Jester/History

Jester
	ARTICLE		GALLERY		HISTORY

To see the statistics of this tower without the Firerate Bug, visit the Firerate Bug page.

1 March 2024 – Present

Base Stats

Base Stats

Cost $500	Type Offensive Support
Sell Price $166	Placement Type Ground
Damage 2 1 (Burn Damage)	Damage Method Splash Fire Poison (Level 3+)
Firerate 1.508	Hidden Detection Level 3+
Range 10 6 (Explosion Range)	Lead Detection Level 0+ (Splash and Fire only)
Placement Limit 8	Flying Detection N/A^[1]
Burn Time 3	Burn Tick 1

Upgrades

Level 1 - Trained Juggling - $100

1.508 > 1.008 Firerate

+2 Range

Sell Price changes to $200

Level 2 - Cold Humor - $550

+3 Damage

+1 Burn Damage

3 > 4 Burn Time

+Ice Bomb

•50% Damage Reduction

•30% Slowdown per Hit

•60% Max Slowdown

•2 Freeze Time

Sell Price changes to $383

Level 3 - Potent Bombs - $2,250

+8 Damage

+4 Burn Damage

4 > 6 Burn Time

+Poison Bomb

•4 Poison Damage

•10 Poison Time

•0.5 Poison Tick

•1% Defense Dropping

+Hidden Detection

Sell Price changes to $1,133

Level 4 - Harlequin of Doom - $8,500

+2 Range

+10 Damage

1.008 > 0.758 Firerate

+5 Burn Damage

1 > 0.5 Burn Tick

+3 Poison Damage

+Second bomb slot

+Confusion Bomb

•50% Damage Reduction

•2 Confusion Time

•8 Cooldown

Sell Price changes to $3,996

Stats Table

Total Cost
Level 0	Level 1	Level 2	Level 3	Level 4
$500	$600	$1,150	$3,400	$11,900

Fire Bomb
Level	Bomb Damage	Burn Damage^[2]	Firerate	Burn Tick	Burn Time	Range	Explosion Range	Max Hits	Total Elapsed Damage^[3]	DPS^[4]
0	2	1	1.508	1	3	10	6	5	3	2.33^[5]
1	2	1	1.008	1	3	12	6	5	3	2.98^[6]
2	4	2	1.008	1	4	12	6	5	8	5.97^[7]
3	12	6	1.008	1	6	12	6	5	36	17.9^[8]
4	22	11	0.758	0.5	6	14	6	5	132	51.02^[9]

Ice Bomb
Level	Bomb Damage^[10]	Firerate	Range	Explosion Range	Freeze Time	Slowdown per Hit	Max Slowdown	Max Hits	DPS^[4]
2	2	1.008	12	6	2	30%	60%	5	1.99
3	6	1.008	12	6	2	30%	60%	5	5.95
4	11	0.758	14	6	2	30%	60%	5	14.51

Poison Bomb
Level	Poison Damage^[11]	Firerate	Poison Tick	Range	Poison Time	Defense Drop^[12]	DPS^[13]
3	4	1.008	0.5	12	10	1%	8
4	7	0.758	0.5	14	10	1%	14

Confusion Bomb
Level	Bomb Damage^[10]	Firerate	Range	Explosion Range	Confusion Time	Confusion Cooldown	Max Hits	DPS^[4]
4	11	0.758	14	6	2	8	5	14.51

24 February 2024 – 1 March 2024

Base Stats

Base Stats

Cost $500	Type Offensive Support
Sell Price $166	Placement Type Ground
Damage 2 1 (Burn Damage)	Damage Method Splash Fire Poison (Level 3+)
Firerate 1.508	Hidden Detection Level 3+
Range 10 6 (Explosion Range)	Lead Detection Level 0+ (Splash and Fire only)
Placement Limit 8	Flying Detection N/A^[1]
Burn Time 3	Burn Tick 1

Upgrades

Level 1 - Trained Juggling - $100

1.508 > 1.208 Firerate

+2 Range

Sell Price changes to $200

Level 2 - Cold Humor - $550

+3 Damage

+1 Burn Damage

+Ice Bomb

•50% Damage Reduction

•30% Slowdown per Hit

•60% Max Slowdown

•2 Freeze Time

Sell Price changes to $383

Level 3 - Potent Bombs - $2,250

+8 Damage

+4 Burn Damage

3 > 6 Burn Time

+Poison Bomb

•4 Poison Damage

•10 Poison Time

•0.5 Poison Tick

•0.1% Defense Dropping

Sell Price changes to $1,133

Level 4 - Harlequin of Doom - $8,500

+2 Range

+10 Damage

1.208 > 0.758 Firerate

+5 Burn Damage

1 > 0.5 Burn Tick

+3 Poison Damage

+Second bomb slot

+Confusion Bomb

•50% Damage Reduction

•2 Confusion Time

•8 Cooldown

Sell Price changes to $3,996

Stats Table

Total Cost
Level 0	Level 1	Level 2	Level 3	Level 4
$500	$600	$1,150	$3,400	$11,900

Fire Bomb
Level	Bomb Damage	Burn Damage^[2]	Firerate	Burn Tick	Burn Time	Range	Explosion Range	Max Hits	Total Elapsed Damage^[3]	DPS^[4]
0	2	1	1.508	1	3	10	6	5	3	2.33^[5]
1	2	1	1.208	1	3	12	6	5	3	2.66^[14]
2	4	2	1.208	1	3	12	6	5	6	5.31^[15]
3	12	6	1.208	1	6	12	6	5	36	15.93^[16]
4	22	11	0.758	0.5	6	14	6	5	132	51.02^[9]

Ice Bomb
Level	Bomb Damage^[10]	Firerate	Range	Explosion Range	Freeze Time	Slowdown per Hit	Max Slowdown	Max Hits	DPS^[4]
2	2	1.208	12	6	2	30%	60%	5	1.66
3	6	1.208	12	6	2	30%	60%	5	4.97
4	11	0.758	14	6	2	30%	60%	5	14.51

Poison Bomb
Level	Poison Damage^[11]	Firerate	Poison Tick	Range	Poison Time	Defense Drop^[12]	DPS^[13]
3	4	1.208	0.5	12	10	0.1%	8
4	7	0.758	0.5	14	10	0.1%	14

Confusion Bomb
Level	Bomb Damage^[10]	Firerate	Range	Explosion Range	Confusion Time	Confusion Cooldown	Max Hits	DPS^[4]
4	11	0.758	14	6	2	8	5	14.51

31 October 2023 – 24 February 2024

Base Stats

Base Stats

Cost $500	Type Offensive Support
Sell Price $166	Placement Type Ground
Damage 2 1 (Burn Damage)	Damage Method Splash Fire Poison (Level 3+)
Firerate 1.508	Hidden Detection Level 0+
Range 10 6 (Explosion Range)	Lead Detection Level 0+ (Splash and Fire only)
Placement Limit 8	Flying Detection N/A^[1]
Burn Time 3	Burn Tick 1

Upgrades

Level 1 - Trained Juggling - $100

1.508 > 1.008 Firerate

+2 Range

Sell Price changes to $200

Level 2 - Cold Humor - $650

+3 Damage

+2 Burn Damage

3 > 5 Burn Time

+Ice Bomb

•50% Damage Reduction

•40% Slowdown

•2 Freeze Time

Sell Price changes to $416

Level 3 - Potent Bombs - $2,100

+5 Damage

+2 Burn Damage

5 > 6 Burn Time

+Poison Bomb

•3 Poison Damage

•10 Poison Time

•0.5 Poison Tick

•0.1% Defense Dropping

Sell Price changes to $1,116

Level 4 - Harlequin of Doom - $6,000

+2 Range

+14 Damage

1.008 > 0.758 Firerate

+7 Burn Damage

6 > 8 Burn Time

1 > 0.5 Burn Tick

+5 Poison Damage

+Second bomb slot

+Confusion Bomb

•50% Damage Reduction

•3 Confusion Time

•8 Cooldown

Sell Price changes to $3,116

Stats Table

Total Cost
Level 0	Level 1	Level 2	Level 3	Level 4
$500	$600	$1,250	$3,350	$9,350

Fire Bomb
Level	Bomb Damage	Burn Damage^[2]	Firerate	Burn Tick	Burn Time	Range	Explosion Range	Max Hits	Total Elapsed Damage^[3]	DPS^[4]
0	2	1	1.508	1	3	10	6	5	3	2.33^[5]
1	2	1	1.008	1	3	12	6	5	3	2.98^[6]
2	5	3	1.008	1	5	12	6	5	15	7.96^[17]
3	10	5	1.008	1	6	12	6	5	30	14.92^[18]
4	24	12	0.758	0.5	8	14	6	5	192	55.66^[19]

Ice Bomb
Level	Bomb Damage^[10]	Firerate	Range	Explosion Range	Freeze Time	Slowdown	Max Hits	DPS^[4]
2	3	1.008	12	6	2	40%	5	2.98
3	5	1.008	12	6	2	40%	5	4.96
4	12	0.758	14	6	2	40%	5	15.83

Poison Bomb
Level	Poison Damage^[11]	Firerate	Poison Tick	Range	Explosion Range	Poison Time	Defense Drop^[12]	DPS^[13]
3	3	1.008	0.5	12	6	10	0.1%	6
4	8	0.758	0.5	14	6	10	0.1%	16

Confusion Bomb
Level	Bomb Damage^[10]	Firerate	Range	Explosion Range	Confusion Time	Confusion Cooldown	Max Hits	DPS^[4]
4	12	0.758	14	6	3	8	5	15.83

31 October 2023

Base Stats

Base Stats

Cost $500	Type Offensive Support
Sell Price $166	Placement Type Ground
Damage 2 1 (Burn Damage)	Damage Method Splash Fire Poison (Level 3+)
Firerate 1.508	Hidden Detection Level 0+
Range 10 6 (Explosion Range)	Lead Detection Level 0+ (Splash and Fire only)
Placement Limit 8	Flying Detection N/A^[1]
Burn Time 3	Burn Tick 1

Upgrades

Level 1 - Trained Juggling - $100

1.508 > 1.008 Firerate

+2 Range

Sell Price changes to $200

Level 2 - Cold Humor - $650

+3 Damage

+2 Burn Damage

3 > 5 Burn Time

+Ice Bomb

•50% Damage Reduction

•40% Slowdown

•2 Freeze Time

Sell Price changes to $416

Level 3 - Potent Bombs - $2,100

+5 Damage

+2 Burn Damage

5 > 6 Burn Time

+Poison Bomb

•5 Poison Damage

•10 Poison Time

•0.5 Poison Tick

•0.1% Defense Dropping

Sell Price changes to $1,116

Level 4 - Harlequin of Doom - $6,000

+2 Range

+14 Damage

1.008 > 0.758 Firerate

+7 Burn Damage

6 > 8 Burn Time

1 > 0.5 Burn Tick

+7 Poison Damage

+Second bomb slot

+Confusion Bomb

•50% Damage Reduction

•3 Confusion Time

•12 Cooldown

Sell Price changes to $3,116

Stats Table

Total Cost
Level 0	Level 1	Level 2	Level 3	Level 4
$500	$600	$1,250	$3,350	$9,350

Fire Bomb
Level	Bomb Damage	Burn Damage^[2]	Firerate	Burn Tick	Burn Time	Range	Explosion Range	Max Hits	Total Elapsed Damage^[3]	DPS^[4]
0	2	1	1.508	1	3	10	6	5	3	2.33^[5]
1	2	1	1.008	1	3	12	6	5	3	2.98^[6]
2	5	3	1.008	1	5	12	6	5	15	7.96^[17]
3	10	5	1.008	1	6	12	6	5	30	14.92^[18]
4	24	12	0.758	0.5	8	14	6	5	192	55.66^[19]

Ice Bomb
Level	Bomb Damage^[10]	Firerate	Range	Explosion Range	Freeze Time	Slowdown	Max Hits	DPS^[4]
2	3	1.008	12	6	2	40%	5	2.98
3	5	1.008	12	6	2	40%	5	4.96
4	12	0.758	14	6	2	40%	5	15.83

Poison Bomb
Level	Poison Damage^[20]	Firerate	Poison Tick	Range	Poison Time	Defense Drop^[12]	DPS^[13]
3	5	1.008	0.5	12	10	0.1%	10
4	12	0.758	0.5	14	10	0.1%	24

Confusion Bomb
Level	Bomb Damage^[10]	Firerate	Range	Explosion Range	Confusion Time	Confusion Cooldown	Max Hits	DPS^[4]
4	12	0.758	14	6	3	12	5	15.83

Notes

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 Through splash damage, flying enemies may be hit indirectly if another detectable enemy is nearby, but this tower can never directly target flying enemies.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 Burn damage is 50% of base damage, rounded up.
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 ^3.3 Total Elapsed Damage is calculated as Burn Damage × (Burn Time ÷ Burn Tick).
↑ ^4.00 ^4.01 ^4.02 ^4.03 ^4.04 ^4.05 ^4.06 ^4.07 ^4.08 ^4.09 ^4.10 ^4.11 DPS assumes only one enemy is hit and that only one type of bomb is used.
↑ ^5.0 ^5.1 ^5.2 ^5.3 1.33 regular DPS + 1 Burn DPS
↑ ^6.0 ^6.1 ^6.2 1.98 regular DPS + 1 Burn DPS
↑ 3.97 regular DPS + 2 Burn DPS
↑ 11.9 regular DPS + 6 Burn DPS
↑ ^9.0 ^9.1 29.02 regular DPS + 22 Burn DPS
↑ ^10.0 ^10.1 ^10.2 ^10.3 ^10.4 ^10.5 ^10.6 ^10.7 Damage is 50% of the regular damage, rounded up.
↑ ^11.0 ^11.1 ^11.2 Poison damage is 30% of base damage, rounded up.
↑ ^12.0 ^12.1 ^12.2 ^12.3 Can drop up to 50% of an enemy's defense.
↑ ^13.0 ^13.1 ^13.2 ^13.3 DPS assumes only one enemy is hit from one poisonous puddle and that only one type of bomb is used.
↑ 1.66 regular DPS + 1 Burn DPS
↑ 3.31 regular DPS + 2 Burn DPS
↑ 9.93 regular DPS + 6 Burn DPS
↑ ^17.0 ^17.1 4.96 regular DPS + 3 Burn DPS
↑ ^18.0 ^18.1 9.92 regular DPS + 5 Burn DPS
↑ ^19.0 ^19.1 31.66 regular DPS + 24 Burn DPS
↑ Poison damage is 50% of base damage, rounded up.

Towers
Starter	Scout • Sniper • Paintballer • Demoman • Hunter • Soldier
Intermediate	Militant • Medic • Freezer • Farm • Shotgunner • Rocketeer • Trapper • Ace Pilot • Pyromancer • Military Base • Crook Boss
Advanced	Electroshocker • Commander • Warden • Cowboy • DJ Booth • Minigunner • Ranger • Pursuit • Gatling Gun • Turret • Mortar • Mercenary Base
Hardcore	Brawler • Necromancer • Accelerator • Engineer
Golden Perks	Golden Minigunner • Golden Crook Boss • Golden Pyromancer • Golden Scout • Golden Cowboy • Golden Soldier
Exclusive	Gladiator • Commando • Slasher • Frost Blaster • Archer • Swarmer • Toxic Gunner • Sledger • Executioner • Elf Camp • Jester • Cryomancer • Hallow Punk • Harvester • Snowballer • Elementalist • Firework Technician • War Machine • Mecha Base
Removed	Sentry

Units
Military Base	Humvee • Humvee 2 • Humvee 3 • Tank • Railgun Tank • Motorcycle (Removed) • Truck1 (Removed) • Truck2 (Removed) • Truck3 (Removed)
Engineer	Sentry • Rifle Sentry • Minigun Sentry • War Machine Sentry
Crook Boss	Pistol Goon • Tommy Goon 1 • Tommy Goon 2 • Body Guard (Removed) • Body Guards 1 (Removed) • Body Guards 2 (Removed) • Golden Crook (Removed) • Golden Mafia (Removed) • Crook (Removed) • Mafia (Removed)
Golden Crook Boss	Golden Pistol Goon • Golden Tommy Goon 1 • Tommy Goon 2 • Golden Body Guard (Removed) • Golden Body Guards 1 (Removed) • Golden Body Guards 2 (Removed)
Commander	Gunner APC • Missile APC
Mercenary Base	Rifleman • Grenadier • Riot Guard • Field Medic
Elf Camp	Elf • Snowball Elf • Bomber Elf • Guardian Elf • Cannoneer Elf • Ripped Elf • Gift Bomber • Gunner Elf
Necromancer	Skeleton • Sword Skeleton • Giant Skeleton • Skeleton Knight • Hallow Guard • Executioner Skeleton
Elementalist	Ice Turret
Consumables	Molten Monster
Enforcer	SWAT Van (Removed)
Mecha Base	Mark I • Mark II • Mark III • Mark IV • Mark V • XR600 (Removed) • Armored XR600 (Removed) • XR700 (Removed) • XR900 (Removed) • XR901 (Removed)
Trick or Threat Town	Citizen 1 (Removed) • Citizen 2 (Removed)
Commands Only	Monster

Tower Gallery Pages
Starter	Scout • Sniper • Paintballer • Demoman • Hunter • Soldier
Intermediate	Militant • Medic • Freezer • Farm • Shotgunner • Rocketeer • Trapper • Ace Pilot • Pyromancer • Military Base • Crook Boss
Advanced	Electroshocker • Commander • Warden • Cowboy • DJ Booth • Minigunner • Ranger • Pursuit • Gatling Gun • Turret • Mortar • Mercenary Base
Hardcore	Brawler • Necromancer • Accelerator • Engineer
Golden Perks	Golden Minigunner • Golden Crook Boss • Golden Pyromancer • Golden Scout • Golden Cowboy • Golden Soldier
Exclusive	Gladiator • Commando • Slasher • Frost Blaster • Archer • Swarmer • Toxic Gunner • Sledger • Executioner • Elf Camp • Jester • Cryomancer • Hallow Punk • Harvester • Snowballer • Elementalist • Firework Technician • War Machine • Mecha Base
Removed	Sentry

Unit Gallery Pages
Military Base	Humvee • Humvee 2 • Humvee 3 • Tank • Railgun Tank
Engineer	Sentry • Rifle Sentry • Minigun Sentry • War Machine Sentry
Crook Boss	Pistol Goon • Tommy Goon 1 • Tommy Goon 2
Golden Crook Boss	Golden Pistol Goon • Golden Tommy Goon 1 • Golden Tommy Goon 2
Commander	Gunner APC • Missile APC
Mercenary Base	Rifleman • Grenadier • Riot Guard • Field Medic
Necromancer	Skeleton • Sword Skeleton • Giant Skeleton • Skeleton Knight • Hallow Guard • Executioner Skeleton
Elementalist	Ice Turret

History Pages
Starter	Scout • Sniper • Paintballer • Demoman • Hunter • Soldier
Intermediate	Militant • Medic • Freezer • Farm • Shotgunner • Rocketeer • Trapper • Ace Pilot • Pyromancer • Military Base • Crook Boss
Advanced	Electroshocker • Commander • Warden • Cowboy • DJ Booth • Minigunner • Ranger • Pursuit • Gatling Gun • Turret • Mortar • Mercenary Base
Hardcore	Brawler • Necromancer • Accelerator • Engineer
Golden Perks	Golden Minigunner • Golden Crook Boss • Golden Pyromancer • Golden Scout • Golden Cowboy • Golden Soldier
Exclusive	Gladiator • Commando • Slasher • Frost Blaster • Archer • Swarmer • Toxic Gunner • Sledger • Executioner • Elf Camp • Jester • Snowballer • Elementalist • War Machine • Mecha Base
Removed	Sentry

[fly-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 Through splash damage, flying enemies may be hit indirectly if another detectable enemy is nearby, but this tower can never directly target flying enemies.

[burn-2] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 Burn damage is 50% of base damage, rounded up.

[TED-3] 3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 ^3.3 Total Elapsed Damage is calculated as Burn Damage × (Burn Time ÷ Burn Tick).

[dps-4] 4.00 ^4.01 ^4.02 ^4.03 ^4.04 ^4.05 ^4.06 ^4.07 ^4.08 ^4.09 ^4.10 ^4.11 DPS assumes only one enemy is hit and that only one type of bomb is used.

[bdps1-5] 5.0 ^5.1 ^5.2 ^5.3 1.33 regular DPS + 1 Burn DPS

[bdps2-6] 6.0 ^6.1 ^6.2 1.98 regular DPS + 1 Burn DPS

[7] 3.97 regular DPS + 2 Burn DPS

[8] 11.9 regular DPS + 6 Burn DPS

[bdps6-9] 9.0 ^9.1 29.02 regular DPS + 22 Burn DPS

[dmg-10] 10.0 ^10.1 ^10.2 ^10.3 ^10.4 ^10.5 ^10.6 ^10.7 Damage is 50% of the regular damage, rounded up.

[poison-11] 11.0 ^11.1 ^11.2 Poison damage is 30% of base damage, rounded up.

[defense-12] 12.0 ^12.1 ^12.2 ^12.3 Can drop up to 50% of an enemy's defense.

[pdps-13] 13.0 ^13.1 ^13.2 ^13.3 DPS assumes only one enemy is hit from one poisonous puddle and that only one type of bomb is used.

[14] 1.66 regular DPS + 1 Burn DPS

[15] 3.31 regular DPS + 2 Burn DPS

[16] 9.93 regular DPS + 6 Burn DPS

[bdps3-17] 17.0 ^17.1 4.96 regular DPS + 3 Burn DPS

[bdps4-18] 18.0 ^18.1 9.92 regular DPS + 5 Burn DPS

[bdps5-19] 19.0 ^19.1 31.66 regular DPS + 24 Burn DPS

[20] Poison damage is 50% of base damage, rounded up.

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