Inferno Ring (BTD6)

For the upgrade in Bloons TD Battles 2, see Inferno Ring (Battles 2).

Inferno Ring

Deadly inferno of flame roasts Bloons into oblivion.

Tower	Tack Shooter — Path 1 — Tier 5
XP cost	32,500
Cash cost	$38,675 — Easy $45,500 — Medium $49,140 — Hard $54,600 — Impoppable

← Ring of Fire

Crucible of Steel and Flame →

Inferno Ring is the Tack Shooter's path 1 tier 5 upgrade in Bloons TD 6. The Inferno Ring's flame ring from Ring of Fire deals increased damage (8 damage and +4 MOAB-Class damage), gains +15 pierce (45 without 5-2-0), +11.5 range (34.5 base range), and attacks every 0.1 seconds (3.15x attack speed, or 68.25% reduced attack cooldown). Additionally, it gains a new meteor attack that seeks to any target on screen and ignores any other Bloons it passes, dealing 700 damage to the target and creating a high-damage burning blast upon expiring if it doesn't hit a Purple Bloon. The flame and meteor deal Fire-type damage, while the explosion does Explosion-type damage.

Mechanics

Meteor

The meteor seeks towards targets, dealing 700 Fire-type damage (1,000 with Even More Tacks) to the intended target(s) with infinite range, following standard targeting priorities. It has 1 pierce (2 with Super Range Tacks) that can be buffed, and once all pierce is used it creates an explosion that does 50 Explosion-type damage with 10 pierce and burns any non-Purple (50 damage per second for 4.1 seconds). The meteor is shot every 4 seconds. The meteor can only collide with the targeted bloon (therefore, it can't get blocked by other Bloons), and cannot retarget the same bloon twice (only applied when it has more than 1 pierce). If no new targets are found, the meteor will continue moving in the same direction and is able to escape the screen when no targets are on screen.

Monkey Knowledge

Inferno Ring's range is increased by 3 units with Big Inferno.

Stats

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

This data was last updated for: version 55.1

Tower
Display range 34.5 units Footprint radius 6 units Targeting options First Last Close Strong

Attack
Cooldown 0.1s Offset (X, Y, Z) 0, 0, 14.08 Targeting Close Targeting range 34.5 units Filters Cannot target Camo
Projectile Pierce 45 Damage 8 Damage to MOAB-Class +4 Damage type Fire Lifespan 0.05s Radius 36.5 units Filters Ignores Purple if its damage type cannot damage it Cannot hit Camo Ignores blockers

Meteor
Cooldown 4s Offset (X, Y, Z) 0, 0, 14.08 Targeting Depends on targeting option Targeting range ∞ units Filters Cannot target Camo
Ignores blockers
Projectile Pierce 1 Damage 700 Damage type Fire Speed 100 units/s Seeking distance ∞ units Seeking angle 360° Seeking rotation speed 130 °/s Lifespan 20s Radius 5 units Filters Cannot hit Camo Can only hit the target Ignores blockers Explosion Pierce 10 Damage 50 Damage type Explosion Lifespan 0.1s Radius 18 units Filters Cannot hit Camo Ignores blockers Damage over time Damage 50 Damage type Fire Duration 4.1s Interval 1s Layers ∞

5-1-0

Tower
Display range 34.5 units → 38.41 units

Attack
Targeting range 34.5 units → 38.41 units
Projectile Radius 36.5 units → 40.41 units

5-2-0

Tower
Display range 38.41 units → 42.32 units

Attack
Targeting range 38.41 units → 42.32 units
Projectile Pierce 45 → 60 Radius 40.41 units → 44.32 units

Meteor
Projectile Pierce 1 → 2

5-0-1

Attack
Projectile Damage 8 → 9

5-0-2

Attack
Projectile Damage 9 → 10

Meteor
Projectile Damage 700 → 1,000

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
5-0-0	$42,695	$50,230	$54,250	$60,275	$29,887	$35,161	$37,975	$42,193
5-1-0	$42,780	$50,330	$54,360	$60,395	$29,946	$35,231	$38,052	$42,277
5-2-0	$42,970	$50,555	$54,605	$60,665	$30,079	$35,389	$38,224	$42,466
5-0-1	$42,825	$50,380	$54,410	$60,455	$29,978	$35,266	$38,087	$42,319
5-0-2	$42,955	$50,530	$54,570	$60,635	$30,069	$35,371	$38,199	$42,445

Strategy

This section was last updated for: version 50.2

Inferno Ring has a difficult saveup in exchange for performing much better against MOAB class bloons, but is still only an average win condition that requires a lot of support. The high-damage meteor attack needs pierce buffs, such as Primary Training, Berserker Brew, and Stronger Stimulant, for it to do anything meaningful. Without a Symphonic Resonance to move bloons inside of its radius, Inferno Ring leaks too often to both DDTs and ceramics. An Overclock may be necessary if it struggles to pop bloons before they escape its range while also increasing the attack rate of the meteor. The targeting of the meteor should be set on Strong to get the most out of its single target damage.

Gwendolin is the best Hero for Inferno Ring because of her attack speed buffs. Bottom crosspath is better if Inferno Ring's pierce can be buffed for more overall damage. Otherwise, middle crosspath is better, as the +1 pierce to the meteor becomes more important without buffs.

Update history

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

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Version 6.0

•  Main attack: Damage to MOAB-class increased ― +3 → +6

Version 7.0

•  Main attack: Base damage increased ― 2 → 4

Version 8.0

•  Meteor attack added

Version 12.0

•  Meteor attack: Attack cooldown reduced ― 7s → 4s (attack speed increased by 75%)

Version 17.0

•  Meteor attack: Now creates an explosion on contact with the first Bloon that does damage and applies DoT
• Changed the visual effect of the fire bursts

Version 20.0

“

Inferno Ring has felt very outclassed for a long time, and more recently the tack shooter was reworked to give pierce on x2x which made the old 402 pierce crosspath not make as much sense anymore. We wanted to start work on both these issues together by reworking how Ring of Fire and Inferno Ring interact with crosspaths
— Update notes

”

5-0-1

•  More Tacks no longer grants Ring of Fire/Inferno Ring +10 pierce

5-0-2

•  Even More Tacks no longer grants Ring of Fire/Inferno Ring +10 pierce
  •  Stacks with changes to More Tacks; overall pierce of this crosspath reduced by 20
•  Even More Tacks now grants Ring of Fire/Inferno Ring +1 damage

5-1-0

•  Long Range Tacks now grants Ring of Fire/Inferno Ring +10 pierce

5-2-0

•  Super Range Tacks now grants Ring of Fire/Inferno Ring +10 pierce
  •  Stacks with changes to Long Range Tacks; overall pierce of this crosspath increased by 20

Version 21.0

“

The Ring of Fire & Inferno Ring upgrades recently received a crosspath functional rework, as we’re happy with the x2x range/pierce combo now this small follow-up is just to bring a bit more impact to the short-range 402 variant.
— Update notes

”

5-0-1

•  Damage increased ― 4 → 5

5-0-2

•  Damage increased ― 5 → 6

Version 22.0

•  Overall cost reduced by $1,000 (due to cost changes for previous tiers)

Version 25.0

“

Inferno Ring is priced high for a low single-target damage pierce based tower when pierce isn't as important at high rounds, so price has been reduced.
— Update notes

”

•  Upgrade cost reduced ― $50,000 → $45,500

Version 30.0

“

Inferno Ring itself feels ok but for the difficult saveup not so much, so as a bit of a buff we have added crosspathing to the Meteor attack.
— Update notes

”

5-2-0

•  Super Range Tacks now increases the pierce of the meteor attack by 1

5-0-2

•  Even More Tacks now increases the meteor attack's damage by 300

Version 31.2

•  Meteor Explosion: no longer has single-layer damage (undocumented)

Version 33.0

“

Ring of Fire should pick up in that area for cleanup use & general destruction but it has more pierce than it really needs in most scenarios with other important stats sitting lower to compensate for high pierce, so we have shifted this high pierce more into requiring the pierce crosspath in exchange for more base power and an overall buff. Inferno Ring’s meteor will now also follow target priority since that was a fun idea that was worth adding.
— Update notes

”

•  Main attack: Base damage increased ― 4 → 8
•  Main attack: MOAB-class bonus reduced ― +6 → +4
•  Meteor attack: Now follows Target Priority instead of locked on Strong
  • Note: Still defaults to Strong
•  Pierce reduced ― 60 → 40

Version 34.0

•  Meteor attack: Targeting now defaults to First instead of Close (bug fix)

Version 36.0

•  "Targeting priority inconsistency resolved" (bug fix)

Version 38.0

“

[...] Ring of Fire also generally has too high a pierce amount for how effective it is at utilizing its full pierce value.
— Update notes

”

•  Pierce reduced ― 40 → 30

5-1-0

•  Long Range Tacks no longer grants +10 pierce to Ring of Fire/Inferno Ring
  •  Stacks with a nerf to the base pierce; overall pierce with this crosspath reduced ― 50 → 30

5-2-0

•  Super Range Tacks grants more pierce to Ring of Fire/Inferno Ring ― +10 → +15
  •  Stacks with Long Range Tacks and a nerf to the base pierce; overall pierce with this crosspath reduced ― 60 → 45

Version 41.0

“

Inferno Ring didn’t need the pierce reduction that was last applied to Ring of Fire so we’re adding this back.
— Update notes

”

•  Main attack: Pierce increased ― 30 → 45
  • Stacks with X-2-X Super Range Tacks crosspath ― 45 → 60

Version 43.0

•  Overall cost reduced by $20 (due to cost changes for previous tiers)

Version 44.0

•  Meteor: explosion no longer hits camo without Camo detection (bug fix)

Version 56.0

•  Overall cost reduced by $80 (due to cost changes for previous tiers)

Gallery

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Trivia

• Its meteor attack targeting Camo Bloons was one of the longest-standing bugs in the game, lasting from version 8.0 to version 44.0.

In other languages

Language	Name / Description	Notes
Arabic	حلقة الجحيم جحيم اللهب القاتل يشوي البالونات ويجعلها في طي النسيان.	—
Danish	Inferno-ring Dødbringende flammeinferno som rister bloons til aske.	—
German	Inferno-Ring Ein tödliches Flammeninferno röstet Bloons ins Vergessen.	—
Spanish	Anillo infernal Unas llamas infernales calcinan a los bloons.	—
Spanish (LA)	Anillo infernal Unas llamas infernales calcinan a los bloons.	—
Finnish	Hornakehä Tappava liekkien kuumuus paahtaa bloonit unohduksiin.	—
French	Cercle de l'enfer Enfer mortel de flammes qui fait rôtir les Bloons jusqu'à annihilation.	—
Italian	Anello infernale Un letale inferno di fiamme capace di carbonizzare i bloon.	—
Japanese	猛火の輪 致命的な猛火がブルーンを忘却の彼方へと焼きつける。	—
Korean	지옥의 링 지옥의 화염이 풍선을 한 줌의 재로 만들어버립니다.	—
Dutch	Infernoring Dodelijke vlammenzee roostert Bloons tot as.	—
Norwegian	Inferno-ring Dødelig flammeinferno som griller bloons til det ugjenkjennelige.	—
Polish	Piekielny pierścień Śmiertelne piekło płomieni smaży blony i wysyła w nicość.	—
Portuguese (Brazil)	Anel Infernal Chamas infernais desintegram os Bloons.	—
Russian	Дьявольское кольцо Смертоносное огненное кольцо поджаривает шары до корочки.	—
Swedish	Infernalisk ring Dödligt eldhav bränner Bloons till aska.	—
Thai	วงแหวนอเวจี เพลิงนรกอันร้ายกาจเผาทำลายลูกโป่งให้สิ้นซาก	—
Turkish	Cehennem Halkası Ölümcül cehennem alevleri Bloon’ları yok olana kadar kızartır.	—
Chinese (simplified)	地狱戒指 熊熊烈焰会将气球燃为灰烬。	—
Chinese (traditional)	地獄戒指 地獄烈焰把氣球燒成灰燼。	—
This list was last updated for: version 43.1