Golden Minigunner

Golden Minigunner
(Regular • Golden Perk)

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Golden Minigunner
Golden Perk Cost	50,000 (Golden Skincrate) or 75,000 (Daily Store)
Tower Cost	8,000 (Minigunner)
Base Cost	$3,000
Base Selling Cost	$1,000
Type	Offensive
Placement	Ground
Placement Limit	15
Statistics
Base Damage	3
Damage Method	Single
Base Firerate	0.128
Base Range	13
Hidden Detection	Level 2+
Lead Detection	N/A
Flying Detection	N/A
Immunities	None
Placement Footprint	Average (1.5)

"A high-firerate tower that carries a M61 Vulcan Gatling Gun"

―Store Description

Description

The Golden Minigunner is a golden perk for the Minigunner, obtained from the Golden Skincrate for 50,000 if you own the Minigunner. It can also be bought in the Daily Store for 75,000, being the most expensive item purchasable in the game with coins.

Before the Golden Minigunner starts firing, it needs to rev up its M61 Vulcan. If there are no enemies in its range while revved-up, it will wait for around a second for an enemy to enter its range. If no enemy enters its range in that time, it begins to deactivate the gun and will need to rev the gun up again when an enemy enters its range. It fires bullets at enemies at a fast firerate. The Golden Minigunner has high DPS and a relatively cheap cost compared to other high DPS towers, like the Accelerator or Engineer.

The Golden Minigunner has more damage and costs more than its normal counterpart, the Minigunner, making it a direct upgrade in many ways. It does, however, have a placement limit of fifteen unlike its normal counterpart, which is not limited. It is mostly considered a mid-game to late-game tower, although it can be used in early game if you have enough base health and focus solely on using the Farm for some time.

The Golden Minigunner has a placement limit of 15 per player.

Upgrades

Level 1 - Improved Handling - $800
+1 Damage 1.25 > 0.75 Rev-Up Time Sell Price changes to $1,266

Level 2 - Thermal Vision - $2,400
+2 Damage +1 Range +Hidden Detection Sell Price changes to $2,066

Level 3 - High Tech Armory - $7,750
+4 Damage 0.128 > 0.108 Firerate +2 Range Sell Price changes to $4,650

Level 4 - 24 Karat Gatling Gun - $24,000
+2 Range +14 Damage 0.75 > 2.25 Rev-Up Time Sell Price changes to $12,650

Stats Table

To see the statistics without the Firerate Bug, visit the Firerate Bug page.

Level	Total Price	Damage	Firerate	Rev-Up Time	Range	DPS	Cost Efficiency
0	$3,000	3	0.128	1.25	13	23.44	$127.99
1	$3,800	4	0.128	0.75	13	31.25	$121.6
2	$6,200	6	0.128	0.75	14	46.88	$132.25
3	$13,950	10	0.108	0.75	16	92.59	$150.66
4	$37,950	24	0.108	2.25	18	222.22	$170.78

Skins

To see all the upgrades of a skin, see the gallery page.

Skin	Default	Blue	Green	Black Ops
Rarity	Common	Common	Common	Common
Daily Store Cost	N/A	1,250	1,250	85
Obtained From	Free	Basic Skincrate	Basic Skincrate	Premium Skincrate
Skin	Pumpkin	Heavy	Wraith	Xmas
Rarity	Event	Common	Rare	Event
Daily Store Cost	5,000	85	120	N/A
Obtained From	Halloween 2019 Skincrate Pumpkin Skincrate Halloween Skincrate	Premium Skincrate	Premium Skincrate	Jolly Skincrate Christmas 2019 Skincrate
Skin	Party	Twitter	Toy	Bunny
Rarity	Exclusive	Exclusive	Uncommon	Event
Daily Store Cost	N/A	N/A	1,000	N/A
Obtained From	Party Skincrate	Code: 5KMILESTONE	Toy Skincrate	Bunny Skincrate
Skin	Hazmat	Ghost	Frost	Community
Rarity	Common	Event	Event	Exclusive
Daily Store Cost	85	5,000	N/A	N/A
Obtained From	Premium Skincrate	Spooky Skincrate Halloween Skincrate	Frost Skincrate	Code: COMMUNITY20
Skin	Crusader	Ducky	Beach	Plushie
Rarity	Event	Rare	Event	Exclusive
Daily Store Cost	5,000	4,000	N/A	N/A
Obtained From	Halloween Skincrate Solar Eclipse Season	Ducky Skincrate Hunting Season	End of Summer Season	Code
Skin	Holiday	Space Elite	Phantom	Warlord
Rarity	Event	Uncommon	Rare	Event
Daily Store Cost	5,000	105	N/A	N/A
Obtained From	Jolly Skincrate Violent Night Season	Premium Skincrate	Phantom Skincrate Mission Quests	Krampus' Revenge Season
Skin	Sweaking	Trucker	Chad	Golden Plushie
Rarity	Rare	Legendary	Legendary	Exclusive
Daily Store Cost	3,000	560	190	N/A
Obtained From	Daily Skin Store	Deluxe Skincrate	Premium Skincrate (Formerly)	Code
Skin	Fallen	Road Rage	Nutcracker
Rarity	Rare	Rare	Uncommon
Daily Store Cost	N/A	N/A	N/A
Obtained From	Mission Quests	Hexscape Event Premium Battle Pass	Operation I.C.E Regular Battle Pass

Strategy

• The Golden Minigunner should be one of the towers that are placed down the most. Place them in a large group near the front of the track if possible, or place them in an area that covers a lot of path (for example, inside corners).
  • Having a Commander or DJ Booth nearby helps a lot.
  • Unlike its regular counterpart, the Golden Minigunner has a placement limit. However, it does deal more damage and has larger range.
    • Its placement limit is still higher than other DPS towers.
• Midway through the game, several Level 1-2 Golden Minigunners are effective in wiping out hordes of enemies for an effective price.
• While this is a cost-effective way to triumph maps, this is not the best tower in terms of DPS.
  • In terms of DPS and range, the Engineer, Ranger and Accelerator are far more effective. However, they are more expensive and have their own limitations, like lower placement limits.
• This tower is not affected much by the defense from enemies like the Giant Boss and Templar due to its low damage at lower levels. In most cases, the Golden Minigunner can still deal most of its damage to such enemies, or even its full damage.
  • Do note that the Level 3 has 10 damage and Level 4 has 24 damage, which is high enough for most enemies to be able to decrease its damage.
  • Even still, defense dropping towers like the Pyromancer are recommended to increase the damage of Golden Minigunners against certain enemies with very high defense.
• The Golden Minigunner can be effective at killing high health hidden enemies that appear in mid game or late game, such as the Possessed Armor or Soul.
• While the Golden Minigunner does not have incredibly low range, it is still lower than most other DPS towers, such as the Ranger, Engineer, Accelerator or Turret.
  • The DJ Booth can be useful at boosting its rather low range.
• If you are planning to use the Golden Minigunner for early game, you need to have a high amount of base health and farm correctly to afford it. However, this is generally not recommended as it is risky.
  • Alternatively, you should have teammates with cheap towers to help deal with the early game while you farm.
    • You can also use the Supply Drop to help you farm more efficiently if you really want to get the Golden Minigunner down early.

Trivia

• The Golden Minigunner, alongside its normal counterpart, the Minigunner, currently has the most skins out of any tower in the game.
• The Golden Minigunner, alongside the Golden skin you get alongside the golden perk, are the single most expensive items in the game.
• The "Fires 24K cartridges at 10,000 RPM." text in the Level 4 upgrade description is a reference to Meet the Heavy.
  • The Level 4 upgrade description also mentions that it gains "Really cool armor!", which may be a reference to the Commando's Level 5 upgrade description
• The Golden Minigunner is the first golden perk to give a tower a placement limit.

Update History

For previous cosmetic variations, see the gallery page.

• 13 May 2022 - v1.2.2
  • Golden Minigunner added, replacing the Golden Minigunner skin buffs.
  • Bug: Golden Minigunner viewport uses its attack animation instead of the idle animation in places like the inventory or tower hotbar.
• 5 August 2022- v1.3.1
  • New skin: Beach
• 2 September 2022 - v1.3.2
  • New skin: Plushie
• 21 December 2022 - v1.6.0
  • Level requirement removed.
  • Skin rarity added to all skins.
  • Hazmat skin rarity changed from Rare to Common.
  • New skin: Holiday
• 5 May 2023 - v1.7.2
  • Ducky skin rarity changed from Event to Rare.
• 28 October 2023 - v1.9.0
  • Added Fires 24K cartridges at 10,000 RPM. and Really cool armor! to the Level 4 description.
  • Statistical changes:
    • Base
      • Damage increased from 2 to 3.
      • Firerate increased from 0.148 to 0.158.
      • Range decreased from 16 to 15.
      • Rev-up time increased from 1.4 to 2.
      • Cost increased from $3,000 to $3,750.
    • Level 1
      • Firerate changed from 0.148 > 0.108 to 0.158 > 0.128.
      • Range decreased from +2 to +0.
      • Rev-up time changed from 1.4 to 2 > 1.4.
      • Cost decreased from $750 to $650.
    • Level 2
      • Range increased from +1 to +2.
      • Name changed from Heat Vision Goggles to Thermal Vision.
    • Level 3
      • Damage increased from +1 to +4.
      • Firerate changed from 0.108 > 0.058 to 0.128 > 0.108.
      • Lead detection added.
      • Cost increased from $7,500 to $8,750.
      • Name changed from Geared Up to High Tech Armory.
    • Level 4
      • Damage increased from +2 to +6.
      • Cost increased from $10,000 to $12,500.
      • Name changed from Futuristic Armory to 24 Karat Gatling Gun.
  • New skin: Space Elite
• 21 December 2023 - v1.11.0
  • New skins: Phantom, Warlord
• 28 January 2024 - v1.12.0
  • New skin: Sweaking
• 29 March 2024 - v1.17.0
  • New skin: Trucker
• 1 April 2024 - v1.17.0b
  • New skin: Chad
  • Bug: Chad skin cannot be equipped in the intermission lobby.
  • Bug: Chad skin breaks the tower icon and stats in the tower hotbar.
• 1 April 2024 - v1.17.2
  • Bugfix: Chad skin can now be equipped in the intermission lobby.
  • Bugfix: Chad skin no longer breaks the tower icon and stats in the tower hotbar.
• 21 June 2024 - v1.25.0
  • Bug: Damage is no longer boosted by damage buffs.
• 19 July 2024 - v1.26.0
  • New skin: Golden Plushie
• 2 August 2024 - v1.27.0
  • New skin: Fallen
  • Bugfix: Damage is now boosted by damage buffs.
• 21 August 2024 - v1.28.0
  • Placement limit of 15 added.
  • Statistical changes:
    • Base
      • Cost decreased from $3,750 to $3,000.
      • Firerate decreased from 0.158 to 0.128.
      • Range decreased from 15 to 13.
      • Rev-up time decreased from 1.6 to 1.5
    • Level 1
      • Cost increased from $650 to $800.
      • Damage increased from +0 to +1.
      • Firerate changed from 0.158 > 0.128 to 0.128.
      • Rev-up time changed from 1.6 > 1.4 to 1.25 > 0.75.
    • Level 2
      • Cost increased from $2,000 to $2,400.
      • Damage increased from +1 to +2.
      • Range decreased from +2 to +1.
    • Level 3
      • Cost decreased from $8,750 to $7,750.
      • Range increased from +0 to +2.
      • Lead detection removed.
    • Level 4
      • Cost increased from $12,500 to $24,000.
      • Damage increased from +6 to +14.
      • Rev-up time changed from 1.4 to 0.75 > 2.25.
• 23 October 2024 - v1.37.0
  • New skin: Road Rage
• 16 December 2024 - v1.46.0
  • New skin: Nutcracker

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