Auctioneer Concept

Sold! Allows you to upgrade towers at super cheap prices!

―Inventory Description

Auctioneer
Unlock Cost	8,000
Role	Support
Placement	Ground
Placement Limit	1
Statistics
Base Cost	$600
Base Selling Cost	$200
Base Range	12
Immunities	Stuns Freezing
Placement Footprint	Average (1.5)
Tooltips
“A support tower that can apply strong discounts to selected towers. Discounts will start off with very high value but will gradually decrease in value over time.”

Description

The Auctioneer is an advanced support tower that applies a weak discount buff to towers but can use an ability to apply a strong discount. It can be unlocked from the store for 8,000.

The Auctioneer does nothing on its own but can assign a discount buff to a tower (multiple at later levels) similarly to the Medic. It cannot assign this buff to other Auctioneers. If a tower is out of the Auctioneer’s range, that tower cannot be assigned by the Auctioneer. The Auctioneer has an ability called Begin Auction to greatly strengthen its discount buff, but this buff decreases in value every tick. At later levels, the passive and active discount buff becomes stronger and weakening falloff slows down.

Only one Auctioneer can be placed per player.

Upgrades

Better Bargains

Level 1 • Cost: $300

Range: 12 -> 13 | Max Discount Buff: 10% -> 15% | Minimum Discount Buff: 1% -> 2% |

Improved Value

Level 2 • Cost: $1,000

Range: 13 -> 14 | Max Assignable Towers: 1 -> 2 | Max Discount Buff: 15% -> 20% | Minimum Discount Buff: 2% -> 3% | Discount Weaken Strength: 1% -> 0.8%

Gavel of Prestige

Level 3 • Cost: $2,400

Range: 14 -> 15 | Max Discount Buff: 20% -> 25% | Minimum Discount Buff: 3% -> 4% | Discount Weaken Tick Rate: 1 -> 1.1

Transactional Superiority

Level 4 • Cost: $4,500

Range: 15 -> 16 | Max Assignable Towers: 2 -> 3 | Max Discount Buff: 25% -> 30% | Minimum Discount Buff: 4% -> 5%

Triumphant Bargains

Level 5 • Cost: $9,000

Range: 16 -> 18 | Max Discount Buff: 30% -> 40% | Minimum Discount Buff: 5% -> 7.5% | Discount Weaken Tick Rate: 1.1 -> 1.25

Ability

Begin Auction

Level 0+ • 60s Cooldown • 30s Initial Cooldown

Applies the maximum discount buff value to all assigned towers. The strength of the buff will slowly fall off over time.

Stats Table

Level	Range	Max Assignable Towers	Max Discount Buff	Minimum Discount Buff	Discount Weaken Strength	Discount Weaken Tick Rate
0	12	1	10%	1%	1%	1
1	13	1	15%	2%	1%	1
2	14	2	20%	3%	0.8%	1
3	15	2	25%	4%	0.8%	1.1
4	16	3	30%	5%	0.8%	1.1
5	18	3	40%	7.5%	0.8%	1.25

Strategy

• The Auctioneer is great for very expensive towers such as the Turret or Gatling Gun as it can apply very good discounts.

• Since the Begin Auction ability’s discount buff has a relatively quick falloff, it is best used the moment before you upgrade a tower.

• The Auctioneer’s discount buff isn’t that good for very cheap towers like the Scout or Snowballer as the discount is percentage based and will decrease the upgrade costs by a small amount.

If you have more ideas for this tower’s use cases to add to the Strategy section, feel free to ask me!

Trivia

• This Auctioneer was created when TinyGhostGamer87 was watching Bargain Hunt and he heard the word auction.

• This is the first tower concept (and blog post) by TinyGhostGamer87 to highlight the tower’s name in bold every time it is mentioned.

• The Auctioneer concept originally didn’t have a range stat. However, when TinyGhostGamer87 realised that the tower would be more balanced with range, the Auctioneer concept was given range at all levels.

Update History

9 March 2026 - Concept created.

13 March 2026 - Added a tooltip to the info box as it didn’t have one previously.