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Description
The XMAS gamemode was the first event gamemode added to Tower Defense X. Enemies were resistant to ice, making Cryo Blaster less viable for this gamemode. Beating the XMAS gamemode awarded players the Cryo Ranger tower, along with one of 6 random Christmas Skins. Players would have to beat this gamemode 6 times in order to get all of the skins. Players would then have to beat XMAS Nightmare in order to obtain the Christmas Artillery skin.
Exo Santa is the final boss of this gamemode. It can spawn an Elf Guardian, a Wendigo, and several Snow Pals, shoot multiple burst at towers, and has a three shot burst that targets the most expensive tower, with each shot stunning them even if they have
Stun Immunity. When damaged heavily, it will lose most of its "skin", revealing its endoskeleton underneath.
Strategies
- Splash towers like Missile Trooper, Artillery, and Shotgunner are necessary due to the hordes of enemies.
- Laser Gunner is recommended for dealing with Trees, as they will tend to be stealthed.
- Players should get 2-4 Juggernauts and Railgunners in order to deal with Exo Santa.
- Maxing these towers is not recommended due to Exo Santa being able to stun the most expensive tower, significantly reducing your DPS output.
- EDJ and John are great support towers for this gamemode.
Enemies
Wave Structure

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The waves follow these timings:
| Wave | 0 |
1-12 |
13-19 |
20 |
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| Timer | 00:14 |
00:59 |
01:59 |
00:00 |
Notes:
⠀⠀●⠀Bolded names indicate an enemy's debut.
⠀⠀●⠀Shield boosts are based off of base health.
| Wave | Layout | Advisor Dialogue | |
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| 1 | ●⠀22× Snowman |
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"Christmas is here! Exo Santa brought along his minions to raid the GDA base here. Bring Missile Trooper and other hefty towers, we must stop him." |
| 2 | ●⠀35× Snowman |
N/A | |
| 3 | ●⠀30× Snow Runner |
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"Snow Runners inbound, they're fast. Ice immune too, anything that deals ice damage won't affect them." |
| 4 | ●⠀14× Frozen Zombie ●⠀20× Snow Runner |
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"Frozen Zombies detected, ice immune, but this time, pretty tanky. Destroy them!" |
| 5 | ●⠀40× Snow Runner |
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"Snow Runner rush! We need some splash[sic], perhaps a Shotgunner or two? John Path 2 AK Shotgun isn't a bad choice either." |
| 6 | ●⠀6× Summoned Ranger |
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"Summoned Rangers detected,[sic] don't know how they keep converting our troops. They have a lot more HP, take them down!" |
| 7 | ●⠀9× Summoned Ranger ●⠀3× Frozen Zombie |
N/A | |
| 8 | ●⠀14× Snow Pal |
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"Snow Pals, an odd name for something that's even more tanky." |
| 9 | ●⠀9× XMAS Wall ●⠀7× Gingerbread Man |
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"XMAS Walls detected, they give zero cash. What a shame. Watch out for the next wave, we need serious stealth detection for Trees." |
| 10 | ●⠀3× Chimney ●⠀2× Snow Zombie ●⠀1× Stealth Tree |
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"Chimneys detected, they're bulletproof! However, only by 50%, so we could just overwhelm them. I'd still recommend Missile Trooper." |
| 11 | ●⠀10× Gingerbread Man ●⠀10× XMAS Wall ●⠀3× Snow Pal ●⠀6× Snow Runner |
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"They're rushing now! However, next wave are those Tree guys again, and a lot of them! We need lots of stealth detection while dealing enough damage!" |
| 12 | ●⠀6× Stealth Tree |
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"Trees detected, fast and stealthed, these guys are no joke. Get them!" |
| 13 | ●⠀5× Chimney ●⠀5× Coal Man ●⠀50× Snow Runner |
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"Coal... zombies detected? They go super fast once enough damage is dealt, watch out for that!" |
| 14 | ●⠀12× Coal Man ●⠀2× Multiplier 1 |
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"It's a coal rush! Not much of a threat when they're not on fire, but man[sic] they can go fast." |
| 15 | ●⠀10× Gift Box ●⠀7× Gingerbread Man ●⠀10× XMAS Wall ●⠀8× Coal Man ●⠀4× Tree |
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"Gift box fellas detected, they explode into Toys that book it fast! Using splash damage towers are a great counter to them!" |
| 16 | ●⠀11× Gift Box ●⠀14× Gingerbread Man ●⠀6× Snow Zombie ●⠀10× Coal Man |
N/A | |
| 17 | ●⠀25× Gift Box ●⠀10× Snow Pal ●⠀125× Snow Runner ●⠀2× Wendigo ●⠀1× Super Naughty ●⠀5× Stealth Tree ●⠀7× Coal Man |
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"Many Super Naughty zombies inbound, they are big tanky, stupid, and overall annoying. We need heavy hitters to destroy them!" |
| 18 | ●⠀10× Black Ice ●⠀30× XMAS Wall ●⠀3× Super Naughty ●⠀15× Snow Pal ●⠀6× Wendigo ●⠀9× Gift Box ●⠀9× Chimney |
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"Wendigo enemies detected, they're fast and mean. They're also fully ice immune." |
| 19 | ●⠀8× Super Naughty ●⠀15× Wendigo ●⠀5× Stealth Tree |
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"Keep firing, Exo Santa is coming next wave. Prepare for him." |
| 20 | ●⠀7× Super Naughty ●⠀40× Gingerbread Man ●⠀6× Gift Box ●⠀7× Black Ice ●⠀3× Stealth Tree ●⠀3× Gift Box ●⠀3× Elf Guardian ●⠀1× Exo Santa |
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"Exo Santa detected! He is walking to your position now, his attacks cannot be baited. He will target the most expensive towers with his triple burst attack!" |
Trivia
- The development team only had a few weeks to complete this event, hence why the event didn't feature too much content.
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