Shrapnel Shot (BTD6)

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

Shrapnel Shot

Damaged Bloons spray out a cone of sharp shrapnel.

Tower	Sniper Monkey — Path 2 — Tier 2
XP cost	600
Cash cost	$385 — Easy $450 — Medium $485 — Hard $540 — Impoppable

← Night Vision Goggles

Bouncing Bullet →

Shrapnel Shot is the Sniper Monkey's path 2 tier 2 upgrade in Bloons TD 6. With this upgrade, each shot from the Sniper Monkey emits 5 shrapnel projectiles from behind the target in a 45° angle spread. Each shrapnel projectile deals 1 damage, +2 damage to Camo Bloons (inherited from Night Vision Goggles), and can pop up to 2 Bloons. Shrapnel does not deal damage to the target initially hit by the bullet.

Crosspathing with the top path increases the shrapnel's damage, grants them Normal-type damage, and allows them to apply a weaker version of the Maim MOAB and Cripple MOAB effects.

With Full Auto Rifle or Elite Defender, each shrapnel projectile gains +1 bonus to Ceramic Bloons.

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 Camo Prioritization

Attack
Cooldown 1.59s Offset (X, Y, Z) -1.65, 17.52, 11 Targeting Depends on targeting option Targeting range ∞ units
Projectile Pierce 1 Damage 2 Damage to Camo +2 Damage type Sharp Lifespan 0.1s Radius 0 units Filters Can only hit the target Shrapnel Count 5 Angle 45° Pierce 2 Damage 1 Damage to Camo +2 Damage type Sharp Speed 160 units/s Lifespan 0.2s Radius 0.2 units

1-2-0

Attack
Projectile Damage 2 → 4 Damage type Sharp → Normal Shrapnel Damage 1 → 2 Damage type Sharp → Normal

2-2-0

Attack
Projectile Damage 4 → 7 Shrapnel Damage 2 → 3

0-2-1

Attack
Cooldown 1.59s → 1.113s

0-2-2

Attack
Cooldown 1.113s → 0.7791s

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
0-2-0	$895	$1,050	$1,135	$1,260	$627	$735	$795	$882
1-2-0	$1,195	$1,400	$1,515	$1,680	$837	$980	$1,061	$1,176
2-2-0	$2,300	$2,700	$2,920	$3,240	$1,610	$1,890	$2,044	$2,268
3-2-0	$4,170	$4,900	$5,295	$5,880	$2,919	$3,430	$3,707	$4,116
4-2-0	$9,525	$11,200	$12,100	$13,440	$6,668	$7,840	$8,470	$9,408
5-2-0	$36,725	$43,200	$46,660	$51,840	$25,708	$30,240	$32,662	$36,288
0-2-1	$1,280	$1,500	$1,620	$1,800	$896	$1,050	$1,134	$1,260
0-2-2	$1,665	$1,950	$2,105	$2,340	$1,166	$1,365	$1,474	$1,638
0-2-3	$3,960	$4,650	$5,020	$5,580	$2,772	$3,255	$3,514	$3,906
0-2-4	$7,445	$8,750	$9,450	$10,500	$5,212	$6,125	$6,615	$7,350
0-2-5	$20,110	$23,650	$25,540	$28,380	$14,077	$16,555	$17,878	$19,866

Strategy

This section was last updated for: version 52.2

Shrapnel Shot makes Sniper a viable group-popper at long distances. It makes the Sniper's position more important, since the direction the Sniper faces determines the direction of the shrapnel. For the best results, the Sniper should shoot against the grain of the pathway that Bloons travel on, causing the shrapnel to hit Bloons behind the target to maximize pierce. Depending on crosspathing, both Strong and First are good targeting options.

Lower-tier Shrapnel Shot excels against groups of Camos during early-game. Notably, with Full Metal Jacket, it is one of the cheapest ways to deal with groups of Camo Leads.

For Maim MOAB and Cripple MOAB, this crosspath is better for stalling groups of blimps than the third path, but for Deadly Precision, this crosspath is generally inferior. For Semi-Automatic and above, this crosspath is better for damage-dealing in general, while the first path is better for single targets.

Update history

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

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Version 11.0

•  Now deals +2 damage to Camo Bloons

Version 17.0

•  Shrapnel: Now emits on every Bloon shot instead of only if it fully pops the Bloon
•  Shrapnel: Projectile count reduced ― 8 → 5
•  Shrapnel: Spread angle reduced ― 360° → 45°
•  Shrapnel: Emission angle is now relative to the Sniper Monkey's angle
• Description changed (undocumented)

Before	Destroyed Bloons spray out sharp shrapnel in all directions.
After	Damaged bloons spray out a cone of sharp shrapnel.

3-2-0

•  Shrapnel: Damage increased ― 1 → 2

4-2-0

•  Shrapnel: Damage increased ― 1 → 3

5-2-0

•  Shrapnel: Damage increased ― 1 → 5

Version 19.0

2-2-0

•  Shrapnel: Damage increased ― 1 → 2

3-2-0

•  Shrapnel: Damage increased ― 2 → 4

4-2-0

•  Shrapnel: Damage increased ― 3 → 6

5-2-0

•  Shrapnel: Damage increased ― 5 → 12

Version 20.0

“

This tower felt like it’s^[sic] 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

”

•  Attack cooldown reduced ― 2s → 1.59s (attack speed increased by 25.79%)

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

•  Now changes the damage type of shrapnel to Normal

Version 22.0

“

Trading off rate of fire for shrapnel crosspath doesn’t work well for Maim MOAB as it’s all about being a stall tower, so instead of focussing on a damage increase here the shrapnel will now apply the benefits of the sniper’s stun & debuff to turn this crosspath choice into a question of preference in grouping vs single target.
— Update notes

”

4-2-0, 5-2-0

•  Shrapnel: Can now apply stun

5-2-0

•  Shrapnel: Can now apply debuff

Version 25.0

5-2-0

•  No longer spawns shrapnel (bug)

Version 27.0

5-2-0

•  Now applies its debuff effect and visuals correctly in all cases (bug fix)

Version 28.0

“

As middle path sniper has been feeling to be in a good spot with alchemist buffs, but other uses of sniper shrapnel weak due to lack of alchemist buff, we have decided to swap alchemist buffability over from the number of bounces to the power of the shrapnel itself.
— Update notes

”

•  Shrapnel: Damage is no longer capped
•  Camo Prioritization filter added

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

•  Shrapnel: Pierce reduced ― 3 → 2 (undocumented)

Version 32.0

“

Maim MOABs grouped stun potential when crosspathed with Shrapnel feels it is overperforming too much so the shrapnel will now have a reduced stun amount compared to the initial target hit
— Update notes

”

4-2-0

•  Shrapnel: Stun duration reduced
  • MOAB ― 3s → 2s
  • BFB ― 1.5s → 1s
  • ZOMG ― 0.75s → 0.5s

5-2-0

•  Shrapnel: Stun/debuff duration reduced
  • MOAB ― 7s → 4.5s
  • BFB ― 6s → 4s
  • ZOMG ― 3s → 2s
  • DDT ― 4s → 2.5s
  • BAD/Boss ― 0.75s → 0.5s

Version 40.0

“

Full auto sniper's 024 crosspath sees a lot of fun/meme use, but not so much more than that. We’re hoping that applying the MOAB bonus that it gains to the shrapnel as well will help improve non-meme use here. (And looking over my notes, it seems this was meant to be included a while ago…But better late than never!)
— Update notes

”

0-2-4, 0-2-5

•  Shrapnel: Now deals +1 damage to MOAB-class

Version 41.0

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

Version 43.0

“

Lower tier Shrapnel crosspathing balance doesn’t feel great currently, so the damage crosspath benefits at T1 & T2 are improving. Even with the high damage per shot, Cripple MOAB still has low value outside of debuff capability, we feel that these shots pack enough of a punch now that they should do a little collateral damage - so lets do it! (we’ve also increased shrapnel pierce at this tier to not tip crosspath balance too far to one side).
— Update notes

”

1-2-0

•  Shrapnel: Damage increased ― 1 → 2

2-2-0

•  Shrapnel: Damage increased ― 2 → 3

5-2-0

•  Shrapnel: Pierce increased ― 2 → 3

Version 46.0

“

Players have requested a bonus for the 025 Sniper shrapnel given it’s meant to be a pierce crosspath but struggles on anything non-MOAB, so we’d like to try moving the bonus MOAB damage on 024 shrapnel into base damage instead.
— Update notes

”

0-2-4, 0-2-5

•  Shrapnel: base damage increased ― 1 → 2
•  Shrapnel: no longer deals +1 damage to MOAB-Class

Version 50.0

“

Cripple MOAB’s shrapnel piercing has been improved to assist in support purposes.
— Update notes

”

5-2-0

•  Shrapnel: Pierce increased ― 3 → 6
•  Shrapnel: Lifespan increased ― 0.2s → 0.25s
•  Shrapnel: Projectile speed increased ― 160 units/s → 320 units/s
  • Note: With both effects the Shrapnel will travel for 80 units instead of 32 units

Version 54.0

“

Shrapnel defender has been doing too good a carry job early on across too many maps, so the flat damage has been reduced back to a ceramic bonus, keeping it quite good but not overstaying its welcome.
— Update notes

”

0-2-5

•  Shrapnel: Damage reduced ― 2 → 1
•  Shrapnel: Now deals +1 damage to Ceramic Bloons

Version 54.1

0-2-4

•  Shrapnel: Damage reduced ― 2 → 1 (undocumented)

0-2-5

•  Shrapnel: No longer deal bonus damage to Ceramic Bloons (undocumented) (bug)

Version 54.2

0-2-4, 0-2-5

•  Shrapnel: Deals +1 damage to Ceramic Bloons

Gallery

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Assets

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  Insta Monkey icon

Trivia

• Prior to version 17.0, this upgrade only caused shrapnel to fly out once the Bloon was fully popped, and said shrapnel would fly out in all directions instead of in a cone.

In other languages

Language	Name / Description	Notes
Arabic	طلقة متشظية البالونات التالفة تقوم برش مخروط من الشظايا الحادة.	—
Danish	Granatsplint-skud Smadrede bloons sprøjter skarpe granatsplinter ud.	—
German	Schrapnellschuss Zerstörte Bloons verstreuen scharfe Schrapnelle in alle Richtungen.	—
Spanish	Tiro de esquirlas Los bloons destruidos despiden esquirlas afiladas en todas las direcciones.	—
Spanish (LA)	Tiro de esquirlas Los bloons destruidos despiden esquirlas afiladas en todas las direcciones.	—
Finnish	Sirpaleammus Tuhotut bloonit lennättävät teräviä sirpaleita kaikkiin suuntiin.	—
French	Tir de shrapnel Les Bloons détruits pulvérisent des éclats d'obus tranchants dans toutes les directions.	—
Italian	Colpo di schegge Bloons spara schegge affilate in tutte le direzioni.	—
Japanese	散弾銃ショット 破壊されたブルーンが、全方向に鋭い散弾をまき散らす。	—
Korean	파편탄 파괴된 풍선이 사방으로 뾰족한 파편을 방출합니다.	—
Dutch	Scherfschot Beschadigde Bloons spuiten een kegel scherpe granaatscherven uit.	—
Norwegian	Splinterskudd Ødelagte bloons sprayer granatsplinter i alle retninger.	—
Polish	Szrapnel Uszkodzone blony wyrzucają wiązkę ostrych odłamków.	—
Portuguese (Brazil)	Tiro Estilhaçante Bloons destruídos lançam estilhaços afiados em todas as direções.	—
Russian	Удар шрапнели Уничтоженные шары разбрасывают во все стороны острую шрапнель.	—
Swedish	Splitterskott Förstörda Bloons sprejar ut vasst splitter i alla riktningar.	—
Thai	กระสุนแตกสะเก็ด ลูกโป่งที่โดนดาเมจพ่นสะเก็ดแหลมคมออกไปเป็นพื้นที่รูปโคน	—
Turkish	Şarapnel Atışı Yok edilen Bloon’lar her yöne keskin şarapnel püskürtür.	—
Chinese (simplified)	弹片射击 被摧毁的气球向各个方向喷出锋利的碎片。	—
Chinese (traditional)	彈片射擊 被摧毀的氣球向所有方向濺出尖銳彈片。	—
This list was last updated for: version 43.1