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'''Version 51.0''' is the fifth major update to ''[[Bloons TD 6]]'' of 2025. It introduced the [[Ballistic Obliteration Missile Bunker]] [[Paragon]] for the [[Bomb Shooter (BTD6)|Bomb Shooter]] and the [[Three Mines 'Round]] [[map]].<ref name="51.0 preview">{{cite|url=https://www.reddit.com/r/btd6/comments/1o336pp/bloons_td_6_v510_update_preview/|title=Bloons TD 6 v51.0 - Update Preview!|publisher=Reddit|retrieved=10 oct 2025}}</ref>
'''Version 51.0''' is the fifth major update to ''[[Bloons TD 6]]'' of 2025. It introduced the [[Ballistic Obliteration Missile Bunker]] [[Paragon]] for the [[Bomb Shooter (BTD6)|Bomb Shooter]] and the [[Three Mines 'Round]] [[map]].<ref name="51.0 preview">{{cite|url=https://www.reddit.com/r/btd6/comments/1o336pp/bloons_td_6_v510_update_preview/|title=Bloons TD 6 v51.0 - Update Preview!|publisher=Reddit|retrieved=10 oct 2025}}</ref>
As part of a collaboration with the ''Masters of the Universe'' franchise from Mattel that began in [[Bloons TD 6 v46.0|version 46.0]], this update also introduces the [[Skeletor]] [[Hero Skin]] for [[Obyn Greenfoot (BTD6)|Obyn Greenfoot]] and the [[Havoc Staff]] [[Power]], alongside their introduction [[Quest (BTD6)|Quest]].
As part of a collaboration with the ''Masters of the Universe'' franchise from Mattel that began in [[Update history:Bloons TD 6/Version 46.0|version 46.0]], this update also introduces the [[Skeletor]] [[Hero Skin]] for [[Obyn Greenfoot (BTD6)|Obyn Greenfoot]] and the [[Havoc Staff]] [[Power]], alongside their introduction [[Quest (BTD6)|Quest]].
| changes 1 = *{{buff|Paragon limit is now applied per player and not globally}}
| changes 1 = *{{change|Paragon limit is now applied per player and not globally}}
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|version=51.0
|version=51.0
|tower=Dart Monkey
|tower=Dart Monkey
|changes 1=*{{buff|Spiked Balls can now bounce from map borders|note=5-X-X Ultra-Juggernaut projectiles also can bounce from map borders now but the split behavior takes priority. Paragon unchanged|undoc=y}}
|changes 1=*{{buff|Spiked balls can now bounce from map borders|note=5-X-X Ultra-Juggernaut projectiles also can bounce from map borders now but the split behavior takes priority. Paragon unchanged|undoc=y}}
|changes 1 tiers=3xx+
|changes 1 tiers=3xx+
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|quote 2=[...] Although, I guess we can mention early that Bomb Blitz itself has been balance changed so that it can now hit the leaking target that triggers it and can potentially prevent any life loss, [...]
|quote 2=[...] Although, I guess we can mention early that Bomb Blitz itself has been balance changed so that it can now hit the leaking target that triggers it and can potentially prevent any life loss, [...]
|quote 2 tiers=xx5
|quote 2 tiers=xx5
|changes 1=*{{buff|Ability: passive activation can damage triggering Bloon and potentially prevent life loss if this damage is enough to completely destroy the target}}
|changes 1=*{{buff|name=Ability|Passive activation can damage triggering Bloon and potentially prevent life loss if this damage is enough to completely destroy the target}}
*{{buff|Ability: First hit can now soak through MOAB-Class layers|undoc=y}}
*{{buff|name=Ability|First hit can now soak through MOAB-Class layers|undoc=y}}
*{{nerf|Ability: First hit can not affect MOABs or below|undoc=y}}
*{{nerf|name=Ability|First hit cannot affect MOABs or below|undoc=y}}
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|version=51.0
|version=51.0
|tower=Tack Shooter
|tower=Tack Shooter
|changes 1=*{{buff|Main attack: Now deals +5 bonus damage to Ceramic Bloons}}
|changes 1=*{{buff|name=Main attack|Now deals +5 bonus damage to Ceramic Bloons}}
*{{buff|Maelstrom ability: Now deals +8 bonus damage to Ceramic Bloons}}
*{{buff|name=Ability|Now deals +8 bonus damage to Ceramic Bloons}}
|changes 1 tiers=x5x
|changes 1 tiers=x5x
|quote 1=As it is primarily a small Bloon cleanup tower path, Super Maelstrom has struggled to keep up in the lategame, mostly because Super Ceramics don’t care how fast you’re spinning if you can’t break them so we’ve added a Ceramic bonus to the attack and ability.
|quote 1=As it is primarily a small Bloon cleanup tower path, Super Maelstrom has struggled to keep up in the lategame, mostly because Super Ceramics don’t care how fast you’re spinning if you can’t break them so we’ve added a Ceramic bonus to the attack and ability.
*{{buff|Main attack: Now deals +5 bonus damage to Ceramic Bloons}}
*{{buff|name=Main attack|Now deals +5 bonus damage to Ceramic Bloons}}
*{{buff|Ice Shards: Damage increased|5|10}}
*{{buff|name=Ice shards|Damage increased|5|10}}
*{{change|Description changed|"Bloons take huge damage while frozen including MOAB-Class Bloons."|"Bloons take huge damage while frozen, while Ice Shards rip through Ceramic Bloons like paper!"}}
*{{change|Description changed|"Bloons take huge damage while frozen including MOAB-Class Bloons."|"Bloons take huge damage while frozen, while Ice Shards rip through Ceramic Bloons like paper!"}}
|changes 1 tiers=5xx
|changes 1 tiers=5xx
|changes 2=*{{nerf|Global attack: Cannot longer freeze Camo, Lead, White or Zebra Bloons if it cannot damage them}}
|changes 2=*{{nerf|name=Global attack|No longer freezes Camo, Lead, White, or Zebra Bloons if it cannot damage them}}
*{{buff|Global attack: Now deals 1 {{BTD6 dt|5}} damage}}
*{{buff|name=Global attack|Now deals 1 {{BTD6 dt|5}}-type base damage}}
*{{buff|Global attack: Now deals +3 bonus damage to Ceramic Bloons}}
*{{buff|name=Global attack|Now deals +3 bonus damage to Ceramic Bloons}}
*{{buff|Absolute Zero ability: Now deals +4 bonus damage to Frozen Bloons}}
*{{buff|name=Ability|Now deals +4 bonus damage to Frozen Bloons}}
|changes 2=*{{buff|Damage over time: Now deals +4 bonus damage per tick to MOAB-Class Bloons}}
|changes 2=*{{buff|Now deals +4 bonus damage per tick to MOAB-Class Bloons}}
|changes 2 tiers=203
|changes 2 tiers=203
|changes 3=*{{buff|Damage over time: Now deals +9 bonus damage per tick to MOAB-Class Bloons}}
|changes 3=*{{buff|Now deals +9 bonus damage per tick to MOAB-Class Bloons}}
|changes 3 tiers=204
|changes 3 tiers=204
|changes 4=*{{nerf|No longer deals damage over time and instead deal 1 {{BTD6 dt|0}} damage when the glue is applied}}
|changes 4=*{{neutral|No longer deals damage over time and instead deals 1 {{BTD6 dt|0}}-type damage when the glue is applied}}
|changes 4 tiers=0x5+;105
|changes 4 tiers=0x5+;105
|changes 5=*{{buff|Glue duration for MOAB-Class Bloons increased|12s|18s}}
|changes 5=*{{buff|Glue duration for MOAB-Class Bloons increased|12s|18s}}
|changes 5 tiers=xx5
|changes 5 tiers=xx5
|changes 6=*{{buff|Damage over time: Now deals +19 bonus damage per tick to MOAB-Class Bloons}}
|changes 6=*{{buff|Now deals +19 bonus damage per tick to MOAB-Class Bloons}}
|changes 6 tiers=205
|changes 6 tiers=205
|quote 1=MOAB Glue’s always been a bit too clingy & its slow duration against MOABs has been further reduced while lasting longer at higher tiers to keep the base tower in check and give Glue Splatter & higher tiers more purpose in life. Meanwhile, Corrosive Glue now gains bonus MOAB damage so it can now try to serve as an alternate DPS hybrid. Super Glue’s baseline DoT is being replaced with a simple initial hit damage so it also requires the new 205 Crosspath to act as a DPS Hybrid
|quote 1=MOAB Glue’s always been a bit too clingy & its slow duration against MOABs has been further reduced while lasting longer at higher tiers to keep the base tower in check and give Glue Splatter & higher tiers more purpose in life. Meanwhile, Corrosive Glue now gains bonus MOAB damage so it can now try to serve as an alternate DPS hybrid. Super Glue’s baseline DoT is being replaced with a simple initial hit damage so it also requires the new 205 Crosspath to act as a DPS Hybrid
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*{{change|Description changed|Reduces ability cooldowns everywhere by 20%. While in radius, Heroes earn XP 50% faster and water Monkeys ability cooldowns are halved.|Reduces ability cooldowns everywhere by 20% and by 40% for Water based Monkeys. While in radius, Heroes earn XP 50% faster.}}
*{{change|Description changed|Reduces ability cooldowns everywhere by 20%. While in radius, Heroes earn XP 50% faster and water Monkeys ability cooldowns are halved.|Reduces ability cooldowns everywhere by 20% and by 40% for Water based Monkeys. While in radius, Heroes earn XP 50% faster.}}
|changes 1 tiers=5xx
|changes 1 tiers=5xx
|changes 2=*{{buff|First Strike ability: Damage to main target increased|10,000|20,000}}
|changes 2=*{{buff|name=Ability|Damage to main target increased|10,000|20,000}}
*{{buff|First Strike ability: Area of effect damage increased|350|1,000}}
*{{buff|name=Ability|Area of effect damage increased|350|1,000}}
|changes 2 tiers=x5x
|changes 2 tiers=x5x
|changes 3=*{{buff|All attacks: Now deal +1 damage to Fortified Bloons}}
|changes 3=*{{buff|All attacks now deal +1 damage to Fortified Bloons}}
|changes 3 tiers=xx4+
|changes 3 tiers=xx4+
|changes 4=*{{change|Description changed|Special AP darts gain increased damage and popping power, plus additional damage to MOAB class Bloons.|Special AP darts gain increased damage and popping power, plus additional damage to Fortified and MOAB class Bloons.}}
|changes 4=*{{change|Description changed|Special AP darts gain increased damage and popping power, plus additional damage to MOAB class Bloons.|Special AP darts gain increased damage and popping power, plus additional damage to Fortified and MOAB class Bloons.}}
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|quote 3=Pre-Emptive Strike’s ability is getting a serious boost, both in raw damage and AoE, so hopefully the upgrade can finally feel like a significant step up.
|quote 3=Pre-Emptive Strike’s ability is getting a serious boost, both in raw damage and AoE, so hopefully the upgrade can finally feel like a significant step up.
|quote 3 tiers=x5x
|quote 3 tiers=x5x
|quote 4=Finally Armour Piercing Darts, the upgrade that has had fans yelling ‘it doesn’t actually pierce armor!’ for years – it still won’t hit Leads (Not sorry). Now it grants bonus damage against Fortified targets.
|quote 4=Finally Armour{{sic}} Piercing Darts, the upgrade that has had fans yelling ‘it doesn’t actually pierce armor!’ for years – it still won’t hit Leads (Not sorry). Now it grants bonus damage against Fortified targets.
*{{buff|Cannonball attack: Bonus damage to Boss Bloons increased|+60|+80}}
*{{buff|name=Bomb attack|Bonus damage to Boss Bloons increased|+60|+80}}
|quote 1=Navarch’s sellback bonus is updating to match the new max stack value of Flavoured Trades so you don’t feel shortchanged on that bonus after upgrading. Cannon Boss Damage is also getting a bump as Navarch hasn’t been a popular pick for Bosses.
|quote 1=Navarch’s sellback bonus is updating to match the new max stack value of Flavoured Trades so you don’t feel shortchanged on that bonus after upgrading. Cannon Boss Damage is also getting a bump as Navarch hasn’t been a popular pick for Bosses.
|paragon quote=Navarch’s sellback bonus is updating to match the new max stack value of Flavoured Trades so you don’t feel shortchanged on that bonus after upgrading. Cannon Boss Damage is also getting a bump as Navarch hasn’t been a popular pick for Bosses.
|paragon quote=Navarch’s sellback bonus is updating to match the new max stack value of Flavoured Trades so you don’t feel shortchanged on that bonus after upgrading. Cannon Boss Damage is also getting a bump as Navarch hasn’t been a popular pick for Bosses.
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|version=51.0
|version=51.0
|tower=Wizard Monkey
|tower=Wizard Monkey
|quote 1 =
|paragon changes=*{{nerf|Maximum Mana reduced|100,000|99,999|note=This decreases the maximum Arcane Metamorphosis duration from 25s to 24s by eliminating the precise 100,000 Mana usage}}
|paragon changes=*{{nerf|Maximum Mana reduced|100,000|99,999|note=This decreases the maximum Arcane Metamorphosis duration from 25s to 24s by eliminating the precise 100,000 Mana usage}}
*{{buff|name=Phoenix Rebirth|Damage over time increased|2,500|3,500}}
*{{buff|name=Phoenix Rebirth|DoT damage per tick increased|2,500|3,500}}
|paragon quote=The Wizard Paragon has been truly popping off with Master Builder's help, it is getting a slight price increase to match its power, but actually also Phoenix Rebirth is also getting a buff to its damage as we didn't feel it was getting enough of the spotlight compared to the rest of the tower’s kit. Max Mana has been reduced by 1 to remove a frustrating ‘perfect timing’ window in Metamorphosis activation.
| quote 1=The Wizard Paragon has been truly popping off with Master Builder's help, it is getting a slight price increase to match its power, but actually also Phoenix Rebirth is also getting a buff to its damage as we didn't feel it was getting enough of the spotlight compared to the rest of the tower’s kit. Max Mana has been reduced by 1 to remove a frustrating ‘perfect timing’ window in Metamorphosis activation.
| quote 1=The Wizard Paragon has been truly popping off with Master Builder's help, it is getting a slight price increase to match its power, but actually also Phoenix Rebirth is also getting a buff to its damage as we didn't feel it was getting enough of the spotlight compared to the rest of the tower’s kit. Max Mana has been reduced by 1 to remove a frustrating ‘perfect timing’ window in Metamorphosis activation.
|quote 1 tiers=paragon
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*{{nerf|name=Large missile|Now has a minimum range of 75 units}}
*{{nerf|name=Large missile|Now has a minimum range of 75 units}}
*{{nerf|name=Large missile ($300−$2,000 in Military sacrifices)|Attack cooldown increased|3s|6s}}
*{{nerf|name=Large missile ($300−$2,000 in Military sacrifices)|Attack cooldown increased|3s|6s}}
*{{nerf|name=Large missile ($2,001−$15,000 in Military sacrifices)|Attack cooldown increased|1.5s|3s|note=Attack cooldown unchanged for $15,001+ (1s)}}
*{{rate change|name=Large missile ($2,001−$15,000 in Military sacrifices)|1.5|3|note=Attack cooldown unchanged for $15,001+ (1s)}}
|changes 1=*{{nerf|name=Arcane Blast|Projectile speed reduced|400 units/s|200 units/s|note=Update notes incorrectly state that is reduced to 300 units/s}}
*{{buff|Ice Jet ability: Ice Balls can now re-hit targets after bouncing from a map border|note=Previously they could only re-hit if bounced from an obstacle|fix=y}}
*{{buff|name=Ability|Projectiles can now re-hit targets after bouncing from a map border|note=Previously they could only re-hit if bounced from an obstacle|fix=y}}
*{{buff|name=Ability|Flood Now deals +70 bonus damage to Frozen Bloons}}
*{{buff|name=Ice Jet ability Flood|Can now apply Freeze and Permafrost to BADs and Boss Bloons|note=These Bloons won't be stopped for the Freeze but will take the extra damage, their speed is still reduced by Permafrost.|bug=y}}
*{{buff|name=Ability|Flood now applies Freeze and Permafrost to BADs and Boss Bloons|note=These Bloons won't be stopped for the Freeze but will take the extra damage, their speed is still reduced by Permafrost.|bug=y}}
|changes 2 tiers=x5x
|changes 2 tiers=x5x
|changes 3=*{{buff|name=Ability|Ice Balls can now bounce from map borders|note=X-5-X could already bounce from borders|undoc=y}}<!--not in nk patch notes-->
|changes 3=*{{buff|name=Ability|Projectiles can now bounce from map borders|note=X-5-X could already bounce from borders|undoc=y}}<!--not in nk patch notes-->
|quote 1=Engineer Paragon is no longer balanced due to its new ability, so we’re adjusting its base attack rate and range to bring it a little more back in line
|quote 1=Engineer Paragon is no longer balanced due to its new ability, so we’re adjusting its base attack rate and range to bring it a little more back in line
*{{nerf|Range decreased|70|60|note=Mega Sentries and Modified Paragon Sentries unchanged (70 and 50)}}
*{{nerf|Range decreased|70|60|note=Mega Sentries and Modified Paragon Sentries unchanged (70 and 50)}}
|paragon quote=Engineer Paragon is no longer balanced due to its new ability, so we’re adjusting its base attack rate and range to bring it a little more back in line
|paragon quote=Engineer Paragon is no longer balanced due to its new ability, so we’re adjusting its base attack rate and range to bring it a little more back in line
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|version=51.0
|version=51.0
|tower=Beast Handler
|tower=Beast Handler
|changes 1=*{{neutral|Piranha: Damage type changed|{{BTD6 dt|Sharp}}|{{BTD6 dt|Shatter}}}}
|changes 1=*{{neutral|name=Piranha|Damage type changed|{{BTD6 dt|Sharp}}|{{BTD6 dt|Shatter}}}}
|changes 1 tiers=1xx
|changes 1 tiers=1xx
|changes 2=*{{neutral|Barracuda: Damage type changed|{{BTD6 dt|Sharp}}|{{BTD6 dt|Shatter}}|note=3-X-X Great White unchanged ({{BTD6 dt|0}})}}
|changes 2=*{{neutral|name=Barracuda|Damage type changed|{{BTD6 dt|Sharp}}|{{BTD6 dt|Shatter}}|note=3-X-X Great White unchanged ({{BTD6 dt|0}})}}
|changes 2 tiers=2xx
|changes 2 tiers=2xx
|quote 1=Top Path Beast Handler relied heavily on grouping Bloons, which made it weak against Frozen Bloons which is a problem since Ice Towers are a nice way to set up those groups. To improve synergy, we’ve changed the Piranha’s damage type to properly motivate them at biting through ice like all Piranha do.
|quote 1=Top Path Beast Handler relied heavily on grouping Bloons, which made it weak against Frozen Bloons which is a problem since Ice Towers are a nice way to set up those groups. To improve synergy, we’ve changed the Piranha’s damage type to properly motivate them at biting through ice like all Piranha do.
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|quote=Jones has been a little too effective among the starter heroes, so we’re evening out his attack speed scaling to keep him strong without letting him scale quite as much into obscenity.
|quote=Jones has been a little too effective among the starter heroes, so we’re evening out his attack speed scaling to keep him strong without letting him scale quite as much into obscenity.
|changes 1=*{{change|MOAB Hex: Targeting priority should work correctly in the case of a tie|fix=y}}
|changes 1=*{{change|name=MOAB Hex|Targeting priority should work correctly in the case of a tie|fix=y}}
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|hero=Admiral Brickell
|hero=Admiral Brickell
|changes 1 levels=3+
|changes 1 levels=3+
|changes 1=*{{nerf|Naval Tactics: No longer affect amphibious towers (Mermonkeys, Ice Monkeys, Temples, Pat Fusty, Silas)<!--that's all the amphibious ones-->|fix=y|note=Removing amphibious interaction does not affect Level 8+ passive pierce buff to water towers}}
|changes 1=*{{nerf|name=Naval Tactics|No longer affect amphibious towers (Mermonkeys, Ice Monkeys, Temples, Pat Fusty, Silas)<!--that's all the amphibious ones-->|fix=y|note=Removing amphibious interaction does not affect Level 8+ passive pierce buff to water towers}}
|quote=‘Ampihibious Towers’ are no longer counted as ‘Water-based’ towards Brickell
|quote=‘Ampihibious Towers’ are no longer counted as ‘Water-based’ towards Brickell
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|quote=Sauda becomes quite strong for her simplistic play style, so we’re slightly reducing the power of her Lv20 abilities to keep things balanced at the high end.
|quote=Sauda becomes quite strong for her simplistic play style, so we’re slightly reducing the power of her Lv20 abilities to keep things balanced at the high end.
|changes 1 levels=20
|changes 1 levels=20
|changes 1=*{{nerf|Leaping Sword Main Strike:<!--"aoe" is ambig bc both aspects of leapingsword use aoe in some way--> Damage decreased|400|350}}
|changes 1=*{{nerf|Leaping Sword — Main Strike|Damage decreased|400|350}}
*{{nerf|Leaping Sword Main Strike: Bonus damage to small stunned, slowed or Bloons with "mutator" decreased|+200|+175|undoc=y}}
*{{nerf|Leaping Sword — Main Strike|Bonus damage to small stunned, slowed or Bloons with "mutator" decreased|+200|+175|undoc=y}}
*{{nerf|Leaping Sword Main Strike: Bonus damage to MOAB-Class stunned, slowed or Bloons with "mutator" decreased|+400|+350|undoc=y}}
*{{nerf|Leaping Sword — Main Strike|Bonus damage to MOAB-Class stunned, slowed or Bloons with "mutator" decreased|+400|+350|undoc=y}}
*{{nerf|Sword Charge: Bonus damage to small stunned, slowed or Bloons with "mutator" decreased|+110|+100|undoc=y}}
*{{nerf|name=Sword Charge|Bonus damage to small stunned, slowed or Bloons with "mutator" decreased|+110|+100|undoc=y}}
*{{nerf|Sword Charge: Bonus damage to MOAB-Class stunned, slowed or Bloons with "mutator" decreased|+220|+200|undoc=y}}
*{{nerf|name=Sword Charge|Bonus damage to MOAB-Class stunned, slowed or Bloons with "mutator" decreased|+220|+200|undoc=y}}
}}
}}
====[[Geraldo (BTD6)|Geraldo]]====
====[[Geraldo (BTD6)|Geraldo]]====
{{BTD6 changes
{{BTD6 changes table
| version = 51.0
| version = 51.0
| name = Geraldo
| name = Geraldo
| changes = {{{!}}class="wikitable"
|column 1 name=Item
!Item
|changes 1 names=Pet Rabbit
!Changes
|changes 1 label=[[Pet Rabbit]]
{{!}}-
|changes 1=
{{!}}[[Pet Rabbit]]
{{!}}{{BTD6 changes|name=Pet Rabbit|version=51.0
|changes=
*{{buff|Cost decreased|$2,000|$1,750}}
*{{buff|Cost decreased|$2,000|$1,750}}
|quote=Geraldo’s Rabbit felt pricey given the requirement of 4, so we’re reducing the cost to make it more reasonable.|hide quote=y
|quote=Geraldo’s Rabbit felt pricey given the requirement of 4, so we’re reducing the cost to make it more reasonable.
}}
|use quote for all names=y
{{!}}}
| quote = Geraldo’s Rabbit felt pricey given the requirement of 4, so we’re reducing the cost to make it more reasonable.
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|quote=Rosalia’s pierce value is unrealistically high for most base game rounds, so it is getting an accuracy buff at the cost of some of this pierce. This change should help improve average performance without reducing her effectiveness in most cases.
|quote=Rosalia’s pierce value is unrealistically high for most base game rounds, so it is getting an accuracy buff at the cost of some of this pierce. This change should help improve average performance without reducing her effectiveness in most cases.
*{{nerf|Scatter Missile: Pierce per missile decreased|50|40}}
*{{nerf|name=Scatter Missile|Pierce per missile decreased|50|40}}
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|version=51.0
|version=51.0
|hero=Silas
|hero=Silas
|priority=3
|quote=Silas’ launch felt solid overall but clearly a bit on the too-strong end, we’re reducing his attack wait time to improve its consistency while slightly reducing his power across many levels, keeping him strong without being quite so overwhelming.
|quote=Silas’ launch felt solid overall but clearly a bit on the too-strong end, we’re reducing his attack wait time to improve its consistency while slightly reducing his power across many levels, keeping him strong without being quite so overwhelming.
|changes 1 levels=1+
|changes 1 levels=1+
|changes 1=*{{buff|Main attack: Wait time before the Ice Orb is launched decreased|1s|0.5s|note=This means the Orb will stay for less time over Silas or an Ice Monkey before being launched, It does not affect the attack cooldown (1.4s)}}
|changes 1=*{{buff|name=Main attack|Wait time before the Ice Orb launches decreased|1s|0.5s|note=This means the Orb will stay for less time over Silas or an Ice Monkey before being launched, It does not affect the attack cooldown (1.4s)}}
|quote 1=We have started experimenting with using Pro Powers within legends and scaling powers within Legends more in general, and after this testing we wanted to make a couple improvements to the new Pro Powers & Battle Cat to make them more impactful.
|quote 1=We have started experimenting with using Pro Powers within legends and scaling powers within Legends more in general, and after this testing we wanted to make a couple improvements to the new Pro Powers & Battle Cat to make them more impactful.
|changes 1=*{{buff|name=Ability|Cooldown reduced|180s|120s|note=0-1-0 Mini Stormcaller cooldown unchanged (60s)}}
|changes 1 tiers=000;100+;001+
|changes 1 tiers=000;100+;001+
|quote 1=We have started experimenting with using Pro Powers within legends and scaling powers within Legends more in general, and after this testing we wanted to make a couple improvements to the new Pro Powers & Battle Cat to make them more impactful.
|quote 1=We have started experimenting with using Pro Powers within legends and scaling powers within Legends more in general, and after this testing we wanted to make a couple improvements to the new Pro Powers & Battle Cat to make them more impactful.
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| version = 51.0
| changes 1 names = Lych;Lych-soul
| changes 1 names = Lych;Lych-soul
| changes 1 = *{{neutral|Lych-soul: Should now be correctly affected by Boss Challenge rule modifiers|fix=y}}
| changes 1 = *{{neutral|name=Lych-soul|Should now be correctly affected by Boss Challenge rule modifiers|fix=y}}
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| version = 51.0
| changes 1 names = Dreadbloon;Dreadrock Bloon
| changes 1 names = Dreadbloon;Dreadrock Bloon
| changes 1 = *{{neutral|Dreadrock Bloons: Should now be correctly affected by Boss Challenge rule modifiers|fix=y}}
| changes 1 = *{{neutral|name=Dreadrock Bloon|Should now be correctly affected by Boss Challenge rule modifiers|fix=y}}
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| version = 51.0
| changes 1 names = Phayze
| changes 1 names = Phayze
| changes 1 = *{{buff|Unshielded speed decreased|0.9 units/s (0.036× Red Bloon Speed)|0.8 units/s (0.032× Red Bloon Speed)}}
| changes 1 = *{{nerf|Unshielded speed decreased|0.9 units/s (0.036× Red Bloon Speed)|0.8 units/s (0.032× Red Bloon Speed)}}
*{{buff|Shield health reduced (values presented here are per skull):}}
*{{nerf|Shield health reduced (values presented here are per skull):}}
**{{buff|Tier 1 Normal|2,500|2,375}}
**{{nerf|Tier 1 Normal|2,500|2,375}}
**{{buff|Tier 2 Normal|9,375|8,750}}
**{{nerf|Tier 2 Normal|9,375|8,750}}
**{{buff|Tier 3 Normal|43,750|40,000}}
**{{nerf|Tier 3 Normal|43,750|40,000}}
**{{buff|Tier 4 Normal|93,750|87,500}}
**{{nerf|Tier 4 Normal|93,750|87,500}}
**{{buff|Tier 5 Normal|375,000|362,500}}
**{{nerf|Tier 5 Normal|375,000|362,500}}
**{{buff|Tier 1 Elite|5,000|4,750}}
**{{nerf|Tier 1 Elite|5,000|4,750}}
**{{buff|Tier 2 Elite|30,000|27,500}}
**{{nerf|Tier 2 Elite|30,000|27,500}}
**{{buff|Tier 3 Elite|200,000|192,500}}
**{{nerf|Tier 3 Elite|200,000|192,500}}
**{{buff|Tier 4 Elite|800,000|775,000}}
**{{nerf|Tier 4 Elite|800,000|775,000}}
**{{buff|Tier 5 Elite|4,000,000|3,875,000}}
**{{nerf|Tier 5 Elite|4,000,000|3,875,000}}
| quote = Phayze has been very strong while also too random in its Bloon-pulling antics, so we’ve tightened the pull offsets and dialed back other stats.
| quote = Phayze has been very strong while also too random in its Bloon-pulling antics, so we’ve tightened the pull offsets and dialed back other stats.
| quote = I’ve finally memorized how to spell it: 'Blastapopoulos'. & I've been here since the concept was first added back in Bloons Monkey City 😅. Also the boss is kinda hard
| quote = I’ve finally memorized how to spell it: 'Blastapopoulos'. & I've been here since the concept was first added back in Bloons Monkey City 😅. Also the boss is kinda hard
|use quote for all names=y
}}
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===[[Rogue Legends]]===
===''[[Rogue Legends]]''===
{{BTD6 changes
{{BTD6 changes
| version = 51.0
| version = 51.0
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*{{nerf|CHIMPS Freeplay: Bloons HP scales faster past Stage 5|note=Details to be determined}}
*{{nerf|CHIMPS Freeplay: Bloons HP scales faster past Stage 5|note=Details to be determined}}
*{{nerf|Mini Games: Least Cash scaling changed|note=Details to be determined}}
*{{nerf|Mini Games: Least Cash scaling changed|note=Details to be determined}}
| changes 2 names = Rogue Legends;Phayze
| changes 2 = *{{buff|Final Boss: Phayze health reduced:}}
| quote = As T1 artifacts can easily be filled in with selected starting artifacts we felt a lot of starter teams didn’t stand out from the rest in too meaningful a way (other than starting towers), so to improve on this we’ve gone over a lot of the worse performing starter teams and upgraded their starter artifacts to higher tiers.
| changes 1 store = *{{buff|Cyber Quincy starting Artifact in Rogue Legends changed|Cold Steel Common|Cold Steel Legendary}}
| changes 2 names = Rogue Legends;Gwendolin
| changes 2 = *{{buff|Gwendolin|Flaming Hot Punch-A-Rang Common|Flaming Hot Punch-A-Rang Legendary}}
| changes 2 store = *{{buff|Gwendolin starting Artifact in Rogue Legends changed|Flaming Hot Punch-A-Rang Common|Flaming Hot Punch-A-Rang Legendary}}
| quote = As T1 artifacts can easily be filled in with selected starting artifacts we felt a lot of starter teams didn’t stand out from the rest in too meaningful a way (other than starting towers), so to improve on this we’ve gone over a lot of the worse performing starter teams and upgraded their starter artifacts to higher tiers.
| changes 1 store = *{{buff|Book Wyrm starting Artifact in Rogue Legends changed|Absolute Ability Rare|Absolute Ability Legendary}}
| changes 10 store = *{{neutral|Rosalia starting Artifact in Rogue Legends changed|Pincushion Flyby Common|Homing Projectiles Legendary|undoc=y}}
}}
{{BTD6 changes
| version = 51.0
| version = 51.0
| hide quote = 1
|names=Rogue Legends
|column 1 name=Hero
| quote = As T1 artifacts can easily be filled in with selected starting artifacts we felt a lot of starter teams didn’t stand out from the rest in too meaningful a way (other than starting towers), so to improve on this we’ve gone over a lot of the worse performing starter teams and upgraded their starter artifacts to higher tiers.
| quote = As T1 artifacts can easily be filled in with selected starting artifacts we felt a lot of starter teams didn’t stand out from the rest in too meaningful a way (other than starting towers), so to improve on this we’ve gone over a lot of the worse performing starter teams and upgraded their starter artifacts to higher tiers.
|changes 4=*{{nerf|Now correctly negates the damage of Desperados and 0-0-0 Beast Handlers|note=Beasts still deal damage as sub-towers are still excluded from the Artifact's drawback|fix=y}}
|changes 5=*{{neutral|Artifact reworked, now instead of granting Crit chance to Support towers, it grants them a chance to create a burst of tacks when their projectiles expire}}
*{{change|Description changed}}
{{compare text|before=Support Monkeys have a 1 in 20 chance to Crit for <amount>% damage|after=Attacks from Support Monkeys have a chance to burst into a ring of tacks, each tack dealing <amount> damage to <amount> Bloons}}
}}
}}
|-
|[[Homing Projectiles]]
|{{BTD6 changes
| version = 51.0
| changes = *{{buff|Now also affects Heroes, except projectiles that already seek targets (Adora, Obyn, Benjamin)}}
*{{nerf|Legendary: Bonus damage to MOAB-Class Bloons reduced|6.0×|5.0×}}
| names = Malicious Mauling
}}
|-
|[[One Monkey Army]]
|{{BTD6 changes
| version = 51.0
| changes = *{{nerf|Now it correctly negates the damage of Desperados and 0-0-0 Beast Handlers|note=Beasts still deal damage as sub-towers are still excluded from the Artifact's drawback|fix=y}}
| names = One Monkey Army
}}
|-
|[[The Unspoken Heroes]]
|{{BTD6 changes
| version = 51.0
| changes = *{{neutral|Artifact reworked, now instead of granting Crit chance to Support Monkeys, it grants them a chance to create a burst of Tacks when their projectiles expire}}
*{{change|Description changed|Support Monkeys have a 1 in 20 chance to Crit for 250% damage|Attacks from Support Monkeys have a chance to burst into a ring of tacks, each tack dealing 1 damage to 1 Bloons|note=Description of other rarities changed accordingly}}
| names = The Unspoken Heroes
}}
|}
==== [[List of rounds in Rogue Legends|Roundset]] ====
==== [[List of rounds in Rogue Legends|Roundset]] ====
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** In the "Now with more Bloons!" set (3 Reds) set, the Camo White group count is reduced to 22 and the White group count is increased to 22, group durations are the same as the regular set.
** In the "Now with more Bloons!" set (3 Reds) set, the Camo White group count is reduced to 22 and the White group count is increased to 22, group durations are the same as the regular set.
**In the "More Purples and faster Bloons. Bloon health is reduced" (Purple) set, the (Camo) Whites are replaced by (Camo) Purples.
**In the "More Purples and faster Bloons. Bloon health is reduced" (Purple) set, the (Camo) Whites are replaced by (Camo) Purples.
}}
====Bosses====
{{BTD6 changes table
|version=51.0
|name=Final Boss
|column 1 name=Boss
|changes 1 names=Dreadbloon (Rogue Legends)
|changes 1 label=[[Dreadbloon (BTD6)|Dreadbloon]]
|changes 1=*{{nerf|Speed reduction on Final Boss tiles increased|×0.4|×0.36}}
**Flying Fortress's previous pierce was incorrectly stated as 10, when it was actually 15.
**It claims Flying Fortress's pierce was 10 before the update, but it was actually 15.
**Temple Military missiles internally have +74 MOAB-class damage and 1 base damage, but was stated to be 75 in the update notes.
**It claims Sun Temple's Military missiles dealt 75 bonus damage to MOAB-Class before this update, but it actually dealt 1 base damage and +74 damage to MOAB-Class.
**It claims Sun Temple's Arcane Blast projectile speed was stated to have been reduced to 300 units/s, but it was actually reduced to 200 units/s.
**It claims Striker Jones' attack rate at level 16 was reduced to 0.4s, but it was actually reduced to 0.45s.
**It claims Blastapopoulos' Fireball stun duration at normal tier 3 was 2 seconds before this update, but it was actually 3 seconds.
*The update notes state that some of the balance changes are in response to "that entire 'Exceptionally Brief' feedback video on tower balance", presumably referring to a YouTube video titled "[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewjDQKhBsJs An Exceptionally Brief Tier List Of The Bloons TD6 Monkeys]".
*The update notes state that some of the balance changes are in response to "that entire 'Exceptionally Brief' feedback video on tower balance", presumably referring to a YouTube video titled "[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewjDQKhBsJs An Exceptionally Brief Tier List Of The Bloons TD6 Monkeys]".
*The update notes mention the addition of a limited time "2025 Halloween Banner" cosmetic item, but no such item exists.
*The update notes mention the addition of a limited time "2025 Halloween Banner" cosmetic item, but no such item exists.
*The update notes contain this section about [[Perma-Spike (BTD6)|Perma-Spike]]:
*The update notes contain this section about [[Perma-Spike (BTD6)|Perma-Spike]]:
:{{blockquote|Smiles brightly, but eyes flick left twice, right once, left again. “Everything is totally unchanged,” the words come evenly. “It’s the same, like always. Nothing to worry about.” Hands tremble slightly while skimming over the changelog for the 3rd… 7th… 25th time. “It’s all completely unchanged.” A wink lingers too long, then another flickers quickly; a bead of sweat traces down a temple. “Nothing has changed. Permaspike is absolutely SAFE here, nothing to ALERT anyone about.” A soft laugh that then cracks, a glance toward the door, fingers tap in three short, three long, three short patterns on the desk before stopping. “The same. Perfectly normal. Like always.”<br><br>Pause. Eyes dart to the corner of the room, then back to the camera. “And if anything had changed” — a chuckle, shifting in the chair, a heel tapping nervously — "I’d be the first to say something. But I haven’t. So clearly… it’s all under control.” A wrist rubbed absently, faint red marks left behind; eyes no longer meet the camera.<br><br>“You know how I am,” added, with a smile too wide, too static. “Always thorough. Everything documented, every line, over and over. Absolutely nothing out of place.” Another shift, blinking too often now. “Even if there was, it wouldn’t matter. What could really go wrong?” Leaning in closer, voice lowering slightly. “Besides, the system… is working. Always working just like it should!” Fingers grip the edge of the table tightly for a beat, then let go, knuckles pale.<br><br>Long blink. A slow, deliberate smile.<br><br>“Just like we rehearsed.”}}
{{blockquote|indent=1|Smiles brightly, but eyes flick left twice, right once, left again. “Everything is totally unchanged,” the words come evenly. “It’s the same, like always. Nothing to worry about.” Hands tremble slightly while skimming over the changelog for the 3rd… 7th… 25th time. “It’s all completely unchanged.” A wink lingers too long, then another flickers quickly; a bead of sweat traces down a temple. “Nothing has changed. Permaspike is absolutely SAFE here, nothing to ALERT anyone about.” A soft laugh that then cracks, a glance toward the door, fingers tap in three short, three long, three short patterns on the desk before stopping. “The same. Perfectly normal. Like always.”
Pause. Eyes dart to the corner of the room, then back to the camera. “And if anything had changed” — a chuckle, shifting in the chair, a heel tapping nervously — "I’d be the first to say something. But I haven’t. So clearly… it’s all under control.” A wrist rubbed absently, faint red marks left behind; eyes no longer meet the camera.
“You know how I am,” added, with a smile too wide, too static. “Always thorough. Everything documented, every line, over and over. Absolutely nothing out of place.” Another shift, blinking too often now. “Even if there was, it wouldn’t matter. What could really go wrong?” Leaning in closer, voice lowering slightly. “Besides, the system… is working. Always working just like it should!” Fingers grip the edge of the table tightly for a beat, then let go, knuckles pale.
Can no longer target DDTs if not able to damage Black Bloons
“
[...] Although, I guess we can mention early that Bomb Blitz itself has been balance changed so that it can now hit the leaking target that triggers it and can potentially prevent any life loss, [...] — Update notes
As it is primarily a small Bloon cleanup tower path, Super Maelstrom has struggled to keep up in the lategame, mostly because Super Ceramics don’t care how fast you’re spinning if you can’t break them so we’ve added a Ceramic bonus to the attack and ability. — Update notes
Super Brittle’s never stood out on its own which was fine for a tower whose job was making other things better, but recently after the addition of Silas we've started to feel its value is really too niche even for a support piece, so we’re cranking the numbers so it can actually break a few things itself. Absolute Zero on the other hand has enjoyed being busted lately, and thanks to a crosspathing bug fix also included this update will be getting even better, since it’s currently freezing everything imaginable we’re counter-balancing that with a nerf of increased damage and higher cost. — Update notes
Main attack: Now deals +5 bonus damage to Ceramic Bloons
Ice shards: Damage increased ― 5 → 10
Description changed ― "Bloons take huge damage while frozen including MOAB-Class Bloons." → "Bloons take huge damage while frozen, while Ice Shards rip through Ceramic Bloons like paper!"
MOAB Glue’s always been a bit too clingy & its slow duration against MOABs has been further reduced while lasting longer at higher tiers to keep the base tower in check and give Glue Splatter & higher tiers more purpose in life. Meanwhile, Corrosive Glue now gains bonus MOAB damage so it can now try to serve as an alternate DPS hybrid. Super Glue’s baseline DoT is being replaced with a simple initial hit damage so it also requires the new 205 Crosspath to act as a DPS Hybrid — Update notes
Some quality-of-life and consistency updates for base Desperado and its top path, we enjoyed the balancing act of trying to makeBlazing Sun's[sic] burn lead popping consistent but this didn't come through well so it is gaining base Lead popping. Avenger’s price is going down as it did too little damage for that price range. Meanwhile, The Desert Phantom gains extra initial damage to MOABs as well as Ceramic damage bonuses to the Burn mechanics so it can show up more prepared for Super Ceramics. — Update notes
Energizer’s cooldown reduction for nearby water towers has always felt excessive, so we’re dialing it back to 40%, still strong just not quite double uptime strong. Pre-Emptive Strike’s ability is getting a serious boost, both in raw damage and AoE, so hopefully the upgrade can finally feel like a significant step up. Finally Armour Piercing Darts, the upgrade that has had fans yelling ‘it doesn’t actually pierce armor!’ for years – it still won’t hit Leads (Not sorry). Now it grants bonus damage against Fortified targets. — Update notes
Ability cooldown reduction bonus to nearby water towers decreased ― −50% → −40%
Description changed ― Reduces ability cooldowns everywhere by 20%. While in radius, Heroes earn XP 50% faster and water Monkeys ability cooldowns are halved. → Reduces ability cooldowns everywhere by 20% and by 40% for Water based Monkeys. While in radius, Heroes earn XP 50% faster.
Description changed ― Special AP darts gain increased damage and popping power, plus additional damage to MOAB class Bloons. → Special AP darts gain increased damage and popping power, plus additional damage to Fortified and MOAB class Bloons.
Navarch’s sellback bonus is updating to match the new max stack value of Flavoured Trades so you don’t feel shortchanged on that bonus after upgrading. Cannon Boss Damage is also getting a bump as Navarch hasn’t been a popular pick for Bosses. — Update notes
Spectre is trying a new approach: darts are trading in pierce for higher single-target damage, while bombs lean more into AoE Ceramic cleanup to improve overall efficiency. These changes are mirrored on the Flying Fortress to keep the behavior consistent. — Update notes
MOAB Shove’s stalling potential was far too strong for how early and cheaply it becomes available, so we’re dialing back the ZOMG slow amount to keep its late-game impact more balanced. In return, Comanche Defense is getting an increase to these slowing capabilities, giving it the utility for controlling ZOMG movement. — Update notes
Should no longer be able to stack towers (bug fix)
Note: This attempts to fix an exploit where two separate Chinook abilities would be able to stack towers on top within a brief window between activating placements of different towers
No big shakeup for Mortar right now, but upon review of crosspaths we felt some low-end pricing wasn’t well balanced. These adjustments should improve early-game options without touching the core power of the tower. — Update notes
Ray of Doom was a hard carry through most rounds, but just never felt satisfying against round 100 for the price, so we’re giving the first target hit bonus a significant damage spike. — Update notes
The Wizard Paragon has been truly popping off with Master Builder's help, it is getting a slight price increase to match its power, but actually also Phoenix Rebirth is also getting a buff to its damage as we didn't feel it was getting enough of the spotlight compared to the rest of the tower’s kit. Max Mana has been reduced by 1 to remove a frustrating ‘perfect timing’ window in Metamorphosis activation. — Update notes
”
Tiers
Changes
Paragon
Paragon cost increased ― $750,000 → $800,000
Maximum Mana reduced ― 100,000 → 99,999
Note: This decreases the maximum Arcane Metamorphosis duration from 25s to 24s by eliminating the precise 100,000 Mana usage
We’ve been wanting to give the Military path of the Temple more long-range focus for a while, so this update pushes toward that goal. Single-target damage is getting a big boost, while the Missile attack becomes a pure long-range damage dealer. Golden Spectres are also seeing a rework similar to the regular Spectre changes happening for Monkey Ace aimed as an overall single-target DPS improvement — Update notes
Large missile: Can no longer target non-MOAB-Class Bloons (undocumented)
“
Sun Temple - Magic
The baseline power of Magic sacrifice leaned far too heavily on Mini Sun Avatars (The category was... pretty bad... until reaching 100% sacrifice value), so we’ve shifted some of that strength into making Arcane Blast hits, while Mini Sun Avatars are toned down to balance things out while keeping the overall unbuffed damage of this path roughly the same. We will also note in advance there are a couple more buffs to lower tiers here that we found weren’t working right but will be fixed in .1 or v52, this will not impact max-powered temples. — Update notes
A few attacks had been missed on the Ninja’s last distraction change and have now had their distraction distance properly standardized. The Ninja Paragon is also seeing a set of light adjustments, most notably the much requested rebalance to Sticky Bomb now with a slower attack rate to scale properly against Bosses at high degrees, while the main attack now also hits much harder against any Stickied targets. — Update notes
Total Transformation can now transform Desperado, simple enough, & don’t worry transformed Desperado still gets all their usual damage bonuses against Marked Bloons, so we’re interested to see what people can do with that. — Update notes
Mermonkey weren’t[sic] feeling they favoured their natural habitat enough, so their Water Placement bonus is getting a boost. Middle Path Mermonkey just isn’t putting in the work we hoped, so we’re giving a couple price adjustments, a pierce increase across all tiers, and some light ability improvements to make it feel more rewarding. — Update notes
”
Tiers
Changes
All tiers
Range bonus when placed in water increased ― +25% → +35%
Spike Paragon lost much of its punch against Bosses with the Mini-Storm rework, more than anticipated so we’re granting it adjustments to price, Controlled Burst duration, and the main projectile pierce is being halved while all damage values for this attack are at least doubled, overall improving performance and making sure the Paragon still feels impactful. — Update notes
Primary Mentoring has often felt like a low-value stepping stone, since its buffs are more situational than T3 or T5. To give it a bit more in the save up we’ve moved the T5 bonus range down into this upgrade. — Update notes
Description changed ― All Primary Monkeys in radius get tier 1 upgrades for free, increased range and reduced ability cooldowns. → Increased range. All Primary Monkeys in radius get tier 1 upgrades for free, increased range and reduced ability cooldowns.
Engineer Paragon is no longer balanced due to its new ability, so we’re adjusting its base attack rate and range to bring it a little more back in line — Update notes
”
Tiers
Changes
Paragon
Main attack: Attack cooldown increased ― 1s → 1.5s (attack speed reduced by 33.33%)
Range decreased ― 70 → 60
Note: Mega Sentries and Modified Paragon Sentries unchanged (70 and 50)
Top Path Beast Handler relied heavily on grouping Bloons, which made it weak against Frozen Bloons which is a problem since Ice Towers are a nice way to set up those groups. To improve synergy, we’ve changed the Piranha’s damage type to properly motivate them at biting through ice like all Piranha do. — Update notes
Jones has been a little too effective among the starter heroes, so we’re evening out his attack speed scaling to keep him strong without letting him scale quite as much into obscenity. — Update notes
Sauda becomes quite strong for her simplistic play style, so we’re slightly reducing the power of her Lv20 abilities to keep things balanced at the high end. — Update notes
Rosalia’s pierce value is unrealistically high for most base game rounds, so it is getting an accuracy buff at the cost of some of this pierce. This change should help improve average performance without reducing her effectiveness in most cases. — Update notes
”
Levels
Changes
3+
Scatter Missile: Spread radius decreased ― 40 units → 35 units
Scatter Missile: Pierce per missile decreased ― 50 → 40
Silas’ launch felt solid overall but clearly a bit on the too-strong end, we’re reducing his attack wait time to improve its consistency while slightly reducing his power across many levels, keeping him strong without being quite so overwhelming. — Update notes
”
Levels
Changes
1+
Main attack: Wait time before the Ice Orb launches decreased ― 1s → 0.5s
Note: This means the Orb will stay for less time over Silas or an Ice Monkey before being launched, It does not affect the attack cooldown (1.4s)
We have started experimenting with using Pro Powers within legends and scaling powers within Legends more in general, and after this testing we wanted to make a couple improvements to the new Pro Powers & Battle Cat to make them more impactful. — Version 46.0 update notes
Phayze has been very strong while also too random in its Bloon-pulling antics, so we’ve tightened the pull offsets and dialed back other stats. — Update notes
”
Unshielded speed decreased ― 0.9 units/s (0.036× Red Bloon Speed) → 0.8 units/s (0.032× Red Bloon Speed)
Radar Jam: Bloon pull distance decreased ― 5 − 40 units → 1 − 10 units
Health reduced:
Tier 1 Normal ― 10,000 → 9,500
Tier 2 Normal ― 37,500 → 35,000
Tier 3 Normal ― 175,000 → 160,000
Tier 4 Normal ― 375,000 → 350,000
Tier 5 Normal ― 1,500,000 → 1,450,000
Tier 1 Elite ― 20,000 → 19,000
Tier 2 Elite ― 120,000 → 110,000
Tier 3 Elite ― 800,000 → 770,000
Tier 4 Elite ― 3,200,000 → 3,100,000
Tier 5 Elite ― 16,000,000 → 15,000,000
Shield health reduced (values presented here are per skull):
I’ve finally memorized how to spell it: 'Blastapopoulos'. & I've been here since the concept was first added back in Bloons Monkey City 😅. Also the boss is kinda hard — Update notes
As T1 artifacts can easily be filled in with selected starting artifacts we felt a lot of starter teams didn’t stand out from the rest in too meaningful a way (other than starting towers), so to improve on this we’ve gone over a lot of the worse performing starter teams and upgraded their starter artifacts to higher tiers. — Update notes
Artifact reworked, now instead of granting Crit chance to Support towers, it grants them a chance to create a burst of tacks when their projectiles expire
Description changed
Before
After
Support Monkeys have a 1 in 20 chance to Crit for <amount>% damage
Attacks from Support Monkeys have a chance to burst into a ring of tacks, each tack dealing <amount> damage to <amount> Bloons
These changes are also applied to the "Bloons start fast and end slow" (Pink) set.
In the "Bloons spawn more densely" (Red, Blue Green) set, the Camo Zebra group count is reduced to 2 and duration changes from 0s − 36s to 0s − 24s. The group of 2 Regrow Zebras duration is changed to 12s − 36s
In the "Now with more Bloons!" (3 Reds) set, the Camo Zebra group is reduced to 3 with the same original duration (0s − 45s). The group of 2 Regrow Zebras duration is changed to 11.25s − 33.75s
In the "More Lead Bloons and DDTs" (Lead) set, the Camo/Regrow Zebras are replaced by Camo/Regrow Leads.
In the "Bloons start fast and end slow" (Pink), "Bloons spawn more densely" (Red, Blue Green), "More Lead Bloons and DDTs" (Lead), "More Purples and faster Bloons. Bloon health is reduced" (Purple) sets, Camo Purple and Zebra count is still decreased but the Regrow Purple and Zebra count remains the same.
Also, in the "Bloons spawn more densely" (Red, Blue Green) set, Camo Purple group duration is changed from 20.8s − 32s to 23.2s − 32s and the Camo Zebra group duration is changed from 24.4s − 28.4s to 26s − 29.2s.
In the "Now with more Bloons!" set (3 Reds) set, the Camo Purple group count is reduced from 10 to 8 and the Camo Zebra group count is reduced from 8 to 6. Group duration remains unchanged from previous version (26s − 40s and 30.5s − 35.5s respectively).
Round 14:
Camo White group count decreased ― 36 → 18
Camo White group duration decreased ― 5s − 45s → 5s − 44s
Added a group of 18 White Bloons (6.25s − 45.25s)
These changes are also applied to the "Bloons start fast and end slow" (Pink) set.
In the "Bloons spawn more densely" (Red, Blue Green) set, the Camo White group count is also reduced to 18 and the duration is changed from 4s − 36s to 4s − 35.2s and the White group appears at 5s − 36.2s.
In the "Now with more Bloons!" set (3 Reds) set, the Camo White group count is reduced to 22 and the White group count is increased to 22, group durations are the same as the regular set.
In the "More Purples and faster Bloons. Bloon health is reduced" (Purple) set, the (Camo) Whites are replaced by (Camo) Purples.
Ethan Reid's video is taken from an earlier build where the Ballistic Obliteration Missile Bunker is named the "Oblivion Missile Silo" and uses a recolored MOAB Eliminator portrait as a placeholder. Also, it depicted an earlier version of the Three Mines 'Round map with a darker theme and a different arrangement of costs to the crystal clusters.
The Bomb Shooter's upgrade menu in Ethan Reid's video
Early version of Three Mines 'Round map shown in the same video
It claims Flying Fortress's pierce was 10 before the update, but it was actually 15.
It claims Sun Temple's Military missiles dealt 75 bonus damage to MOAB-Class before this update, but it actually dealt 1 base damage and +74 damage to MOAB-Class.
It claims Sun Temple's Arcane Blast projectile speed was stated to have been reduced to 300 units/s, but it was actually reduced to 200 units/s.
It claims Striker Jones' attack rate at level 16 was reduced to 0.4s, but it was actually reduced to 0.45s.
It claims Blastapopoulos' Fireball stun duration at normal tier 3 was 2 seconds before this update, but it was actually 3 seconds.
The update notes state that some of the balance changes are in response to "that entire 'Exceptionally Brief' feedback video on tower balance", presumably referring to a YouTube video titled "An Exceptionally Brief Tier List Of The Bloons TD6 Monkeys".
The update notes mention the addition of a limited time "2025 Halloween Banner" cosmetic item, but no such item exists.
The update notes contain this section about Perma-Spike:
Smiles brightly, but eyes flick left twice, right once, left again. “Everything is totally unchanged,” the words come evenly. “It’s the same, like always. Nothing to worry about.” Hands tremble slightly while skimming over the changelog for the 3rd… 7th… 25th time. “It’s all completely unchanged.” A wink lingers too long, then another flickers quickly; a bead of sweat traces down a temple. “Nothing has changed. Permaspike is absolutely SAFE here, nothing to ALERT anyone about.” A soft laugh that then cracks, a glance toward the door, fingers tap in three short, three long, three short patterns on the desk before stopping. “The same. Perfectly normal. Like always.”
Pause. Eyes dart to the corner of the room, then back to the camera. “And if anything had changed” — a chuckle, shifting in the chair, a heel tapping nervously — "I’d be the first to say something. But I haven’t. So clearly… it’s all under control.” A wrist rubbed absently, faint red marks left behind; eyes no longer meet the camera.
“You know how I am,” added, with a smile too wide, too static. “Always thorough. Everything documented, every line, over and over. Absolutely nothing out of place.” Another shift, blinking too often now. “Even if there was, it wouldn’t matter. What could really go wrong?” Leaning in closer, voice lowering slightly. “Besides, the system… is working. Always working just like it should!” Fingers grip the edge of the table tightly for a beat, then let go, knuckles pale.
Oh no! Skeletor!
Ice to Meet You!
Ability: Transformation duration increased ― 3 rounds → 4 rounds 
Frozen Farms should no longer be able to produce Camo Bananas (bug fix)
Lych-soul: Should now be correctly affected by Boss Challenge rule modifiers (bug fix)
Gluesplosion
Homing Projectiles
Malicious Mauling
One Monkey Army
The Unspoken Heroes
The Bomb Shooter's upgrade menu in Ethan Reid's video
Early version of Three Mines 'Round map shown in the same video
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