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Spotlight Tech has been made unobtainable from the game as of the 11th of February 2026 as it was part of the The Final Act Event.
Players with the item in question can continue using it, but you cannot obtain this item anymore, outside of limited-time promotional sales.

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Spotlight Tech
Unlock Cost	Triumph The Narratorium on Hard Difficulty
Role	Support
Placement	Cliff
Placement Limit	1
Statistics
Base Cost	$3,225
Base Selling Cost	$1,075
Base Damage	4
Damage Method	AOE Burn (Level 1+)
Base Firerate	0.325
Base Range	30
Hidden Detection	Level 2+
Lead Detection	Level 1+
Flying Detection	Level 0+
Immunities	Stun Immune
Placement Footprint	Very Large (2.25)
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A large cliff tower that shines a spotlight onto enemies, damaging them over time and applying burn at higher levels.
Specializes in dealing high area damage to large crowds of enemies.
At max level, gains a meter that builds up to apply confusion to any enemies in the spotlight radius.
Has hidden and flying detection, indirectly damages lead enemies with burn. At Level 2, reveals hidden enemies in spotlight radius.

A cliff tower with great range that deals damage over time with burn, applies confusion, and helps to combat hidden enemies.

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Description

The Spotlight Tech is a cliff tower which uses a spotlight beam to burn and confuse enemies, while also revealing Hidden enemies.

It attacks enemies using a spotlight, which damages enemies with its bright light ray. This light ray takes some time to move from one target to another. This light ray has a specific radius in which it damage enemies. It will damage an infinite number of enemies, though enemies will receive less damage the further they are from the center. Depending on the distance, they will either receive 100% of the stated, 60% or 35%. This spotlight can also apply one of the following effects based on the level:

• Starting from Level 1, it will apply burn to enemies. This will deal additional damage over time, even if they are not currently in the spotlight's light ray.
• Starting from Level 2, it will start to reveal Hidden enemies by applying Exposed to them. This lets towers without hidden detection to target them. If the enemy gets out of the spotlight, it will lose Exposed, meaning towers need hidden detection for it again.
• At Level 4, it can confuse enemies. This happens once it deals 1,800 damage to enemies, after which it will confuse all enemies currently in its spotlight.

The Spotlight Tech has a placement limit of one. It can detect Flying enemies from Level 0, Lead enemies from Level 1 and Hidden enemies from Level 2.

Upgrades

Backstage Crew

Level 1 • Cost: $1,865

+Lead Detection

2 > 3.5 Spotlight Radius

•1 Burn Damage

•2 Burn Time

•0.25 Burn Tick

Sell Price changes to $1,696

Non OSHA Compliant

Level 2 • Cost: $4,820

+4 Damage

+5 Range

+Hidden Detection

3.5 > 4.5 Spotlight Radius

+1 Burn Damage

Any enemy in its spotlight radius will receive Exposed, making it possible for towers without hidden detection to target them.

Sell Price changes to $3,303

Backstage Crew

Level 3 • Cost: $12,560

+2 Damage

0.325 > 0.2 Firerate

+3 Burn Damage

2 > 4 Burn Time

Sell Price changes to $7,490

Certified Spotlight Operator

Level 4 • Cost: $19,320

+4 Damage

+5 Range

4.5 > 5.5 Spotlight Radius

+5 Burn Damage

4 > 6 Burn Time

Now confuses enemies in its spotlight once it deals 1,800 total damage

•2.5 Confusion Time

•7.5 Confusion Cooldown

Sell Price changes to $13,930

Statistics

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

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Level	Cost	Total Cost	Normal Damage	Burn Damage	Firerate	Range	Spotlight Radius	Burn Time	Tick	Confusion Threshold	Confusion Time	Confusion Cooldown	Total Elapsed Damage	DPS	Cost Efficiency
0	$3,225	$3,225	4	N/A	0.325	30	2	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	12.31	$261.98
1	$1,865	$5,090	4	1	0.325	30	3.5	2	0.25	N/A	N/A	N/A	8	16.31	$312.08
2	$4,820	$9,910	8	2	0.325	35	4.5	2	0.25	N/A	N/A	N/A	16	32.62	$303.8
3	$12,560	$22,470	10	5	0.2	35	4.5	4	0.25	N/A	N/A	N/A	80	70	$321
4	$19,320	$41,790	14	10	0.2	40	5.5	6	0.25	1,800	2.5	7.5	240	110	$379.91

Skins

Skin	Pirate	Sun
Rarity	Rare	Rare
Daily Store Cost	5,000	N/A
Obtained From	Pirate Crate	Sun & Moon Crate

Strategy

• The Spotlight Tech can be an effective AOE tower, due to it dealing damage to an infinite number of enemies and applying burn.
  • Setting the Spotlight Tech to Random allows it to apply burn to nearly every enemy on the map, potentially increasing the maximum damage output to a far larger extent.
  • Stalling towers like the Toxic Gunner, Freezer or Electroshocker can be used to clump up enemies in one spot, allowing the Spotlight Tech to hit more enemies with its spotlight.
• Starting from Level 2, the Spotlight Tech has the ability to reveal Hidden enemy in its spotlight diameter.
  • This makes it useful alongside towers that do not have hidden detection, like the Ranger, top path Pursuit or Swarmer.
• At Level 4, the Spotlight Tech will begin to confuse enemies once it reaches 1,800 total damage.
  • Only damage from the spotlight boosts it. Any damage from burn will not contribute to the threshold, meaning the best method of activating it is having as many enemies in its spotlight as possible.

Trivia

• The Spotlight Tech is based on the Spotlights that appeared during the Lunar Overture Event and The Final Act Event.
  • Additionally Spotlight Tech is inspired by theatrical technicians called spotlight operators, hence the name.
• The Spotlight Tech is the first exclusive cliff tower.
• The Spotlight Tech is regarded as the Spotlight Technician in the game's description, and the update log in both the Discord server and in-game.
• The Spotlight Tech is currently the only tower in the game to have two upgrades with the same name (Levels 1 and 3 both share the name Backstage Crew).

Update History

• 20 December 2025 - v1.83.0
  • Spotlight Tech added.
  • Bug: Burn damage does not use the intended damage value. Instead, it is the same as its normal spotlight damage.
  • Bug: Enemies do not gain Exposed if they are being targeted by the Spotlight Tech or close to the targeted enemy.
  • Bug: Level 4 placement footprint is not even and rotates with the tower.
  • Bug: After targeting certain enemies added in 2025, the Spotlight Tech will lock onto them until their death. Enemies affected by this bug generally have unique animations (like the Champion Templar, Null Necromancer, Projector, Mega Duck). Enemies which reuse animations (like the Brute, Frost Acolyte, Executioner Skeleton, Spectator) are not affected.
• 7 January 2026 - v1.83.10
  • Bugfix: Now properly gives Exposed to every enemy in its spotlight.
  • Bugfix: Now uses the intended burn damage values instead of having it copy the normal damage.
• 11 February 2026 - v1.85.0
  • Spotlight Tech can no longer be obtained by triumphing The Narratorium on Hard difficulty.
    • Spotlight Tech is still available via its gamepass.
  • Bug: The spotlight now appears sideways in game.
• 3 April 2026 - v1.87.3b
  • Gamepass taken offsale.
  • Bug: Can still be gifted.
• 3 April 2026 - v1.88.0
  • Bugfix: Can no longer be gifted.
• 22 April 2026 - v1.89.0
  • Bugfix: The spotlight no longer appears sideways in game.
• 8 May 2026 - v1.90.0
  • Bug: The spotlight now appears sideways in game.
• 22 May 2026 - v1.91.0
  • Bugfix: The spotlight no longer appears sideways in game.
• 5 June 2026 - v2.0.0
  • Firerate decreased due to the Firerate Bug being fixed.
  • Statistical changes:
    • Base
      • Without Firerate Bug, firerate increased from 0.3 to 0.325, however, as in the same update it has been fully fixed, the firerate effectively does not change and remains at 0.325.
    • Level 1
      • Lead detection added.
    • Level 2
      • Exposed attribute removed.
    • Level 3
      • Damage decreased from +4 to +2.
      • Firerate changed from 0.325 > 0.225 to 0.325 > 0.2.
    • Level 4
      • Damage increased from +3 to +4.
• 17 July 2026 - v2.3.0
  • New skin: Pirate
• 9 October 2026 - v2.14.0
  • New skin: Sun

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