Minigunner

Minigunner
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Minigunner

Tower • Enemy

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Minigunner
Unlock Cost	8,000
Base Cost	$2,000
Base Selling Cost	$666
Type	Offensive
Placement	Ground
Statistics
Base Damage	2
Damage Type	Single
Base Firerate	0.148
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

"A high-firerate tower that carries a Vulcan M14-A2 Gatling Gun"

―Former Store Description

Description

The Minigunner is a fast-firing advanced tower that can be purchased from the store for 8,000.

Before the Minigunner starts firing, it needs to rev-up its M61 Vulcan. This process takes 1.5 seconds (1.25 at Level 1-2, 0.75 at Level 3+), and once the Minigunner's gun is fully revved up, it begins to shoot. If there are no more enemies in its range, it will wait for around a second for an enemy to enter its range before revving down. If another enemy enters its range after it has revved down, it will have to rev-up again, and if an enemy enters its range during the process of revving down, the Minigunner will immediately begin to rev-up again, finishing the process faster than normal. The Minigunner has high DPS and a relatively low cost compared to other high DPS towers, like the Accelerator or Engineer. Additionally, there is no limit on the number of Minigunners that can be placed down during a game, which is not the case for other high DPS towers.

This is considered an all-round tower because it is affordable relatively early on but can deal fairly high damage at higher levels as well.

Upgrades

Level 1 - Improved Handling - $950
+1 Damage 1.5 > 1.25 Rev-Up Time Sell Price changes to $983

Level 2 - Specialized Tech - $2,250
+1 Range +2 Damage +Hidden Detection Sell Price changes to $1,733

Level 3 - Geared Up - $7,000
+5 Damage 0.148 > 0.128 Firerate 1.25 > 0.75 Rev-Up Time Sell Price changes to $4,066

Level 4 - Futuristic Armory - $15,000
+1 Range +7 Damage 0.128 > 0.108 Firerate Sell Price changes to $9,066

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	Rev-Up Time	Range	DPS	Cost Efficiency
0	$2,000	2	0.148	1.5	13	13.51	$148.04
1	$2,950	3	0.148	1.25	13	20.27	$145.54
2	$5,200	5	0.148	1.25	14	33.78	$153.94
3	$12,200	10	0.128	0.75	14	78.13	$156.15
4	$27,200	17	0.108	0.75	15	157.41	$172.8

Skins

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

Skin	Blue	Green	Black Ops	Golden
Rarity	Common	Common	Common	Golden
Daily Store Cost	1,250	1,250	85	75,000
Obtained From	Basic Skincrate	Basic Skincrate	Premium Skincrate	Golden Skincrate
Skin	Pumpkin	Heavy	Wraith	Xmas
Rarity	Event	Common	Rare	Event
Daily Store Cost	5,000	85	120	5,000
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
Rarity	Rare	Rare
Daily Store Cost	N/A	N/A
Obtained From	Mission Quests	Hexscape Event Premium Battle Pass

Strategy

• The Minigunner should be one of the towers that is placed down the most. Place them in a large group near the start of the path if possible, or place them in an area that covers a lot of the path (for example, at corners).
  • Having a Commander or DJ Booth nearby helps a lot.
  • The Minigunner does not have a placement limit, unlike other high DPS towers, like the Ranger and Turret. If you can still place towers down, the Minigunner can be a great choice.
• Midway through the game, several Level 3-4 Minigunners are effective in wiping out hordes of enemies for an effective price.
• If you plan to save up for this in the early stages of the game, you should have teammates with reliable towers, such as the Soldier, Golden Scout or Crook Boss.
  • You may also want to consider using the Farm to get an early game Minigunner.
  • You can also get a Minigunner down early with the usage of offensive consumables, such as the Barricade or Grenade, along with the Supply Drop which grants you $1,000 instantly.
• While this is a cost-effective way to triumph maps, it is not the best tower in terms of DPS.
  • In terms of DPS, the Engineer, Accelerator and Ranger are far more effective. However, they are quite expensive and have their own limitations, like 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 Minigunner can still deal most of its damage to such enemies, or even its full damage.
  • Do note that the Levels 3 and 4 deal 10 and 17 damage respectively, which are 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 Minigunners against certain enemies with very high defense.
• The Minigunner should be placed down in the mid-game, when early game towers start to struggle. Such instances include the debut waves of the Slow Boss and Dark Necromancer.
• The Minigunner can be a cheap and effective way to wipe out Hidden enemies, like the Soul and Possessed Armor.
• The Minigunner has quite short range for a DPS tower. Because of this, it should be placed closer to the path.
  • The DJ Booth can be useful at boosting the range of the 'Minigunner.

Trivia

• When the game was in Alpha, the Minigunner's upgrade stats were not displayed on its upgrade description. It was simply referred to as "sans big gun".
• Before the 13th of October 2019, when the Minigunner was Level 2 or higher, its face changed from the Roblox default face to the Grr! face, despite the fact that the upgrade icon kept the Roblox default face.
• The Minigunner was inspired by Tower Battles's Commando as well as Team Fortress 2's Heavy.
• Prior to the 8th of August 2019, the Level 5 upgrade was a jetpack. Functionally, it performed the same way as any other ground tower.
  • Regardless of being a flying tower upon reaching that level, the hitbox of the Minigunner did not change with the jetpack. It could still be stunned by rocks from Tanks or the shockwave from the Gravekeeper.
• The M134 Vulcan originally used by most Minigunner skins was first popularized by R2D's Minigun.
• The Minigunner along with its golden counterpart, the Golden Minigunner, currently have the most skins out of any tower in the game.
• The Minigunner used to appear alongside the Pyromancer, Scout, Commander and Sniper on the "Triumph" screen before the Community Maps Update.
  • During Hardcore Testing BETA, the Minigunner appeared alongside Commander on the "Triumph" screen.
• The survival matchmaking statue in the lobby is based on the sixth version of the Default skin's base level.
  • The statue actually uses a different model than the Default Minigunner. Most notably, it wears a different vest and knee-pads.
• The Minigunner enemy from Pizza Party is based on the Minigunner tower.

Update History

For previous cosmetic variations, see the gallery page.

• 14 June 2019
  • Minigunner added.
• 2 August 2019
  • Statistical changes:
    • Level 4
      • Range decreased from +3 to +1.
    • Level 5
      • Cost increased from $8,000 to $8,500.
      • Range decreased from +4 to +1.
• 13 October 2019
  • Statistical changes:
    • Base
      • Range increased from 12 to 16.
  • New skins: Green, Blue, Black Ops, Golden
  • Bug: Muzzle flash is bugged.
• 18 October 2019
  • New skin: Pumpkin
  • Golden skin 25% damage buff added.
• 9 November 2019
  • Golden damage buff can now stack with other damage buffs.
  • New skin: Heavy
• 8 December 2019
  • New skin: Platinum, Wraith
  • Golden skin damage buff increased from 25% to 35%.
• 24 December 2019
  • New skin: Xmas
• 1 January 2020
  • New skin: Party
• 12 January 2020
  • Golden skin damage buff increased from 35% to 50%.
  • Platinum skin damage buff increased from 15% to 25%.
• 11 February 2020
  • New skin: Twitter
• 4 March 2020
  • Bugfix: Muzzle flash bug fixed.
• 18 March 2020
  • New skin: Toy
• 6 April 2020
  • New skin: Bunny
• 29 April 2020
  • New skin: Hazmat
• 29 October 2020
  • Minigunner now needs to rev up to start firing.
  • Unlock cost increased from 2,500 to 5,000.
  • Firerate decreased due to the Firerate Bug being made less severe.
  • Skin rarity added to Basic Skincrate and Premium Skincrate skins.
  • Level 5 requirement added.
  • Statistical changes:
    • Base
      • Firerate decreased from 0.2 to 0.18.
    • Level 1
      • Cost increased from $250 to $350.
      • Range decreased from +3 to +2.
    • Level 2
      • Cost increased from $525 to $650.
      • Damage decreased from +1 to +0.
    • Level 3
      • Cost decreased from $2,000 to $1,500.
      • Damage increased from +0 to +1.
      • Firerate changed from 0.2 > 0.17 to 0.18 > 0.13.
      • Renamed from Bandolier to Well Geared.
    • Level 4
      • Cost decreased from $5,500 to $4,600.
      • Range decreased from +1 to +0.
      • Firerate changed from 0.17 > 0.09 to 0.13 > 0.08.
      • Renamed from DUAL MINIGUNS to Dual Vulcans.
    • Level 5
      • Cost increased from $8,500 to $9,000.
      • Range increased from +1 to +2.
      • Renamed from High Tech Super Soldier to Futuristic Armory.
  • Removed skins: Platinum
• 31 October 2020
  • New skin: Ghost
• 8 May 2021
  • Statistical changes:
    • Base
      • Firerate decreased from 0.18 to 0.17.
    • Level 1
      • Cost increased from $350 to $500.
      • Firerate changed from 0.18 to 0.17 > 0.13.
    • Level 3
      • Cost increased from $1,500 to $5,500.
      • Firerate changed from 0.18 > 0.13 to 0.13 > 0.08.
      • Name changed from Well Geared to Geared Up.
    • Level 4
      • Cost increased from $4,600 to $9,000.
      • Damage increased from +0 to +2.
      • Range increased from +0 to +2.
      • Firerate changed from 0.13 > 0.08 to 0.08.
      • Name changed from Dual Vulcans to Futuristic Armory.
    • Level 5 removed
      • Statistics:
        • Name: Futuristic Armory
        • Cost: $9,000
        • +2 Damage
        • +2 Range
• 26 May 2021
  • New skin: Community
• 4 December 2021
  • New skin: Crusader
• 12 March 2022
  • Firerate decreased due to the Firerate Bug being made less severe.
  • Statistical changes:
    • Base
      • Firerate decreased from 0.17 to 0.148.
    • Level 1
      • Firerate changed from 0.17 > 0.13 to 0.148 > 0.108.
    • Level 3
      • Firerate changed from 0.13 > 0.08 to 0.108 > 0.058.
• 17 April 2022
  • New skin: Ducky
• 13 May 2022
  • Golden skin buffs removed.
• 5 August 2022
  • New skin: Beach
• 2 September 2022
  • New skin: Plushie
• 21 December 2022
  • Level requirement removed.
  • Skin rarity added to all skins.
  • Hazmat skin rarity changed from Rare to Common.
  • Bug: Minigunner's viewport uses its attack animation instead of the idle animation in places like the inventory or tower hotbar.
  • New skin: Holiday
• 5 May 2023
  • Ducky skin rarity changed from Event to Rare.
• 28 October 2023
  • Statistical changes:
    • Base
      • Cost increased from $2,000 to $2,500.
      • Damage increased from 1 to 2.
      • Range decreased from 16 to 14.
      • Firerate increased from 0.148 to 0.158.
      • Rev-up time increased from 1.4 to 1.6.
    • Level 1
      • Cost decreased from $500 to $400.
      • Firerate changed from 0.148 > 0.108 to 0.158 > 0.128.
      • Range decreased from +2 to +1.
      • Rev-up time changed from 1.4 to 1.6 > 1.4.
    • Level 2
      • Cost increased from $650 to $2,000.
      • Damage increased from +0 to +1.
      • Name changed from Heat Vision Goggles to Specialized Tech.
    • Level 3
      • Cost decreased from $5,500 to $5,000.
      • Damage increased from +1 to +2.
      • Firerate changed from 0.108 > 0.058 to 0.128 > 0.108.
      • Lead detection added.
    • Level 4
      • Cost increased from $9,000 to $10,000.
      • Damage increased from +2 to +5.
  • New skin: Space Elite
• 21 December 2023
  • Unlock cost increased from 5,000 to 8,000.
  • New skins: Phantom, Warlord
• 28 January 2024
  • New skin: Sweaking
• 29 March 2024
  • New skin: Trucker
• 1 April 2024
  • New skin: Chad
  • Bug: Chad skin cannot be equipped in the intermission lobby.
    • This was fixed later the same day.
  • Bug: Chad skin breaks the tower icon and stats in the tower hotbar.
    • This was fixed later the same day.
• 21 June 2024
  • Bug: Damage is no longer boosted by damage buffs.
• 19 July 2024
  • New skin: Golden Plushie
• 2 August 2024
  • New skin: Fallen
  • Bugfix: Damage is now boosted by damage buffs.
• 9 August 2024
  • Fallen skin rarity changed from Exclusive to Rare.
• 21 August 2024
  • Statistical changes:
    • Base
      • Cost decreased from $2,500 to $2,000.
      • Firerate decreased from 0.158 to 0.148.
      • Range decreased from 14 to 13.
      • Rev-up time decreased from 1.6 to 1.5.
    • Level 1
      • Cost increased from $400 to $950.
      • Damage increased from +0 to +1.
      • Firerate changed from 0.158 > 0.128.
      • Range decreased from +1 to +0.
      • Rev-up time changed from 1.6 > 1.4 to 1.5 > 1.25.
    • Level 2
      • Cost increased from $2,000 to $2,250.
      • Damage increased from +1 to +2.
    • Level 3
      • Cost increased from $5,000 to $7,000.
      • Damage increased from +2 to +5.
      • Firerate changed from 0.128 > 0.108 to 0.148 > 0.128.
      • Rev-up time changed from 1.4 to 1.25 > 0.75.
      • Lead detection removed.
    • Level 4
      • Cost increased from $10,000 to $15,000.
      • Damage increased from +5 to +7.
      • Firerate changed from 0.108 to 0.133 > 0.108.
      • Range decreased from +2 to +1.
• 23 October 2024
  • New skin: Road Rage

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