Spotlight Tech — Tower Defense Simulator Guide
Category: Support
Unlock: Currently obtainable via a limited-time gamepass (Robux price not stated on the wiki page). Originally also unlockable by triumphing The Narratorium on Hard difficulty between 20 Dec 2025 and 11 Feb 2026; that method was removed 11 Feb 2026.
Detection: Hidden, Flying, Lead
Placement Limit: 1 per player
Tier Rating: B
Total Upgrade Cost: $41,790
Spotlight Tech is a Cliff tower that sweeps a spotlight beam across its range, damaging every enemy it touches rather than a single target — making it a strong crowd-control support pick. From Level 1 it adds Burn damage over time, from Level 2 it reveals Hidden enemies to other towers via Exposed, and at max level it can confuse grouped enemies once it racks up enough cumulative damage. Because it hits an unlimited number of enemies per tick, its value scales with how many enemies you can keep clustered in its beam.
Spotlight Tech Stats Per Level
The table below shows all Spotlight Tech Tower Defense Simulator upgrade levels and stats. Click any column header to sort. All values are sourced from the TDS Fandom wiki (checked August 3, 2026).
| Level | Upgrade Cost | Damage | Cooldown | Range | DPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 3225 | 4 | 0.325 | 30 | 12.31 |
| 1 | 1865 | 4 | 0.325 | 30 | 16.31 |
| 2 | 4820 | 8 | 0.325 | 35 | 32.62 |
| 3 | 12560 | 10 | 0.2 | 35 | 70 |
| 4 | 19320 | 14 | 0.2 | 40 | 110 |
Note: Spotlight radius 5.5 (max level). Burn 10 dmg/tick, burn time 6s (elapsed 240.0). Gains confusion effect after dealing 1,800 cumulative spotlight damage (2.5s confusion, 7.5s cooldown; burn damage does not count toward the threshold). Combined DPS 110.0.
How to Get Spotlight Tech
Currently available only through a limited-time gamepass (the wiki does not list its Robux price).
It was previously also unlockable in-game by triumphing The Narratorium on Hard difficulty, but only between 20 December 2025 and 11 February 2026; that route is now closed.
Is Spotlight Tech Worth It?
Its unlimited-target spotlight and hidden-reveal utility make it valuable on maps with clustered or looping paths, especially alongside stalling towers.
Setting its target mode to Random spreads burn across more of the map, which is usually the best way to make use of its damage output.
As a Cliff-only, placement-limit-1 tower it isn't available on every map, and it needs support from other towers to convert its DPS output into kills.
Spotlight Tech Tier Rating by Mode
Best Loadouts With Spotlight Tech
Stalling towers like Toxic Gunner, Freezer, or Electroshocker clump enemies together so more of them stay in the spotlight's beam at once.
Pairs well with towers that lack Hidden detection (like Ranger, top-path Pursuit, or Swarmer) since its Level 2+ Exposed effect lets them target normally-hidden enemies.