Trooper

Ranged Trooper
Stats
Health
Base Health:	300
Bullet Resist:	0%
Spirit Resist:	0%→70%
Damage
DPS:	28
Range:	25.4m
Melee Damage:	25
Movement
Move Speed:	6.3 m/s
Sprint Speed:	13 m/s
Souls
Total Souls:	116
Soul Orbs:	1

Melee Trooper
Stats
Health
Base Health:	400
Bullet Resist:	0%
Spirit Resist:	0%→70%
Damage
Range:	3
Melee Damage:	80
Movement
Move Speed:	8.1 m/s
Sprint Speed:	13 m/s
Souls
Total Souls:	116
Soul Orbs:	1

Medic Trooper
Stats
Health
Base Health:	350
Bullet Resist:	0%
Spirit Resist:	0%→70%
Damage
DPS:	28
Range:	35.6
Melee Damage:	25
Movement
Move Speed:	6.3 m/s
Sprint Speed:	13 m/s
Souls
Total Souls:	116
Soul Orbs:	1

Troopers, also colloquially called Minions or Creeps, are common offensive units summoned by the Patron. They are the primary force for pushing lanes and early Soul farming.

Overview

Two Trooper waves in combat near a Guardian

Troopers appear to be small humanoid automaton with a large burning candle atop their head. In combat, the amount of wax on the candle directly reflects the amount of health a trooper has. There are 3 types of basic troopers: Ranged Troopers, Melee Troopers and Medic Troopers. Each trooper wave has 2 Ranged, 1 Melee and 1 Medic.

Troopers serve as the primary means to pushing lanes, appearing in waves of 4 every 30 seconds; after 20 minutes, this spawn time is reduced to 25 seconds. These waves consist of 2 Ranged Troopers, 1 Melee Trooper and 1 Medic Trooper. Troopers enter lanes by riding Ziplines in a vessel, which can be shot down to force them to drop early. Once on the ground, Troopers will attempt to move down the lane, attacking other enemy Troopers, Heroes and structures on the way.

During laning phase, Troopers are also the most reliable source of Souls. Slain Troopers will drop a Soul Orb on the ground that can be picked up by nearby ally players for 60% of the soul bounty, and release a floating Soul Orb that can be confirmed or denied by players for the remaining 40% souls. Killing a Trooper with a melee attack prevents orbs from spawning and awards 100% of the value on kill.

Combat Stats

Troopers have a complex set of resistances and vulnerabilities that change based on the game's state and their opponents.

Resistances & Vulnerabilities

• Troopers take -25% increased damage from player bullet damage, but not from player melee damage.
• They gradually gain spirit resistance over time, reaching 20% at 25 minutes and 70% at 50 minutes.
• They gain 35% resistance when near/inside the enemy base.
• They have innate damage resistance against specific targets:
  • Vs. other Troopers: 42.5%
  • Vs. Walkers & Patron: 80%
• At 35 minutes, all Troopers gain +50% HP.

Damage Output

• Vs. Players: 28 DPS
• Vs. other Troopers: 35 DPS
• Vs. Tier 1 Bosses: 36 DPS
• Vs. Base Guardians: 80 DPS

Sight Range

• Troopers have two different sight ranges:
  • Vs. NPCs: 40.6m
  • Vs. Heroes: 17.8m

Math

Trooper bounty is divided by 60% in the ground Orb and 40% in the floating Orb, or 100% on death if killed by a melee attack.

The total Soul bounty per Trooper is equal to  116 + ( 1.16 per min).

Additionally, they are divided among nearby ally players at the rates listed in table below:

Players	% share to each player
1	100%
2	54%
3	36%
4	25%
5	20%
6	16%

Ranged Trooper

Ranged Troopers are the most common type of Trooper, spawning 2 per wave. They attack with a ranged weapon that has a range of 25.4m, resorting to a melee if enemies get too close.

Melee Trooper

Melee Troopers are tougher units with 400 health and a faster walk speed of 8.1 m/s. They engage enemies with a powerful melee attack within a 3m range.

A medic pack dropped by a medic trooper

Medic Trooper

Medic Troopers, also referred to as Banner Troopers, are a special type of Trooper that can heal nearby Heroes and Troopers when they are killed.

Killing a Medic Trooper will drop a Medic Pack that has to be picked up by a player. It heals allies in a 35m radius, based on the following formula:

Heal = (16% of hero's missing HP + 150 HP + 4 HP per minute) / Number of nearby heroes

Medic Packs cannot be picked up by the Trooper's own team.

Medic Packs pickup range increases from 18m at 10 minutes to 30m at 18 minutes.

Troopers are also healed by a small amount when the Medic Pack is picked up by a player.

Commands

To summon Entities, in this case troopers (requires sv_cheats 1):

npc_create [unit_name|npc_class_name] [name of npc (optional) ] [addon type (optional) ] [name of addon (optional) ]

To summon specific troopers, use the following as unit names:

trooper_melee, trooper_nano etc.

Update history

Main article: Update history

Update	Changes
December 16, 2025	Trooper bounty reduced by 12% Medic orbs now heals allied troopers 30% more Medic orbs regen on allied troopers is now applied over 8s instead of 2s Medic Trooper HP increased from 260 to 350 (default trooper is 300) Medic Trooper DPS vs other troopers increased from 35 to 45 (default trooper is 35) Medic Troopers attack range vs troopers and players increased by +5m over the default Medic Pack pickup range scales from 18m->26m to 18m->30m (over the same time period, 10min to 18min)
November 27, 2025	Medic Pack now heal amounts increased by 2x Medic Pack heal now splits its value evenly based on the number of nearby heroes (so 1 hero is 100%, 2 heroes is 50%, 3 heroes is 33%, etc. Other nearby units also get the reduced values.) Medic Pack regen applied over 2s instead of 1s Medic Pack ally search radius from 30 to 35 Medic Pack pickup range scales after 10 minutes (similar to the expiry duration), from 18m at 10 minutes scaling up by 1m per minute up to 26m range.
November 22, 2025	Medic Pack missing health % reduced from 10% to 8%

Trivia

• There's an unused Trooper model in the game files labeled Trooper_Jetpack, which has flying animations. The Jetpack Trooper was also present in Neon Prime.
• The weapon carried by Ranged and Medic Troopers is shaped like a candle snuffer.