Rogue Legends: Difference between revisions

'''''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 an upcoming paid DLC expansion for ''[[Bloons TD 6]]''.<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 the first of a series of DLC campaigns called '''''[[Legends]]'''''.<ref name="46.0"/> In a ''Rogue Legends'' campaign, 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 uncovering [[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 artifacts to clear all the [[round]]s. The campaign is split across five stages, each ending with a special Stage Boss tile.

Some tiles will have a [[Red Bloon (BTD6)|Red Bloon]] floating over it that lead the player to a '''Bloon Encounter''', which is a game of BTD6 with a custom set of rules, rounds and mechanics. In ''Rouge Legends'', the player cannot place towers and [[power]]s freely and can only use their party Insta Monkeys, which cost [[cash]] to place. They are cheaper to place than their combined base and upgrade costs, but more expensive to upgrade than normal.<ref name="coming-soon" /> Insta Monkeys in the player's Party are reusable, but have a 4-round cooldown between uses. Completing encounters earns items called tokens (represented by an icon of [[Geraldo (BTD6)|Geraldo]]'s head) that can be used to trade with Merchants. The player has five hearts (separate from [[life|lives]]) and loses a heart each time they lose an encounter. If the player runs out of hearts, the campaign ends with no option of continuing.<ref name="coming-soon" />  

Bloon Encounters feature 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 spawining in the mid 10's), and to compensate, the players recieve a much larger amount of starting cash in addition to their party Insta Monkeys and active Artifacts. Encounters start at round 1 out of 10 with the default [[challenge rule]] modifiers. After each encounter cleared, all future encounters in the same stage will start 1 round later and will last for 3 more rounds at the end (ex. 1/10, 2/13, 3/16, and so on); also Bloon speed, MOAB health, and Ceramic health will be increased by +5% each encounter. During Bloon Encounters the player can earn items called Boosts, which can provide passive buffs in the form of temporal Artifacts, Powers or a one-time Insta Monkey (which also is purchased with cash). Temporal artifacts will be active for the rest of the encounter and Powers or Towers obtained from Boosts will be lost upon finishing the encounter regardless if they were used or not.

'''Artifacts''' are items that can be equipped during a campaign. All of them have beneficial effects, though some have negative effects as trade-offs, and some of them can 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, and can choose up to three additional "permanent artifacts". Each permanent artifact has a value that determines its cost to equip in the starter party and to trade at a merchant. There are over 60 unique artifacts and upgraded versions.<ref name="first look"/> They appear to come in at least three rarities: Common, Rare, and Legendary. Common Artifacts cost 3, Rare Artifacts cost 6, and Legendary Artifacts cost 9. After completing a stage, the player can extract one Artifact<ref name="47.0-preview"/> to allow it to be chosen in a Starter Party, but the extracted artifact will be lost for the rest of the current campaign.

* The name and description of Critical Success Artifact is not official.

'''Boosts''' are temporary artifacts that provide a passive boost or they can also be [[Insta Monkey]]s or [[Power]]s (including the [[Cave Monkey]] and [[Portable Lake (BTD6)|Portable Lake]]) that can be bought with [[cash]] during an encounter, these are obtained every 3 rounds on Bloon Encounters, after a certain number of rounds on Mini Games, at the start of a Mini-Boss and every 5 'pops' afterwards, and after triggering a Skull during a Final Boss fight.

When selecting a boost, the player can choose one of three items (except during Races or Endurance Races where they are awarded automatically), or spend cash to reroll them with the first being free and, after that, the cost increases $300 per roll ($300, $600, $900 and so on). Insta Monkeys from Boosts can only be used once, and Powers from Boosts cost cash to place instead of [[Monkey Money]].<ref name="first look" />

*'''Spawn Points''' — The starting position of the player, represented by a tent. On some stages, the player can choose from multiple spawn points.

*'''Mini Boss''' — Similar to Mini Games, these can award Artifacts if the players can achieve certain goal scores by challenging a [[Boss Bloon]] in [[Boss Rush]] mode. These use the normal round set with the boss-specific modifiers rather than the Rogue Bloons round set, and Powers are enabled. Players will be able to see which Boss Bloon they will be facing in that tile as it will be floating above it.

**'''Mentor''': "Mentor one of your monkeys to make it stronger." — Allows the player to permanently increase the upgrade tier on one path of a chosen Insta Monkey if available. 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.

**'''Enhance''': "Study an Artifact to increase its strength" — Converts a Common o Rare artifact into the next tier.<!-- no fullstop in the video -->