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== General changes ==
== General changes ==
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{{Empty|Will do this later}}
== Hotkeys ==
* If you have already placed your hero, your ‘Hero hotkey’ (U by default) will now swap to instead ‘select your hero’ wherever it is. If you have more than one hero this will cycle through them
* Resolved an issue with using hotkeys during loading screens causing some tower portraits to become faded out


== Towers ==
== Towers ==
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=== [[Dart Monkey (BTD6)|Dart Monkey]] ===
=== [[Dart Monkey (BTD6)|Dart Monkey]] ===
{{BTD6 tower changes|quote=To add a little more synergetic crosspath use for the Juggernaut 402 crosspath, xx2 will now also grant bonus projectile lifespan, this applies to any use of that crosspath though we feel it will in particular pair nicely with the ricocheting projectiles. Juggernaut in general is also seeing a small utility knockback buff to help it carry on a little longer into the game.|version=31.0|tower=Dart Monkey|changes 1 tiers=XX1|changes 1=*{{buff|Long Range Darts also increases projectile lifespan by +15%}}|changes 2=*{{buff|Enhanced Eyesight also increases projectile lifespan by +20%}}|changes 2 tiers=XX2|changes 3 tiers=4XX,5XX|changes 3=*{{buff|Juggernaut gains a slight Bloon knockback similar to [[Buckshot (BTD6)|Buckshot]]}}}}
{{BTD6 tower changes|quote=To add a little more synergetic crosspath use for the Juggernaut 402 crosspath, xx2 will now also grant bonus projectile lifespan, this applies to any use of that crosspath though we feel it will in particular pair nicely with the ricocheting projectiles. Juggernaut in general is also seeing a small utility knockback buff to help it carry on a little longer into the game.|version=31.0|tower=Dart Monkey|changes 1 tiers=XX1|changes 1=*{{buff|Long Range Darts also increases projectile lifespan by +15%}}|changes 2=*{{buff|Enhanced Eyesight also increases projectile lifespan by +20%}}|changes 2 tiers=XX2|changes 3 tiers=4XX,5XX|changes 3=*{{buff|Juggernaut gains a slight Bloon knockback similar to [[Buckshot (BTD6)|Buckshot]]}}}}
=== [[Boomerang Monkey (BTD6)|Boomerang Monkey]] ===
{{BTD6 tower changes|version=31.0|tower=Boomerang Monkey|changes 1 tiers=502|changes 1=*{{buff|Boomerang glaives again crosspath correctly with xx2|fix=y}}}}


=== [[Bomb Shooter (BTD6)|Bomb Shooter]] ===
=== [[Bomb Shooter (BTD6)|Bomb Shooter]] ===
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=== [[Heli Pilot (BTD6)|Heli Pilot]] ===
=== [[Heli Pilot (BTD6)|Heli Pilot]] ===
{{BTD6 tower changes|quote=Previously Razor Rotor’s used to make the heli pursue for a further distance & this caused it to often fail to reach Lead Bloons with the rotor attack that could pop them. This overall seemed like a design flaw so that back-off distance has been moved up to the T4 instead. Apache Dartship has also fallen off over time as a viable saveup for prime, though it is meant to be reasonably difficult some changes have made this a little more difficult than it probably should be so we have increased the pierce of the machinegun attack.|version=31.0|tower=Heli Pilot|changes 1 tiers=3XX|changes 1=*{{buff|Razor Rotor’s pursuit no longer backs so far away from Leads that it can’t hit them}}|changes 2 tiers=4XX|changes 2=*{{buff|Machinegun: Pierce increased|5|7|note=Apache Prime unchanged}}}}
{{BTD6 tower changes|quote=Previously Razor Rotor’s used to make the heli pursue for a further distance & this caused it to often fail to reach Lead Bloons with the rotor attack that could pop them. This overall seemed like a design flaw so that back-off distance has been moved up to the T4 instead. Apache Dartship has also fallen off over time as a viable saveup for prime, though it is meant to be reasonably difficult some changes have made this a little more difficult than it probably should be so we have increased the pierce of the machinegun attack.|version=31.0|tower=Heli Pilot|changes 1 tiers=3XX|changes 1=*{{buff|Razor Rotor’s pursuit no longer backs so far away from Leads that it can’t hit them}}|changes 2 tiers=4XX|changes 2=*{{buff|Machinegun: Pierce increased|5|7|note=Apache Prime unchanged}}|changes 3 tiers=104|changes 3=*{{buff|Mini Comanches now correctly fire 5 darts at a time with Quad Darts crosspath|fix=y}}|changes 4 tiers=XX5|changes 4=*{{buff|Comanche Commander's damage has been corrected with crosspaths|fix=y}}}}{{Research|Exact details unknown}}


=== [[Ray of Doom (BTD6)|Ray of Doom]] ===
=== [[Mortar Monkey (BTD6)|Mortar Monkey]] ===
{{BTD6 tower changes|version=31.0|tower=Mortar Monkey|changes 1 tiers=502|changes 1=*{{buff|Biggest One now correctly applies burn to DDTs without MIB as long as it can detect camo|fix=y}}}}
 
=== [[Dartling Gunner (BTD6)|Dartling Gunner]] ===
{{BTD6 tower changes|quote=Ray of Doom suffers from the downsides of being designed as a high piercing tower, for the price this makes it feel far too weak against the round 100 BAD if you invest in it too early without some other forms of single target, to bring back a little of the interesting sort of targeting that the T4 has and help with this single target problem it will now deal a massive damage bonus to the first target hit along the beam’s path.|version=31.0|tower=Dartling Gunner|changes 1 tiers=5XX|changes 1=*{{buff|Ray of Doom: Now deals +55 bonus damage to the first target}}|changes 2 tiers=3XX|changes 2=*{{buff|Pierce increased|4|6}}|changes 3 tiers=302|changes 3=*{{buff|Pierce increased|6|9}}|changes 4 tiers=XX2,102,202,012,022|changes 4=*{{buff|Powerful Darts projectile size increased|2|3}}|changes 5 tiers=032,042,052|changes 5=*{{buff|Powerful Darts crosspath explosion radius increased|8|12}}|changes 6 tiers=402|changes 6=*{{buff|Powerful Darts crosspath beam width increased|2|3}}
{{BTD6 tower changes|quote=Ray of Doom suffers from the downsides of being designed as a high piercing tower, for the price this makes it feel far too weak against the round 100 BAD if you invest in it too early without some other forms of single target, to bring back a little of the interesting sort of targeting that the T4 has and help with this single target problem it will now deal a massive damage bonus to the first target hit along the beam’s path.|version=31.0|tower=Dartling Gunner|changes 1 tiers=5XX|changes 1=*{{buff|Ray of Doom: Now deals +55 bonus damage to the first target}}|changes 2 tiers=3XX|changes 2=*{{buff|Pierce increased|4|6}}|changes 3 tiers=302|changes 3=*{{buff|Pierce increased|6|9}}|changes 4 tiers=XX2,102,202,012,022|changes 4=*{{buff|Powerful Darts projectile size increased|2|3}}|changes 5 tiers=032,042,052|changes 5=*{{buff|Powerful Darts crosspath explosion radius increased|8|12}}|changes 6 tiers=402|changes 6=*{{buff|Powerful Darts crosspath beam width increased|2|3}}
*{{buff|Powerful Darts crosspath focal point size increased|4|6}}|changes 7 tiers=502|changes 7=*{{buff|Powerful Darts crosspath beam width increased|6|9}}}}
*{{buff|Powerful Darts crosspath focal point size increased|4|6}}|changes 7 tiers=502|changes 7=*{{buff|Powerful Darts crosspath beam width increased|6|9}}|changes 8 tiers=X4X,X5X|changes 8=*{{change|Rocket Storm ability is now grayed out between rounds}}|changes 9 tiers=X5X|changes 9=*{{change|MAD height inconsistencies compare to Rocket Storm have been resolved|fix=y}}}}


=== [[Wizard Monkey (BTD6)|Wizard Monkey]] ===
=== [[Wizard Monkey (BTD6)|Wizard Monkey]] ===
{{BTD6 tower changes|quote=Arcane Blast's benefit to the base tower is quite small for the price and also doesn't carry on well as a crosspath to the other T3s since they add new attacks instead of buffing the base attack, the price has been reduced to add a little more value here along with more MOAB damage at the T5 to give it a little more value over Arcane Spikes. As we somewhat expected the last Prince of Darkness rework didn’t end up really nerfing it so much, so we are now following up with a small price nerf.|version=31.0|tower=Wizard Monkey|cost 1 tier=2|cost 1 path=1|cost 1 prev=600|cost 1 curr=450|cost 2 tier=5|cost 2 path=3|cost 2 prev=24000|cost 2 curr=26500|changes 1 tiers=5XX|changes 1=*{{buff|Bonus damage to MOABs increased|17|19}}}}
{{BTD6 tower changes|quote=Arcane Blast's benefit to the base tower is quite small for the price and also doesn't carry on well as a crosspath to the other T3s since they add new attacks instead of buffing the base attack, the price has been reduced to add a little more value here along with more MOAB damage at the T5 to give it a little more value over Arcane Spikes. As we somewhat expected the last Prince of Darkness rework didn’t end up really nerfing it so much, so we are now following up with a small price nerf.|version=31.0|tower=Wizard Monkey|cost 1 tier=2|cost 1 path=1|cost 1 prev=600|cost 1 curr=450|cost 2 tier=5|cost 2 path=3|cost 2 prev=24000|cost 2 curr=26500|changes 1 tiers=5XX|changes 1=*{{buff|Bonus damage to MOABs increased|17|19}}|changes 2 tiers=042,052|changes 2=*{{buff|Phoenix should now correctly interact with camo prio with Monkey Sense crosspath|fix=y}}}}


=== [[Super Monkey (BTD6)|Super Monkey]] ===
=== [[Super Monkey (BTD6)|Super Monkey]] ===
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=== [[Ninja Monkey (BTD6)|Ninja Monkey]] ===
=== [[Ninja Monkey (BTD6)|Ninja Monkey]] ===
{{BTD6 tower changes|quote=Grand Sabotage is extremely powerful in freeplay, but really boring outside of that one scaling mechanic. For a little more flavour with the shinobi mechanic, the T5 will now boost the potential of your shinobi army.|version=31.0|tower=Ninja Monkey|changes 1 tiers=X5X|changes 1=*{{buff|Ability: Grants all [[Shinobi Tactics (BTD6)|Shinobi Tactics]] on screen +5 range}}
{{BTD6 tower changes|quote=Grand Sabotage is extremely powerful in freeplay, but really boring outside of that one scaling mechanic. For a little more flavour with the shinobi mechanic, the T5 will now boost the potential of your shinobi army.|version=31.0|tower=Ninja Monkey|changes 1 tiers=X5X|changes 1=*{{buff|Ability: Grants all [[Shinobi Tactics (BTD6)|Shinobi Tactics]] on screen +5 range}}
*{{buff|Ability: Grants all Shinobi Tactics on screen +1 damage to MOABs}}}}
*{{buff|Ability: Grants all Shinobi Tactics on screen +1 damage to MOABs}}|changes 2=*{{nerf|Resolved an issue with Master Bomber Stickies sometimes hitting regular Bloons instead of MOABs|fix=y}}|changes 2 tiers=XX5}}
 
=== [[Druid (BTD6)|Druid]] ===
{{BTD6 tower changes|version=31.0|tower=Druid|changes 1 tiers=5XX|changes 1=*{{buff|Superstorm now benefits from Ball Lightning 25% freeze chance regardless of crosspath|fix=y}}}}


=== [[Banana Farm (BTD6)|Banana Farm]] ===
=== [[Banana Farm (BTD6)|Banana Farm]] ===
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*{{buff|Cold Sentry: Explosion radius increased|12|18}}
*{{buff|Cold Sentry: Explosion radius increased|12|18}}
*{{buff|Energy Sentry: Gains increased MOAB damage|0|+2}}|changes 2 tiers=032,042,052|changes 2=*{{buff|Pin crosspath allows Cleansing Foam to slow Bloons 50% briefly}}
*{{buff|Energy Sentry: Gains increased MOAB damage|0|+2}}|changes 2 tiers=032,042,052|changes 2=*{{buff|Pin crosspath allows Cleansing Foam to slow Bloons 50% briefly}}
*{{buff|Pin crosspath allows Cleansing Foam to slow MOABs 50% briefly|bug=y}}|changes 3 tiers=130,140,150|changes 3=*{{buff|Foam makes Sentries shoot Foamy nails that strip properties}}}}
*{{buff|Pin crosspath allows Cleansing Foam to slow MOABs 50% briefly|bug=y}}|changes 3 tiers=130,140,150|changes 3=*{{buff|Foam makes Sentries shoot Foamy nails that strip properties}}|changes 4 tiers=XX4|changes 4=*{{buff|Bloon Trap issue resolved on Sunken Columns with Bloontraps falling under the map in certain location|fix=y}}|changes 5 tiers=014|changes 5=*{{nerf|Bloon Trap issue resolved with certain conditions causing Bloontraps to repeatedly auto-collect even while empty|fix=y}}}}{{Research|Did these bug fixes also affect XXXL trap?}}


== Heroes ==
== Heroes ==
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| changes 1 = *{{nerf|Footprint size|7|8}}
| changes 1 = *{{nerf|Footprint size|7|8}}
| changes 1 levels = 1+
| changes 1 levels = 1+
}}
=== [[Adora (BTD6)|Adora]] ===
{{BTD6 hero changes
| version = 31.0
| hero = Adora
| changes 1 = *{{buff|Adora sacrifice buff should now apply to Mini Sun Avatars from Temples|fix=y}}
| changes 1 levels = 7+
}}
}}


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| changes 1 = *{{buff|Lv7 Blast Chain utility ability added for Admiral Brickell. For 10 seconds all sea mines have their delay halved & their projectile speed doubled}}
| changes 1 = *{{buff|Lv7 Blast Chain utility ability added for Admiral Brickell. For 10 seconds all sea mines have their delay halved & their projectile speed doubled}}
| changes 1 levels = 7+
| changes 1 levels = 7+
| changes 2 = *{{buff|Resolved an issue with Admiral Brickell's Mega Mine sometimes not showing stun effects|fix=y}}
| changes 2 levels = 10+
}}
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Revision as of 05:14, 5 January 2025

Version 31.0
Artwork representing version 31.0
Release dates
Steam13 April 2022

Version 31.0 is the second major update to Bloons TD 6 of 2022. This update introduced the new hero Geraldo, the Boss Bloon Vortex, and the new map Scrapyard.

Additions

Cosmetics

General changes

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The editor who added this notice elaborates: Will do this later

Hotkeys

  • If you have already placed your hero, your ‘Hero hotkey’ (U by default) will now swap to instead ‘select your hero’ wherever it is. If you have more than one hero this will cycle through them
  • Resolved an issue with using hotkeys during loading screens causing some tower portraits to become faded out

Towers

Tiers Changes
4-X-X Juggernaut
  • Buff Juggernaut gains a slight Bloon knockback similar to Buckshot
X-X-1 Long Range Darts
  • Buff Long Range Darts also increases projectile lifespan by +15%
X-X-2 Enhanced Eyesight
  • Buff Enhanced Eyesight also increases projectile lifespan by +20%
Tiers Changes
5-0-2 Glaive Lord + Red Hot Rangs
  • Buff Boomerang glaives again crosspath correctly with xx2 (bug fix)
Tiers Changes
3-0-2 Really Big Bombs + Frag Bombs
  • Buff Frags: Damage increased ― 1 → 3
  • Buff Gains more frags ― 8 → 12
4-0-2 Bloon Impact + Frag Bombs
  • Buff Frags: Damage increased ― 2 → 3
  • Buff Gains more frags ― 8 → 16
  • Buff Frags: Pierce increased ― 2 → 3
5-0-2 Bloon Crush + Frag Bombs
  • Buff Frags: Gain bonus to ceramic ― 0 → +12
  • Buff Frags: Pierce increased ― 3 → 20
  • Buff Gains more frags ― 8 → 16
Tiers Changes
2-X-X Corrosive Glue
  • Buff Corrosive Glue DoT: Rate increased ― 2.3s → 2
3-X-X Bloon Dissolver
  • Buff Bloon Dissolver DoT: Ceramic bonus increased ― 0 → +1
5-X-X The Bloon Solver
  • Buff MOAB bonus ― +3 → +5
Tiers Changes
5-X-X Energizer
  • Buff Pulse: Damage increased ― 3 → 5
  • Buff Pulse: Now gains bonus ceramic damage ― 0 → +5
Tiers Changes
X-4-X Monkey Pirates
  • Buff Grapes: Now gains bonus ceramic damage ― 0 → +1
Tiers Changes
X-2-X Spy Plane
  • Buff Spy Plane grants attacks +1 bonus damage to camos
Tiers Changes
3-X-X Razor Rotors
  • Buff Razor Rotor’s pursuit no longer backs so far away from Leads that it can’t hit them
4-X-X Apache Dartship
  • Buff Machinegun: Pierce increased ― 5 → 7
    • Note: Apache Prime unchanged
1-0-4 Comanche Defense + Quad Darts
  • Buff Mini Comanches now correctly fire 5 darts at a time with Quad Darts crosspath (bug fix)
X-X-5 Comanche Commander
  • Buff Comanche Commander's damage has been corrected with crosspaths (bug fix)
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Tiers Changes
5-0-2 The Biggest One + Burny Stuff
  • Buff Biggest One now correctly applies burn to DDTs without MIB as long as it can detect camo (bug fix)
Tiers Changes
3-X-X Laser Cannon
  • Buff Pierce increased ― 4 → 6
3-0-2 Laser Cannon + Powerful Darts
  • Buff Pierce increased ― 6 → 9
4-0-2 Plasma Accelerator + Powerful Darts
  • Buff Powerful Darts crosspath beam width increased ― 2 → 3
  • Buff Powerful Darts crosspath focal point size increased ― 4 → 6
5-X-X Ray of Doom
  • Buff Ray of Doom: Now deals +55 bonus damage to the first target
5-0-2 Ray of Doom + Powerful Darts
  • Buff Powerful Darts crosspath beam width increased ― 6 → 9
0-3-2 Hydra Rocket Pods + Powerful Darts
  • Buff Powerful Darts crosspath explosion radius increased ― 8 → 12
X-4-X Rocket Storm
  • Rocket Storm ability is now grayed out between rounds
X-5-X M.A.D
  • MAD height inconsistencies compare to Rocket Storm have been resolved (bug fix)
X-X-2 Powerful Darts
  • Buff Powerful Darts projectile size increased ― 2 → 3
Tiers Changes
5-X-X Archmage
  • Buff Bonus damage to MOABs increased ― 17 → 19
0-4-2 Summon Phoenix + Monkey Sense
  • Buff Phoenix should now correctly interact with camo prio with Monkey Sense crosspath (bug fix)
Tiers Changes
0-2-0 Epic Range
  • Buff Epic Range pierce bonus increased ― +1 → +2
X-X-3 Dark Knight
  • Nerf Pierce reduced ― 5 → 4
X-X-4 Dark Champion
  • Buff Pierce increased ― 7 → 8
Tiers Changes
X-5-X Grand Saboteur
  • Buff Ability: Grants all Shinobi Tactics on screen +5 range
  • Buff Ability: Grants all Shinobi Tactics on screen +1 damage to MOABs
X-X-5 Master Bomber
  • Nerf Resolved an issue with Master Bomber Stickies sometimes hitting regular Bloons instead of MOABs (bug fix)
Tiers Changes
5-X-X Superstorm
  • Buff Superstorm now benefits from Ball Lightning 25% freeze chance regardless of crosspath (bug fix)
Tiers Changes
X-X-5 Monkey Wall Street
  • Buff Monkey Wall Street now collects nearby bananas/crates as a Banana Farmer would
Tiers Changes
X-5-X Carpet of Spikes
  • Range increased ― 34 → 50
  • Buff Spikes: Damage increased ― 3 → 4
  • Buff Attack cooldown reduced ― 0.98s → 0.33
Tiers Changes
X-4-X Call to Arms
  • Buff Ability: Duration increased ― 12s → 15s
    • Note: Homeland Defense unchanged
Tiers Changes
4-X-X Sentry Expert
  • Buff Sentry Expert logic has been reworked to evaluate threat levels based on Bloon types that it can counter, Bloon types that counter the sentries that it wants to spawn, and which of the current threats on screen is the greatest. Distribution of sentry types should scale based on how much one Bloon threat is more of a threat than another.
  • Buff Crush Sentry: Ceramic damage bonus increased ― 1 → 4
  • Buff Crush Sentry:Damage type changed ― Sharp → Shatter
  • Buff Bomb Sentry: Damage increased ― 2 → 4
  • Buff Cold Sentry: Pierce increased ― 15 → 25
  • Buff Cold Sentry: Explosion radius increased ― 12 → 18
  • Buff Energy Sentry: Gains increased MOAB damage ― 0 → +2
1-3-0 Cleansing Foam + Sentry Gun
  • Buff Foam makes Sentries shoot Foamy nails that strip properties
0-3-2 Cleansing Foam + Pin
  • Buff Pin crosspath allows Cleansing Foam to slow Bloons 50% briefly
  • Buff Pin crosspath allows Cleansing Foam to slow MOABs 50% briefly (bug)
X-X-4 Bloon Trap
  • Buff Bloon Trap issue resolved on Sunken Columns with Bloontraps falling under the map in certain location (bug fix)
0-1-4 Bloon Trap + Larger Service Area
  • Nerf Bloon Trap issue resolved with certain conditions causing Bloontraps to repeatedly auto-collect even while empty (bug fix)
This article is in need of research. You can help out by editing this article or discussing your findings on the talk page.
The editor who added this notice elaborates: Did these bug fixes also affect XXXL trap?

Heroes

Gwendolin’s Firestorm damage doesn’t carry well into the endgame so has been buffed at a later level.
— Update notes
Levels Changes
16+
  • Buff Firestorm: Base damage tic increased ― 1 → 5
  • Buff Firestorm: MOAB bonus damage tic increased ― +9 → +10
    • Note: 15 damage total
Pat Fusty was initially given a smaller footprint than it felt he should have due to concerns about balance with his small radius, but actually has been extremely powerful for a long time despite these radius issues. We feel like now giving him back the footprint size that he always should have had similar to Churchill will add a reasonable lategame downside to consider without harming his early use so badly.
— Update notes
Levels Changes
1+
  • Nerf Footprint size ― 7 → 8
Levels Changes
7+
  • Buff Adora sacrifice buff should now apply to Mini Sun Avatars from Temples (bug fix)
The Sea Mines delay that was added back in 29 has done well for reducing some of Brickells weaknesses, but as we expected somewhat does add in new weaknesses to rush rounds of Bloons that can now sneak past before all of her mines have been able to acquire a target. To help lessen this new issue she has gained a brand new ability that will allow more Sea Mines to rapidly deploy and find a target over a short duration.
— Update notes
Levels Changes
7+
  • Buff Lv7 Blast Chain utility ability added for Admiral Brickell. For 10 seconds all sea mines have their delay halved & their projectile speed doubled
10+
  • Buff Resolved an issue with Admiral Brickell's Mega Mine sometimes not showing stun effects (bug fix)
We felt that Psi’s early game too easily carried into some extremely powerful endgame setups. These setups were overperforming due to certain cooldown interactions with stalling out cooldown, however in an effort to try to avoid nerfing the cooldown for the average player we decided to make that stalling synergy harder to pull off instead.
— Update notes
Levels Changes
1
  • Nerf Price increased ― $800 → $1000
10+
  • Psionic Scream ability 'speed of blow back' increased from bloon speed increased ― 300% → 600%

Glue Rat

Glue Rat pet has been overperforming in all game modes for a while now without any apparent weakness or strategic downsides.
  • Base movement speed ramping level endures persistently
  • Max level goggle tightness loosened from Max -> Sam

Official patch notes on Reddit