Beast Handler (BTD6)

Beast Handler iterations: BTD6

Beast Handler

Trains land, water or air beasts. Multiple Beast Handlers can have their own beasts, or combine efforts to train a single beast with greater beast power.

Unlock method(s)	Gift Box (3,000,000 pops) Shop (Beast Handler Unlock Pack)
Category	Support
Cost	$210 — Easy $250 — Medium $270 — Hard $300 — Impoppable
Hotkey	I
Introduced	Version 36.0

The Beast Handler is a Support tower in Bloons TD 6, introduced in version 36.0. It attacks by stabbing nearby Bloons with its staff, popping up to 4 at a time. Its staff can pop frozen Bloons, but not Lead Bloons or Purple Bloons, and it cannot detect Camo Bloons. It ignores line of sight blockers, but it has very short range. It cannot be buffed by Alchemists or moved with Support Chinooks.

Upgrading the Beast Handler replaces its staff attack with a Beast sub-tower that attacks for it. The Beast Handler's range is also expanded, which is used for Beast positioning and merging. Each Beast has a Beast Power stat that determines its damage, attack speed, pierce, and more depending on the Beast.

A Beast can be merged with another Beast of the same upgrade path of the same tier or higher, unless the recipient has already reached maximum Beast Power, which removes it and adds its Beast Power to the other Beast. If the contributor and recipient's range circles are touching, then the recipient's beast can be moved within the contributor's range.

It can be upgraded to train increasingly large water, land, or air beasts.

Mechanics

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Beast Power

Each beast has a Beast Power level that determines its stats. Additionally, the model of a beast changes at certain Beast Power thresholds. The baseline and maximum Beast Power of a beast depends on its upgrade tier; all beasts of the same upgrade tier have the same baseline and maximum Beast Power. Merging a beast transfers its Beast Power to the other Beast Handler's beast. If a beast's Beast Power exceeds its maximum power, the excess power does not count towards its stats until the player upgrades it to a higher tier to accommodate it. Selling a Beast Handler removes its Beast Power from any Beast Handlers it is merged with.

Upgrading a Beast Handler to tier 5 requires its beast to have the maximum Beast Power for tier 4 (64), in addition to the usual requirements. The player can still sell the contributing Beast Handlers after purchasing it to reduce its Beast Power to its baseline value, however.

Tier	Base power	Max power	Visual change thresholds
1	1	1	N/A
2	3	6	3/6, 6/6
3	8	24	8/24, 16/24, 24/24
4	16	64	16/64, 36/64, 64/64
5	36	132	36/132, 100/132, 132/132

Stat modifiers

For most stats, there is a "range" which means the stat change from the min power to max power.

To simplify the formulas below, assume $\text{percent}=\frac{\text{Current Power}-\text{Min Power}}{\text{Max Power}-\text{Min Power}}$

Pierce

$\text{Pierce}=\text{Base Pierce}+\lfloor \text{Pierce Range}\times \text{percent}\rfloor$

Damage

$\text{Damage}=\text{Base Damage}+\lfloor \text{Damage Range}\times \text{percent}\rfloor$

For Velociraptor and above, bonus stun damage is also affected by merging. The increased value is based on the base damage increase from merging, and is calculated before the multiplicative bonus:

$\text{Bonus Stun Damage Additive}=\text{Base Bonus Stun Damage}+\lfloor \frac{\text{Damage Range}\times \text{percent}}{\text{Stun Bonus Divisor}}\rfloor$

The $\text{Stun Bonus Divisor}$ above is 3.

Knockback duration

$\text{Knockback Duration}=\text{Base Knockback Duration}+\text{Knockback Duration Range}\times \text{percent}$

Flying speed

$\text{Flying Speed}=\text{Base Flying Speed}+\text{Speed Range}\times \text{percent}$

Attack cooldown

$\text{Attack Cooldown}=\text{Base Attack Cooldown}-\text{Cooldown Scale Range}\times \text{percent}$

Thrash cooldown

$\text{Thrash Cooldown}=\text{Base Thrash Cooldown}\times \frac{\text{Attack Cooldown}}{\text{Base Attack Cooldown}}$

Used for beasts that have a thrash attack (i.e. Great White and above). The $\text{Base Thrash Cooldown}$ is 0.6. The $\text{Base Attack Cooldown}$ is 1.1.

Ability cooldown

Merging actually changes the cooldownSpeedScale of the ability, which means this stacks additively with other buffs such as Energizer. Unlike other stats, this bonus depends on the cooldown of their main attack.

$\text{Ability Cooldown Scale Change}=\frac{\text{Cooldown Scale Range}\times \text{percent}}{\text{Attack Cooldown}}$

With Veteran Monkey Training, the attack cooldown changes before the bonus from merging.

Merging

A Beast Handler can merge one or both of its beasts with any other Beast Handler on the map. A beast can only merge with another beast of the same upgrade path and the same or higher tier, and cannot merge with a beast that is already at its maximum Beast Power. Tier 1 beasts cannot merge with other tier 1 beasts, due to them effectively always being at their maximum Beast Power, but they can still merge with higher tier beasts. The player can upgrade a Beast Handler after merging its beast to increase the Beast Power it contributes, but they cannot upgrade it beyond the target beast's tier.

Merging a beast removes it from play and transfers its Beast Power to the target beast. If the player sells a Beast Handler that has other Beast Handlers contributing to it, their beasts return to them. Otherwise, merging is irreversible.

Contributing Beast Handlers share their range with the target Beast Handler. Path 3 beasts can have their drop-off point set within range of any contributing Beast Handler regardless of proximity, but repositioning path 1 and path 2 beasts to within a contributing Beast Handler's range requires that Beast Handler's range to overlap its own Beast Handler's range.

Upgrades

Path 1

Piranha

Tier 1 — 250 XP to unlock

Command a small but feisty little fish to leap from the water at the Bloons.

$135 — Easy
$160 — Medium
$175 — Hard
$190 — Impoppable

The Beast Handler no longer uses its short-range staff attack, instead handling a piranha that leaps and bites Bloons. This upgrade can only be purchased when there's water within 60 units of the tower, and range buffs do not allow the upgrade to be purchased when further from water.

The Piranha takes 0.4 seconds to jump to the target and creates a small radius (4) that pops up to 1 Bloon and does 1 Shatter-type damage, with an attack cooldown of 0.6 seconds. It has a range of 25 units.

Barracuda

Tier 2 — 500 XP to unlock

The Barracuda slaps Bloons backwards and pops multiple layers with their razor sharp teeth.

$690 — Easy
$810 — Medium
$875 — Hard
$970 — Impoppable

The Beast Handler now handles a barracuda instead of a piranha. Its Beast Power is increased by +2, changing its Beast Power scale from 1 to 3–6.

The Barracuda has more range (25 → 35), more pierce (1 → 4–12), more damage (1 → 2–4), and a bigger splash radius (4 → 8), and can knock back regular Bloons on damage, knocking them backwards by 50% for 0.2 seconds, with only 25% backwards on Lead and Ceramic Bloons. Beast merges increase its pierce, damage, and attack speed.

Great White

Tier 3 — 1,000 XP to unlock

The Great White will crush Bloons, including Lead Bloons in its jaws, dragging them back to the water if needed. At max Beast Power the Great White can drag down MOABs.

$1,710 — Easy
$2,010 — Medium
$2,170 — Hard
$2,410 — Impoppable

The Beast Handler now handles a great white instead of a barracuda. Its Beast Power is increased by +5, changing its Beast Power scale from 3–6 to 8–24.

The Great White jumps out of the water at set intervals, latches onto a Bloon or MOAB-Class Bloon, including Lead Bloons, and thrashes multiple times before returning to the water, as opposed to Barracuda's rate-buffable, single-attack jumps. Thrashes are centered on the Great White. The thrash's damage (2–4 → 12–36), pierce (4–12 → 10–30), and radius (8 → 15) are all improved. Thrashes can be affected by all external buffs. Thrashes occur every 0.6 seconds and do not trigger immediately after grabbing. Merges increase the thrash's damage, pierce, attack cooldown, and knockback duration. The Great White itself has 40 range instead of 35.

If the target can be one-shot, the Great White drags it into the water; the target is immediately popped while the Great White moves at a constant speed towards the location it jumped from. If it cannot be one-shot, the Great White latches onto it for up to 3 seconds before disappearing. At max beast power, the shark can drag down a MOAB.

Orca

Tier 4 — 4,250 XP to unlock

The mighty Orca's huge mouth can grab and drag all but the very largest Bloons into the depths. At max Beast Power the Orca can drag down ZOMGs.

$10,625 — Easy
$12,500 — Medium
$13,500 — Hard
$15,000 — Impoppable

The Beast Handler now handles an orca instead of a great white. Its Beast Power is increased by +8, changing its Beast Power scale from 8–24 to 16–64.

The Orca's thrash has increased radius (15 → 24), more damage (12–36 → 30–90) and pierce (10–30 → 20–60), and 50% increased knockback duration and strength against both Bloons (-100% speed versus Bloons, -75% speed versus Lead and Ceramics) and MOAB-Class Bloons (-50% speed). Additionally, Orca now drags all types of Bloons for only 1 second and can drag MOABs and BFBs for $\frac{\text{Remaining HP}}{120}$ seconds, with a minimum of 1 second and maximum of 6 seconds. The Orca itself has 50 range instead of 40.

At max Beast Power, Orca can drag ZOMGs and visible DDTs.

Megalodon

Tier 5 — 100,000 XP to unlock

A truly colossal shark with a taste for Bloon. Requires 3 additional Orca Handlers to control.

$38,250 — Easy
$45,000 — Medium
$48,600 — Hard
$54,000 — Impoppable

The Beast Handler now handles a megalodon instead of an orca. In order to upgrade to Megalodon, the Orca must have 3 additional merged Orcas. Its Beast Power is increased by +20, changing its Beast Power scale from 16–64 to 36–132, with the default being 84 with the three extra tier 4s.

The Megalodon's thrash splash has more damage (30–90 → 600–1800) and pierce (20–60 → 50–90), radius (24 → 48), and improves knockback against MOAB-Class Bloons, moving them backwards at 50% speed. Additionally, Megalodon now drags MOAB-Class Bloons much faster, for $\frac{\text{RemainingHP}}{5000}$ seconds. Megalodon can also drag down BADs, but the maximum dragging time is 30 seconds for BADs instead of 6 seconds. The range of the Megalodon itself is 60 instead of 50.

Path 2

Microraptor

Tier 1 — 250 XP to unlock

Command a sharp clawed little dinosaur.

$150 — Easy
$175 — Medium
$190 — Hard
$210 — Impoppable

The Beast Handler no longer uses its short-range staff attack, instead handling a microraptor that claws at Bloons.

The Microraptor has 20 range and attacks once every second, has 5 pierce, and does 1 Sharp-type damage over 10 radius. This upgrade can be bought even if there's zero available land space for the dinosaur.

Adasaurus

Tier 2 — 500 XP to unlock

The sharp teeth of the Adasaurus deal high short range damage that can tear through Lead.

$705 — Easy
$830 — Medium
$895 — Hard
$995 — Impoppable

The Beast Handler now handles an adasaurus instead of a microraptor. Its Beast Power is increased by +2, changing its Beast Power scale from 1 to 3–6.

The Adasaurus has improved damage (1 to 2–4) and pierce (5 to 8–20), a +50% larger radius (10 to 15), and does Normal-type damage. Its damage, pierce, and attack speed can be improved by merges.

Velociraptor

Tier 3 — 1,000 XP to unlock

Velociraptor viciously slashes and chomps, dealing more damage to stunned Bloons.

$1,755 — Easy
$2,065 — Medium
$2,230 — Hard
$2,480 — Impoppable

The Beast Handler now handles a velociraptor instead of an adasaurus. Its Beast Power is increased by +5, changing its Beast Power scale from 3–6 to 8–24.

The Velociraptor has 24 range instead of 20, and each bite has 18 radius instead of 15, plus increased damage, gains a 1.5× damage multiplier against stunned Bloons, and more pierce. Merges improve its damage and pierce, plus reduced attack cooldowns. Its bonus Ceramic damage is also increased from +1 to +4, regardless of Beast Power.

• Damage: Increased from 2–4 to 4–16.
• Pierce: Increased from 8–20 to 12–26.
• Attack cooldown: Starts at 1 second, which decreases to 0.6561 second at max Beast Power.

Tyrannosaurus Rex

Tier 4 — 5,000 XP to unlock

The Tyrannosaurus Rex's huge jaw and sharp teeth deal a ton of damage with each bite. T Rex Stomp ability: Stuns up to ZOMG Bloons in a wide area.

$8,075 — Easy
$9,500 — Medium
$10,260 — Hard
$11,400 — Impoppable

The Beast Handler now handles a tyrannosaurus rex instead of a velociraptor. Its Beast Power is increased by +8, changing its Beast Power scale from 8–24 to 16–64.

The T-Rex has 30 range instead of 24, and its bites have 18 radius, plus increased damage, further bonus damage to stunned Bloons, and more pierce. Merges improve its damage, bonus stunned damage, and pierce, plus reduced attack cooldowns. Its bonus Ceramic damage is also increased from +4 to +5, but doesn't improve from merges.

• Damage: Increased from 4–16 to 20–60.
• Bonus stunned damage: Increased from +3–7 to +8–21
• Pierce: Increased from 12–26 to 20–45.
• Attack cooldown: Starts at 1 second, which decreases to 0.6561 second at max Beast Power.

Additionally, it gains the Stomp ability, creating a blast over 100 radius that deals high damage and stuns affected Bloons, including MOAB-Class Bloons (excluding BADs and Boss Bloons), with a cooldown of 40 seconds (down to 19.03 seconds at max Power). Bloons stunned by the Stomp ability are stunned for 6 seconds, 3 for MOABs and BFBs, and 2 for ZOMGs and DDTs. Merges improve the damage and pierce and speed up ability cooldowns.

• Damage: 150–202
• Pierce: 400–433
• Ability cooldown: 40–19.03 seconds

At Power 64, all of its attacks can penetrate damage through layers of MOAB-class Bloons.

Giganotosaurus

Tier 5 — 90,000 XP to unlock

The biggest and most fierce dinosaur of them all, Giganotosaurus can shred almost any Bloon instantly and with ease. Stomp ability hits the whole map and lasts longer. Requires 3 additional Tyrannosaurus Handlers to control.

$51,000 — Easy
$60,000 — Medium
$64,800 — Hard
$72,000 — Impoppable

The Beast Handler now handles a giganotosaurus instead of a tyrannosaurus rex. In order to upgrade to Giganotosaurus, the T-Rex must have 3 additional merged T-Rexes. Its Beast Power is increased by +20, changing its Beast Power scale from 16–64 to 36–132, with the default being 84 with the three extra tier 4s.

The Giganotosaurus' bite its base range is increased to 50, bite radius increases from 18 to 24, can see over all obstacles, can penetrate blimp layers at any Beast Power (instead of only at max Power), and gains a variety of stat changes that are improved by merges:

• Damage: Increased from 20–60 to 500–2,000, with a default of 1250 at 84/132 Beast Power.
• Bonus stunned damage: Increased from +8–21 to +250–516
• Pierce: Increased from 20–45 to 33–83, starting at 58 pierce at 84/132.
• Attack cooldown: Increased from 1 to 1.25 seconds, 0.9061 seconds at max Beast Power, and starts at 1.078 seconds at 84/132.

Additionally, the Stomp ability covers the whole screen, and stuns all affected Bloons for at least twice as long (in seconds — Bloons: 12, MOAB: 8, BFB: 6, ZOMG and DDT: 4). Its stat changes are also improved from merges:

• Damage: Increased from 150–202 to 300–1100, with 700 at 84/132.
• Pierce: Increased from 400–433 to 600–690, with 645 at 84/132.
• Ability cooldown: Decreased from 40–19.03 seconds to 25–15.51 seconds, with 20.255s at 84/132.

Path 3

Gyrfalcon

Tier 1 — 250 XP to unlock

Command a noble little bird of prey that can grab and move Bloons to the drop-off target. Bloons up-track of the target get scratched.

$160 — Easy
$190 — Medium
$205 — Hard
$230 — Impoppable

The Beast Handler no longer uses its short-range staff attack, instead handling a gyrfalcon that moves and scratches Bloons. The Gyrfalcon can only target the track, and this upgrade cannot be bought if there is no track in range, and cannot be changed by external range buffs.

The Gyrfalcon has a range of 60 (centered at the Handler), and uses a targetable reticle to control the bird to scratch or grab Bloons depending on percentage distance along the track. Gyrfalcon pursues a Bloon based on the handler's targeting and will not pursue additional Bloons while grabbing. It has 80 flight speed and flies twice as fast while pursuing a Bloon.

• If the Bloon is closer to the entrance than the reticle, it scratches the targeted Bloon without grabbing it.
• If the Bloon is further from the entrance than the reticle, it grabs the targeted Bloon. While picking up Bloons, it damages them every second with the same stats as the grab.

Gyrfalcon does 1 damage, deals +1 damage to Regrow Bloons, has 3 pierce, and 10 radius. After scratching or grabbing Bloons, it has an attack cooldown of 1 second. Bloons attacked by Gyrfalcon lose their children when popped by it. Its pierce and attack rate cannot be buffed. It cannot target Ceramic Bloons and above, and cannot target Lead Bloons without lead-popping. If picked up, a Lead Bloon has +1 pierce penalty.

Horned Owl

Tier 2 — 550 XP to unlock

The Horned Owl is strong enough to grab Ceramic Bloons, and has keen eyes that can detect Camo Bloons.

$730 — Easy
$860 — Medium
$930 — Hard
$1,030 — Impoppable

The Beast Handler now handles a horned owl instead of a gyrfalcon. Its Beast Power is increased by +2, changing its Beast Power scale from 1 to 3–6.

The Horned Owl gains Camo detection, has improved pierce and grabbing radius, and can grab 1 (up to 3 at Power 6) Ceramics at a time. Ceramics consume +4 pierce, and it cannot pick up an extra Ceramic if its pierce would overflow. Beast merges increase its attack speed, pierce, and flight speed, and at max power also increases its damage from 1 to 2.

Unlike the other Beast Handler paths, which only gain intel range from merged Handlers with ranges that intersect with its range, Horned Owl (and all succeeding upgrades) can gain intel range from Handlers merged from anywhere on the map.

Golden Eagle

Tier 3 — 1,000 XP to unlock

The Golden Eagle's huge talons make it an expert at grabbing large numbers of Bloons at once. At max Beast Power the Golden Eagle can grab lowest tiers of MOAB.

$1,800 — Easy
$2,120 — Medium
$2,290 — Hard
$2,545 — Impoppable

The Beast Handler now handles a golden eagle instead of a horned owl. Its Beast Power is increased by +5, changing its Beast Power scale from 3–6 to 8–24.

The Golden Eagle has increased pierce (6–18 to 30–90), damage (1–2 to 1–3), and grab radius (20 to 25). It no longer has +1 pierce penalty against targetable Lead Bloons, and its pierce penalty against Ceramics is reduced from +4 to +1. Unlike Horned Owl, Golden Eagle can allow its pierce to overflow while picking up Ceramics (e.g. Power 12 Golden Eagle picks up to 23 Ceramics, not 22).

At Power 24, it gains the ability to grab MOABs, with a pierce penalty of +1089 that is there to limit the amount of MOABs it can grab per attack to 1. Its pierce is allowed to overflow when grabbing MOABs (meaning that it can grab them without needing 1090 pierce remaining), and it applies to all succeeding upgrades when grabbing MOAB-Class Bloons. If it destroys a MOAB by popping it while grabbed mid-flight, it spawns no children; this also applies to subsequent upgrades on all blimps.

Giant Condor

Tier 4 — 5,500 XP to unlock

The huge talons of the fearsome Giant Condor can pick up smaller MOAB-Class Bloons.

$7,650 — Easy
$9,000 — Medium
$9,720 — Hard
$10,800 — Impoppable

The Beast Handler now handles a giant condor instead of a golden eagle. Its Beast Power is increased by +8, changing its Beast Power scale from 8–24 to 16–64.

The Giant Condor has its base damage increased from 1–3 to 2–6, consumes less pierce on MOABs, can pick up BFBs, can pick up DDTs if the Lead property is countered, and does +11 damage to MOAB-Class Bloons. It cannot target Lead Bloons or DDTs without stripping Lead properties or having external lead-popping.

Merging to a Power 64 Condor allows it to target and damage, but not grab, BADs and Boss Bloons. A Power 64 Condor still cannot affect ZOMGs.

Giant Condor has the following pierce penalties:

• Ceramic: +1
• MOAB: +14
• BFB: +29
• DDT: +29

Pouākai

Tier 5 — 110,000 XP to unlock

The legendary Pouākai: a bird so large that it can pick up, carry off and destroy almost any number of Bloons of almost any size. Requires 3 additional Condor Handlers to control.

$25,500 — Easy
$30,000 — Medium
$32,400 — Hard
$36,000 — Impoppable

The Beast Handler now handles a pouākai instead of a giant condor. In order to upgrade to Pouākai, the Giant Condor must have 3 additional merged Giant Condors. Its Beast Power is increased by +20, changing its Beast Power scale from 16–64 to 36–132, with the default being 84 with the three extra tier 4s.

Pouākai's damage type changes to Normal (therefore, can innately pick up DDTs and Leads), has increased base damage (2–6 to 10–90) and +80 MOAB-Class damage instead of +11, has much more pierce (150–450), decreases base attack cooldown from 1 to 0.85 seconds (1–0.48 to 0.8–0.28 seconds), no longer has a flight speed penalty while picking up MOAB-Class Bloons, and can pick up ZOMGs. Ceramics no longer consume extra pierce. All Bloon types can be targeted, even BADs and Boss Bloons, though they cannot be grabbed and only take scratch damage.

Pouākai has the following pierce penalties:

• MOAB: +14
• BFB: +29
• DDT: +29
• ZOMG: +59

Stats

For a complete list of Beast Handler stats, see Stats:Beast Handler (BTD6).

This data was last updated for: version 55.2

Tower
Display range 20 units Footprint radius 7 units Targeting options First Last Close Strong

Attack
Cooldown 1.4s Offset (X, Y, Z) 14, 4, 7 Targeting Depends on targeting option Targeting range 20 units Filters Cannot target Camo
Ignores blockers
Projectile Pierce 1 Max pierce 1 Radius 0 units Filters Can only hit the target Ignores blockers Splash Pierce 4 Damage 1 Damage type Energy Lifespan 0.4s Radius 12 units Filters Cannot hit Camo Ignores blockers

Related Monkey Knowledge

Beast Handler currently has no Monkey Knowledge specific to it. However, it is affected by Monkey Knowledge specific to Support and all towers.

Rogue Legends

Starter parties with Beast Handlers

Hero	Insta Monkey 1	Insta Monkey 2	Artifact
Geraldo	0-1-0 Beast Handler	0-1-2 Tack Shooter	Bargaining Chip Legendary
Ocean Guardian	2-0-0 Mermonkey	2-0-0 Beast Handler	Portability Common
Wolfpack Quincy	0-2-0 Beast Handler	0-0-1 Druid	Cornered Beasts Common (adds  0-1-1 Beast Handler)
Dread Pirate Brickell	0-0-0 Beast Handler	3-0-0 Mermonkey	What In Tarnation Common (adds  1-0-1 Desperado)
Kaiju Pat	0-2-0 Beast Handler	0-2-0 Ninja Monkey	Duckageddon Legendary

Related Artifacts

This list does not include Artifacts that affect all Support towers.

Artifact	Common effect	Rare effect	Legendary effect
Cornered Beasts	Beast Handlers tier 3 and higher have 20% more range, and attack faster the more Bloons in radius (up to 15%). Adds a 0-1-1 Beast Handler to your Party	Beast Handlers tier 3 and higher have 20% more range, and attack faster the more Bloons in radius (up to 25%). Adds a 0-2-1 Beast Handler to your Party	Beast Handlers tier 3 and higher have 20% more range, and attack faster the more Bloons in radius (up to 35%). Adds a 0-2-0 Beast Handler to your Party
Dream Teams	Monkey Subs, Ninja Monkeys, Druids, Wizards, and Beast Handlers attack speed and ability cooldowns are 11% faster, get 20% more range, and placement cooldown reduced 1 round(s)	Monkey Subs, Ninja Monkeys, Druids, Wizards, and Beast Handlers attack speed and ability cooldowns are 11% faster, get 25% more range, and placement cooldown reduced 1 round(s)	Monkey Subs, Ninja Monkeys, Druids, Wizards, and Beast Handlers attack speed and ability cooldowns are 11% faster, get 35% more range, and placement cooldown reduced 2 round(s)
Explosive Economics	When Support Monkeys are sold, an Area of Effect explosion deals 250 damage to all nearby Bloons. Spike Factory, Engineer, and Beast Handler placement cooldown reduced 1 round(s)	When Support Monkeys are sold, an Area of Effect explosion deals 500 damage to all nearby Bloons. Spike Factory, Engineer, and Beast Handler placement cooldown reduced 1 round(s)	When Support Monkeys are sold, an Area of Effect explosion deals 900 damage to all nearby Bloons. Spike Factory, Engineer, and Beast Handler placement cooldown reduced 2 round(s)

Costs and sell values

Note: this list does not factor in Monkey Knowledge or other discounts.

Tiers	Total cost				Sell value
	Easy	Medium	Hard	Impoppable	Easy	Medium	Hard	Impoppable
0-0-0	$210	$250	$270	$300	$147	$175	$189	$210
1-0-0	$345	$410	$445	$490	$242	$287	$312	$343
1-1-0	$495	$585	$635	$700	$347	$410	$445	$490
1-0-1	$505	$600	$650	$720	$354	$420	$455	$504
0-1-0	$360	$425	$460	$510	$252	$298	$322	$357
0-1-1	$520	$615	$665	$740	$364	$431	$466	$518
0-0-1	$370	$440	$475	$530	$259	$308	$333	$371
2-0-0	$1,035	$1,220	$1,320	$1,460	$725	$854	$924	$1,022
2-1-0	$1,185	$1,395	$1,510	$1,670	$830	$977	$1,057	$1,169
2-2-0	$1,890	$2,225	$2,405	$2,665	$1,323	$1,558	$1,684	$1,866
2-0-1	$1,195	$1,410	$1,525	$1,690	$837	$987	$1,068	$1,183
2-0-2	$1,925	$2,270	$2,455	$2,720	$1,348	$1,589	$1,719	$1,904
0-2-0	$1,065	$1,255	$1,355	$1,505	$746	$879	$949	$1,054
1-2-0	$1,200	$1,415	$1,530	$1,695	$840	$991	$1,071	$1,187
0-2-1	$1,225	$1,445	$1,560	$1,735	$858	$1,012	$1,092	$1,215
0-2-2	$1,955	$2,305	$2,490	$2,765	$1,369	$1,614	$1,743	$1,936
0-0-2	$1,100	$1,300	$1,405	$1,560	$770	$910	$984	$1,092
1-0-2	$1,235	$1,460	$1,580	$1,750	$865	$1,022	$1,106	$1,225
0-1-2	$1,250	$1,475	$1,595	$1,770	$875	$1,033	$1,117	$1,239
3-0-0	$2,745	$3,230	$3,490	$3,870	$1,922	$2,261	$2,443	$2,709
3-1-0	$2,895	$3,405	$3,680	$4,080	$2,027	$2,384	$2,576	$2,856
3-2-0	$3,600	$4,235	$4,575	$5,075	$2,520	$2,965	$3,203	$3,553
3-0-1	$2,905	$3,420	$3,695	$4,100	$2,034	$2,394	$2,587	$2,870
3-0-2	$3,635	$4,280	$4,625	$5,130	$2,545	$2,996	$3,238	$3,591
0-3-0	$2,820	$3,320	$3,585	$3,985	$1,974	$2,324	$2,510	$2,790
1-3-0	$2,955	$3,480	$3,760	$4,175	$2,069	$2,436	$2,632	$2,923
2-3-0	$3,645	$4,290	$4,635	$5,145	$2,552	$3,003	$3,245	$3,602
0-3-1	$2,980	$3,510	$3,790	$4,215	$2,086	$2,457	$2,653	$2,951
0-3-2	$3,710	$4,370	$4,720	$5,245	$2,597	$3,059	$3,304	$3,672
0-0-3	$2,900	$3,420	$3,695	$4,105	$2,030	$2,394	$2,587	$2,874
1-0-3	$3,035	$3,580	$3,870	$4,295	$2,125	$2,506	$2,709	$3,007
2-0-3	$3,725	$4,390	$4,745	$5,265	$2,608	$3,073	$3,322	$3,686
0-1-3	$3,050	$3,595	$3,885	$4,315	$2,135	$2,517	$2,720	$3,021
0-2-3	$3,755	$4,425	$4,780	$5,310	$2,629	$3,098	$3,346	$3,717
4-0-0	$13,370	$15,730	$16,990	$18,870	$9,359	$11,011	$11,893	$13,209
4-1-0	$13,520	$15,905	$17,180	$19,080	$9,464	$11,134	$12,026	$13,356
4-2-0	$14,225	$16,735	$18,075	$20,075	$9,958	$11,715	$12,653	$14,053
4-0-1	$13,530	$15,920	$17,195	$19,100	$9,471	$11,144	$12,037	$13,370
4-0-2	$14,260	$16,780	$18,125	$20,130	$9,982	$11,746	$12,688	$14,091
0-4-0	$10,895	$12,820	$13,845	$15,385	$7,627	$8,974	$9,692	$10,770
1-4-0	$11,030	$12,980	$14,020	$15,575	$7,721	$9,086	$9,814	$10,903
2-4-0	$11,720	$13,790	$14,895	$16,545	$8,204	$9,653	$10,427	$11,582
0-4-1	$11,055	$13,010	$14,050	$15,615	$7,739	$9,107	$9,835	$10,931
0-4-2	$11,785	$13,870	$14,980	$16,645	$8,250	$9,709	$10,486	$11,652
0-0-4	$10,550	$12,420	$13,415	$14,905	$7,385	$8,694	$9,391	$10,434
1-0-4	$10,685	$12,580	$13,590	$15,095	$7,480	$8,806	$9,513	$10,567
2-0-4	$11,375	$13,390	$14,465	$16,065	$7,963	$9,373	$10,126	$11,246
0-1-4	$10,700	$12,595	$13,605	$15,115	$7,490	$8,817	$9,524	$10,581
0-2-4	$11,405	$13,425	$14,500	$16,110	$7,984	$9,398	$10,150	$11,277
5-0-0	$51,620	$60,730	$65,590	$72,870	$36,134	$42,511	$45,913	$51,009
5-1-0	$51,770	$60,905	$65,780	$73,080	$36,239	$42,634	$46,046	$51,156
5-2-0	$52,475	$61,735	$66,675	$74,075	$36,733	$43,215	$46,673	$51,853
5-0-1	$51,780	$60,920	$65,795	$73,100	$36,246	$42,644	$46,057	$51,170
5-0-2	$52,510	$61,780	$66,725	$74,130	$36,757	$43,246	$46,708	$51,891
0-5-0	$61,895	$72,820	$78,645	$87,385	$43,327	$50,974	$55,052	$61,170
1-5-0	$62,030	$72,980	$78,820	$87,575	$43,421	$51,086	$55,174	$61,303
2-5-0	$62,720	$73,790	$79,695	$88,545	$43,904	$51,653	$55,787	$61,982
0-5-1	$62,055	$73,010	$78,850	$87,615	$43,439	$51,107	$55,195	$61,331
0-5-2	$62,785	$73,870	$79,780	$88,645	$43,950	$51,709	$55,846	$62,052
0-0-5	$36,050	$42,420	$45,815	$50,905	$25,235	$29,694	$32,071	$35,634
1-0-5	$36,185	$42,580	$45,990	$51,095	$25,330	$29,806	$32,193	$35,767
2-0-5	$36,875	$43,390	$46,865	$52,065	$25,813	$30,373	$32,806	$36,446
0-1-5	$36,200	$42,595	$46,005	$51,115	$25,340	$29,817	$32,204	$35,781
0-2-5	$36,905	$43,425	$46,900	$52,110	$25,834	$30,398	$32,830	$36,477

Strategy

For more in-depth strategies, see Strategy:Beast Handler (BTD6).

This section was last updated for: version 55.2

At the expense of being more complex and potentially space consuming than other towers, the Beast Handler performs exceptionally well in most stages of the game. Many of its upgrades have niches that other towers cannot fulfill, making them top tier, especially in CHIMPS.

Water and land beasts appreciate from repositioning to catch Bloons from a deployable area around the Beast Handler. The Beast Handler's big range is not to be confused for the range of the beast itself. Place the beast along a bend, or anywhere where it will have maximum coverage of one lane. There is a cooldown to repositions, which prevents spamming it; practise quickly placing the beast ahead of the Bloons in a general location without getting too picky about pixel perfectness. Persistent mid-round micro is not needed to take full advantage of these beasts, except for challenges that limit cash or tiers (e.g. Contested Territory).

Air beasts require basic knowledge about Bloon lanes, but otherwise needs little micro. There are two lane-based mechanics that are vital for mastering air beasts: the percentage distance of each lane's entrance and exit, and identifying traversing lanes. Scratching is less important than grabbing, but by placing the target reticle far enough towards the exit, it can prevent the air beast from spending too much time moving Bloons. Traversing lanes are a great way to minimize flight distance while sending Bloons back a large distance from the exit.

Starting at tier 2, beasts can have other beasts merged into them, increasing their stats. This is generally more cost efficient than keeping multiple of the same beast on the field, and easier to control.

• The top path trains water beasts. They have a fast attack speed and later knockback, making them very consistent. At tier 3, the beast is altered to specialize in raw power, dealing huge area damage as it latches onto targets, one-shotting them if it can. However, it now retreats into water for significant periods of time, meaning it requires other towers to cover the downtime.
• The middle path trains land beasts, which specialize in high-pierce area damage in a short range. Higher tier beasts gain bonus damage to stunned bloons and later the ability to stun bloons themselves.
• The bottom path trains air beasts, which specialize in stalling bloons in a unique way. They have a target on the track and will grab groups of bloons, damaging them as it flies back and drops them on the target. They can even grab bloons in different lanes, changing which lane they travel on. Bloons up-track of the target will get scratched and take damage but will not be moved. It takes time for them to fly to and from a new target, so have other towers to account for its downtime.

When merging beasts, the efficiency should be considered.

• Tier 3 beasts are more cost-efficient for Beast Power than Tier 2 and 1, with Tier 2 being better than Tier 1, even when excluding the base Beast Handler's cost. The caveat is that only one Tier 3 is allowed per Beast Handler.
• Tier 4 beasts are very inefficient in cost but can be used when there is a tower placement limit, or when saving up for the Tier 5 upgrade. Depending on Beast Handler, keeping them unmerged may be better just before buying Tier 5.

Crosspaths are usually irrelevant for a Beast Handler. Aside from considerations for cost efficiency, a Beast Handler with two Beasts share the same targeting priorities for both beasts. Otherwise, the benefits of buying both beasts are separated (e.g. Adasaurus's Lead-popping for a path 3 Beast Handler via 0-2-3).

Pre-release

Development

While the Beast Handler released in version 36.0, assets for the tower, such as buff icons and upgrade descriptions, existed in the game's data in version 35.0. While the names of the upgrades are unchanged, the early descriptions are different. They suggest its beast system worked completely differently, requiring having multiple Beast Handlers with the same upgrade to access higher tiers (a mechanic only used by the tier 5 upgrades in the release version), and make no mention of Beast Power.

Tier	Name	Pre-36.0	36.0	Notes
Base	Beast Handler	Can train dangerous beasts on land, water and air. Instead of creating more beasts, multiple handlers work together to increase the power of the existing ones.	Trains land, water, or air beasts. Multiple Beast Handlers can have their own beasts, or combine efforts to train a single beast with greater beast power.
Path 1
1	Piranha	Command a small but feisty little fish to leap from the water at the Bloons.
2	Barracuda	The barracuda's razor sharp teeth can pop multiple layers of Bloon. Requires at least 1 other Beast Handler with Piranha upgrades. Max 4 contributing Beast Handlers	The Barracuda slaps Bloons backwards and pops multiple layers with their razor sharp teeth.	The description was reworded.
3	Great White	The Great White will crush Bloons, including Lead Bloons in its jaws, dragging them back to the water if needed. Requires at least 2 other Beast Handlers with Barracuda upgrades. Max 4 contributing Beast Handlers	The Great White will crush Bloons, including Lead Bloons in its jaws, dragging them back to the water if needed. At max Beast Power the Great White can drag down MOABs.
4	Orca	The mighty Orca's huge mouth can grab and drag all but the very largest Bloons into the depths. Requires at least 3 other Beast Handlers with Great White upgrades. Max 4 contributing Beast Handlers	The mighty Orca's huge mouth can grab and drag all but the very largest Bloons into the depths. At max Beast Power the Orca can drag down ZOMGs.
5	Megalodon	A truly colossal shark with a taste for Bloon that requires at least 4 other Beast Handlers with Orca upgrades. Max 8 contributing Beast Handlers	A truly colossal shark with a taste for Bloon. Requires 3 additional Orca Handlers to control.
Path 2
1	Microraptor	Command a sharp clawed little dinosaur. Grow it with more Beast Handlers with this upgrade.	Command a sharp clawed little dinosaur.
2	Adasaurus	The sharp teeth of Adasaurus deal high short range damage. Requires at least 1 other Beast Handler with Microraptor upgrades. Max 4 contributing Beast Handlers	The sharp teeth of Adasaurus deal high short range damage that can tear through Lead.	The original description does not mention its ability to damage Lead Bloons.
3	Velociraptor	Velociraptor slashes and chomps Bloons with vicious speed. Requires at least 2 other Beast Handlers with Adasaurus upgrades. Max 4 contributing Beast Handlers	Velociraptor viciously slashes and chomps, dealing more damage to stunned Bloons.	The original description does not mention that it deals more damage to stunned Bloons.
4	Tyrannosaurus Rex	The Tyrannosaurus Rex's huge jaw and sharp teeth deal a ton of damage with each bite. Requires at least 3 other Beast Handlers with Velociraptor upgrades. Max 4 contributing Beast Handlers. T Rex Stomp ability: Stuns up to ZOMG Bloons in a wide area.	The Tyrannosaurus Rex's huge jaw and sharp teeth deal a ton of damage with each bite. T Rex Stomp ability: Stuns up to ZOMG Bloons in a wide area.
5	Giganotosaurus	The biggest and most fierce dinosaur of them all, Giganotosaurus can shred almost any Bloon instantly with ease. Requires at least 4 other Beast Handlers with Tyrannosaurus Rex upgrades. Max 8 contributing Beast Handlers. Ability stuns up to ZOMG Bloons everywhere for longer.	The biggest and most fierce dinosaur of them all, Giganotosaurus can shred almost any Bloon instantly and with ease. Stomp ability hits the whole map and lasts longer. Requires 3 additional Tyrannosaurus Handlers to control.
Path 3
1	Gyrfalcon	Command a noble little bird of prey that can grab and move Bloons with its talons.	Command a noble little bird of prey that can grab and move Bloons to the drop-off target. Bloons up-track of the target get scratched.	The original description does not mention its mechanic of damaging Bloons without grabbing them if they are closer to the entrance than the target point.
2	Horned Owl	The Horned Owl is strong enough to grab and pop Lead and Ceramic Bloons, and has keen eyes that can detect Camo Bloons.	The Horned Owl is strong enough to grab Ceramic Bloons, and has keen eyes that can detect Camo Bloons.	The original description mentions that it can pop Lead Bloons, which it cannot do in the release version without buffs.
3	Golden Eagle	Expert at grabbing large numbers of Bloons at once. The Golden Eagle is so large it requires at least 2 other Beast Handlers with Horned Owl upgrades. Max 4 contributing Beast Handlers	The Golden Eagle's huge talons make it an expert at grabbing large numbers of Bloons at once.
4	Giant Condor	The huge talons of the fearsome Giant Condor can pick up MOAB-Class Bloons. Requires at least 3 other Beast Handlers with Golden Eagle upgrades. Max 4 contributing Beast Handlers	The huge talons of the fearsome Giant Condor can pick up smaller MOAB-Class Bloons.	The original description does not specify "smaller" MOAB-Class Bloons.
5	Pouākai	The legendary Pouākai, a bird so large that it can pick up, carry off and destroy almost any number of Bloons of almost any size. Requires at least 4 other Beast Handlers with Giant Condor upgrades. Max 8 contributing Beast Handlers	The legendary Pouākai, a bird so large that it can pick up, carry off and destroy almost any number of Bloons of almost any size. Requires 3 additional Condor Handlers to control.

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Update history

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Version 39.0

• Now usable in Contested Territory

Version 40.0

“

We feel Beast Handler balance is setting down nicely overall but it feels like the reposition cooldown increasing was far more impactful and unfun than intended, we still feel the initial delay was silly but are cutting it down again a little.
— Update notes

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•  Reposition cooldown reduced ― 5s → 3s

Version 45.0

“

Base handler's beast range felt too high starting off when considering the tower is built around sharing range between multiple Handlers so this range is being reduced.
— Update notes

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•  Merging/Beast positioning range reduced ― 60 → 50

Version 49.0

“

The previous range reduction for Beast Handler broke fun starting strategies that weren’t ever able to fully recover, so this range is being given back again.
— Update notes

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•  Merging/Beast positioning range increased ― 50 → 60

Related achievement

See also: List of achievements in BTD6

150K	World League Training Have 150,000 Beast Handler XP at once Reward(s):  200 Monkey Money

Gallery

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In other languages

This section was last updated for: version 49.2

Name

Language	Text	Notes
Arabic	مروض الوحوش	—
Danish	Dyrepasser	—
German	Biestzähmer	—
Spanish	Domador	—
Spanish (Latin America)	Domador	—
Finnish	Pedonkäsittelijä	—
French	Dresseur de bêtes	—
Italian	Domatore	—
Japanese	ビーストハンドラー	—
Korean	맹수 조련사	—
Dutch	Dierentemmer	—
Norwegian	Beistmestrer	—
Polish	Pogromca Bestii	—
Portuguese (Brazil)	Domador de Feras	—
Russian	Укротитель	—
Swedish	Besthanterare	—
Thai	ผู้ฝึกสัตว์	—
Turkish	Canavar Terbiyecisi	—
Chinese (simplified)	野兽之主	—
Chinese (traditional)	野獸之主	—

Description

Language	Text	Notes
Arabic	يتولى تدريب الوحوش البرية أو المائية أو الجوية، حيث من الممكن أن يكون لدى الكثير من مروضي الوحوش وحوشهم الخاصة، أو توحيد جهودهم لتدريب وحش واحد بقوة وحش أكبر.	—
Danish	Træner land-, vand- eller luftdyr. Flere dyrepassere kan have deres egne dyr eller kombinere deres indsats til at træne et enkelt dyr med større kraft.	—
German	Trainiert Land-, Wasser- oder Luftbestien. Mehrere Biestzähmer können ihre eigenen Bestien haben oder sich zusammentun, um eine Bestie mit größerer Bestienkraft zu trainieren.	—
Spanish	Entrena bestias terrestres, acuáticas o aéreas. Varios domadores pueden tener sus propias bestias o combinar esfuerzos para entrenar a una sola bestia con un mayor poder.	—
Spanish (Latin America)	Entrena bestias terrestres, acuáticas o aéreas. Varios domadores pueden tener sus propias bestias o combinar esfuerzos para entrenar a una sola bestia con un mayor poder.	—
Finnish	Kouluttaa maa-, vesi- tai ilmapetoja. Useilla pedonkäsittelijöillä voi olla omat pedot tai he voivat yhdistää voimansa kouluttaakseen yhden pedon, jolla on suurempi petovoima.	—
French	Dresse des créatures terrestres, marines et aériennes. Plusieurs Dresseurs de bêtes peuvent avoir leurs propres bêtes ou combiner leurs efforts pour dresser une seule créature dotée de plus de puissance de bête.	—
Italian	Addestra bestie di terra, acqua o aria. Più domatori possono avere le loro bestie o combinare i propri sforzi per addestrare una sola bestia con più potenza bestiale.	—
Japanese	陸・水・空のビーストを訓練する。複数のビーストハンドラーが自分のビーストを持つこともできるし、力を合わせてもっと大きなビーストパワーを持つ1体のビーストを訓練することもできる。	—
Korean	지상, 수중 또는 공중의 맹수를 조련합니다. 다수의 맹수 조련사가 각각 다른 맹수를 조련하거나, 서로 힘을 합쳐 맹수 파워가 월등히 높은 맹수 한 마리를 부릴 수 있습니다.	—
Dutch	Temt dieren op het land, in het water of in de lucht. Meerdere Dierentemmers kunnen hun eigen dieren hebben of samenwerken om één sterker dier te temmen.	—
Norwegian	Lærer opp beist på land, i vann og i luften. Flere beistmestre kan ha sine egne beist, eller samarbeide for å lære opp ett enkelt beist med større beistkraft.	—
Polish	Trenuje lądowe, wodne i powietrzne bestie. Kilku Pogromców Bestii może mieć własne bestie lub połączyć wysiłki, by trenować jedną bestię ze zwiększoną mocą.	—
Portuguese (Brazil)	Treina feras terrestres, aquáticas ou aéreas. Cada Domador de Feras pode ter sua própria fera, ou eles podem somar suas forças para treinar uma única fera com maior poder de fera.	—
Russian	Тренирует сухопутных, плавающих и летающих зверей. Несколько укротителей могут иметь отдельных зверей или объединять усилия для обучения одного зверя с большей звериной силой.	—
Swedish	Tränar land-, vatten- eller luftbestar. Flera Besthanterare kan ha sina egna bestar eller kombinera sina ansträngningar för att träna en enda best med större bestkraft.	—
Thai	ฝึกฝนสัตว์ร้ายบก น้ำและอากาศ ผู้ปราบสัตว์ร้ายหลายคนสามารถรวมพลังเหล่าสัตว์ร้ายของตนเองเพื่อให้กลายเป็นสัตว์ร้ายทรงพลังเพื่อฝึกได้	—
Turkish	Karadaki, sudaki veya havadaki canavarları eğitir. Birden fazla Canavar Terbiyecisi kendi canavarlarına sahip olabilir veya daha fazla canavar gücüne sahip tek bir canavarı eğitmek için ortak çaba gösterebilir.	—
Chinese (simplified)	训练陆地、水中和天空的野兽。多个野兽之主可以有自己的野兽，或携手训练出一只更强大的野兽。	—
Chinese (traditional)	訓練陸地、水中和天空的野獸。多個野獸之主可以有自己的野獸，或攜手訓練出一隻更強大的野獸。	—