Lurker

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This article is about Lurker. You may be looking for Overgrowth from the Lunar Overture Event.

Lurker
Mode Appearance	Nuclear
Wave Debut	9
Statistics
Base Health	250
Health Scaling	Trio - 300 Quad - 330
Defense	50%
Speed	Above Average (4)
Cash Given	$350 on death
Hidden?	Yes
Flying?	No
Ghost?	No
Lead?	No
Attributes	Bloated (Wave 11 only)

Description

The Lurker, internally referred to as Overgrowth, is an enemy that appears in Polluted Wasteland II. It has significantly high health and is relatively fast. As it is a Hidden enemy, only towers with hidden detection can target it.

Appearance

The Lurker is a living, humanoid made out of wood. It has vines growing all over its body, as well as dark brown bark patches on its torso and right arm. Its left leg is carved in around what would be the knee area. It has yellow eyes and the top of its head is splintered.

Mutation

Mutation
Percentage	Increase
5%	12.5
Wave	Health
10	263
11	275
12	288
13	300
14	313
15	325
16	338
17	350
18	363
19	375
20	388
21	400
22	413
23	425
24	438
25	450

Strategy

• Multiple strong and cheap towers with hidden detection, like the Golden Crook Boss, are very effective against the Lurkers.
  • Other towers like the Golden Pyromancer or Golden Cowboy can also be helpful at dealing with them.
• Later on, high DPS towers with hidden detection, like the Accelerator, Turret or Engineer can clear these out with ease.

Gallery

Corpse Variants

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

Miscellaneous

Lurker on its Index icon.

Trivia

• The Lurker reuses the same model and animations as the Overgrowth that appears in A Dark Tale.

Update History

• 19 February 2025 - v1.54.0
  • Lurker Added.
• 5 March 2025 - v1.56.0
  • Health decreased from 300 to 250.

Nuclear (Polluted Wasteland II)
Previous Debut	Current Debut	Next Debut
Breaker3 Wave 7	Lurker Wave 9	Necromancer Wave 10