Referee

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Referee was previously removed from the game on the 12th of June 2026 as it was part of the Backyard Legends Event, though it has been made available through the Sandbox mode.
It is not accessible anywhere else in the game, aside from in Sandbox Mode. This page will attempt to include information about both the version before removal and its re-added version.

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"Yo, Ref's back. Didn't you get wrecked last time? What's up? Back for more?"
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―Isaak on Wave 10 (Competition Court)

Description

The Referee was an enemy from the Backyard Legends Event and the final boss of Backyard Beginnings. It had high but slow speed. It had one ability where it will attack a tower in a range of 20, applying a 6 second 15% Scared Debuff and 30% Firerate Debuff to any tower hit in a range of 6 and an angle of 60.

Appearance

The Referee has tan skin. It is wearing a light yellow T-shirt with a chest pocket with a black adidas logo on it. Its T-shirt also has a black collar. It also has a whistle with its strings wrapped around its neck. The Referee also wears a black belt with a white buckle that maintains its black shorts. It also has long white socks and black sports shoes with white shoe ties and the entire front being white.

Event Strategy

As this enemy only appears through Sandbox mode, no strategy section is made for its current version. Instead, a strategy section for the one that appeared without Sandbox mode in Backyard Legends Event is listed instead.

• The Assassin, Trapper or Militant can be used to take this down.
  • The Commander can be used to boost the DPS of your towers.
• You can space out towers to make less of your towers get hit by its attack, but this is not necessary.

Gallery

Corpse Variants

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  Second Corpse variant, current version (22 May 2026 – Present)

Thumbnails

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  Referee on the game thumbnail.

Icons

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  Refere on the game icon.

Renders

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  Referee on the matchmaking icon.
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  Referee on the matchmaking icon.

Miscellaneous

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  Referee on its Index icon.

Trivia

• The Referee is likely based on Pierluigi Collina, an Italian former football referee whose career started from on 1977 to 2005 before his active refereeing came to an end.
  • He was named "The World's Best Referee" by the International Federation of Football History.
• Despite there being no freezing towers in the event, the Referee has Freeze Immunity.
• The Null Pyromancer was used as the base for the Referee, as they share the same ability.
• The Referee is near identical to the Null Pyromancer, reusing its attacks and even its stats slight re-adjusted in Sandbox.
• The Referee uses the Robloxian 2.0 bundle, and is the first enemy to use it.
• The Referee is unaffected by enemy appearance modifiers, such as Talk Like a Pirate Day.

Update History

• 22 May 2026 - v1.91.0
  • Referee added.
  • Bug: Referee's Logbook description is completely empty.
• 5 June 2026 - v2.0.0
  • Bugfix: Logbook description has been corrected to no description available.
• 12 June 2026 - v2.0.9
  • Referee removed from the main game, now appears exclusively in Sandbox mode.

Notes

Backyard Beginnings (Backyard Legends Event) (22 May 2026 – Present)
Previous Debut	Current Debut	Next Debut
Duffle Bag Wave 8	Referee Wave 10	End N/A

Competition Court (Backyard Legends Event) (22 May 2026 – Present)
Previous Debut	Current Debut	Next Debut
Duffle Bag Wave 9	Referee Wave 10 (Easy) Referee & Soccer Speedy Wave 10 (Hard)	Crowd Pleaser Wave 11

Victory Field (Backyard Legends Event) (22 May 2026 – Present)
Previous Debut	Current Debut	Next Debut
Duffle Bag Wave 9	Referee Wave 10	Crowd Pleaser Wave 11

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