Headless Horseman, also known as Hollow Horseman, is one of the best secret units in 8 Bit Tower Defense, which can be obtained during the Halloween event. This guide will provide you with tips and tricks on how to unlock and evolve Headless Horseman in this Roblox game.
How to Unlock & Evolve Headless Horseman
You can pull Headless Horseman using the Halloween currency called Candy for a price of 5,000. Note that since this is a secret unit, the base rate is extremely low at 0.02%. So be sure to save a large candy stockpile before trying to pull the banner.
This unit has excellent crowd control, damage over time, and curse synergy, which makes it very strong against both waves and bosses. His curse and burn active skills make it very flexible. It also has a very strong wave clear percentage due to curse explosions and bouncing flaming heads. Although the placement cost is relatively high at 2,300, plan your economy accordingly, and you’ll be able to win over even the highest-tier raids.
If you want to evolve Headless Horseman, you have to purchase the evolution item, which is available at the event shop for 6,000 candy, and it’s called Hellfire Lantern. But it also requires 50,000 Gold and 20 Wild Essence. Once you evolve this unit, here’s what it gains:
- +35% damage and +10% range
- Upgrades with 4 to 6, with Hellfire Stomp
- His head bounces one enemy further
- Bursts hit for 80% (100% at upgrade 6)
- Hollow Moon lasts 8s
- Keeps its level, traits and grade
Headless Horseman Skills & Upgrades List
Headless Horseman has two passives, including Jack’s Curse and Headless, and one active skill, Hollow Moon. Jack’s Curse makes every enemy get hit by a curse and stay cursed for 6 seconds. When a cursed enemy dies, it bursts into burning pumpkin shards that hit nearby enemies for 80% of its damage, which is very strong for clears and chain damage. While Healdess makes him immune to boss stun attacks.
Headless Horseman also has six levels of upgrades that grant the following effects:
| Upgrades | Effects |
|---|---|
| Long Throw | Throws pumpkins along the line at a longer range. |
| Hard Head | Throws pumpkins along the line much faster. |
| Split Head | His head splits into 3 flaming heads, and each one bounces through 5 enemies, dealing 344 damage per hit and burning for 115 DPS |
| Burning Heads | His heads bounce more and faster, dealing 506–635 damage at 79 range, where each head bounces off 6 enemies. |
| Wicked Bounce | His head deals significantly more damage, scaling for 300% DPS and a total of 4,000 damage. |
| Hellfire Stomp | His horse rears and stomps a ring of Hellfire at full range, hitting for 964 damage, applying a curse, and burning for 187 DPS. |
