The Rocketeer, formerly known as the Rocketer, is an intermediate ground tower that attacks enemies with a rocket launcher. It is purchasable in the store for 2,500.
The Rocketeer is a splash damage tower that deals very high damage to enemies within an explosion radius. It however, has a rather slow firerate. It has no damage drop-off, meaning it will always deal the same amount of damage to an enemy regardless of its distance from the explosion. Additionally, similarly to other splash damage towers, it is also able to damage Lead enemies and bypass defense. It has decent range, and can detect Hidden enemies at later levels. These aforementioned attributes allow it to be very effective against hordes of enemies.
At Level 4, it gains a quad missile launcher, which allows it to fire four missiles at once, targeting up to four different enemies at a time in its spread angle. This upgrade comes with the cost of reduced missile accuracy. If there are less than four enemies in the spread angle, the missiles will target an enemy already targeted by other missiles.
The Rocketeer is mostly considered a mid-to late-game tower due to its relatively high cost, as well as its ability to take down hordes of strong enemies with its high damage.
The Rocketeer has a placement limit of eight per player.
Upgrades
Faster Reloading
Level 1 • Cost: $600
3.75 > 3 Firerate
Sell Price changes to $866
Heavier Payload
Level 2 • Cost: $1,800
+20 Damage
+2.5 Range
3 > 4 Explosion Range
+Hidden Detection
Sell Price changes to $1,466
Explosive Risks
Level 3 • Cost: $6,000
+45 Damage
3 > 2.75 Firerate
4 > 5 Explosion Range
Sell Price changes to $3,466
Missile Maelstrom
Level 4 • Cost: $18,500
+1.5 Range
2.75 > 4.5 Firerate
+3 Missile Count
+100 Angle
-0.75 Accuracy
Sell Price changes to $9,633
Statistics
To see all the previous statistics of this tower, see the history page.
The Rocketeer should not be used as an early game tower because of its high cost. If you wish to have splash damage during the early game, towers such as the Mortar or Electroshocker are cheaper choices.
While the Rocketeer does have better DPS from its main projectile, the Mortar can often deal higher DPS due to its clusters when facing off against large hordes, which have a far greater reach than Rocketeer's missiles, even if they are unlikely to all deal full damage.
In contrast, the Rocketeer can be far more ideal against single enemies in comparison to the Mortar due to it having much higher DPS, especially since it does not have damage dropoff.
Due to its high DPS and hidden detection, the Rocketeer can reliably take down high health Hidden enemies such as the Shadow Boss.
An explosion may also indirectly damage a Hidden enemy on Levels 0-1 if there are other detectable enemies nearby.
The Rocketeer can be very useful when paired with the Firework Technician, as the fireworks generated by the tower can assist in Rocketeer's area of effect potential.
This is especially true at Level 4, where it will begin to fire four missiles at once, with each one having a decent chance to generate fireworks, resulting in higher overall odds for the Rocketeer to generate fireworks.
Due to its high splash DPS bypassing defense and with great area coverage from its large range, the Rocketeer can also be very helpful against high health targets and bosses such as the Slow King, Fallen Guardian or even the Fallen King, which can gain up to 60% defense.
Trivia
Prior to the MEGA Update, this was called the Rocketer.
Rocketeer is the more universally-recognized correct spelling and, as such, was changed.
Originally, the Rocketeer gained a Howitzer artillery cannon at the final Level instead of a quad missile launcher.
The quad missile launcher was the originally planned weapon that the Rocketeer would use at the final Level, though this never happened until January of 2025.
The v1.51.0 rework of Rocketeer could knock back enemies similarly to towers like the Hallow Punk, though this did not make it into the actual game.
The Rocketeer was loosely based on the Tuber from Tower Battles.
Update History
For previous cosmetic variations, see the gallery page.
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:
Base
Cost increased from $650 to $850.
Damage increased from 5 to 8.
Range increased from 10 to 16.
Level 1
Name changed from Improved Handling to Faster Reloading.
Range decreased from +4 to +0.
Firerate changed from 6.03 to 6.03 > 5.03.
Cost increased from $200 to $350.
Level 2
Name changed from Better Protection to Aiming Practice.
Damage decreased from +5 to +0.
Range increased from +0 to +4.
Cost increased from $350 to $600.
Level 3
Name changed from Anti-Tank Rocket to Explosive Risks.
Damage increased from +5 to +12.
Range decreased from +4 to +0.
Firerate changed from 6.03 > 5.03 to 5.03 > 4.53.
Cost increased from $1,200 to $2,800.
Level 4
Name changed from Explosive Risks to Artillery Cannon.
Cost increased from $4,000 to $7,500.
Damage increased from +15 to +20.
Range increased from +0 to +8.
Explosion range increased from 5 to 5 > 6.
Level 5 removed
Statistics:
Name: Artillery Cannon
Cost: $8,500
+30 Damage
+4 Range
5 > 6 Explosion Range
Bug: Toy animations and cosmetics are bugged. It also cannot attack enemies.
Updated accuracy, now accuracy of projectiles can be altered through upgrades.
Now can fire out multiple rockets at once. Each rocket targets a different enemy in the spread angle of the Rocketeer, though if there is less enemies than missiles, multiple missiles will target the same enemy.
Damage update, now can generate fireworks.
Statistical Changes:
Level 2
Renamed from Direct Hit to Heavier Payload.
Level 4
Cost decreased from $20,000 to $18,500.
Damage decreased from +250 to -60.
Range increased from +3 to +5.
Explosion Range increased from 4 to 4 > 5.
Missile Count increased from +0 to +3.
Renamed from Artillery Cannon to Missile Maelstrom.
New skin: Lunar
Bug: Rocketeer's missiles at Level 4 can target Flying enemies when it has no flying detection if there are other non-Flying enemies nearby.
Bug: Duck skin is not affected by certain debuffs.
Bug: Duck skin is unaffected by stuns from legacy enemy if they are fired like a minigun or beam, examples include the Gunslinger, Warden and Minigunner enemies.
Bug: When in range of a Medic, it will be able to affect less towers with its Cleansing ability. Stacks with each Duck skin or other similarly bugged tower/skin in range.
↑For Levels 0-1, through splash damage, hidden enemies may be hit indirectly if another detectable enemy is nearby.
↑Through splash damage, flying enemies may be hit indirectly if another detectable enemy is nearby, but this tower can never directly target flying enemies.
Bosanka is the best. I always joke with my teammates about how the max level appearance of the Bosanka Rocketeer looks like an antitank gun (do you get the pun?), and it's hilarious when a Tank gets s...
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