TDS Towers: All 83 and How to Unlock Them

Tower Defense Simulator Towers: All 83 and How to Unlock Them

Every run in Tower Defense Simulator starts with the same question. You have a loadout of five towers, and there are 83 to choose from.

Some cost coins, some cost gems, some want Robux, and a surprising number are not for sale at all. You unlock those by beating a particular map.

This page lists all 83 towers with what each one costs and exactly how you get it.

The quick answer

There are 83 towers across 8 tiers. Only 2 are free, and 11 can no longer be unlocked at all.

Buying every tower that has a price comes to 169,600 coins and 32,000 gems.

The one that saves you Robux. Five towers let you either grind coins or pay Robux, and the deal is not the same. Gatling Gun gives you 18.0 coins of value per Robux, while Warden gives only 8.9. That is a 2.02 times difference for spending the same money.

How towers are grouped

The game sorts towers into tiers. Early tiers are cheap and simple, later ones cost more and do more specific jobs.

Tier	How many	What it means
Starter	7	Free or very cheap, the first towers you own
Intermediate	14	The bulk of the coin store
Advanced	13	Expensive coin towers, several with a Robux option
Hardcore	5	Bought with gems, built for the hardest modes
Evolved	3	Upgrades that need another tower at level 20
Golden Perks	8	Golden versions unlocked through crates
Exclusive	22	From beating a map or an event
Unavailable	11	No longer obtainable

Towers you buy with coins

Coins come from playing matches, so these are the towers you work towards. Prices run from 100 up to 35,000.

Starter (7)

Tower	Cost	Anything else you need
Soldier	350 Coins	Nothing
Boomerang	300 Coins	Nothing
Slime Trooper	300 Coins	Nothing
Demoman	200 Coins	Nothing
Paintballer	100 Coins	Nothing
Scout	Free	Nothing
Sniper	Free	Nothing

Intermediate (14)

Tower	Cost	Anything else you need
Military Base	4,000 Coins	Nothing
Trapper	3,000 Coins	Nothing
Electroshocker	2,500 Coins	Nothing
Rocketeer	2,500 Coins	Nothing
Farm	2,000 Coins	Nothing
Medic	2,000 Coins	Nothing
Ace Pilot	1,500 Coins	Nothing
Pyromancer	1,250 Coins	Nothing
Hunter	1,000 Coins	Nothing
Shotgunner	850 Coins	Nothing
Assassin	800 Coins	Nothing
Militant	800 Coins	Nothing
Freezer	650 Coins	Nothing
Crook Boss	225 Robux or Level 30	Nothing

Advanced (13)

Tower	Cost	Anything else you need
Gatling Gun	35,000 Coins or 1,949 Robux	Level 175
Pursuit	15,000 Coins or 1,500 Robux	Level 100
Ranger	12,000 Coins	Nothing
Minigunner	8,000 Coins	Nothing
Saboteur	7,500 Coins or 449 Robux	Beat Polluted Wasteland II first
Tesla	6,000 Coins	Nothing
DJ Booth	5,000 Coins	Nothing
Commander	4,000 Coins	Nothing
Cowboy	4,000 Coins or 340 Robux	Beat Badlands II first
Warden	4,000 Coins or 450 Robux	Beat Pizza Party first
Mercenary Base	1,350 Robux or Level 150	Nothing
Mortar	300 Robux or Level 75	Nothing
Turret	340 Robux or Level 50	Nothing

Hardcore towers (5)

These cost gems instead of coins. Gems are much slower to earn, so treat these as long term goals rather than early buys.

Tower	Cost	Anything else you need
Accelerator	2,500 Gems	Nothing
Brawler	1,250 Gems	Nothing
Engineer	4,500 Gems and 1,690 Robux	Nothing
Hacker	5,500 Gems and 2,249 Robux	Nothing
Necromancer	2,250 Gems	Nothing

Evolved towers (3)

These are the deepest unlocks in the game. Each one needs a different tower taken to level 20 first, and then costs gems and coins on top.

Tower	Cost	Tower you must level first
Juggernaut	15,000 Coins and 6,000 Gems	Level 20 Minigunner
Kingpin	15,000 Coins and 5,500 Gems	Level 20 Crook Boss
Operator	15,000 Coins and 4,500 Gems	Level 20 Scout

Plan this one early. Levelling a tower to 20 takes a long time. If you want Juggernaut, put Minigunner in your loadout now rather than later.

Towers you cannot buy (22)

These have no price at all. You get them by beating a specific map or finishing an event, so no amount of coins or gems will unlock them.

Event ones come back when the event does, so a missed one is not always gone for good.

Tower	How you get it	Notes
Archer	Beat Event Store	Event Store
Biologist	Beat Bathroom Approach	Bathroom Approach
Commando	Beat Area 51	Area 51
Cryomancer	Beat Krampus Frosthold	Krampus Frosthold
Elementalist	Beat Outpost 32 (Operation I.C.E)	Outpost 32 (Operation I.C.E)
Elf Camp	Beat Cold Ambush	Cold Ambush
Executioner	Beat Totality Tower	Totality Tower
Firework Technician	Beat Mission Quests	Mission Quests
Frost Blaster	Beat Village of Despair	Village of Despair
Gladiator	Beat The Heights	The Heights
Hallow Punk	Beat Hexscape Event	Hexscape Event
Harvester	Beat Hexscape Event	Hexscape Event
Jester	Beat The Great Finale	The Great Finale
Mecha Base	Exclusive	Nothing
Slasher	Beat Nightmare Carnival	Nightmare Carnival
Sledger	Beat Outpost 32 (Frost Invasion)	Outpost 32 (Frost Invasion)
Snowballer	Beat Outpost 32 (Operation I.C.E)	Outpost 32 (Operation I.C.E)
Spotlight Tech	Beat The Narratorium	The Narratorium
Swarmer	Beat Eggy Island	Eggy Island
Toxic Gunner	Beat Trick or Threat Town	Trick or Threat Town
War Machine	Exclusive	Nothing
Warlock	Beat Null & Void Event	Null & Void Event

Golden towers (8)

Golden towers are stronger versions of towers you already own, unlocked through golden crates rather than bought outright.

Tower	How you get it	Notes
Golden Cowboy	Golden crate	Own the normal version
Golden Crook Boss	Golden crate	Own the normal version
Golden Demoman	Golden crate	Own the normal version
Golden Minigunner	Golden crate	Own the normal version
Golden Pyromancer	Golden crate	Own the normal version
Golden Scout	Golden crate	Own the normal version
Golden Snowballer	Golden crate	Own the normal version
Golden Soldier	Golden crate	Own the normal version

Towers you can no longer get (11)

The game lists these as unavailable. If you do not already own one, there is currently no way to add it.

They are worth knowing about anyway, because you will see them in other players’ loadouts and wonder where they came from.

Tower	Status	Notes
Combatant	Cannot be unlocked	Removed from the game
Crystallizer	Cannot be unlocked	Removed from the game
Enforcer	Cannot be unlocked	Removed from the game
Mine	Cannot be unlocked	Removed from the game
Moderator	Cannot be unlocked	Removed from the game
Pulse Trooper	Cannot be unlocked	Removed from the game
Railgunner	Cannot be unlocked	Removed from the game
Sentry	Cannot be unlocked	Removed from the game
Time Dilator	Cannot be unlocked	Removed from the game
Twitgunner	Cannot be unlocked	Removed from the game
Void Miner	Cannot be unlocked	Removed from the game

What the numbers tell us

The Robux price is not a fixed rate

Five towers can be bought with coins or with Robux. If the game used one exchange rate, every row below would show the same number. It does not.

Tower	Coin price	Robux price	What your Robux is worth
Gatling Gun	35,000 coins	1,949 Robux	18.0 coins per Robux
Saboteur	7,500 coins	449 Robux	16.7 coins per Robux
Cowboy	4,000 coins	340 Robux	11.8 coins per Robux
Pursuit	15,000 coins	1,500 Robux	10.0 coins per Robux
Warden	4,000 coins	450 Robux	8.9 coins per Robux

What one Robux buys on each Tower Defense Simulator tower

Gatling Gun is the best deal here and Warden the worst, a gap of 2.02 times.

So if you do spend Robux, spend it on the expensive towers and grind the cheap ones.

Most towers are not bought at all

Only 31 towers have a coin price and 8 have a gem price. That leaves a large group you unlock by playing specific content instead.

So a big coin pile does not finish your collection. Beating maps does.

Free means two towers

You start with Scout and Sniper and nothing else. Every other tower in the game asks for something.

One tower in eight is gone

11 of 83 sit in the unavailable list, which is about 13% of everything in the game.

That is worth knowing before you chase one you saw in a video.

TDS towers FAQ

How many towers are in Tower Defense Simulator?

There are 83 across 8 tiers. Note that 11 of them can no longer be unlocked.

Which towers are free in TDS?

Scout and Sniper. Those two are the only ones that cost nothing at all.

What is the most expensive tower?

Gatling Gun at 35,000 coins is the priciest coin tower. In gems it is Juggernaut at 6,000.

How much for every tower?

169,600 coins plus 32,000 gems buys every tower that has a price. The rest are not for sale.

Is it worth buying towers with Robux?

It depends which one. Gatling Gun works out at 18.0 coins of value per Robux and Warden at only 8.9. The expensive towers are the better use of Robux.