Mystery Boss

Mystery Boss

ARTICLE

ADVANCED STATS

• Current
• Translated
• April Fools 2022
• Version 1

"A fast, hidden, or tanky threat? What could it be?
Prepare for the worst, anything can go wrong now..."

―Commander dialogue on Wave 32 (Legacy Molten)
Commander dialogue on Wave 23 (Formerly Normal)

"Incoming new mysterious enemy!"

―Beginning of Wave 29 (Golden)

"This doesn't look like your normal mystery...
These Mystery bosses will summon in OTHER bosses!"

―Commander dialogue on Wave 32 (Legacy Fallen)
Commander dialogue on Wave 32 (Nuclear)

"This isn't your average mystery enemy.."

―Commander dialogue on Wave 33 (Hardcore)

"An immediate, hidden or immediate threat? who
Prepare for the worst, something can go wrong..."

―Commander dialogue on Wave 32 (Translated Molten)
Commander dialogue on Wave 23 (Formerly Translated Normal)

"It will not be a secret ...
The government has high hopes."

―Commander dialogue on Wave 32 (Translated Fallen)

"A fast, hidden, ow tanky threat? What couwd it be?
Pwepawe fow the wowst, anything can go wwong now... ☀(▀U ▀-͠ )"

―Commander dialogue on Wave 23 (April Fools 2022 Normal)
Commander dialogue on Wave 32 (April Fools 2022 Molten)

"This doesn't wook wike youw nowmaw mystewy...
These Mystewy bosses wiww summon OTHEW bosses! (๑•̀ㅂ•́)૭☒"

―Commander dialogue on Wave 32 (April Fools 2022 Fallen)

"This isn't youw avewage mystewy enemy.. (ΦωΦ) "

―Commander dialogue on Wave 33 (April Fools 2022 Hardcore)

"Incoming new mysterious enemy!"

―Beginning of Wave 23 (Pre-Overhaul, Beginner's)
Beginning of Wave 32 (Pre-Overhaul, Molten & Fallen)
Beginning of Wave 29 (Pre-Overhaul, Golden)

Description

The Mystery Boss is an enemy that will spawn a random enemy upon its death. The enemy spawned depends on the mode and wave. As the name implies, the Mystery Boss mostly spawns bosses that have high health or enemies that are quick, meaning that it is a very dangerous enemy. Its health depends on the mode you are playing on.

The Mystery Boss appears in Hardcore mode. It also appears in the Sandbox exclusive Legacy Molten, Legacy Fallen and Golden modes.

The Mystery Boss is spawned by the Mystery Summoner, Summoner Boss, Necromancer Boss and Void Reaver. The Grave Digger used to be able to summon it in the Easy mode. If a map has the Enemies Beta modifier active, it is not spawned by these enemies as they spawn the Breaker4 instead.

The Mystery Boss is replaced by the Breaker4 in any map with the Enemies Beta modifier active.

Appearance

The Mystery Boss is a large translucent humanoid with a glowing orange question mark on its torso. All of its body parts are colored indigo and are made of a glass material. Its left leg is twisted and its head is pointing slightly downwards as it walks. It is also faceless.

Enemies Spawned

The Mystery Boss is able to spawn more enemies after its debut. Italic names can be spawned from the Mystery Boss's debut.

Strategy

• High DPS towers are recommended, supported by the DJ Booth and Commander.
• The Mystery Boss' random nature is not as impactful as the Mystery's. However, some enemies still pose a significant threat without the right towers.
  • An overflow of Fallen Heroes, Slow Kings or Molten Titans may be overwhelming with their massive combined health. In a similar vein, the Speedy King can speed up such enemies, making it very dangerous.
    • In general, high DPS towers accompanied by support towers is the best answer against all high health enemies.
  • Soul Bosses may be dangerous without adequate hidden defense.
    • Hidden defense should be strong. Most high DPS towers have hidden detection, so Soul Bosses should not be a major issue with them.
• As Mystery Bosses and their spawns come in hordes, towers that can deal damage to multiple enemies like the Mortar, Rocketeer, Gladiator and Executioner are effective.
  • However, some of these towers may not fare so well against high health enemies. High DPS towers should be used to counter those.
• Be aware that you do not earn any cash from damaging enemies that the Mystery Boss spawns in every mode.
• The enemies that spawn from the Mystery Boss do not need to be killed for wave progression to occur.
  • If you are speedrunning a map, you should focus on killing the Mystery Bosses first by setting your towers' targeting to Weakest before moving onto the enemies that spawn.
    • Be aware that the spawned enemies may outrun your towers if you switch target settings.
      • Using towers that can damage multiple enemies can remedy this.
• The Sledger, Frost Blaster and Electroshocker are probably the best slowing towers against Mystery Bosses as they can hit multiple enemies at once, though others like the Toxic Gunner are still viable.
  • Be aware of the enemies' size and immunities, which may cause some of these towers to be less effective.
• Some enemies from the Mystery Boss like the Giant Boss have defense, so defense dropping towers can be useful.

Gallery

Previous Variants

First version, first animation (26 May 2020 – 29 October 2020)

Corpse Variants

Second Corpse variant, current version (12 March 2025 – Present)

Promotional Images

Mystery Boss on a promotional image.

Promotional Videos

Miscellaneous

Mystery Boss on its Index icon.

Trivia

• There was a glitch whereby the Mystery Boss, after its death, could go to the next turn and stop there with its walking animation still playing. This was just a visual bug and did not affect gameplay in any way.
• For some reason, the Mystery Boss debuts on wave 29 for Golden mode.
  • However, the text associated with the Mystery Boss appeared on wave 32, like Molten and Fallen modes.
  • The same thing occurs with the Fallen Hero, Molten Titan, 24 Karat and Super Toxic which all can be spawned on wave 38 from the Mystery Boss, which is before their debut on wave 39 on Fallen, Molten, Golden modes and, formerly, Polluted Wasteland II, respectively. However, this is intentional.
• Prior to the Entity System Update, summoned enemies from the Mystery Boss used to say "Mystery's ______" instead of "Mystery Boss's ______".
• The question mark on the Mystery Boss is a re-textured version of the Question Mark accessory from the Roblox catalog.
• Prior to the Entity System Update, Mystery Bosses summoned by the Summoner Boss could be stuck in the air.

Update History

Legacy Molten
Previous Debut	Current Debut	Next Debut
Speedy Boss Wave 30	Mystery Boss Wave 32	Mystery Summoner Wave 36

Golden
Previous Debut	Current Debut	Next Debut
Charge Wave 26	Mystery Boss Wave 29	Tank Wave 30

Legacy Fallen
Previous Debut	Current Debut	Next Debut
Tank Wave 30	Mystery Boss Wave 32	Boomer Wave 34

Fallen (Polluted Wasteland)
Previous Debut	Current Debut	Next Debut
Tank Wave 30	Mystery Boss Wave 32	Splitter Wave 34