Tack Shooter (BTD6)

Tack Shooter iterations: BTD1 • BTD2 • BTD3 • BTD4 • BTD5 • Battles • BMC • BTD6 • Battles 2 • BCS • Bloons Blitz

Tack Shooter

Shoots a short-range volley of sharp tacks in 8 directions.

Unlock method(s)	Choose at levels 2–6
Category	Primary
Cost	$220 — Easy $260 — Medium $280 — Hard $310 — Impoppable
Hotkey	R
Introduced	Launch

The Tack Shooter is a Primary tower in Bloons TD 6. It attacks by firing a volley of 8 tacks at a very short range, with each tack aimed at a fixed 45 degrees apart. Each tack pops one Bloon (allowing for up to eight pops per shot) and cannot pop frozen Bloons or Lead Bloons. It attacks every 1.12s.

It can be upgraded to attack with fire, blades, or many more tacks. It has upgrades for attack speed, range and pierce, and projectile count.

Upgrades

Path 1

Faster Shooting XP cost: 150
	Shoots tacks faster. Easy Medium Hard Impoppable $125 $150 $160 $180

Even Faster Shooting XP cost: 550
	Shoots tacks even faster. Easy Medium Hard Impoppable $255 $300 $325 $360

Hot Shots XP cost: 2,400
	Shoots superhot tacks that do extra damage and can pop Lead Bloons. Easy Medium Hard Impoppable $510 $600 $650 $720

Ring of Fire XP cost: 9,500
	Damages many more Bloons with a deadly ring of flame instead of tacks. Easy Medium Hard Impoppable $2,975 $3,500 $3,780 $4,200

Inferno Ring XP cost: 32,500
	Deadly inferno of flame roasts Bloons into oblivion. Easy Medium Hard Impoppable $38,675 $45,500 $49,140 $54,600

Path 2

Long Range Tacks XP cost: 140
	Tacks fly out further than normal. Easy Medium Hard Impoppable $85 $100 $110 $120

Super Range Tacks XP cost: 500
	Even longer range tacks that can pop more Bloons. Easy Medium Hard Impoppable $190 $225 $245 $270

Blade Shooter XP cost: 2,300
	Switches tacks out for ultra-sharp, high pierce blades that can shatter frozen Bloons. Easy Medium Hard Impoppable $465 $550 $595 $660

Blade Maelstrom XP cost: 9,000
	Blade Maelstrom ability: Covers the area in a storm of blades. Easy Medium Hard Impoppable $2,295 $2,700 $2,915 $3,240

Super Maelstrom XP cost: 28,000
	Even more powerful Maelstrom ability and lasts longer. Easy Medium Hard Impoppable $12,750 $15,000 $16,200 $18,000

Path 3

More Tacks XP cost: 150
	Shoots 10 tacks instead of 8, plus increases Ring of Fire damage. Easy Medium Hard Impoppable $95 $110 $120 $130

Even More Tacks XP cost: 490
	Shoots out 12 tacks per shot and increases Ring of Fire damage further. Easy Medium Hard Impoppable $95 $110 $120 $130

Tack Sprayer XP cost: 2,450
	Sprays out 16 higher pierce tacks per volley. Easy Medium Hard Impoppable $380 $450 $485 $540

Overdrive XP cost: 8,750
	Shoots incredibly fast. Easy Medium Hard Impoppable $2,720 $3,200 $3,455 $3,840

The Tack Zone XP cost: 26,500
	Many, many tacks. Easy Medium Hard Impoppable $17,000 $20,000 $21,600 $24,000

Paragon

Crucible of Steel and Flame XP cost: 500,000
	Spinning blades of Bloon immolation! Easy Medium Hard Impoppable $170,000 $200,000 $216,000 $240,000

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 23 units Footprint radius 6 units Targeting options Close

Attack
Cooldown 1.12s Offset (X, Y, Z) 0, 0, 5.11 Targeting Depends on targeting option Targeting range 23 units Filters Cannot target Camo
Projectile Count 8 Angle 360° Pierce 1 Damage 1 Damage type Sharp Speed 160 units/s Lifespan 0.2s Radius 0 units Filters Cannot hit Camo

Related Monkey Knowledge

This list does not include Monkey Knowledge that affects all Primary towers.

Monkey Knowledge	Cost	Prerequisites	Introduced
Fast Tack Attacks Tack Shooter attack speed increased by 8%.	Free	—	Launch
Increased Lifespan Longer projectile lifespan for Dart Monkey, Bomb Shooter, Tack Shooter and Glue Gunner.	Free	—	Launch
Hard Tacks Tack Shooter tacks can pop Frozen Bloons.	Free	Fast Tack Attacks	Launch
Poppy Blades Blade Shooter upgrade gets +2 pierce.	Free	Hard Tacks	Launch
Big Inferno Inferno Ring upgrade gets +3 burst radius.	Free	5 invested Poppy Blades	Launch

Rogue Legends

Starter parties with Tack Shooters

Item	Insta Monkey 1	Insta Monkey 2	Artifact
Gwendolin	1-1-0 Tack Shooter	0-2-0 Wizard Monkey	Flaming Hot Punch-A-Rang Legendary
Pat Fusty	0-2-0 Tack Shooter	2-0-0 Spike Factory	Heightened Perception Legendary
Geraldo	0-1-0 Beast Handler	0-1-2 Tack Shooter	Bargaining Chip Legendary
Viking Sauda	2-0-0 Bomb Shooter	0-3-0 Tack Shooter	Ceramic Chunker Legendary
Galaxili	2-0-0 Tack Shooter	0-0-2 Mortar Monkey	Quantum Leap Common
Gentlemonkey Gadgeteer	0-3-0 Tack Shooter	0-2-0 Wizard Monkey	Innate Ability Legendary

Artifacts that add Tack Shooters

Artifact	Common	Rare	Legendary
Trick Shot A-Tacks	1-1-0 Tack Shooter	1-2-0 Tack Shooter	0-2-0 Tack Shooter

Artifacts that affect Tack Shooters

This list does not include Artifacts that affect all Primary towers, or all towers.

Artifact	Common effect	Rare effect	Legendary effect
Follow Me	Dart Monkeys, Boomerang Monkeys, Bomb Shooters, Tack Shooters, Super Monkeys, Druids, and Mermonkeys follow cursor like a Dartling Gunner with a turn rate of 180, and constantly fire as long as Bloons are on screen. Attack speed reduced by 17%	Dart Monkeys, Boomerang Monkeys, Bomb Shooters, Tack Shooters, Super Monkeys, Druids, and Mermonkeys follow cursor like a Dartling Gunner with a turn rate of 300, and constantly fire as long as Bloons are on screen. Attack speed reduced by 9%	Dart Monkeys, Boomerang Monkeys, Bomb Shooters, Tack Shooters, Super Monkeys, Druids, and Mermonkeys follow cursor like a Dartling Gunner with a turn rate of 500, and constantly fire as long as Bloons are on screen. Attack speed reduced by 5%
Homing Projectiles	—	—	Grants homing projectiles for Dart Monkey, Bomb Shooter, Tack Shooter, Super Monkey, Druid, Engineer, Dartling Gunner and all Heroes
Trick Shot A-Tacks	Tack Shooter projectiles rebound off obstacles. Range and projectile lifespan increased 50%. Adds a 1-1-0 Tack Shooter to your Party	Tack Shooter projectiles rebound off obstacles. Range and projectile lifespan increased 100%. Adds a 1-2-0 Tack Shooter to your Party	Tack Shooter projectiles rebound off obstacles. Range and projectile lifespan increased 200%. Adds a 0-2-0 Tack Shooter to your Party

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
0-0-0	$220	$260	$280	$310	$154	$182	$196	$217
1-0-0	$345	$410	$440	$490	$242	$287	$308	$343
1-1-0	$430	$510	$550	$610	$301	$357	$385	$427
1-0-1	$440	$520	$560	$620	$308	$364	$392	$434
0-1-0	$305	$360	$390	$430	$214	$252	$273	$301
0-1-1	$400	$470	$510	$560	$280	$329	$357	$392
0-0-1	$315	$370	$400	$440	$221	$259	$280	$308
2-0-0	$600	$710	$765	$850	$420	$497	$536	$595
2-1-0	$685	$810	$875	$970	$480	$567	$613	$679
2-2-0	$875	$1,035	$1,120	$1,240	$613	$725	$784	$868
2-0-1	$695	$820	$885	$980	$487	$574	$620	$686
2-0-2	$790	$930	$1,005	$1,110	$553	$651	$704	$777
0-2-0	$495	$585	$635	$700	$347	$410	$445	$490
1-2-0	$620	$735	$795	$880	$434	$515	$557	$616
0-2-1	$590	$695	$755	$830	$413	$487	$529	$581
0-2-2	$685	$805	$875	$960	$480	$564	$613	$672
0-0-2	$410	$480	$520	$570	$287	$336	$364	$399
1-0-2	$535	$630	$680	$750	$375	$441	$476	$525
0-1-2	$495	$580	$630	$690	$347	$406	$441	$483
3-0-0	$1,110	$1,310	$1,415	$1,570	$777	$917	$991	$1,099
3-1-0	$1,195	$1,410	$1,525	$1,690	$837	$987	$1,068	$1,183
3-2-0	$1,385	$1,635	$1,770	$1,960	$970	$1,145	$1,239	$1,372
3-0-1	$1,205	$1,420	$1,535	$1,700	$844	$994	$1,075	$1,190
3-0-2	$1,300	$1,530	$1,655	$1,830	$910	$1,071	$1,159	$1,281
0-3-0	$960	$1,135	$1,230	$1,360	$672	$795	$861	$952
1-3-0	$1,085	$1,285	$1,390	$1,540	$760	$900	$973	$1,078
2-3-0	$1,340	$1,585	$1,715	$1,900	$938	$1,110	$1,201	$1,330
0-3-1	$1,055	$1,245	$1,350	$1,490	$739	$872	$945	$1,043
0-3-2	$1,150	$1,355	$1,470	$1,620	$805	$949	$1,029	$1,134
0-0-3	$790	$930	$1,005	$1,110	$553	$651	$704	$777
1-0-3	$915	$1,080	$1,165	$1,290	$641	$756	$816	$903
2-0-3	$1,170	$1,380	$1,490	$1,650	$819	$966	$1,043	$1,155
0-1-3	$875	$1,030	$1,115	$1,230	$613	$721	$781	$861
0-2-3	$1,065	$1,255	$1,360	$1,500	$746	$879	$952	$1,050
4-0-0	$4,085	$4,810	$5,195	$5,770	$2,860	$3,367	$3,637	$4,039
4-1-0	$4,170	$4,910	$5,305	$5,890	$2,919	$3,437	$3,714	$4,123
4-2-0	$4,360	$5,135	$5,550	$6,160	$3,052	$3,595	$3,885	$4,312
4-0-1	$4,180	$4,920	$5,315	$5,900	$2,926	$3,444	$3,721	$4,130
4-0-2	$4,275	$5,030	$5,435	$6,030	$2,993	$3,521	$3,805	$4,221
0-4-0	$3,255	$3,835	$4,145	$4,600	$2,279	$2,685	$2,902	$3,220
1-4-0	$3,380	$3,985	$4,305	$4,780	$2,366	$2,790	$3,014	$3,346
2-4-0	$3,635	$4,285	$4,630	$5,140	$2,545	$3,000	$3,241	$3,598
0-4-1	$3,350	$3,945	$4,265	$4,730	$2,345	$2,762	$2,986	$3,311
0-4-2	$3,445	$4,055	$4,385	$4,860	$2,412	$2,839	$3,070	$3,402
0-0-4	$3,510	$4,130	$4,460	$4,950	$2,457	$2,891	$3,122	$3,465
1-0-4	$3,635	$4,280	$4,620	$5,130	$2,545	$2,996	$3,234	$3,591
2-0-4	$3,890	$4,580	$4,945	$5,490	$2,723	$3,206	$3,462	$3,843
0-1-4	$3,595	$4,230	$4,570	$5,070	$2,517	$2,961	$3,199	$3,549
0-2-4	$3,785	$4,455	$4,815	$5,340	$2,650	$3,119	$3,371	$3,738
5-0-0	$42,760	$50,310	$54,335	$60,370	$29,932	$35,217	$38,035	$42,259
5-1-0	$42,845	$50,410	$54,445	$60,490	$29,992	$35,287	$38,112	$42,343
5-2-0	$43,035	$50,635	$54,690	$60,760	$30,125	$35,445	$38,283	$42,532
5-0-1	$42,855	$50,420	$54,455	$60,500	$29,999	$35,294	$38,119	$42,350
5-0-2	$42,950	$50,530	$54,575	$60,630	$30,065	$35,371	$38,203	$42,441
0-5-0	$16,005	$18,835	$20,345	$22,600	$11,204	$13,185	$14,242	$15,820
1-5-0	$16,130	$18,985	$20,505	$22,780	$11,291	$13,290	$14,354	$15,946
2-5-0	$16,385	$19,285	$20,830	$23,140	$11,470	$13,500	$14,581	$16,198
0-5-1	$16,100	$18,945	$20,465	$22,730	$11,270	$13,262	$14,326	$15,911
0-5-2	$16,195	$19,055	$20,585	$22,860	$11,337	$13,339	$14,410	$16,002
0-0-5	$20,510	$24,130	$26,060	$28,950	$14,357	$16,891	$18,242	$20,265
1-0-5	$20,635	$24,280	$26,220	$29,130	$14,445	$16,996	$18,354	$20,391
2-0-5	$20,890	$24,580	$26,545	$29,490	$14,623	$17,206	$18,582	$20,643
0-1-5	$20,595	$24,230	$26,170	$29,070	$14,417	$16,961	$18,319	$20,349
0-2-5	$20,785	$24,455	$26,415	$29,340	$14,550	$17,119	$18,491	$20,538

Strategy

For more in-depth strategies, see Strategy:Tack Shooter (BTD6).

This section was last updated for: version 55.2

Tack Shooters generally have poor range but compensate significantly by its high projectile count and reasonably good attack speed. This makes them very receptive to flat damage and pierce buffs. It is preferred to place them around corners and tight curves to maximize use of its projectiles, even if the Tack Shooter gains high range. Its early-game is decent, and has a solid mid-game and late-game when supported by buffs.

The first path focuses on attack speed and eventually adds high raw damage. Ring of Fire and Inferno Ring trade off tacks for single flame rings that have high pierce and damage and benefit much better with extra range; maximize their track coverage, still preferrably around tight regions.

The second path is primarily focused on range and pierce, with Super Range Tacks providing a significant boost to those stat bonuses for any Tack Shooter. Its activated abilities in particular have significantly high pierce, making them powerful in Race scenarios.

The third path focuses on making many projectiles per second. This path's main strength is ripping MOAB-Class Bloons by spawning tacks on top of them, and works very well with flat damage buffs (e.g. Berserker Brew) and Bloon damage debuffs (e.g. Embrittlement) due to the high projectile count of these Tack Shooters. All of these upgrades usually prefer the attack speed crosspath to maximize shots.

Update history

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

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Version 43.0

“

Tack is a very powerful base tower technically, but it is unable to achieve high uptime of that potential power in many early rounds, so some base cost is moving into the cheaper xx1 and xx2 upgrades to make it easier for other towers to start alongside the tack.
— Update notes

”

•  Cost reduced ― $280 → $260

Version 46.0

“

Every Tack Shooter Tier 3 needed a different attack rate boost, so to tidy this up we’ve moved much of that rate to the base tack shooter.
— Update notes

”

•  Reload rate reduced ― 1.4s → 1.12s

Cosmetic items

Item	Category	Unlock method(s)	Introduced
Tack Shooter Icicles and Snowflakes Projectile	Monkeys — Projectiles	Trophy Store —  50	Version 34.0
Tack Shooter Hedgehog Pet	Monkeys — Pets	Trophy Store —  120, Pets Fan Pack (IAP)	Version 36.0

Gallery

For more Tack Shooter images, see Gallery:Tack Shooter.

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In other languages

This section was last updated for: version 49.2

Name

Language	Text	Notes
Arabic	قاذف المسامير	—
Danish	Stift-skyder	—
German	Reißnagelwerfer	—
Spanish	Tiratachuelas	—
Spanish (Latin America)	Tiratachuelas	—
Finnish	Nasta-ampuja	—
French	Tireur de punaises	—
Italian	Spara puntine	—
Japanese	びょうシューター	—
Korean	압정 슈터	—
Dutch	Punaisetoren	—
Norwegian	Stiftskyter	—
Polish	Działo gwoździowe	—
Portuguese (Brazil)	Cospe Tachinha	—
Russian	Шпилькомет	—
Swedish	Stiftskjutare	—
Thai	เครื่องยิงตะปู	—
Turkish	Çivi Atıcı	—
Chinese (simplified)	图钉塔	—
Chinese (traditional)	釘子槍手	—

Description

Language	Text	Notes
Arabic	يقوم بإطلاق سهم من المسامير الحادة قصيرة المدى في ثماني اتجاهات.	—
Danish	Affyrer en kortrækkende byge af skarpe stifter i 8 retninger.	—
German	Schießt auf kurze Reichweite eine Salve scharfer Reißnägel in 8 Richtungen.	—
Spanish	Dispara una volea de corto alcance de afilados clavos en 8 direcciones.	—
Spanish (Latin America)	Dispara una volea de corto alcance de afilados clavos en 8 direcciones.	—
Finnish	Ampuu lyhyen kantaman terävien nastojen ryppään 8 suuntaan.	—
French	Tire une salve de punaises pointues à courte portée dans 8 directions.	—
Italian	Spara una scarica a corto raggio di puntine in 8 direzioni.	—
Japanese	八方向に尖ったびょうの近距離射撃を一斉発射する。	—
Korean	뾰족한 압정을 8방향 단거리로 일제히 발사합니다.	—
Dutch	Schiet een salvo van scherpe punaises af in 8 richtingen over korte afstand.	—
Norwegian	Skyter en skuddsalve med stifter med kort rekkevidde i 8 retninger.	—
Polish	Strzela serią ostrych gwoździ krótkiego zasięgu w ośmiu kierunkach.	—
Portuguese (Brazil)	Dispara uma rajada curta de tachinhas em oito direções.	—
Russian	Выстреливает в разные стороны по 8 шпилек на короткое расстояние.	—
Swedish	Skjuter en salva med kort räckvidd med vassa nubb i 8 riktningar.	—
Thai	ยิงตะปูแหลมคมจำนวนมากโจมตีระยะใกล้ 8 ทิศทาง	—
Turkish	8 yönde kısa menzilli bir keskin çivi yağmuruna tutar.	—
Chinese (simplified)	向8个方向齐射短程锋利刺钉。	—
Chinese (traditional)	向8個方向齊射出短射程尖銳釘子。	—