Pin (BTD6)

For the upgrade in Bloons TD Battles 2, see Pin (Battles 2).

Pin

Pins Bloons in place for a short time when struck.

Tower	Engineer Monkey — Path 3 — Tier 2
XP cost	500
Cash cost	$185 — Easy $220 — Medium $240 — Hard $265 — Impoppable

← Oversize Nails

Double Gun →

Pin is the Engineer Monkey's path 3 tier 2 upgrade in Bloons TD 6. Nailgun shots can now pin Bloons that are not MOAB-Class, causing the next layer to be stunned for 1 second. Sentries cannot pin Bloons unless crosspathed with Sprockets or above.

Pinned bloons are marked with nails embedded on them. Because pinning is technically a type of "stun", affected Bloons take more damage from attacks that do more damage to stunned targets.

Stats

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

This data was last updated for: version 55.1

Tower
Display range 40 units Footprint radius 7 units Targeting options First Last Close Strong

Attack
Cooldown 0.7s Offset (X, Y, Z) -1.11, 13.49, 10.7 Targeting Depends on targeting option Targeting range 40 units Filters Cannot target Camo
Projectile Pierce 8 Damage 1 Damage type Shatter Speed 375 units/s Lifespan 0.24s Radius 2 units Filters Cannot hit Camo Stun Multiplier ×0 Duration 1s Layers 1

1-0-2

Spawner
Cooldown 10s Offset (X, Y, Z) -1.11, 13.49, 10.7 Targeting Random position Targeting range 40 units
Ignores blockers

Sentry

Tower
Display range 45 units Footprint radius 4 units Lifespan 25s Targeting options First Last Close Strong

Attack
Cooldown 0.95s Offset (X, Y, Z) 0, 7.1, 7.78 Targeting Depends on targeting option Targeting range 45 units Filters Cannot target Camo
Projectile Pierce 3 Damage 1 Damage type Shatter Speed 300 units/s Lifespan 0.25s Radius 2 units Filters Cannot hit Camo

2-0-2

Spawner
Cooldown 10s → 5s

0-1-2

Tower
Display range 40 units → 60 units

Attack
Targeting range 40 units → 60 units

0-2-2

Attack
Projectile Damage to MOAB-Class +1 Damage to Fortified +1

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
0-0-2	$870	$1,020	$1,105	$1,225	$609	$714	$774	$858
1-0-2	$1,295	$1,520	$1,645	$1,825	$907	$1,064	$1,152	$1,278
2-0-2	$1,635	$1,920	$2,075	$2,305	$1,145	$1,344	$1,453	$1,614
3-0-2	$2,125	$2,495	$2,695	$2,995	$1,488	$1,747	$1,887	$2,097
4-0-2	$4,250	$4,995	$5,395	$5,995	$2,975	$3,497	$3,777	$4,197
5-0-2	$31,450	$36,995	$39,955	$44,395	$22,015	$25,897	$27,969	$31,077
0-1-2	$1,080	$1,270	$1,375	$1,525	$756	$889	$963	$1,068
0-2-2	$1,380	$1,620	$1,755	$1,945	$966	$1,134	$1,229	$1,362
0-3-2	$2,145	$2,520	$2,725	$3,025	$1,502	$1,764	$1,908	$2,118
0-4-2	$13,620	$16,020	$17,305	$19,225	$9,534	$11,214	$12,114	$13,458
0-5-2	$74,820	$88,020	$95,065	$105,625	$52,374	$61,614	$66,546	$73,938

Strategy

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Pin is a helpful mid-game crosspath to stun Bloons below Ceramic. This is mainly a benefit to the main Engineer, because at least Sprockets is needed to allow sentries to pin.

Both 3-0-2 and 4-0-2 assist mid-game cleanup. 5-0-2 usually doesn't need the lower-tier stun unless on a difficult map format during mid-game.

For Cleansing Foam, Pin assists the slowdown of bloons, with the foam slowing all non-blimps including Ceramics by 50% briefly.

Update history

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

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Version 20.0

“

Continuing our efforts to make crosspaths meaningful and fit the style of each path more solidly, a number of crosspath and base level balance shifts were made.
— Update notes

”

1-0-2, 2-0-2, 3-0-2, 4-0-2, 5-0-2

•  Oversize Nails now allows Sentries to pop frozen Bloons
•  Oversize Nails now increases Sentry pierce by 1

Version 21.0

“

Engineer is quite poor in terms of crosspathing, so we’ve added crosspath benefits to Cleansing Foam [...]
— Update notes

”

0-3-2, 0-4-2, 0-5-2

•  Foam attack: Pierce with Oversized Nails increased ― 10 → 15

Version 23.0

4-0-2

•  Oversize Nails increases Sentry pierce by roughly 25% instead of +1
  • Crushing Sentry: 22 → 28
  • Boom Sentry: 30 → 38
  • Cold Sentry: 15 → 19
  • Energy Sentry remains 5

Version 26.0

“

Additionally higher tier sentries will now be able to benefit from the xx2 Pin crosspath, so enjoy some laser pins.
— Update notes

”

4-0-2

•  Oversize Nails grants more pierce to Energy Sentries ― +1 → +2
  •  Stacks with a buff to its non-crosspathed pierce; overall pierce increased ― 5 → 10

3-0-2, 4-0-2, 5-0-2

•  Pin now allows Sentries from Sprockets and above to pin Bloons

Version 29.0

•  Overall cost reduced by $50 (due to cost changes for previous tiers)

Version 31.0

0-3-2, 0-4-2, 0-5-2

•  Pin now allows foam to slow Bloons by 50% for 2 seconds
  • Note: Due to a bug, this affects all MOAB-Class Bloons, including bosses

Version 31.1

“

032 Engineer Cleansing Foam now works correctly on all MOAB Class targets - hope you enjoyed that temporary treat
— Update notes

”

0-3-2, 0-4-2, 0-5-2

•  Pin no longer allows foam to slow MOAB-Class Bloons (including BADs and Boss Bloons) (bug fix)

Version 32.0

0-3-2, 0-4-2, 0-5-2

•  Foam: Slowing effect from Pin now stacks on the same target if applied multiple times (bug)

Version 32.1

0-3-2, 0-4-2, 0-5-2

•  Foam slow effect no longer stacks on a single target (bug fix)

Version 35.0

“

Sentry Champion’s pierce crosspath does not feel like it has enough of an edge to compete with the deconstruction crosspath.
— Update notes

”

5-0-2

•  Plasma: Pierce increased ― 6 → 7

Version 39.0

“

Applying pierce crosspathing to Sentry Champion only granting an abysmal +1 pierce to the explosion while an intended joke at the time still feels a little silly, we’re separating that up to get its own larger increase now.
— Update notes

”

5-0-2

•  Sentry Explosion: Crosspath benefit to pierce bonus increased ― +1 → +21
  • Note: Pierce increased from 51 to 70

Version 43.0

•  Overall cost reduced by $50 (due to cost changes for previous tiers)

Version 48.0

4-0-2

•  Oversize Nails grants more pierce to Crushing, Boom, and Energy Sentries ― +25% → +50%
  • Crushing Sentry: +6 → +11
  • Boom Sentry: +8 → +15
  • Energy Sentry: +2 → +4
•  Oversize Nails now grants +50% pierce to Cold Sentries (previously had no effect)
  •  Stacks with a nerf to the non-crosspathed pierce; overall pierce with this crosspath increased ― 25 → 36

5-0-2

•  Oversize Nails grants more pierce to Champion Sentries
  • Main attack: +2 → +5
  • Explosion: +20 → +25

0-4-2

•  Oversize Nails grants more pierce to the foam attack ― +5 → +50%
  •  Stacks with a nerf to the non-crosspathed pierce; overall pierce with this crosspath increased ― 20 → 21

0-5-2

•  Oversize Nails grants more pierce to the foam attack ― +5 → +50%
  •  Stacks with a nerf to the non-crosspathed pierce; overall pierce with this crosspath increased ― 35 → 36

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In other languages

Language	Name / Description	Notes
Arabic	مسمار بالونات مسننة ثابتة في مكانها لفترة قصيرة عند اصطيادها.	—
Danish	Knappenål Holder kortvarigt bloons på plads, når de træffes.	—
German	Nadel Hält Bloons nach Treffern für kurze Zeit an ihrem Platz.	—
Spanish	Pin Fija a los bloons en el lugar por poco tiempo cuando les acierta.	—
Spanish (LA)	Pin Fija a los bloons en el lugar por poco tiempo cuando les acierta.	—
Finnish	Neula Kiinnittää bloonit paikalleen lyhyeksi ajaksi kun niihin isketään.	—
French	Épingle Bloque les Bloons sur place pendant une courte durée lorsque touchés.	—
Italian	Spillo Per un breve lasso di tempo consente di immobilizzare i bloon in una determinata posizione.	—
Japanese	ピン 命中すると、短時間の間、ブルーンをその場に留める。	—
Korean	핀 공격 시 잠시 동안 풍선을 그 자리에 고정시킵니다.	—
Dutch	Vastpinnen Pint Bloons voor een korte tijd vast als ze geraakt worden.	—
Norwegian	Stikke Spikrer fast en bloon i en kort periode når de blir truffet.	—
Polish	Szpila Unieruchamia blona na krótki czas po uderzeniu.	—
Portuguese (Brazil)	Alfinete Prende Bloons no lugar por um pequeno tempo quando atingidos.	—
Russian	Кнопка Ненадолго прибивает шары к месту, получив удар.	—
Swedish	Sprint Spikar fast Bloons under en kort tid när de träffas.	—
Thai	ปักตรึง การโจมตีจะตรึงบลูนไม่ให้เคลื่อนไหวเป็นเวลาสั้นๆ	—
Turkish	Raptiye Vurulduğunda kısa süreliğine Bloon’ları olduğu yerde sıkıştırır.	—
Chinese (simplified)	大头针 击中时可将气球短暂钉在原地。	—
Chinese (traditional)	大頭針 撞擊氣球在短時間內被固定在位。	—
This list was last updated for: version 43.1