy.
  • Stomp damage increased from 100 to 900.
  • Shovel ability added.
  • Updated appearance and animations.
  • Bug: The piece of dirt created by the Shovel ability can collide with the player.
  • Bug: The Grave Digger's corpse despawns before it finishes its death animation.
• 2 October 2024 - v1.34.0
  • Health decreased from 20,000 to 17,500.
• 6 November 2024 - v1.40.0
  • Grave Digger can no longer have its defense dropped.
• 26 February 2025 - v1.55.0
  • No longer appears in Easy mode.
  • Now appears in Casual mode.
  • Health increased from 17,500 to 60,000.
  • Cash given increased from Cash$2,500 to Cash$20,000 every 10% health.
  • Stomp ability changed.
    • Stun time increased from 3 to 5 seconds.
    • Cooldown increased from 20 to 60.
  • Shovel ability changed.
    • Stun time decreased from 6 to 3 seconds.
    • Cooldown increased from 10 to 45.
  • Summon ability changed.
    • Summon time is now always 6 seconds instead of varying between 5 and 8 seconds.
    • Now can spawn the Hazmat with a 20% chance and a 0.15 second delay.
    • Now can spawn the Enraged with a 30% chance and a 0.1 second delay.
    • Normal Boss chance increased from 6.67% to 50%, and its delay has been decreased from 0.5 to 0.25 seconds.
    • No longer summons the Armored, used to have a 13.33% chance and a 0.5 second delay.
    • No longer summons the Breaker2, used to have a 53.33% chance and a 0.1 second delay.
    • No longer summons the Bolt, used to have a 26.67% chance and a 0.25 second delay.
  • Bug: The Grave Digger's Summon ability does not terminate, causing it to stop moving and not summon enemies.
• 26 February 2025 - v1.55.0a
  • Bugfix: The Grave Digger's Summon ability now works correctly.
• 9 April 2025 - V1.60.0
  • Now appears in Low Rank PVP Test.
• 23 April 2025 - v1.62.0
  • No longer appears in the PVP Test as it has been removed.
• 24 September 2025 - v1.75.0
  • Now appears in Challenge Trials.
    • Has 200,000 health in Challenge Trials.
  • Cash given is now mode dependent.
    • Gives Cash$5,000 every 10% health lost.
    • Default value is Cash$1 every 10% health lost.
  • Bug: Casual mode no longer has a set cash value.
• 28 January 2026 - v1.84.0
  • Speed slightly increased from 1 to 1.2.
  • Cash given decreased from Cash$20,000 to Cash$8,000 every 10% health lost in Casual mode.
  • Bugfix: Casual mode now has a set cash value.
• 2 July 2026 - v2.1.7
  • First wave appearance changed from 30 to 25 in Casual mode.
  • Health decreased from 60,000 to 40,000 in Casual mode.
  • Health decreased from 60,000 to 40,000 in Sandbox mode.
  • Speed slightly decreased from 1.2 to 1.15.
  • Cash given increased from Cash$8,000 to Cash$12,000 every 10% health lost in Casual mode.
  • Stomp stun time decreased from 5 to 4.
  • Summon changed.
    • Duration increased from 6 to 8 seconds.
    • Now summons Skeleton with a 14% chance and 0.1 delay, Normal with a 15% chance and 0.05 delay, Speedy with a 15% chance and 0.05 delay, Slow 14% chance and 0.1 delay and Bolt with a 14% chance and a 0.2 delay.
    • Normal Boss chance decreased from 50% to 14% and delay decreased from 0.25 to 0.2.
    • Hazmat chance decreased from 30% to 14% and delay increased from 0.15 to 0.3.
    • No longer summons Enraged.
  • Stun Immunity removed.
• 7 August 2026 - v2.5.0
  • Now appears in Lights Out.
    • Has 50,000 health.
    • Gives Cash$15,000 every 10% health lost.

Notes

Casual
Previous Debut	Current Debut	Next Debut
Bolt Wave 24	Grave Digger & Breaker4 Wave 25	End N/A

Challenge Trials
Previous Debut	Current Debut	Next Debut
Brute Wave 33	Grave Digger Wave 35	Warden Wave 39

Classic Candy Cane Lane (The Classic Event, Mission 1) (23 May 2024 – 28 May 2024)
Previous Debut	Current Debut	Next Debut
Breaker4 Wave 12	Grave Digger Wave 12	End N/A

Classic Forest Camp (The Classic Event, Mission 3) (23 May 2024 – 28 May 2024)
Previous Debut	Current Debut	Next Debut
Slow Boss Wave 9	Grave Digger Wave 12	End N/A

Classic Castle (The Classic Event, Mission 5) (23 May 2024 – 28 May 2024)
Previous Debut	Current Debut	Next Debut
Korblox Deathwalker Wave 12	Grave Digger Wave 13	Fallen King Wave 14

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