Glitch

Glitch

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Glitch
Mode Appearance	Legacy Fallen Challenges Juggernaut Challenge Jailed Towers Challenge Legion Challenge Oops! All slimes! Challenge Vanguard Challenge
Wave Debut	26
Statistics
Base Health	200 Challenges 400 (Juggernaut)
Speed	Extremely Swift (12)
Cash Given	$5 on death
Spawned By	Mystery (Legacy Fallen, wave 27 onwards)
Hidden?	No
Flying?	No
Ghost?	No
Lead?	No
Attributes	Stun Immune

• Current
• Translated
• April Fools 2022
• Version 1

"Hey that doesn't look right...
What are those things?"

―Commander dialogue on Wave 26 (Legacy Fallen)

"This is crazy.
Sometimes"

―Commander dialogue on Wave 26 (Translated Fallen)

"Hey, that doesn't wook wight...
What awe those things?"

―Commander dialogue on Wave 26 (April Fools 2022 Fallen)

"New fast enemy incoming!"

―Beginning of Wave 26 (Pre-Overhaul, Fallen)

Description

The Glitch is an enemy with extremely high speed, being the fastest enemy in Challenges. While it has relatively low health for its debut, its high speed makes it a very dangerous threat. It also has stun immunity, which prevents it from being completely stopped by the Warden and Electroshocker, only being slowed down instead and makes it immune to knockback.

The Glitch can be spawned by the Mystery upon its death in Legacy Fallen mode from Wave 27 onwards only.

Appearance

The Glitch is a volatile multi-colored enemy with no face. It has a white head, neon orange torso, blue right arm, magenta left arm, salmon right leg, and cyan left leg, all of which are either translucent or glowing. Glitched particles of various colors are emitted whenever the Glitch runs. It also makes a brief beeping sound upon death.

Strategy

• High DPS towers like the Minigunner, Golden Soldier, Turret or Golden Minigunner can be quite effective against the Glitch.
  • Using the Commander to boost their firerate can be very helpful against this enemy.
  • Using the DJ Booth to boost the range of your towers can also be very helpful, as the Glitch can easily run past towers like the Accelerator or Minigunner due to their charge up time and range.
• Using towers that can slow down the Glitch, such as the Electroshocker are highly recommended.
  • Do note that the Glitch has stun immunity, which makes stunning towers like the Electroshocker only slow down the Glitch instead of completely stopping it and prevents it from being knocked back.
  • The Sledger is not recommended against this, as the Glitch can easily avoid being hit by the Sledger because of its slow firerate and low range. However, multiple Sledgers can be effective against this.
• Because of the Glitch's high speed, towers with slow firerate and short range, such as the Shotgunner, Demoman and Gladiator, will perform poorly against these enemies.
  • A group of Level 5 Gladiators can perform well against the Glitch.
  • Projectile based towers, like the Mortar or Demoman, can also miss the Glitch due to its speed.
• Crowd control towers, such as the Executioner, Rocketeer or Mortar can be used against Glitches, as they mostly spawn in groups.
• The Military Base's Tank and Railgun Tank, as well as the Mercenary Base's Riot Guard can absorb damage from damaged Glitches somewhat well.
  • However, do not rely solely on this as a horde of Glitches can wipe through all of your units.

Gallery

Previous Variants

First version, first animation (13 October 2019 – 29 October 2020)

Corpse Variants

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

Promotional Videos

Entity System - Tower Defense Simulator

Glitch on a promotional video.

Trailers

Tower Defense Simulator Trailer

Glitch in the game trailer.

Tower Defense Simulator- 🌵 BADLANDS Trailer! 🌵

Glitch in the game trailer.

Tower Defense Simulator- Halloween 2022 Trailer

Glitch in the game trailer.

Miscellaneous

Glitch on the Pizza Party icon.

Glitch on its Index icon.

Trivia

• This was at one point the fastest enemy in the game, tied with the Bug.
  • This record was beaten by the Fallen Rusher while it has its shield.
• The Error is a variant of the Glitch that also appears in Legacy Fallen mode.
  • Prior to the 26th of May 2020, the Error was faster than the Glitch.
  • Unlike the Glitch, the Error has shield health.
• The Glitch makes a beep sound when it dies, specifically this sound.

Update History

• 13 October 2019 - Release v1.0.0
  • Glitch added.
• 25 November 2019 - Release v1.3.0
  • Now appears in Hidden Wave.
• 29 November 2019 - Release v1.4.0
  • No longer appears in Hidden Wave.
• 14 February 2020
  • Now has partial electric immunity.
• 4 March 2020 - Release v1.8.0
  • MEGA Health scaling added.
• 26 May 2020 - Release v1.11.0
  • Speed increased from Swift to Extremely Swift (12).
• 29 October 2020 - Overhaul v1.0.0
  • Now has energy immunity.
  • Animation changed.
• 30 September 2022 - v1.4.0
  • Now appears in Badlands II.
• 31 October 2022 - v1.4.2
  • Now appears in Pizza Party.
• 23 May 2023 - v1.7.3a
  • Energy immunity replaced with stun immunity.
• 2 August 2024 - v1.27.0
  • No longer appears in Fallen mode, as it has been replaced by the Fallen Rusher.
• 17 December 2024 - v1.46.4
  • Glitch now appears in Legacy Fallen mode, if activated through Sandbox mode.
• 17 December 2024 - v1.46.5
  • Glitch no longer appears in Legacy Fallen mode, as it has been removed.
• 22 January 2025 - v1.50.0
  • No longer appears in Pizza Party.
• 5 February 2025 - v1.52.0
  • No longer appears in Badlands II.
• 12 February 2025 - v1.53.0
  • Glitch now appears in Legacy Fallen mode, if activated through Sandbox mode.
  • Bug: No longer appears in the Index.

Fallen (Polluted Wasteland)
Previous Debut	Current Debut	Next Debut
Shadow Boss Wave 24	Glitch Wave 26	Rusher Wave 28