Geared

This article is about the map in BTD6. For the area in Frontier Legends inspired by this map, see Geared (Frontier Legends).

Geared

Difficulty	Advanced
Music	Sunset Samba
Default Co-op division	Free-for-all
Introduced	Version 16.0
Entrances	1	Exits	1
Junctions	0	Water?	No

Path lengths (RBS)
Easy	Medium	Hard
17.4	15.8	13.9

Geared is an Advanced map in Bloons TD 6, introduced in version 16.0. It takes place on a large, rotating clockwork mechanism. It is one of only two maps with moving and rotating platforms, the other being Sanctuary.

Geared was designed by /u/Clawz114 as part of a contest to celebrate 50k subscribers to the r/BTD6 subreddit, where fans could make their own map designs. It and Bazaar ended up winning.

Layout

Geared has a single lane, with Bloons entering from the left, making a half-circle around the upper half of the large gear, and exiting on the right. This map features two rotating platforms: a large gear that rotates 45° clockwise at the end each round, and a smaller gear that rotates 108° clockwise at the end each round. When the platforms rotate, towers placed on them also move and rotate. Towers on the outer gear return to their initial positions and rotations every 8 rounds, while towers on the middle gear return to their initial positions and rotations every 10 rounds.

Geared only has two placeable areas: the large outer gear and the small gear in the middle. The large gear's placeable area is actually a circle that extends over all the teeth, allowing towers to be placed in the air between the teeth.

Strategy

This section was last updated for: version 55.2

The hardest part of Geared is the early game, particularly in CHIMPS and Half Cash. The rotating mechanic of this map often puts early game towers out of action, and with Monkey Aces and Heli Pilots being unaffordable, Sniper Monkeys are usually the only option to get past the early game. The sheer difficulty of the early game makes Geared one of the hardest Advanced maps in BTD6. After the early game, however, the gameplay becomes much easier with the affording of high-damage, global-range towers such as Comanche Defense and Spectre, making the latter part of Geared's gameplay much more closely resemble an average Advanced map.

Recommended towers and upgrades

Name	Portrait	Reasoning
Corvus		His Spirit and his Spear spell are not inhibited by the map's rotation, allowing him to trivialize the difficult early game. In the midgame, his level 7 Spirit Walk ability allows him to constantly farm mana and his spells can save up tens of thousands. Active micromanagement of his spells, especially Ancestral Might and Overload, maintain his power into the late game.
Rosalia		Rosalia can only reposition around her workshop initially, but once she reaches level 7, she will hover in place uninhibited by the map's rotation, the only caveat being if she needs to reposition she needs to return within range of her workshop. Her Monkey Ace and Heli Pilot discounts are also desirable due to their strength on this map.
Sniper Monkey		They are largely unaffected by the map's rotation and are crucial to the early game and saving up to Corvus in the early game in Half Cash and CHIMPS. The lack of line-of-sight blockers solidifies their capability further.
Heli Pilot		Because the Heli Pilot has global range, the top and bottom path tier 5 of the tower can work as a wincon and the lower tiers can also make the earlygame/midgame way easier.

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Gallery

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  Concept art
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  Work-in-progress version
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  Easter theme
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  Fireworks theme
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  Halloween theme
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  Holiday theme
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  Island statue

In other languages

This section was last updated for: version 48.1

Language	Text	Notes
Arabic	موجه	—
Danish	Gearet	—
German	Vorbereitet	—
Spanish	Mecanizado	—
Spanish (Latin America)	Mecanizado	—
Finnish	Ratas	—
French	Mécanismes	—
Italian	Ingranaggi	—
Japanese	ギアアップ	—
Korean	톱니바퀴	—
Dutch	Tandwielen	—
Norwegian	Tannjuling	—
Polish	Zębatka	—
Portuguese (Brazil)	Engrenado	—
Russian	Шестерни	—
Swedish	Kugghjul	—
Thai	ฟันเฟือง	—
Turkish	Dişli	—
Chinese (simplified)	齿轮传动	—
Chinese (traditional)	準備就緒	—

References

• Path lengths sourced from the BTD6 Index

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