Crook

Removed Content

---

Crook has been removed from the game as of the 8th of May 2021.
Crook may still exist in the game's code, though it is no longer officially used in-game, outside of possibly being in Sandbox in some form. This page has been preserved for historical purposes.

Similar Article

This article is about Crook. You may be looking for its Golden variant, the Golden Crook, Crook Boss, or Mafia.

Crook
Source	Crook Boss
Type	Humanoid
Statistics
Health	25
Spawnrate	60s
Damage Method	Single Collision
Damage	1
Firerate	0.33
Range	25
Speed	Average
Hidden Detection	No
Lead Detection	Yes (Collision only)
Flying Detection	No

Description

The Crook, formerly the Crook 1, was a unit that used to be spawned by the Crook Boss at Level 4. As with other units, it started from the end of the map path and moved towards the entrance of the map. The Crook had a spawnrate of 60 seconds.

Whenever there was an enemy in its range, the Crook would stop moving to shoot at the enemies. It would continue walking when there were no enemies left in its range.

Appearance

• Version 2
• Version 1

The second version of the Crook had tan skin, black legs, dark grey shoes, white torso with black and yellow stripes, and white sleeves. It had a smile face. It wore a grey beanie. It carried an UZI in its right hand to shoot at enemies.

The first version of the Crook had yellow skin, black legs, white torso with black and white stripes, white sleeves, and a mischievous face. It wore a black and white striped headband. It carried a Micro UZI to shoot at enemies.

Strategy

• You should not rely too much on Crooks because of their slow spawnrate.
• The Crook can deal full collision damage to enemies with defenses, like the Giant Boss.
  • However, the Crook's ranged damage is still affected by enemies with defense.
• The Crook cannot detect Hidden and Flying enemies, but they can still be damaged when the Crook collides with them. However, this is likely unfavorable as the Crook's main source of damage is ranged.
  • The Crook cannot collide with ghost enemies, like the Soul.
• On two-pathed maps, only one Crook will spawn per Level 4 Crook Boss. It will go down a random path.
• The Crook will struggle against fast enemies like the Rusher or Glitch, as they can run into Crooks without taking much damage.
• The Crook is not affected by any buffs given by other towers, like the Commander, whether the Crook is in the range of a tower that grants a buff or if the Crook Boss is in the range of a tower that grants a buff.
• The Crook will struggle against any enemy with abilities that damage units, as their health is lower than any amount of damage that these enemies deal.
  • For example, if the Fallen King uses its Stomp attack, and a Crook is caught in the attack, it is instantly killed.

Trivia

• The Golden Crook Boss used to spawn Golden Crooks instead of Crooks.
  • All the other skins for the Crook Boss, including the former Platinum skin, used to spawn the regular Crook.
  • Unlike the Crook, the Golden Crook remained in the game until the 13th of May 2022.
• The Crook was based on the Mafia City meme.
• The first version of the Crook used same death sound that Roblox uses.
• The Crook could be seen on the original Crook Boss Level 4 upgrade icon.
• In the Frost Invasion Update, the Crook was replaced with the Body Guard and Body Guards 1.
• The beanie used by the second version of the Crook is the Italian Ski Cap accessory from the Roblox catalog.

Update History

• 10 July 2019
  • Crook 1 added.
• 13 October 2019
  • Renamed from Crook 1 to Crook.
  • Damage decreased from 4 to 2.
  • Crook is now immune to stun.
  • Two Crooks now spawn per Crook Boss in two-pathed maps, previously only one spawned.
  • Crook now spawns every 60 seconds instead of at the beginning of each round and every minute after that.
• 12 January 2020
  • Health increased from 10 to 25.
  • Damage decreased from 2 to 1.
  • Range increased from 13 to 20.
  • One Crook now spawns per Crook Boss in two-pathed maps.
• 29 October 2020
  • Appearance changed.
  • Firerate decreased due to the Firerate Bug being made less severe.
  • Firerate decreased from 0.45 to 0.33.
  • Range increased from 20 to 25.
  • Speed increased from Slow to Average.
  • Death animation added.
• 8 May 2021
  • Crook removed.