Mortar
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Description
The Mortar is an advanced cliff tower with a long range capable of damaging enemies with its explosions. It can be unlocked by reaching Level 75 or purchased via a gamepass for Robux 395. When the player reaches Level 75, the Mortar can be claimed by using the pop-up message that appears when joining the lobby.
The Mortar is a cliff tower that shoots rather slowly but deals high damage over a large explosion radius. It has a long range, but as the Mortar shoots at a target farther away, the shells take longer to reach their target. These shells will generally land behind the targeted enemy. The explosion it produces is separated into two spheres; enemies in the inner sphere will be dealt 100% of the stated damage, while the damage in the outer sphere decreases linearly. At Level 4, when the Mortar's shells explode, they will drop three cluster bombs, which will create additional explosions when they hit the ground. These will land around the main explosion, meaning they are very unlikely to all hit and deal full damage to the targeted enemy. By default, the Mortar can damage Lead, as well as target all non-hidden flying enemies. The Mortar is immune to all stuns by default.
The Mortar is considered an all-round tower due to its relatively cheap placement cost, expensive upgrade prices, and its ability to effectively handle groups of enemies throughout the game thanks to its high area damage and strong overall damage output.
The Mortar has a placement limit of four per player. This is increased to five in PVP mode.
Upgrades
Statistics
To see all the previous statistics of this tower, see the history page.
|-|Regular =
| Level | Total Price | Splash Damage[1] | Cluster Damage[1] | Cluster Count | Firerate[2] | Range | Explosion Radius | Cluster Explosion Radius | DPS[3] | Cluster DPS[3] | Cost Efficiency[4] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | Cash$1,000 | 15 | N/A | N/A | 4 | 24 | 5 | N/A | 3.75 | N/A | Cash$266.67 |
| 1 | Cash$1,500 | 15 | N/A | N/A | 2.75 | 27 | 5 | N/A | 5.45 | N/A | Cash$275 |
| 2 | Cash$3,750 | 35 | N/A | N/A | 2.75 | 27 | 7.5 | N/A | 12.73 | N/A | Cash$294.64 |
| 3 | Cash$8,000 | 65 | N/A | N/A | 2.75 | 30 | 8.5 | N/A | 23.64 | N/A | Cash$338.46 |
| 4 | Cash$21,500 | 100 | 30 | 4 | 2.75 | 34 | 8.5 | 5 | 36.36 | 43.64 | Cash$268.75 |
| 5 | Cash$51,500 | 235 | 40 | 6 | 2.75 | 34 | 9 | 5 | 85.45 | 87.27 | Cash$298.16 |
|-|PVP =
| Level | Total Price | Splash Damage[1] | Cluster Damage[1] | Cluster Count | Firerate[2] | Range | Explosion Radius | Cluster Explosion Radius | DPS[3] | Cluster DPS[3] | Cost Efficiency[4] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | Cash$1,000 | 12 | N/A | N/A | 4 | 20 | 5.5 | N/A | 3 | N/A | Cash$333.33 |
| 1 | Cash$1,300 | 12 | N/A | N/A | 3.25 | 22 | 5.5 | N/A | 3.69 | N/A | Cash$352.08 |
| 2 | Cash$2,700 | 25 | N/A | N/A | 3.25 | 25 | 7 | N/A | 7.69 | N/A | Cash$351 |
| 3 | Cash$5,200 | 50 | N/A | N/A | 3.258 | 30 | 8 | N/A | 15.35 | N/A | Cash$338.83 |
| 4 | Cash$17,200 | 100 | 40 | 3 | 3.25 | 32 | 8 | 5 | 30.77 | 36.92 | Cash$254.09 |
| 5 | Cash$39,700 | 150 | 50 | 6 | 3.25 | 35 | 8.5 | 5 | 46.15 | 92.31 | Cash$286.72 |
Skins
To see all the upgrades of a skin, see the gallery page.
Strategy
- The Mortar is essentially a cliff-based Rocketeer. However, the Mortar deals less single target damage without its cluster bombs (which are very unlikely to all deal full damage to the enemy) while having a significantly larger explosion. This makes the Mortar a better option against hordes.
- In most cases, the Mortar's shells will land behind an enemy.
- This can be useful for hordes of enemies, as the Mortar's shells will land closer to the middle of the hordes instead of landing at the front. This allows its explosions to hit more enemies.
- However, this makes the Mortar somewhat weaker against single targets. As explosions will land behind an enemy, the enemy will be further away from the center of the explosion, which can reduce the amount of damage it receives.
- This is usually negligible for slow enemies, but for much faster ones like the Fallen Rusher, the Mortar's DPS may be reduced drastically.
- At Level 4, the Mortar's shells drop cluster bombs when they explode. These cluster bombs will also explode when they hit the ground.
- However, do note that these should not be relied on, as the cluster bombs are very inaccurate and create a smaller explosion than the shells.
- At least 1 or 2 Level 5 Mortars can be efficient with taking out hordes of Breaker4s due to it being able to kill it in a single hit and its cluster bombs killing the Breaker3s that spawn.
- Compared to the Ranger and Sniper, the Mortar has a significantly smaller range, lacking in range when cliff spots are far enough from the path.
- The DJ Booth can aid with this by boosting its range.
- The Commander can help remedy the Mortar's slow firerate.
- This tower has surprisingly good DPS for a splash damage tower, so it will also be able to help with major bosses like the Fallen King.
- Additionally, it can easily take care of their summons with its explosions.
- The Mortar cannot detect Hidden enemies. You will have to use other towers for an effective Hidden defense.
- In most gamemodes, Hidden enemies are usually close to other enemies, so the Mortar can indirectly hit them with its large explosion radius.
- Towers like the Ace Pilot or Firework Technician can give hidden detection but must be close to the Mortar in order to do so.
- Large clumped groups that appear from Breaker4 can be better targeted by setting Mortar to Random.
- This tower completely ignores defense, dealing full damage to the enemy. Because of this, it can be useful against hordes of enemies with defense, like Hazards, Reaver or Fallen Giant.
- In Hardcore mode, the Mortar can be used to kill hordes of Lead enemies.
- The Mortar can be an effective tower in certain maps where you can stack the Mortar to maximize the cliff spaces and free up more space for other cliff towers like the Ranger.
Trivia
- Outside of sales, the Mortar is a Level 75 tower with a gamepass cost of Robux 395, lower in Robux compared to the Turret which is a Level 50 tower with a gamepass cost of Robux 450.
- The Mortar is loosely based on the Mortar from Tower Battles and the Mortar Monkey from the Bloons Tower Defense series.
- When the Mortar was first released, it would have been affected by shockwaves created by bosses from their Stomp abilities. This would later be fixed the same day.
- This glitch would later return in the Overhaul Update, though it only applied to the Grave Digger's Stomp. This was later fixed in the Entity System Update.
- The Mortar formerly shared its Level 4 icon with the Ace Pilot's Level 2 icon, but rotated.
- The Mortar has a unique explosion at Level 5. It will create a nuclear explosion, instead of the usual explosion most other splash towers use.
- Unlike the game, dropping a shell in real life will spontaneously fire the mortar. In the game, Mortar drops in a shell after firing and waits for an enemy to come close to fire again.
- The Mortar's default skin in the lobby uses its Hardcore Testing BETA appearance with its face changed, instead of its current appearance.
Update History
For previous cosmetic variations, see the gallery page.
- 24 December 2019 - Release v1.5.0
- Mortar added.
- Bug: Has the ability to give you negative cash.
- 24 December 2019 - Release v1.5.0a
- Can no longer be stunned by boss stomps.
- 12 January 2020 - Release v1.6.0
- Projectile speed increased from 25 to 35.
- 18 March 2020 - Release v1.8.1
- New SFX.
- 6 April 2020 - Release v1.9.0
- New skin: Bunny
- 29 October 2020 - Overhaul v1.0.0
- Splash damage equation reworked.
- Firerate decreased due to the Firerate Bug being made less severe.
- Statistical changes:
- Base
- Range decreased from 25 to 22.
- Damage decreased from 6 to 5.
- Firerate decreased from 5.05 to 5.03.
- Explosion radius decreased from 12 to 4.
- Flying detection added.
- Lead detection added.
- Level 1
- Level 2
- Level 3
- Damage decreased from +25 to +10.
- Range decreased from +6 to +0.
- Firerate changed from Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Dev:Yesno' not found. to 4.53.
- Renamed from BIGGER CANNON to Bigger Cannon.
- Level 4
- Damage decreased from +60 to +10.
- Explosion radius changed from 12 > 17 to 4 > 6.
- Renamed from BETTER BOMBS to Stronger Shells.
- Level 5
- Range decreased from +8 to +5.
- Damage decreased from +65 to +35.
- Cost decreased from Cash$13,000 to Cash$12,000.
- Explosion radius changed from 17 > 25 to 6.
- Firerate changed from Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Dev:Yesno' not found. to Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Dev:Yesno' not found..
- Renamed from NUCLEAR CANNON to Nuclear Devistation.
- Base
- Bug: Bunny skin does not attack any enemies.
- Bug: Grave Digger's Stomp ability can stun the Mortar.
- Bug: Default Mortar uses old Hardcore Testing BETA appearance in the lobby.
- Bug: Level 5 upgrade does not increase explosion radius.
- Bug: Level 5 Mortar's explosion uses the same explosion as other levels, instead of a nuclear explosion.
- Bugfix: Mortar can no longer give negative cash.
- 25 December 2020 - Overhaul v1.1.1d
- 4 January 2021 - Overhaul v1.1.1e
- 8 May 2021 - Overhaul v1.3.0
- Mortar now ignores defense.
- Splash damage reworked. Now the explosion is separated into two spheres. Inner sphere deals 100% of the stated damage while the damage in the outer sphere decreases linearly.
- Statistical changes:
- Level 3
- Explosion radius changed from 4 to 4 > 5.
- Bug: Upgrade description does not list the explosion radius change.
- Explosion radius changed from 4 to 4 > 5.
- Level 3
- 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
- Mortar now uses a path based movement prediction, causing it to hit enemies more accurately.
- Mortar is now immune to all stuns.
- Firerate decreased due to the Firerate Bug being made less severe.
- Statistical changes:
- Base
- Firerate decreased from 5.03 to 5.008.
- Level 2
- Firerate changed from Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Dev:Yesno' not found. to Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Dev:Yesno' not found..
- Level 5
- Firerate changed from Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Dev:Yesno' not found. to Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Dev:Yesno' not found..
- Base
- Bug: Bunny uses incorrect animations in the lobby.
- Bugfix: Bunny skin now works properly.
- Bugfix: Grave Digger's Stomp ability now cannot stun the Mortar.
- 17 April 2022 - v1.2.0
- Mortar can no longer be targeted by most enemy abilities.
- 23 April 2022 - v1.2.1
- Bugfix: Level 5 upgrade name Nuclear Devastation is no longer misspelt as Nuclear Devistation.
- 21 December 2022 - v1.6.0
- Skin rarity added to all skins.
- 21 March 2023 - v1.6.3e
- Statistical changes:
- Base
- Level 1
- Level 2
- Firerate changed from Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Dev:Yesno' not found. to Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Dev:Yesno' not found..
- Damage increased from +0 to +10.
- Explosion radius changed from 4 to 8 > 12.
- Bug: Upgrade description does not list the explosion radius change.
- Cost increased from Cash$400 to Cash$1,300.
- Renamed from Quick Reloading to Upgraded Armaments.
- Level 3
- Level 4
- Damage increased from +10 to +50.
- Firerate changed from 4.525 to Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Dev:Yesno' not found..
- Range increased from +0 to +2.
- Explosion radius changed from 5 > 6 to 14.
- Bug: The upgrade description did not change, it still says that the explosion radius increases.
- Cost increased from Cash$7,200 to Cash$9,500.
- Renamed from Stronger Shells to Loaded Warhead.
- Level 5
- Firerate changed from Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Dev:Yesno' not found. to 3.525.
- Damage increased from +35 to +75.
- Explosion radius changed from 6 to 14 > 20.
- Bug: Upgrade description does not list the explosion radius change.
- Cost increased from Cash$12,000 to Cash$23,000.
- Renamed from Nuclear Devastation to Nuclear Annihilation.
- Bug: Mortar's explosions are smaller than they look.
- Statistical changes:
- 22 March 2023 - v1.6.3f
- Bugfix: Mortar's explosions are now the proper size.
- 31 March 2023 - v1.6.4
- Statistical changes:
- Base
- Damage increased from 10 to 12.
- Explosion radius decreased from 8 to 5.
- Level 2
- Damage increased from +10 to +12.
- Explosion radius changed from 8 > 12 to 5 > 6.5.
- Level 3
- Damage increased from +30 to +31.
- Explosion radius changed from 12 > 14 to 6.5.
- Level 4
- Level 5
- Base
- Bugfix: Mortar's upgrade descriptions now list explosion changes properly on all Levels.
- Statistical changes:
- 7 April 2023 - v1.7.0
- Gamepass price decreased from Robux 700 to Robux 500.
- Shells will now land behind enemies.
- Statistical changes:
- Base
- Placement limit decreased from 6 to 4.
- Projectile speed decreased.
- Level 4:
- Cluster bombs with 40 damage and 4 explosion radius added.
- Explosion radius changed from 6.5 > 7 to 6.5.
- Level 5
- Base
- Bugfix: Level 5 Mortar now has unique nuclear explosions instead of the regular explosions.
- 15 April 2023 - v1.7.1
- 5 May 2023 - v1.7.2
- Bug: Bunny Mortar icon has a floating projectile.
- Bugfix: Default Mortar now uses its current appearance in the regular lobby.
- Bugfix: Bunny Mortar now uses its current animations in the regular lobby.
- 12 May 2023 - v1.7.3
- New skin: Ducky
- 24 June 2023 - v1.8.2
- New skin: Vigilante
- 4 July 2023 - v1.8.2d
- 6 July 2023 - v1.8.2e
- 5 August 2023 - v1.8.4
- New skin: Pirate
- 24 November 2023 - v1.9.4
- 29 November 2023 - v1.9.4a
- 21 December 2023 - v1.11.0
- New skin: Defender
- 24 February 2024 - v1.14.0
- 19 April 2024 - v1.19.0
- Bugfix: Gamepass cost is now correctly listed as Robux 525 in the inventory.
- 23 May 2024 - v1.23.0
- 31 May 2024 - v1.23.5
- No longer bypasses defense.
- 19 July 2024 - v1.26.0
- New skin: Baseball
- 9 August 2024 - v1.27.5
- New skin: Fallen
- 27 November 2024 - v1.43.0
- 3 December 2024 - v1.43.3
- 16 December 2024 - v1.46.0
- New skins: Frost, Dark Frost
- 25 December 2024 - v1.47.4
- 28 December 2024 - v1.47.5b
- 15 January 2025 - v1.49.0
- Placement limit increased from 4 to 5.
- Now bypasses defense.
- Statistical changes:
- Base
- Level 1
- Level 2
- Level 3
- Level 4
- Level 5
- 23 January 2025 - v1.50.0
- Statistical changes:
- Level 3
- Level 4
- Level 5
- Statistical changes:
- 9 April 2025 - v1.60.0
- Defense role added.
- 16 April 2025 - v1.61.0
- New skin: Mecha Ducky.
- 11 June 2025 - v1.67.0
- Statistical changes:
- Level 3
- Damage decreased from +36 to +31.
- Level 4
- Damage decreased from +60 to +45.
- Level 5
- Damage decreased from +80 to +50.
- Explosion Radius changed from 8.5 > 10 to 8.5 > 9.
- Level 3
- Statistical changes:
- 23 July 2025 - v1.71.0
- Statistical changes (PVP):
- Base
- Level 1
- Level 2
- Damage increased from +12 to +13.
- Range decreased from +4 to +3.
- Level 3
- Level 4
- Level 5
- Statistical changes (PVP):
- 6 August 2025 - v1.72.0
- Statistical changes (PVP):
- Base
- Firerate increased from 3.775 to 4.025.
- Explosion radius decreased from 6 to 5.5.
- Level 1
- Level 2
- Explosion radius changed from 6 > 7.5 to 5.5 > 7.
- Level 3
- Level 4
- Level 5
- Base
- Statistical changes (PVP):
- 26 November 2025 - v1.81.0
- 2 December 2025 - v1.81.4b
- 20 December 2025 - v1.83.0
- New skin: Festive
- Bug: Festive has worse accuracy, leading to the targeted enemy receiving reduced damage from damage drop off when it normally does not happen for other skins.
- 20 December 2025 - v1.83.0a
- New skin: Krampus
- Bug: Krampus has worse accuracy, leading to the targeted enemy receiving reduced damage from damage drop off when it normally does not happen for other skins.
- 23 December 2025 - v1.83.5
- 2 January 2026 - v1.83.9b
- 28 January 2026 - v1.84.0
- Placement limit decreased from 5 to 3 in regular modes.
- Statistical changes (Regular):
- Base
- Level 1
- Level 2
- Level 3
- Level 4
- Level 5
- 11 February 2026 - v1.85.0
- New skin: Valentines
- Bug: Valentines has worse accuracy, leading to the targeted enemy receiving reduced damage from damage drop off when it normally does not happen for other skins.
- 22 May 2026 - v1.91.0
- 27 May 2026 - v1.91.4a
- 5 June 2026 - v2.0.0
- Firerate decreased due to the Firerate Bug being fixed.
- Statistical changes (Regular):
- Base
- Firerate decreased from 4.025 to 4.
- Now displays its Stun Immunity.
- Level 1
- Firerate changed from Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Dev:Yesno' not found. to Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Dev:Yesno' not found..
- Base
- Statistical changes (PVP):
- Base
- Firerate decreased from 4.025 to 4.
- Level 1
- Firerate changed from Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Dev:Yesno' not found. to Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Dev:Yesno' not found..
- Base
- 19 June 2026 - v2.1.0
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Number is the damage dealt in the inner explosion sphere. Splash damage is decreased linearly if the enemy is in the outer explosion sphere.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Firerate does not account for projectile travel time.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 DPS assumes only one enemy is hit and receives full splash damage. DPS does not account for projectile travel time.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Accounts for both normal and cluster bomb DPS.
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