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Artillery
Tower Information
Unlock Cost	Rank 64 8,750 or 1,750
Placement Cost	$1,850
Type	Support Offensive (5-X)
Footprint	2.25
Placement	Land
Base Statistics
Health	400
Damage	65.0
Damage Type	Explosive
Splash Radius	4.0
Reload Time	11.00s
Range	35.0
DPS	5.9
Attributes	Ignore Obstacles Splash Transfer
Level-Exclusive Attributes
IgnoreExplosiveResistance	X-5
Stun Immunity	X-5

“	Manually aim and fire powerful long-range blasts! Predict enemy movement for max impact, but beware of jamming and freezing effects!	”
	- Store Description

“	Long range bombardment! Select your target and fire!	”
	- Former Store Description

Description

The Artillery is a high damage-dealing Explosive tower that requires its user to manually aim it at its targets. It reloads automatically after its bombardment. This requires a fair bit of skill to use correctly due to players having to predict where an enemy is going to be and how long it will take for the artillery shell to hit the selected area. It has amazing Range and a large Splash Radius for its cost. Due to this, Artillery is most useful early to mid-game in gamemodes like Endless and Expert. Players should note that the jamming of Jammers and freezing shots from Snow Predator can prevent them from aiming this tower though.

Upgrades

The Top Path for the Artillery allows it to fire faster, and its max upgrade automatically aims for the player, however it will not have Stealth Detection. It will also not fire until an enemy is within its range. When multiple are paired, these can easily take care of crowds in every almost every gamemode. This path is best paired with EDJ and should have its targeting set to "Random" in order to deal the most damage possible.

The Bottom Path of the Artillery increases its Splash Radius, Damage, and Health greatly. When paired with a John, it can deal nearly 2,500 damage to enemies within its large radius. Its radius makes it easier for players aiming with the Artillery due to is covering such a large area. This is great for damaging hordes of enemies with high health pools like the crowds in the later waves of Elite Mode, and is a great pair with 5-X Farm. Keep in mind that stealth high health, speedy enemies like Revived Abomination, especially in Elite where there are also Multiplier (Disambiguation) deployed alongside them.

• Top Path
• Bottom Path

	Crew Training COST: $550
	Effect: -2.00s Reload Time +30 Health

	M119+ COST: $1,000
	Effect: +1.0 Splash Radius -1.00s Reload Time +10.0 Range +175 Health

	Fire Artillery COST: $2,000
	Effect: -2.00s Reload Time +80 Health

	Bigger Shells COST: $6,500
	Effect: +100.0 Damage +50 Health

	Triple Barrel COST: $18,500
	Effect: +25.0 Damage +0.50s Reload Time +2 Burst Size Automatic Aiming +1,000 Health

	HE Shells COST: $1,200
	Effect: +25.0 Damage +1.0 Splash Radius +25 Health

	Heavy Shells COST: $3,000
	Effect: +60.0 Damage +35 Health

	M198 Howitzer COST: $10,250
	Effect: +125.0 Damage +4.0 Splash Radius +30.0 Range +1,000 Health

	Bigger Barrel COST: $12,000
	Effect: +260.0 Damage +30.0 Range +100 Health

	Skyhawk Artillery COST: $100,000
	Effect: +1,565.0 Damage Ignore Explosive Resistance +3.0 Splash Radius +2.00s Reload Time +70.0 Range Stun Immunity +7,000 Health

Stats Table

• Linear Path
• Cross Path

• Top Path
• Bottom Path

Level	Total Cost	Health	Damage	Splash Radius	Reload Time	Burst Size	Range	DPS	Cost : DPS
0-0	$1,850	400	65.0	4.0	11.00s	1	35.0	5.9	313.6 : 1
1-0	$2,400	430	65.0	4.0	9.00s	1	35.0	7.2	333.3 : 1
2-0	$3,400	605	65.0	5.0	8.00s	1	45.0	8.1	419.8 : 1
3-0	$5,400	685	65.0	5.0	6.00s	1	45.0	10.8	500 : 1
4-0	$11,900	735	165.0	5.0	6.00s	1	45.0	27.5	432.7 : 1
5-0	$30,400	1,735	190.0	5.0	6.50s	3	45.0	79.5	382.4 : 1

Level	Total Cost	Health	Damage	Splash Radius	Reload Time	Range	DPS	Cost : DPS
0-0	$1,850	400	65.0	4.0	11.00s	35.0	5.9	313.6 : 1
0-1	$3,050	425	90.0	5.0	11.00s	35.0	8.2	372.0 : 1
0-2	$6,050	460	150.0	5.0	11.00s	35.0	13.6	444.9 : 1
0-3	$16,300	1,460	275.0	9.0	11.00s	65.0	25.0	652 : 1
0-4	$28,300	1,560	535.0	9.0	11.00s	95.0	48.6	582.3 : 1
0-5	$128,300	8,560	2,100.0	12.0	13.00s	165.0	161.5	794.2 : 1

Level	Total Cost	Health	Damage	Splash Radius	Reload Time	Range	DPS	Cost : DPS
0-0	$1,850	400	65.0	4.0	11.00s	35.0	5.9	313.6 : 1
1-1	$3,600	455	90.0	5.0	9.00s	35.0	10.0	360 : 1
2-2	$7,600	665	150.0	6.0	8.00s	45.0	18.8	404.3 : 1

• Top Path
• Bottom Path

Level	Total Cost	Health	Damage	Splash Radius	Reload Time	Burst Size	Range	DPS	Cost : DPS
3-2	$9,600	745	150.0	6.0	6.00s	1	45.0	25.0	384 : 1
4-2	$16,100	795	250.0	6.0	6.00s	1	45.0	41.7	386.1 : 1
5-2	$34,600	1,795	275.0	6.0	6.50s	3	45.0	115.1	309.3 : 1

Level	Total Cost	Health	Damage	Splash Radius	Reload Time	Range	DPS	Cost : DPS
2-3	$17,850	1,665	275.0	10.0	8.00s	75.0	34.4	518.9 : 1
2-4	$29,850	1,765	535.0	10.0	8.00s	105.0	66.9	446.2 : 1
2-5	$129,850	8,765	2,100.0	13.0	10.00s	175.0	210.0	618.3 : 1

Ability

Target Select
Ability Type	Manual
Base Level	Selects an area for the Artillery to aim at. 2.00s Cooldown

Skins

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

Skin	Artillery Recolors	Christmas	Party
Rarity	Common-Uncommon	Exclusive	Legendary
Obtainment Method	Basic Crate	XMAS Nightmare	1 Year Party Crate

Strategies

• A 5-2 Artillery is useful for making tons of money quickly, and makes even more so if targeting is set to "Random" (5-0).
• Players can target bottom path Artilleries to take down backliners protected by tanks, and especially enemies that can spawn more enemies like Elite Grenadier.
• Jammer can significantly obstruct this tower as it can disable the Artillery's ability to aim at targets. Therefore, it is best to not put it in major DPS areas to prevent this.
  • A 5-X Artillery can circumvent this due to its ability to automatically target enemies.

Artillery's aiming mechanic used on Blox Out

• An X-5 Artillery can be very useful for damage and utility in Expert Mode as it can deal heavy damage to Monsters and Titans, ignore the explosive resistance of crowds of Resurrected Juggernauts, and provide extra income for players using 5-X Farms.
• A top path EDJ greatly helps Artillery as it is the second slowest tower in the game in terms of reload time.
  • A bottom path EDJ is also useful, as its upgrades are expensive.
• Due to the nature of the Artillery's targeting system, you can make it target stealth enemies to damage them even from Level 0-0. Use this to your advantage as many stealth enemies can be tanky and be grouped up, not to mention many towers cannot directly damage stealth enemies from level 0-0.
  • This is especially important in Expert Mode, as there are many hordes of stealth enemies with high health, including armored enemies.
  • Do note that since the 5-X Artillery has automatic aiming, it will no longer attack stealth enemies as it doesn't gain stealth detection and you cannot manually target it.
• Artillery is not recommended to be used against Eradicator, due to its jamming effect causing artilleries to fire much slower.
• The player controlling the Artillery should not go AFK (Away From Keyboard) as the player has to manually lock on a target.
  • If the player has to go AFK, it is recommended to max out every Artillery to top path as they lock on target without player control.
  • The Artillery is a great counter against the wave 19 Elite Grenadier in Expert mode.

Trivia

• The victory animation of the top path of the Artillery is from the popular Manga/Anime series, Chainsaw Man.
• This tower is based off of the Mortar Monkey from Bloons TD 6, more specifically the Pop and Awe upgrade for the Top Path.
• Artillery is the fifth of the 9 towers that require a level in order to be obtained. Sniper, Laser Gunner, Ghost, XWM Turret, Slammer, Helicopter, and Warship are the other towers in this list.
• As John Roblox stated in his Discord Server, he presumably loves Artillery.
• Upon triumph, the X-5 Artillery spins.
• Artillery is one of the four towers in the game that have voicelines. The others being Operator, John, and Cryo Ranger.
  • Artillery has the most voicelines between the four, with it having 13 unique voicelines.
• Unlike most other towers, the Artillery is able to see and attack over certain obstacles (ie. fences) because it fires in an arc. This trait is shared by the Warship and bottom path XWM Turret.
• Artillery is the currently only tower to be confirmed that has more than one person operating it, as there is the Spotter and the one loading and firing the Artillery.
• With fire rate debuff from enemies or bosses (Revive Plague Doctor/Plague Doctor). Its possible to get the bottom path reload time from 10 (or) 13 seconds. To 33+ seconds.

Update History

21 November 2023 Artillery has been released alongside the game. 24 November 2023 Artillery has been buffed. Statistical Changes: Base Level Splash Radius increased: 3.0 > 4.0 Range increased: 30.0 > 32.0 Level 1-X Cost decreased: $650 > $400 Level 2-X Cost decreased: $1,500 > $1,200 Level 3-X Cost decreased: $8,850 > $7,000 Level 5-X Cost decreased: $27,500 > $16,000 Level X-1 Damage increased: +25.0 > +40.0 Level X-2 Cost decreased: $6,000 > $4,000 Damage increased: +60.0 > +75.0 Level X-3 Cost decreased: $16,500 > $14,500 Level X-4 Cost decreased: $18,000 > $15,500 Level X-5 Range increased: +60.0 > +70.0 27 November 2023 Artillery has been buffed. Statistical Changes: Base Level Target Select ability cooldown reduced: 3.00s > 2.00s Damage increased: 50.0 > 65.0 Reload Time decreased: 12.00s > 11.00s Range increased: 32.0 > 35.0 Level 1-X Cost increased: $400 > $550 Level 2-X Cost decreased: $1,200 > $1,000 Splash Radius increased: +0.0 > +1.0 Level 5-X Cost increased: $16,000 > $18,500 Damage increased: +0.0 > +50.0 Level X-1 Damage decreased: +40.0 > +25.0 Level X-2 Cost decreased: $4,000 > $3,000 Damage decreased: +75.0 > +65.0 Level X-3 Cost decreased: $14,000 > $12,500 Damage increased: +125.0 > +175.0 Level X-4 Cost increased: $15,000 > $16,500 Level X-5 Damage increased: +590.0 > +925.0 Splash Radius increased: +4.0 > +5.0 2 December 2023 Artillery has been nerfed. Statistical Changes: Level 5-X Damage decreased: +50.0 > +25.0 Level X-3 Cost decreased: $12,500 > $15,550 Damage decreased: +175.0 > +75.0 Level X-4 Cost increased $18,000 > $21,000 Damage decreased +350.0 > +225.0 Level X-5 Damage decreased +925.0 > +555.0 3 December 2023 Artillery has been buffed. Statistical Changes: Level X-3 Cost decreased: $15,500 > $12,500 Level X-4 Cost decreased: $21,000 > $15,000 Level X-5 Damage increased: +555.0 > +825.0 14 December 2023 Artillery has been buffed. Statistical Changes: Level X-3 Cost decreased: $12,500 > $10,500 Level X-4 Cost decreased $15,000 > $12,000 Level X-5 Cost increased $75,000 > $85,000 Now gains Stun Immunity 7 January 2024 New skin: Christmas 13 January 2024 Artillery now shows Reload Time remaining when it selected or hovered and Splash Radius when aiming. Bug: Artillery reload time timer does not pause when the tower is stunned. Later on in the day, this was fixed. 1 March 2024 Artillery has been buffed. Statistical Changes: Base Level Cost decreased: $2,000 > $1,850 3 August 2024 Artillery has been buffed. Statistical Changes: Level X-3 Damage increased: +60.0 > +125.0 Splash Radius increased: +0.0 > +4.0 Range increased: +0.0 > +30.0 Level X-4 Damage increased: +225.0 > +260.0 Range increased: +25.0 > +30.0 Level X-5 Damage increased: +825.0 > +1,465.0 Now gets Ignore Explosive Resistance Reload Time increased: +0.00 > +2.00s 23 October 2024 Artillery now has Splash Transfer on its base level. 3 November 2024 Level X-5 Damage increased: +1,465.0 -> +1,565.0 22 November 2024 New Skin: Party