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{{lede image|BTD6 LegendRogueShop.png|Icon for the ''Rogue Legends'' DLC in the [[Shop (BTD6)|Shop]]|size=250px}} | |||
'''''Rogue Legends''''' (or '''Rogue Legend''')<ref>{{cite|url=https://www.reddit.com/r/btd6/comments/1hau4dn/bloons_td_6_v460_update_notes/|title=Bloons TD 6 v46.0 - Update Notes!|publisher=Reddit|retrieved=14 jan 2025}}</ref> is a paid DLC expansion for ''[[Bloons TD 6]]'', introduced in {{BTD6 version|47.0}} and the first of a series of DLC campaigns called [[Legend]]s.<ref name="46.0">{{cite|url=https://www.reddit.com/r/btd6/comments/1hau4dn/bloons_td_6_v460_update_notes/|title=Bloons TD 6 v46.0 - Update Notes!|publisher=Reddit|retrieved=14 jan 2025}}</ref> It is a "[[Bloons TD (series)|BTD]] rogue-lite adventure"<ref name="44.0">{{cite|url=https://www.reddit.com/r/btd6/comments/1eh2iuo/update_bloons_td_6_v440_update_notes/|title=Update: Bloons TD 6 v44.0 - Update Notes!|publisher=Reddit|retrieved=14 jan 2025}}</ref> and a "game within the game"<ref name="46.0"/> where the player navigates a [[monkey]] on a grid with different types of tiles,<ref>{{cite|url=https://www.reddit.com/r/btd6/comments/1i305vq/btd6_rogue_legends_dlc_maps_and_movement_first/|title=BTD6 Rogue Legends DLC maps and movement first look!|publisher=Reddit|retrieved=16 jan 2025}}</ref> encountering [[Bloon]]s and collecting [[tower]]s and enhancements to add to their Party.<ref name="first look">{{cite|url=https://www.reddit.com/r/btd6/comments/1i7r9hv/btd6_rogue_legends_dlc_gameplay_first_look/|title=BTD6 Rogue Legends DLC gameplay first look!|publisher=Reddit|retrieved=23 jan 2025}}</ref> When the player encounters a Bloon, the game transitions to a short ''Bloons TD'' game, much like the tiles in ''[[Bloons Monkey City]]'', during which the player uses their party's towers, [[Hero]], and items called [[Artifact]]s to clear all the [[round]]s. The campaign is split into four stages, each ending with a special [[Final Boss]] tile. | |||
Purchasing the DLC unlocks an exclusive [[Avatar]] and [[Profile Banner]], and an additional Avatar and Profile Banner can be unlocked by completing a campaign. | |||
''Rogue Legends'' | A demo version of ''Rogue Legends'' is available in-game in the "[[Rogue Legends Preview]]" Quest. | ||
==Availability== | |||
''Rogue Legends'' was initially released exclusively as an in-app purchase in ''Bloons TD 6''. It is officially priced at USD$9.99,<ref name="coming-soon">{{cite|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NerXoyaPCgg|title=Rogue Legends {{!}} Coming Soon to Bloons TD 6!|publisher=YouTube|retrieved=27 jan 2025}}</ref> though the actual cost depends on the platform and region. In the [[Bloons TD 6 (Chinese)|Chinese version]], it costs RMB¥28.<ref>{{cite|url=https://www.taptap.cn/moment/641302095265271327|title=【已开奖】47版本更新预告！《气球塔防6》新玩法一览|publisher=TapTap|retrieved=15 oct 2025}}</ref> On {{date|9 apr 2025}}, Ninja Kiwi released the [[Bloons TD 6 Web Shop]], which allows players to purchase ''Rogue Legends'' with a bonus {{BTD6 mm|1000|name=y|link=y}}. On {{timestamp|15 October 2025 20:39:43 UTC}},<ref>[https://steamdb.info/app/3377850/history/ SteamDB]</ref> shortly after the release of {{BTD6 version|51.0}}, ''Rogue Legends'' became purchasable directly from Steam using its regional pricing. | |||
''Rogue Legends'' was not included in the release of version 47.0 in ''[[Bloons TD 6+]]'' and ''[[Bloons TD 6 NETFLIX]]''. It was added to ''BTD6+'' in {{BTD6 version|47.2}} and to ''BTD6 NETFLIX'' in {{BTD6 version|47.3}}. It is accessible for free in both versions. | |||
''Rogue Legends'' was on sale on the following dates: | |||
*{{date|30 apr 2025}}–{{date|5 may 2025}} (50% off, web shop only)<ref>{{cite|url=https://x.com/ninjakiwigames/status/1917444764946829681|title=Ninja Kiwi Games on X|publisher=X|retrieved=15 oct 2025}}</ref> | |||
*{{date|15 may 2025}} (all platforms)<ref>{{cite|url=https://x.com/ninjakiwigames/status/1923158041408475281|title=Ninja Kiwi Games on X|publisher=X|retrieved=15 oct 2025}}</ref> | |||
*{{date|7 aug 2025}} (all platforms)<ref>{{cite|url=https://x.com/ninjakiwigames/status/1953557191333499032|title=Ninja Kiwi Games on X|publisher=X|retrieved=15 oct 2025}}</ref> | |||
==Gameplay== | ==Gameplay== | ||
The player begins a ''Rogue Legends'' campaign by selecting a [[Hero]] or [[Hero Skin]], | {{research|Determine how Hero starting XP is calculated}} | ||
The player begins a ''Rogue Legends'' campaign by creating their Starter Party, which is done by selecting a [[Hero]] or [[Hero Skin]] and up to three [[Artifact]]s which are objects that provide a passive buff to certain towers. Campaigns are divided into four stages. On each stage, the player progresses through the map by navigating tiles on a hexagonal grid. Players can move by clicking on the tiles indicated by a blue Wisp, but they cannot move back afterwards (indicated by the path becoming darkened). On some stage layouts, there are there multiple starting tiles or branching paths that the player can choose from, but all possible roads will eventually converge on the [[Final Boss]] tile. | |||
Some tiles have some [[Bloon|Bloons]] floating over them that lead the player to a [[Bloon Encounter]], in which the player plays on a random [[map]] with custom rounds and mechanics, and with [[Monkey Knowledge (BTD6)|Monkey Knowledge]], [[Double Cash Mode (BTD6)|Double Cash Mode]], and [[Fast Track Mode]] disabled. Completing encounters earns items called [[Token (BTD6)|Token]]s (represented by an icon of [[Geraldo (BTD6)|Geraldo]]'s head) that the player can trade for more Artifacts at Merchant tiles. The player has five {{icon|BTD6 RogueHeartIcon.png}} hearts (separate from in-game [[life|lives]]) and a heart is lost each time they lose a Bloon Encounter or Final Boss, or restart a Mini Game or Mini Boss. If the player runs out of hearts, the campaign ends with no option of continuing. | |||
Players can encounter special tiles with different mechanics, such as Mini Games or Mini Bosses that can award additional Artifacts if the player can beat certain scores in modes like Races or Boss Rush, Merchants that can exchange their Artifacts for Tokens or other Artifacts, Loot Chests with additional Artifacts or Insta Monkeys, or Camp Fires{{sic}} that allow players to add more Insta Monkeys, permanently upgrade existing Insta Monkeys or Artifacts, or regain hearts. At the end of each stage, there is a unique Final Boss tile, which is a Bloon Encounter featuring a [[Boss Bloon]]. Defeating the Final Boss is required to progress to the next stage. After completing 4 stages, the player wins the campaign. | |||
The player cannot place their own towers or [[Power]]s from the main game, but they can use [[Insta Monkey]]s and Powers provided to them during a run. Insta Monkeys and Powers cost [[cash]] to place; Insta Monkeys are cheaper to place than their combined base and upgrade costs, but more expensive to upgrade than normal. Insta Monkeys in the player's Party are reusable, but have a 4-round cooldown between uses. The player can add more Insta Monkeys to their Party by opening Loot Chests, visiting Camp Fires, and having certain Artifacts. Additionally, during battles, the player can earn temporary items called Boosts, which can buff stats like [[damage]], [[range]], or [[pierce]], grant Powers, or a one-time use Insta Monkey. These buffs will be active for the rest of the encounter and Powers or towers obtained from Boosts will be lost upon finishing the encounter, regardless of if they were used or not. | |||
Players earn [[experience]] using the same system as in the main game, except multiplied by <math>3+(0.3\times\text{Stage number})</math>, capped at 4.5× XP starting on stage 5. [[Hero]]es earn 3 times that amount and start with a large amount of XP depending on the starting round number. Performing certain actions during a campaign, such as completing battles, opening Loot Chests, and trading at a Merchant, earns [[Rogue XP]] (represented by marshamallows). Once the player wins or loses the campaign, they can spend the Rogue XP they earned at the Rogue XP Shop to unlock bonuses that persist between campaigns. | |||
===Difficulty=== | |||
{{Research|Find the formula for how CHIMPS scales the health modifier after stage 5}} | |||
Each ''Rogue Legends'' campaign has a "difficulty" value (separate from the [[Easy]]/[[Medium]]/[[Hard]] difficulty system of the main game) that affects the [[challenge rule]]s of Bloon Encounter, Mini Game, Mini Boss, and Final Boss tiles. The difficulty value starts at 0 and increases by 1 each time the player completes a Bloon Encounter. This value determines the start round, end round, Bloon Speed, Bloon Health, MOAB Health, and starting [[cash]] of a tile using the following formulas. These formulas apply as-is for Bloon Encounters, while Mini Game, Mini Boss, and Final Boss tiles apply additional modifiers (for example, Mini Boss tiles increase the starting cash by $2,500). | |||
*<math>\text {Bloon Speed} = (100 + 3 \times (\text {Difficulty} - \text{Map modifier}))%</math> | |||
*<math>\text {Health} = (100 + 6 \times (\text {Difficulty} - \text{Map modifier}))%</math> | |||
*<math>\text{Start round}=1+\text{Difficulty}+5(\text{Stage}-1)</math> | |||
*<math>\text{End round}=(2\times\text{Difficulty})+(5\times\text{Stage})</math> | |||
*<math>\text{Starting cash}=\begin{cases}2500+(\text{Start round}\times(600-(\text{Stage}\times100))&\text{for Stage}<5 \\ 2500+(\text{Start round}\times100)&\text{for Stage}\geq5\end{cases}</math> | |||
For the speed and health modifiers, the difficulty is treated as a lower value depending on the [[map difficulty]] of a tile's [[map]]: | |||
*[[Beginner]]: not lowered | |||
*[[Intermediate]]: lowered by 4 | |||
*[[Advanced]]: lowered by 8 | |||
*[[Expert]]: lowered by 12 | |||
For example, the 10th Bloon Encounter of a stage has a difficulty value of 9. If it is on stage 3 and an Advanced map, it will have the following challenge rules: | |||
*<math>\text {Bloon Speed} = (100 + 3 \times (9 - 8))%=103%</math> | |||
*<math>\text {Health} = (100 + 6 \times (9 - 8))%=106%</math> | |||
*<math>\text{Start round}=1+9+5\times(3 - 1) = 20</math> | |||
*<math>\text{End round}=(2\times9) + (5\times3) = 33</math> | |||
*<math>\text{Starting cash}=2500+(20\times(600-(3\times100))=8500</math> | |||
These modifiers stack with [[Freeplay#Bloons TD 6|Freeplay]] health and speed scaling. In CHIMPS mode, after stage 5, the health modifiers start scaling faster and in increasing increments, but the Bloon Speed modifier keeps scaling as normal. | |||
===Parties=== | ===Parties=== | ||
'''Parties''' are a set consisting of a [[Hero]], [[Insta Monkey]]s, and | '''Parties''' are a set consisting of a [[Hero]], [[Insta Monkey]]s, and Artifacts. The player can only have up to 10 Insta Monkeys in their Party at a time; obtaining an 11th tower prompts the player to remove one to make space. | ||
{|class="wikitable | |||
! | Each [[Hero]] has a unique starter party of two Insta Monkeys and one Artifact. [[Hero Skin]]s have different starter parties from regular Heroes, with the exception of those that cannot be purchased with [[Monkey Money (BTD6)|Monkey Money]] (e.g. [[She-Ra]] has the same party as [[Adora (BTD6)|Adora]], and [[Red Sauda]] has the same party as [[Sauda (BTD6)|Sauda]]) and skins exclusive to the [[Bloons TD 6 (Chinese)|Chinese version]]. | ||
! | {{generic cargo compact list|table=btd6_hero_skins | ||
! | |image field=icon | ||
|extra col 1=COALESCE(CONCAT("{{#", "invoke", ":BTD6 rewards|main|InstaMonkey:", rl_tower_1, ",", rl_tower_1_upgrades, "}}"), "—") = Insta Monkey 1 | |||
|extra col 2=COALESCE(CONCAT("{{#", "invoke", ":BTD6 rewards|main|InstaMonkey:", rl_tower_2, ",", rl_tower_2_upgrades, "}}"), "—") = Insta Monkey 2 | |||
|extra col 3=CONCAT("{{", "BTD6 artifact{{!}}", rl_artifact, "}} ", rl_artifact_rarity) = Artifact | |||
|order by=IF(hero = name, 0, 1), numeric_id | |||
|where=NOT xd_only | |||
}} | |||
===Artifacts=== | |||
{{Main|Artifact}} | |||
Artifacts are items that the player can equip during a campaign. All of them have beneficial effects, though some have negative effects as trade-offs, and some of them add more Insta Monkeys to the player's party. The player starts their campaign with one artifact called a "Hero Artifact" that depends on the Hero or Hero Skin. Most Artifacts come in three tiers of rarity (Common, Rare, and Legendary), with higher tiers having more powerful effects. Players can discard Artifacts from their inventory at any time while they are in the map (for no effect) and have up to 50 Artifacts at the same time during a campaign; if they have more, the game will force them to discard Artifacts until they are at the limit. | |||
Before starting a campaign, the player can add additional Artifacts to their starting party, called "Permanent Artifacts". Each Artifact has a value called "Artifact Power" that determines its cost to equip in the starter party and trade value at a Merchant tile. Players start the DLC with a handful of Permanent Artifacts and to obtain more, they can extract one of the Artifacts they currently posses in a campaign after beating a Final Boss, removing it from the player's inventory in that campaign in the process. | |||
{{generic cargo ul | |||
|table=btd6_artifacts | |||
|where=type != "Boost" | |||
|limit=150 | |||
|column width=300px | |||
|order by=name | |||
}} | |||
===Boosts=== | |||
{{main|Boost}} | |||
Boosts are temporary items that the player obtains periodically on Bloon Encounter, Mini Game, Mini Boss, and Final Boss tiles. They can be Boost Artifacts, [[Insta Monkey]]s, or [[Power]]s (including the [[Cave Monkey]], [[Tech Bot (BTD6)|Tech Bot]], [[Pontoon (BTD6)|Pontoon]], [[Portable Lake (BTD6)|Portable Lake]], [[Thrive]], [[Super Monkey Storm (BTD6)|Super Monkey Storm]], [[Monkey Boost (BTD6)|Monkey Boost]], [[Time Stop]], [[Glue Trap]], [[Camo Trap]], [[Battle Cat!|Battle Cat]] and [[Super Monkey Beacon]]). Insta Monkeys and Powers obtained from Boosts can only be used once. Boosts only last for the rest of the tile game and disappear after the player wins or loses. | |||
When the player earns a Boost, they can choose from one of three options, or spend cash to reroll them (except during Races or Endurance Races, where the game chooses a random Boost for the player automatically). The first reroll is free, and every successive roll costs cash, increasing each time. Players can also enable the "Queue Boosts" option in the Artifact menu while in-game, which prevents the player from choosing Boosts they earn until they select it from the Artifact menu. It only awards one Boost at the time and will remain on the screen if there are multiple pending Boosts. | |||
{{generic cargo ul | |||
|table=btd6_artifacts | |||
|where=type = "Boost" | |||
|column width=300px | |||
}} | |||
===Stages=== | |||
Each stage is composed of a grid of hexagonal tiles. There are 23 different stage layouts; each layout has a name internally, but they are not displayed in the game itself. | |||
<gallery mode="nolines" widths="192" heights="108"> | |||
File:BTD6 RL Quarry.png|Quarry | |||
File:BTD6 RL Basalts.png|Basalts | |||
File:BTD6 RL Bloonhenge.png|Bloonhenge | |||
File:BTD6 RL Cliffside.png|Cliffside | |||
File:BTD6 RL Dam.png|Dam | |||
File:BTD6 RL High Point.png|High Point | |||
File:BTD6 RL Big Forest.png|Big Forest | |||
File:BTD6 RL Mountain Top.png|Mountain Top | |||
File:BTD6 RL Volcanic Island.png|Volcanic Island | |||
File:BTD6 RL River Crossing.png|River Crossing | |||
File:BTD6 RL Cliffs of Dover.png|Cliffs of Dover | |||
File:BTD6 RL Jungle.png|Jungle | |||
File:BTD6 RL Mountain Pass Upper.png|Mountain Pass Upper | |||
File:BTD6 RL Waterfall.png|Waterfall | |||
File:BTD6 RL Mountain Valley.png|Mountain Valley | |||
File:BTD6 RL Casm Falls.png|Casm Falls | |||
File:BTD6 RL Mountain Ridge.png|Mountain Ridge | |||
File:BTD6 RL Big Desert.png|Big Desert | |||
File:BTD6 RL Snow Field.png|Snow Field | |||
File:BTD6 RL Desert Canyon.png|Desert Canyon | |||
File:BTD6 RL Desert Waterfall.png|Desert Waterfall | |||
File:BTD6 RL Pyramids.png|Pyramids | |||
File:BTD6 RL Lava Fields.png|Lava Fields | |||
</gallery> | |||
Each layout has specific quantities of each tile type. Spawn Point, Bloon Encounter, Final Boss, and terrain tiles always spawn in the same positions. Most of the other tiles have their positions shuffled with other tiles during generation, though a few always generate in the same position (such as some Camp Fires always spawning next to Spawn Points). | |||
{|class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center" | |||
!Map | |||
!Spawn Points | |||
!Encounters | |||
!Mini Games | |||
!Mini Bosses | |||
!Loot Chests | |||
!Merchants | |||
!Camp Fires | |||
|- | |||
!Quarry | |||
|1 | |||
|18 | |||
|2 (2 shuffled) | |||
|2 (2 shuffled) | |||
|6 (5 shuffled) | |||
|3 (2 shuffled) | |||
|4 (3 shuffled) | |||
|- | |||
!Basalts | |||
|1 | |||
|21 | |||
|2 (2 shuffled) | |||
|2 (2 shuffled) | |||
|8 (8 shuffled) | |||
|3 (1 shuffled) | |||
|4 (2 shuffled) | |||
|- | |||
!Bloonhenge | |||
|1 | |||
|20 | |||
|2 (2 shuffled) | |||
|2 (2 shuffled) | |||
|6 (5 shuffled) | |||
|3 (2 shuffled) | |||
|4 (3 shuffled) | |||
|- | |||
!Cliffside | |||
|2 | |||
|15 | |||
|2 (2 shuffled) | |||
|2 (2 shuffled) | |||
|3 (2 shuffled) | |||
|3 (2 shuffled) | |||
|5 (3 shuffled) | |||
|- | |||
!Dam | |||
|2 | |||
|27 | |||
|3 (2 shuffled) | |||
|2 (1 shuffled) | |||
|6 (5 shuffled) | |||
|3 (1 shuffled) | |||
|5 (3 shuffled) | |||
|- | |||
!High Point | |||
|1 | |||
|19 | |||
|2 (2 shuffled) | |||
|2 (2 shuffled) | |||
|6 (5 shuffled) | |||
|2 (1 shuffled) | |||
|3 (2 shuffled) | |||
|- | |||
!Big Forest | |||
|2 | |||
|16 | |||
|2 (2 shuffled) | |||
|2 (2 shuffled) | |||
|6 (6 shuffled) | |||
|3 (1 shuffled) | |||
|5 (3 shuffled) | |||
|- | |||
!Mountain Top | |||
|1 | |||
|16 | |||
|2 (2 shuffled) | |||
|2 (2 shuffled) | |||
|6 (5 shuffled) | |||
|3 (2 shuffled) | |||
|4 (3 shuffled) | |||
|- | |||
!Volcanic Island | |||
|2 | |||
|21 | |||
|2 | |||
|2 | |||
|7 (2 shuffled) | |||
|3 (1 shuffled) | |||
|5 | |||
|- | |||
!River Crossing | |||
|2 | |||
|17 | |||
|2 (2 shuffled) | |||
|2 (2 shuffled) | |||
|6 (4 shuffled) | |||
|3 (2 shuffled) | |||
|5 (3 shuffled) | |||
|- | |||
!Cliffs of Dover | |||
|1 | |||
|17 | |||
|2 (2 shuffled) | |||
|2 (2 shuffled) | |||
|6 (4 shuffled) | |||
|3 (2 shuffled) | |||
|4 (3 shuffled) | |||
|- | |||
!Jungle | |||
|1 | |||
|19 | |||
|2 (2 shuffled) | |||
|2 (2 shuffled) | |||
|6 (6 shuffled) | |||
|3 (2 shuffled) | |||
|4 (3 shuffled) | |||
|- | |||
!Mountain Pass Upper | |||
|1 | |||
|15 | |||
|2 (2 shuffled) | |||
|2 (2 shuffled) | |||
|6 (5 shuffled) | |||
|3 (2 shuffled) | |||
|5 (4 shuffled) | |||
|- | |||
!Waterfall | |||
|1 | |||
|16 | |||
|2 (2 shuffled) | |||
|2 (2 shuffled) | |||
|6 (5 shuffled) | |||
|3 (2 shuffled) | |||
|4 (2 shuffled) | |||
|- | |||
!Mountain Valley | |||
|1 | |||
|13 | |||
|2 | |||
|2 | |||
|5 | |||
|3 | |||
|4 | |||
|- | |||
!Casm Falls | |||
|2 | |||
|12 | |||
|1 | |||
|2 (2 shuffled) | |||
|5 (5 shuffled) | |||
|2 (1 shuffled) | |||
|5 (3 shuffled) | |||
|- | |||
!Mountain Ridge | |||
|1 | |||
|14 | |||
|2 (2 shuffled) | |||
|2 (2 shuffled) | |||
|6 (5 shuffled) | |||
|1 | |||
|4 (3 shuffled) | |||
|- | |||
!Big Desert | |||
|1 | |||
|18 | |||
|2 (2 shuffled) | |||
|2 (2 shuffled) | |||
|7 (6 shuffled) | |||
|4 (1 shuffled) | |||
|5 (4 shuffled) | |||
|- | |||
!Snow Field | |||
|1 | |||
|12 | |||
|2 (2 shuffled) | |||
|2 (2 shuffled) | |||
|5 (5 shuffled) | |||
|1 | |||
|5 (3 shuffled) | |||
|- | |||
!Desert Canyon | |||
|1 | |||
|13 | |||
|2 (1 shuffled) | |||
|2 (2 shuffled) | |||
|5 (4 shuffled) | |||
|2 (1 shuffled) | |||
|4 (2 shuffled) | |||
|- | |||
!Desert Waterfall | |||
|1 | |||
|10 | |||
|2 (2 shuffled) | |||
|2 (1 shuffled) | |||
|4 (4 shuffled) | |||
|2 (1 shuffled) | |||
|4 (3 shuffled) | |||
|- | |||
!Pyramids | |||
|1 | |||
|14 | |||
|2 (2 shuffled) | |||
|2 (2 shuffled) | |||
|4 (4 shuffled) | |||
|1 | |||
|5 (3 shuffled) | |||
|- | |||
!Lava Fields | |||
|2 | |||
|14 | |||
|2 (1 shuffled) | |||
|2 (2 shuffled) | |||
|4 (4 shuffled) | |||
|2 (1 shuffled) | |||
|5 (3 shuffled) | |||
|} | |||
Bloon Encounter, Mini Game, Mini Boss, and Final Boss tiles use stage number to determine which [[map difficulty]] of map to use. The chances of these tiles using harder maps increases as the campaign progresses, maxing out at stage 4. | |||
{| class="wikitable" | |||
!Stage | |||
!Beginner | |||
!Intermediate | |||
!Advanced | |||
!Expert | |||
|- | |||
|1 | |||
|70% | |||
|30% | |||
|0% | |||
|0% | |||
|- | |||
|2 | |||
|50% | |||
|30% | |||
|20% | |||
|0% | |||
|- | |||
|3 | |||
|30% | |||
|35% | |||
|25% | |||
|10% | |||
|- | |||
|4+ | |||
|15% | |||
|35% | |||
|30% | |||
|20% | |||
|} | |||
===Rounds=== | |||
{{main|List of rounds in Rogue Legends}} | |||
Bloon Encounters use a unique "Rogue Bloons" round set.<ref name="47.0-preview" /> These rounds scale in difficulty much quicker than the regular set (for example, [[MOAB (BTD6)|MOABs]] will start spawning in the mid 10's), and to compensate, the players receive a much larger amount of starting cash and Heroes gain 3.0× more XP per round in addition to their party Insta Monkeys and active Artifacts. Some Bloon Encounter tiles will use a modified round set, depending on the type of encounter. Mini Boss tiles will use the [[Phayze One]] set. | |||
===Costs=== | |||
[[Insta Monkey]] placement costs are based on the sum of the cost of the base tower and all upgrades they have, and are reduced by a percentage that depends on the highest upgrade tier they have. Insta Monkeys from Boosts cost 20% less to place on top of this. | |||
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" | |||
!Tier | |||
!Cost | |||
|- | |||
|Base | |||
| -10% | |||
|- | |||
|Tier 1 | |||
| -20% | |||
|- | |||
|Tier 2 | |||
| -30% | |||
|- | |||
|Tier 3 | |||
| -35% | |||
|- | |||
|Tier 4 | |||
| -40% | |||
|- | |||
|Tier 5 | |||
| -50% | |||
|} | |||
[[Upgrade]] costs are modified based on their tier. Regular upgrades cost more, but [[Paragon]]s are cheaper. | |||
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" | |||
!Tier | |||
!Cost | |||
|- | |||
|Tier 1 | |||
| +15% | |||
|- | |||
|Tier 2 | |||
| +20% | |||
|- | |||
|Tier 3 | |||
| +30% | |||
|- | |||
|Tier 4 | |||
| +35% | |||
|- | |||
|Tier 5 | |||
| +40% | |||
|- | |||
|Paragon | |||
| -50% | |||
|} | |||
[[Power]]s cost cash to place instead of Monkey Money. This affects the [[sell]] value of Powers that can be sold. | |||
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" | |||
!Power | |||
!Cost | |||
|- | |||
|[[Pontoon (BTD6)|Pontoon]] | |||
|$450 | |||
|- | |||
|[[Portable Lake (BTD6)|Portable Lake]] | |||
|$500 | |||
|- | |||
|[[Tech Bot (BTD6)|Tech Bot]] | |||
|$375 | |||
|- | |||
|[[Cave Monkey]] | |||
|$750 | |||
|- | |||
|[[Thrive]] | |||
|$100 | |||
|- | |||
|[[Super Monkey Storm (BTD6)|Super Monkey Storm]] | |||
|$900 | |||
|- | |- | ||
|[[ | |[[Monkey Boost (BTD6)|Monkey Boost]] | ||
|$1,200 | |||
| | |||
|- | |- | ||
|[[ | |[[Time Stop]] | ||
|$600 | |||
| | |||
|- | |- | ||
|[[ | |[[Glue Trap]] | ||
|$500 | |||
| | |||
|- | |- | ||
|[[ | |[[Camo Trap]] | ||
|$600 | |||
| | |||
|- | |- | ||
|[[ | |[[Battle Cat!|Battle Cat]] | ||
|$1,945 | |||
| | |||
|- | |- | ||
|[[ | |[[Super Monkey Beacon]] | ||
| | |$1,500 | ||
|- | |- | ||
|[[ | |[[Hype Boost Monkey]] | ||
|$1,800 | |||
| | |||
|- | |- | ||
|[[ | |[[Tech Bot Prime]] | ||
|$900 | |||
| | |||
|- | |- | ||
|[[ | |[[Sword of Protection]] | ||
|$1,800 | |||
|} | |||
| | |||
===Rogue XP=== | |||
{{main|Rogue XP}} | |||
[[File:BTD6 RogueXpShopIconLarge.png|thumb|100px|Icon of the Rogue XP Shop]] | |||
Rogue XP is a currency introduced in {{BTD6 version|48.0}} that the player earns from playing through campaigns and can spend in the Rogue XP Shop on permanent buffs in future campaigns. | |||
===Rogue Feats=== | |||
{{main|Rogue Feat}} | |||
Rogue Feats are tasks similar to [[achievement]]s. Completing each of them unlocks a decorative [[medal]] displayed on the player's [[profile]]. | |||
{|class="wikitable center-col-1" | |||
!Icon | |||
!Name | |||
!Description | |||
|- | |- | ||
|[[File:BTD6 | |[[File:BTD6 JourneyAwaits.png|x20px]] | ||
| | |Journey Awaits | ||
|Begin a Campaign and defeat your first tile | |||
| | |||
|- | |- | ||
|[[File:BTD6 | |[[File:BTD6 ViciXX.png|x20px]] | ||
| | |Vici XX | ||
|Defeat a total of 20 tiles within the Campaign | |||
| | |||
|- | |- | ||
|[[File:BTD6 | |[[File:BTD6 JustGettingStarted.png|x20px]] | ||
| | |Just Getting Started | ||
|Defeat the Boss at the end of the Campaign | |||
| | |||
|- | |- | ||
|[[File:BTD6 | |[[File:BTD6 PerfectAdventure.png|x20px]] | ||
|Perfect Adventure | |||
| | |Defeat the 5th act of the 'CHIMPS' campaign | ||
| | |||
|- | |- | ||
|[[File:BTD6 | |[[File:BTD6 HereWeGoAgain.png|x20px]] | ||
|Here We Go Again | |||
| | |Complete a total of 100 stages of the campaign throughout all adventures | ||
| | |||
|- | |- | ||
|[[File:BTD6 | |[[File:BTD6 FullParty.png|x20px]] | ||
| | |Full Party | ||
|Have 10 total permanent Starter Monkeys in your team | |||
| | |||
|- | |- | ||
|[[File:BTD6 | |[[File:BTD6 OneForAll.png|x20px]] | ||
|One For All | |||
| | |Place every unique type of tower in one Campaign adventure | ||
| | |||
|- | |- | ||
|[[File:BTD6 | |[[File:BTD6 MonkeyManager.png|x20px]] | ||
|Monkey Manager | |||
| | |Obtain a Tier 5 of each Tower throughout all adventures | ||
| | |||
|- | |- | ||
|[[File:BTD6 | |[[File:BTD6 TrainingWeights.png|x20px]] | ||
|Training Weights | |||
| | |Beat a Campaign boss without bringing in any extra starter Artifacts | ||
| | |||
|- | |- | ||
|[[File:BTD6 | |[[File:BTD6 Centurion.png|x20px]] | ||
| | |Centurion | ||
|Place 100 Boost Monkeys in one Campaign adventure | |||
| | |||
|- | |- | ||
|[[File:BTD6 | |[[File:BTD6 WhatTomfoolery.png|x20px]] | ||
| | |What Tomfoolery | ||
| | |Obtain a Legendary item as a reward from a non-Legendary tile | ||
|- | |- | ||
|[[File:BTD6 | |[[File:BTD6 PerfectTrade.png|x20px]] | ||
| | |Perfect Trade | ||
|Purchase a Legendary item from the Merchant | |||
| | |||
|- | |- | ||
|[[File:BTD6 | |[[File:BTD6 MasterBlacksmith.png|x20px]] | ||
|Master Blacksmith | |||
| | |At a Rest tile enhance an item, upgrading it to Legendary Rarity | ||
| | |||
|- | |- | ||
|[[File:BTD6 | |[[File:BTD6 DiverseSkillset.png|x20px]] | ||
| | |Diverse Skillset | ||
|Complete 15 of each Tile Type in the Campaign | |||
| | |||
|- | |- | ||
|[[File:BTD6 | |[[File:BTD6 GameMaster.png|x20px]] | ||
| | |Game Master | ||
|Complete one of each different type of Mini-Game tile and a Mini-Boss. Least Tiers, Least Cash, Race, Endurance Race, and Mini Boss | |||
|- | |- | ||
|[[File:BTD6 | |[[File:BTD6 Overgeared.png|x20px]] | ||
|Overgeared | |||
| | |Collect a total of 25 Artifacts in a single Campaign | ||
| | |||
|- | |- | ||
|[[File:BTD6 | |[[File:BTD6 ArtifactGourmand.png|x20px]] | ||
|[[File:BTD6 | |Artifact Gourmand | ||
|[[File:BTD6 | |Collect a total of 1000 Artifacts throughout all adventures | ||
|'' | |- | ||
|[[File:BTD6 ArtifactCollector.png|x20px]] | |||
|Artifact Collector | |||
|Collect a permanent copy of 60 Artifacts | |||
|- | |||
|[[File:BTD6 FullyBoosted.png|x20px]] | |||
|Fully Boosted | |||
|Claim a Legendary rarity version of each of the 3 Boost types (one of each Precision, Inspiration, Quickening) | |||
|} | |||
{{Clear}} | |||
==Tiles== | |||
===Spawn Points=== | |||
[[File:BTD6 RogueInfoIconSpawn.png|50px|right]] | |||
'''Spawn Points''' are tents that mark the starting position of the Rogue Monkey. On some stage layouts, there are two spawn points that the player can choose from. | |||
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===Bloon Encounters=== | |||
{{main|Bloon Encounter (Rogue Legends)}} | |||
[[File:BTD6 RogueInfoIconBloonEncounter.png|50px|right]] | |||
'''Bloon Encounters''' appear on the path and the player is required to engage with them to progress. The player can either fight the encounter, which takes the player to a [[map]] where they must reach the end round to win, or they can skip it by paying one heart (if they have at least two hearts remaining). Completing an encounter rewards Tokens and Rogue XP. | |||
Bloon Encounters come in multiple variants, indicated by the "Bloon topper" that floats over the tile. These apply modifiers during the game, such as making Bloons immune to movement-inhibiting effects, and some of them change the roundset used. | |||
===Mini Game=== | |||
{{main|Mini Game}} | |||
[[File:BTD6 RogueInfoIconMiniGame.png|50px|right]] | |||
'''Mini Game''' tiles are optional challenges that can reward the player with the choice of an Artifact when completed. Each Mini Game has three tiers of score goals, and the goal the player reaches determines if the Artifact options are Common, Rare, or Legendary, as well as the amount of Rogue XP earned. If the player does not reach any of the goals, no Artifact is earned. Players do not lose a heart if they lose or fail to achieve a goal score, but they can pay 1 heart to retry if they haven't earned an Artifact yet. | |||
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===Mini Boss=== | |||
{{main|Mini Boss}} | |||
[[File:BTD6 RogueInfoIconMiniBoss.png|50px|right]] | |||
'''Mini Boss''' tiles are similar to Mini Game tiles, being optional challenges that reward an Artifact and Rogue XP depending on which goal the player achieves. However, Mini Boss tiles use [[Boss Rush]] mode with any boss except [[Vortex (BTD6)|Vortex]]. These use the [[Phayze One]] round set rather than the Rogue Bloons round set, and [[Power]]s can be used normally. | |||
===Loot Chests=== | |||
[[File:BTD6 RogueInfoIconBonusLoot.png|50px|right]] | |||
'''Loot Chests''' allow the player to choose one of three Artifacts. | |||
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===Merchants=== | |||
[[File:BTD6 RogueInfoIconMerchant.png|50px|right]] | |||
'''Merchants''' allow the player to trade Artifacts and [[token (BTD6)|token]]s for different Artifacts. Merchants have eight Artifacts to choose from. The player selects one to four Artifacts from the Merchant's inventory and a combination of tokens and Artifacts from the player's inventory until the total Artifact Power of both selections are the same (Tokens have a value of 1 and Merchant Artifacts are valued at double their Artifact Power). Upon confirmation, the player will lose the selected tokens and Artifacts and gain the ones they have chosen from the Merchant. The player can perform multiple trades with the Merchant, but they are limited to get 4 Artifacts from each shop. | |||
In stages 2–4 the Merchant will have available two additional Artifacts, the first one grants 60 [[Monkey Money]] per stage and the second one 120 Rogue XP per stage, these Artifacts have a value of 12 Power and will have two of each (but will only use one of the 4 slots if multiples are purchased). | |||
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===Log Bridges=== | |||
[[File:BTD6 RogueInfoIconWaterBridge.png|50px|right]] | |||
'''Log Bridges''' allow the player to cross water tiles. They are functionally identical to path tiles. | |||
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===Camp Fires=== | |||
[[File:BTD6 RogueInfoIconRest.png|50px|right]] | |||
'''Camp Fires''', also called '''Rest Tiles''', allow the player to choose one of four beneficial effects. Each Camp Fire can only be used once. | |||
{|class="wikitable center-col-1" | |||
!Icon | |||
!Text | |||
!Effect | |||
|- | |- | ||
|[[File:BTD6 | |[[File:BTD6 CampfireTowerIcon.png|50px]] | ||
| | |'''Recruit'''<br>Befriend a new Monkey to add to your Party | ||
| | |Allows the player to choose one of five Insta Monkeys to add to their Party. The options can be rerolled by spending Tokens. The player is allowed to back out from this menu if none of the options are desired. | ||
|- | |- | ||
|[[File:BTD6 | |[[File:BTD6 CampfireMentorIcon.png|50px]] | ||
| | |'''Mentor'''<br>Mentor one of your Monkeys to make it stronger | ||
|Permanently increases the upgrade tier on one path of a chosen Insta Monkey, if available, up to Tier 4. For example, a 2-0-0 Alchemist can be enhanced into a 3-0-0 Alchemist, 2-1-0 Alchemist, or 2-0-1 Alchemist. | |||
|- | |- | ||
|[[File:BTD6 CampfireEnhanceIcon.png|50px]] | |||
|[[File:BTD6 | |'''Enhance'''<br>Study a Common Artifact to increase its strength | ||
|Allows the player to upgrade one Common Artifact to a Rare Artifact. | |||
|'' | |||
|- | |- | ||
|[[File:BTD6 | |[[File:BTD6 CampfireHealIcon.png|50px]] | ||
| | |'''Heal'''<br>Taking a short nap can restore some Hearts | ||
| | |Restores up to two hearts. This option cannot be selected if the player already has 5 hearts. | ||
|} | |} | ||
{{clear|right}} | |||
=== | ===Legendary Augment=== | ||
[[File:BTD6 RogueInfoIconLegendary.png|50px|right]] | |||
''' | '''Legendary Augments''' are variants of certain types of tiles with improved rewards, indicated by the tile glowing and sparkling. Two Legendary Augments spawn on each stage. Their effects depend on the type of tile: | ||
*'''Bloon Encounter''': The player will get a choice between Legendary Artifacts or tier 5 Insta Monkeys upon completing them instead of tokens. | |||
*'''Loot Chests''': All the Artifacts will be of Legendary rarity. | |||
*'''Merchant''': Can have Legendary artifacts in its inventory and the costs are lowered by 2 Power, compared to a regular Merchant: Common Artifacts cost 4 Power, Rare Artifacts cost 10, and Legendary Artifacts cost 16. | |||
*'''Camp Fires''': Recruit Insta Monkeys will be tier 5, Mentor can upgrade tier 4 towers in to tier 5, Enhance allows upgrading a Common or Rare Artifact into its Legendary version and Heal restores all hearts. | |||
*'''Mini Game''' and '''Mini Boss''': Two Artifacts are rewarded instead of one, both will be of the same rarity depending on the the player's score. | |||
{{clear|right}} | |||
=== | ===Final Boss=== | ||
{{main| | {{main|Final Boss}} | ||
''' | [[File:BTD6 RogueInfoIconFinalBoss.png|50px|right]] | ||
'''Final Boss''' tiles are always the final tile of stage, and beating them is required to progress to the next stage. They take the player to a battle against a [[Boss Bloon]] in a manner similar to [[Boss Challenge]]s. The boss spawns immediately upon starting the first round and must be defeated within 40 rounds, starting at round 10. The boss appears in its Normal version for stage 1 and in its Elite version for stages 2 and higher, and its tier is the same as the stage number (remaining tier 5 on stages 5 and up). Defeating the boss rewards the player with Rogue XP and a Boss Artifact, but losing costs the player one heart. | |||
==Modes== | |||
===Practice=== | |||
[[File:BTD6 RoguePracticeButton.png|100px|thumb|Practice mode icon]] | |||
'''Practice''' allows the player to simulate a Bloon Encounter on any [[map]] of the player's choosing, including secret maps such as [[Protect The Yacht]] and [[Blons]]. The player chooses their Starter Party and plays rounds 1–65. There are no health or speed modifiers and the player earns [[Boost]]s every two rounds instead of three. After completing round 65, the player can continue in [[Freeplay]]. | |||
=== | ===CHIMPS=== | ||
'''CHIMPS''' is unlocked by completing stage 4 of a campaign for the first time. This mode applies the following modifiers to make the game more difficult: | |||
*The player plays on [[Hard]] difficulty instead of [[Medium]]. | |||
* | *The player starts with two hearts instead of five. | ||
* | *The maximum tower party size is reduced to 8. | ||
* | *Starting cash is reduced to 85%. | ||
* | *Reroll cost is increased by ~33%. | ||
* | *The player cannot extract [[Artifact]]s after stage 4. | ||
* | |||
In exchange, goals for Mini Game and Mini Boss tiles are reduced by 10% and the player can earn more Rogue XP by enabling Curses, which are passive negative effects that apply during the entire campaign and add Curse Points. Each Curse Point increases the amount of Rogue XP earned by 1%. The player can select any amount of Curses, up to a maximum of 375 Curse Points. | |||
Despite the name, this mode is not played in [[CHIMPS]]. The player can still use [[Power]]s and the restrictions to [[Monkey Knowledge (BTD6)|Monkey Knowledge]], [[life|lives]], [[sell]]ing, and [[cash]] generation are tied to Curses via the following, respectively: Low Knowledge, No Leeway, No Selling, and No Income, instead of being inherent to this mode. | |||
{|class="wikitable" | {| class="wikitable" | ||
! | !Icon | ||
! | !Name | ||
!Curse Points | |||
!Effect | |||
|- | |||
|[[File:BTD6 CurseLowStamina.png|frameless|25x25px]] | |||
|Low Stamina | |||
|10 | |||
|Towers will have a cooldown of 6 rounds instead of 4. | |||
|- | |||
|[[File:BTD6 CurseMarketCrash.png|frameless|25x25px]] | |||
|Market Crash | |||
|10 | |||
|Merchant item costs are doubled. | |||
|- | |||
|[[File:BTD6 CursePerfectionist.png|frameless|25x25px]] | |||
|Perfectionist | |||
|10 | |||
|Bronze reward for Mini Games and Mini Bosses removed. | |||
|- | |||
|[[File:BTD6 CurseNoSelling.png|frameless|25x25px]] | |||
|No Selling | |||
|10 | |||
|Towers cannot be sold. | |||
|- | |||
|[[File:BTD6 CurseVeteranOnly.png|frameless|25x25px]] | |||
|Veteran Only | |||
|15 | |||
|[[Beginner]] maps do not appear in the campaign. | |||
|- | |||
|[[File:BTD6 CurseUpgradeToll.png|frameless|26x26px]] | |||
|Upgrade Toll | |||
|20 | |||
|Upgrade costs are increased by 15%. | |||
|- | |||
|[[File:BTD6 CurseNoHandouts.png|frameless|25x25px]] | |||
|No Handouts | |||
|15 | |||
|Players cannot use starting Artifacts, including the Hero Artifact. | |||
|- | |- | ||
| | |[[File:BTD6 CurseSpeedy.png|frameless|28x28px]] | ||
| | |Speedy | ||
|15 | |||
|Bloons and MOAB-Class Bloons move 15% faster. | |||
|- | |- | ||
| | |[[File:BTD6 CurseNoLeeway.png|frameless|25x25px]] | ||
| | |No Leeway | ||
|20 | |||
|Maximum amount of lives set to 1. | |||
|- | |- | ||
| | |[[File:BTD6 CurseNoBoosts.png|frameless|25x25px]] | ||
| | |No Boosts | ||
|20 | |||
|The player does not earn Boosts during games. | |||
|- | |- | ||
| | |[[File:BTD6 CurseNoRerolls.png|frameless|25x25px]] | ||
| | |No Rerolls | ||
|20 | |||
|The player cannot reroll any reward. | |||
|- | |- | ||
| | |[[File:BTD6 CurseNoIncome.png|frameless|25x25px]] | ||
| | |No Income | ||
|20 | |||
|Towers do not produce extra income. | |||
|- | |- | ||
| | |[[File:BTD6 CurseHardTarget.png|frameless|25x25px]] | ||
| | |Hard Target | ||
|20 | |||
|Mini Boss and Mini Games goals are 20% higher. | |||
|- | |- | ||
| | |[[File:BTD6 CurseHeroesTrail.png|frameless|25x25px]] | ||
| | |No Hero | ||
|25 | |||
|The chosen Hero cannot be placed in the game. | |||
|- | |- | ||
| | |[[File:BTD6 CurseFaintOfHeart.png|frameless|25x25px]] | ||
| | |Faint of Heart | ||
|25 | |||
|Maximum amount of {{icon|BTD6 RogueHeartIcon.png}} Hearts is reduced to 1. | |||
|- | |- | ||
| | |[[File:BTD6 CurseSmallParty.png|frameless|26x26px]] | ||
| | |Small Party | ||
|25 | |||
|Party size reduced by 4. | |||
|- | |- | ||
| | |[[File:BTD6 CurseChoiceStarved.png|frameless|25x25px]] | ||
| | |Choice Starved | ||
|30 | |||
|All reward selections will have one less choice. | |||
|- | |- | ||
| | |[[File:BTD6 CurseLimitedResources.png|frameless|28x28px]] | ||
| | |Limited Resources | ||
|30 | |||
|Maximum amount of Artifacts is reduced to 10. | |||
|- | |- | ||
| | |[[File:BTD6 CurseLowKnowledge.png|frameless|26x26px]] | ||
| | |Low Knowledge | ||
|35 | |||
|Disables the effects of the XP Shop, including certain Monkey Knowledge points. | |||
|} | |} | ||
=== | ==Strategy== | ||
{{main strategy}} | |||
{{strategy needed|This should contain a few basic pointers, while the main strategy article should go more in-depth. (Needs cross-verification)}} | |||
===Gameplay summary=== | |||
The difficulty of Rogue Legends wildly changes depending on luck. Longer, riskier routes should be taken during the earlier stages when round scaling and map difficulty are low for greater payoffs with gathering many Artifacts and Tokens early. At later stages, taking the safer path with fewer Bloon Encounters is advised, both to keep the Bloon speed and health scaling low and to reduce the possibility of getting an Encounter on difficult maps like [[Ravine]] or [[Dark Dungeons]]. At much later stages on CHIMPS mode, the game mostly dwells to a matter of minimizing lag issues, with reduced focus on defense and moreso efficiently beating each stage as quickly as possible without excessive in-game calculations. | |||
Compared to standard BTD6 gameplay, later rounds are much more laggy due to [[Freeplay]] rules not activating until Round 31 and [[MOAB-Class Bloon|MOAB-Class Bloons]] scaling much more beforehand. Popping [[ZOMG (BTD6)|ZOMGs]] releases a ton of children Bloons from non-Super [[Ceramic Bloon (BTD6)|Ceramic Bloons]] compared to standard BTD6, making certain towers much more vulnerable to getting pierce-capped. Crowd control and pierce remains a significant factor to consider when selecting Monkeys and Artifacts. | |||
When selecting a starting party and starting Artifacts, the starting Artifacts should either improve the Hero and starting party or cover their weaknesses; for instance, a starting party with Dart Monkeys may pick the [[Ceramic Chunker]] Rare + [[Frosted Tips]] Common to control large groups of Bloons. [[General's Disposition]] Common can greatly help most starting parties that lack Camo detection or have unreliable de-camo options. | |||
Pay attention to special tiles, particularly Campfires and Merchants, to gain the opportunity to boost your party of towers and artifacts. Legendary tiles offer rare opportunities to gain even more rewards to "snowball" a run, so try to route towards them if possible. Even if the acquired Artifacts don't help the current party, they still have decent spending power when trading with Merchants. | |||
Camp Fires are versatile in how they can affect the current loadout. Recruiting a Monkey should be done to mainly either cover a weakness, such as Camo detection or early MOABs, or counter an upcoming Boss when mentoring or enhancing wouldn't help as much. For example, recruiting a Monkey from a different category can help in a pinch against [[Dreadbloon (BTD6)|Dreadbloon]]. Later on, recruiting still has value in potentially getting highly-upgraded [[Super Monkey (BTD6)|Super Monkeys]] or getting certain upgrade paths like middle path [[Druid (BTD6)|Druids]] or [[Wizard Monkey (BTD6)|Wizard Monkeys]], which would normally require several Camp Fires' worth of mentoring with the current Artifacts available. Mentoring a Monkey should be done on upgrades that are purchased frequently to maximize value and to make Monkeys more spammable on Race or Mini Boss tiles. When mentoring, beware of increasing the placement cost too much if it would exceed the starting cash on each Encounter, and also beware of locking that monkey out of certain upgrade paths or crosspaths. Enhancing Artifacts generally provide minor but consistent boosts, but if the Artifact adds a Monkey to the party, enhancing will add another copy of that Monkey, allowing that Monkey to be placed more often in addition to getting the Artifact improved. | |||
During each Encounter, when picking a Boost, the one-use Insta Monkeys can greatly add popping power to the current Encounter due to how they're discounted, though getting a useful one is rare. Picking the Monkey category Boosts is generally viable for free, incremental stat bonuses. Try to avoid more than one reroll if possible; subseqent rerolls are not worth it, unless cash is not a concern at all. | |||
When picking a reward from beating a Final Boss, the Legendary Artifact should usually be taken, as most Tier 5 Monkeys are unaffordable on regular Encounters and only really contribute to future Final Bosses with the greatly increased starting cash. Most Tier 5 Monkeys that are affordable still struggle to pop every Bloon type. In general, if a defense on a regular Encounter can save up tens of thousands of dollars to afford a Tier 5 Monkey, the Tier 5 Monkey probably isn't needed anyway. Exceptionally cheap Tier 5s like the [[Ultra-Juggernaut (BTD6)|Ultra-Juggernaut]] may be taken and placed to take advantage of Boss Bloon Essences. Even if the Final Boss Artifact doesn't help at all, such as the [[Essence Of Blastapopoulos|Essences of Blastapopoulos]] or [[Essence Of Vortex|Vortex]] without having Tier 5s, they may still be traded with future Merchants. | |||
===Rogue XP Shop=== | |||
Succeed on as many Bloon Encounters and Minigames to gather as many Marshmallows, or Tokens and Artifacts that can be traded for Marshmallows, as possible. | |||
For investments with Marshmallows, it's generally best to pick upgrades that improve long-term value. The Starting Artifact Power is generally the most valuable, but only if several Rare or Legendary Artifacts are already extracted. Upgrading Starting Cash or Hero XP gain can help reach important breakpoints for affording certain upgrades, and Recruit Rerolls can help with recruiting a useful Monkey early on. | |||
==Update history== | |||
{{main uh}} | |||
''Rogue Legends'' receives free updates along with the main game. These include [[Artifact]] and starter party balance changes, [[round]] changes, and new Artifacts and features. It has changes in the following updates: | |||
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==Cosmetic items== | |||
===For purchasing the DLC=== | |||
{{BTD6 cosmetic item list by id|GameUIProfileAvatar105|GameUIProfileBanner47|hide sources=y}} | |||
===For completing a campaign=== | |||
{{BTD6 cosmetic item list by id|GameUIProfileAvatar106|GameUIProfileBanner48|source=Complete Rogue Legends|hide sources=y}} | |||
==In-game text== | |||
===Legends menu description=== | |||
{{blockquote|Rogue Legends is a rogue-lite adventure across a huge variety of Bloon infested maps. | |||
Build your Monkey Party and make strategic reward choices at key steps to advance. Win and Buy Artifacts to boost your Party's power and defeat the Boss!}} | |||
===Store description=== | |||
{{blockquote|Experience Rogue Legends for Bloons TD 6! | |||
Set out on a nostalgic journey through amazing rogue-lite campaigns to find new companions, build your power, and defeat the final Boss. Infinitely and dynamically replayable! | |||
ALL NEW FEATURES | |||
*Detailed retro-inspired maps that immerse you in a nostalgic world of adventure | |||
*All new rogue-lite gameplay that offers periodic choices between Insta-Monkeys, Artifacts, and Boosts to build your Party's power | |||
*60+ powerful Artifacts that fundamentally change classic play, such as zig-zag firing patterns or granting all projectiles homing ability | |||
*All new Boosts with powerful rarities, some of which can buff all Monkeys | |||
*Custom Bloon round sets for big changes in gameplay | |||
*Collect Permanent Monkeys and Artifacts to add to your Party so each new Campaign offers evolving variety | |||
EXCLUSIVE ITEMS | |||
*One Banner and Avatar set available immediately upon purchasing Rogue Legends | |||
*A second Banner and Avatar set celebrating your legendary adventures after fully beating one Campaign | |||
*All new Tim Haywood music track written exclusively for and inspired by Rogue Legends}} | |||
===Steam store description=== | |||
{{blockquote|Experience the Rogue Legends Expansion for Bloons TD 6! | |||
Set out on a nostalgic journey through amazing rogue-lite campaigns to find new companions, build your power, and defeat the final Boss. Infinitely and dynamically replayable! | |||
ALL NEW FEATURES | |||
*Dozens of detailed retro-inspired maps that immerse you in a nostalgic world of adventure | |||
*All new rogue-lite gameplay that offers periodic choices between Insta-Monkeys, Artifacts, and Boosts to build your Party's power | |||
*Over 85 powerful Artifacts that fundamentally change classic play, such as zig-zag firing patterns or granting all projectiles homing ability | |||
*15 all new Boosts with powerful rarities, some of which can buff all Monkeys | |||
*Custom Bloon round sets for big changes in gameplay | |||
*Collect Permanent Monkeys and Artifacts to add to your Party so each new Campaign offers evolving variety | |||
EXCLUSIVE ITEMS | |||
*One Banner and Avatar set available immediately upon purchasing Rogue Legends | |||
*A second Banner and Avatar set celebrating your legendary adventures after fully beating one Campaign | |||
*All new Tim Haywood music track written exclusively for and inspired by Rogue Legends}} | |||
===Home information menu=== | |||
{|class="wikitable" | {|class="wikitable" | ||
! | !Icon | ||
! | !Text | ||
|- | |- | ||
|[[File:BTD6 RogueInfoIconSection1.png|50px]] | |||
| | |Start a Campaign with any Unlocked Hero. | ||
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|[[File:BTD6 RogueInfoIconSection2.png|50px]] | |||
| | |Each Hero Skin has a custom loadout that will start your Party - two Monkeys and one Artifact. | ||
|- | |- | ||
|[[File:BTD6 RogueInfoIconSection3.png|50px]] | |||
| | |Use your Party to beat each tile. There are no Continues - if you lose the tile you lose a Heart. | ||
|- | |- | ||
|[[File:BTD6 RogueInfoIconSection4.png|50px]] | |||
| | |You can replenish some Hearts by Healing at a Camp Fire. Other choices at the Camp Fire include Recruiting a new Monkey, Mentoring an existing Monkey in your party, or Enhancing one of your Artifacts. | ||
|- | |- | ||
|[[File:BTD6 RogueInfoIconSection5.png|50px]] | |||
| | |You will get to pick Temporary Boosts to use during tiles. You will get options for Permanent Artifacts and Insta Monkeys when you win special tiles or when you find Loot. | ||
|- | |- | ||
|[[File:BTD6 RogueInfoIconSection6.png|50px]] | |||
| | |Complete Rogue Legends Feats to upgrade a unique badge for your Player Profile. Earn an exclusive banner for beating one campaign. | ||
|- | |- | ||
! | |[[File:BTD6 RogueInfoIconSection7.png|50px]] | ||
| | |If you lose all your Hearts your Campaign is over and you must start again. Good luck and happy adventuring! | ||
|} | |||
===Campaign information menu=== | |||
{|class="wikitable" | |||
!Icon | |||
!Text | |||
|- | |- | ||
|[[File:BTD6 RogueInfoIconSpawn.png|50px]] | |||
| | |This is where you Tap to spawn. (mobile)<br>This is where you Click to spawn. (desktop) | ||
|- | |- | ||
|[[File:BTD6 RogueInfoIconWisp.png|50px]] | |||
| | |Tap the Wisp to follow the path. (mobile)<br>Click the Wisp to follow the path. (desktop) | ||
|- | |- | ||
|[[File:BTD6 RogueInfoIconRest.png|50px]] | |||
| | |Camp Fire! Recruit a new Monkey to your Party, Mentor a Monkey in your Party, Enhance an Artifact, or Heal some Hearts. | ||
|- | |- | ||
|[[File:BTD6 RogueInfoIconBloonEncounter.png|50px]] | |||
| | |Bloons in your way must be cleared. | ||
|- | |- | ||
|[[File:BTD6 RogueInventoryBtn.png|50px]] | |||
| | |Artifacts and Boosts enhance your Monkeys to help fight the Bloons. Though some numbers may appear small, it all adds up. Extraordinary power can be unlocked when combining multiple Artifacts.<br>Note: Ability Cooldowns are capped at 70% faster. | ||
|- | |- | ||
|[[File:BTD6 RogueInfoIconBonusLoot.png|50px]] | |||
| | |Loot Chest! Open the chest and there could be some Artifacts to choose from. | ||
|- | |- | ||
|[[File:BTD6 RogueInfoIconMiniGame.png|50px]] | |||
| | |Mini Games! A variety of challenges. Beat the Goal to earn a reward. | ||
|- | |- | ||
|[[File:BTD6 RogueInfoIconMiniBoss.png|50px]] | |||
| | |Mini Boss! Challenge a Boss to earn great loot. | ||
|- | |- | ||
|[[File:BTD6 RogueInfoIconMerchant.png|50px]] | |||
| | |Merchant! Trade Artifacts and Tokens with the Merchant. | ||
|- | |- | ||
! | |[[File:BTD6 RogueInfoIconFinalBoss.png|50px]] | ||
| | |Final Boss! You have won many battles, but can you complete the journey? | ||
|- | |||
|[[File:BTD6 RogueInfoIconLegendary.png|50px]] | |||
|Legendary Augment! These sparkles represent this tile has been enhanced with Legendary power. | |||
|- | |||
|[[File:BTD6 RogueInfoIconWaterBridge.png|50px]] | |||
|A Log Bridge allows you to cross narrow waterways. | |||
|- | |||
|[[File:BTD6 RogueCompassIcon.png|50px]] | |||
|Tap to go back to Rogue Monkey. Swaps between Spawn point on maps that have more than one. (mobile)<br>Click to go back to Rogue Monkey. Swaps between Spawn point on maps that have more than one. (desktop) | |||
|- | |||
|[[File:BTD6 ArtifactsBtn.png|50px]] | |||
|See the Artifacts you have in your current campaign. Also discard Artifacts here. | |||
|- | |||
|[[File:BTD6 RogueResetBtn.png|50px]] | |||
|Restart Journey to begin your Journey again. | |||
|} | |} | ||
==Errors== | |||
* [[Ability Stacking]] Rare has a 20% ability cooldown penalty instead of the 10% stated on the description. | |||
*The [[Dazing Frostburn]], [[Esoteric Elementalist]] and [[Flaming Hot Punch-A-Rang]] Artifacts apply their damage over time effect every 1.5s instead of every second as the description says. | |||
*Esoteric Elementalist Rare has a 50% chance of triggering the damage over time effect instead of 30% as the description states. | |||
*The [[Home Brew Alchemy]] Artifact has 30× Crit damage instead of 50× as the description says. | |||
*The [[Heroic Edge]] Artifact always has a +25% pierce for the Common an Rare variants instead of +10% and +15% as the description states. | |||
*The Permanent Artifact counter will show a maximum of 294 Artifacts, but there is only 293 available. | |||
{{Research|Confirm that the errors listed below are still present in {{BTD6 version|52.2}} or higher|section=1}} | |||
* If the player faces a Boss in [[Ancient Portal]] with a [[Reverse (BTD6)|Reverse]] modifier active, the Boss path will be bugged. With the initial portal alignment, the Boss will start from its normal spawn point on the right side of the track and if the portal is realigned before the Boss spawns, it will now spawn in the intended location on the left side of the track. Either way, when the Boss reaches the portal, it will enter it and travel to the exit from the top path instead of crossing over the portal. | |||
* Level 20 [[Ezili (BTD6)|Ezili]] can affect Boss Bloons with her MOAB Hex ability. | |||
==Development== | ==Development== | ||
[[Legend]]s were first mentioned in passing the update notes for {{BTD6 version|41.0}} as "periodic Legends content drops for players looking for even more challenge".<ref>{{cite|url=https://www.reddit.com/r/btd6/comments/1akoc55/update_bloons_td_6_v410_update_notes/|title=Update: Bloons TD 6 v41.0 - Update Notes!|publisher=Reddit|retrieved=14 jan 2025}}</ref> | |||
===Version 44.0=== | ===Version 44.0=== | ||
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===Version 47.0=== | ===Version 47.0=== | ||
The update preview for {{BTD6 version|47.0}} revealed more information about ''Rogue Legends'', as well as answering questions from the community about Legends in general.<ref name="47.0-preview">{{cite|url=https://www.reddit.com/r/btd6/comments/1ihv0z6/bloons_td_6_v470_update_notes/|title=Bloons TD 6 v47.0 - Update Notes!|retrieved=4 feb 2025}}</ref> | The update preview for {{BTD6 version|47.0}} revealed more information about ''Rogue Legends'', as well as answering questions from the community about Legends in general.<ref name="47.0-preview">{{cite|url=https://www.reddit.com/r/btd6/comments/1ihv0z6/bloons_td_6_v470_update_notes/|title=Bloons TD 6 v47.0 - Update Notes!|retrieved=4 feb 2025}}</ref> | ||
===Early access videos=== | |||
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4WR893Cjg0 Boltrix] | |||
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xoPfCeKXNXo ISAB] | |||
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mOtQ7h2wRl8 Mehalic Pops] | |||
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tilh2ENGTrA Dabloon] | |||
*[https://youtu.be/kjrQ_tMFJOo Tewity] | |||
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y2crDvYDsUI Punji Gaming (German)] | |||
==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||
{{main gallery}} | |||
<gallery> | <gallery> | ||
BTD6 | BTD6 47.0 coming soon.jpg|Promotional artwork | ||
BTD6 47.0 promo.jpg|Promotional artwork | |||
BTD6 | |||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
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==References== | ==References== | ||
{{references}} | {{references}} | ||
==External links== | |||
*[https://store.steampowered.com/app/3377850/Bloons_TD_6_Rogue_Legends/ ''Bloons TD 6: Rogue Legends'' on Steam] | |||
==Navigation== | ==Navigation== | ||
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[[Category: | [[Category:Rogue Legends|*]][[Category:Modes in BTD6]] | ||