Skills

Skills

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Skills are special attributes applied to matches that can affect gameplay. There are four types of Skills: Offensive, Economy, Strategy and Defense. They are unlocked at Level 15.

Mechanics

• All Skills unlocked
  All Skills unlocked
• Fully upgraded Skills
  Fully upgraded Skills

Skills will apply buffs to the player's towers and units. These start off small and linearly become slightly higher. Each Skill has its own level cap, some being as low as 10 and others having up to 40 levels. In the majority of cases, they only apply to the player who has the Skill and not every single player in the match. However, if the thing that the Skill affects is shared by the players, it will function in various ways, like including Skill boosts from every player or only picking the one with the highest Level.

Each Skill will start out very cheap, but it will quickly become far more expensive as the equation for the cost is exponential. It is calculated as:
$\text{(Base Cost}\times {\text{Level)}}^{\text{Exponential Value}}$
The result is first rounded down then rounded to the nearest multiple of 5.

The total cost to fully upgrade every Skill is Coin 824,070. To have every single Skill available to upgrade, the player has to purchase every single Skill except Precision, Scavenger, Scholar, Re-enforcements and Beefed Up Minions, and level them up to Level 10, which would have a total cost of Coin 48,195. The lowest amount of currency required to have every Skill for a specific path unlocked will be listed separately in each Skill section.

After the player unlocks a Skill from a specific path, a modifier for that path will appear, applying the effects for the player. The description of the modifier will list every single Skill owned and how much it boosts specific statistics.

In the Settings, it is possible to disable Skills with the Skills Enabled setting.

Hidden Wave cannot be activated with skills enabled. Certain modes, like Voidcore or PVP, also disable Skills.

Resetting Skills

If the player is unsatisfied with what Skills they spent their currency on, they have the option to reset their Skills. While this will not bring back their Coin Coins, it will give them back in the form of Skill Credit Skill Credits. These are a unique currency only usable for Skills. The player is only given back 95% of what they spent, and they have to pay Coin 200 to reset Skills. Each reset will become more expensive by Coin 200.

After resetting, Skills are unable to be upgraded using Coin Coins, they are restricted to only Skill Credit Skill Credits. Once the player has run out of possible upgrades, the method of upgrading Skills is Coin Coins again.

Skills

File:OffensiveModifier.png Offensive

Offensive-oriented Skills that allow towers to deal more damage.

• The lowest cost needed to be able to upgrade any of the Skills is Coin 12,730, which is the cost for upgrading all Skills except Precision to Level 10.
• The total cost for unlocking every Level is Coin 190,835.

Enhanced Optics - 20 Levels

File:EnhancedOpticsSkill.png

"Tower range is increased by X%."
Boosts tower range by 0.5% for each purchase. Has a base cost of 6 with an exponential value of 1.73.

Improved Gunpowder - 25 Levels

File:ImprovedGunpowderSkill.png

"AOE explosion radius is increased by X%."
AOE explosion radius of towers is increased by 0.5% for each purchase. There is a requirement of reaching Level 10 in Enhanced Optics before it is unlocked. Has a base cost of 5 with an exponential value of 1.725.

Fight Dirty - 25 Levels

File:FightDirtySkill.png

"Debuff durations applied to enemies are increased by X%."
Tower debuffs, such as stun, shock, freeze, burn, poison, confusion or chill are longer by 1% for each purchase. There is a requirement of reaching Level 10 in Improved Gunpowder before it is unlocked. Has a base cost of 5 with an exponential value of 1.77.

Precision - 15 Levels

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"Every X Enemies shots, a tower deals a critical hit (1.25x damage). Cannot stack with other critical hit towers."
Every 29th tower shot will be a critical hit that deals 1.25x damage, with the number of shots decreasing by 1 with each upgrade. There is a requirement of reaching Level 10 in Fight Dirty before it is unlocked. Has a base cost of 7 with an exponential value of 2.035.

Each enemy hit by a tower counts as a shot. For example, each enemy hit by the Electroshocker's lightning increases the hit counter. Does not stack with critical hits from the Brawler or Warden, but does stack with Slasher's crits. Some splash towers, these being the Paintballer, Demoman, Rocketeer, Mortar and Snowballer cannot crit either, but other towers like the Firework Technician can crit. Secondary attacks like Pursuit's missiles do not work, with the exception of the Swarmer's Bee Swarm Grenade, Elementalist's Heatwave and Archer's explosion. Damage over time does not crit. Units are unable to deal crits. The Accelerator, Trapper and DJ Booth are also unable to crit.

File:EconomyModifier.png Economy

Economy-oriented Skills that allow the player to earn more cash.

• Lowest cost needed to be able to upgrade any of the Skills is Coin 13,895, which is the cost for upgrading all Skills except Scavenger to Level 10.
• Total cost for unlocking every Level is Coin 197,450.

Resourcefulness - 25 Levels

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"Selling towers returns x% more money."
Tower sell cost returns 1.2% more money every purchase. With the base sell cost, it is ~34.53% sell cost at Level 1. Has a base cost of 4 with an exponential value of 1.75.

Bigger Budget - 25 Levels

File:BiggerBudgetSkill.png

"Starting cash is increased by X%."
Starting cash is increased by 1% for each purchase. There is a requirement of reaching Level 10 in Resourcefulness before it is unlocked. Has a base cost of 4 with an exponential value of 1.82.

Stonks - 20 Levels

File:StonksSkill.png

"Wave rewards are increased by X%."
Wave bonus is higher by 0.5% for each purchase by adding it to the match wave bonus multiplier. Wave clear bonus is also affected, as it is a percentage of the wave bonus. There is a requirement of reaching Level 10 in Bigger Budget before it is unlocked. Has a base cost of 7 with an exponential value of 1.78.

Scavenger - 20 Levels

File:ScavengerSkill.png

"Every X Enemies kills grant 1.5x rewards from enemies."
Reward from killing enemies is boosted by 1.5x every 29th kill. Decreases by 1 with each upgrade. There is a requirement of reaching Level 10 in Stonks before it is unlocked. Has a base cost of 7 with an exponential value of 1.865.

File:StrategyModifier.png Strategy

Strategy-oriented Skills that boost placement limits, tower ability cooldowns, Logbook odds and unit spawnrate.

• The lowest cost needed to be able to upgrade any of the Skills is Coin 10,965, which is the cost for upgrading all Skills except Scholar and Re-enforcements to Level 10.
• The total cost for unlocking every Level is Coin 265,570.

Accelerator - 25 Levels

File:AcceleratorSkill.png

"Reduces cooldowns of active abilities by X%."
Reduces tower ability cooldowns by 0.5% for each purchase. Does not affect initial cooldowns of towers. Has a base cost of 4 with an exponential value of 1.77.

Scholar - 20 Levels

File:ScholarSkill.png

"Logbook drop rate increases by X."
Multiplies the chance to drop Logbooks by 1.01, increasing by 0.01 for each purchase. There is a requirement of reaching Level 10 in Accelerator before it is unlocked. Has a base cost of 5 with an exponential value of 1.83.

Expanded Barracks - 20 Levels

File:ExpandedBarracksSkill.png

"Cooldown for spawning units is reduced by X%."
Reduces tower's spawnrate by 0.75% for each purchase. There is a requirement of reaching Level 10 in Accelerator before it is unlocked. Has a base cost of 6 with an exponential value of 1.86.

Re-enforcements - 10 Levels

File:Re-enforcementsSkill.png

"Increases the tower placement limit by X. (Scales with number of players)."
Increases placement limit for the player by 1 for each purchase. In matches with more players, the limit will scale. In duo, it is 0.8 rather than 1 per purchase, while in trio and higher it is 0.5 per purchase. There is a requirement of reaching Level 10 in Expanded Barracks before it is unlocked. Has a base cost of 100 with an exponential value of 1.5.

1. Coin 1,000 • 1 total increase
2. Coin 2,830 • Coin 3,830 total cost • 2 total increase
3. Coin 5,195 • Coin 9,025 total cost • 3 total increase
4. Coin 8,000 • Coin 17,025 total cost • 4 total increase
5. Coin 11,180 • Coin 28,205 total cost • 5 total increase
6. Coin 14,695 • Coin 42,900 total cost • 6 total increase
7. Coin 18,520 • Coin 61,420 total cost • 7 total increase
8. Coin 22,625 • Coin 84,045 total cost • 8 total increase
9. Coin 27,000 • Coin 111,045 total cost • 9 total increase
10. Coin 31,620 • Coin 142,665 total cost • 10 total increase

File:DefenseModifier.png Defense

Defense-oriented Skills that boost base health, reduce negative effect cooldowns and buff unit health.

• The lowest cost needed to be able to upgrade any of the Skills is Coin 10,605, which is the cost for upgrading all Skills except Beefed Up Minions to Level 10.
• The total cost for unlocking every Level is Coin 170,215.

Fortify - 40 Levels

File:FortifySkill.png

"Increases the player's health pool by X. (In groups, the highest HP is used.)"
Increases the maximum base health by 5 for each purchase. In duo+, the highest base health is chosen. Has a base cost of 3 with an exponential value of 1.4.

Over-Heal - 25 Levels

File:Over-HealSkill.png

"Increases how much extra HP can be kept from over-healing by X."
Increases amount of health kept per player from over-healing by 8 for every purchase. There is a requirement of reaching Level 10 in Fortify before it is unlocked. Has a base cost of 5 with an exponential value of 1.7.

Bandages - 25 Levels

File:BandagesSkill.png

"Regenerates X health at the start of every wave."
Heals the base health per player by 1 for each purchase. There is a requirement of reaching Level 10 in Over-Heal before it is unlocked. Has a base cost of 5 with an exponential value of 1.7.

Extreme Conditioning - 25 Levels

File:ExtremeConditioningSkill.png

"Reduces stun and debuff durations from enemies by X%."
Reduces tower stun and debuff durations from enemies by 0.8% for each purchase. There is a requirement of reaching Level 10 in Bandages before it is unlocked. Has a base cost of 5 with an exponential value of 1.725.

Beefed Up Minions - 25 Levels

File:BeefedUpMinionsSkill.png

"Health of summoned units is increased by X%."
Increases unit's health by 0.6% for each purchase. Only applies to units summoned by towers, units summoned through other sources, like consumables, are not affected. There is a requirement of reaching Level 10 in Extreme Conditioning before it is unlocked. Has a base cost of 6 with an exponential value of 1.68.

Things which deal unit collision damage or function very similarly to units but are not classified as units, like the Barricade, Sandcastle, Hacker's converted enemies and Trapper traps are not affected.

Trivia

• Skills are as expensive as they are for the purpose of acting as a coin sink; players are not actually expected to fully upgrade every single Skill.

Update History

• 28 May 2025 - v1.65.0
  • Skills added.
  • Bug: Units will have decimal health when affected by Beefed Up Minions.
  • Bug: Enhanced Optics will cause the range statistic of towers to show inaccurate range, making it look like the range is boosted by Expanded Barracks instead. The range visuals and the actual area towers attack enemies in are, however, not boosted by the Expanded Barracks, they are correctly boosted based on what Enhanced Optics is upgraded to.
  • Bug: Enhanced Optics Range Buff will be visually the same for every player as you, even though in reality every player has their own Enhanced Optics Range Buff applied.
  • Bug: Precision is always active, even when Skills are disabled or when the player does not even have it unlocked.
  • Bug: Scavenger is always active, even when Skills are disabled or when the player does not even have it unlocked.
  • Bug: Bigger Budget sometimes will not apply its starting cash boost.
  • Bug: Fortify can bypass mode base health limits.
  • Bug: Fortify, Over-Heal and Bandages do not pick the Skill of the player which has it upgraded to the highest Level, but instead the latest player.
  • Bug: Skills will randomly be shown as not unlocked even though they are actually unlocked.
• 13 June 2025 - v1.67.3
  • Refunds were given out to players, all upgrades which were discounted will now give back the difference between the older more expensive price and the new cheaper price.
    • For Fortify, the last 10 Levels are not refunded as they were removed. Because of this, the maximum refund possible is Coin 803,600 instead of the expected Coin 826,460.
  • Restarting Skills added. 95% of the currency spent is converted into Skill Credit Skill Credits. Restarting costs Coin 200, with the cost increasing by Coin 200 each restart.
  • Adjustments:
    • As a result of these adjustments, total unlock cost has been reduced from Coin 1,650,530 to Coin 824,070.
    • Enhanced Optics
      • Base cost decreased from 9 to 6.
      • Exponential value decreased from 1.78 to 1.73.
    • Improved Gunpowder
      • Base cost decreased from 7 to 5.
      • Exponential value decreased from 1.78 to 1.725.
      • Explosion radius increase decreased from 0.8% to 0.5%.
    • Fight Dirty
      • Base cost decreased from 8 to 5.
      • Exponential value decreased from 1.78 to 1.77.
    • Precision
      • Base cost decreased from 11 to 7.
      • Exponential value increased from 1.98 to 2.035.
      • Starting shots decreased from 39 to 29.
      • Visual effects added.
    • Resourcefulness
      • Base cost decreased from 7 to 4.
      • Exponential value increased from 1.74 to 1.75.
    • Bigger Budget
      • Base cost decreased from 7 to 4.
      • Exponential value increased from 1.75 to 1.82.
    • Stonks
      • Base cost decreased from 10 to 7.
      • Exponential value decreased from 1.8 to 1.78.
    • Scavenger
      • Base cost decreased from 10 to 7.
      • Exponential value increased from 1.85 to 1.865.
      • Visual effects added.
    • Accelerator
      • Base cost decreased from 6 to 4.
      • Exponential value decreased from 1.8 to 1.77.
    • Scholar
      • Base cost decreased from 9 to 5.
      • Exponential value decreased from 1.85 to 1.83.
    • Expanded Barracks
      • Base cost decreased from 9 to 6.
      • Exponential value increased from 1.85 to 1.86.
      • Spawnrate reduction decreased from 1% to 0.75%.
    • Fortify
      • Base cost decreased from 5 to 3.
      • Exponential value decreased from 1.425 to 1.4.
      • Levels reduced from 50 to 40.
      • Base health increase decreased from 6 to 5.
    • Over-Heal
      • Base cost decreased from 8 to 5.
      • Exponential value increased from 1.65 to 1.7.
      • Over-heal boost increased from 4 to 8.
    • Bandages
      • Base cost decreased from 8 to 5.
      • Exponential value increased from 1.685 to 1.7.
    • Extreme Conditioning
      • Base cost decreased from 8 to 5.
      • Exponential value increased from 1.7 to 1.725.
    • Beefed Up Minions
      • Base cost decreased from 9 to 6.
      • Exponential value decreased from 1.7 to 1.68.
      • Unit health boost decreased from 0.75% to 0.6%.
  • Bug: After Skill cost prices have been refunded, some players received decimal currency.
  • Bug: After the Skill tree refund, it will visually appear as fully incomplete until the player rejoins or upgrades a Skill.
  • Bug: If the player does not have enough Coin Coins but has enough Skill Credit Skill Credits to purchase an upgrade, the button will be visually red despite the player actually being able to purchase it.
  • Bug: If the player attempts to upgrade a Skill after restarting while its cost is higher than both their current Coin Coins and Skill Credit Skill Credits amounts, the Skill will not be purchased and all the Skill Credit Skill Credits will disappear.
• 18 June 2025 - v1.67.6
  • Bugfix: Skills can no longer refund decimal Coin Coins.
• 25 June 2025 - v1.68.0
  • Requirement of Level 15 added.
  • Updated music.
• 19 June 2026 - v2.1.0
  • Bugfix: Enhanced Optics range boost is now properly displayed in the upgrade menu.