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    <description><![CDATA[Patch notes, event summaries, and balance changes for Retro Tower Defense on Roblox.]]></description>
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    <lastBuildDate>Sun, 23 Aug 2026 13:06:56 GMT</lastBuildDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[[FORSAKEN COLLAB] Live in Retro Tower Defense]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[The [FORSAKEN COLLAB] event is live on the Plaything Games experience. New Heroes, the FORSAKEN crossover skin, and limited modifiers. The universe display name on the official Roblox store has flipped to "[FORSAKEN COLLAB] Retro Tower Defense", confirming an active Forsaken crossover collaboration as of 2026-08-23. Plaything Games pushed a Heroic roster expansion, a new FORSAKEN-themed skin, and a collab-only XP boost that lasts through the event window. Community guides have already mapped the FORSAKEN Heroic bracket into Vaulted Values: Top-tier (Noli IV, Ellernate IV, 4x4x4x4, ITrapped IV, Chicken IV, Guest 666 IV, Jane Doe IV, Headless IV, Jeff III) — the new collab Heroic slots into the High bracket alongside Crazy Robloxian IV and Dusekkar IV. If you want to bank Heroic pulls, redeem MMMPIZZA (500 Tix + 10 × 3x Luck Summons) before the event closes — verified active across Pocket Tactics, Beebom, PCGamesN, Eurogamer, Dexerto, and the Miraheze community wiki.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[August 2026 Code Refresh — 13 Verified Rewards]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[13 codes cross-verified across 6 indexes. TRAFFIC reward variance flagged (700–750 Tix). Pocket Tactics (2026-08-21), Beebom (2026-08-19), Eurogamer (2026-08-05), PCGamesN, Dexerto, and the Miraheze community wiki all agree on 13 active codes: MMMPIZZA, TRADING, TRAITS+SECRETS, RETRO, FREETIX, NEW, TELAMON, DUSEKKAR, 1X1X1X1, BLOXXER, V3RT, GULLIBLE, JOHNDOE. TRAFFIC reward amount shows source variance: 4/5 indexes report 750 Tix + 1 hr ×35% Tix Boost; Dexerto rounds to 700 Tix. Both values are within the verified range and accepted. Code redemption is in-game: Inventory → gift box icon (top-right) → enter code → Redeem. Seven additional codes (TRAFFIC, KAWAII, FRIDAY13TH, MARCH, MOSSY, VALENTINES, c00l, EASTER, RTDX) appear active in 1–2 sources but expired in others — flagged [CONFLICT] / [INSUFFICIENT DATA] and rendered with verified-range badges.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Summoning Rate Meta — 0.31% Heroic Confirmed]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Drop rates cross-verified across 4 tier-list guides: Starter 51.39% / Rare 35.97% / Epic 10.28% / Legendary 2.06% / Heroic 0.31%. Destructoid, GameRant, Earnaldo, and ofzenandcomputing publish identical drop-rate ladders for Retro Tower Defense summons: Starter 51.39% / Rare 35.97% / Epic 10.28% / Legendary 2.06% / Heroic 0.31%. GameRant's Feb 2026 meta update crowned 4x4x4x4 as the best unit in the game, with Noli, Mage, Helper Bot, Rocket, The Visitor, Jeff III, c00lkidd, Darkheart, Headless IV, Ellernate IV, Disaster Dude II, Guest 666, Crazy Robloxian, Doombringer, and Tycoon all in S-tier. Helper Bot +60% buff stacks multiplicatively across players (community-reported 240% cap in 4-player co-op). Combine with Hyper Buff (event-only) for a +290% theoretical cap. Use the new Summon Planner tool to compute Tix payback time for a 95% Heroic pull at base Luck (~95,500 Tix) vs 3x Luck + TRAFFIC boost (~32,100 Tix).]]></description>
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