Golden Scout

Golden Scout
(Regular • Golden Perk)

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Golden Scout
Golden Perk Cost	50,000 (Golden Skincrate) or 55,000 (Daily Store)
Tower Cost	Free (Scout)
Base Cost	$250
Base Selling Cost	$83
Type	Offensive
Placement	Ground
Statistics
Base Damage	3
Damage Method	Single
Base Firerate	1.208
Base Range	12
Hidden Detection	Level 2+
Lead Detection	Level 3+
Flying Detection	N/A
Immunities	None
Placement Footprint	Average (1.5)

"The starter tower of the game."

―Store Description

Description

The Golden Scout is a upgraded version of the Scout, obtained in the Golden Skincrate for 50,000. It can also appear in the Daily Skin Store for 55,000. You automatically unlock the Golden Scout's normal counterpart, the Scout, when you first join in the game.

The Golden Scout is very cheap in comparison to other towers, meaning that it can be placed right from the start of the game. However, the Golden Scout has mediocre DPS, meaning that in harder modes it is not that effective later on during the game.

In comparison to its normal counterpart, the Scout, it is considerably more expensive to upgrade and its firerate is slower at later levels. Despite this, the Golden Scout is significantly better than its normal counterpart, the Scout, because it has much higher damage and efficiency. The Golden Scout is considered an early-game to mid-game tower.

Upgrades

Level 1 - Higher Caliber - $200
+1 Damage 1.208 > 1.008 Firerate Sell Price changes to $150

Level 2 - Precise Aiming - $650
+4 Damage +2 Range +Hidden Detection Sell Price changes to $366

Level 3 - Golden Deagle - $1,500
+7 Damage 1.008 > 0.808 Firerate +2.5 Range +Lead Detection Sell Price changes to $886

Level 4 - Double Tap - $4,500
+5 Damage 0.808 > 0.408 Firerate Sell Price changes to $2,366

Stats Table

To see all the previous statistics of this tower, see the history page, while for the statistics without the Firerate Bug, visit the Firerate Bug page.

Level	Total Price	Damage	Firerate	Range	DPS	Cost Efficiency
0	$250	3	1.208	12	2.48	$100.81
1	$450	4	1.008	12	3.97	$113.35
2	$1,100	8	1.008	14	7.94	$138.54
3	$2,600	15	0.808	16.5	18.56	$140.09
4	$7,100	20	0.408	16.5	49.02	$144.84

Skins

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

Skin	Default	Red	Green	Blue
Rarity	Common	Common	Common	Common
Daily Store Cost	N/A	1,250	1,250	1,250
Obtained From	Free	Basic Skincrate	Basic Skincrate	Basic Skincrate
Skin	Survivor	Black Ops	Party	Bunny
Rarity	Rare	Common	Exclusive	Event
Daily Store Cost	2,000	85	N/A	N/A
Obtained From	Basic Skincrate	Premium Skincrate	Party Skincrate	Bunny Skincrate
Skin	Eclipse	Valentines	Beach	Intern
Rarity	Event	Common	Event	Rare
Daily Store Cost	N/A	4,000	N/A	120
Obtained From	Solar Eclipse Season	Lovely Skincrate Season of Love Season	End of Summer Season	Premium Skincrate Philips x TDS Season
Skin	Prime Raven	Holiday	Cookie	Frost Hunter
Rarity	Legendary	Event	Exclusive	Common
Daily Store Cost	N/A	5,000	N/A	3,000
Obtained From	Raven Hunter Hood from Amazon Prime Gaming	Jolly Skincrate Violent Night Season	Code: M3RRY2022TDS	Cold Front Skincrate
Skin	Plushie	Ducky	Skull Trooper	Masquerade
Rarity	Exclusive	Common	Exclusive	Event
Daily Store Cost	N/A	3,000	5,000	N/A
Obtained From	Code	Ducky Skincrate	Halloween Skincrate	Lunar Overture Season
Skin	Phantom	Valhalla	Toilet	Guest
Rarity	Uncommon	Event	Legendary	Exclusive
Daily Store Cost	N/A	N/A	190	N/A
Obtained From	Phantom Skincrate	Krampus' Revenge Season	Premium Skincrate (Formerly) Triumph Headache Headquarters	Triumph Classic Castle
Skin	Fallen	King of Rock	Haz3mn
Rarity	Rare	Common	Event
Daily Store Cost	N/A	N/A	N/A
Obtained From	The Underworld Dreg Mission Quest	Hexscape Event Regular Season	Tower Defense Simulator x PLS DONATE Event

Strategy

• The Golden Scout is mainly used as an early-game to mid-game tower and does not perform as well later on during the game.
  • Placing multiple Level 0 Golden Scouts can be a good way to defend earlier waves.
• The Golden Scout has cheap hidden detection. This means that the Golden Scout can be used to defend against weaker Hidden enemies, like the Hidden and Shadow, while you can work on getting more expensive towers and upgrades.
  • It can also defend well against Hidden enemies with higher health such as the Hidden Boss or Shadow Boss at later levels, when multiple of them are placed down.
  • It also has relatively cheap lead penetration, making it useful for enemies like Lead and Lead Boss. However, it does not have flying detection, so it cannot target the Lead Balloon while its balloons are not popped.
• The Golden Scout can be used as a cheap way to distract enemies like the Molten Boss from using their abilities on more useful towers, like the Accelerator.
  • This could be risky however, due to the tower slot limit of 5, you may not be able to choose better towers.
    • You can use the Golden Scout to deal with the early waves to give it some use other than distracting bosses' abilities.
• The DJ Booth can increase the Golden Scout's somewhat short range.

Trivia

• The Golden Scout's name and function are loosely based on the Tower Battles' Golden Scout.
• The Golden Scout has the second lowest placement cost in the game, shared with the Farm.
• The Golden Scout is the only golden tower that has different upgrade icons than its normal counterpart.
  • The Level 2 upgrade's icon is the Headshot icon from Team Fortress 2.

Update History

For previous cosmetic variations, see the gallery page.

• 13 May 2022 - v1.2.2
  • Golden Scout added, replacing the Golden Scout skin buffs.
• 5 August 2022 - v1.3.1
  • New skin: Beach
• 30 September 2022 - v1.4.0
  • New skins: Intern, Prime Raven
• 21 December 2022 - v1.6.0
  • Skin rarity added to all skins.
  • Survivor skin rarity changed from Uncommon to Rare.
  • New skins: Holiday, Cookie
• 14 February 2023 - v1.6.2
  • New skin: Frost Hunter
• 14 April 2023 - v1.7.1
  • New skin: Plushie
• 12 May 2023 - v1.7.3
  • New skin: Ducky
• 28 October 2023 - v1.9.0
  • New skins: Skull Trooper, Masquerade
• 21 December 2023 - v1.11.0
  • New skins: Phantom, Valhalla
• 1 April 2024 - v1.17.0b
  • New skin: Toilet
  • Bug: Toilet skin cannot be equipped in the intermission lobby.
  • Bug: Toilet skin breaks the tower icon and stats in the tower hotbar.
• 1 April 2024 - v1.17.2
  • New skin: Toilet
  • Bugfix: Toilet skin now can be equipped in the intermission lobby.
  • Bugfix: Toilet skin no longer breaks the tower icon in the tower hotbar during matches.
• 23 May 2024 - v1.23.0
  • New skin: Guest
• 21 June 2024 - v1.25.0
  • Bug: Damage is no longer boosted by damage buffs.
• 2 August 2024 - v1.27.0
  • New skin: Fallen
  • Bugfix: Damage is now boosted by damage buffs.
• 11 September 2024 - v1.31.0
  • Statistical changes:
    • Base
      • Placement cost increased from $200 to $250.
      • Damage increased from 2 to 3.
    • Level 1
      • Cost increased from $125 to $200.
      • Firerate changed from 1.208 to 1.208 > 1.008.
      • Range decreased from +2 to +0.
    • Level 2
      • Cost increased from $500 to $650.
      • Damage increased from +1 to +4.
      • Firerate changed from 1.208 > 1.008 to 1.008.
    • Level 3
      • Damage increased from +6 to +7.
      • Firerate changed from 1.008 > 0.758 to 1.008 > 0.808.
      • Range increased from +0 to +2.5.
    • Level 4
      • Cost increased from $4,000 to $4,500.
      • Firerate changed from 0.758 > 0.408 to 0.808 > 0.408.
      • Range decreased from +2 to +0.
• 18 September 2024 - v1.32.0
  • Bug: Level 1 description does not state that damage is increased by 1.
• 25 September 2024 - v1.33.0
  • Bugfix: Level 1 description now states that the Golden Scout's damage is increased.
• 23 October 2024 - v1.37.0
  • New skin: King of Rock
• 13 November 2024 - v1.41.0
  • New skin: Haz3mn

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