The Biggest One (BTD6)

For the upgrade in Bloons TD Battles 2, see The Biggest One (Battles 2).

The Biggest One

Blasts deeply through Bloons and layers over a huge area, plus powerful Burny Stuff damage.

Tower	Mortar Monkey — Path 1 — Tier 5
XP cost	29,000
Cash cost	$30,600 — Easy $36,000 — Medium $38,880 — Hard $43,200 — Impoppable

← The Big One

The Biggest One is the Mortar Monkey's path 1 tier 5 upgrade in Bloons TD 6. All of its explosions have increased radius, the main explosion and shockwave deal more damage, and pierce is increased from 85 to 200. Additionally, the stun blast can affect blimps for a shorter duration.

• Main explosion: Damage from 10 to 25, plus an additional +30 bonus to Ceramics and MOAB-Class. Radius is increased by 16, from 58 to 74.
• Shockwave: Ceramic bonus damage from +2 to +20. Radius is increased by 24, from 87 to 111.
• Stun blast: Blue MOABs are stunned for 0.4 seconds, BFBs and DDTs for 0.2 seconds, and ZOMGs for 0.1 seconds. Radius is increased by 8, from 29 to 37.

With the 5-0-2 crosspath, the Burny Stuff burn damage is increased from 12 to 65. It still burns every 0.625 seconds (0.375 seconds with Extra Burny Stuff) and lasts up to 3.85 seconds.

Stats

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

This data was last updated for: version 55.1

Tower
Display range 30 units Footprint radius 11 units

Attack
Cooldown 2s Offset (X, Y, Z) -4.2, 3.2, 31.5 Spread 18 Targeting Depends on targeting option Targeting range ∞ units Rotation speed ∞ deg/s Filters Cannot target Camo
Ignores blockers
Shockwave Pierce 200 Damage 2 Damage to Ceramic +20 Damage type Normal Lifespan 0.05s Radius 111 units Filters Cannot hit Camo Stun Pierce 200 Lifespan 0.05s Radius 37 units Filters Cannot hit Camo Stun Multiplier ×0 Multiplier for Black ×0 Multiplier for Zebra ×0 Duration 0.75s Duration for Black 0s Duration for Zebra 0s Duration for MOABs 0.4s Duration for BFBs 0.2s Duration for ZOMGs 0.1s Duration for DDTs 0.2s Layers ∞ Explosion Pierce 200 Damage 25 Damage type Explosion Lifespan 0.05s Radius 74 units Filters Cannot hit Camo

5-1-0

Attack
Cooldown 2s → 1.5s

5-2-0

Attack
Cooldown 1.5s → 1.08s

5-0-1

Attack
Spread 18 → 8

5-0-2

Attack
Explosion Damage over time Damage 65 Damage type Normal Duration 3.85s Interval 0.625s Layers ∞

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
5-0-0	$38,440	$45,225	$48,845	$54,270	$26,908	$31,658	$34,192	$37,989
5-1-0	$38,780	$45,625	$49,275	$54,750	$27,146	$31,938	$34,493	$38,325
5-2-0	$39,205	$46,125	$49,815	$55,350	$27,444	$32,288	$34,871	$38,745
5-0-1	$38,610	$45,425	$49,060	$54,510	$27,027	$31,798	$34,342	$38,157
5-0-2	$38,950	$45,825	$49,490	$54,990	$27,265	$32,078	$34,643	$38,493

Strategy

This section was last updated for: version 53.2

The Biggest One is a powerful and easy to use global grouped popping power and blimp stunner that lacks single-target damage. Target it so that each explosion covers the largest portion possible of the track to focus. Striker Jones is the only viable Hero for The Biggest One because his direct buffs to attack speed and damage type cannot be easily replaced. On harder maps, an Overclock is also necessary in order for The Biggest One to consistently catch Super Ceramics and DDTs. MOAB Eliminator is the optimal combo for The Biggest One, since it has high single-target damage that also pairs well with Striker Jones.

Generally speaking, 5-0-2 is optimal on longer maps and maps with wide bends, where the burn duration can be fully taken advantage of and blasts more reliably hit Bloons. However, 5-2-0 is better on short or multilane maps because of more reliable stuns.

Update history

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

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Version 7.0

•  Main explosion: Base damage increased ― 10 → 20

Version 8.0

•  Upgrade cost reduced ― $30,000 → $24,000
  •  Overall cost reduced by $8,000 (due to cost changes for previous tiers)
•  "Blast radius increased by a big amount"

Version 9.0

“

5xx The Biggest One deals 3x damage to any Ceramic or higher, that’s a little spooky.
— Update notes

”

•  Upgrade cost increased ― $24,000 → $28,000
•  Explosion: Now deals +40 damage to Ceramic and MOAB-class
• Explosion art updated compared to 4-x-x

Version 10.0

•  Can now hit Camo DDTs when given Camo detection (bug fix)

Version 11.0

•  Explosion: Damage to Ceramics and MOAB-Class reduced ― +40 → +20
•  Shockwave: Now deals +20 damage to Ceramics

Version 12.0

•  Shockwave: Damage to Ceramic reduced ― +20 → +10

Version 14.0

• "Mortars should no longer display line of sight as they can ignore all blockers"

Version 15.0

• "The mortar’s projectiles should no longer visually drop back down the barrel"

Version 20.0

“

5xx The Biggest One description updated as it deals much more damage now
— Update notes

”

• Description changed

Before	Smashes through 20 layers of Bloon over a huge area.
After	Smashes deeply through Bloons and layers over a huge area.

Version 21.0

“

Mortar’s Faster Reload feels like a ‘required’ as a crosspath with Burny Stuff never scaling well on any path but it’s own. We like choices not requirements so to counter this we have made Burny Stuff scale with top-path damage & shifted a small amount of the speed from Faster Reload onto the base mortar and reduced base accuracy considerably.
— Update notes

”

•  Mortar base rate of fire increased ― 2.2s → 2s
•  Random spread radius increased ― 18 → 30
  • Note: Random spread with X-X-1 Increased Accuracy is unchanged (8)

5-0-2

•  Damage over time: Damage per tick increased ― 1 → 25

Version 22.0

“

We felt like we set up the math quite well with Mortar changes last update, but regardless of this missed shots due to inaccuracy vs. attack speed turned out to be unpopular and impacted the middle path too severely. Fortunately this change led to the community finding some critical bugs in the middle path upgrades there since Mortar’s release! That said, since low tier Mortars were never powerful we chose to leave the speed buff from last update but revert the accuracy nerf.
— Update notes

”

•  Base accuracy increased ― 30 → 18

Version 30.0

“

Mortar top path feels too weak for the lead up to the Tier 5, so it along with the T5 have had some general number increases. Additionally the 302 crosspath has failed to ever see a great deal of use compared to much faster firing, to make it easier to to use up power from the DoT this path will now burn through faster
— Update notes

”

•  Overall cost reduced by $350 (due to cost changes for previous tiers)
•  Center AoE damage increased ― 20 → 25
•  Center AoE damage to Ceramic increased ― +10 → +20

5-0-2

•  DoT: Damage rate increased ― 1.25s → 0.625s
•  DoT: Duration reduced ― 3.75s → 1.875s

Version 31.0

5-0-2

•  Can now apply DoT to visible DDTs without an MIB buff (bug fix)

Version 33.0

“

It has been hard for The Bloon Solver & The Biggest One to exist so close in the same price range when they fill the same role but with The Biggest One being simply better and more versatile, so we have ramped The Biggest One to fill a better role but for a higher cost.
— Update notes

”

•  Upgrade cost increased ― $28,000 → $36,000
•  Shockwave: Can now stun MOAB-Class-Bloons for a reduced duration

Version 34.0

“

The recent Mortar 5xx rework significantly devalued 502 crosspath, undermining the work we previously put into trying to balance that choice
— Update notes

”

5-0-2

•  DoT: Damage per tick increased ― 25 → 45

Version 37.0

“

As the Rapid Reload crosspath has actually fallen behind in value compared to Burny Stuff for top path Mortars we want to try a slight stun duration increase as this buffs the base path with a larger benefit to Rapid Reload mortars as a stalling option.
— Update notes

”

•  Stun duration for MOABs increased ― 0.3s → 0.5s
•  Stun duration for BFBs and DDTs increased ― 0.2s → 0.3s
•  Stun duration for regular Bloons increased ― 0.5s → 0.75s

Version 41.0

“

Such a heavily explosive based tower upgrade to ignore its explosive weakness on every path didn’t sit right, some of the Normal damage type on top path is now trading in to make it stronger in other ways.
— Update notes

”

•  Overall cost reduced by $1,500 (due to cost changes for previous tiers)
•  Shockwave: Damage increased ― 1 → 2
•  Explosion center: Damage type changed ― Normal → Explosion

5-0-2

•  DoT: Damage per tick increased ― 45 → 50

Version 45.0

“

General tweaks to top path upgrade flow, slightly moving up the costpoint but improving the power of this path.
— Update notes

”

•  Overall cost increased by $625 (due to cost changes for previous tiers)
•  Center explosion: damage to Ceramics increased ― +20 → +30
•  Center explosion: damage to MOAB-Class increased ― +20 → +30

5-0-2

•  No longer has halved burn duration ― 1.875s → 3.75s
•  Damage over time: Damage per tick increased ― 50 → 60

Version 47.0

“

Improvements made for the underused damage over time crosspaths [...]
— Update notes

”

5-0-2

•  DoT damage increased ― 60 → 65

Version 50.0

•  Overall cost reduced by $150 (due to cost changes for previous tiers)

Version 51.0

•  Overall cost reduced by $400 (due to cost changes for previous tiers)

Version 53.0

“

The Biggest Stun gains great value from any rate buffs, causing it to become a powerful full game lockdown without very much support.
— Update notes

”

•  Stun: Duration for MOABs reduced ― 0.5s → 0.4s
•  Stun: Duration for BFBs and DDTs reduced ― 0.3s → 0.2s

Gallery

For more Mortar Monkey images, see Gallery:Mortar Monkey.

Screenshots

• 
  The Biggest One for all upgrades
• 
  The Biggest One explosion
• 
  The Biggest One explosion with Mortar Monkey Snow cosmetic

Assets

• 
  Portrait
• 
  Upgrade icon
• 
  Insta Monkey icon

Trivia

• Its upgrade icon's file name has a typo: TheBIggestOne. The same capitalization error occurs for The Big One.

In other languages

Language	Name / Description	Notes
Arabic	أضخم واحدة الانفجار بعمق عبر البالونات والطبقات على مساحة كبيرة، بالإضافة إلى أضرار الأشياء المُحرِقة القوية.	—
Danish	Den Største Gennemtrænger bloon-lag over et enormt område, plus skade fra Brændende Sager.	—
German	Die Allergrößte Explosion zerfetzt Bloons und Schichten in einem riesigen Bereich, plus mächtiger Schaden durch Heißes Zeug.	—
Spanish	La más grande Destruye a los bloons y las capas en un área enorme y Cosa quemadora causa mucho daño.	—
Spanish (LA)	La más grande Destruye a los bloons y las capas en un área enorme y Cosa quemadora causa mucho daño.	—
Finnish	Suurin ja mahtavin Räjäyttää tehokkaasti bloonien ja kerrosten läpi valtavalla alueella, ja palava aines tekee suurta vahinkoa.	—
French	Super méga explosion Fait exploser de nombreuses couches de Bloons sur une vaste étendue et Ça crame inflige des dégâts puissants.	—
Italian	Granata colossale Fa esplodere con forza i bloon e gli strati presenti in un'ampia area, oltre a infliggere gravi danni da materiale infiammabile.	—
Japanese	ザ・ビッグ・プラス 巨大な地域でブルーンを深い層まで爆破するほか、バーニースタッフの強力なダメージをもたらす。	—
Korean	가장 큰 거 굉장히 넓은 영역에서 풍선의 겹을 깊이 뚫으며, 연소 물질의 공격력이 막강해집니다.	—
Dutch	De Grootste Blaast diep door Bloons en lagen over een enorm gebied, plus krachtige Brandend spul-schade.	—
Norwegian	Den aller største Skyter dypt gjennom bloons og lag over et stort område, i tillegg til å utsondre mektig Brennstoff-skade.	—
Polish	Coś największego Wybucha między blonami i pokrywa ogromny obszar, plus potężne obrażenia od czegoś płonącego.	—
Portuguese (Brazil)	O Maior de Todos Estoura profundamente Bloons e camadas em uma área enorme, mais um poderoso dano de Parada Queimante.	—
Russian	Большая штука Сильно пробивает шары и слои в большой зоне, плюс большой урон от горючих материалов.	—
Swedish	Den Allra Största Spränger sig djupt genom Bloons och lager över ett stort område, samt kraftfull Brännstoffskada.	—
Thai	ของใหญ่สุด ระเบิดทะลวงลึกใส่บลูนและชั้นต่างๆ ของบลูนเป็นบริเวณกว้าง พร้อมเพิ่มดาเมจกระสุนร้อนผ่าวอย่างมาก	—
Turkish	En Büyüğü Geniş bir alanda Bloon’ları ve katmanlarını derinlemesine patlatır ve güçlü Yanıcı Madde hasarı verir.	—
Chinese (simplified)	最大的家伙 炮弹击破大片区域内的多层气球，同时增加燃烧物伤害。	—
Chinese (traditional)	最大的傢伙 爆炸衝擊可擊破大片範圍內的氣球及氣球層，並造大量燃燒傷害。	—
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