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| version = 40.0
| version = 40.0
| changes = *{{nerf|Polyphemus no longer spawns too many [[Pre-game Prep]] spikes}}
| changes = *{{nerf|Polyphemus no longer spawns too many {{BTD6 mk|Pre-game Prep}} spikes}}
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=== [[Dart Monkey (BTD6)|Dart Monkey]] ===
=== [[Dart Monkey (BTD6)|Dart Monkey]] ===
{{BTD6 tower changes|quote=We bumped up the ceramic a lot along with the paragon rework to highlight Juggernaut path and keep something of a Dreadbloon niche due to the multiple tower category requirement, upon review of this in practice we want to start off bumping that amount up even more.|version=40.0|tower=Dart Monkey|paragon changes=*{{buff|Bonus damage to ceramic increased|+75|+90}}}}
{{BTD6 tower changes
| quote = We bumped up the ceramic a lot along with the paragon rework to highlight Juggernaut path and keep something of a Dreadbloon niche due to the multiple tower category requirement, upon review of this in practice we want to start off bumping that amount up even more.
| version = 40.0
| tower = Dart Monkey
| paragon changes = *{{buff|Bonus damage to ceramic increased|+75|+90}}
| paragon quote = We bumped up the ceramic a lot along with the paragon rework to highlight Juggernaut path and keep something of a Dreadbloon niche due to the multiple tower category requirement, upon review of this in practice we want to start off bumping that amount up even more.
}}


=== [[Bomb Shooter (BTD6)|Bomb Shooter]] ===
=== [[Bomb Shooter (BTD6)|Bomb Shooter]] ===
{{BTD6 tower changes|quote=Slight price reduction to Really Big Bombs, it is meant to be a stepping stone upgrade into Bloon Impact but neither of these upgrades are standout right now. A while ago Frag Bombs was reworked to give Bomb normal type damage however we were not happy with the results of that change in the end, we didn’t want to go back and remove that again without giving back something nice in return so it has taken a while but now we have decided to go ahead with changing that back along with swapping out Recursive fortified damage for raw damage which we hope also improves crosspathing as the damage crosspath isn’t such a large increase over the base damage anymore.
{{BTD6 tower changes
|version=40.0
| quote = Slight price reduction to Really Big Bombs, it is meant to be a stepping stone upgrade into Bloon Impact but neither of these upgrades are standout right now. A while ago Frag Bombs was reworked to give Bomb normal type damage however we were not happy with the results of that change in the end, we didn’t want to go back and remove that again without giving back something nice in return so it has taken a while but now we have decided to go ahead with changing that back along with swapping out Recursive fortified damage for raw damage which we hope also improves crosspathing as the damage crosspath isn’t such a large increase over the base damage anymore.
|tower=Bomb Shooter
| version = 40.0
|path 1 tier 3 cost before=1200|path 1 tier 3 cost after=1100
| tower = Bomb Shooter
|tiers 1=XX2,XX3,XX4,XX5,302,402,032,042,052|changes 1=*{{nerf|Damage type changed|Normal|Explosion|note=Bloon Crush is unchanged}}|tiers 2=XX4|changes 2=*{{nerf|Recursive Cluster no longer deals +1 damage to Fortified}}
| path 1 tier 3 cost before = 1200
| path 1 tier 3 cost after = 1100
| tiers 1 = 012,022,102,202,XX2,XX3,XX4,XX5,302,402,032,042,052
| changes 1 = *{{nerf|Damage type changed|Normal|Explosion|note=Bloon Crush is unchanged}}
| quote 1 = Slight price reduction to Really Big Bombs, it is meant to be a stepping stone upgrade into Bloon Impact but neither of these upgrades are standout right now.
| tiers 2 = XX4
| changes 2 = *{{nerf|Recursive Cluster no longer deals +1 damage to Fortified}}
*{{buff|Damage increased|1|2}}
*{{buff|Damage increased|1|2}}
|tiers 3=XX5|changes 3=*{{buff|Damage increased|5|6}}
| tiers 3 = XX5
| changes 3 = *{{buff|Damage increased|5|6}}
| quote 3 = A while ago Frag Bombs was reworked to give Bomb normal type damage however we were not happy with the results of that change in the end, we didn’t want to go back and remove that again without giving back something nice in return so it has taken a while but now we have decided to go ahead with changing that back along with swapping out Recursive fortified damage for raw damage which we hope also improves crosspathing as the damage crosspath isn’t such a large increase over the base damage anymore.
| quote 1 tiers = 3xx
| quote 2 tiers = 012,022,102,202,XX2,XX3,XX5,302,402,032,042,052
| quote 3 tiers = xx4
}}
}}


=== [[Ice Monkey (BTD6)|Ice Monkey]] ===
=== [[Ice Monkey (BTD6)|Ice Monkey]] ===
{{BTD6 tower changes|quote=We want to try out allowing the Ice Shards sub-projectile to benefit from all sources of damage buff, as currently this path gets nice support use sometimes but can’t do much on its own in the base game - along with this the T5 Ice Shards are also generally being improved. Arctic Wind it feels was heavily underrated before it’s large slow aura increase, with so many players now working out how good it is and how much better an upgrade it leads into than any similar options we feel this aura needs to be reduced again although it will remain the same at T5.|version=40.0|tower=Ice Monkey
{{BTD6 tower changes
|tiers 1=3XX,4XX,5XX|changes 1=*{{buff|Ice shard: damage is no longer capped (allowing for buffs)}}
| quote = We want to try out allowing the Ice Shards sub-projectile to benefit from all sources of damage buff, as currently this path gets nice support use sometimes but can’t do much on its own in the base game - along with this the T5 Ice Shards are also generally being improved. Arctic Wind it feels was heavily underrated before it’s large slow aura increase, with so many players now working out how good it is and how much better an upgrade it leads into than any similar options we feel this aura needs to be reduced again although it will remain the same at T5.
|tiers 2=5XX|changes 2=*{{buff|Ice shard: damage increased|2|5}}
| version = 40.0
| tower = Ice Monkey
| tiers 1 = 3XX,4XX,5XX
| changes 1 = *{{buff|Ice shard: damage is no longer capped (allowing for buffs)}}
| quote 1 = We want to try out allowing the Ice Shards sub-projectile to benefit from all sources of damage buff, as currently this path gets nice support use sometimes but can’t do much on its own in the base game
| tiers 2 = 5XX
| changes 2 = *{{buff|Ice shard: damage increased|2|5}}
*{{buff|Number of ice shards increased|3|6}}
*{{buff|Number of ice shards increased|3|6}}
|tiers 3=X3X,X4X|changes 3=*{{nerf|Aura: slowdown reduced|50%|40%|note=Absolute Zero aura slowdown unchanged}}
| quote 2 = We want to try out allowing the Ice Shards sub-projectile to benefit from all sources of damage buff, as currently this path gets nice support use sometimes but can’t do much on its own in the base game - along with this the T5 Ice Shards are also generally being improved.
|tiers 4=XX4|changes 4=*{{buff| Icicle projectile radius increased|4|5}}
| tiers 3 = X3X,X4X
| changes 3 = *{{nerf|Aura: slowdown reduced|50%|40%|note=Absolute Zero aura slowdown unchanged}}
| quote 3 = Arctic Wind it feels was heavily underrated before it’s large slow aura increase, with so many players now working out how good it is and how much better an upgrade it leads into than any similar options we feel this aura needs to be reduced again although it will remain the same at T5.
| tiers 4 = XX4
| changes 4 = *{{buff| Icicle projectile radius increased|4|5}}
| quote 1 tiers = 3xx,4xx
| quote 2 tiers = 5xx
| quote 3 tiers = x3x,x4x
}}
}}


=== [[Sniper Monkey (BTD6)|Sniper Monkey]] ===
=== [[Sniper Monkey (BTD6)|Sniper Monkey]] ===
{{BTD6 tower changes|quote=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!)|version=40.0|tower=Sniper Monkey
{{BTD6 tower changes
|tiers 1=024|changes 1=*{{buff|Shrapnel: now deals +1 damage to MOAB-Class}}
| quote = 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!)
| version = 40.0
| tower = Sniper Monkey
| tiers 1 = 024,025
| changes 1 = *{{buff|Shrapnel: now deals +1 damage to MOAB-Class}}
| quote 1 = 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!)
| quote 1 tiers = 024,025
}}
}}



Revision as of 23:29, 30 April 2025

Version 40.0
Artwork representing version 40.0
Release dates
Steam5 December 2023[1]

Version 40.0 is the sixth major update to Bloons TD 6 of 2023. This update introduced the hero Corvus, the Glacial Trail map, Boss Challenge, an events menu rework, and new achievements.

Additions

Quest Category
Icon of Striker Instruction! Striker Instruction! Tutorials
Icon of A Guide to the Book of Spirits A Guide to the Book of Spirits Tutorials
Icon of Fast Upgrades Fast Upgrades Experiments
Icon of New Dart Just Dropped New Dart Just Dropped Tales
Icon of Intense Bloon Rounds Intense Bloon Rounds Experiments

Template:BTD6 achievement list by introduced

Cosmetic Items

Template:BTD6 team store item list by introduced

General Changes

  • Over 80 more items available for use in the Map Editor, including a new Dark Terrain/Area and an entire Winter collection featuring tons of new winter Terrain, Areas, Effects, Paths, Stamps, and Props available for everyone to use!
  • New Xmas Pack containing 12 extra special seasonal items that can be unlocked with Monkey Money or via direct IAP
  • Added New prop tags for Christmas & Interactable
  • Sandbox sending Bloons and placing towers features can now be accessed during map editing
  • Enabled more base game props for use in map editor
  • Added a ‘Sharp Corners’ toggle for all Areas
  • New tag for interactable props to distinguish them (e.g. Bat, Pigeons)
  • Added desktop hotkey support for ‘Sell’ hotkey to delete selected props and CTRL+C to duplicate a selected prop
  • Implemented a slider to raise/lower props. Fair warning, due to how 3D renders in the game this may not appear exactly how you would expect.
  • Resolved a case in which Pat Fusty would not correctly submerge in custom map water terrain
  • Opening a map share code should correctly launch the game & navigate to the map
  • Dropdown menus in map editor should no longer display on top of 'pause' menu
  • Added more Helper Popups to Map Editor
  • Entering eraser mode will now un-hide stamps layer
  • Buff Custom maps are now considered Intermediate instead of Beginner
    • Note: This means Heroes now level up 10% faster on custom maps
  • Players can no longer still search up and find their own deleted maps for a short time after deleting them
  • Buff Co-op hosts will now be able to invite friends directly from the co-op lobby.

Other

  • Pasting entire share code URLs into search fields should now smartly trim the URL and search only for the code
  • Game icon changing back to the OG Dart Monkey.

Towers

Tiers Changes
Paragon
  • Buff Bonus damage to ceramic increased ― +75 → +90
Slight price reduction to Really Big Bombs, it is meant to be a stepping stone upgrade into Bloon Impact but neither of these upgrades are standout right now.
— Update notes
Tiers Changes
3-X-X Really Big Bombs
  • Buff Upgrade cost reduced ― $1,200 → $1,100
We want to try out allowing the Ice Shards sub-projectile to benefit from all sources of damage buff, as currently this path gets nice support use sometimes but can’t do much on its own in the base game
— Update notes
Tiers Changes
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
Tiers Changes
Tiers Changes
4-X-X Aircraft Carrier
  • Buff Upgrade cost reduced ― $7,200 → $6,900
5-X-X Carrier Flagship
  • Buff Upgrade cost reduced ― $25,000 → $24,500
Tiers Changes
Tiers Changes
Tiers Changes
Tiers Changes
Tiers Changes
Tiers Changes
Tiers Changes
X-3-X Monkey Bank
  • Buff Upgrade cost reduced ― $3,800 → $3,650
X-4-X IMF Loan
  • Buff Upgrade cost reduced ― $7,500 → $7,200
Tiers Changes
Tiers Changes
Tiers Changes

Heroes

We like Ezili as she is and don’t want to mess with her too much, but currently her level 19 does effectively nothing so we thought it would be nice at this level to shift a little of that MOAB bonus damage on the main attack into raw damage instead.
— Update notes
Levels Changes
19-20
  • Buff Ezili main attack DoT increased ― 3 → 6
  • Nerf Ezili main attack DoT MOAB-class bonus reduced ― +28 → +25
    • Note: Overall DoT MOAB-class damage remains unchanged (31)
We still want a little more out of Brickell’s single target Revolver attack as it’s the least exciting per of her arsenal so are decreasing the attack cooldown, however her mega mine ability also performs exceptionally well throughout all moab rounds so we want to slightly increase its final cooldown instead
— Update notes
Levels Changes
2-11
  • Buff  Revolver: cooldown reduced ― 0.7s → 0.65s
12+
  • Buff  Revolver: cooldown reduced ― 0.4s → 0.35s
18-20
  • Nerf  Mega Mine: cooldown increased ― 40s → 45s
Gerry’s Fire functions in a unique way where it can inherit some self-buffing bonuses of the towers that it’s applied to, although a lot of people have pointed out that since Ninja Monkey always has Camo this means it’s the only non-hero tower that gains a Camo Detection but can never pass it on to the Gerry’s Fire as this doesn’t come from an upgrade. We were hesitant to buff this interaction while Geraldo was much more powerful and his synergy with Ninja was already good, but he’s cooled off enough now that we’re happy to try this out. Additionally with Gerry’s Fire one of our programmers was having some fun with it, and we liked what we saw, so that will also be a thing now.
— Update notes
Levels Changes
8+
  • Buff Gerry’s Fire: can now target and hit Camo if the tower it is applied to has Camo detection
  • Neutral Gerry’s Fire: follows the actual heli/ace through the air rather than the landing pad
15+
  • Nerf Sharpening Stone: should no longer last forever after loading a save (bug fix)

Release descriptions

App Store / Google Play

Colossal Holiday Update!

• Cast the Bloons into oblivion with the new hero, Corvus, the Spirit Walker.

• New Map Editor props, areas, stamps, and tools.

• Don't freeze up on the new Expert map, Glacial Trail.

• Challenge ANY Boss on ANY Map with the new Boss Challenge feature!

Video

References

Official patch notes on Reddit