Soldier

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HISTORY

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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 400 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, so it is an effective counter against hidden 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

Better Vision

Level 1 • Cost: Better Vision - $100

+2 Range

Sell Price changes to $150

Better Aiming

Level 2 • Cost: Better Aiming - $500

+1 Range

+1 Damage

+Hidden Detection

Sell Price changes to $316

Equipment Upgrades

Level 3 • Cost: Equipment Upgrades - $1,500

+1 Damage

3 > 5 Burst

Sell Price changes to $816

File:Soldier​ Upgrade 4 New.png

Deadliest Soldier

Level 4 • Cost: Deadliest Soldier - $3,500

+2 Range

+3 Damage

0.158 > 0.133 Firerate

5 > 7 Burst

Sell Price changes to $1,983

File:Soldier​ Upgrade 5 New.png

Stats Table

To see all the previous statistics of this tower, see the history page, while for the statistics without the Firerate Bug, visit the Firerate Bug page.

Level	Total Price	Damage	Burst Count	Firerate	Cooldown	Range	DPS
0	$350	1	3	0.158	1.2	13	1.79
1	$450	1	3	0.158	1.2	15	1.79
2	$950	2	3	0.158	1.2	16	3.58
3	$2,450	3	5	0.158	1.2	16	7.54
4	$5,950	6	7	0.133	1.2	18	19.71

Skins

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

Skin	Blue	Red	Cold Soldier	Party
Rarity	Common	Common	Uncommon	Exclusive
Daily Store Cost	1,250	1,250	135	N/A
Obtained From	Basic Skincrate	Basic Skincrate	Premium Skincrate	Party Skincrate
Skin	Toy	Doughboy	Golden	Valentines
Rarity	Common	Common	Golden	Common
Daily Store Cost	850	115	50,000	4,000
Obtained From	Toy Skincrate	Premium Skincrate	Golden Skincrate	Lovely Skincrate Season of Love Season
Skin	Ducky	Grand Theft	Holiday	Beast Slayer
Rarity	Common	Common	Event	Event
Daily Store Cost	3,000	345	5,000	N/A
Obtained From	Ducky Skincrate Hunting Season	Deluxe Skincrate Philips x TDS Season	Jolly Skincrate Violent Night Season	Krampus' Revenge Season
Skin	Liberator	Toilet
Rarity	Rare	Legendary
Daily Store Cost	160	250
Obtained From	Premium Skincrate	Premium Skincrate

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, 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's Level 3 upgrade name before the Valentines 2022 Update, "Up Skill", seemed to be taken from the Mercenary's third upgrade name, from Tower Battles.
    • The Soldier's Level 4 upgrade name, "Deadliest Soldier", could also be referencing the Mercenary's fourth upgrade name "World's Deadliest".
• The Soldier's firerate is not the time in between bursts, but the time in between each bullet in the burst.
• 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
  • Soldier added.
• 15 August 2019
  • Unlock cost increased from 100 to 250.
• 13 October 2019
  • 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
  • Commander now reduces cooldown four-fold.
  • Bug: Level 4 firerate decrease does not occur.
• 1 January 2020
  • New skin: Party
• 4 March 2020
  • New SFX.
• 18 March 2020
  • New skin: Toy
• 29 October 2020
  • Unlock cost increased from 250 to 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 Skincrate and Premium Skincrate 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 0.23 > 0.18.
      • Damage decreased from +2 to +1.
      • Cost decreased from $1,500 to $1,400.
      • Cooldown decreased from 1 to 1.2 > 0.85.
    • Level 4
      • Firerate changed from 0.2 > 0.15 to 0.15.
      • Damage increased from +2 to +3.
      • Burst count increased from +0 to +1.
      • Cost increased from $3,100 to $5,500.
    • Level 5 removed
      • Original statistics:
        • Cost: $5,500
        • +3 Damage
        • +2 Range
  • New skins: Doughboy, Golden
• 8 May 2021
  • Statistical changes:
    • Level 2
      • Name changed from Radio to Radio Communications.
• 13 February 2022
  • Statistical changes:
    • Base
      • Cost decreased from $375 to $350.
      • Range increased from 10 to 13.
      • Firerate decreased from 0.23 to 0.18.
    • Level 1
      • Name changed from Laser Sight to Better Vision.
    • Level 2
      • Cost increased from $300 to $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 $1,400 to $1,500.
      • Range decreased from +1 to +0.
      • Burst changed from 3 > 4 to 3 > 5.
      • Cooldown changed from 1.2 > 0.85 to 1.2.
      • Firerate changed from 0.23 > 0.18 to 0.18.
    • Level 4
      • Cost decreased from $5,500 to $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
  • 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 0.158.
    • Level 4
      • Cost increased from $3,750 to $4,000.
      • Burst changed from 5 > 8 to 5 > 7.
      • Firerate changed from 0.18 > 0.13 to 0.158 > 0.133.
  • Golden skin burst increase decreased on Level 4 from +4 to +3.
• 17 April 2022
  • New skin: Ducky
• 13 May 2022
  • Golden skin buffs removed.
  • Statistical changes:
    • Level 4
      • Cost increased from $4,000 to $5,000.
• 30 September 2022
  • New skin: Grand Theft
• 31 October 2022
  • Bug: Golden skin uses incorrect animations in the lobby.
• 21 December 2022
  • Skin rarity added to all skins.
  • Cold Soldier skin rarity changed from Common to Uncommon.
  • New skin: Holiday
• 14 February 2023
  • Valentines skin rarity changed from Event to Common.
• 21 March 2023
  • Statistical Changes:
    • Level 4
      • Cost decreased from $5,000 to $3,500.
      • Name changed from Deadliest's Soldier to Deadliest Soldier.
• 5 May 2023
  • Ducky skin rarity changed from Event to Common.
  • Bugfix: Golden skin now uses correct animations in the regular lobby.
• 21 December 2023
  • Unlock cost increased from 350 to 400.
  • Grand Theft skin rarity changed from Legendary to Common.
  • New skin: Beast Slayer
• 28 January 2024
  • Bug: Beast Slayer is removed from the game.
    • This was fixed later the same day.
• 31 January 2024
  • Beast Slayer skin rarity changed from Common to Event.
• 29 March 2024
  • New skin: Liberator
• 1 April 2024
  • New skin: Toilet
  • Bug: Toilet skin cannot be equipped in the intermission lobby.
    • This was fixed later the same day.
  • Bug: Toilet skin breaks the tower icon and stats in the tower hotbar.
    • This was fixed later the same day.

Notes