Editing Living Experiment

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|image1 = LivingExperiment.png
|mode_appearance = [[Intermediate Mode|{{Color|IntermediateMode}}]]<br/>[[Challenge Trials|{{Color|TrialMode}}]]<br/>[[PVP|{{Color|MoltenArena}}]]<br/>{{InfoboxContainer|Challenges|*[[Boss Rush]]}}{{InfoboxContainer|Events|*[[Sk8 P4rk|The Takeover (Pro)]]}}
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Originally:<br>[[PVP Test|{{Color|PVP|PVP Test}}]]
|first_wave_appearance = 18 (Intermediate)<br/>15 (Challenge Trials)
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Originally:<br>16 (Mid Rank PVP Test)<br>11 (The Takeover Pro)
|base_hp = [[File:HealthIcon.png|20px|Health]]2,400 (Intermediate)<br/>[[File:HealthIcon.png|20px|Health]]3,000 (Challenge Trials & Molten Arena PVP)<br/>[[File:HealthIcon.png|20px|Health]]1,800 (Sandbox)
|defense = {{Defense}}30%
|speed = [[File:SpeedIcon.png|20px|Speed]]Below Average (2.5)
|cash = {{Money|850}} every 25% health (Intermediate)<br/>{{Money|300}} every 25% health (Challenge Trials)<br/>{{Money|1}} every 25% health (Default)
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Originally:<br>{{Money|625}} every 25% health (Mid Rank PVP Test)
|spawned_by = [[Patient Zero]]
|hidden = No
|fly = No
|ghost = No
|lead = No
|immunity = {{Attr|Stun}} (Variable)<br/>{{Attr|Freeze}} (Variable)<br/>{{Attr|Health Regen}} (Variable)<br/>{{Attr|Bloated}} (Variable)<br/>{{Attr|Aggro}} (Variable)<br/>{{BossList|Default|Ref = <ref>Only the '''Living Experiment''' on Wave 18 in [[Intermediate Mode|Intermediate]] mode and Wave 15 in [[Challenge Trials]] is a boss.</ref>}}
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{{QuoteBox|I see a Living Experiment up ahead!|audio=IntermediateWave18-1.ogg|[[Commander (Narrator)|Commander]] dialogue on Wave 18 ([[Intermediate Mode|Intermediate]])}}
{{QuoteBox|Is that a Living Experiment?<br/>What is Patient Zero's creature doing here? I have to report this ASAP.|[[Commander (Narrator)|Commander]] dialogue on Wave 15 ([[Challenge Trials]])}}
|-|The Takeover Event =
{{QuoteBox|It's a Living Experiment! I knew they were coming for me!<br/>I will take more than this!|audio = Sk8P4rkProWave11.ogg|[[Commander (Narrator)|Commander]] dialogue on Wave 11 ([[The Takeover Event]], Pro)}}
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{{QuoteBox|Is that a living experiement{{sic}}?! I didn't think they were real!<br/>Take them out before they heal the enemies around them!|[[Commander (Narrator)|Commander]] dialogue on Wave 16 (Formerly, [[Intermediate Mode|Intermediate]])}}
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==Description==
The '''Living Experiment''' is an enemy that appears in [[Intermediate Mode|Intermediate]], [[Challenge Trials]] and Molten Arena [[PVP]] modes. It also appears in [[The Takeover Event]]. It has a high amount of health, a below average speed and a decent amount of defense. Additionally, when it first spawns, it is a boss enemy, making it fully or partially immune to multiple forms of stalling. On some waves, it also spawns with various immunities, making it harder to kill.

Due to a bug, '''Living Experiments''' with the [[Slime (Attribute)|Slime]] attribute do not spawn the [[Slime]] upon death.

==Appearance==
The '''Living Experiment''' is a large humanoid with a waist, lower arms and lower legs in its rig. It has a light green skin color, and wears a tattered light blue hospital gown with a stitched seam going down the back, white bandages wrapped across its torso and metal plating with a glowing green piston on its back.

It has a thin right arm with an armband with chains on it, as well as a large bionic arm with multiple glowing green pistons and a green glass container. It also has a large metal neck-guard with glowing green parts, as well as glowing green eyes, patches of black hair and a metal device with green lights and light brown stitch lines surrounding it on its head.

It has a death animation, where it falls forward, with its bionic arm completely detaching in the process. The death animation is also accompanied by a sound, consisting of it grunting and metal thumping noises.

==Strategy==
*Towers with decent DPS, like the [[Minigunner]], [[Militant]] or [[Cowboy]] are recommended against this.
*On its debut wave, the '''Living Experiment''' is surrounded by a hordes of [[Armored]] and [[Slow]]s, which can be incredibly problematic.
**Area of effect towers like the [[Pyromancer]], [[Rocketeer]], or [[Mortar]] can excel at clearing out the hordes, allowing DPS towers to focus on the '''Living Experiment''' itself.
***Some of them like the [[Rocketeer]] and [[Mortar]] also have sufficient DPS to deal with the '''Living Experiment''' itself on their own.
*As the '''Living Experiment''' has [[Defense]], you can use [[Defense]] bypassing towers like the [[Trapper]] or [[Military Base]] to deal with this.
**As these towers also have AOE attacks, they can be also used to deal with the hordes of enemies it usually spawns with.
*Defense dropping towers, like the [[Pyromancer]] or [[Freezer]] can be used to reduce its defense, allowing your towers to deal more damage to it.
*While the '''Living Experiment''' does not have any immunities to crowd control by default, it is a large enemy, making certain forms of stalling like freeze or knockback less effective on it.

==Sounds==
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|When the '''Living Experiment''' dies
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==Gallery==
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{{GalleryHeader|Animations}}
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LivingExDeath.gif |Current death animation (3 May 2024 – Present)
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{{GalleryHeader|Converted Variants}}
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DefHacker1LivingEx.png|Green variant, current version (11 June 2025 – Present)
DefHacker2LivingEx.png|Overclock variant, current version (11 June 2025 – Present)
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{{GalleryHeader|Corpse Variants}}
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CorpseExperiment.png|Second [[Corpse (Enemy)|Corpse]] variant, current version (12 March 2025 – Present)
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{{GalleryHeader|Thumbnails}}
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NEWGAMEMODETHUMBNAIL.png|'''Living Experiment''' on the game thumbnail.
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{{GalleryHeader|Promotional Images}}
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IntermediateThumbailParadoxumPI.png|'''Living Experiment''' on a promotional image.
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{{GalleryHeader|Promotional Videos}}
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Patient Zero Trailer (OUT NOW!) Tower Defense Simulator|'''Living Experiment''' on a promotional video.
Game Master Ultimate Skin - Tower Defense Simulator|'''Living Experiment''' on a promotional video.
Tower Defense Simulator - "Prepare Your Defenses" Trailer|'''Living Experiment''' on a promotional video.
Tesla Tower Trailer - Tower Defense Simulator|'''Living Experiment''' on a promotional video.
St Patricks Crate - Tower Defense Simulator|'''Living Experiment''' on a promotional video.
Operator Tower Trailer - Tower Defense Simulator |'''Living Experiment''' on a promotional video.
Enforcer Trailer - Tower Defense Simulator|'''Living Experiment''' on a promotional video.
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{{GalleryHeader|Trailers}}
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Skill Tree Trailer - Tower Defense Simulator|'''Living Experiment''' in the game trailer.
Summer Battlepass - Tower Defense Simulator|'''Living Experiment''' in the game trailer.
Spring Battlepass 2026 - Tower Defense Simulator|'''Living Experiment''' in the game trailer.
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{{GalleryHeader|Renders}}
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IntermediateThumbnailClean.png|'''Living Experiment''' on a render.
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{{GalleryHeader|Miscellaneous}}
<gallery>
IntermediateUpdateLog3.png|'''Living Experiment''' featured in the [[v1.20.0]] update log.
IndexLivingExperiment.png|'''Living Experiment''' on its [[Index]] icon.
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==Trivia==
*Despite the [[Commander (Narrator)|Commander]] stating that the '''Living Experiment''' can heal enemies around it, it has no such ability.

==Update History==
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*'''3 May 2024''' - [[v1.20.0]]
**'''Living Experiment''' added.
**{{Bug}} Poison and electric defense dropping does not reduce '''Living Experiment's''' defense.
**{{Bug}} '''Living Experiments''' with the [[Slime (Attribute)|Slime]] attribute do not spawn the [[Slime]] upon death.
*'''10 May 2024''' - [[v1.21.0]]
**'''Living Experiment''' is now immune to the fallout damage from the [[Nuke]] while it is a boss enemy.
*'''18 May 2024''' - [[v1.22.0]]
**'''Living Experiment''' is now immune to knockback while it is a boss enemy.
*'''28 August 2024''' - [[v1.29.0]]
**{{Bug}} Can be slowed down by the [[DJ Booth]] while a boss.
*'''31 August 2024''' - [[v1.29.0|v1.29.7]]
**{{Bugfix}} No longer can be slowed down by the [[DJ Booth]] while a boss.
*'''6 November 2024''' - [[v1.40.0]]
**'''Living Experiment''' can no longer have its defense dropped while a [[Boss]] enemy.
**{{Bugfix}} Poison and electric defense dropping towers now can drop its defense, though the [[Jester]] still cannot drop it.
*'''16 December 2024''' - [[v1.46.0]]
**{{Bug}} '''Living Experiment's''' has no animations in its [[Index]] entry.
*'''9 April 2025''' - [[v1.60.0]]
**Now appears in Mid Rank [[PVP Test]], where it has 3,000 health.
*'''23 April 2025''' - [[v1.62.0]]
**No longer appears in the [[PVP Test]] as it has been removed.
*'''23 July 2025''' - [[v1.71.0]]
**Now appears in Molten Arena [[PVP]], carrying over all of its [[PVP Test]] statistics.
*'''12 September 2025''' - [[v1.74.0|v1.74.3a]]
**Now appears in [[Sk8 P4rk]] Pro difficulty as part of [[The Takeover Event]].
***Has 3,250 health in [[Sk8 P4rk]].
**Cash given is now mode dependent.
***Majority of modes now give {{Money|625}} every 25% health lost.
***[[The Takeover Event]] Pro difficulty gives {{Money|750}} every 25% health lost.
***Default value is {{Money|1}} every 25% health lost.
*'''22 September 2025''' - [[v1.74.0|v1.74.3g]]
**No longer appears in [[Sk8 P4rk]], as it has been removed.
*'''24 September 2025''' - [[v1.75.0]]
**Now appears in [[Challenge Trials]].
***Has 3,000 health in [[Challenge Trials]].
***Gives {{Money|300}} every 25% health lost.
*'''28 January 2026''' - [[v1.84.0]]
**First wave appearance changed from 16 to 18 in [[Intermediate Mode|Intermediate]] mode.
**Health increased from 1,800 to 2,400.
**Cash given increased from {{Money|625}} to {{Money|850}} every 25% health lost.
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==Notes==
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{{Intermediate|[[Boomer]]|Wave 17|[[Hazmat]] & Living Experiment|Wave 18|[[Speedy Boss]]|Wave 20}}
{{ChallengeTrials|[[Bolt]]|Wave 13|Living Experiment|Wave 15|[[Elite Hazmat]]|Wave 17}}
{{MidRank|[[Reaver]] & [[Necromancer (Modern Enemy)|Necromancer]]|Wave 14|Living Experiment|Wave 16|[[Hazmat]]|Wave 17}}
{{TakeoverPro|[[Reaver]] & [[Necromancer (Modern Enemy)|Necromancer]]|Wave 9|Living Experiment & [[Hazmat]]|Wave 11|[[Failed Experiment]]|Wave 13}}



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