8 Bit Tower Defense Auto-abilities: Where to Find the Setting and How to Switch It
The Auto-abilities toggle in 8 Bit Tower Defense lives in Settings > GAMEPLAY. Here's exactly where to find it, how to switch it, and how it relates to using unit abilities manually.
The Auto-abilities setting in 8 Bit Tower Defense is a toggle inside the Settings > GAMEPLAY panel — you can flip it on or off with a single tap, no extra menu diving involved.
Quick answer
You'll find Auto-abilities in Settings > GAMEPLAY. It's one of the gameplay toggles in that panel, and switching it is a simple tap on the toggle.
- Open Settings and go to the GAMEPLAY tab.
- Look for 'Auto-abilities' in the options list.
- Tap the toggle to switch it on or off.
Finding and switching the toggle
The GAMEPLAY panel is where the game keeps its in-match behavior options, and Auto-abilities sits among them. Once you're in Settings > GAMEPLAY, you're in the right place — the toggle is listed by name, so it's easy to confirm you've found it before tapping.
What you'll see in the GAMEPLAY panel
Auto-abilities shares the GAMEPLAY panel with a short list of other toggles, so knowing the neighbors helps you recognize the right screen at a glance:
- Auto-skip waves
- Auto-abilities
- Skip summon animations
- Ask before selling
- Ask before traits
- Ask before trait rerolls
- Show every range
If you see this group of options, you're in the correct panel. Note that the in-match HUD also shows a 1.5x speed toggle and an AUTO button — those live on the match screen, not in the Settings panel, so don't mistake them for the Auto-abilities setting.
What Auto-abilities has to do with unit abilities
Units in 8 Bit Tower Defense have triggerable abilities you can use during a match. The game confirms this from two angles: the Daily quest list includes an objective reading "Use unit abilities 5 times (0/5)", which only makes sense if abilities are an action you trigger by hand — and the Settings menu carries an Auto-abilities toggle, meaning an automatic mode for those same abilities exists as a setting.
Put together, the supported picture: you can fire unit abilities manually during a match — the Daily quest 'Use unit abilities 5 times' treats ability use as a hands-on action — and an Auto-abilities toggle for those abilities sits in Settings > GAMEPLAY.
If you want a broader look at what abilities do in general, see the unit abilities guide. The GAMEPLAY panel also lists a similarly named option, Auto-skip waves — auto skip waves covers that one in detail. And if you're still getting comfortable with the match flow itself, the how to play guide walks through the basics.