Ranch Hand: Difference between revisions

'''Ranch Hands''' are the player's main [[tower]]s in the ''[[Frontier Legends]]'' DLC of ''[[Bloons TD 6]]''. Each Ranch Hand is a customized version of a tower from the main game that comes with [[trait]]s and a [[stamina]] meter. Most are 0-0-0 [[Insta Monkey]]s with randomly assigned names and traits, but some have predetermined traits and some [[upgrade]]s by default (including all [[Hero]]es and Legendary Mercenaries). Since [[cash]] does not exist in ''Frontier Legends'', Ranch Hands are free to place during Bloon Encounters, but the player can spend [[Bananite]] to permanently increase their upgrade tiers. [[Benjamin (BTD6)|Benjamin]], [[Geraldo (BTD6)|Geraldo]], and [[Banana Farm (BTD6)|Banana Farm]]s can never appear as Ranch Hands, and are thus inaccessible in ''Frontier Legends''.

The player must add Ranch Hands to their '''posse''' to bring them into Bloon Encounters alongside the [[Sheriff (BTD6)|Sheriff]]. The player can spend Bananite to hire new Ranch Hands at the Saloon in [[Sandytown]] and manage their hired Ranch Hands at the Saloon, the Homestead, or a Campfire. The player can only store a limited number of Ranch Hands and can only have up to six in their posse at a time.

There is a 5% chance that any possible recruit in the Saloon is replaced with a '''Legendary Mercenary''', which is more expensive than an ordinary Ranch Hand and comes with some pre-purchased [[upgrade]]s. Each Legendary Mercenary has a predetermined name, tower type, upgrades, and traits. Their names are the same in all languages.

Some Legendary Mercenaries are references to other media, ''Bloons'' content creators on websites such as [[wp:YouTube|YouTube]] and [[wp:Twitch (service)|Twitch]], or popular Bloons memes.

|Added in version 54.0. A reference to a player's post on the ''BTD6'' subreddit about a dream they had in which an update added a new Hero named "Bim Bim Bert", a 0-0-0 Ice Monkey wearing a hat who would do nothing.<ref>{{cite|url=https://www.reddit.com/r/btd6/comments/1r6o0q9/i_had_a_dream_that_icicle_impale_was_renamed_to/|title=I had a dream that Icicle Impale was renamed to Bim Bim Berg in BTD6s quote "Biggest Update Yet". The name change was unanimously agreed to be the best thing to happen to BTD6. The only other change was adding the new hero Bim Bim Bert, who was just a 000 Ice monkey in a blue hat that did nothing.|publisher=Reddit|retrieved=7 jul 2026}}</ref>

|Named after [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCiDvkZAmM_6n_8gUKZoRLLQ Chom Chom].

|Added in version 54.0.

|"[[wp:Funkytown (disambiguation)|Funky Town or Funkytown]]" may refer to several topics, most famously a [[wp:Funkytown|1980 disco song by Lipps Inc.]]

|Renamed from "Halt O'Carrick" in version 54.0. Due to an oversight, if the player already purchased Halt O'Carrick prior to version 54.0, Halt can appear again in the Saloon, allowing the player to obtain two copies of this Legendary Mercenary with different names.

|Added in version 54.0. A reference to ''[[wp:Iron Lung (video game)|Iron Lung]]'', a horror game centered on a submarine nicknamed the "Iron Lung", which was adapted into a [[wp:Iron Lung (film)|film]] in 2026 (a few months before the release of version 54.0).

|Named after [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7WQH4kpgxXJYHp8r9IAO-Q ISAB].

|Named after Charles from the Henry Stickmin Collection.

|Added in version 54.0. Named after [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdHcP-xIrcDBYPC6zXjgt7g Ryan Mehalic]. The name itself is a self-referential nickname, referencing his micromanagement skills in ''Battles 2''.

|Named after [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqO36rjH-7F-VE_Amlo0tKg TheNeoGod].

|Named after [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC35sgWgGoeh8pUT-hIXsiWQ Punji].

|Added in version 54.0.