Warden (Modern Enemy)

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Warden

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Description

The Warden, internally referred to as the Templar, is an enemy that appears in Polluted Wasteland II and Challenge Trials. It also spawns once in Fallen mode during the Hidden Wave. It has very high health with high defense and average speed. It has an ability where it fires a glowing purple laser from its chest to stun every tower and damage every unit that comes in contact with it, making it very dangerous and a number-one priority.

Appearance

The Warden is a large humanoid entity with a waist in its rig. It has a dark blue skin color and the ends of its limbs are covered in a cyan fluid. It has an energy pack on its back with an antenna that emits yellow sparks along with batteries connected to it. This energy pack has grey straps. The Warden also has metal plating on its body. Its chest has a gaping cavity, revealing its rib cage and a pink cube inside, which emits light blue particles. It has red wounds that span horizontally across the chest cavity.

Strategy

• The Warden is a high health enemy which is also Hidden, making it particularly dangerous.
  • High DPS towers like the Accelerator or Minigunner should be used to take the Warden down.
  • Towers like the Ranger can be used if combined with a way to make it target the Warden, like the Spotlight Tech or Firework Technician.
  • The Commander should be used to boost the firerate of these towers.
  • The Engineer is recommended, as its sentries will continue firing even when the Engineer is stunned by the Warden's Heartfelt Laser ability.
  • The Pursuit cannot be stunned by the Warden's Heartfelt Laser ability.
  • The Military Base's units deal full collision damage to the Warden, regardless of its defense, making them quite useful.
    • Do note that their ranged damage is still decreased.
• It is recommended to place your towers away from the path to avoid getting stunned by the Warden's Heartfelt Laser ability.
• It may be viable to have a cheap distraction tower to distract the Warden's Heartfelt Laser from your main offensive towers.
• When the Warden spawns, it will not use its Heartfelt Laser ability for a few seconds. Use this period of time to defeat the Warden before it can stun any towers.
• The Medic can be used to shield towers that, preventing them from being stunned by the Warden's Heartfelt Laser ability.
  • Do note that this will be ineffective while the Warden is still using Heartfelt Laser, as the towers will be continuously stunned until the ability is over.
• The Gladiator's stun blocking is ineffective against the Warden, since even after it successfully blocks Heartfelt Laser's initial stun, it will be stunned again because of how long the ability lasts.
• Slowing towers like the Saboteur, Electroshocker, Warden or Freezer can be used to slow down the Warden.
  • However, because of its large size, freezing towers and the Warden will slow it down for a shorter amount of time.
  • Do note that the Warden will not stop using its ability when frozen or stunned.
• Defense dropping towers like the Pyromancer, Jester or Freezer can help to reduce the Warden's defense.

Sounds

Sound	Description
Abilities
File:TemplarLaserIntro.ogg	When the Warden performs Heartfelt Laser ability
File:TemplarLaserLoop.ogg	When the Warden performs Heartfelt Laser ability
File:TemplarLaserEnd.ogg	When the Warden performs Heartfelt Laser ability

Gallery

Animations

• Walking animation (2 August 2024 – Present)
  Walking animation (2 August 2024 – Present)
• Heartfelt Laser animation (2 August 2024 – Present)
  Heartfelt Laser animation (2 August 2024 – Present)
• Stun animation (2 August 2024 – Present)
  Stun animation (2 August 2024 – Present)

Converted Variants

• Green variant, current version (11 June 2025 – Present)
  Green variant, current version (11 June 2025 – Present)

Corpse Variants

• Second Corpse variant, current version (12 March 2025 – Present)
  Second Corpse variant, current version (12 March 2025 – Present)

Promotional Videos

• Warden on a promotional video.
  Warden on a promotional video.

Miscellaneous

• Warden on its Index icon.
  Warden on its Index icon.

Trivia

• The Warden is very similar to Warden enemy of the same name, first added in v1.3.0 for the very first version of Polluted Wasteland II.
  • Despite their similarities in name, design and functionality, they are technically not the legacy and modern variants of each other, as the Warden currently seen in Polluted Wasteland II is in reality the modern version of the Templar enemy.
    • Because of this, both of them have two separate Logbooks that require to be collected.

Update History

• 2 August 2024 - v1.27.0
  • Templar added, replacing its Legacy variant.
  • Bug: Poison and electric defense dropping no longer decreases Templar's defense.
• 6 November 2024 - v1.40.0
  • Bugfix: Poison and electric defense dropping now drops Templar's defense, though the Jester still cannot drop it.
• 19 February 2025 - v1.54.0
  • Now appears in Polluted Wasteland II, replacing the Warden.
    • Has 50,000 health in Polluted Wasteland II.
    • Gives Cash$150,000 on death in Polluted Wasteland II.
• 24 September 2025 - v1.75.0
  • Now appears in Challenge Trials.
    • Has 25,000 health.
    • Gives Cash$8,000 upon death.
• 22 April 2026 - v1.89.0
  • Name changed from Templar to Warden.
  • Health increased from 50,000 to 67,500 in Polluted Wasteland II.
  • Now is a Hidden enemy.
  • Size increased.
• 5 June 2026 - v2.0.0
  • Bug: No longer appears in the Index as it has been replaced by its legacy variant.
• 31 July 2026 - v2.4.0
  • Cash given is now rewarded upon every 10% health lost instead of on death, though the total amount given has not changed.
    • Fallen changed from Cash$10,000 on death to Cash$1,000 every 10% health lost.
    • Challenge Trials changed from Cash$8,000 on death to Cash$800 every 10% health lost.
    • Polluted Wasteland II changed from Cash$150,000 on death to Cash$15,000 every 10% health lost.

Notes

File:FallenHardcoreIcon.png Fallen
Previous Debut	Current Debut	Next Debut
Fallen King Wave 40	Awakened Fallen King & Warden Wave ???	End N/A

Challenge Trials
Previous Debut	Current Debut	Next Debut
Grave Digger Wave 35	Warden Wave 39	Champion Templar Wave 40

Nuclear (Polluted Wasteland II)
Previous Debut	Current Debut	Next Debut
Super Toxic Wave 21	Warden Wave 22	Giant Skeleton & Necromancer King Wave 23

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