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Golden Juggernaut

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Golden Juggernaut
Tower Information
Unlock Cost	85,000
Placement Cost	$7,250
Type	Offensive
Footprint	2.25
Placement	Land
Base Statistics
Health	1,000
Damage	12.0
Damage Type	Laser
Aim Time	0.90s
Reload Time	0.10s
Range	16.0
DPS	120.0
Level-Exclusive Attributes
Ignore Laser Resistance	4-X
StealthDetection	3-X+ X-3+
Stun Immunity	1-X+

“	A powerhouse with massive damage, range, and stun resistance! Pricey but unmatched in late-game DPS. Can hit bullet resistant enemies!	”
	- Store Description

“	Golden Juggernaut, unmatched power.	”
	- Former Store Description

Description

The Golden Juggernaut is an upgraded version of the regular Juggernaut, boasting much higher damage, range, the ability to damage bullet resistance enemies upon being placed, and early stun resistance, albeit with a slightly higher placement cost and exorbitantly high upgrade costs. It is an excellent mid-to-late game tower as its maximum DPS is almost unmatched by other towers and its ability to essentially un-stun and grant itself a slight damage buff is very much beneficial. However, its damage buff does not stack with John's damage buff. It is currently the most expensive tower in the game.

Upgrades

The Top Path for the Golden Juggernaut grants immense range and the ability to ignore laser resistance once purchasing its final upgrade. This is needed in the later waves of Endless Mode due to the sheer amount of enemies with laser resistances and when fighting Apex Predator, as he has heavy resistances for every type of damage. It can also pierce through 1 enemy and has an ability that grants it 25% more damage, heals 1,000, and removes any stun debuffs applied onto it, allowing it to deal damage to bosses during their rage state. This path is the more cost-effective route, as it still deals a great amount of DPS while being cheaper, having more range and one pierce.

The Bottom Path is designed for high DPS output, with much higher damage than the Top Path. Its final upgrade grants it the same ability as Top Path. When paired with a max Top Path EDJ and a max Top Path John, it can deal up to 3,600 DPS. This comes at a cost of lower range and extremely high upgrade costs; the final upgrade for the Bottom Path costs a whopping $182,000, so Farms are highly recommended if players want to purchase this upgrade

• Top Path
• Bottom Path

	Power Gloves COST: $900
	Effect: -0.01s Reload Time +1.0 Range Stun Immunity +100 Health

	Joint Suppressors COST: $1,750
	Effect: -0.01s Reload Time +125 Health

	Longer Barrel COST: $12,000
	Effect: +4.0 Damage +5.0 Range Stealth Detection +250 Health

	Power Minigun COST: $20,000
	Effect: +8.0 Damage +0.01s Reload Time +4.0 Range Ignore Laser Resistance +750 Health

	Juggernaut COST: $82,000
	Effect: +18.0 Damage +11.0 Range +1 Pierce Ability: Reboot Systems +4,250 Health

	Better Handling COST: $600
	Effect: +3.0 Range +100 Health

	AP Ammo COST: $3,650
	Effect: +3.0 Damage +200 Health

	Dual Guns COST: $15,000
	Effect: +6.0 Damage Stealth Detection +850 Health

	Cybernetic Pulse COST: $28,000
	Effect: +14.0 Damage +1,250 Health

	Full Power COST: $182,000
	Effect: +85.0 Damage +10.0 Range Ability: Reboot Systems +7,000 Health

Stats Table

• Linear Path
• Cross Path

• Top Path
• Bottom Path

Level	Total Cost	Health	Damage	Pierce	Aim Time	Reload Time	Range	DPS	Cost : DPS
0-0	$7,250	1,000	12.0	0	0.90s	0.10s	16.0	120.0	60.4 : 1
1-0	$8,150	1,100	12.0	0	0.90s	0.09s	17.0	133.3	61.1 : 1
2-0	$9,900	1,225	12.0	0	0.90s	0.08s	17.0	150.0	66 : 1
3-0	$21,900	1,475	16.0	0	0.90s	0.08s	22.0	200.0	109.5 : 1
4-0	$41,900	2,225	24.0	0	0.90s	0.09s	26.0	266.7	157.1 : 1
5-0	$123,900	6,475	42.0	1	0.90s	0.09s	37.0	466.7	265.5 : 1

Level	Total Cost	Health	Damage	Aim Time	Reload Time	Range	DPS	Cost : DPS
0-0	$7,250	1,000	12.0	0.90s	0.10s	16.0	120.0	60.4 : 1
0-1	$7,850	1,100	12.0	0.90s	0.10s	19.0	120.0	65.4 : 1
0-2	$11,500	1,300	15.0	0.90s	0.10s	19.0	150.0	95.8 : 1
0-3	$26,500	2,150	21.0	0.90s	0.10s	19.0	210.0	126.2 : 1
0-4	$54,500	3,400	35.0	0.90s	0.10s	19.0	350.0	155.7 : 1
0-5	$236,500	10,400	120.0	0.90s	0.10s	29.0	1,200.0	197.1 : 1

Level	Total Cost	Health	Damage	Aim Time	Reload Time	Range	DPS	Cost : DPS
0-0	$7,250	1,000	12.0	0.90s	0.10s	16.0	120.0	60.4 : 1
1-1	$8,750	1,200	12.0	0.90s	0.09s	20.0	133.3	65.6 : 1
2-2	$14,150	1,525	15.0	0.90s	0.08s	20.0	187.5	75.5 : 1

• Top Path
• Bottom Path

Level	Total Cost	Health	Damage	Pierce	Aim Time	Reload Time	Range	DPS	Cost : DPS
3-2	$26,150	1,775	19.0	0	0.90s	0.08s	25.0	237.5	110.1 : 1
4-2	$46,150	2,525	27.0	0	0.90s	0.09s	29.0	300.0	153.8 : 1
5-2	$128,150	6,775	45.0	1	0.90s	0.09s	40.0	500.0	256.3 : 1

Level	Total Cost	Health	Damage	Aim Time	Reload Time	Range	DPS	Cost : DPS
2-3	$29,150	2,375	21.0	0.90s	0.08s	20.0	262.5	111.0 : 1
2-4	$57,150	3,625	35.0	0.90s	0.08s	20.0	437.5	130.6 : 1
2-5	$239,150	10,625	120.0	0.90s	0.08s	30.0	1,500.0	159.4 : 1

Ability

Reboot Systems
Ability Type	Manual
5-X X-5	Removes any stun debuffs applied to the tower while giving it a 25% damage bonus and healing 1,000. Can be used even while said tower is stunned. Damage Buff: 25% for 7 seconds Remove Stun Debuffs Heal 1,000 HP 10.00s Cooldown

Skins

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

Skin	Golden Commando	Patriot
Rarity	Exclusive	Exclusive
Obtainment Method	Defeat Wave 80 of Endless Mode or 225.	2024 Halloween Event

Tips

• The Golden Juggernaut possesses an ability that not only unstuns the tower and heals 1,000, but also gives itself a 25% damage buff, totaling it's DPS up to 624 on maxed out Top Path, and 1,875 on maxed out Bottom Path. However, this cannot be stacked with John's rage ability that gives a 50% damage buff, nor Medic's Damage buffs. Both of these buffs will override Golden Juggernaut's reboot ability, and Medic will override all damage buff abilities. You can, however, stack this with EDJ's ability as it affects Reload Time.
  • Be aware that this ability does not unstun the tower if they are frozen by the Snow Predator.
• The Golden Juggernaut is extremely expensive, even more so than the regular Juggernaut, with the Bottom Path costing close to $250,000 to max out and its Top Path costing more than $120,000 to max out. This tower is meant for mid-late game.
  • Farms will help out immensely in gaining the cash needed to afford its costly upgrades.
    • Place 5-2 Farms near the Golden Juggernaut, as it will contribute heavily to the Tower Economics upgrade.
  • The Bottom Path EDJ is very useful in reducing upgrade costs and to increase the Golden Juggernauts already large range in both paths.
  • Due to its high price, especially for the bottom path, it may be better to spam 2-4 Golden Juggernauts until you can buy the 2-5 upgrade for each one, as this is more cost-efficient.
  • Using the bottom path Mobster near a group of Golden Juggernaut is a great idea, as the Mobster will give back 35% of a Golden Juggernaut's total cost, with the tower having very high total cost. Since they will die often especially in Endless Mode, saving money is easier with the Mobster.
• The Golden Juggernaut's base damage type is "Laser", meaning it can bypass bullet resistant enemies. This makes it effective against enemies like the Revived Titan.
  • Conversely, it is weaker against enemies with laser resistance, a particular example being the Resurrected Laser Gunner. However, it can be ignored with the Top Path.
• If bringing the tower along, the Golden Juggernaut should be your main DPS tower.
  • For modes other than Endless Mode and Expert Mode, using the Top Path is more cost-effective because of its cheaper price and longer range. The lower DPS compared to the Bottom Path is a moot point given that the enemies in these modes are comparatively weaker.
• Do note that even though the Golden Juggernaut is a very strong tower and its DPS is almost unmatched, it suffers from a few key weaknesses.
  • It is horrendous against hordes, even with the maxed top path, as it doesn't deal enough DPS to clear out hordes of enemies. Towers like the Warship are superior in this regard.
  • Its high base and upgrade costs makes it unsuited for the early and even mid game to some degree, with Farms and EDJs almost being required to use this properly. This also means its hard to use effectively in modes that don't give a lot of cash.
  • Despite having robust health, it still goes down fairly easily against stronger bosses like the Eradicator MK IV and Eradicator MK I Combat, resulting in a lot of money being lost.

Trivia

• The Golden Juggernaut shares the same upgrade names and icons as Juggernaut.
• The Golden Juggernaut has a unique placement sound which is shared by the Golden Ranger and Golden Mine Layer.
  • The Golden Commando replaces it with the placement sound of the Golden Commando from Tower Battles.
• Despite its supposed strength, an X-5 Golden Juggernaut was seen being overwhelmed by a small group of Villagers in the 2024 Halloween Event trailer.

Patch Notes

20 April 2024 Golden Juggernaut is released. New skin: Golden Commando 4 May 2024 Golden Juggernaut has been nerfed. Statistical Changes: Reboot Systems damage buff increased: 20% > 25% Level 3-X: Cost increased: $8,500 > $12,500 Level 4-X: Cost increased: $10,000 > $17,500 Level X-3: Cost increased: $8,000 > $15,000 Range upgrade removed: +3.0 Range > +0.0 Range Level X-4: Cost increased: $25,000 > $28,000 Range upgrade removed: +3.0 Range > +0.0 Range Level X-5: Cost decreased: $200,000 > $190,000 Range increased: +5.0 Range > +8.0 Range 27 September 2024 Golden Juggernaut has been buffed. Statistical Changes: Reboot Systems now heals 1,000. Level 3-X: Cost decreased: $12,500 > $12,000 Level 5-X: Cost decreased: $90,000 > $85,000 Level X-5: Cost decreased: $190,000 > $182,000 Range increased: +8.0 Range > +10.0 Range Health increased: +5,475 > +6,375 25 October 2024 New skin: Patriot 28 October 2024 Golden Juggernaut has been Rebalanced. Level 4-X: Cost increased: $17,500 -> $20,000 Now gets Ignore Laser Resistance Level 5-X: Cost decreased: $85,000 -> $82,000 Range increased: +10.0 Range -> +11.0 Range Level X-5: Health increased: +6,375 -> +7,000