Relic

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This was part of the 2024 Halloween Event. As of 19/12/2024, the event has concluded.

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Relic
Tower Information
Unlock Cost	2024 Halloween Event‎ (BP Rank 22) or 1,500[1]
Placement Cost	$500
Type	Spawner
Footprint	3.0
Placement	Land
Placement Limit	4‎ (Solo) 3 (Duo) 3 (Trio) 3 (Quad)
Base Statistics
Health	250
Damage Type	Collision Melee
Units	Bandit Level 0 (1 every 55s)
Level-Exclusive Attributes
StealthDetection	Level 3+

“	Summons melee units to block and deal damage to enemies on the path, perfect for slowing down the enemy advance!	”
	- Store Description

Description

The Relic is a spawner tower that spawns a Bandit Level 0 that wields a dagger on its base level. It mainly spawns units that deal Melee or Collision Damage. The Relic functions similar to the Barracks with its units stopping to damage enemies. It can be obtained from the 2024 Halloween Event or purchased separately for 1,500.

Upgrades

Like the Flame Trooper, Commander, Z.E.D., and Scarecrow this tower only has one path. Each upgrade allows it to spawn more units, with the max upgrade costing $300,000 and spawning an Overseer, which boasts 100,000 Health. It deals no damage, so players will have to rely on the unit colliding with enemies.

Units

	Bandit Level 0	Bandit Level 1	Zealot	Archer	Warden	Overseer

Strategies

• The Relic, with a cheap base cost and overall upgrade costs (ignoring Level 5), is a great early game tower, although it should not be used by itself but in conjunction with other towers.
  • In particular, the Archers for just $2500 detect stealth, deal good DPS, spawn relatively fast, have 400 health to tank enemies with, and are only weak to Melee Resistant enemies like the Executioner, which is great value.
• If you're trying to get to Level 5, it is best to use the Relic in modes where $Cash will flow in quickly. Expert or Endless mode are good examples.
  • Farms are very useful to get more cash quickly to upgrade the Relics fully.
  • The bottom path EDJ may also be helpful to reduce upgrade costs, although because the first three levels are so cheap and it does not reduce the cost of the final level, it is generally unnecessary.
• Players should use crowd control towers like Artillery and Slammer as the Relic's units struggle heavily against Multipliers or even just crowds of enemies in general, even with the Overseer.
• Despite the Overseer's large health pool, some bosses such as the Eradicator MK II and Nightmare Void take less damage from its collision damage.

Trivia

• The tower is the second most expensive tower in TDX, along with temporarily being the most expensive tower.
• The Relic’s Overseer, the APC, and the Ice Shard are the only units in the game who do not attack and can only damage enemies via Collision.
• The Relic could be loosely based on the Graveyard from Tower Battles, due to some similarities in how both the towers function and both being Halloween-themed spawner towers.
• The Relic appears to have been a very rushed tower, as the teased Valkyrie unit is missing (alongside other units from a concept art of the tower), the tower underwent a ton of statistical changes within a few days and had a strange bug with the Overseer unit.
  • John has confirmed the Relic was rushed and that it will be receiving a rework.
• Mr. P, a TDX developer, has stated that the Relic units are guardians of nature and their own faction, despising machines and robots.
• The Overseer is the only Unit in the game with Full Stun Immunity.
• There is a limit to how many of each Unit can be on the map/track at a time per Relic.
  • These unit limits are 4 for Bandit, 4 for Zealots, 4 for Archers, 4 for Warden, and 4 for Overseer.
    • The Overseer spawn limit is a hypothesis based on the spawn limits of other units. As of right now, there is no map long enough to contain 4 Overseers from the same Tower.

Update History

25 October 2024 The Relic has been added to the game as part of the 2024 Halloween Event. Bug: Overseer spawns with only 45,143. Bug: Overseer runs through Bosses, reducing their health to 1. The Relic can now be purchased for 1500. Later the same day: Bugfix: Overseer should spawn with correct health values. The Relic was nerfed. Statistical Changes: Level 5 Overseer unit health decreased: 150,000 > 100,000 Overseer DPS removed. 26 October 2024 The Relic was rebalanced. Statistical Changes: Level 4 Warden Range Increased: 2.5 > 4.5 Level 5 Cost increased: $400,000 > $420,000 Overseer Spawn Count increased: 1 > 2 Overseer Spawn Time decreased: 85s > 80s 28 October 2024 The Relic was rebalanced. Statistical Changes: Level 5 Cost decreased: $420,000 > $300,000 Overseer Spawn Count decreased: 2 > 1 Overseer Spawn Time decreased: 80s > 60s Level 2 - 4 Bandit Level 1 now spawn on all levels up until level 5. 2 November 2024 The Relic was Buffed. Statistical Changes: Placement Limit Solo placement: 2 -> 4 Duo placement: 2 -> 3 Later the same day: Statistical Changes: Placement Limit Trio placement: 2 -> 3 Quad placement: 2 -> 3 29 November 2024 The Relic was buffed. Level 5 Overseer now has Full Stun Immunity. 18 December 2024 The Relic is now offsale.

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