8 Bit Tower Defense Traits Guide: Where to See, Roll and Reroll Traits

Quick answer

Traits are managed in the game's dedicated TRAITS tab: open it, press REROLL, and a dice rolls a new trait for your unit. Traits add bonuses such as damage, range and cash - the tutorial's demonstration roll produced SWIFT I, giving 5% faster attacks. To see what a specific unit already holds, open its detail page from your Units inventory and switch to the Traits sub-tab.

• Where to look: the TRAITS tab handles rolling, and each unit's detail page has a Traits sub-tab listing its traits.
• How to roll: pressing REROLL rolls a new trait with a dice.
• What traits do: they add damage, range, cash and more to a unit.

Traits are 8 Bit Tower Defense's way of adding extra bonuses to a unit on top of what it already does. The official game description advertises "Roll traits and hunt for Shiny units" as a core feature alongside collecting 50+ units and evolving Mythics, and the game teaches traits to you directly: the in-game trait tutorial reaches traits at STEP 5/6, walks you into the TRAITS tab and has you press REROLL for your first roll.

Where to see a unit's traits

Trait information shows up in three places:

The TRAITS tab. This dedicated tab is where traits are managed and where Trait Rerolls are used. The trait tutorial points you straight to it: "Now open the TRAITS tab. That's where Trait Rerolls go."

Unit detail pages. Open a unit from your Units inventory and its detail page has a Traits sub-tab that displays that unit's traits. That's where you check what a specific unit is carrying, unit by unit.

Starter unit cards. Traits appear even before your roster fills in: the starter selection cards show per-unit trait descriptions - Pebble Frog lists Single target / Long range / Hits flying, Honey Bee lists Swarm striker / Fast stings / Swarm bonus, and Dart Dragonfly lists Dart volleys / Hits flying. Those descriptors tell you how each starter fights at a glance, including whether it can hit flying enemies: Pebble Frog and Dart Dragonfly both list Hits flying.

What traits actually do

The tutorial sums it up in one line: "Traits add damage, range, cash and more." A trait, in other words, can raise a unit's damage, extend its range, add cash, or bring another kind of bonus - the "and more" signals the list doesn't stop at those three.

The tutorial's demonstration roll shows what a result looks like in practice: pressing REROLL produced SWIFT I, displayed as 5% faster attacks. That rolled trait arrived as a named bonus with its effect displayed right on it, so you could read exactly what the unit gained from that roll.

How to roll or reroll a trait

What happens when you press REROLL

1. 1

   Open the TRAITS tab

   The dedicated TRAITS tab is where Trait Rerolls are used; the trait tutorial's STEP 5/6 sends you here.

2. 2

   Press REROLL

   Pressing REROLL starts a roll for a new trait on your unit.

3. 3

   The dice rolls the result

   A dice rolls the new trait and displays it - in the tutorial's roll, the result shown was SWIFT I, 5% faster attacks.

That's the whole action: one press of REROLL rolls a new trait with a dice. The game also builds in a safety net - in Settings > GAMEPLAY you'll find the confirmation toggles Ask before traits and Ask before trait rerolls, alongside options like Ask before selling, Auto-skip waves, Auto-abilities, Skip summon animations and Show every range. With those confirmations on, the game asks you before a trait or a trait reroll goes through.

If you run short on rerolls, our how to get Trait Rerolls guide covers where to pick up more.

How traits fit the rest of the game

Rolling traits sits in the middle of the game's core loop: the official description puts "Roll traits and hunt for Shiny units" right next to collecting 50+ units and evolving Mythics. Every REROLL produces a new trait with a stated effect like SWIFT I's 5% faster attacks.

As your roster grows, the units list, tier list and best team guides help you decide which units deserve the rolls, and the how to play guide covers the fundamentals if you're just starting out.