# Basic

> Basic Towers in Blockade Brigade: Cannon Tower, Sniper Tower, Helicopter, Cluster Mortar and Airport. Costs, damage, range and tips for each one.

- Page: https://blockadebrigade.com/towers/basic
- Site: Blockade Brigade, a tower defense game for Windows PC (https://blockadebrigade.com/)
- Text generated: 2026-11-02 06:37 UTC

## Basic Towers

Your first line of defense. Explore five towers built to hold the line.

- [Cannon Tower](https://blockadebrigade.com/towers/cannon): Balanced damage and fire rate. 50 gold, Ground + Air. Standard tower with balanced stats.
- [Sniper Tower](https://blockadebrigade.com/towers/sniper): Long range, high single-target damage. 500 gold, Ground + Air, Research 12000. Long range, high damage.
- [Helicopter](https://blockadebrigade.com/towers/helicopter): Attack helicopter: chin gun, then rocket pods, then both. 200 gold, Ground + Air, Research 18000. Attack helicopter: lifts off when a wave starts and lands after.
- [Cluster Mortar](https://blockadebrigade.com/towers/cluster_mortar): Arcing bombs with huge splash, ground only. 250 gold, Ground only, Research 40000. Lobs a heavy bomb that detonates and bursts into scattering bomblets.
- [Airport](https://blockadebrigade.com/towers/airport): Multi-plane airbase. 800 gold, Ground + Air, Research 200000. Multi-plane airbase.

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