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"A cheap and effective burst tower. Great for beginners!"
―Store Description
"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 Error creating thumbnail: File missing 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

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Statistics

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

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Level Total Price Damage Burst Count Firerate[1] Cooldown Range DPS[2] Cost Efficiency
0 Error creating thumbnail: File missing$400 1 3 0.175 0.5 17 2.93 Error creating thumbnail: File missing$136.52
1 Error creating thumbnail: File missing$500 1 3 0.15 0.4 17 3.53 Error creating thumbnail: File missing$141.64
2 Error creating thumbnail: File missing$1,200 2 4 0.15 0.4 19 8 Error creating thumbnail: File missing$150
3 Error creating thumbnail: File missing$3,050 4 8 0.15 0.4 19 20 Error creating thumbnail: File missing$152.5
4 Error creating thumbnail: File missing$9,050 10 12 0.15 0.4 22 54.55 Error creating thumbnail: File missing$165.9
Level Total Price Damage Burst Count Firerate[1] Cooldown Range DPS[2] Cost Efficiency
0 Error creating thumbnail: File missing$450 1 4 0.15 0.4 17 4 Error creating thumbnail: File missing$112.5
1 Error creating thumbnail: File missing$650 1 6 0.125 0.3 17 5.71 Error creating thumbnail: File missing$113.84
2 Error creating thumbnail: File missing$1,450 2 6 0.125 0.3 19 11.43 Error creating thumbnail: File missing$126.86
3 Error creating thumbnail: File missing$4,450 4 8 0.125 0.3 21 24.62 Error creating thumbnail: File missing$180.75
4 Error creating thumbnail: File missing$12,450 8 10 0.1 0.2 21 66.67 Error creating thumbnail: File missing$186.74

Skins

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

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Skin Blue Red Cold Soldier Party
Rarity Common Common Uncommon Exclusive
Daily Store Cost Error creating thumbnail: File missing 1,250 Error creating thumbnail: File missing 1,250 Error creating thumbnail: File missing 105 N/A
Obtained From Basic Crate Basic Crate Premium Crate Party Crate
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Skin Toy Doughboy Golden Valentines
Rarity Common Common Golden Common
Daily Store Cost Error creating thumbnail: File missing 850 Error creating thumbnail: File missing 85 Error creating thumbnail: File missing 50,000 Error creating thumbnail: File missing 4,000
Obtained From Toy Crate Premium Crate Golden Crate Valentines 2026 Crate,
Lovestruck Crate,
Lovely Crate,
Season of Love Season
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Skin Ducky Grand Theft Holiday Beast Slayer
Rarity Common Common Event Event
Daily Store Cost Error creating thumbnail: File missing 3,000 Error creating thumbnail: File missing 255 Error creating thumbnail: File missing 5,000 N/A
Obtained From Ducky Crate,
Hunting Season 		Deluxe Crate,
Philips x TDS Season 		Jolly Crate,
Violent Night Season 		Krampus' Revenge Season
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Skin Liberator Toilet Stealth Ops Aerobics
Rarity Rare Legendary Rare Common
Daily Store Cost Error creating thumbnail: File missing 120 Error creating thumbnail: File missing 190 Error creating thumbnail: File missing 120 N/A
Obtained From Premium Crate Premium Crate (Formerly)[3] Premium Crate Hexscape Event Regular Battle Pass
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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
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Skin Patriotic
Rarity Rare
Daily Store Cost N/A
Obtained From Patriotic 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.
  • 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.

Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Firerate only applies to the burst and is not the time between bursts.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Calculated as (Damage × Burst Count) ÷ (Cooldown + (Firerate × Burst Count)).
  3. ↑ Limited time skin obtainable between the 1st of April 2024 and 7th of April 2024.


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