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"Quick enemies incoming!
They may be faster, but cliff units can easily stop them dead in their tracks."

―Commander dialogue on Wave 5 (Formerly, Nuclear)

Description

The Wasterunner, internally referred to as Mutated Speedy, name that is still used for its legacy version, is a fast enemy that appears in Polluted Wasteland II. It has high health and a fast speed.

The Wasterunner could have been spawned by the Mystery upon its death in Polluted Wasteland II.

Appearance

The Wasterunner has a dark teal skin color, with a dark navy torso and legs. Violet veins can be seen on its head and arms. It emits light green particles and is faceless.

Mutation

Mutation
Percentage	Increase
5%	4.25
Wave	Health
2	89
3	94
4	98
5	102
6	106
7	111
8	115
9	119
10	123
11	128
12	132
13	136
14	140
15	145
16	149
17	153
18	157
19	162
20	166
21	170
22	174
23	179
24	183
25	187

Strategy

• As Polluted Wasteland II has the HP Locked modifier and the Wasterunner has quite high health, it is not possible to let even a single wave of Wasterunners reach the exit.
• Strong early-game towers like the Golden Crook Boss, Golden Cowboy, Engineer or Mortar can clear it out quite easily.

Gallery

Corpse Variants

• Second Corpse variant, current version (12 March 2025 – Present)
  Second Corpse variant, current version (12 March 2025 – Present)

Trailers

• Wasterunner in the game trailers.
  Wasterunner in the game trailers.

Miscellaneous

• Wasterunner on its Index icon.
  Wasterunner on its Index icon.

Trivia

• Despite having replaced the Quick, this enemy was once named Mutated Speedy and not Mutated Quick.

Update History

• 29 July 2022 - v1.3.0
  • Mutated Speedy added.
• 19 February 2025 - v1.54.0
  • Modern version added.
    • None of the changes are applied to the legacy version.
  • Name changed from Mutated Speedy to Wasterunner.
  • Health increased from 18 to 60.
  • Speed increased from 6.5 to 7.5.
  • Now gives Cash$60 on death.
  • Bug: Appears twice in the Index, one of them not loading in any model for the preview.
• 5 March 2025 - v1.56.0
  • Health decreased from 60 to 50.
• 22 April 2026 - v1.89.0
  • Health increased from 50 to 85.
• 5 June 2026 - v2.0.0
  • Bugfix: No longer appears twice in the Index.

Nuclear (Polluted Wasteland II)
Previous Debut	Current Debut	Next Debut
Start N/A	Wastewalker & Wasterunner Wave 1	Hazardous Wave 3

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