Full Metal Jacket (BTD6)

For other uses, see Full Metal Jacket (disambiguation).

Full Metal Jacket

Shots pop through 4 layers of Bloon, and both bullets and shrapnel can pop Lead and Frozen Bloons.

Tower	Sniper Monkey — Path 1 — Tier 1
XP cost	120
Cash cost	$295 — Easy $350 — Medium $380 — Hard $420 — Impoppable

Large Calibre →

Full Metal Jacket is the Sniper Monkey's path 1 tier 1 upgrade in Bloons TD 6. It allows the Sniper to pop Lead and Frozen Bloons, and increases damage of its bullet from 2 to 4. With Shrapnel Shot, this upgrade allows shrapnel to pop Lead Bloons and Frozen Bloons, and deal 2 damage each.

Stats

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

This data was last updated for: version 55.1

Tower
Display range 20 units Footprint radius 6 units Targeting options First Last Close Strong

Attack
Cooldown 1.59s Offset (X, Y, Z) -1.83, 17.09, 11 Targeting Depends on targeting option Targeting range ∞ units Filters Cannot target Camo
Projectile Pierce 1 Damage 4 Damage type Normal Lifespan 0.1s Radius 0 units Filters Cannot hit Camo Can only hit the target

1-1-0

Attack
Offset (X, Y, Z) -1.83, 17.09, 11 ↓ -1.65, 17.52, 11 Filters Can now target Camo
Projectile Damage to Camo +2 Filters Can now hit Camo

1-0-1

Attack
Cooldown 1.59s → 1.113s Offset (X, Y, Z) -1.83, 17.09, 11 ↓ -1.83, 16.95, 11

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
1-0-0	$595	$700	$760	$840	$417	$490	$532	$588
1-1-0	$805	$950	$1,030	$1,140	$564	$665	$721	$798
1-2-0	$1,185	$1,400	$1,515	$1,680	$830	$980	$1,061	$1,176
1-3-0	$2,970	$3,500	$3,785	$4,200	$2,079	$2,450	$2,650	$2,940
1-4-0	$9,430	$11,100	$11,995	$13,320	$6,601	$7,770	$8,397	$9,324
1-5-0	$19,630	$23,100	$24,955	$27,720	$13,741	$16,170	$17,469	$19,404
1-0-1	$975	$1,150	$1,245	$1,380	$683	$805	$872	$966
1-0-2	$1,355	$1,600	$1,730	$1,920	$949	$1,120	$1,211	$1,344
1-0-3	$3,650	$4,300	$4,645	$5,160	$2,555	$3,010	$3,252	$3,612
1-0-4	$7,135	$8,400	$9,075	$10,080	$4,995	$5,880	$6,353	$7,056
1-0-5	$19,800	$23,300	$25,165	$27,960	$13,860	$16,310	$17,616	$19,572

Strategy

This section was last updated for: version 51.2

Full Metal Jacket is a versatile early-game tower, chipping away higher-tier Bloons and reliably dealing with the Leads of Rounds 28 and 30 on nearly all maps. However, more lead-popping defense is needed for Rounds 37 and 38 on shorter maps, such as upgrading with bottom crosspath, or buying another Full Metal Jacket. The 1-1-0 Sniper Monkey is a very cheap option to pop early Camo Leads, in particular those in Alternate Bloons Rounds. 1-2-0 Sniper Monkey's shrapnel helps to break apart groups of Bloons, especially multiple Lead Bloons, but is unreliable for precise damage and falls off when not shooting Bloons heads-on. Targeting on Strong is preferred for consistent damage to high-tier Bloons.

For crosspathing purposes, Full Metal Jacket benefits all bottom-path Sniper Monkeys by improving their single-target and layer-skipping, though preferred to further upgrade to Large Calibre for maximum damage, compared to grouped damage via Shrapnel Shot. Middle-path Snipers benefit from the extra damage and lead-popping for all shots, however it prevents Geraldo's Sharpening Stone when compared to the benefits granted by bottom crosspath.

Update history

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

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Version 20.0

“

This tower felt like it’s strength too heavily required the xx2 upgrade, and that this harmed crosspath choices. So we increased the base attack rate while nerfing the increase from these upgrades. This is a slight overall buff — Update notes

”

•  Fire rate increased ― 2s → 1.59s

Version 21.0

“

To retain value in more Lead-heavy situations including against DDTs, this upgrade that has always allowed Lead popping to main attack will now also grant this to the Shrapnel from any shrapnel shot snipers mixing in this upgrade — Update notes

”

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

•  Now changes the damage type of shrapnel to Normal

Version 30.0

“

Elite Defender falls off a lot after midgame & really lacks any true cross pathing choice, so it has had some MOAB damage added to the base attack with the amount improved from crosspathing. — Update notes

”

1-0-5

•  Full Metal Jacket now increases Elite Defender's damage to MOAB-class by 1
  • Deals +3 damage to MOAB-class overall (due to changes to Elite Defender's base stats)

Version 36.0

“

Sniper is feeling really good, but Elite Defender gaining further increased MOAB Damage locked behind the 205 crosspath feels unnecessary now given how much current crosspath balance has started leaning towards favoring 205 anyway. — Update notes

”

1-0-5

•  Full Metal Jacket no longer increases Elite Defender's damage to MOAB-class by 1
  •  Overall damage to MOAB-class for this crosspath increased ― +3 → +4 (due to changes to Elite Defender's base stats)

Version 43.0

“

Lower tier Shrapnel crosspathing balance doesn’t feel great currently, so the damage crosspath benefits at T1 & T2 are improving. — Update notes

”

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

•  Shrapnel: Damage increased ― 1 → 2

Gallery

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Assets

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  Portrait
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  Upgrade icon
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  Insta Monkey icon

Trivia

• A full metal jacket bullet is a type of ammunition used by small firearms.

In other languages

Language	Name / Description	Notes
Arabic	سترة معدنية بالكامل تنفجر التسديدات عبر 4 طبقات من البالونات، ومن الممكن أن يؤدي الرصاص والشظايا إلى فرقعة بالونات الرصاص والبالونات المتجددة.	—
Danish	Jægersoldat Skud går igennem 4 bloons-lag, og både kugler og sprængstykker kan springe bly- og frosne bloons.	—
German	Vollmantel-Geschoss Schüsse können 4 Bloonschichten durchdringen. Sowohl Kugeln als auch Schrapnell können Eis- und Blei-Bloons platzen lassen.	—
Spanish	Bala encamisada Los disparos explotan 4 capas de bloons y tanto las balas como las esquirlas explotan bloons de plomo y congelados.	—
Spanish (LA)	Bala encamisada Los disparos explotan 4 capas de bloons y tanto las balas como las esquirlas explotan bloons de plomo y congelados.	—
Finnish	Täysmetallivaippa Laukaukset menevät 4 bloonikerroksen läpi ja sekä luodit, että sirpaleet voivat poksauttaa lyijyjä ja jäätyneitä blooneja.	—
French	Balle blindée Les tirs peuvent crever 4 couches de Bloon et les balles et les éclats d'obus peuvent éclater les Bloons en plomb et gelés.	—
Italian	Proiettile incamiciato I colpi provocano lo scoppio di 4 strati di bloon e, sia i proiettili che le schegge possono far scoppiare bloon di piombo e congelati.	—
Japanese	弾丸 ブルーンを4層貫通できる射撃。鉛と凍結ブルーンも割れる。	—
Korean	풀 메탈 재킷 공격 시 풍선 4겹을 뚫고 터트리며, 탄환과 파편 둘 다 납 풍선과 얼린 풍선을 터트립니다.	—
Dutch	Volledig metalen omhulsel Schoten knallen door 4 lagen Bloon, en zowel kogels als granaatscherven kunnen Loden en Bevroren Bloons laten knallen.	—
Norwegian	Human kule Skudd popper gjennom 4 bloonslag, og både kuler og splinter kan poppe blybloons og frosne bloons.	—
Polish	Pocisk pełnopłaszczowy Strzały przekłuwają 4 warstwy blonów, a kule i odłamki mogą przebijać ołowiane i zamrożone blony.	—
Portuguese (Brazil)	Munição Recoberta Disparos podem estourar 4 camadas de Bloons e tanto balas quanto estilhaços podem estourar Bloons Chumbo e Gelo.	—
Russian	Цельнометаллическая оболочка Выстрел может пробить 4 слоя шаров. Пули и шрапнель пробивают и свинец, и лёд.	—
Swedish	Helmantlad Skotten tränger igenom 4 Bloonlager och både kulor och splitter kan smälla Bly- och Frusna Bloons.	—
Thai	กระสุนหุ้มโลหะ กระสุนเจาะลูกโป่ง 4 ชั้น และทั้งกระสุนกับสะเก็ดสามารถทำลาย\nลูกโป่งตะกั่วและลูกโป่งแช่แข็งได้	—
Turkish	Metal Zarflı Mermi Atışlar Bloon’ların 4 katmanını patlatabilir mermiler ve şarapnel Kurşun ve Donmuş Bloon’ları patlatabilir.	—
Chinese (simplified)	全金属外壳 发射击破4层气球，子弹和弹片均可击破冰冻铅气球。	—
Chinese (traditional)	全金屬外殼 可擊破4層氣球，並且子彈和彈片都可擊破鉛氣球和冰凍氣球。	—
This list was last updated for: version 43.1