Ancient Portal

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'''Ancient Portal''' is an [[Intermediate]] [[map]] in ''[[Bloons TD 6]]'', introduced in [[Bloons TD 6 ~~v45~~.0|version 45.0]]. It takes place in a nighttime landscape with portals controlled by a monkey near the bottom.

'''Ancient Portal''' is an [[Intermediate]] [[map]] in ''[[Bloons TD 6]]'', introduced in [[Update history:Bloons TD 6/Version 45.0|version 45.0]]. It takes place in a nighttime landscape with portals controlled by a monkey near the bottom.

==Layout==

Ancient Portal has one entrance, but can exit on one of two different paths, depending on which portal is open. The Bloons enter from the top-right and move in a spiral into a portal that teleports them to the active exit path. The straight path that exits on the right is slightly shorter than the one on the left, but it has no line-of-sight blocker with the entrance, meaning towers can attack both paths. It also has a small lake for water towers near it. The curved path that exits on the left is slightly longer than the one on the right, but is completely surrounded by [[line of sight]] blockers.

[[Boss Bloon|Boss Bloons]] take a unique route where they spawn near the bottom-right exit and move on the path in reverse, pass over both portal exits without teleporting, and continue moving to the exit on the bottom-left path.

== Mechanics ==

===Portal realignment===

Selecting the device at the bottom displays the option to "Realign Portal", which changes which side the portal connects to. By default, it connects to the right side. Realigning the portal is free, but there is a 10-second cooldown between uses. This does not affect the route that Boss Bloons take.

=== Hero pedestals ===

~~Ancient Portal contains~~ four pedestals~~, labelled by~~ crescent ~~shapes~~, which ~~each grant~~ two buffs to [[Hero|Heroes]] placed on them.

There are four pedestals with crescent symbols on them, each of which grants two different buffs to [[Hero|Heroes]] placed on them (not any other towers). The pedestal in the water can affect non-water Heroes placed on it using a terrain modifier, such as [[Arctic Wind (BTD6)|Arctic Wind]], but not platforms on towers like [[Pontoon (BTD6)|Pontoon]] or [[Carrier Flagship (BTD6)|Carrier Flagship]].

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|Inside the ~~water pool~~

|Inside the pond

|{{Icon|BTD6 MapBuffIconFasterCooldown.png|Activated Ability|Ability cooldown}} (-25%)

|{{Icon|BTD6 MapBuffIconHeroXP.png|Hero#XP_curves|Hero XP}} (+25%)

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=== Totems ===

~~{{Research|Totem damage after v48.0 change?|section=y}}~~

Popping Bloons within 70 units of the top-right portal charges up the totems next to them. The number of cracked bricks that are lit up indicates the current level of charge. It takes 15,000 pops to fully charge, but popping multiple layers in a single hit only counts as one pop. When fully charged, selecting the totems generates an explosion that deals 50 damage{{fn|The damage is supposed to increase by 3 per round (excluding the first round), but it does not due to a bug.}} to all Bloons on-screen and stuns them for 9 seconds, then resets their charge.

~~When 15,000~~ Bloons ~~are popped~~ within 70 ~~[[Unit|~~units]] of the top-right portal, the 3 totems ~~can be activated to create an explosion. When activated, it deals <math>50+3(\text{round}-1)</math> damage~~ to ~~all Bloons on screen and stuns~~ them ~~for 9 seconds~~.

~~==Layout==~~

~~Ancient Portal has a unique map layout~~. It ~~has one entrance~~, but ~~has two different exits. Only~~ one ~~exit is active at a time, depending on which portal is open~~.

~~Clicking the monkey near the bottom of the map gives the option to "Realign Portal"~~, ~~which affects what path~~ the ~~Bloons come out from after reaching the portal. Realigning the portal is free. There~~ is ~~a cooldown before realigning the portal~~ to ~~the other path.~~

~~A straight path~~ (to the ~~right of the map~~) ~~is activated by default. It is slightly shorter than the one on the left~~, but it ~~has no line-of-sight blocker with the entrance, meaning towers can attack both paths. It also has~~ a ~~small lake for water towers near it~~.

~~A curved path (~~to ~~the left of the map) is slightly longer than the one~~ on ~~the right, but there are line of sight blockers around it, meaning only elevated towers or "flying" towers can see through~~ them.

~~Unlike other types of Bloons~~, ~~[[Boss Bloon|Boss Bloons]] spawn near the exit of the bottom right path and move directly to the bottom left path. Which portal is open does not matter~~.

==Strategy==

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== Trivia ==

*~~Until~~ [[Bloons TD 6 ~~v54~~.0|version 54.0]]~~, Ancient Portal was an Advanced map, being the only map so far to drop in map difficulty~~.

*Ancient Portal is the first and currently only map in ''[[Bloons TD 6]]'' that changed to a different [[map difficulty]] in an update, switching from Advanced to Intermediate in [[Update history:Bloons TD 6/Version 54.0|version 54.0]].

==Footnotes==

==References==

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-'''Ancient Portal''' is an [[Intermediate]] [[map]] in ''[[Bloons TD 6]]'', introduced in [[Bloons TD 6 v45.0|version 45.0]]. It takes place in a nighttime landscape with portals controlled by a monkey near the bottom.
+'''Ancient Portal''' is an [[Intermediate]] [[map]] in ''[[Bloons TD 6]]'', introduced in [[Update history:Bloons TD 6/Version 45.0|version 45.0]]. It takes place in a nighttime landscape with portals controlled by a monkey near the bottom.
+==Layout==
+Ancient Portal has one entrance, but can exit on one of two different paths, depending on which portal is open. The Bloons enter from the top-right and move in a spiral into a portal that teleports them to the active exit path. The straight path that exits on the right is slightly shorter than the one on the left, but it has no line-of-sight blocker with the entrance, meaning towers can attack both paths. It also has a small lake for water towers near it. The curved path that exits on the left is slightly longer than the one on the right, but is completely surrounded by [[line of sight]] blockers.
+[[Boss Bloon|Boss Bloons]] take a unique route where they spawn near the bottom-right exit and move on the path in reverse, pass over both portal exits without teleporting, and continue moving to the exit on the bottom-left path.
 == Mechanics ==
+===Portal realignment===
+Selecting the device at the bottom displays the option to "Realign Portal", which changes which side the portal connects to. By default, it connects to the right side. Realigning the portal is free, but there is a 10-second cooldown between uses. This does not affect the route that Boss Bloons take.
 === Hero pedestals ===
-Ancient Portal contains four pedestals, labelled by crescent shapes, which each grant two buffs to [[Hero|Heroes]] placed on them.
+There are four pedestals with crescent symbols on them, each of which grants two different buffs to [[Hero|Heroes]] placed on them (not any other towers). The pedestal in the water can affect non-water Heroes placed on it using a terrain modifier, such as [[Arctic Wind (BTD6)|Arctic Wind]], but not platforms on towers like [[Pontoon (BTD6)|Pontoon]] or [[Carrier Flagship (BTD6)|Carrier Flagship]].
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 |{{Icon|BTD6 MapBuffIconRange.png|Range}} (+30%)
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-|Inside the water pool
+|Inside the pond
 |{{Icon|BTD6 MapBuffIconFasterCooldown.png|Activated Ability|Ability cooldown}} (-25%)
 |{{Icon|BTD6 MapBuffIconHeroXP.png|Hero#XP_curves|Hero XP}} (+25%)
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 === Totems ===
-{{Research|Totem damage after v48.0 change?|section=y}}
+Popping Bloons within 70 units of the top-right portal charges up the totems next to them. The number of cracked bricks that are lit up indicates the current level of charge. It takes 15,000 pops to fully charge, but popping multiple layers in a single hit only counts as one pop. When fully charged, selecting the totems generates an explosion that deals 50 damage{{fn|The damage is supposed to increase by 3 per round (excluding the first round), but it does not due to a bug.}} to all Bloons on-screen and stuns them for 9 seconds, then resets their charge.
-When 15,000 Bloons are popped within 70 [[Unit|units]] of the top-right portal, the 3 totems can be activated to create an explosion. When activated, it deals <math>50+3(\text{round}-1)</math> damage to all Bloons on screen and stuns them for 9 seconds.
-==Layout==
-Ancient Portal has a unique map layout. It has one entrance, but has two different exits. Only one exit is active at a time, depending on which portal is open.
-Clicking the monkey near the bottom of the map gives the option to "Realign Portal", which affects what path the Bloons come out from after reaching the portal. Realigning the portal is free. There is a cooldown before realigning the portal to the other path.
-A straight path (to the right of the map) is activated by default. It is slightly shorter than the one on the left, but it has no line-of-sight blocker with the entrance, meaning towers can attack both paths. It also has a small lake for water towers near it.
-A curved path (to the left of the map) is slightly longer than the one on the right, but there are line of sight blockers around it, meaning only elevated towers or "flying" towers can see through them.
-Unlike other types of Bloons, [[Boss Bloon|Boss Bloons]] spawn near the exit of the bottom right path and move directly to the bottom left path. Which portal is open does not matter.
 ==Strategy==
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 == Trivia ==
-*Until [[Bloons TD 6 v54.0|version 54.0]], Ancient Portal was an Advanced map, being the only map so far to drop in map difficulty.
+*Ancient Portal is the first and currently only map in ''[[Bloons TD 6]]'' that changed to a different [[map difficulty]] in an update, switching from Advanced to Intermediate in [[Update history:Bloons TD 6/Version 54.0|version 54.0]].
+==Footnotes==
+{{footnotes}}
 ==References==

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