Gatekeeper

Gatekeeper

Cold Ambush • Krampus Frosthold

Event Content

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Gatekeeper (Krampus Frosthold) has been removed from the game as of the 31st of January 2024 as it was part of the Krampus' Revenge Event.
This page has been preserved for historical purposes.

Gatekeeper
Mode Appearance	Krampus' Revenge
Wave Debut	17
Statistics
Base Health	25,000
Speed	Very Slow (1.15)
Cash Given	$5,000 every 10% health
Hidden?	No
Flying?	No
Ghost?	No
Lead?	No
Attributes	Freeze Immune Stun Immune Boss Immunities: Freeze Immunity Stun Immunity Toxic Gunner Slowdown
Ability
Ability	Key Toss - The Gatekeeper throws the large key in its hand at towers. The key travels in a circular direction, stunning towers hit by it before returning back to the Gatekeeper.

"Gate Keeper!.. It's me, your big jolly ole' friend!
It looks like my security guard changed teams!
Don't let him stand in the way!"

―Santa dialogue on Wave 17 (Krampus Frosthold)

Description

The Gatekeeper was the second major boss that appeared in Krampus Frosthold as part of the Krampus' Revenge Event. It had a very high amount of health but it walked quite slowly. The Gatekeeper could not be frozen or or have the chillness effect applied to it by freezing towers, slowed down by the Toxic Gunner and it could only be slowed down by the Electroshocker and Warden instead of being stunned.

It had one ability, Key Toss. This ability made the Gatekeeper throw its large key at the towers. The key would travel in a circular direction, which stunned towers hit by it before it returned back to the Gatekeeper.

Appearance

The Gatekeeper had pale skin and large pointy ears. It wore a jester's uniform, with alternative red and green colors on its clothing, red pants and gloves, and a brown belt. It had a red and green four-way pointed hat on its head that drooped downward, with the bottom part of it being entirely made out of gold, which also had multiple red and green jewels attached to it. It wore a golden breastplate, pauldrons and shoes, as well as golden lining on its clothes and face. It wielded a very large gold key that it used to attack towers with.

Strategy

• Towers with high DPS towers, like the Accelerator, Minigunner or Engineer are recommended against the Gatekeeper.
  • Stun immune towers, such as Ranger and Pursuit can be especially effective.
  • The Commander and DJ Booth can be also useful at boosting the firerate and range of the towers respectively.
• As multiple weaker enemies accompany the Gatekeeper when it spawns, towers like the Pyromancer or Mortar can be useful at clearing them out.
• Placing down cheap towers as a distraction, like the Pyromancer or Commander, can be pretty useful at making the Gatekeeper not target your main offensive towers.
  • The Gatekeeper can target cliff towers like Sniper and Ranger, but cannot stun them. These towers can also be used to prevent the Gatekeeper from attacking other important towers.
• The Gatekeeper cannot be frozen or slowed down by freezing towers or slowed down by the Toxic Gunner.
  • The Jester's confusion bomb can be quite useful at slowing down the Gatekeeper.
  • The Warden and Electroshocker can also be used, though they will only slow it down instead of stunning it.

Gallery

Trailers

Tower Defense Simulator- Christmas 2023 Trailer

Gatekeeper in the game trailer.

Miscellaneous

Defeated Gatekeeper.

Update History

• 21 December 2023 - v1.11.0
  • Gatekeeper added.
• 31 January 2024 - v1.12.0c
  • Gatekeeper removed.

Krampus Frosthold (Krampus' Revenge Event) (21 December 2023 – 31 January 2024)
Previous Debut	Current Debut	Next Debut
Cold Mist Wave 15	Gatekeeper & Cookie Guard Wave 17	Present3, Papa Bread & Builder Elf Wave 18