Berserker Brew (BTD6)

For the upgrade in Bloons TD Battles 2, see Berserker Brew (Battles 2).

Berserker Brew

	Throws special brew to nearby Monkeys giving them extra damage, range and attack speed.

Tower		Path	Tier
Alchemist		1	3

XP cost	2,250
Cash cost	$1,190 — Easy $1,400 — Medium $1,510 — Hard $1,680 — Impoppable

← Acidic Mixture Dip

Stronger Stimulant →

Berserker Brew is the Alchemist's path 1 tier 3 upgrade in Bloons TD 6. It allows the Alchemist to throw an additional potion to towers within its range, which grants them the Berserker Brew buff. This buff grants towers +1 damage, +2 pierce, +10% range, and reduces their attack cooldown by 10% (for an increase of ~11.11% in attack speed). This buff lasts for 25 shots or 5 seconds (40 shots or 6 seconds with 3-2-0) on a tower, whichever is shorter. Berserker Brew throws this buff potion once every 8 seconds (6.4s with Faster Throwing). After receiving a buff potion, the target tower cannot receive another potion for 5 seconds (4 seconds with 3-2-0).

Berserker Brew is always thrown to the nearest eligible tower within the Alchemist's range. Most attacking towers are eligible for the buff, but the following cannot receive it:

• Alchemist
• Beast Handler
• Etienne
• Benjamin below level 7
• Paragons

Berserker Brew cannot affect sub-towers or towers that do not attack. (e.g. Banana Farm, Monkey Village without Primary Expertise)

Stats

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

This data was last updated for: version 55.1

Tower
Display range 45 units Footprint radius 6 units Targeting options First Last Close Strong

Attack
Cooldown 2s Offset (X, Y, Z) -2.73, 9.98, 7 Targeting Depends on targeting option Targeting range 45 units Filters Cannot target Camo
Ignores blockers
Splash Pierce 20 Damage 1 Damage type Acid Lifespan 0.05s Radius 21 units Filters Cannot hit Camo Ignores blockers Damage over time Damage 1 Damage type Acid Duration 4.05s Interval 2s Layers ∞

Acidic Mixture Dip
Cooldown 10s Offset (X, Y, Z) 5.9, 9.1, 8 Targeting range 45 units
Ignores blockers
Buff Damage to Fortified Lead bonus +1 Damage to Ceramic bonus +1 Damage to MOAB-Class bonus +1 Charges 10

Berserker Brew
Cooldown 8s Offset (X, Y, Z) 5.9, 9.1, 8 Targeting range 45 units
Ignores blockers
Buff Range modifier +10% Cooldown modifier +10% Damage bonus +1 Pierce bonus +2 Charges 25 Lifespan 5s

3-1-0

Attack
Splash Damage over time Duration 4.05s → 4.55s Interval 2s → 1.5s

Acidic Mixture Dip
Offset (X, Y, Z) 5.9, 9.1, 8 ↓ 3.2, 10.7, 7

Berserker Brew
Offset (X, Y, Z) 5.9, 9.1, 8 ↓ 3.2, 10.7, 7

3-2-0

Attack
Splash Damage to MOAB-Class +4 Damage to Fortified MOAB-Class +15 Removes Fortified

Acidic Mixture Dip
Buff Charges 10 → 12

Berserker Brew
Buff Charges 25 → 40 Lifespan 5s → 6s

3-0-1

Attack
Cooldown 2s → 1.6s

Acidic Mixture Dip
Cooldown 10s → 8s Offset (X, Y, Z) 5.9, 9.1, 8 ↓ 3.2, 10.7, 7

Berserker Brew
Cooldown 8s → 6.4s Offset (X, Y, Z) 5.9, 9.1, 8 ↓ 3.2, 10.7, 7

3-0-2

Attack
Acid Pool Pierce 10 Damage 1 Damage type Acid Lifespan 6.95s Radius 10.5 units Filters Cannot hit Camo Ignores blockers Damage over time Damage 1 Damage type Acid Duration 4.05s Interval 2s 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
3-0-0	$2,165	$2,550	$2,755	$3,060	$1,516	$1,785	$1,929	$2,142
3-1-0	$2,375	$2,800	$3,025	$3,360	$1,663	$1,960	$2,118	$2,352
3-2-0	$2,780	$3,275	$3,540	$3,930	$1,946	$2,293	$2,478	$2,751
3-0-1	$2,715	$3,200	$3,455	$3,840	$1,901	$2,240	$2,419	$2,688
3-0-2	$3,095	$3,650	$3,940	$4,380	$2,167	$2,555	$2,758	$3,066

Strategy

This section was last updated for: version 51.2

Berserker Brew is a versatile buff that can be applied on many types of towers for a signficant boost in DPS. For a cost slightly less than the Jungle Drums village, Berserker Brew can greatly improve the effectiveness of a single tower. Its best use cases are for mid-game transitions into powerful T4's and T5's. Additionally, it accepts full discounts from Monkey Commerce, which reinforces strategies that boost multiple towers each.

Due to the flat damage and pierce increase per projectile, this brew is best applied onto towers that attack moderately fast or have multiple projectiles per shot, such as Bloonjitsu, Triple Guns, and Neva-Miss Targeting, as well as decently fast-attacking towers with plenty of projectiles per shot such as Overdrive and 3-1-0 Destroyer. Super Monkeys get very large benefits from the buff, but consume it far too fast to be reliable, limiting its value below t3. Berserker Brew should be placed closest to the tower that needs the buff and avoid having other towers in range if the Acidic Mixture Dip buff is needed (e.g. Abyssal Warrior).

Compared to Stronger Stimulant, Berserker Brew is less than half the price if discounted or if not crosspathed, and using two Berserker Brews can be preferable to upgrading to Stronger Stimulant, if the second Acidic Mixture Dip is useful. A Stronger Stimulant buff lasts for more than twice as long as Berserker Brew time-wise, but two 3-2-0 brews provide a much better shot limit. This is most relevant when buffing two valuable, fast-attacking towers, but since x-2-0 also reduces the reapplication time for brews, 2 3-2-0 Alchs can both buff one single fast-attacking tower, provided they are isolated to avoid them buffing other towers.

Crosspaths help improve overall uptime of the brew, though crosspaths are situational. 3-0-1 gives slightly more uptime than 3-2-0, not counting shot amounts, while 3-2-0 is often preferred if the target shoots quickly. Acid Pool is avoided because it has no impact on the brews. Crosspathing can help a tower get higher uptime on brew buffs, but if brew uptime would pass 100%, the Berserker Brew Alchemist can start tossing potions to other towers instead. With Jungle Drums and no MK, assuming buffs expire by time rather than shot count, 3-0-1 gives 92% uptime, 3-2-0 gives 88% uptime.

Update history

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

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Version 2.0

•  Acidic Mixture Dip: No longer targets Nature's Ward Totems (bug fix)
•  Acidic Mixture Dip: Now allows towers to damage DDTs (bug fix)
•  Acidic Mixture Dip: Can now target 5-X-X Monkey Villages (bug fix)
•  Berserker Brew: No longer causes Phoenixes to stop attacking (bug fix)

Version 4.0

•  AMD: No longer targets Benjamin
  • Note: Brews still target Level 7+ Benjamin

Version 5.0

•  Can no longer apply dip to Monkey Villages without Primary Expertise (bug fix)
•  Brew: no longer applies the range buff twice (bug fix)

Version 6.0

•  Can no longer apply dip to Banana Farms (bug fix)
•  Brew now wears off after 30 attacks, in addition to wearing off on its own after enough time elapses

Version 10.0

•  Acidic Mixture Dip buff: no longer applies +1 damage to Ceramics or MOAB-Class (bug)
• Acidic Mixture Dip buff: now has a visual effect on buffed towers
• "Buffs should no longer miss their target and buff another tower nearby" (bug fix)
•  Berserker Brew buff: no longer ignores towers that are already buffed (bug)
• Berserker Brew buff: now has a visual effect on buffed towers

Version 11.0

•  Acidic Mixture Dip buff: now applies +1 damage to Ceramic and MOAB-Class Bloons (bug fix)

Version 15.0

•  Now only shows a buff icon when AMD is applied

Version 20.0

“

Alchemist is already widely used, but we thought of an interesting way to add some more crosspath value and wanted to take the chance to perform a small rebalance at the same time. — Update notes

”

•  Berserker Brew: shots per brew reduced ― 30 → 25

3-2-0

•  Berserker Brew: shots per brew increased ― 30 → 35
•  Berserker Brew: duration increased ― 5s → 6s
•  Berserker Brew: re-application cooldown reduced ― 5s → 4s

Version 24.0

“

Alchemist has been given a small push towards the current underused Brew crosspath. Previously this crosspath only applied a benefit to Brew & Stimulant but now along with a buff to that, Acidic Mixture Dip will also gain a slight benefit from the crosspath. — Update notes

”

3-2-0

•  Perishing Potions now increases Acidic Mixture Dip charges per stack by 3
•  Berserker Brew buff: Charges increased ― 35 → 40

Version 25.0

•  Acidic Mixture Dip: Now allows Cold attacks to damage Lead Bloons (bug fix)
•  Acidic Mixture Dip: Now allows Sharp attacks to damage Golden Bloons (bug fix)
•  Acidic Mixture Dip: No longer allows Explosion attacks to damage DDTs (bug fix)

Version 27.0

3-0-1, 3-0-2

•  Faster Throwing crosspath once again increases the rate of the Brew attack (bug fix)

Version 28.0

“

Acidic Mixture Dip did nothing for Glue Gunners but alchemist would waste it on them — Update notes

”

•  Acidic Mixture Dip will no longer pick Glue Gunners as valid buff targets

Version 30.0

•  Acidic Mixture Dip: Can now target Glue Gunners with Corrosive Glue and above

Version 31.2

•  Base potion attack: no longer has single-layer damage (undocumented)

Version 33.0

“

Acidic Mixture Dip stacking from multiple alchemists / stalling tactics too effectively lowered use of other lead counter options in a way we didn’t like, so the maximum stacks here without Permabrew has been reduced considerably. — Update notes

”

•  Acidic Mixture Dip max number of stacks reduced ― 200 → 40

Version 39.0

“

Alchemist 220 stands out a little too effectively in the crosspath efficiency of Acidic Mixture Dip uptime combined with the reduced forced downtime at 320 and so is being reduced. — Update notes

”

3-2-0

•  Acidic Mixture Dip: Crosspath bonus to Acidic Mixture Dip buff reduced ― +3 → +2
  • Note: Shot amount reduced from 13 to 12

Version 41.0

“

Acidic Mixture Dip is a strong offender removing many weaknesses in the game for exceptionally low of a cost. — Update notes

”

•   Acidic Mixture dip max stacks reduced ― 40 → 30

Version 42.0

“

As groups of Berserker Brew seem proportionally too good compared to upgrading to Stronger Stimulant in some cases, we are slightly shifting price down into T3, keeping the total price of Stronger Stimulant the same but adding up more if choosing to spam T3 Brews. — Update notes

”

•  Upgrade cost increased ― $1,250 → $1,300

Version 45.0

“

As a small tax to low tier Alchemists we are moving cost from Stronger Stimulant into Berserker Brew, this shouldn’t hurt much for general play and keeps un-discounted Stimulant the same. — Update notes

”

•  Upgrade cost increased ― $1,300 → $1,400

Version 50.0

•  All buffing potions: Should no longer fall on other towers that aren't the intended target (bug fix)
  • Note: Patches an exploit regarding quickly buying a Permanent Brew and landing brew on towers not normally able to accept brew (e.g. Etienne, Beast Handlers, non-5xx Villages)

Version 53.0

• Description changed ― Throws special brew to nearby Monkeys giving them extra damage, range and attack speed. → Throws special brew to a nearby Monkey giving it increased damage, range, and attack speed briefly. Multiple Monkeys can be buffed at once.

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In other languages

Language	Name / Description	Notes
Arabic	مشروب المحارب الغضبان إلقاء المشروب الخاص للقرود القريبة مما يمنحهم القدرة على إلحاق مزيد من الضرر ومدى أكبر وزيادة سرعة الهجوم.	—
Danish	Bersærkerbryg Kaster en særlig bryg til aber i nærheden som giver dem ekstra skade, rækkevidde og angrebshastighed.	—
German	Berserker-Gebräu Wirft ein Spezialgebräu auf Affen in der Nähe und verleiht ihnen Extraschaden, Reichweite und Angriffsgeschwindigkeit.	—
Spanish	Brebaje vesánico Arroja un brebaje especial a los monos cercanos para darles da más daño, alcance y velocidad de ataque.	—
Spanish (LA)	Brebaje vesánico Arroja un brebaje especial a los monos cercanos para darles da más daño, alcance y velocidad de ataque.	—
Finnish	Berserkkijuoma Viskaa erityisen juoman, joka antaa lähellä oleville apinoille lisää tehoa, kantamaa ja hyökkäysnopeutta.	—
French	Préparation de fou furieux Lance une concoction spéciale aux singes à proximité, leur permettant d'infliger plus de dégâts et leur conférant une portée et une vitesse d'attaque accrues.	—
Italian	Infuso del Berserker Lancia l'infuso speciale alle scimmie vicine per conferire loro danni, portata e velocità d'attacco extra.	—
Japanese	バーサーカーの醸造酒 近くのモンキーに特製のお酒を投げる。ダメージ、範囲、攻撃速度がアップする。	—
Korean	광전사 약제 주변 원숭이들에게 특수 약제를 던져 추가 공격력, 공격 사정거리, 공격 속도를 부여합니다.	—
Dutch	Berserkerbrouwsel Gooit een speciaal brouwsel naar Apen in de buurt waardoor ze extra schade, bereik en aanvalssnelheid krijgen.	—
Norwegian	Berserkerbrygg Kaster spesialbrygg på aper i nærheten og gir dem ekstra skade, rekkevidde og angrepshastighet.	—
Polish	Napój berserkera Rzuca specjalny napój pobliskim małpkom, dzięki któremu zadają większe obrażenia, zwiększa się zasięg i prędkość ataku.	—
Portuguese (Brazil)	Poção Berserker Joga um preparo especial em Macacos próximos dando a eles dano, alcance e velocidade de ataque extras.	—
Russian	Варево берсерка Особое варево ускоряет атаки обезьян поблизости, позволяя им бить дальше, сильнее и быстрее.	—
Swedish	Bärsärkbrygd Kastar Specialbrygd till apor i närheten och ger dem extra skada, räckvidd och attackhastighet.	—
Thai	ยานักรบคลั่ง ขว้างน้ำยาสกัดพิเศษใส่ลิงใกล้เคียง ทำให้ลิงเหล่านั้นทำดาเมจแรงขึ้น โจมตีไกลขึ้น และโจมตีเร็วขึ้น	—
Turkish	Öfke İçeceği Yakındaki Maymunlara, ekstra hasar, menzil ve saldırı hızı kazandıran bir özel içecek atar.	—
Chinese (simplified)	狂暴啤酒 向附近的猴子投掷特殊啤酒，使它们的攻击范围、攻击速度和造成的伤害增加	—
Chinese (traditional)	狂暴之釀 向附近的猴子投擲特殊啤酒，使它們的攻擊範圍、攻擊速度和造成的傷害增加	—
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