Tanker

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Tanker
Mode Appearance	Molten Challenge Trials Western Events The Takeover (Master)
Wave Debut	31 (Molten) 28 (Challenge Trials) 24 (Western) Originally: 17 (The Takeover Master)
Statistics
Base Health	10,000 (Molten, Challenge Trials & Sandbox) 5,000 (Western)
Health Scaling	Trio - 11,100 (Molten) Quad - 12,100 (Molten)
Speed	Above Average (3.5)
Cash Given	$2,500 every 50% health
Hidden?	No
Flying?	No
Ghost?	No
Lead?	No
Attributes	Stun Immune Freeze Immune Bloated (Variable)
Ability
Ability	Toxic Fumes - Upon death, applies a 70% Fatigue Debuff and a 20% Range Debuff to towers in a radius of 10, which lasts 10 seconds.

"We might need more units for the Tankers and Giant Bosses!
Yeah, definitely more units!"

―Commander dialogue on Wave 28 (Challenge Trials)

Description

The Tanker is a support enemy that appears in Molten mode, Challenge Trials and Badlands II. It also appears in The Takeover Event. It functions similarly to the Boomer, though in comparison it has higher health, slower speed and increased debuffs.

It has one ability, where upon death, it will apply a 70% Fatigue Debuff and a 20% Range Debuff to all towers in a radius of 10, which lasts 10 seconds. Additionally, upon losing 66.67% of its health, it will release toxic gas on the path, though this does not appear to do anything.

Appearance

The Tanker has light green skin. It wears red pants with a black belt and brown bandages around its mutated arms. It also has grey hair. As its name suggests, it has multiple tanks on its body, some at the front of its torso and others at the back, held together with chains. Its arms also have multiple tubes going through them. On its head, it also wears a brown gas mask with neon red lens.

Strategy

• Killing the Tanker before it gets within range of your towers is the most ideal way to deal with Tanker. Keep in mind that it has quite a long debuff time.
  • Placing your towers away from the path is a good way to avoid the Tanker's debuff.
  • Long-range towers, such as the Turret are the best at keeping a distance away from the Tanker.
  • The Engineer's sentries can also be useful, as the sentries cannot be debuffed.
• The DJ Booth allows towers to shoot the Tanker from further away, potentially defeating it before it blows up near your towers.
  • It and the Commander can also partially negate the Tanker's debuffs.
• While the Medic is not able to shield towers from the Fatigue Debuff or Range Debuff, the shield on towers is not broken by them, meaning its Firerate Buff can be used to partially mitigate the Tanker's debuffs.
  • Towers which are normally immune to stuns by default are not immune to the debuffs either.

Gallery

Animations

Walk animation (11 December 2024 – Present)

Death animation (11 December 2024 – Present)

Converted Variants

Green variant, current version (11 June 2025 – Present)

Corpse Variants

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

Development Images

Tanker on a development video.

Miscellaneous

Tanker on its Index icon.

Update History

• 11 December 2024 - v1.45.0
  • Tanker added.
• 20 December 2024 - v1.47.0
  • Health increased from 9,000 to 10,000.
  • Fatigue Debuff increased from 30% to 70%.
  • Range Debuff decreased from 50% to 20%.
• 5 February 2025 - V1.52.0
  • Now appears in Badlands II.
    • Has 5,000 health in Badlands II.
  • Cash given increased from $2,000 to $2,500 every 50% health.
• 16 April 2025 - v1.61.0
  • Bug: No longer creates an explosion upon death or release toxic fumes after losing 66.7% of its health, unless triggered while it has Corpse.
• 12 September 2025 - v1.74.3a
  • Now appears in Sk8 P4rk Master difficulty as part of The Takeover Event.
    • Has 7,500 health in Sk8 P4rk.
• 22 September 2025 - v1.74.3g
  • No longer appears in Sk8 P4rk, as it has been removed.
• 24 September 2025 - v1.75.0
  • Now appears in Challenge Trials.
    • Has 10,000 health.

Molten
Previous Debut	Current Debut	Next Debut
Molten Executioner Wave 30	Tanker & Molten Summoner Wave 31	Molten Warlord Wave 35

Challenge Trials
Previous Debut	Current Debut	Next Debut
Necrotic Skeleton & Breaker4 Wave 26	Tanker Wave 28	Necromancer King Wave 30

Western (Badlands II)
Previous Debut	Current Debut	Next Debut
Necrotic Skeleton Wave 22	Tanker Wave 24	Cavalry Wave 25

Master (The Takeover)
Previous Debut	Current Debut	Next Debut
Molten Mech Wave 16	Bulwark & Tanker Wave 17	Elite Molten Wave 18