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"A cheap and effective burst tower. Great for beginners!"

―Store Description

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"A cheap and effective burst tower."

―Former Store Description

Description

The Soldier is a starter ground tower that fires in bursts. It can be bought for Coin 350 in the store.

The Soldier fires in bursts, with a short delay between each burst. It is a fairly cheap tower, making it recommended for use in earlier waves. It gains hidden detection at Level 2 and flying detection at Level 4 (Level 0 for PVP), so it is an effective counter against Hidden and Flying enemies.

The Soldier is considered an early to mid-game tower. Later on during the game, its effectiveness dwindles against high health enemies, being outclassed by other towers with higher DPS.

Upgrades

Statistics

To see all the previous statistics of this tower, see the history page.

Open in Statistics Editor

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Level	Cost	Total Cost	Damage	Burst Count	Firerate	Cooldown	Range	DPS	Cost Efficiency
0	Cash$400	Cash$400	1	3	0.175	0.5	17	2.93	Cash$136.52
1	Cash$100	Cash$500	1	3	0.15	0.4	17	3.53	Cash$141.64
2	Cash$700	Cash$1,200	2	4	0.15	0.4	19	8	Cash$150
3	Cash$1,850	Cash$3,050	4	8	0.15	0.4	19	20	Cash$152.5
4	Cash$6,000	Cash$9,050	10	12	0.15	0.4	22	54.55	Cash$165.9

|-|PVP =

Level	Cost	Total Cost	Damage	Burst Count	Firerate	Cooldown	Range	DPS	Cost Efficiency
0	Cash$450	Cash$450	1	4	0.15	0.4	17	4	Cash$112.5
1	Cash$200	Cash$650	1	6	0.125	0.3	17	5.71	Cash$113.84
2	Cash$800	Cash$1,450	2	6	0.125	0.3	19	11.43	Cash$126.86
3	Cash$3,000	Cash$4,450	4	8	0.125	0.3	21	24.62	Cash$180.75
4	Cash$8,000	Cash$12,450	8	10	0.1	0.2	21	66.67	Cash$186.74

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Skins

To see all the upgrades of a skin, see the gallery page.

	File:LO Blue Soldier 0.png	File:KR Red Soldier 0.png	File:Cold Soldier Soldier 0.png	File:KR Party Soldier 0.png
Skin	Blue	Red	Cold Soldier	Party
Rarity	Common	Common	Uncommon	Exclusive
Daily Store Cost	Coin 500	Coin 500	Robux 105	N/A
Obtained From	Basic Crate	Basic Crate	Premium Crate	Party Crate
	File:KRToySoldier0.png	File:KRDoughboySoldier0.png	File:Golden soldier lvl 0.png	File:KRValentinesSoldier0.png
Skin	Toy	Doughboy	Golden	Valentines
Rarity	Common	Common	Golden	Common
Daily Store Cost	Coin 850	Robux 85	Coin 50,000	Coin 4,000
Obtained From	Toy Crate	Premium Crate	Golden Crate	Valentines 2026 Crate, Lovestruck Crate, Lovely Crate, Season of Love Season
	File:KRDuckySoldier0.png	File:KRGrandTheftSoldier0.png	File:KRHolidaySoldier0.png	File:BSSoldier0.png
Skin	Ducky	Grand Theft	Holiday	Beast Slayer
Rarity	Common	Common	Event	Event
Daily Store Cost	Coin 3,000	Robux 255	Coin 5,000	N/A
Obtained From	Ducky Crate, Hunting Season	Deluxe Crate, Philips x TDS Season	Jolly Crate, Violent Night Season	Krampus' Revenge Season
	File:LiberatorSoldier0.png	File:ToiletSoldier0.png	File:StealthOpsSoldier0.png	File:AerobicsSoldier0.png
Skin	Liberator	Toilet	Stealth Ops	Aerobics
Rarity	Rare	Legendary	Rare	Common
Daily Store Cost	Robux 120	Robux 190	Robux 120	N/A
Obtained From	Premium Crate	Premium Crate (Formerly)	Premium Crate	Hexscape Event Regular Battle Pass
	File:DFSoldier0.png	File:KorbloxSoldier0.png	File:BunnySoldier0.png	File:NullSoldier0Noseless.png
Skin	Dark Frost	Korblox	Bunny	Null
Rarity	Uncommon	Event	Uncommon	Uncommon
Daily Store Cost	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Obtained From	Operation I.C.E Regular Battle Pass	The Hunt: Mega Edition Event Easy Difficulty	Ducky Revenge Regular Battle Pass	Null & Void Regular Battle Pass
	File:PatrioticSoldierIconIG.png	File:BeachSoldierIconIG.png
Skin	Patriotic	Beach
Rarity	Rare	Rare
Daily Store Cost	Coin 6,500	Coin 6,500
Obtained From	Patriotic Crate	Beach Crate

Strategy

• The Soldier is an effective early-game tower at Level 2, having high DPS for a cheap price.
  • By mid-game, you should have multiple Level 3–4 Soldiers, as they can effectively kill enemies that appear there, such as the Dark Necromancer or Slow Boss.
    • However, it loses value as the waves progress due to its DPS being too low to deal with high health enemies that appear later on during the game.
    • It should not be relied on late-game if you have better towers and can be replaced by towers like the Minigunner or Ranger.
• The Soldier is able to change targets between bursts if another enemy enters its range.
  • This avoids the need to swap targets from time to time.
• The Soldier's firerate can be boosted by the Commander.
  • However, the Soldier's cooldown cannot be decreased.
  • However, it is not recommended to prioritize this tower over higher DPS alternatives such as the Minigunner and Turret.

Trivia

• When the game was in Alpha, and for a while after BETA release, the Soldier's upgrade stats were not displayed on its upgrade description. It was simply referred to as "sans gun".
• The Soldier's name and function is very loosely based on the Soldier from Tower Battles.
• The Soldier, along with the Turret, are the first towers to have toys made based on them.
  • They are also the first to have mini-figures made based on them, as they appear in the Roblox Core Pack - Tower Defense Simulator.
• Prior to the Solar Eclipse Update, the Soldier alongside the Commander used to appear on the triumph screen.

Update History

For previous cosmetic variations, see the gallery page.

• 14 June 2019 - BETA v1.0.0
  • Soldier added.
• 15 August 2019 - BETA v1.10.0
  • Unlock cost increased from Coin 100 to Coin 250.
• 13 October 2019 - Release v1.0.0
  • Statistical changes:
    • Base
      • Range increased from 8 to 12.
    • Level 2
      • Damage decreased from +1 to +0.
    • Level 3
      • Damage decreased from +3 to +2.
  • New skins: Red, Blue, Cold Soldier
• 9 November 2019 - Release v1.2.0
  • Commander now reduces cooldown four-fold.
  • Bug: Level 4 firerate decrease does not occur.
• 1 January 2020 - Release v1.5.1
  • New skin: Party
• 4 March 2020 - Release v1.8.0
  • New SFX.
• 18 March 2020 - Release v1.8.1
  • New skin: Toy
• 29 October 2020 - Overhaul v1.0.0
  • Unlock cost increased from Coin 250 to Coin 350.
  • Upgrade names added.
  • Commander now reduces cooldown by stated percentage.
  • Firerate decreased due to the Firerate Bug being made less severe.
  • Skin rarity added to Basic Crate and Premium Crate skins.
  • Statistical changes:
    • Base
      • Range decreased from 12 to 10.
      • Firerate decreased from 0.25 to 0.23.
      • Cooldown increased from 1 to 1.2.
    • Level 1
      • Range increased from +1 to +2.
    • Level 2
      • Range decreased from +2 to +1.
    • Level 3
      • Firerate changed from 0.25 to .
      • Damage decreased from +2 to +1.
      • Cost decreased from Cash$1,500 to Cash$1,400.
      • Cooldown decreased from 1 to .
    • Level 4
      • Firerate changed from to 0.15.
      • Damage increased from +2 to +3.
      • Burst count increased from +0 to +1.
      • Cost increased from Cash$3,100 to Cash$5,500.
    • Level 5 removed
      • Original statistics:
        • Cost: Cash$5,500
        • +3 Damage
        • +2 Range
  • New skins: Doughboy, Golden
• 8 May 2021 - Overhaul v1.3.0
  • Level 2 upgrade name changed from Radio to Radio Communications.
• 13 February 2022 - v1.0.2
  • Statistical changes:
    • Base
      • Cost decreased from Cash$375 to Cash$350.
      • Range increased from 10 to 13.
      • Firerate decreased from 0.23 to 0.18.
      • Cooldown decreased from 1.2 to 1.
    • Level 1
      • Name changed from Laser Sight to Better Vision.
    • Level 2
      • Cost increased from Cash$300 to Cash$500.
      • Name changed from Radio Communications to Better Aiming.
      • Damage increased from +0 to +1.
    • Level 3
      • Name changed from Up Skill to Equipment Upgrades.
      • Cost increased from Cash$1,400 to Cash$1,500.
      • Range decreased from +1 to +0.
      • Burst changed from 3 > 4 to 3 > 5.
      • Cooldown changed from to 1.
      • Firerate changed from to 0.18.
    • Level 4
      • Cost decreased from Cash$5,500 to Cash$3,750.
      • Range increased from +1 to +2.
      • Burst changed from 4 > 5 to 5 > 8.
      • Firerate changed from 0.18 to 0.18 > 0.13.
  • New skin: Valentines
  • Golden skin burst increase decreased on Level 3 from +4 to +2, and Level 4 from +10 to +4.
  • Bug: Statistics in the lobby are not updated.
  • Bug: Cooldown animation is sligthly longer than the cooldown statistic.
• 12 March 2022 - v1.1.0
  • Firerate decreased due to the Firerate Bug being made less severe.
  • Commander can no longer decrease its cooldown.
  • Statistical changes:
    • Base
      • Firerate decreased from 0.18 to 0.175.
    • Level 4
      • Cost increased from Cash$3,750 to Cash$4,000.
      • Burst changed from 5 > 8 to 5 > 7.
      • Firerate changed from to .
  • Golden skin burst increase decreased on Level 4 from +4 to +3.
• 17 April 2022 - v1.2.0
  • New skin: Ducky
• 13 May 2022 - v1.2.2
  • Golden skin buffs removed.
  • Statistical changes:
    • Level 4
      • Cost increased from Cash$4,000 to Cash$5,000.
• 30 September 2022 - v1.4.0
  • New skin: Grand Theft
• 31 October 2022 - v1.4.2
  • Bug: Golden skin uses incorrect animations in the lobby.
• 21 December 2022 - v1.6.0
  • Skin rarity added to all skins.
  • Cold Soldier skin rarity changed from Common to Uncommon.
  • New skin: Holiday
• 14 February 2023 - v1.6.2
  • Valentines skin rarity changed from Event to Common.
• 21 March 2023 - v1.6.3e
  • Statistical Changes:
    • Level 4
      • Cost decreased from Cash$5,000 to Cash$3,500.
      • Name changed from Deadliest's Soldier to Deadliest Soldier.
• 5 May 2023 - v1.7.2
  • Ducky skin rarity changed from Event to Common.
  • Bugfix: Golden skin now uses correct animations in the regular lobby.
• 21 December 2023 - v1.11.0
  • Unlock cost increased from Coin 350 to Coin 400.
  • Grand Theft skin rarity changed from Legendary to Common.
  • New skin: Beast Slayer
• 28 January 2024 - v1.12.0
  • Bug: Beast Slayer is removed from the game.
• 28 January 2024 - v1.12.0a
  • Bugfix: Beast Slayer skin is now in the game again.
• 31 January 2024 - v1.12.0c
  • Beast Slayer skin rarity changed from Common to Event.
• 29 March 2024 - v1.17.0
  • New skin: Liberator
• 1 April 2024 - v1.17.0b
  • New skin: Toilet
  • Bug: Toilet skin cannot be equipped in the intermission lobby.
  • Bug: Toilet skin breaks the tower icon and stats in the tower hotbar.
• 1 April 2024 - v1.17.2
  • Bugfix: Toilet skin now can be equipped in the intermission lobby.
  • Bugfix: Toilet skin no longer breaks the tower icon and stats in the tower hotbar.
• 3 May 2024 - v1.20.0
  • Statistical changes:
    • Level 2
      • Cost decreased from Cash$500 to Cash$400.
      • Burst changed from 3 to 3 > 4.
    • Level 3
      • Damage increased from +1 to +2.
      • Burst changed from 3 > 5 to 4 > 5.
      • Cooldown changed from 1 to .
    • Level 4
      • Cost increased from Cash$3,500 to Cash$4,750.
      • Damage increased from +3 to +4.
      • Without Firerate Bug, firerate changed from to , however, because of the bug the firerate is effectively the same without Firerate Buffs.
• 21 June 2024 - v1.25.0
  • Bug: Damage is no longer boosted by Damage Buffs.
• 2 August 2024 - v1.27.0
  • Bugfix: Damage is now boosted by Damage Buffs.
• 11 September 2024 - v1.31.0
  • New skin: Stealth Ops
• 23 October 2024 - v1.37.0
  • New skin: Aerobics
• 16 December 2024 - v1.46.0
  • New skin: Dark Frost
• 13 March 2025 - v1.57.7
  • New skin: Korblox
• 9 April 2025 - v1.60.0
  • Offense role added.
• 16 March 2025 - v1.61.0
  • New skin: Bunny
• 25 June 2025 - v1.68.0
  • Unlock cost reduced from Coin 400 to Coin 350.
• 23 July 2025 - v1.71.0
  • Statistical changes (PVP):
    • Base
      • Cost increased from Cash$350 to Cash$450.
      • Range increased from 13.
      • Burst increased from 3 to 4.
      • Cooldown decreased from 1 to 0.4.
      • Flying detection added.
    • Level 1
      • Cost increased from Cash$100 to Cash$200.
      • Firerate changed from 0.175 to .
      • Range decreased from +2 to +0.
      • Burst changed from 3 to 4 > 6.
      • Cooldown changed from 1 to .
    • Level 2
      • Cost increased from Cash$400 to Cash$800.
      • Range increased from +1 to +2.
      • Burst changed from 3 > 4 to 6.
    • Level 3
      • Cost increased from Cash$1,500 to Cash$3,000.
      • Damage increased from +2 to +3.
      • Range increased from +0 to +2.
      • Burst changed from 4 > 5 to 6 > 8.
      • Cooldown changed from to 0.3.
    • Level 4
      • Cost increased from Cash$4,750 to Cash$8,000.
      • Damage decreased from +4 to +5.
      • Firerate changed from to .
      • Range decreased from +2 to +0.
      • Burst changed from 5 > 7 to 8 > 10.
      • Cooldown changed from 0.8 to .
• 18 October 2025 - v1.77.0
  • New skin: Null.
• 28 January 2026 - v1.84.0
  • Statistical changes (Regular):
    • Base
      • Range increased from 13 to 17.
      • Cooldown decreased from 1 to 0.85.
    • Level 1
      • Cost decreased from Cash$100 to Cash$50.
      • Firerate changed from 0.175 to .
      • Range decreased from +2 to +0.
    • Level 2
      • Cost increased from Cash$400 to Cash$650.
      • Range increased from +1 to +2.
      • Burst changed from 3 to 3 > 4.
    • Level 3
      • Cost increased from Cash$1,500 to Cash$2,250.
      • Burst changed from 4 > 5 to 4 > 6.
      • Cooldown changed from to .
    • Level 4
      • Cost decreased from Cash$4,750 to Cash$4,600.
      • Firerate changed from to 0.125.
      • Range increased from +2 to +3.
      • Burst changed from 5 > 7 to 6 > 8.
      • Flying detection added.
• 11 March 2026 - v1.86.0
  • Statistical changes (Regular):
    • Base
      • Cost increased from Cash$350 to Cash$400.
      • Burst cooldown decreased from 0.85 to 0.55.
    • Level 1
      • Firerate changed from to .
      • Name changed from Better Vision to Barracks Training.
    • Level 3
      • Cost decreased from Cash$2,250 to Cash$1,350.
      • Damage decreased from +2 to +1.
      • Burst count changed from 4 > 6 to 4 > 8.
      • Burst cooldown changed from to .
    • Level 4
      • Cost increased from Cash$4,600 to Cash$5,000.
      • Damage increased from +4 to +5.
      • Burst changed from 6 > 8 to 8 > 12.
• 5 June 2026 - v2.0.0
  • Firerate decreased due to the Firerate Bug being fixed.
  • Statistical changes (Regular):
    • Base
      • Without Firerate Bug, firerate increased from 0.15 to 0.175, however, as in the same update it has been fully fixed, the firerate effectively does not change and remains at 0.175.
      • Cooldown decreased from 0.55 to 0.5.
    • Level 1
      • Cost increased from Cash$50 to Cash$100.
      • Without Firerate Bug, firerate changed from to , however, as in the same update it has been fully fixed, the firerate effectively does not change and remains at 0.175.
      • Cooldown changed from 0.55 to .
    • Level 2
      • Cost increased from Cash$650 to Cash$700.
    • Level 3
      • Cost increased from Cash$1,350 to Cash$1,850.
      • Damage increased from +1 to +2.
      • Cooldown changed to 0.4.
    • Level 4
      • Cost increased from Cash$5,000 to Cash$6,000.
      • Damage increased from +5 to +6.
  • Statistical changes (PVP):
    • Base
      • Firerate decreased from 0.175 to 0.15.
    • Level 1
      • Firerate changed from to .
    • Level 3
      • Damage decreased from +3 to +2.
    • Level 4
      • Damage decreased from +5 to +4.
      • Firerate changed from to .
• 2 July 2026 - v2.1.7
  • New skin: Patriotic
• 7 August 2026 - v2.5.0
  • New skin: Beach

Notes

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