Big Iron

Big Iron

Upgrades pistol to a 6-shot revolver. Attacks even faster the fewer Bloons are in range.

Tower	Desperado — Path 1 — Tier 3
XP cost	2,100
Cash cost	$1,020 — Easy $1,200 — Medium $1,295 — Hard $1,440 — Impoppable

← Standoff

Twin Sixes →

Big Iron is the Desperado's path 1 tier 3 upgrade in Bloons TD 6. It increases the number of shots it fires when it attacks from 2 to 6 and increases its damage from 1 to 2. Since it has to fire all six shots before it starts its attack cooldown, it effectively takes an additional 0.4 seconds to unload all shots and start its next cooldown. Additionally it increases Standoff bonus from +60% to +120% but increases penalty per additional bloon from -15% to -30%.

Attack speed modifiers

The Standoff bonuses and penalties are doubled compared to Standoff.

Bloons within range	Attack speed bonus
1	+120%
2	+90%
3	+60%
4	+30%
5 or more	+0%

Stats

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

This data was last updated for: version 55.1

Tower
Display range 60 units Footprint radius 7 units Targeting options First Last Close Strong

Attack
Burst count 6 Burst interval 0.1s Cooldown 1.2s Offset (X, Y, Z) 0, 12.65, 11.25 Targeting Depends on targeting option Targeting range 60 units Speed per distance from target +1% Speed per distance from target max +50% Speed with 0 or 1 Bloon in range +120% Penalty per additional Bloon in range -30% Filters Cannot target Camo
Projectile Pierce 1 Damage 2 Damage type Sharp Radius 2 units Filters Can only hit the target Ignores blockers

3-1-0

Attack
Filters Can now target Camo

3-2-0

Attack
Crit multiplier ×4 Crit base chance 2.5% Crit chance per distance from target +0.25%

3-0-1

Attack
Speed with no towers in range +45% Penalty per tower in range -15%

3-0-2

Attack
Speed per Bloon in range +0% → +2% Speed per Bloon in range max +0% → +50%

Nomad buff
Cooldown modifier ×0.6 Range bonus +16 Lifespan 15s Cooldown 60s

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
3-0-0	$1,615	$1,900	$2,050	$2,280	$1,131	$1,330	$1,435	$1,596
3-1-0	$1,740	$2,050	$2,210	$2,460	$1,218	$1,435	$1,547	$1,722
3-2-0	$2,035	$2,400	$2,590	$2,880	$1,425	$1,680	$1,813	$2,016
3-0-1	$1,800	$2,120	$2,285	$2,545	$1,260	$1,484	$1,600	$1,782
3-0-2	$2,040	$2,400	$2,585	$2,880	$1,428	$1,680	$1,810	$2,016

Strategy

This section was last updated for: version 50.2

Big Iron's single-target damage is decent if placed far to maximize the Quickdraw and Standoff benefits, in addition to slightly better catching of strays, and with its stronger Standoff it excels against single blimp rounds such as round 40. Setting to Strong is usually preferred to focus on high-HP bloons.

For crosspaths, 3-2-0 is preferable in most cases, since the 4x crit damage allows one-shotting of Rainbows and goes in favor of Quickdraw, resulting in more DPS overall than 3-0-2. 3-0-2's pure speed buffs have less DPS on average, as its higher shot count limits its synergy with speed buffs due to having a fixed firing rate (but not a fixed reload time).

Update history

For a complete list of Desperado changes, see Update history:Desperado (BTD6).

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Version 49.2

•  Desperado no longer gains Camo Prioritization when granted Camo detection from external sources (bug fix)

Version 50.0

“

Standoff’s bonus with fewer targets in radius will now improve at T3, carrying all the way up to T5. — Update notes

”

•  Overall cost reduced by $50 (due to cost changes for previous tiers)
•  Standoff buff: Maximum attack speed bonus increased ― +60% → +120%
•  Standoff buff: Attack speed bonus drop per Bloon in range increased ― −15% → −30%
  • Note: Overall, the attack speed bonus is doubled and drops with the same amount of Bloons

Version 51.0

•  Pistol now reloads at the end of the round

Gallery

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In other languages

Name

Language	Text	Notes
Arabic	المسدس الكبير	—
Danish	Stort jern	—
German	Großes Schießeisen	—
Spanish	Pistola grande	—
Spanish (Latin America)	Revólver	—
Finnish	Reikärauta	—
French	Volée de plomb	—
Italian	Il ferro	—
Japanese	鉄の塊	—
Korean	대형 권총	—
Dutch	Zware revolver	—
Norwegian	Storjern	—
Polish	Wielki gnat	—
Portuguese (Brazil)	Três Oitão	—
Russian	Большая пуха	—
Swedish	Stort Skjutjärn	—
Thai	เหล็กใหญ่่	—
Turkish	Büyük Demir	—
Chinese (simplified)	大铁块	—
Chinese (traditional)	大鐵塊	—

Description

Language	Text	Notes
Arabic	يقوم بترقية المسدس إلى مسدس دوار بـ6 طلقات. كما تزداد سرعة هجماته كلما قلَّ عدد البالونات ضمن نطاقه.	—
Danish	Opgraderer pistolen til en 6-skuds revolver. Angriber hurtigere, jo færre bloons der er inden for rækkevidde.	—
German	Rüstet die Pistole auf einen Revolver mit sechs Kugeln auf. Greift umso schneller an, je weniger Bloons in Reichweite sind.	—
Spanish	Mejora la pistola a un revólver de 6 disparos. Ataca aún más rápido cuanto menos bloons hay dentro de su alcance.	—
Spanish (Latin America)	Mejora la pistola a un revólver de 6 tiros. Ataca más rápido cuando hay menos bloons dentro del alcance.	—
Finnish	Päivittää pistoolin kuudesti laukeavaan revolveriin. Hyökkää entistäkin nopeammin mitä vähemmän blooneja on kantamalla.	—
French	Améliore le pistolet pour en faire un revolver à 6 balles. Moins il y a de Bloons à portée, plus il attaque rapidement.	—
Italian	Potenzia la pistola trasformandola in un revolver da 6 colpi. Meno sono i bloon alla portata, più velocemente attacca.	—
Japanese	ピストルを、6発装填可能なリボルバーにアップグレードする。射程距離内のブルーンが少ないほど攻撃速度がさらに速くなる。	—
Korean	소형 권총을 6발짜리 리볼버로 업그레이드합니다. 사정거리 내에 있는 풍선의 수가 적을수록 더 빨리 공격합니다.	—
Dutch	Pistool wordt geüpgraded naar een zesschots revolver. Valt sneller aan hoe minder Bloons er binnen bereik zijn.	—
Norwegian	Oppgraderer pistoler til en revolver med 6 skudd. Angriper enda raskere jo færre bloons som er innen rekkevidde.	—
Polish	Ulepsza pistolet do 6-strzałowego rewolweru. Atakuje nawet szybciej, jeśli w zasięgu jest mniej blonów.	—
Portuguese (Brazil)	Melhora a pistola para um revólver de seis tiros. Ataca ainda mais rápido quanto menos Bloons estiverem no alcance.	—
Russian	Превращает пистолет в 6-зарядный револьвер. Атакует тем быстрее, чем меньше шаров в зоне поражения.	—
Swedish	Uppgraderar pistolen till en revolver med 6 skott. Attackerar ännu snabbare ju färre Bloons som finns inom räckvidden.	—
Thai	อัปเกรดปืนพกเป็นปืนลูกโม่ 6 นัด การโจมตีบลูนจำนวนน้อยลงในระยะจะเร็วขึ้น	—
Turkish	Tabancayı altıpatlara yükseltir. Menzildeki Bloon sayısı azaldıkça saldırı hızı daha da artar.	—
Chinese (simplified)	将手枪升级为六发左轮手枪。射程内气球数量越少，攻速越快。	—
Chinese (traditional)	手槍升級為6發左輪手槍。範圍內氣球越少，攻擊速度越快。	—