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"Looks like they'll be... sleepin' with the fishes! A master of the criminal underworld, Kingpin can call in hit orders and deploy a variety of henchmen to do his bidding."

―Store Description

Description

The Kingpin, internally referred to as EvolvedKingpin, is the evolved version of the Crook Boss, unlocked by reaching Level 20 on the Crook Boss tower, either by getting the experience or by skipping the need to get it by paying 599. Once done, it can be bought for 5,500 and 15,000. As it is an evolved tower, only some of its upgrades are unlocked at the start. All other have to be unlocked by reaching higher evolution levels on the tower.

The Kingpin itself is a single target tower with no major gimmicks in the beginning, even lacking the Crook Boss' summon animation for each unit. It does however have up to three unit queues, all of which summon in can summon a different unit. There are four available options:

• Lackey, a simple single target unit with with decent health and DPS. The unit has hidden detection. It is unlocked from Level 0.
• Money Runner, the only unit that cannot be used offensively outside of collision damage that upon death generates a set amount of cash. It is unlocked from Level 0.
• Bouncer is a high health melee unit that attacks enemies with a bat. The unit has both hidden and lead detections. It is unlocked from Level 4B.
• Contractor is a high range unit that deals a lot of damage at a slow speed. It has all three detections. It is unlocked from Level 6B.

While the bottom path has two units unique to itself, the top path instead gains the Bounty ability which lets the Kingpin mark an enemy in its range. While doing so, it will stop attacking enemies for 2 seconds. This marked enemy will generate a specific percentage of the enemy's total cash reward once the enemy has been killed, though the reward cannot exceed a specific value. Both the reward percentage and the reward cap increase with upgrades.

The Kingpin is primarily a mid to late-game tower, with top path focusing on income while bottom path focuses on DPS. It has a placement limit of 4.

Upgrades

Hat Trick

Level 1 • Evolution Level: 0 • Cost: $1,400

+2.5 Range

1.1 > 0.85 Firerate

Sell Price changes to $1,666

Mafia Expansion

Level 2 • Evolution Level: 0 • Cost: $4,000

0.85 > 0.14 Firerate

-17 Damage

+1 Unit Queue

Sell Price changes to $3,000

High Roller

Level 3 • Evolution Level: 0 • Cost: $6,000

+Flying Detection

+5 Damage

37.5 > 30 Spawn Time

40 > 30 Spawn Time

Sell Price changes to $5,000

Ability

Bounty

Level 4A • 120s Cooldown • 40s Initial cooldown

Places a hit order on an enemy in range, making Kingpin stop attacking enemies for 2 seconds. When that enemy is killed, a bonus reward is given which is a specific percentage of the enemy's total cash reward. The reward from this ability cannot go above a specific limit.

Statistics

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Neutral Stats
Level	Cost	Total Cost	Damage	Firerate	Range	Unit Queue	DPS	Cost Efficiency
0	$3,600	$3,600	24	1.1	17.5	1	21.82	$164.99
1	$1,400	$5,000	24	0.85	20	1	28.24	$177.05
2	$4,000	$9,000	7	0.14	20	2	50	$180
3	$6,000	$15,000	12	0.14	20	2	85.71	$175.01

Top Path Stats
Level	Cost	Total Cost	Damage	Firerate	Range	Unit Queue	Reward Percentage	Reward Cap	DPS	Cost Efficiency
4	$7,250	$22,250	160	1.65	20	2	60%	$10,000	96.97	$229.45
5	$16,500	$38,750	295	1.65	20	2	80%	$25,000	178.79	$216.73
6	$38,500	$77,250	225	0.8	21.5	2	100%	$50,000	281.25	$274.67

Bottom Path Stats
Level	Cost	Total Cost	Damage	Firerate	Range	Unit Queue	DPS	Cost Efficiency
4	$14,000	$29,000	17	0.12	22	3	141.67	$204.7
5	$32,500	$61,500	34	0.12	23	3	283.33	$217.06
6	$64,000	$125,500	46	0.1	23	3	460	$272.83

Lackey Stats
Level	Health	Damage	Spawn Time	Firerate	Lifespan	Range	Detections	DPS	Ram DPS
0–2	45	2	37.5	0.22	75	19	Hidden	9.09	1.2
3-4A	45	2	30	0.22	75	19	Hidden	9.09	1.5
5A/4B	75	5	30	0.2	75	23	Hidden	25	2.5
6A/5B	200	6	25	0.16	75	24.5	Hidden	37.5	8
6B	300	7	25	0.12	75	25	Hidden	58.33	12

Money Runner Stats
Level	Health	Cash on Death	Spawn Time	Income per Second	Ram DPS
0–2	40	$200	40	$5	1
3-6B	40	$200	30	$6.67	1.33
4A	75	$450	30	$15	2.5
5A	75	$600	27.5	$21.82	2.73
6A	100	$850	25	$34	4

Bouncer Stats
Level	Health	Defense	Damage	Spawn Time	Firerate	Lifespan	Range	Detections	DPS	Ram DPS
4B	500	N/A	25	45	0.5	75	8	Hidden, Lead	50	11.11
5B	750	10%	35	40	0.5	75	8	Hidden, Lead	70	20.63
6B	1,000	15%	40	40	0.5	75	8.5	Hidden, Lead	80	28.75

Contractor Stats
Level	Health	Damage	Spawn Time	Firerate	Lifespan	Range	Detections	DPS	Ram DPS
6B	400	170	60	2	75	35	Hidden, Flying, Lead	85	6.67

Levels
Level	Exp	Total Exp
0	0 EXP	0 EXP
1	75 EXP	75 EXP
2	80 EXP	155 EXP
3	86 EXP	241 EXP
4	93 EXP	334 EXP
5	100 EXP	434 EXP
6	107 EXP	541 EXP
7	115 EXP	656 EXP
8	124 EXP	780 EXP
9	133 EXP	913 EXP
10	143 EXP	1,056 EXP
11	154 EXP	1,210 EXP
12	166 EXP	1,376 EXP
13	178 EXP	1,554 EXP
14	192 EXP	1,746 EXP
15	206 EXP	1,952 EXP
16	221 EXP	2,173 EXP
17	238 EXP	2,411 EXP
18	256 EXP	2,667 EXP
19	275 EXP	2,942 EXP
20	296 EXP	3,238 EXP

Strategy

• The Kingpin is best used as a mid-to-late game tower.
• At Level 3, the Kingpin gains two paths.
  • The top path is focused on giving the player cash through its Bounty ability and upgrading the Money Runners it spawns.
    • The top path can be used as a secondary income source which may help at affording certain expensive towers like the Juggernaut.
    • It is advised to use the Bounty ability on enemies with high health to maximize its effectiveness.
    • Notably it also gains lead detection earlier than its bottom path counterpart.
  • The bottom path is more focused on DPS and spawning units, this path unlocks the Bouncer and the Contractor.
    • This path focuses on increasing the efficiency in which the units deal damage, whether it be by increasing their DPS, or shortening their spawnrate.

Trivia

• The Kingpin is one of the first three evolved towers revealed in 2020 prior to the release of the Overhaul Update.
• The Kingpin's top path upgrade names are likely referencing those of the Golden Crook Boss.
• The Kingpin's voice actor is Mitch Kaye.

Update Log

• 17 July 2026 - v2.3.0
  • Kingpin added.
• 14 August 2026 - v2.6.0
  • Statistical changes:
    • Level 4A
      • Reward percentage increased from 50% to 60%.
      • Bounty cooldown decreased from 150 to 120.
      • Bounty initial cooldown of 40 added.
    • Level 5A
      • Reward percentage increased from 50% > 70% to 60% > 80%.
    • Level 6A
      • Reward percentage increased from 70% > 100% to 80% > 100%.
      • Reward cap changed from $25,000 > $60,000 to $25,000 > $50,000.
    • Level 4B
      • Bouncer health decreased from 550 to 500.
    • Level 5B
      • Bouncer health increased from +200 to +250.
    • Level 6B
      • Contractor changed.
      • Health increased from 200 to 400.
      • Damage increased from 165 to 170.
      • Lifespan increased from 70 to 75.
    • Lackey changed.
      • Damage decreased from +2 to +1.
      • Range decreased from +2.5 to +0.5.