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"Absolute spray and pray! A fast-firerate tower that carries a heavy minigun and mows down enemies."
―Store Description
"A high-firerate tower that carries a M61 Vulcan Gatling Gun"
―Former Store Description
"A high-firerate tower that carries a Vulcan M14-A2 Gatling Gun"
―Former Store Description

Description

The Minigunner is a fast-firing advanced tower that can be purchased from the store for Error creating thumbnail: File missing 8,000.

Before the Minigunner starts firing, it needs to rev-up its M61 Vulcan. This process takes 1.4 seconds (1.2 at Level 1-2, 1 at Level 3+), and once the Minigunner's gun is fully revved up, it begins to shoot. If there are no more enemies in its range, it will wait for around a second for an enemy to enter its range before revving down. If another enemy enters its range after it has revved down, it will have to rev-up again, and if an enemy enters its range during the process of revving down, the Minigunner will immediately begin to rev-up again, finishing the process faster than normal. The Minigunner has high DPS and a relatively low cost compared to other high DPS towers, like the Accelerator or Engineer. Additionally, there is no limit on the number of Minigunners that can be placed down during a game, which is not the case for other high DPS towers.

This is considered an all-round tower because it is affordable relatively early on but can deal fairly high damage at higher levels as well. While in regular modes, it has no placement limit, in PVP mode only twelve Minigunners can be placed per player.

Upgrades

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Stats Table

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

Level Total Price Damage Firerate Rev-Up Time Range DPS[1] Cost Efficiency
0 Error creating thumbnail: File missing$1,850 2 0.16 1.4 16 12.5 Error creating thumbnail: File missing$148
1 Error creating thumbnail: File missing$2,200 2 0.12 1.2 16 16.67 Error creating thumbnail: File missing$131.97
2 Error creating thumbnail: File missing$3,700 3 0.12 1.2 18 25 Error creating thumbnail: File missing$148
3 Error creating thumbnail: File missing$9,200 7 0.12 1 18 58.33 Error creating thumbnail: File missing$157.72
4 Error creating thumbnail: File missing$26,200 14 0.1 1 20 140 Error creating thumbnail: File missing$187.14
Level Total Price Damage Firerate Rev-Up Time Range DPS[1] Cost Efficiency
0 Error creating thumbnail: File missing$2,550 3 0.18 1.4 16 16.67 Error creating thumbnail: File missing$152.97
1 Error creating thumbnail: File missing$3,400 3 0.17 1.2 17 17.65 Error creating thumbnail: File missing$192.63
2 Error creating thumbnail: File missing$4,950 4 0.17 1.2 18.5 23.53 Error creating thumbnail: File missing$210.37
3 Error creating thumbnail: File missing$13,450 13 0.15 1 19 86.67 Error creating thumbnail: File missing$155.19
4 Error creating thumbnail: File missing$32,200 20 0.1 1 20 200 Error creating thumbnail: File missing$161
Level Exp Total Exp
0 Error creating thumbnail: File missing 0 EXP Error creating thumbnail: File missing 0 EXP
1 Error creating thumbnail: File missing 50 EXP Error creating thumbnail: File missing 50 EXP
2 Error creating thumbnail: File missing 54 EXP Error creating thumbnail: File missing 105 EXP
3 Error creating thumbnail: File missing 59 EXP Error creating thumbnail: File missing 164 EXP
4 Error creating thumbnail: File missing 64 EXP Error creating thumbnail: File missing 228 EXP
5 Error creating thumbnail: File missing 70 EXP Error creating thumbnail: File missing 298 EXP
6 Error creating thumbnail: File missing 76 EXP Error creating thumbnail: File missing 374 EXP
7 Error creating thumbnail: File missing 83 EXP Error creating thumbnail: File missing 457 EXP
8 Error creating thumbnail: File missing 91 EXP Error creating thumbnail: File missing 550 EXP
9 Error creating thumbnail: File missing 99 EXP Error creating thumbnail: File missing 653 EXP
10 Error creating thumbnail: File missing 108 EXP Error creating thumbnail: File missing 766 EXP
11 Error creating thumbnail: File missing 118 EXP Error creating thumbnail: File missing 889 EXP
12 Error creating thumbnail: File missing 129 EXP Error creating thumbnail: File missing 1,022 EXP
13 Error creating thumbnail: File missing 140 EXP Error creating thumbnail: File missing 1,165 EXP
14 Error creating thumbnail: File missing 153 EXP Error creating thumbnail: File missing 1,318 EXP
15 Error creating thumbnail: File missing 167 EXP Error creating thumbnail: File missing 1,485 EXP
16 Error creating thumbnail: File missing 182 EXP Error creating thumbnail: File missing 1,667 EXP
17 Error creating thumbnail: File missing 198 EXP Error creating thumbnail: File missing 1,865 EXP
18 Error creating thumbnail: File missing 216 EXP Error creating thumbnail: File missing 2,081 EXP
19 Error creating thumbnail: File missing 235 EXP Error creating thumbnail: File missing 2,316 EXP
20 Error creating thumbnail: File missing 257 EXP Error creating thumbnail: File missing 2,573 EXP

Skins

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

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Skin Blue Green Black Ops Golden
Rarity Common Common Common Golden
Daily Store Cost Error creating thumbnail: File missing 1,250 Error creating thumbnail: File missing 1,250 Error creating thumbnail: File missing 85 Error creating thumbnail: File missing 75,000
Obtained From Basic Crate Basic Crate Premium Crate Golden Crate
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Skin Pumpkin Heavy Wraith Xmas
Rarity Event Common Rare Event
Daily Store Cost Error creating thumbnail: File missing 5,000 Error creating thumbnail: File missing 85 Error creating thumbnail: File missing 120 Error creating thumbnail: File missing 5,000
Obtained From Halloween 2019 Crate,
Pumpkin Crate,
Halloween Crate 		Premium Crate Premium Crate Christmas 2025 Crate,
Jolly Crate,
Xmas 2019 Crate
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Skin Party Twitter Toy Bunny
Rarity Exclusive Exclusive Uncommon Event
Daily Store Cost N/A N/A Error creating thumbnail: File missing 1,000 N/A
Obtained From Party Crate Code:
5KMILESTONE[2] 		Toy Crate Bunny Crate
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Skin Hazmat Ghost Frost Community
Rarity Common Event Event Exclusive
Daily Store Cost Error creating thumbnail: File missing 85 Error creating thumbnail: File missing 5,000 N/A N/A
Obtained From Premium Crate Spooky Crate,
Halloween Crate 		Frost Crate Code:
COMMUNITY20[2]
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Skin Crusader Ducky Beach Plushie
Rarity Event Rare Event Exclusive
Daily Store Cost Error creating thumbnail: File missing 5,000 Error creating thumbnail: File missing 4,000 N/A N/A
Obtained From Halloween Crate,
Solar Eclipse Season 		Ducky Crate,
Hunting Season 		End of Summer Season Merch Shop[3]
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Skin Holiday Space Elite Phantom Warlord
Rarity Event Uncommon Rare Event
Daily Store Cost Error creating thumbnail: File missing 5,000 Error creating thumbnail: File missing 105 N/A N/A
Obtained From Jolly Crate,
Violent Night Season 		Premium Crate Phantom Crate,
Suppressing Fire Mission Quest 		Krampus' Revenge Season
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Skin Sweaking Trucker Chad Golden Plushie
Rarity Rare Legendary Legendary Exclusive
Daily Store Cost Error creating thumbnail: File missing 3,000 Error creating thumbnail: File missing 560 Error creating thumbnail: File missing 190 N/A
Obtained From Daily Skin Store Deluxe Crate Premium Crate (Formerly)[4] Merch Shop[5]
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Skin Fallen Road Rage Nutcracker Gardener
Rarity Rare Rare Uncommon Rare
Daily Store Cost N/A N/A N/A N/A
Obtained From Unyielding Shooter Mission Quest Hexscape Event Premium Battle Pass Operation I.C.E Regular Battle Pass Ducky Revenge Regular Battle Pass
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Skin Cursed Chocolatier Ox Easter
Rarity Rare Uncommon Uncommon Common
Daily Store Cost N/A N/A Error creating thumbnail: File missing 5,000 N/A
Obtained From Null & Void Regular Battle Pass Valentines 2026 Crate Lunar Crate Spring Frenzy Battle Pass

Strategy

  • The Minigunner should be one of the towers that is placed down the most if brought in. it is recommended to place them in a large group near the start of the path if possible, or placing them in an area that covers a lot of the path (for example, at corners).
    • Be careful when placing multiple Minigunners on the map when in teams, as this can block many vital spaces for stronger towers such as the Accelerator or Engineer. The DJ Booth and Commander are also integral support towers to be used with the Minigunner, especially with a Range Buff, as Minigunner lacks range for a DPS tower.
      • Unlike other high DPS towers such as the Ranger and Turret, the Minigunner does not have a placement limit. If you still have space to place down more towers, the Minigunner is a great choice to further fortify your defenses.
  • Midway through the game, several Level 3-4 Minigunners are a cost-efficient option for wiping out hordes of enemies.
    • The first Minigunners should be placed down in the transition to the mid-game, right when early game towers begin to struggle. Such instances include the debut waves of the Slow Boss and Necromancer.
  • If you plan to save up for the Minigunner during the early stages of the game, you should have teammates with reliable early game towers, such as the Golden Soldier, Golden Scout or Crook Boss to defend until you have gathered enough money to place it.
  • In terms of raw DPS, the Engineer, Accelerator and Ranger are far more effective. However, they are far more expensive and suffer from several limitations, making the Minigunner a far more flexible choice for some scenarios.
  • This tower is not affected much by the defense from enemies like the Fallen Giant and Warden due to its low base damage at lower levels. In most cases, the Minigunner can still deal most of its damage to such enemies, or even its full damage.
    • Do note that the Levels 3 and 4 deal 7 and 15 damage respectively, which are high enough for most enemies with defense to be able to have a noticeable effect on its damage output.
      • Even still, defense dropping towers like the Pyromancer are recommended to increase the damage of Minigunners against certain enemies with very high defense.
  • The Minigunner can serve as a cheap and effective way to wipe out Hidden enemies, like the Soul and Possessed Armor.

Trivia

  • When the game was in Alpha, and for a while after BETA release, the Minigunner's upgrade stats were not displayed on its upgrade description. It was simply referred to as "sans big gun".
  • Before the 13th of October 2019, when the Minigunner was Level 2 or higher, its face changed from the Roblox default face to the Grr! face, despite the fact that the upgrade icon kept the Roblox default face.
  • The Minigunner was inspired by Tower Battles' Commando as well as Team Fortress 2's Heavy.
  • Prior to the 8th of August 2019, the Level 5 upgrade was a jetpack. Functionally, it performed the same way as any other ground tower.
    • Regardless of being a flying tower upon reaching that level, the hitbox of the Minigunner did not change with the jetpack. It could still be stunned by rocks from Tanks or the shockwave from the Gravekeeper.
  • The M134 Vulcan originally used by most Minigunner skins was first popularized by R2D's Minigun.
  • The Minigunner along with its golden counterpart, the Golden Minigunner, currently have the most skins out of any tower in the game.
  • The Minigunner used to appear alongside the Pyromancer, Scout, Commander and Sniper on the "Triumph" screen before the Community Maps Update.
  • The survival matchmaking statue in the lobby is based on the sixth version of the Default skin's base level.
    • The statue actually uses a different model than the Default Minigunner. Most notably, it wears a different vest and knee-pads.
  • The Minigunner enemy from Pizza Party is based on the Minigunner tower.

Update History

For previous cosmetic variations, see the gallery page.

Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 DPS does not consider rev-up time.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Expired
  3. ↑ Code obtained by purchasing a Minigunner Plush.
  4. ↑ Limited time skin obtainable between the 1st of April 2024 and 7th of April 2024.
  5. ↑ Code obtained by purchasing a Golden Minigunner Plush.


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