Boomerang

Stats

Base Cost

550

Base Damage

7

Damage Type

Ricochet

Fire Rate

2.6

Flying Detection

Level 0+

Immune

None

Lead Detection

Level 3+

Placement

Ground

Placement Limit

12

Range

14

Role

Defense

Selling Price

183

Unlock Cost

300

Description

The Boomerang is a starter tower bought for 300 Coins. It attacks enemies by throwing a boomerang at them. The Boomerang will lock onto an enemy within its range and aim for 1 second before throwing out a boomerang. This boomerang will travel in an arc and pierces through multiple enemies until it either runs out of enemies to hit or reaches the maximum number of enemies it can hit, where it returns back to the Boomerang. Regardless of how many enemies the Boomerang hit visually, it will always only damage as many enemies as what its max hits is set to. Although setting the targeting is possible and visually, the Boomerang will target enemies based on it, once thrown it will instantly snap back and throw it at the first enemy. This boomerang takes time to travel to an enemy, much like Demoman. At Level 3, it will gain a second boomerang, effectively doubling its damage. This will also not function the same as the first one, as it will target the last enemy the first boomerang will hit. For example, if there are six enemies in a line, the Boomerang will throw the first boomerang at the first enemy in the line and the second boomerang at the fifth enemy. They will begin returning to it once the first boomerang hits the fifth enemy in the line and the second boomerang hits the first enemy in the line. The Boomerang is primarily an early to mid-game AOE tower which from Level 0 can be used to damage Flying enemies and from Level 3+ Lead enemies. It has a placement limit of 12.

Strategy

This tower is best placed in areas where it can cover the most of the path. Unlike the Executioner, it cannot hit an infinite amount of enemies, meaning positioning it specifically to make it hit as many enemies as possible is not necessary. This tower can be used against Lead and Flying enemies, but it will struggle against single high-health ones such as the Frost Mage or the Elite Lead. It can however perform well against groups of weaker enemies such as the Balloon. Additionally, while the Boomerang cannot target hidden enemies, it can hit them if the boomerang hits it while travelling to another enemy.

Update History

17 July 2026 - v2.3.0 Boomerang added. Boomerang always targets the first enemies instead of ones based on its targeting.

Patch history

The store description of the Boomerang is a reference to the Avatar: The Last Airbender franchise. This part of the description was originally used by the Executioner, though it was moved to this tower once it was released. The Level 4 upgrade name is a reference to The Lord of the Rings. The Boomerang is may have been based on the Boomerang Monkey from Bloons Tower Defense.