DLC and Cosmetics
Every Tricky Towers DLC pack is cosmetic. You can dress your wizard up with the Spirit Animal Pack, add six licensed indie characters with the Indie Friends Pack, change block textures with the Galaxy, Candy, Gem, and Holographic brick packs, or install the Original Soundtrack, which is free. None of these packs alter the physics engine, introduce new achievements, or provide mechanical advantages in competitive play.
Tricky Towers has exactly seven DLCs, and every one of them is cosmetic. Two shipped on launch day in August 2016, and the rest arrived across 2017. They let you customize your wizard and change the visual texture of the falling blocks.
None of the DLC packs alter the physics engine, introduce new achievements, or provide mechanical advantages in competitive play.
Avatar Expansions
The base game features four wizard characters, listed in the game only as Wizard #1 through Wizard #4. They carry no elemental or thematic identity, and the choice is purely cosmetic. You can expand your options with these packs:
- Spirit Animal Pack (August 2016): Released alongside the base game. This pack dresses your existing wizards in four animal costumes, covering a platypus, a toucan, a raccoon, and a fish. It does not add new characters, and it does not replace the base wizards.
- Indie Friends Pack (July 2017): A major crossover expansion that introduces six new playable avatars directly licensed from prominent independent titles. The roster includes:
- Thane (Armello)
- Clunk (Awesomenauts)
- Fish (Nuclear Throne)
- Candyman (Lethal League)
- Last of the Order (TowerFall)
- Octodad (Octodad: Deadliest Catch)
Cosmetic Brick Textures
Over the first half of 2017, the developers released four texture packs. Each one reskins the falling bricks. Brick shapes and collision stay identical, so nothing about how a tower behaves changes.
- Galaxy Bricks (January 2017): A deep space and nebula theme.
- Candy Bricks (February 2017): Sweets and confectionery.
- Gem Bricks (March 2017): Translucent, crystalline blocks.
- Holographic Bricks (May 2017): An iridescent, light-refracting finish.
WeirdBeard published the same one-line blurb for all four packs and never described what any of them look like, so treat the summaries above as a general guide and not an exact account. Check the store screenshots before buying.
Does Your Brick Texture Affect How You Play?
No source says it does, and neither does the developer.
You do pick a brick texture before every single-player run, including Endless, so the choice is in front of you often enough to wonder about. It is reasonable to prefer a flatter, higher-contrast texture if you find edges easier to pick out under pressure. That is a preference, though, not a documented effect. Nobody has measured it, WeirdBeard has never claimed it, and the packs are sold and described as pure cosmetics.
Run whichever one you like looking at.
The Tournament Update Is Not DLC
The Tournament Update is a free content update, released on November 16, 2016. It is not one of the seven DLCs, it has no store page, and there is nothing to buy or install. If you own the base game you already have it.
It is still the most important post-launch release the game received. WeirdBeard's announcement lists what it added:
- Local and online tournament mode, played over multiple rounds
- Endless single player puzzle leaderboard mode
- Weekly and monthly leaderboards
- New achievements
- A printable party pack with a tournament schedule, wizard hats, and a 3D model of the Super Cup
- Language select and key binding options
Endless is often credited to this update in full. Only the puzzle challenge came with it. Endless Survival shipped with the base game in August 2016, and Endless Race did not arrive until February 1, 2018, fifteen months later, where it debuted on Xbox One before reaching Steam.
On PlayStation the Tournament Update is packaged as a separate trophy set, so trophy sites file it under DLC. That is a PlayStation packaging convention, not a real add-on, and the set contains just two trophies, Cup winner! and Shadow stacker.
Original Soundtrack
The Original Soundtrack contains the complete audio score for the game. It is free, and it is the only one of the seven DLCs that costs nothing. Like the cosmetic packs, it does not alter gameplay.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does Tricky Towers DLC give you a gameplay advantage?
No. None of the packs alter the physics engine, introduce new achievements, or provide mechanical advantages in competitive play. Brick texture packs reskin the bricks, and brick shapes and collision stay identical.
Which characters are in the Indie Friends Pack?
Six licensed indie avatars. You get Thane from Armello, Clunk from Awesomenauts, Fish from Nuclear Throne, Candyman from Lethal League, Last of the Order from TowerFall, and Octodad from Octodad: Deadliest Catch.
How many wizards does the base game have?
Four, listed in the game only as Wizard #1 through Wizard #4, with no elemental or thematic identity. The Spirit Animal Pack dresses those same wizards in four animal costumes without adding new characters, and the Indie Friends Pack adds six licensed characters.
What brick texture packs are available for Tricky Towers?
There are four. Galaxy Bricks arrived in January 2017, Candy Bricks in February 2017, Gem Bricks in March 2017, and Holographic Bricks in May 2017. WeirdBeard published the same one-line blurb for all four and never described what they look like, so check the store screenshots before buying.
Is the Tricky Towers Tournament Update a DLC?
No. It is a free content update from November 16, 2016 with no store page, and you already have it if you own the base game. It appears on trophy sites as DLC because PlayStation packages it as a separate trophy set containing just two trophies. The only genuinely free item in the seven-entry DLC list is the Original Soundtrack.
What to Read Next
- Getting Started. The base game these packs sit on top of.
- Achievements. Whether cosmetics affect achievement progress.
- Game Modes. Modes included with the base game.