Update history:Bloons TD 6/Version 49.0

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Version 49.0

Release dates
Steam	Windows	18 June 2025
	macOS	18 June 2025
Epic Games Store (Windows)		19 June 2025
Apple Arcade		19 June 2025

◄◄ 48.0

◄ 48.2

50.0 ►►

49.1 ►

Version 49.0 is the third major update to Bloons TD 6 of 2025. It introduced the Desperado tower, the map Sunset Gulch, the Tower Snapping accessibility feature, and the One Hero Solution quest.

Additions

• Desperado
• Sunset Gulch (Advanced map)
• Tower Snapping (accessibility setting)

Quests

Quest	Category
How To Do Voodoo!	Tutorials
The Tale of Desperado	Tales
One Hero Solution	Challenges

Cosmetic items

Item	Category	Trophy Store?
Cowboy Hat Bloons	Bloons ― All Bloon Skins
Custom Avatar - Focused Tinkerfairy	Game & UI ― Avatars
Enchanted Glade Profile Banner	Game & UI ― Profile Banners
Bomb Shooter Fireworks Projectiles	Monkeys ― Projectiles
Custom Avatar - Epic Desperado	Game & UI ― Avatars
Prestigious Desperado Profile Banner	Game & UI ― Profile Banners

Chinese version only

Item	Category	Trophy Store?
上班过敏 (Allergic To Work)	Game & UI ― Avatars
在做了	Game & UI ― Profile Banners

Artifacts

• Heroic Specialty
• What In Tarnation

Changes

General changes

• User Interface: Added a Tower Placement Snapping option (available at the accessibility menu).
• User Interface: Improvements made to the length of the arrows of the active track indicators and now will refresh when the map changes.

Sandbox

• The True Sun God can now transform into the VTSG in Sandbox if the player has built it before in a regular game

Towers

Bomb Shooter

“

While we’ve had fun with Bomb Blitz recently, it has been pushed too far, and especially as more use has started coming out for its passive ability — Update notes

”

Tiers	Changes
X-X-5 Bomb Blitz	Attack cooldown increased ― 0.75s → 0.9s  0-1-5 attack cooldown increased ― 0.5625s → 0.675s  0-2-5 attack cooldown increased ― 0.4125s → 0.495s  Bomb Storm ability: Cooldown increased ― 40s → 60s

Tack Shooter

“

Middle Tack has always been ability heavy, so the base tower damage is improving with higher tiers to get more than just the ability. Tack Paragon’s abilities on the other hand are both seeing an improvement to help support their roles and highlight that strong ability use case — Update notes

”

Tiers	Changes
X-4-X Blade Maelstrom	Main blade: Damage increased ― 1 → 2
X-5-X Super Maelstrom	Main blade: Damage increased ― 2 → 5
Paragon	Meteor Impact ability: Cooldown reduced ― 90s → 60s  Maelstrom ability: Pierce increased ― 60 → 80

Ice Monkey

“

Someone’s been teaching the Ice Monkey some new tricks because now they can be placed on either Land or Water! However you’ll still need Arctic Wind to support other towers on water. Ice Monkey value is limited at low levels where quick & spaced Bloons are the main trouble, so the cost for many low tier upgrades is moving up to higher tiers instead. Absolute Zero is also reducing in price as we are enjoying its current functionality but it's still a large investment for a heavily support focus upgrade — Update notes

”

Tiers	Changes
All tiers	Can now be placed on water
0-0-0 base tower	Cost reduced ― $500 → $400 Description changed ― Pops and freezes nearby Bloons for a short time. Frozen Bloons are immune to sharp damage. Can't freeze White, Zebra or Lead Bloons. → Pops and freezes nearby Bloons for a short time. Frozen Bloons are immune to sharp damage. Can't freeze White, Zebra or Lead Bloons. Can be placed on land and water.
4-X-X Embrittlement	Upgrade cost increased ― $2,200 → $2,300
X-1-X Enhanced Freeze	Upgrade cost reduced ― $225 → $200
X-2-X Deep Freeze	Upgrade cost reduced ― $450 → $300
X-3-X Arctic Wind	Upgrade cost increased ― $2,500 → $2,750
X-5-X Absolute Zero	Upgrade cost reduced ― $19,200 → $16,000
X-X-1 Larger Radius	Upgrade cost reduced ― $175 → $150
X-X-2 Re-Freeze	Upgrade cost reduced ― $225 → $200
X-X-3 Cryo Cannon	Upgrade cost increased ― $1,750 → $1,900

Glue Gunner

“

Our previous crosspath buff tipped favour too much in the opposite direction, so Glue Storm’s storm duration and glue duration are being tweaked to keep 052’s total glue uptime the same as before while reducing 250 duration. MOAB Glue’s duration on MOAB-Class Bloons is being reduced as for such a powerful slow it is so easy to keep a high number of targets glued that the Glue Splatter crosspath still doesn’t feel necessary much of the time — Update notes

”

Tiers	Changes
X-5-X Glue Storm	Glue Storm ability: x-5-0 effect duration decreased ― 22s → 11s  Glue Storm ability: 0-5-1 effect duration decreased ― 48s → 24s Note: Ninja Kiwi incorrectly stated that it remained 22s duration.  Glue Storm ability: x-5-0 "storm" ability duration decreased ― 20s → 10s Note: 0-5-1 remains at 20s Description changed ― Glue Storm Ability: Pelts the whole screen with glue for 20 seconds. → Glue Storm Ability: Pelts the whole screen with glue for 10 seconds.
X-X-3 MOAB Glue and further upgrades	Glue duration on MOAB-Class Bloons decreased ― 24s → 12s

Sniper Monkey

“

Along with its concentrated AoE the base impact damage for Cripple MOAB now feels excessive and is being cut back — Update notes

”

Tiers	Changes
5-X-X Cripple MOAB	Bullet: Damage reduced ― 280 → 140

Monkey Sub

“

Some feedback was convinced this would be enough to solve many concerns, so ok 👍 — Update notes

”

Tiers	Changes
3-X-X Submerge and Support and further upgrades Paragon	Submerge toggle: Cooldown reduced ― 1s → 0.5s
X-3-X Ballistic Missile and further upgrades	Ballistic missile attack: No longer ignores line of sight blockers (bug fix) Note: Does not affect First Strike or Pre-emptive Strike abilities

Monkey Buccaneer

“

Aircraft Carrier is in a very strong position right now however it suffers from inconsistency, so we have increased the field of view for the Buccaneer Plane attacks so it can spend more time actively attacking — Update notes

”

Tiers	Changes
4-X-X Aircraft Carrier	Mini planes: Field of view increased ― 60° → 90° Note: This field of view value allows to see Bloons more reliably. 5-X-X remains at 90.
X-4-X Monkey Pirates X-5-X Pirate Lord	Ability: can no longer target Dreadrock Bloons (bug fix)

Monkey Ace

“

We have shifted up top upgrade costs into Operation Dart Storm to improve the early game upgrade flow for Monkey Ace. Long ago Tsar Bomba was given normal damage type to allow for more interesting 2TC combos at the time, however this no longer feels needed with its current power level so instead we have lowered the upgrade cost and shifted some base bombing run damage into Ceramic bonus — Update notes

”

Tiers	Changes
1-X-X Rapid Fire	Upgrade cost reduced ― $650 → $450
2-X-X Lots More Darts	Upgrade cost reduced ― $650 → $550
4-X-X Operation: Dart Storm	Upgrade cost increased ― $3,000 → $3,300
X-5-X Tsar Bomba	Upgrade cost reduced ― $30,000 → $26,000  Bombing run: Damage per bomb reduced ― 25 → 20  Bombing run: Bonus damage against Ceramic Bloons per bomb increased ― +8 → +10  Bombing run: Bomb damage type changed ― Normal → Explosion

Heli Pilot

“

In order to improve potential synergies, we have finally decided to do away with the pierce cap on Downdraft. This means that, yes, you can now properly Alch buff your Downdraft support. For improved quality of life Support Chinook has been enabled for use between rounds, we have concerns with this but will give it some time to see how things settle. As its utility is impressive throughout the entire game for the relatively low cost MOAB Shove’s price is increasing — Update notes

”

Tiers	Changes
X-3-X Downdraft and further upgrades	Downdraft: Pierce cap removed ― 2 → ∞ Note: This does not affect its regular pierce, but now allows it to receive pierce buffs.
X-4-X Support Chinook X-5-X Special Poperations	Reposition ability: Can now be used between rounds  Reposition ability: Can now move towers on to ice and ink platforms (undocumented)  Downdraft: Crosspaths no longer grant +1 pierce penalty to all Bloons (bug fix)
X-X-3 MOAB Shove	Upgrade cost increased ― $3,100 → $3,400

Mortar Monkey

“

Mortar BAD/Boss bonus was introduced to help with some concerns that have been more effectively solved through other means, so as a simplification to understanding these upgrades we are removing the bonuses — Update notes

”

Tiers	Changes
X-3-X Heavy Shells	Description changed ― Heavy shells do extra damage to Ceramic, Lead, all Fortified, and all stunned Bloons. Attacks faster and can also pop Black Bloons. → Heavy shells do extra damage to Ceramic, Lead, Fortified, MOABs, stunned Bloons, and Bosses. Attacks faster and can also pop Black Bloons. Note: Description is incorrect, it does not do extra damage to Bosses.
X-4-X Artillery Battery	Bonus damage against BADs and Boss Bloons removed ― +1 → +0 Description changed ― Bombardment Ability: Unleashes a rapid fire attack in a slightly wider area. Main attack does more damage to BADs and Boss Bloons and upgrades to 3 barrels for incredibly fast attacks. → Bombardment Ability: Unleashes a rapid fire attack in a slightly wider area. Upgrades to 3 barrels for incredibly fast attacks.
X-5-X Pop and Awe	Bonus damage against BADs and Boss Bloons removed ― +2 → +0 Note: Does not include Artillery Battery buff

Wizard Monkey

“

Archmage’s MOAB bonuses are a little overkill and being lowered so we can justify a QoL buff with Dragon’s Breath’s scaling adjusting to match more crosspath improvements, meaning it will now benefit from Archmage’s range increase as well as bottom path’s projectile speed increase. As more quality of life, Wall of Fire’s startup delay is also being halved — Update notes

”

Tiers	Changes
5-X-X Archmage	Dragon's Breath attack: Bonus damage against MOAB-Class Bloons reduced ― +10 → +8  Dragon's Breath attack: Range increased ― 40 units → 60 units
5-1-0 Archmage + Fireball 5-2-0 Archmage + Wall of Fire	Fireball attack: Bonus damage against MOAB-Class Bloons reduced ― +36 → +24
X-2-X Wall of Fire	Wall of Fire attack: Initial cooldown decreased ― 1.0s → 0.5s Note: Only affects the first wall after purchasing the upgrade
0-3-1 Dragon's Breath + Intense Magic and further upgrades 5-0-1 Archmage + Intense Magic 5-0-2 Archmage + Monkey Sense	Dragon's Breath attack: Projectile speed increased ― 125 units/s → 250 units/s
X-X-4 Necromancer: Unpopped Army	Description changed ― Reanimate recently popped enemies as servants to destroy the Bloons. → Reanimate recently popped enemies as servants that can destroy Bloons of any type.

Super Monkey

Tiers	Changes
4-X-X Sun Temple	Mini Sun Avatar: vision should now be correctly blocked by obstacles (bug fix)
X-X-3 Dark Knight and further upgrades	Darkshift: Now allows teleporting onto ice platforms (undocumented)

VTSG

•  Transforms into True Sun God after exiting to home (bug)
  • Note: Mini avatars and Mini Spectres still retain their vengeful versions

Alchemist

“

The faster attack rate improved Rubber To Gold’s average cash generation too much, so this multiplier is being reduced to bring it more in line — Update notes

”

Tiers	Changes
X-X-4 Rubber to Gold X-X-5 Bloon Master Alchemist	Rubber to Gold effect: Cash per pop multiplier reduced ― ×3 → ×2

Mermonkey

“

Mermonkey’s low tiers also have early game trouble and are seeing a price shift to improve this. Riptide Champion’s damage type is being made consistent with the rest of the path to grant Mermonkey earlier Lead popping, and the rest of the path is also seeing a damage increase. For fun Echosense Network will now be able to apply to Alchemist Transformed Mermonkeys, and Alluring Melody’s DoT Detonation mechanic can now apply to any targets that are already tranced although the damage cap per detonation has been reduced to compensate for this. — Update notes

”

Tiers	Changes
0-0-0 base tower	Cost reduced ― $475 → $375
1-X-X Trident Efficiency	Upgrade cost reduced ― $250 → $150
2-X-X Trident Swiftness	Upgrade cost reduced ― $300 → $250
3-X-X Abyss Dweller	Upgrade cost increased ― $1,300 → $1,600
3-X-X Abyss Dweller X-3-X Riptide Champion X-X-3 Alluring Melody	Resolved a build order issue that could override higher tier Mermonkey buffs (bug fix)
5-X-X Lord of the Abyss	Water platform: No longer extends beyond the Mermonkey's radius ― 33 → 28 (bug fix)
5-0-2 Lord of the Abyss + Echosense Network	Echosense Network: Range bonus should no longer be lower than intended when placing the Mermonkey on water (bug fix)
X-1-X Sharper Prongs	Upgrade cost reduced ― $300 → $200
X-2-X Tidal Chill	Upgrade cost reduced ― $400 → $300  Freeze effect should now be applied after applying damage (bug fix)
X-3-X Riptide Champion	Damage type changed ― Energy → Frigid Description changed ― Mermonkey draws energy from the sea. Tridents grow in size and power as they travel, and crash with devastating force. → Mermonkey draws energy from the sea. Tridents can pop Lead Bloons, grow in power as they travel, and crash with devastating force.
X-4-X Arctic Knight	Main and split projectiles: Damage increased ― 6 → 8  Main and split projectiles: Bonus damage to MOAB-Class Bloons increased ― +6 → +8  Main and split projectiles: Bonus damage to frozen Bloons increased ― +3 → +4 (undocumented) Description changed ― Tridents can pop Lead Bloons and grow in power faster. Ice Jet ability: Launches a barrage of bouncing ice balls following target priority, or targeted point. → Tridents grow in power faster. Ice Jet ability: Launches a barrage of bouncing ice balls following target priority, or targeted point.
X-5-X Popseidon	Main and split projectiles: Damage increased ― 12 → 15  Main and split projectiles: Bonus damage to MOAB-Class Bloons increased ― +12 → +15  Main and split projectiles: Bonus damage to frozen Bloons increased ― +6 → +7.5 (undocumented)
X-X-2 Echosense Network and further upgrades	Echosense Network now works with Mermonkeys converted by Total Transformation
X-X-3 Alluring Melody	Trance: Damage over time detonation damage limit reduced ― 200 → 50
X-X-3 Alluring Melody X-X-4 Symphonic Resonance	Trance: Damage over time detonation can now trigger again on already tranced Bloons Note: X-X-5 unchanged.
X-X-4 Symphonic Resonance	Trance: Damage over time detonation damage limit reduced ― 500 → 125 Note: X-X-5 unchanged.

Spike Factory

“

This update we’ve finally decided to nerf Permaspike by completely removing the ‘Far’ target priority from the earlier Smart Spikes upgrade. We know that this loss will be incredibly painful to deal with for the many spike factory enjoyers out there, so we have also included a couple other minor QoL adjustments to the Smart Spikes upgrade in a hopeful attempt to offset this. — Update notes

”

Tiers	Changes
X-X-2 Smart Spikes and further upgrades	Reworked targeting options ― Normal, Close, Far, Smart → Normal, Close, Smart, Set Target, Automatic  Smart Spikes: Adds a "Set Target" option, which allows to select the place inside the Spike Factory's range where the spikes go to.  Smart Spikes: Adds a "Automatic" option, attempts to directly target the first bloon  Removed "Far" targeting option
Paragon	Now has new targeting options from Smart Spikes, instead of locked on Normal (undocumented)  Spikeageddon ability: No longer spawns a lesser amount of mines on short tracks (bug fix) Note: This change causes a bug in Dark Castle

Monkey Village

“

As a much requested quality of life change for Boss events the Call To Arms ability can now be activated in between rounds. — Update notes

”

Tiers	Changes
X-4-X Call to Arms X-5-X Homeland Defense	Call to Arms ability: Can now be used between rounds

Engineer Monkey

“

We may return to this again later, but for now due to the clear desire for more Paragon synergy options the Engineer Paragon is trading in some of its main attack damage in exchange for a new AoE Overclock ability — Update notes

”

Tiers	Changes
1-X-X Sentry Gun	Description changed ― Creates temporary sentry guns and deploys them nearby. → Creates temporary sentry guns and deploys them close to track anywhere in radius.
Paragon	Nail gun attack: Bonus damage to Bosses reduced ― +500 → +300  Gains the Power Glove ability that can overclock Paragons and all other towers in a small area Description changed ― Monkey engineering developed to perfection. Creates three Mega Sentries that can build their own sentries. → Monkey engineering developed to perfection. Can Overclock other Paragons, and creates three Mega Sentries that can build their own sentries.

Beast Handler

“

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. Shark latch-on lifespan for targets that are not 1shot is being reduced so it has to let go and re-target more frequently as an overall range reduction, and as Megalodon is currently overperforming particularly against Bosses its attack rate is being lowered to match Orca. Velociraptor path is too much of an all-round powerhouse so with the larger range returning it is also reducing in damage — Update notes

”

Tiers	Changes
All tiers	Merging/Beast positioning range increased ― 50 → 60
1-X-X Piranha and further upgrades	Solved a bug where Beast Handlers which were crosspathed on a specific order could fail to respawn their fish when reloading a game from a save and and use a Support Chinook to redeploy the Beast Handler. (bug fix)
1-X-X Piranha and further upgrades X-1-X Microraptor and further upgrades	Can now move beasts onto ice and ink platforms. Beasts with only ice/ink platforms as valid placement will no longer randomly choose a location when attempting to place into ice/ink platforms. (undocumented)
3-X-X Great White and further upgrades	Latch: Time that the beast keeps latched to targets that it can't drag down reduced ― 5s → 3s Note: This decreases overall single-target damage and reduces concentration of damage around the target
5-X-X Megalodon	Thrash attack: Maximum cooldown reduction by Beast Power increased ― 0.3439s → 0.38s  Thrash attack: Attack cooldown increased ― 0.8s → 1.1s Note: With both attack speed changes combined, the changes are an overall nerf to attack cooldown of the thrash attack of the Megalodon ― 0.8s to 0.4561s (84/132: 0.62805s) → 1.1s to 0.72s (84/132: 0.91s) (depending on Beast Power)
X-3-X Velociraptor	Bite attack: Damage reduced ― 9 → 8  Bite attack: Maximum damage increase by Beast Power reduced ― 18 → 16 Note: Max Power x3x damage reduced from 27 to 24  Bite attack: Maximum bonus damage increase against stunned Bloons by Beast Power reduced ― +6 → +5.3333 Note: X-4-X Tyrannosaurus Rex unchanged.

Heroes

Striker Jones

Levels	Changes
5+	X-X-2 Mortars should now be able to set Black and Zebra Bloons on fire (bug fix)
7	Description changed ― Pops 2 layers per shot and Mortar Monkeys blast radius increased by 10%. Target Focus: For 15 seconds Mortar Monkeys target touch/cursor with increased accuracy. → Pops 4 layers per shot and Mortar Monkeys blast radius increased by 10%. Target Focus: For 15 seconds Mortar Monkeys target touch/cursor with increased accuracy.
12	Description changed ― Slightly increased attack range and extra layer pop. → Slightly increased attack range and pops 2 extra layers per shot.
17	Description changed ― Increased range and pops 4 layers per shot. → Increased range and pops 8 layers per shot.

• Note: The changes in the descriptions were implemented on version 48.0 but the text wasn't updated until now.

Adora

“

Adora’s max level form is intended to be very powerful due to the investment required in pushing her up to that point, but right now all of the top heroes are performing much stronger than the rest so we are looking to settle her around a lower top-end. — Update notes

”

Levels	Changes
20	Ball of Light ability: Damage reduced ― 20 → 15  Ball of Light ability: Bonus damage to fortified reduced ― +20 → +15  Blood Sacrifice ability: Max amount of stacks reduced ― 50 → 40 Note: Range and attack cooldown maximum bonus is reduced ― 50% → 40% (NK incorrectly wrote 40 and 30). The cash value of the sacrifice needed for the maximum benefit is also reduced ― $4,000 → $3,000

Etienne

“

As Etienne’s Drone power level is designed to be lower, his starting cost is being reduced so that he is able to come online earlier — Update notes

”

Levels	Changes
All	Placement cost reduced ― $850 → $650

Corvus

“

As Corvus is vastly outperforming other heroes his high-end performance is being nerfed in several ways but with an effort made to also improve his lower-end performance at the same time. Mana generation’s maximum potential scaling has been targeted as a part of this since it is too easy to maintain high levels of mana, but his passive mana regeneration and low-mana bonuses have also been improved so he also doesn’t run out to 0 too easily. Along with this other improvements should make him easier to use in general. There is a lot changing here, so we have broken it down into further sections — Update notes

”

Levels	Changes
1+	Spells can now be de-activated between rounds  Passive Mana gain per second increased ― 1 → 2  Haunt: Mana per layer reduced ― 3 → 2
7+	Spirit Walk: Now allows teleporting onto ice platforms (undocumented)
8+	Spiritual Balance: Threshold for the maximum Mana gain reduced ― 200 Mana → 80 Mana  Spiritual Balance: Threshold for the minimum Mana gain reduced ― 520 Mana → 280 Mana  Spiritual Balance: Maximum Mana multiplier increased ― 2× → 3×
9–13	Spirit: Damage reduced ― 5 → 4 Note: Damage at Level 14 remains 10.
10+	Dark Ritual: Duration reduced ― 12s → 10s
11+	Soul Harvest: Damage reduced ― 35 → 30  Soul Harvest: Bonus damage to Ceramic Bloons reduced ― +35 → +10

Spells

Spell	Changes
Spear	Explosion delay increased ― 0.15s → 0.3s  Levels 1–11: Projectile pierce reduced ― 10 → 5 Note: Pierce at levels 12+ remains 10
Frostbound	Mana cost increased ― 190 Mana → 220 Mana  Duration increased ― 8s → 10s  Cooldown increased ― 50s → 60s  Levels 9+: MOAB-Class Bloons now consume +4 pierce
Ancestral Might	Level 20: Damage reduced ― 300 → 270
Storm	Mana consumption per second reduced ― 15 Mana → 12 Mana
Overload	Can now receive camo detection from external sources  Levels 13–19: Damage reduced ― 1150 → 700  Level 20: Damage reduced ― 2250 → 1400

Rosalia

“

For consistency Rosalia’s Kinetic Charge will now last through 1 end of round or for 60 seconds, whichever comes first. — Update notes

”

Levels	Changes
10+	Kinetic Charge: Drone projectile now will last through 1 end of round or 60 seconds, instead of having no round carryover and infinite timed lifespan.
13+	Kinetic Charge: does nothing (bug)

Bosses

Lych

“

Lych’s speed is being reduced across the board, also into a smoother increase over time, as this Boss has been very punishing without giving much time to deal with it — Update notes

”

•  Normal boss speed decreased at all tiers
  • Tier 1 ― 2.3 units/s → 2.1 units/s
  • Tier 2 ― 2.3 units/s → 2.2 units/s
  • Tier 3 ― 2.5 units/s → 2.4 units/s
  • Tier 4 ― 2.7 units/s → 2.5 units/s
  • Tier 5 ― 2.7 units/s → 2.6 units/s
•  Elite boss speed decreased at all tiers
  • Tier 1 ― 2.5 units/s → 2.4 units/s
  • Tier 2 ― 2.7 units/s → 2.5 units/s
  • Tier 3 ― 2.9 units/s → 2.7 units/s
  • Tier 4 ― 3.0 units/s → 2.8 units/s
  • Tier 5 ― 3.1 units/s → 2.9 units/s

Lych-soul

•  Lych-soul: Speed reduced ― 25 units/s → 23 units/s
•  Lych-soul: Can no longer be slowed down by certain towers (bug fix)

Dreadbloon

“

Dreadbloon’s difficulty has been due too much to the Rock Bloons, so their strength is being reduced in favour of a more linear speed increase on the boss itself. Also Tier 1 Normal Dreadbloon’s damage reduction is being removed as we felt this hitting immediately was far too limiting to starting strategies, particularly in Rush game modes — Update notes

”

•  Dreadrock Bloon speed decreased ― 22 units/s → 18 units/s
•  Normal Dreadrock Bloon health decreased at all tiers
  • Tier 1 ― 300 → 250
  • Tier 2 ― 600 → 500
  • Tier 3 ― 900 → 750
  • Tier 4 ― 9,000 → 8,000
  • Tier 5 ― 22,500 → 20,000
•  Elite Dreadrock Bloon health decreased at all tiers
  • Tier 1 ― 600 → 500
  • Tier 2 ― 2,500 → 2,200
  • Tier 3 ― 9,000 → 8,000
  • Tier 4 ― 22,000 → 19,500
  • Tier 5 ― 45,000 → 40,000
•  Blimp instakills (XXXL Trap, Monkey Pirates, Pirate Lord) no longer target Rock Bloons (undocumented)
  • Note: This fixed a bug in Rogue Legends with the Discord Artifact when interacting with x4x and x5x Buccaneer
•  Tier 1 Normal Dreadbloon no longer has damage reduction ― -1 damage → 0
•  Normal boss speed increased at Tier 2 and above
  • Tier 1 remains 1.25 units/s
  • Tier 2 ― 1.25 units/s → 1.3 units/s
  • Tier 3 ― 1.25 units/s → 1.4 units/s
  • Tier 4 remains 1.5 units/s
  • Tier 5 ― 1.25 units/s → 1.6 units/s
•  Elite boss speed increased at all tiers except Tier 1 and 2
  • Tier 1 ― 1.3 units/s → 1.25 units/s
  • Tier 2 remains 1.3 units/s
  • Tier 3 ― 1.3 units/s → 1.4 units/s
  • Tier 4 ― 1.5 units/s → 1.5 units/s
  • Tier 5 ― 1.5 units/s → 1.6 units/s
•  Spikes from a sold Mega Massive Munitions Factory will no longer ignore Dreadbloon's Support immunity (bug fix)

Phayze

•  Radar Jam ability: Children of Bloons that are being pulled no longer "zoom" into the track early (bug fix)

Blastapopoulos

“

Now that BIastapopouIos is not as effective at stunning towers its own speed is also being scaled up giving a steady increase through the tiers[sic] — Update notes

”

•  Normal and Elite boss speed at Tier 2 and above increased
  • Tier 1 unchanged
  • Tier 2 ― 1 units/s → 1.05 units/s
  • Tier 3 ― 1 units/s → 1.1 units/s
  • Tier 4 ― 1 units/s → 1.15 units/s
  • Tier 5 ― 1 units/s → 1.25 units/s

Maps

Spa Pits

•  Bloons speed should no longer scale too much in Reverse mode. (bug fix)
•  Towers placed on the exterior pits will now be sold when the map is transformed.

Balance

•  Bloons spawn at the hedge openings and head immediately towards the exit in Reverse mode (bug)
  • Note: Affects both regular Reverse mode and Rogue Legends

Dark Castle

•  Mega Massive Munitions Factory will keep sending mines forever at regular intervals after using the Spikeageddon ability (bug)

Monkey Knowledge

•  Airforce Upgrades is now correctly applied to only Tier 3 and higher Monkey Aces and Heli Pilots instead of all Tiers (bug fix)

Powers

Time Stop

“

Time Stop will not slow Bloons as much anymore as this Bloon speed reduction was overall too powerful that it caused a negative impact to the powered freeplay experience, towers will also not be slowed by as much to reduce the impact of the nerf — Update notes

”

•  Bloon speed reduction decreased ― −90% → −70%
•  Tower attack speed reduction decreased ― −40% → −30%

Rogue Legends

General changes

• 2 new Artifacts added.
• Rogue XP Shop: Respec option added.
•  Bloon Encounter: Start round of the first encounter on each stage increases slower ― +6 rounds → +5 rounds (undocumented)
•  Bloon Encounter: End round of the first encounter on each stage increases slower ― +7 rounds → +5 rounds (undocumented)
• User Interface: Tower placement hotkeys now cycle between different Insta-Monkeys of the same Tower.
• Party: Members can now be removed even when team is not yet full
•  Least Cash: Games are now always 10 rounds long and grant a Boost every round.
• Mini Boss / Final Boss: Music changed to the Boss' music track
• Gameplay: X-5-X Grand Saboteur ability is now capped to 25% of the Bloon health
• Gameplay: Projectiles that seek targets will now prioritize that movement over other travel patterns
• Gameplay: Projectiles from Boomerang Monkeys will now have a cap on the projectile lifespan of 5s
•  Final Boss: Health scaling increased
  • Bloonarius:
    •  Stage 2 health increased ― 50,000 → 80,000
    •  Stage 3 health increased ― 90,000 → 180,000
    •  Stage 4 health increased ― 150,000 → 300,000
    •  Stage 5+ health increased ― 60,000 per stage − 90,000 → 120,000 per stage − 180,000
  • Vortex, Phayze, Blastapopoulos:
    •  Stage 2 health increased ― 37,500 → 60,000
    •  Stage 3 health increased ― 67,500 → 135,000
    •  Stage 4 health increased ― 112,500 → 225,000
    •  Stage 5+ health increased ― 45,000 per stage − 67,500 → 90,000 per stage − 135,000
  • Dreadbloon:
    •  Stage 2 health increased ― 25,000 → 40,000
    •  Stage 3 health increased ― 45,000 → 90,000
    •  Stage 4 health increased ― 75,000 → 150,000
    •  Stage 5+ health increased ― 30,000 per stage − 45,000 → 60,000 per stage − 90,000
•  Mini Boss: Base health reduced ― 300 → 200
•  Mini Boss: Base shield health reduced ― 100 → 65
•  Mini Boss: Health increase per pop increased ― 1.1× → 1.15×
•  Mini Boss: Goal score changed
  • Common unchanged (10).
  • Rare ― 20 → 25
  • Legendary ― 40 → 35
  • Note: Details for higher stages to be determined.
• Mini Boss and Mini Games no longer grant Account XP
• Description of the Game Master feat changed ― Complete one of each different type of Mini-Game tile and a Mini-Boss. Least Tiers, Least Cash, Race, Endurance Race, and Mini Boss → Complete one of each different type of Mini-Game tile and a Mini-Boss. Least Cash, Race, Endurance Race, and Mini-Boss

Parties

Hero	Changes
Quincy	Starting Artifact changed ― Splodey Darts Common → Heroic Specialty Legendary
Scientist Gwendolin	Starting Artifact changed ― Frosted Tips Common → Alchemic Engineering Common  Starting party member changed ― 0-1-0 Engineer Monkey → 3-0-0 Glue Gunner
Obyn Greenfoot	Starting Artifact changed ― Enchanted Rebuttal Common → BB Gatling Gun Common
Galaxili	Starting Artifact changed ― BB Gatling Gun Common → Quantum Leap Common  Starting party member changed ― 0-0-2 Boomerang Monkey → 2-0-0 Tack Shooter
Fusty the Snowman	Starting Artifact changed ― Esoteric Elementalist Common → Frosted Tips Rare
Kaiju Pat	Starting Artifact changed ― Swiftest To Business Common → Duckageddon Legendary
Voidora	Starting Artifact changed ― Unification Rare → Enchanted Rebuttal Common  Starting party members changed ― 2-0-0 Glue Gunner and 0-3-0 Dart Monkey → 2-0-0 Ninja Monkey and 2-0-0 Wizard Monkey
Admiral Brickell	Starting party member changed ― 0-3-0 Monkey Buccaneer → 0-2-1 Monkey Buccaneer
Dread Pirate Brickell	Starting Artifact changed ― Full Broadside Rare → What In Tarnation Common
Lifeguard Brickell	Starting Artifact changed ― Portability Rare → Summer Fun Rare  Starting party member changed ― 0-2-0 Ice Monkey → 0-1-1 Mermonkey

Artifacts

Artifact	Changes
Ability Stacking	Ability cooldown penalty reduced Common unchanged (+20%)  Rare was supposed to be decreased from +20% to +10% but was unimplemented and remains +20% (bug)  Legendary ― +20% → 0% Note: Descriptions changed accordingly
Divine Intervention	When a Crit happens, it should no longer be overridden by other Crit Artifacts
Dream Teams	Placement cooldown bonus reduced Common unchanged (1 round)  Rare ― −2 rounds → −1 round  Legendary ― −3 rounds → −2 rounds Note: Descriptions changed accordingly
Essence Of Blastapopoulos	Tier requirement reduced ― 5 → 4  Hero level requirement reduced ― 20 → 15 Note: Description changed accordingly
Essence Of Dreadbloon	Monkeys counting as all categories bonus is now only granted to Tier 4 or higher towers and Level 15+ Heroes instead of all Towers  Tier requirement for extra Ceramic and Fortified damage reduced ― 5 → 4  Hero level requirement for extra Ceramic and Fortified damage reduced ― 20 → 15 Description changed ― All Monkeys count as all categories. Tier 5 Monkeys and level 20 Heroes deal 1.5x damage to Fortified and Ceramic Bloons → Tier 4 Monkeys and level 15 Heroes count as all categories, and deal 1.5x damage to Fortified and Ceramic Bloons
Essence Of Phayze	Camo detection is now only granted to Tier 4 or higher towers and Level 15+ Heroes instead of all Towers  Tier requirement for extra Camo damage reduced ― 5 → 4  Hero level requirement for extra Camo damage reduced ― 20 → 15 Description changed ― All Monkeys can see Camo, and tier 5 Monkeys and level 20 Heroes deal triple damage to Camo Bloons → Tier 4 Monkeys and level 15 Heroes can see Camo, and deal triple damage to Camo Bloons.
Essence Of Vortex	Tier requirement reduced ― 5 → 4  Hero level requirement reduced ― 20 → 15 Note: Description changed accordingly
Explosive Economics	Now reduces the placement cooldown of Spike Factories, Engineer Monkeys and Beast Handlers Common / Rare: −1 round Legendary: −2 rounds Description changed ― When Support Monkeys are sold, an Area of Effect explosion deals 100 damage to all nearby Bloons → When Support Monkeys are sold, an Area of Effect explosion deals 100 damage to all nearby Bloons. Spike Factory, Engineer, and Beast Handler placement cooldown reduced 1 round(s) Note: Descriptions of other rarities changed accordingly
Malicious Mauling	Ability cooldowns are now also halved Description changed ― Bomb Shooters and Striker Jones deal 3x damage to MOAB-Class Bloons. Bomb Shooters attack speed and projectile speed is halved. Adds a 0-1-1 Bomb Shooter to your Party → Bomb Shooters and Striker Jones deal 3x damage to MOAB-Class Bloons. Bomb Shooters attack speed, ability cooldown, and projectile speed is halved. Adds a 0-1-1 Bomb Shooter to your Party Note: Descriptions of other rarities changed accordingly
Mystic Twister	Adds a projectile lifespan bonus for Magic Monkeys Common: +50% Rare: +100% Legendary: +200% Description changed ― Magic Monkeys pierce increased by 50% and their projectiles are pulled into orbit around the Monkey → Magic Monkeys' projectile pierce and lifespan increased by 50% and their projectiles are pulled into orbit around the Monkey Note: Descriptions of other rarities changed accordingly
Splody Darts	Now affects Etienne
Swiftest To Business	Now reduces the placement cooldowns of Ninja Monkeys Common / Rare: −1 round Legendary: −2 rounds Description changed ― Ninja Monkeys tier 3 or higher have 20% faster projectile speed, and attack speed and ability cooldowns are 25% faster. Adds a 1-0-1 Ninja Monkey to your Party → Ninja Monkeys tier 3 or higher have 40% faster projectile speed, attack speed and ability cooldowns are 66% faster, and placement cooldown reduced 2 round(s). Adds a 2-0-0 Ninja Monkey to your Party Note: Descriptions of other rarities changed accordingly
Get to the Chopper	Description updated ― Heli Pilots can store up to 3 ability charges. Heli Pilot pierce and ability cooldown rate increased <amount>%. Adds a <crosspath> Heli Pilot to your Party → Heli Pilots can store up to 3 ability charges. Main Heli Pilot pierce and ability cooldown rate increased <amount>%. Adds a <crosspath> Heli Pilot to your Party
Mighty Mulligan	Description updated ― Provides <amount> Artifact Selection reroll(s) after beating a reward tile → Provides <amount> Artifact Selection rerolls after beating a reward tile. Rerolls are consumed when used and don't refresh
One Monkey Army / Battlefield Commission	One Monkey Army no longer reduces the XP obtained by Battlefield Commission (undocumented)

Fixes and minor changes

•  Alternate CHIMPOPPABLE Quest: Geraldo's Rare Quincy Action Figure can no longer be used (bug fix)
•  Boss Rush: Boss position should no longer reset on Castle Revenge and Balance (bug fix)
• Gameplay: Resolved an issue where fractional pierce was not calculated correctly on sub-projectiles.
• Gameplay: Resolved a softlock that could occur when placing Geraldo then priming a new tower for placement and using the Hero hotkey.
• Goliath Doomship: Center path hotkey now works correctly.
• User Interface: General fixes.
• User Interface: Blastapopoulos' shadow will now appear in the background of the Main Menu if it is the active in the Boss Bloon Event.
• User Interface: Resolved an issue where players could select items that should not be able to be selected during the Map Review after a game.
• User Interface: Resolved some Tower layering issues with their Range circles.
• User Interface: She-Ra Adora Skin should now have the correct title when viewed in her Quest.
• User Interface: Doctor Monkey is abbreviated to Dr. Monkey in the following in-game texts:
  • Victory screen of the Scrapyard Days part of the New Dart Just Dropped Quest.
  • Description of the By the Power of Battle Cat! Quest.
  • Description of the Projectile-Go-Round Quest.
• User Interface: Description of She-Ra Prestige Pack in the shop changed ― Adora Hero and She-Ra Skin + 30 Sword of Protection Powers, exclusive Banner and Avatar + 300, 400, and 500 Super Monkey Insta Monkeys → Adora Hero and She-Ra Skin + 30 Sword of Protection Powers, exclusive Banner and Avatar + 3-0-0, 4-0-0, and 5-0-0 Super Monkey Insta Monkeys
• Player profile: Some profile stats have been separated between Rogue Legends and the base game.
• Player profile: Shared stats are now updated when changed and no longer require a page refresh.
• Socials: Rich Presence will now show a "Playing Quests" instead of "Browsing" when playing a Quest.
• Map Editor: Solved a crash that happened when entering the map before the preview finished loading.
• Challenge Editor: First loss tutorial should no longer trigger in this mode.
• Ranked Events: Disabling and enabling Ranked Mode should no longer leave Powers, Fast Track or Double Cash Mode enabled.
• Ravine map: Track items should no longer be displayed above Bloons.
• Spillway map: Corrected issues with the line of sight blocking.
• One Two Tree map: Support Chinook should no longer sell Mermonkeys that it attempts to redeploy if they were placed on a Magic tile.
• Rogue Legends: UI tidying.
• Rogue Legends: Game Master feat should now properly display its progress.
• Rogue Legends: Resolved some issues with the Range display of Towers while placing them.
• Rogue Legends: Resolved an issue where certain accounts could not claim Rogue Feats.
• Rogue Legends: Discord Artifact should not longer cause a crash when grabbing Dreadrock Bloons with the Monkey Pirates' MOAB Takedown ability.
• Rogue Legends: Resolves a softlock that could occur when selecting the ‘No Rerolls’ and ‘Choice Starved’ Curses and then using the 'No More Please' Artifact to remove the only choice from selections.
• Rogue Legends: Unstable Concoction no longer crashes with One Monkey Army Artifact.
• Epic version of BTD6: Resolved a crash that could occur in startup.
• Epic version of BTD6: Attempting to Backup when not logged in should no longer say ‘Success’.
• Netflix version of BTD6: Heroes can now swap back to default skin.

Pre-release

In pre-release footage, the icon of the Desperado's button to prioritize Marked Bloons was different. Additionally, the following upgrades had different descriptions:

Upgrade	Developer build	Release
Quickdraw	Attacks faster the further Bloons are from Desperado. Loses attack speed when Bloons are close.	Attacks faster the further Bloons are from Desperado.
Bounty Hunter	Marked to Pop ability: Pauses attacking to Mark Bloons, then proceeds to attack all Marked Bloons. Marked Bloon priority is shared with other x-2-x Desperados, and Marked Bloons take more damage and give more cash.	Marked to Pop ability: Marks extra Bloons, then proceeds to attack all Marked Bloons. Marked Bloons take more damage and give more cash. All Desperados can target Marked Bloons.
Wanderer	Desperado attacks faster, but loses attack speed when more Monkeys are placed nearby.	A Wanderer works best alone. Desperado attacks much faster, but not quite as fast the more Monkeys in each weapon's attack range.

Description

New Desperado Tower!
• A new Primary Monkey strolls into town! Desperado is a gunslinging Monkey that always has a pistol holstered and ready. Dual wield revolvers, add a rifle for long range work, or a short range shotgun for blastin' Bloons.
• A Tales Quest to introduce Desperado, and a Challenge Quest for any Hero, with the One Monkey Army Artifact from Rogue Legends!
• New Advanced map, Sunset Gulch. A high Bloon path spanning a gulch with a railway track that the MOABs follow.
• Plus balance changes, QoL improvements, Trophy Store Cosmetics and more!

Notes

• Ninja Kiwi included a joke balance change for Perma-Spike while also noting the "nerf" in their explanations for reworking Smart Spikes:

• xx5 Permaspike unchanged

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