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Skin Upgrades

The Mortar has seventeen skins in total. These include:

  1. The Default skin.
  2. Eight skins that can be unlocked from Crates.
  3. Six skins that can be unlocked from Passes.
  4. One skin that can be unlocked from Mission Quests.
  5. One skin that can be unlocked from Crates and Mission Quests.
Default
Level Image Cosmetic Changes
0 Pale skin, green visor, torso and pants, and black shoes.

Wields a dark green cannon on a grey metal stand to attack enemies.

1 Black gloves and backpack.
2 Grey vest, green pouches and black headset.
3 Grey goggles.

Now wields a bigger green cannon.

4 Green helmet.
5 Now wields a nuclear cannon.

The Bunny skin is obtained from the Bunny Crate.

Bunny
Level Image Cosmetic Changes
0 Pale skin, pink onesie and pink shoes with bunny ears.

Wields a light pink cannon to attack enemies.

1 Black backpack, black utility belt, dark pink gloves and pink bunny hood.
2 Pink basic vest and black goggles.
3 Now wields a bigger pink cannon with yellow stripes.
4 No change.
5 Cannon turns black and red.

Gains scaffolding, an operating seat and a button.

The Eclipse skin is obtained from Rank 6 of the Solar Eclipse Season.

Eclipse
Level Image Cosmetic Changes
0 Tan skin, purple visor, black torso and pants, yellow-purple striped boots.

Wield a black cannon on a blue metal stand to attack enemies.

1 Black gloves and purple backpack.
2 Purple vest and sleeves, and black headset.
3 Black goggles with yellow neon lens.

Now wields a bigger black cannon.

4 Yellow and purple sallet.
5 Yellow and purple knee-pads and shoulder-pads, and black pouches on legs.

Now wields a nuclear cannon.

The Ducky skin is obtained from the Ducky Crate.

Ducky
Level Image Cosmetic Changes
0 Pale skin, yellow and orange suit, yellow duck visor, tail and wings, and black shoes.

Wields a duck-themed cannon to attack enemies.

1 Black gloves and loaf of bread.
2 Black vest and headset.
3 Black goggles with opaque/translucent orange lens.

Now wields a bigger duck-themed cannon in a nest with two ducks.

4 Yellow duck helmet.
5 Now wields an evil duck-themed cannon in a nest with two evil ducks.

The Vigilante skin is obtained from the Vigilante Crate.

Vigilante
Level Image Cosmetic Changes
0 Pale skin, dark grey shirt with a hood, hat and shoes, black pants and bandanna.

Wields a black and orange cannon to attack enemies.

1 Black gloves, black belt and backpack, orange harness, and black, white and orange bomb strapped on its back.
2 Grey vest, black pouches and grey headphones.
3 Orange goggles.

Now wields a bigger black and orange cannon.

4 Dark grey helmet with orange lightning and orange lightning on headphones.
5 Now wields an even bigger black and orange cannon.

The Pirate skin is obtained from the Pirate Crate.

Pirate
Level Image Cosmetic Changes
0 Pale skin, white shirt, black pants, brown gloves and shoes and blue head scarf.

Wields a black and blue cannon to attack enemies.

1 Brown barrel.
2 Dark blue bandana and bombs on torso.
3 Black eye-patch.

Now wields a bigger cannon.

4 Black and blue pirate hat, and blue scar on face.
5 Shirt is now black with blue accents.

Now wields an even bigger cannon.

The Defender skin was obtained from the Krampus' Revenge Season.

Defender
Level Image Cosmetic Changes
0 Tan skin, spiked helmet, blue toga with viking emblem and a brown leather belt with fur and a maroon cloth.

Wields a blue-and-brown longship-inspired mortar to attack enemies.

1 Brown leather band on both arms, left arm gains a blue insignia and shield on back.
2 Gold accents on helmet, brown scaly shoulder mark on right arm and brown sash.
3 Now wields a blue-and-brown dragon-themed mortar with shields on sides.
4 Brown accent and white horns on helmet.
5 Now wields a bigger blue-and-brown dragon-themed mortar.

The Baseball skin is obtained from the Deluxe Crate.

Baseball
Level Image Cosmetic Changes
0 Pale skin, purple hair, white jacket and pants, black shirt, red belt, brown shoes, black and white socks.

Wields a red and black baseball cannon to attack enemies.

1 Black backpack and brown gloves.
2 Red scarf.

Shoes are now longer and pants are now shorter.

Socks are now black and red.

3 Grey shades and black shoulder-pads.

Now wields a larger red and black baseball cannon.

4 Black and grey knee-pads and elbow-pads.

Shirt is now red.

5 Jacket replaced by a white and red coat.

Now wields a nuclear red and black baseball cannon that it dunks packs of baseballs into.

The Fallen skin is obtained from Mission Quests.

Fallen
Level Image Cosmetic Changes
0 Black skin, dark blue shirt and pants, blue and light blue shoes, helmet and a chestplate with a blue crystal on it.

Wields a dark blue and black cannon with a blue crystal at its base to attack enemies.

1 Armored light blue and grey gloves and translucent crystal backpack.
2 Brown cloth around neck and shoulders.

Extended chestplate.

3 Helmet stilt is now neon blue.

Now wields a bigger chained cannon.

4 Blue horn on helmet.
5 Blue crystals around body and leg cuffs.

Now wields a chained nuclear cannon with multiple crystals at its base.

The Frost skin is obtained from the Frost Crate and Mission Quests.

Frost
Level Image Cosmetic Changes
0 Pale skin, black arms, blue cap with ear flaps, white jacket with fur cuff on sleeves, black gloves, black belt with pouches, white pants and black shoes.

Wields a white and black cannon with red gas tanks.

1 Grey knuckles and black knee-pads.
2 Black vest with pouches and black and white backpack with red gas tanks and green pouches.
3 Orange shades, ice crystals on vest, backpack and shoulders.

Now wields a bigger green cannon.

4 Black and white mask with blue visor and ice horns on it.
5 More ice crystals on helmet, backpack, vest and shoulders.

Now wields a even bigger blue and white nuclear cannon with both gears on it.

The Dark Frost skin was obtained from Level 20 of the Operation I.C.E Battle Pass premium track.

Dark Frost
Level Image Cosmetic Changes
0 Dark skin, neon purple eyes, white camo shirt and pants, black vest, knee-pads, shoes and gloves, white and grey helmet.

Wields a green and brown cannon to attack enemies.

1 Black knuckles on gloves and black arm-bands.
2 White camo coat, black backpack and grey headset.
3 Black scarf and orange goggles.

Now wields a larger grey and green cannon with a "PRA DXM" plate.

4 Larger backpack.
5 Purple ice spikes around body.

Now wields an even larger red and grey cannon with a "PRA DXM" plate.

The Mecha Ducky skin was obtained from Level 30 of the Ducky Revenge Battle Pass premium track.

Mecha Ducky
Level Image Cosmetic Changes
0 Pale skin, black and red mecha ducky armor, grey headset and black helmet with an orange beak.

Floating black and red projectile.

Wields a black and red cannon to attack enemies.

1 Red gloves.
2 Black balaclava.

Helmet now has red horns and headset now has microphone.

3 Mask now covers the entire face, red neon eyes added to it.

Now wields a larger red, grey, black and orange cannon with a "QUACK" license plate on each side.

4 Helmet now covers its entire head, now has an orange beak under its eyes and a grey exhaust pipe.
5 Binoculars added to the helmet.

Extended cannon barrel with a Ducky D00M III head and miniguns on it.

The Festive skin is obtained from the Christmas 2025 Crate.

Festive
Level Image Cosmetic Changes
0 Deer with brown fur, dark brown antlers, green deer sweater, black pants, dark green Santa hat and black shoes.

Wields a Christmas tree cannon to attack enemies.

1 Black gloves, black backpack with a star and red present.
2 Shirt is now white, pants are now black.

Backpack and gloves removed.

3 Black goggles.

Backpack is back with a red ribbon on its back.

Now has a bigger Christmas tree cannon.

4 Red Santa hat.

Backpack now has candy cane in it.

5 Red scarf.

Now has an even bigger Christmas tree cannon.

The Krampus skin was obtained from Level 30 of The Final Act Battle Pass premium track.

Krampus
Level Image Cosmetic Changes
0 Black skin, devil red eyes and wide grin, black tail, black and grey horns, red winter hoodie, grey Krampus necklace and black pants.

Wields a black and dark red cannon to attack enemies.

1 Brown bandage around right arm.

Longer grey horns.

2 Brown barrel on back.

Even longer grey horns.

3 White fur at the edge of the sleeves.

Now wields a furnace cannon.

4 Metal scrap around left arm and feet.

Even longer horns.

5 Festive decoration on horns.

Now wields a nuclear furnace cannon.

The Valentines skin is obtained from the Valentines 2026 Crate.

Valentines
Level Image Cosmetic Changes
0 Tan skin, white hair, white shirt, pink pants, love letter pin, purple beret and purple shoes.

Wields a red and white mailbox cannon to attack enemies.

1 Pink belt, pink suspenders and black gloves.
2 White and pink feathers on beret.
3 Pink and white striped shirt, purple glasses.

Now wields a bigger mailbox cannon.

4 Large pink hat.

Purple pouches on suspenders.

5 Red scarf.

Now wields an even bigger mailbox cannon.

The Beach skin is obtained from the Beach Crate.

Beach
Level Image Cosmetic Changes
0 Tan skin, green and dark green visor and tank top with a water balloon image on it, black belt, grey Hawaiian shorts and white sandals.

Wields a water balloon cannon to attack enemies.

1 Grey gloves and white cooler filled with water balloons.
2 Strap now has water balloons attached to it.
3 Grey glasses.

Now wields a bigger water balloon cannon.

4 Visor is replaced with green cap.
5 Purple wristbands and grey canisters on belt.

Now wields an even bigger water balloon cannon.

The Sun skin is obtained from Level 40 of the Solar Requiem Battle Pass premium track.

Sun
Level Image Cosmetic Changes
0 TBA

1 TBA
2 TBA
3 TBA
4 TBA
5 TBA

Previous Variants

This version of the Default skin was used between 24th of December 2019 and 29th of October 2020.

Default
Level Image Cosmetic Changes
0 Yellow skin, green torso and grey pants.

Wields a light green cannon to attack enemies.

1 Black gloves and backpack, and a green M1 helmet.

Black utility belt.

2 Green basic vest and black goggles.
3 Now wields a bigger green cannon with yellow stripes.
4 No change.
5 Cannon turns black and red.

Gains scaffolding, an operating seat and a button.

This version of the Default skin was used between 29th of October 2020 and 17th of April 2022.

Level Image Cosmetic Changes
0 Pale skin, green visor, torso and pants, and black shoes.

Wields a dark green cannon on a grey metal stand to attack enemies.

1 Black gloves and backpack.
2 Grey vest, green pouches and black headset.
3 Grey goggles.

Now wields a bigger green cannon.

4 Green helmet.
5 Now wields a nuclear cannon.

This version of the Bunny skin was used between 6th of April 2020 and 17th of April 2022.

Bunny
Level Image Cosmetic Changes
0 Yellow skin, pink onesie and pink shoes with bunny ears.

Wields a light pink cannon to attack enemies.

1 Black backpack, black utility belt, dark pink gloves and pink bunny hood.
2 Pink basic vest and black goggles.
3 Now wields a bigger pink cannon with yellow stripes.
4 Green torso, no longer has pink sleeves.
5 Cannon turns black and red.

Gains scaffolding, an operating seat and a button.

This version of the Bunny skin was used between 29th of October 2020 and 12th of March 2022.

Level Image Cosmetic Changes
0 Yellow skin, pink onesie and pink shoes with bunny ears.

Wields a light pink cannon to attack enemies.

1 Black backpack, black utility belt, dark pink gloves and pink bunny hood.
2 Pink basic vest and black goggles.
3 Now wields a bigger pink cannon with yellow stripes.

Bugged animations, holds nothing instead of the cannon.

4 Animation fixed, now holds the cannon properly.
5 Gains scaffolding, an operating seat and a button.

Now wields a bigger black cannon alongside the bigger pink cannon.

Bugged animation, instead of sitting in the operating seat it holds both cannons.

This version of the Eclipse skin was used between 4th of December 2021 and 17th of April 2022.

Level Image Cosmetic Changes
0 Tan skin, purple visor, black torso and pants, golden-purple striped boots.

Wield a black cannon to attack enemies.

1 Black gloves and backpack.
2 Purple vest, with purple sleeves and, black headset.
3 Yellow neon goggles.

Now wields a bigger black cannon.

4 Purple helmet on top of head.
5 Now wields a nuclear cannon.

Sleeves and pants are now changed with armory, purple and yellow patterns.

This version of the Ducky skin was used between the 12th of May 2023 and 12th of February 2025.

Ducky
Level Image Cosmetic Changes
0 Pale skin, yellow and orange suit, yellow duck visor, tail and wings, and black shoes.

Wields a duck-themed cannon to attack enemies.

1 Black gloves and loaf of bread.
2 Black vest and headset.
3 Black goggles with opaque/translucent orange lens.

Now wields a bigger duck-themed cannon in a nest with two ducks.

4 Yellow duck helmet.
5 Now wields an evil duck-themed cannon in a nest with two evil ducks.

This version of the Vigilante skin was used between the 24th of June 2023 and 5th of February 2025.

Vigilante
Level Image Cosmetic Changes
0 Pale skin, dark grey shirt with a hood, hat and shoes, black pants and bandanna.

Wields a black and orange cannon to attack enemies.

1 Black gloves, black belt and backpack, orange harness, and black, white and orange bomb strapped on its back.
2 Grey vest, black pouches and grey headphones.
3 Orange goggles.

Now wields a bigger black and orange cannon.

4 Dark grey helmet with orange lightning and orange lightning on headphones.
5 Now wields an even bigger black and orange cannon.

This version of the Pirate skin was used between the 5th of August 2023 and 5th of February 2025.

Pirate
Level Image Cosmetic Changes
0 Pale skin, white shirt, black pants, brown shoes and blue head scarf.

Wields a black and blue cannon to attack enemies.

1 Brown gloves and barrel.
2 Dark blue bandana and bombs on torso.
3 Black eye-patch.

Now wields a bigger cannon.

4 Black and blue pirate hat, and blue scar on face.
5 Now wields an even bigger cannon.

This version of the Baseball was used between the 19th of July 2024 and 2nd of August 2024.

Baseball
Level Image Cosmetic Changes
0 Pale skin, purple hair, white and red coat and pants, grey and black shoulder-pads, knee-pads and elbow-pads, two pairs of black shoes, red belt, dark red scarf, red cap with a black bill, grey shades on cap and, black and red socks and black and red backpack with two baseball bats.

Wields a baseball cannon alongside a nuclear baseball cannon to attack enemies.

1 No change.
2 Pants are now shorter.

Now has one shoe per leg.

3 Position changed, now holds the handle of a non-existent baseball cannon.
4 Baseballer cannon replaced with a bigger baseball cannon.
5 Position changed, now leans on the nuclear baseball cannon.

Bigger baseball cannon removed.

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Faces

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These were the funny faces of the Mortar during the April Fools 2020 update.

  • Default - Weird

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Skin Trivia

  • The original Level 5 scaffolding went down to ground normally occupied by ground towers.
  • The Bunny skin was not updated alongside the Default skin Overhaul Update with the exception of its skin color.
  • On specific levels, the shells the Mortar drops into the cannon differ from the ones fired out.
    • The levels at which these differ depends on the skin. For most skins, it is for Level 3-4.
  • In the Frost Invasion Event trailer, a Frost Mortar is shown. However, the skin was cancelled.
  • On the render seen in the Gift Box after purchasing the Unwavering Tides Bundle gamepass and the icon of the gamepass itself, and the Unwavering Tides Update thumbnail and trailer the Pirate Mortar has a different appearance Level 4 than the one in-game.
    • Most notably, on the render, the Pirate Mortar wears a black and blue coat, while in-game the Pirate Mortar only wears a white shirt.
    • The Pirate Mortar has a cutlass and a scabbard for it in the render, both of these are not present in-game.
    • The Pirate Mortar has black fingerless gloves in the render, while in-game it wears regular brown gloves.
    • On the render, behind the belt, there appears to be red cloth, which is not present in-game.
    • The Pirate Mortar in the render appears to have tan skin, while in-game it has a pale skin.
  • The Pirate and Defender Mortar skins at Level 5 do a laugh after firing, which is Wario's laugh, from Super Smash Brothers: Ultimate.
  • Vigilante, Pirate, Defender, Frost, and Dark Frost skins at Level 5 has the same firing sound as Level 3-4.
  • The Festive skin is a submission made by enbycoated.
    • Originally, the skin was designed to be more human, before being altered to give it a more deer-like appearance.
  • The Beach skin was made by mitzu while its concept art was made by TrustlyDragon.[1]

Roblox Catalog

  • The visor used by the Default, Bunny and Eclipse Mortar is a re-textured version of the 2007 ROBLOX Visor accessory from the Roblox catalog.
  • The Level 3-5 goggles used by the Default, Bunny and Eclipse Mortar is a re-textured version of the Combat Goggles accessory from the Roblox catalog.

Update History

This only refers to cosmetic changes to the Mortar. Check the main article for statistical changes.

  • 24 December 2019 - Release v1.5.0
    • Mortar added.
  • 1 April 2020 - Release v1.8.2
  • 2 April 2020 - Release v1.8.2a
  • 6 April 2020 - Release v1.9.0
    • New skin: Bunny
  • 29 October 2020 - Overhaul v1.0.0
    • Default and Bunny skins Level 0-5 appearance changed.
    • Bug: Bunny does not upgrade properly and does not attack any enemies.
  • 4 December 2021 - v1.0.0
    • New Skin: Eclipse
  • 29 December 2021
    • Bug: Default skin now uses its original version, does not upgrade properly and does not attack any enemies.
  • 29 December 2021 - v1.0.0l
    • Bugfix: Default skin now uses its correct model, fixing it not upgrading properly and it not attacking enemies.
  • 12 March 2022 - v1.1.0
    • Bug: Bunny skin has a floating projectile that falls into the void.
    • Bugfix: Bunny skin now works properly.
  • 17 April 2022 - v1.2.0
    • All skins Level 0-5 appearance changed.
  • 12 May 2023 - v1.7.3
    • New skin: Ducky
    • Bug: Ducky skin's Level 0-3 hat does not disappear at Level 4.
  • 24 June 2023 - v1.8.2
    • New skin: Vigilante
    • Bug: Vigilante skin has broken Level 3 and 5 cannons.
  • 5 August 2023 - v1.8.4
    • New skin: Pirate
    • Bug: Pirate does not update its appearance correctly at Level 5.
  • 21 December 2023 - v1.11.0
    • New skin: Defender
  • 19 July 2024 - v1.26.0
    • Updated explosion visual effects.
    • New skin: Baseball
    • Bug: Baseball skin has the Level 5 cannon on all Levels instead of just Level 5.
    • Bug: Baseball skin's humanoid uses its Level 5 appearance on all Levels.
    • Bug: Baseball skin has two shoes on each leg at Level 0-1.
    • Bug: Baseball skin has clipping issues.
    • Bug: Baseball skin's projectile can be seen under it.
  • 2 August 2024 - v1.27.0
    • Updated explosion visual effects.
    • Bug: No longer creates a mushroom cloud.
    • Bug: Baseball skin has an outdated icon.
    • Bugfix: Baseball skin no longer has the Level 5 cannon on all Levels.
    • Bugfix: Baseball skin's humanoid no longer uses its Level 5 appearance on all Levels.
    • Bugfix: Baseball skin now only has one shoe on each leg.
    • Bugfix: Baseball skin no longer has clipping issues.
  • 9 August 2024 - v1.27.5
    • New skin: Fallen
  • 16 December 2024 - v1.46.0
    • New skins: Frost, Dark Frost
    • Bug: Dark Frost skin has the Ducky Mortar placement effect and sound.
    • Bug: Frost and Dark Frost skins do not use their custom projectiles.
  • 20 December 2024 - v1.47.0
    • Frost skin now obtained via Mission Quests.
    • Bugfix: Dark Frost skin no longer has the Ducky Mortar placement effect and sound.
    • Bugfix: Frost and Dark Frost skins now use their custom projectiles.
  • 5 February 2025 - v1.52.0
    • Bugfix: Vigilante skin Level 3 and 5 cannons are now working correctly.
    • Bugfix: Pirate skin now upgrades to Level 5 correctly.
  • 12 February 2025 - v1.53.3
    • Bugfix: Ducky skin's Level 0-3 hat is no longer present at Level 4-5.
  • 16 April 2025 - v1.61.0
    • New skin: Mecha Ducky
    • Bug: All Mortar skins that used the default shells now fire the Level 0 projectile at all levels.
    • Bug: Baseball skin projectiles are now invisible.
    • Bug: Mecha Ducky's Level 0 projectile is visible at all times floating around the tower.
  • 14 May 2025 - v1.64.0
    • Bugfix: Baseball skin projectiles are now visible.
  • 20 December 2025 - v1.83.0
    • New skin: Festive
    • Bug: Festive loses its backpack at Level 1.
    • Bug: Festive's Level 0-3 hat remains at Level 4-5, making it clip with the newer hat.
    • Bug: Festive has no icon in the loadout hotbar.
  • 20 December 2025 - v1.83.0a
    • New skin: Krampus
    • Bug: Krampus has no icon in the loadout hotbar.
    • Bug: Krampus skin's projectile and the shell it puts into the cannon are not the same.
    • Bug: Krampus skin has broken mortar textures.
  • 11 February 2026 - v1.85.0
    • New skin: Valentines
    • Bugfix: Festive and Krampus skins now have icons in the loadout hotbar.
  • 21 August 2026 - v2.7.0
    • Changed icons for the default, Bunny, Eclipse, Ducky, Vigilante, Pirate and Defender skins.
  • 4 September 2026 - v2.9.0
    • New skin: Beach
  • 9 October 2026 - v2.14.0
    • New skin: Sun


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