Barbed Darts (BTD6)

For other uses, see Barbed Darts (disambiguation).

Barbed Darts

Sub's darts can pop an additional 3 Bloons. Enhances pierce of other weapons.

Tower	Monkey Sub — Path 2 — Tier 1
XP cost	130
Cash cost	$385 — Easy $450 — Medium $485 — Hard $540 — Impoppable

Heat-tipped Darts →

Barbed Darts is the Monkey Sub's path 2 tier 1 upgrade in Bloons TD 6. This upgrade increases the pierce of the Monkey Sub's dart projectiles by 3, from 2 to 5 without additional upgrades. Crosspathing with Airburst Darts increases pierce of its mini-darts by 3 instead of the main dart. Crosspathing with Submerge and Support and above increases the pierce of its decamo pulses by 50, and for Bloontonium Reactor and above, it also increases the pierce of the damaging pulses by 50.

Stats

For a complete list of Monkey Sub stats, see Stats:Monkey Sub (BTD6).

This data was last updated for: version 55.1

Tower
Display range 42 units Footprint radius 7 units Targeting options First Last Close Strong

Attack
Cooldown 0.75s Offset (X, Y, Z) 0, 16, 8.5 Targeting Depends on targeting option Targeting range 42 units Filters Cannot target Camo
Projectile Pierce 5 Damage 1 Damage type Sharp Speed 170 units/s Seeking distance ∞ units Seeking angle 180° Seeking rotation speed 360 °/s Lifespan 1.5s Radius 2 units Filters Cannot hit Camo

1-1-0

Tower
Display range 42 units → 52 units

Attack
Targeting range 42 units → 52 units

0-1-1

Attack
Cooldown 0.75s → 0.375s Offset (X, Y, Z) 0, 16, 8.5 ↓ 2, 16, 8.5 (side 1) -2, 16, 8.5 (side 2)

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
0-1-0	$660	$775	$835	$930	$462	$543	$585	$651
1-1-0	$770	$905	$975	$1,085	$539	$634	$683	$760
2-1-0	$1,195	$1,405	$1,515	$1,685	$837	$984	$1,061	$1,180
3-1-0	$1,790	$2,105	$2,270	$2,525	$1,253	$1,474	$1,589	$1,768
4-1-0	$3,830	$4,505	$4,860	$5,405	$2,681	$3,154	$3,402	$3,784
5-1-0	$27,630	$32,505	$35,100	$39,005	$19,341	$22,754	$24,570	$27,304
0-1-1	$1,045	$1,225	$1,320	$1,470	$732	$858	$924	$1,029
0-1-2	$1,895	$2,225	$2,400	$2,670	$1,327	$1,558	$1,680	$1,869
0-1-3	$2,830	$3,325	$3,590	$3,990	$1,981	$2,328	$2,513	$2,793
0-1-4	$4,955	$5,825	$6,290	$6,990	$3,469	$4,078	$4,403	$4,893
0-1-5	$26,205	$30,825	$33,290	$36,990	$18,344	$21,578	$23,303	$25,893

Strategy

Barbed Darts serves as a relatively strong early-game tower when purchased with Twin Guns. However, it is less cost-efficient compared to one Airburst Darts, which is far more powerful and fares better when purchased with Advanced Intel. As a crosspath, Barbed Darts is useful for Bloontonium Reactor in Race Events and in niche scenarios where innate Lead-popping from Heat-tipped Darts is essential, but it is not recommended as a crosspath otherwise. Barbed Darts is serviceable on all T3+ bottom path Subs, but they tend to prefer Advanced Intel due to it synergizing better with external buffs and the longer range targeting Bloons sooner.

Update history

For a complete list of Monkey Sub changes, see Update history:Monkey Sub (BTD6).

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Version 7.0

•  Pierce increased ― 4 → 5
  • Note: Does not affect X-X-2 Airburst Darts crosspath

Version 17.0

• Description changed

Before	Sub's darts can pop 4 Bloons each.
After	Sub's darts can pop an additional 3 Bloons.

Version 18.0

4-1-0, 5-1-0

•  Barbed Darts now grants +20% pierce to the damage pulse

Version 23.0

4-1-0

•  Damage pulse: base pierce reduced ― 84 → 70
  • Note: Pierce bonus increased from +14 to +20

Version 29.0

“

The logic on a Lead crosspath not being required to give Lead popping to an attack based on something weak against Lead has never sat right, so we’re finally sorting that out and making sub a little angrier.
— Update notes

”

Version 32.0

“

Similar types of camo reveal like Shimmer/Signal Flare/Embrittlement are all pierce limited, but the Submerge sub has practically infinite pierce while also being extremely cheap with a very fast rate and a T4 that is far better at camo removal than those other towers can reach. Giving this upgrade a more reasonable pierce value brings these more in line and allows for the pierce crosspath to have some potential meaning.
— Update notes

”

3-1-0, 4-1-0, 5-1-0

•  Barbed Darts now grants +20 pierce to the decamo pulse
  •  Base pierce is no longer infinite; overall pierce of this crosspath is reduced

Version 41.0

“

We have come back a number of times to add, fix & balance sub crosspathing, over years of learning though it currently feels messy and we’d like simplification. Heat-Tipped Darts doesn’t increase base sub pierce, so it feels silly to require it for maximum pierce on Submerged subs. Likewise Airburst shouldn’t be required to maximize the rate of submerged subs, instead we’d rather give people an easier way to work with the Airburst attack if they desire to upgrade to it so ‘Submerge’ is moving to a new Tower Special rather than target priority.
— Update notes

”

3-1-0, 4-1-0, 5-1-0

•  Decamo pulse: Pierce increased ― 120 → 150

4-1-0, 5-1-0

•  Damage pulse: Pierce increased ― 70 → 100

Gallery

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Assets

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  Insta Monkey icon
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  Barbed Darts projectile

In other languages

Language	Name / Description	Notes
Arabic	السهام الشائكة يمكن لسهام القرد الغواص فرقعة 3 بالونات أخرى، وزيادة القدرة على الاختراق للأسلحة الأخرى.	—
Danish	Pig-dartpile Ubådens dartpile kan springe yderligere 3 bloons. Forbedrer springkraft af andre våben.	—
German	Stacheldraht-Pfeile U-Boot-Pfeile können zusätzlich 3 Bloons platzen lassen. Verbessert die Durchschlagskraft anderer Waffen.	—
Spanish	Dardos con púas Los dardos del submonino pueden hacer explotar 3 bloons más cada uno. Mejora la perforación de otras armas.	—
Spanish (LA)	Dardos con púas Los dardos del submonino pueden explotar 3 bloons más cada uno. Mejora la perforación de las otras armas.	—
Finnish	Väkätikat Sukellusveneen tikat voivat poksauttaa 3 bloonia lisää. Mahdollistaa läpäisyn muilla aseilla.	—
French	Fléchettes barbelées Les fléchettes des sous-marins peuvent faire éclater 3 Bloons supplémentaires. Améliore le pouvoir perforant des autres armes.	—
Italian	Frec. spinate Le freccette sparate dal sommergibile sono in grado di far scoppiare altri 3 bloon. Migliora la perforazione delle altre armi.	—
Japanese	とげダーツ 潜水艦のダーツが、追加で3個のブルーンを割る。他の武器の貫通が強化される。	—
Korean	가시 다트 잠수함의 다트가 풍선 3개를 추가로 터트립니다. 다른 무기의 관통력을 향상합니다.	—
Dutch	Weerhaakpijltjes Pijltjes van Onderzeeër kunnen 3 extra Bloons laten knallen. Verbetert de doorboring van andere wapens.	—
Norwegian	Piggete piler Ubåtens dartpiler kan poppe ytterligere 3 bloons. Forsterker gjennomtrengning av andre våpen.	—
Polish	Rzutki kolczaste Rzutki małpki podwodnej mogą przekłuwać dodatkowe 3 blony. Zwiększa siłę przebicia innych broni.	—
Portuguese (Brazil)	Dardos Espinhados Os dardos do Sub podem estourar mais 3 Bloons. Aumenta perfuração de outras armas.	—
Russian	Колючие дротики Дротики подводников могут пробивать еще 3 шара. Усиливает пробивание прочего оружия.	—
Swedish	Hullingförsedda pilar Ubåtens pilar kan smälla 3 extra Bloons. Förbättrar genomslag för andra vapen.	—
Thai	ลูกดอกเงี่ยง ลูกดอกของเรือดำน้ำเจาะลูกโป่งเพิ่มเติมอีก 3 ลูก เพิ่มการเจาะทะลุอาวุธอื่นๆ	—
Turkish	Dikenli Oklar Denizaltının okları ek olarak 3 Bloon patlatabilir. Diğer silahların delme yeteneğini artırır.	—
Chinese (simplified)	带刺飞镖 潜艇的飞镖可以额外击破3个气球。提高其他武器的穿透力。	—
Chinese (traditional)	帶刺飛鏢 潛艇的飛鏢可額外擊破3個氣球。增強其他武器的穿透力。	—
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