8 Bit Tower Defense Auto Skip Waves: Where the Setting Is and How to Turn It On or Off
The Auto-skip waves toggle lives in Settings > GAMEPLAY in 8 Bit Tower Defense. Here's exactly where to find it and how to switch it on or off, plus the in-match controls it's often confused with.
Quick answer
The Auto-skip waves setting is in the Settings menu, in the GAMEPLAY section. It is a single toggle — flipping it on or off there is all there is to it; you don't need separate controls for enabling and disabling it.
Turning Auto-skip waves on or off
The setting lives in the game's Settings menu, not inside an individual match. Once you're in Settings, the GAMEPLAY section is where the automation options sit, including 'Auto-skip waves'. To change it:
- Open the Settings menu.
- Select the GAMEPLAY section.
- Scroll the toggle list to 'Auto-skip waves' and switch it to the state you want.
'Auto-skip waves' appears alongside several other gameplay toggles, which makes the section easy to recognize: the same list contains 'Auto-abilities', 'Skip summon animations', 'Ask before selling', 'Ask before traits', 'Ask before trait rerolls', and 'Show every range'. If you can see those options, you're in the right place and 'Auto-skip waves' is in the same list.
Don't confuse it with the in-match AUTO button
During a match, the HUD shows a 1.5x speed toggle and an AUTO button. These are separate in-match controls, not the Auto-skip waves setting — flipping the HUD's AUTO button is not the same as toggling 'Auto-skip waves' in Settings. If you're looking for the persistent setting, leave the match and go to Settings > GAMEPLAY; the speed and AUTO controls are on the HUD during a match.
Auto-abilities works the same way
Right next to 'Auto-skip waves' in the GAMEPLAY section is an 'Auto-abilities' toggle. By default, unit abilities are something you trigger yourself — daily quests like 'Use unit abilities 5 times (0/5)' reflect that manual play — and the Auto-abilities toggle hands that job over to the game instead. It follows the same pattern as Auto-skip waves: one toggle in Settings > GAMEPLAY that you flip on or off whenever you want to change how the game behaves. For more on that option, see the auto abilities guide.
If you're still finding your way around the game's menus and match flow, the how to play guide covers the basics.