Crucible of Steel and Flame

Crucible of Steel and Flame

	Spinning blades of Bloon immolation!

Tower	Tack Shooter
XP cost	500,000
Cash cost	$170,000 — Easy $200,000 — Medium $216,000 — Hard $240,000 — Impoppable
Introduced	Version 46.0

The Crucible of Steel and Flame is the Tack Shooter's Paragon in Bloons TD 6, introduced in version 46.0. It is a combination of Inferno Ring, Super Maelstrom, and The Tack Zone.

The Crucible of Steel and Flame's basic attack is similar to the Blade Maelstrom ability, but with limited area coverage. It shoots four rotating streams of white hot blades that each split into a nova of eight tacks when they expire. It constantly fires blades even when Bloons are not within its range. It can only detect Camo Bloons when granted Camo detection by the Ascended Shadow.

It has two Activated Abilities:

• The Maelstrom ability temporarily increases its projectile lifespan, allowing both its blades and tacks to travel much further and cover a much larger area overall, and grants it a second attack that blasts jets of flame in a ring around itself, dealing damage in an area similarly to Ring of Fire and Inferno Ring. It lasts for 9 seconds and has a 20-second cooldown.
• The Meteor Impact ability targets a Bloon and strikes it with a meteor, dealing enormous damage in a large area around the target and spawning a circle of 32 homing fireballs around the point of impact. It has a 60-second cooldown.

Mechanics

Main attack

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Crucible of Steel and Flame's main attack is a passively attacking blade nova that is offset higher than its own centerpoint. The blade nova consists of two copies of a rotating twin blade attack 180° apart, rotating their offsets in opposite directions at 360° per second. Each blade has 2 radius and moves at 140 units per second, and lasts up to 0.25s. Once expired or hits an obstacle, each blade produces a nova of eight tacks that can hit the same target. The nova has 360° spread. Each tack has 0 radius (i.e. can only hit Bloons with its centerpoint), move at 120 units per second, and last up to 0.15s. Both blades and tacks have low pierce and damage but do extra damage to Bosses. None of its attacks can hit Camo without Camo detection from Ascended Shadow. It is affected by Fast Tack Attacks.

Its range is 42.32, which is roughly less range than its blade nova.

At Degree 1:

• The blade attack is shot every 0.0325 seconds.
• Each blade deals 20 damage, +30 Boss damage, and has 5 pierce.
• Each tack deals 10 damage, +20 Boss damage, and has 3 pierce.

Activated Abilities

Maelstrom ability

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Maelstrom ability increases lifespan of all its attacks by ×2.5, and adds a flame ring that is similar to Ring of Fire, both lasting for 9 seconds. The lifespan bonus also affects Meteor Impact when that ability is activated while Maelstrom ability is active. The flame ring has 45 radius, high pierce, and does more damage to Bosses. The flame ring cannot detect Camo Bloons without the support of Ascended Shadow. This ability has a base cooldown of 20 seconds.

At Degree 1:

• The flame ring attacks every 1 second and does 250 damage, +250 Boss damage, and has 80 pierce.

Meteor Impact ability

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Meteor Impact creates a meteor that targets and pursues a Bloon based on targeting priority, producing a large explosion that produces 32 homing fireballs that can re-hit Bloons. None of its attacks detect Camo without support of Ascended Shadow. It has a base cooldown of 60 seconds.

The meteor takes about 0.5 seconds to hit its target. The explosion has 120 radius and has very high damage and pierce. The resulting fireballs have 360° spread. Each fireball moves at a rate of 40 units per second, accelerates at 2 units/s², and has a max speed of 80 units per second. While seeking, a fireball can target Bloons practically everywhere, can seek from any direction, rotates at a rate of 360°/s, and lasts up to 5 seconds. Each fireball has 2 radius and can re-hit Bloons after 0.5s.

At Degree 1:

• The meteor does 60,000 damage and has 500 pierce.
• Each fireball does 900 damage and has 2 pierce.

Stats

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This data was last updated for: version 55.1

Tower
Display range 42.32 units Footprint radius 6 units Targeting options First Last Close Strong

Attack
Copies of this attack 2 Cooldown 0.0325s Offset (X, Y, Z) 0, 0, 23.28 Targeting Depends on targeting option Targeting range ∞ units Rotation speed -360 deg/s (1) 360 deg/s (2)
Ignores blockers Can fire without a target
Projectile Count 2 Angle 180° Pierce 5 Damage 20 Damage to bosses +30 Damage type Normal Speed 140 units/s Lifespan 0.25s Radius 2 units Filters Cannot hit Camo Sub-projectile Count 8 Angle 360° Pierce 3 Damage 10 Damage to bosses +20 Damage type Normal Speed 120 units/s Lifespan 0.15s Radius 0 units Filters Cannot hit Camo

Maelstrom
Cooldown 20s Lifespan 9.05s
Attack Cooldown 1s Offset (X, Y, Z) 0, 0, 3.7 Targeting range ∞ units Ignores blockers Can fire without a target Projectile Pierce 80 Damage 250 Damage to bosses +250 Damage type Normal Lifespan 0.1s Persists between rounds 1 Radius 45 units Filters Cannot hit Camo Ignores blockers
Buff Lifespan modifier ×2.5

Meteor Impact
Cooldown 60s
Attack Offset (X, Y, Z) 0, 0, 28.71 Targeting First / Last / Close / Strong Targeting range ∞ units Filters Cannot target Camo Ignores blockers Explosion Pierce 500 Damage 60,000 Damage type Normal Lifespan 0.05s Persists between rounds 1 Radius 120 units Filters Cannot hit Camo Ignores blockers Fireball Count 32 Angle 360° Pierce 2 Damage 900 Damage type Normal Speed 40 units/s Max speed 80 units/s Acceleration 2 units/s2 Seeking distance 2,000 units Seeking angle 360° Seeking rotation speed 360 °/s Lifespan 50s Lifespan while seeking 5s Radius 2 units Rehit interval 0.5s Filters Cannot hit Camo Ignores blockers

Degree-dependent stats

Degree	Power	Boss multiplier	Attack	Projectile			Sub-projectile			Maelstrom	Attack	Projectile			Meteor Impact	Explosion		Fireball
			Cooldown	Pierce	Damage	Damage to bosses	Pierce	Damage	Damage to bosses	Cooldown	Cooldown	Pierce	Damage	Damage to bosses	Cooldown	Pierce	Damage	Pierce	Damage
1	0	×1.0	0.0325s	5	20	+30	3	10	+20	20s	1s	80	250	+250	60s	500	6e+04	2	900
2	2000	×1.0	0.03035s	5.1	20.2	+30.3	3.1	10.1	+20.2	18.68s	0.934s	80.1	252.5	+252.5	56.04s	505.1	6.06e+04	2.1	909
3	2324	×1.0	0.02955s	5.2	20.4	+30.6	3.2	10.2	+20.4	18.18s	0.9091s	81.2	255	+255	54.55s	510.2	6.12e+04	2.2	918
4	2666	×1.0	0.02895s	5.3	20.6	+30.9	3.3	10.3	+20.6	17.82s	0.8909s	82.3	257.5	+257.5	53.45s	515.3	6.18e+04	2.3	927
5	3027	×1.0	0.02847s	5.4	20.8	+31.2	3.4	10.4	+20.8	17.52s	0.8761s	83.4	260	+260	52.57s	520.4	6.24e+04	2.4	936
6	3408	×1.0	0.02806s	5.5	21	+31.5	3.5	10.5	+21	17.27s	0.8635s	84.5	262.5	+262.5	51.81s	525.5	6.3e+04	2.5	945
7	3808	×1.0	0.0277s	5.6	21.2	+31.8	3.6	10.6	+21.2	17.05s	0.8524s	84.6	265	+265	51.14s	530.6	6.36e+04	2.6	954
8	4228	×1.0	0.02738s	5.7	21.4	+32.1	3.7	10.7	+21.4	16.85s	0.8424s	85.7	267.5	+267.5	50.54s	535.7	6.42e+04	2.7	963
9	4669	×1.0	0.02708s	5.8	21.6	+32.4	3.8	10.8	+21.6	16.67s	0.8333s	86.8	270	+270	50s	540.8	6.48e+04	2.8	972
10	5131	×1.0	0.02681s	5.9	21.8	+32.7	3.9	10.9	+21.8	16.5s	0.825s	87.9	272.5	+272.5	49.5s	545.9	6.54e+04	2.9	981
11	5615	×1.0	0.02656s	6	23	+33	4	12	+22	16.35s	0.8173s	89	276	+275	49.04s	551	6.6e+04	3	991
12	6121	×1.0	0.02633s	6.1	23.2	+33.3	4.1	12.1	+22.2	16.2s	0.81s	89.1	278.5	+277.5	48.6s	556.1	6.66e+04	3.1	1000
13	6650	×1.0	0.02611s	6.2	23.4	+33.6	4.2	12.2	+22.4	16.06s	0.8032s	90.2	281	+280	48.19s	561.2	6.72e+04	3.2	1009
14	7203	×1.0	0.0259s	6.3	23.6	+33.9	4.3	12.3	+22.6	15.94s	0.7968s	91.3	283.5	+282.5	47.81s	566.3	6.78e+04	3.3	1018
15	7779	×1.0	0.0257s	6.4	23.8	+34.2	4.4	12.4	+22.8	15.82s	0.7908s	92.4	286	+285	47.45s	571.4	6.84e+04	3.4	1027
16	8379	×1.0	0.02551s	6.5	24	+34.5	4.5	12.5	+23	15.7s	0.785s	93.5	288.5	+287.5	47.1s	576.5	6.9e+04	3.5	1036
17	9004	×1.0	0.02533s	6.6	24.2	+34.8	4.6	12.6	+23.2	15.59s	0.7795s	93.6	291	+290	46.77s	581.6	6.96e+04	3.6	1045
18	9654	×1.0	0.02516s	6.7	24.4	+35.1	4.7	12.7	+23.4	15.49s	0.7743s	94.7	293.5	+292.5	46.46s	586.7	7.02e+04	3.7	1054
19	10330	×1.0	0.025s	6.8	24.6	+35.4	4.8	12.8	+23.6	15.38s	0.7692s	95.8	296	+295	46.15s	591.8	7.08e+04	3.8	1063
20	11032	×1.25	0.02484s	6.9	24.8	+35.7	4.9	12.9	+23.8	15.29s	0.7644s	96.9	298.5	+297.5	45.86s	596.9	7.14e+04	3.9	1072
21	11761	×1.25	0.02469s	8	26	+36	5	14	+24	15.19s	0.7597s	98	302	+300	45.58s	602	7.2e+04	4	1082
22	12518	×1.25	0.02455s	8.1	26.2	+36.3	5.1	14.1	+24.2	15.11s	0.7553s	98.1	304.5	+302.5	45.32s	607.1	7.26e+04	4.1	1091
23	13302	×1.25	0.02441s	8.2	26.4	+36.6	5.2	14.2	+24.4	15.02s	0.7509s	99.2	307	+305	45.06s	612.2	7.32e+04	4.2	1100
24	14114	×1.25	0.02427s	8.3	26.6	+36.9	5.3	14.3	+24.6	14.94s	0.7468s	100.3	309.5	+307.5	44.81s	617.3	7.38e+04	4.3	1109
25	14955	×1.25	0.02414s	8.4	26.8	+37.2	5.4	14.4	+24.8	14.85s	0.7427s	101.4	312	+310	44.56s	622.4	7.44e+04	4.4	1118
26	15825	×1.25	0.02401s	8.5	27	+37.5	5.5	14.5	+25	14.78s	0.7388s	102.5	314.5	+312.5	44.33s	627.5	7.5e+04	4.5	1127
27	16725	×1.25	0.02389s	8.6	27.2	+37.8	5.6	14.6	+25.2	14.7s	0.735s	102.6	317	+315	44.1s	632.6	7.56e+04	4.6	1136
28	17655	×1.25	0.02377s	8.7	27.4	+38.1	5.7	14.7	+25.4	14.63s	0.7313s	103.7	319.5	+317.5	43.88s	637.7	7.62e+04	4.7	1145
29	18616	×1.25	0.02365s	8.8	27.6	+38.4	5.8	14.8	+25.6	14.55s	0.7277s	104.8	322	+320	43.66s	642.8	7.68e+04	4.8	1154
30	19609	×1.25	0.02354s	8.9	27.8	+38.7	5.9	14.9	+25.8	14.48s	0.7242s	105.9	324.5	+322.5	43.45s	647.9	7.74e+04	4.9	1163
31	20633	×1.25	0.02343s	9	29	+39	6	16	+26	14.42s	0.7208s	107	328	+325	43.25s	653	7.8e+04	5	1173
32	21689	×1.25	0.02332s	9.1	29.2	+39.3	6.1	16.1	+26.2	14.35s	0.7175s	107.1	330.5	+327.5	43.05s	658.1	7.86e+04	5.1	1182
33	22778	×1.25	0.02321s	9.2	29.4	+39.6	6.2	16.2	+26.4	14.29s	0.7143s	108.2	333	+330	42.86s	663.2	7.92e+04	5.2	1191
34	23900	×1.25	0.02311s	9.3	29.6	+39.9	6.3	16.3	+26.6	14.22s	0.7111s	109.3	335.5	+332.5	42.67s	668.3	7.98e+04	5.3	1200
35	25056	×1.25	0.02301s	9.4	29.8	+40.2	7.4	16.4	+26.8	14.16s	0.7081s	110.4	338	+335	42.48s	673.4	8.04e+04	5.4	1209
36	26246	×1.25	0.02291s	9.5	30	+40.5	7.5	16.5	+27	14.1s	0.7051s	111.5	340.5	+337.5	42.3s	678.5	8.1e+04	5.5	1218
37	27471	×1.25	0.02282s	9.6	30.2	+40.8	7.6	16.6	+27.2	14.04s	0.7021s	111.6	343	+340	42.13s	682.6	8.16e+04	5.6	1227
38	28732	×1.25	0.02273s	9.7	30.4	+41.1	7.7	16.7	+27.4	13.98s	0.6992s	112.7	345.5	+342.5	41.95s	688.7	8.22e+04	5.7	1236
39	30028	×1.25	0.02263s	9.8	30.6	+41.4	7.8	16.8	+27.6	13.93s	0.6964s	113.8	348	+345	41.79s	693.8	8.28e+04	5.8	1245
40	31360	×1.5	0.02254s	9.9	30.8	+41.7	7.9	16.9	+27.8	13.87s	0.6937s	114.9	350.5	+347.5	41.62s	698.9	8.34e+04	5.9	1254
41	32729	×1.5	0.02246s	11	32	+42	8	18	+28	13.82s	0.691s	116	354	+350	41.46s	704	8.4e+04	6	1264
42	34135	×1.5	0.02237s	11.1	32.2	+42.3	8.1	18.1	+28.2	13.77s	0.6883s	116.1	356.5	+352.5	41.3s	709.1	8.46e+04	6.1	1273
43	35579	×1.5	0.02229s	11.2	32.4	+42.6	8.2	18.2	+28.4	13.71s	0.6857s	117.2	359	+355	41.14s	714.2	8.52e+04	6.2	1282
44	37061	×1.5	0.0222s	11.3	32.6	+42.9	8.3	18.3	+28.6	13.66s	0.6832s	118.3	361.5	+357.5	40.99s	719.3	8.58e+04	6.3	1291
45	38582	×1.5	0.02212s	11.4	32.8	+43.2	8.4	18.4	+28.8	13.61s	0.6807s	119.4	364	+360	40.84s	724.4	8.64e+04	6.4	1300
46	40143	×1.5	0.02204s	11.5	33	+43.5	8.5	18.5	+29	13.57s	0.6783s	120.5	366.5	+362.5	40.7s	729.5	8.7e+04	6.5	1309
47	41743	×1.5	0.02197s	11.6	33.2	+43.8	8.6	18.6	+29.2	13.52s	0.6759s	120.6	369	+365	40.55s	734.6	8.76e+04	6.6	1318
48	43383	×1.5	0.02189s	11.7	33.4	+44.1	8.7	18.7	+29.4	13.47s	0.6735s	121.7	371.5	+367.5	40.41s	739.7	8.82e+04	6.7	1327
49	45064	×1.5	0.02181s	11.8	33.6	+44.4	8.8	18.8	+29.6	13.42s	0.6712s	122.8	374	+370	40.27s	744.8	8.88e+04	6.8	1336
50	46786	×1.5	0.02174s	11.9	33.8	+44.7	8.9	18.9	+29.8	13.38s	0.6689s	123.9	376.5	+372.5	40.13s	749.9	8.94e+04	6.9	1345
51	48550	×1.5	0.02167s	12	35	+45	9	20	+30	13.33s	0.6667s	125	380	+375	40s	755	9e+04	8	1355
52	50356	×1.5	0.0216s	12.1	35.2	+45.3	9.1	20.1	+30.2	13.29s	0.6645s	125.1	382.5	+377.5	39.87s	760.1	9.06e+04	8.1	1364
53	52205	×1.5	0.02152s	12.2	35.4	+45.6	9.2	20.2	+30.4	13.25s	0.6623s	126.2	385	+380	39.74s	765.2	9.12e+04	8.2	1373
54	54098	×1.5	0.02146s	12.3	35.6	+45.9	9.3	20.3	+30.6	13.2s	0.6602s	127.3	387.5	+382.5	39.61s	770.3	9.18e+04	8.3	1382
55	56034	×1.5	0.02139s	12.4	35.8	+46.2	9.4	20.4	+30.8	13.16s	0.6581s	128.4	390	+385	39.48s	775.4	9.24e+04	8.4	1391
56	58014	×1.5	0.02132s	12.5	36	+46.5	9.5	20.5	+31	13.12s	0.656s	129.5	392.5	+387.5	39.36s	780.5	9.3e+04	8.5	1400
57	60039	×1.5	0.02125s	12.6	36.2	+46.8	9.6	20.6	+31.2	13.08s	0.654s	129.6	395	+390	39.24s	785.6	9.36e+04	8.6	1409
58	62109	×1.5	0.02119s	12.7	36.4	+47.1	9.7	20.7	+31.4	13.04s	0.652s	130.7	397.5	+392.5	39.12s	790.7	9.42e+04	8.7	1418
59	64225	×1.5	0.02112s	12.8	36.6	+47.4	9.8	20.8	+31.6	13s	0.65s	131.8	400	+395	39s	795.8	9.48e+04	8.8	1427
60	66387	×1.75	0.02106s	12.9	36.8	+47.7	9.9	20.9	+31.8	12.96s	0.648s	132.9	402.5	+397.5	38.88s	799.9	9.54e+04	8.9	1436
61	68596	×1.75	0.021s	14	38	+48	10	22	+32	12.92s	0.6461s	134	406	+400	38.77s	806	9.601e+04	9	1446
62	70853	×1.75	0.02094s	14.1	38.2	+48.3	10.1	22.1	+32.2	12.88s	0.6442s	134.1	408.5	+402.5	38.65s	810.1	9.661e+04	9.1	1455
63	73157	×1.75	0.02088s	14.2	38.4	+48.6	10.2	22.2	+32.4	12.85s	0.6424s	135.2	411	+405	38.54s	816.2	9.721e+04	9.2	1464
64	75509	×1.75	0.02082s	14.3	38.6	+48.9	10.3	22.3	+32.6	12.81s	0.6405s	136.3	413.5	+407.5	38.43s	821.3	9.781e+04	9.3	1473
65	77910	×1.75	0.02076s	14.4	38.8	+49.2	10.4	22.4	+32.8	12.77s	0.6387s	137.4	416	+410	38.32s	826.4	9.841e+04	9.4	1482
66	80360	×1.75	0.0207s	14.5	39	+49.5	10.5	22.5	+33	12.74s	0.6369s	138.5	418.5	+412.5	38.21s	831.5	9.901e+04	9.5	1491
67	82860	×1.75	0.02064s	14.6	39.2	+49.8	10.6	22.6	+33.2	12.7s	0.6351s	138.6	421	+415	38.11s	836.6	9.961e+04	9.6	1500
68	85410	×1.75	0.02059s	14.7	39.4	+50.1	11.7	22.7	+33.4	12.67s	0.6334s	139.7	423.5	+417.5	38s	841.7	1.002e+05	9.7	1509
69	88011	×1.75	0.02053s	14.8	39.6	+50.4	11.8	22.8	+33.6	12.63s	0.6317s	140.8	426	+420	37.9s	846.8	1.008e+05	9.8	1518
70	90664	×1.75	0.02047s	14.9	39.8	+50.7	11.9	22.9	+33.8	12.6s	0.63s	141.9	428.5	+422.5	37.8s	851.9	1.014e+05	9.9	1527
71	93368	×1.75	0.02042s	15	41	+51	12	24	+34	12.57s	0.6283s	143	432	+425	37.7s	857	1.02e+05	10	1537
72	96124	×1.75	0.02037s	15.1	41.2	+51.3	12.1	24.1	+34.2	12.53s	0.6266s	143.1	434.5	+427.5	37.6s	862.1	1.026e+05	10.1	1546
73	98933	×1.75	0.02031s	15.2	41.4	+51.6	12.2	24.2	+34.4	12.5s	0.625s	144.2	437	+430	37.5s	867.2	1.032e+05	10.2	1555
74	101795	×1.75	0.02026s	15.3	41.6	+51.9	12.3	24.3	+34.6	12.47s	0.6234s	145.3	439.5	+432.5	37.4s	872.3	1.038e+05	10.3	1564
75	104711	×1.75	0.02021s	15.4	41.8	+52.2	12.4	24.4	+34.8	12.44s	0.6218s	146.4	442	+435	37.31s	877.4	1.044e+05	10.4	1573
76	107681	×1.75	0.02016s	15.5	42	+52.5	12.5	24.5	+35	12.4s	0.6202s	147.5	444.5	+437.5	37.21s	882.5	1.05e+05	10.5	1582
77	110706	×1.75	0.02011s	15.6	42.2	+52.8	12.6	24.6	+35.2	12.37s	0.6186s	147.6	447	+440	37.12s	887.6	1.056e+05	10.6	1591
78	113787	×1.75	0.02006s	15.7	42.4	+53.1	12.7	24.7	+35.4	12.34s	0.6171s	148.7	449.5	+442.5	37.03s	892.7	1.062e+05	10.7	1600
79	116923	×1.75	0.02001s	15.8	42.6	+53.4	12.8	24.8	+35.6	12.31s	0.6156s	149.8	452	+445	36.93s	897.8	1.068e+05	10.8	1609
80	120115	×2.0	0.01996s	15.9	42.8	+53.7	12.9	24.9	+35.8	12.28s	0.6141s	150.9	454.5	+447.5	36.84s	902.9	1.074e+05	10.9	1618
81	123364	×2.0	0.01991s	17	44	+54	13	26	+36	12.25s	0.6126s	152	458	+450	36.75s	908	1.08e+05	11	1628
82	126670	×2.0	0.01986s	17.1	44.2	+54.3	13.1	26.1	+36.2	12.22s	0.6111s	152.1	460.5	+452.5	36.67s	913.1	1.086e+05	11.1	1637
83	130034	×2.0	0.01981s	17.2	44.4	+54.6	13.2	26.2	+36.4	12.19s	0.6096s	153.2	463	+455	36.58s	918.2	1.092e+05	11.2	1646
84	133456	×2.0	0.01977s	17.3	44.6	+54.9	13.3	26.3	+36.6	12.16s	0.6082s	154.3	465.5	+457.5	36.49s	923.3	1.098e+05	11.3	1655
85	136937	×2.0	0.01972s	17.4	44.8	+55.2	13.4	26.4	+36.8	12.14s	0.6068s	155.4	468	+460	36.41s	927.4	1.104e+05	11.4	1664
86	140478	×2.0	0.01967s	17.5	45	+55.5	13.5	26.5	+37	12.11s	0.6054s	156.5	470.5	+462.5	36.32s	933.5	1.11e+05	11.5	1673
87	144078	×2.0	0.01963s	17.6	45.2	+55.8	13.6	26.6	+37.2	12.08s	0.604s	156.6	473	+465	36.24s	937.6	1.116e+05	11.6	1682
88	147738	×2.0	0.01958s	17.7	45.4	+56.1	13.7	26.7	+37.4	12.05s	0.6026s	157.7	475.5	+467.5	36.15s	943.7	1.122e+05	11.7	1691
89	151459	×2.0	0.01954s	17.8	45.6	+56.4	13.8	26.8	+37.6	12.02s	0.6012s	158.8	478	+470	36.07s	948.8	1.128e+05	11.8	1700
90	155241	×2.0	0.0195s	17.9	45.8	+56.7	13.9	26.9	+37.8	12s	0.5999s	159.9	480.5	+472.5	35.99s	953.9	1.134e+05	11.9	1709
91	159085	×2.0	0.01945s	18	47	+57	14	28	+38	11.97s	0.5985s	161	484	+475	35.91s	959	1.14e+05	12	1719
92	162991	×2.0	0.01941s	18.1	47.2	+57.3	14.1	28.1	+38.2	11.94s	0.5972s	161.1	486.5	+477.5	35.83s	964.1	1.146e+05	12.1	1728
93	166960	×2.0	0.01937s	18.2	47.4	+57.6	14.2	28.2	+38.4	11.92s	0.5959s	162.2	489	+480	35.75s	969.2	1.152e+05	12.2	1737
94	170993	×2.0	0.01932s	18.3	47.6	+57.9	14.3	28.3	+38.6	11.89s	0.5946s	163.3	491.5	+482.5	35.67s	974.3	1.158e+05	12.3	1746
95	175089	×2.0	0.01928s	18.4	47.8	+58.2	14.4	28.4	+38.8	11.87s	0.5933s	164.4	494	+485	35.6s	979.4	1.164e+05	12.4	1755
96	179249	×2.0	0.01924s	18.5	48	+58.5	14.5	28.5	+39	11.84s	0.592s	165.5	496.5	+487.5	35.52s	984.5	1.17e+05	12.5	1764
97	183474	×2.0	0.0192s	18.6	48.2	+58.8	14.6	28.6	+39.2	11.81s	0.5907s	165.6	499	+490	35.44s	989.6	1.176e+05	12.6	1773
98	187764	×2.0	0.01916s	18.7	48.4	+59.1	14.7	28.7	+39.4	11.79s	0.5895s	166.7	501.5	+492.5	35.37s	994.7	1.182e+05	12.7	1782
99	192120	×2.0	0.01912s	18.8	48.6	+59.4	14.8	28.8	+39.6	11.76s	0.5882s	167.8	504	+495	35.29s	999.8	1.188e+05	12.8	1791
100	200000	×2.25	0.01908s	20	50	+70	16	30	+50	11.74s	0.587s	170	510	+510	35.22s	1010	1.2e+05	14	1810

Costs and sell values

Note: these lists do not factor in Monkey Knowledge or other discounts.

Cost of all required upgrades

	Easy	Medium	Hard	Impoppable
Total cost	$248,835	$292,755	$316,180	$351,300
Sell value	$174,185	$204,929	$221,326	$245,910

Cost of the upgraded tower

Tiers	Total cost				Sell value
	Easy	Medium	Hard	Impoppable	Easy	Medium	Hard	Impoppable
5-0-0	$212,760	$250,310	$270,335	$300,370	$148,932	$175,217	$189,235	$210,259
5-1-0	$212,845	$250,410	$270,445	$300,490	$148,992	$175,287	$189,312	$210,343
5-2-0	$213,035	$250,635	$270,690	$300,760	$149,125	$175,445	$189,483	$210,532
5-0-1	$212,855	$250,420	$270,455	$300,500	$148,999	$175,294	$189,319	$210,350
5-0-2	$212,950	$250,530	$270,575	$300,630	$149,065	$175,371	$189,403	$210,441
0-5-0	$186,005	$218,835	$236,345	$262,600	$130,204	$153,185	$165,442	$183,820
1-5-0	$186,130	$218,985	$236,505	$262,780	$130,291	$153,290	$165,554	$183,946
2-5-0	$186,385	$219,285	$236,830	$263,140	$130,470	$153,500	$165,781	$184,198
0-5-1	$186,100	$218,945	$236,465	$262,730	$130,270	$153,262	$165,526	$183,911
0-5-2	$186,195	$219,055	$236,585	$262,860	$130,337	$153,339	$165,610	$184,002
0-0-5	$190,510	$224,130	$242,060	$268,950	$133,357	$156,891	$169,442	$188,265
1-0-5	$190,635	$224,280	$242,220	$269,130	$133,445	$156,996	$169,554	$188,391
2-0-5	$190,890	$224,580	$242,545	$269,490	$133,623	$157,206	$169,782	$188,643
0-1-5	$190,595	$224,230	$242,170	$269,070	$133,417	$156,961	$169,519	$188,349
0-2-5	$190,785	$224,455	$242,415	$269,340	$133,550	$157,119	$169,691	$188,538

Cost of cash investment

Source	Cost per power				Maximum
	Easy	Medium	Hard	Impoppable	Easy	Medium	Hard	Impoppable
Tower sacrifices	$8.5	$10	$10.8	$12	$510,000	$600,000	$648,000	$720,000
Cash slider	$8.925	$10.5	$11.34	$12.6	$535,501	$630,001	$680,401	$756,001

Investment required per Degree (assuming no other power is provided)

Degree	Power	Tower sacrifices				Cash slider
		Easy	Medium	Hard	Impoppable	Easy	Medium	Hard	Impoppable
2	2,000	$17,000	$20,000	$21,600	$24,000	$17,850	$21,000	$22,680	$25,200
3	2,324	$19,754	$23,240	$25,099.2	$27,888	$20,741.7	$24,402	$26,354.16	$29,282.4
4	2,666	$22,661	$26,660	$28,792.8	$31,992	$23,794.05	$27,993	$30,232.44	$33,591.6
5	3,027	$25,729.5	$30,270	$32,691.6	$36,324	$27,015.975	$31,783.5	$34,326.18	$38,140.2
6	3,408	$28,968	$34,080	$36,806.4	$40,896	$30,416.4	$35,784	$38,646.72	$42,940.8
7	3,808	$32,368	$38,080	$41,126.4	$45,696	$33,986.4	$39,984	$43,182.72	$47,980.8
8	4,228	$35,938	$42,280	$45,662.4	$50,736	$37,734.9	$44,394	$47,945.52	$53,272.8
9	4,669	$39,686.5	$46,690	$50,425.2	$56,028	$41,670.825	$49,024.5	$52,946.46	$58,829.4
10	5,131	$43,613.5	$51,310	$55,414.8	$61,572	$45,794.175	$53,875.5	$58,185.54	$64,650.6
11	5,615	$47,727.5	$56,150	$60,642	$67,380	$50,113.875	$58,957.5	$63,674.1	$70,749
12	6,121	$52,028.5	$61,210	$66,106.8	$73,452	$54,629.925	$64,270.5	$69,412.14	$77,124.6
13	6,650	$56,525	$66,500	$71,820	$79,800	$59,351.25	$69,825	$75,411	$83,790
14	7,203	$61,225.5	$72,030	$77,792.4	$86,436	$64,286.775	$75,631.5	$81,682.02	$90,757.8
15	7,779	$66,121.5	$77,790	$84,013.2	$93,348	$69,427.575	$81,679.5	$88,213.86	$98,015.4
16	8,379	$71,221.5	$83,790	$90,493.2	$100,548	$74,782.575	$87,979.5	$95,017.86	$105,575.4
17	9,004	$76,534	$90,040	$97,243.2	$108,048	$80,360.7	$94,542	$102,105.36	$113,450.4
18	9,654	$82,059	$96,540	$104,263.2	$115,848	$86,161.95	$101,367	$109,476.36	$121,640.4
19	10,330	$87,805	$103,300	$111,564	$123,960	$92,195.25	$108,465	$117,142.2	$130,158
20	11,032	$93,772	$110,320	$119,145.6	$132,384	$98,460.6	$115,836	$125,102.88	$139,003.2
21	11,761	$99,968.5	$117,610	$127,018.8	$141,132	$104,966.925	$123,490.5	$133,369.74	$148,188.6
22	12,518	$106,403	$125,180	$135,194.4	$150,216	$111,723.15	$131,439	$141,954.12	$157,726.8
23	13,302	$113,067	$133,020	$143,661.6	$159,624	$118,720.35	$139,671	$150,844.68	$167,605.2
24	14,114	$119,969	$141,140	$152,431.2	$169,368	$125,967.45	$148,197	$160,052.76	$177,836.4
25	14,955	$127,117.5	$149,550	$161,514	$179,460	$133,473.375	$157,027.5	$169,589.7	$188,433
26	15,825	$134,512.5	$158,250	$170,910	$189,900	$141,238.125	$166,162.5	$179,455.5	$199,395
27	16,725	$142,162.5	$167,250	$180,630	$200,700	$149,270.625	$175,612.5	$189,661.5	$210,735
28	17,655	$150,067.5	$176,550	$190,674	$211,860	$157,570.875	$185,377.5	$200,207.7	$222,453
29	18,616	$158,236	$186,160	$201,052.8	$223,392	$166,147.8	$195,468	$211,105.44	$234,561.6
30	19,609	$166,676.5	$196,090	$211,777.2	$235,308	$175,010.325	$205,894.5	$222,366.06	$247,073.4
31	20,633	$175,380.5	$206,330	$222,836.4	$247,596	$184,149.525	$216,646.5	$233,978.22	$259,975.8
32	21,689	$184,356.5	$216,890	$234,241.2	$260,268	$193,574.325	$227,734.5	$245,953.26	$273,281.4
33	22,778	$193,613	$227,780	$246,002.4	$273,336	$203,293.65	$239,169	$258,302.52	$287,002.8
34	23,900	$203,150	$239,000	$258,120	$286,800	$213,307.5	$250,950	$271,026	$301,140
35	25,056	$212,976	$250,560	$270,604.8	$300,672	$223,624.8	$263,088	$284,135.04	$315,705.6
36	26,246	$223,091	$262,460	$283,456.8	$314,952	$234,245.55	$275,583	$297,629.64	$330,699.6
37	27,471	$233,503.5	$274,710	$296,686.8	$329,652	$245,178.675	$288,445.5	$311,521.14	$346,134.6
38	28,732	$244,222	$287,320	$310,305.6	$344,784	$256,433.1	$301,686	$325,820.88	$362,023.2
39	30,028	$255,238	$300,280	$324,302.4	$360,336	$267,999.9	$315,294	$340,517.52	$378,352.8
40	31,360	$266,560	$313,600	$338,688	$376,320	$279,888	$329,280	$355,622.4	$395,136
41	32,729	$278,196.5	$327,290	$353,473.2	$392,748	$292,106.325	$343,654.5	$371,146.86	$412,385.4
42	34,135	$290,147.5	$341,350	$368,658	$409,620	$304,654.875	$358,417.5	$387,090.9	$430,101
43	35,579	$302,421.5	$355,790	$384,253.2	$426,948	$317,542.575	$373,579.5	$403,465.86	$448,295.4
44	37,061	$315,018.5	$370,610	$400,258.8	$444,732	$330,769.425	$389,140.5	$420,271.74	$466,968.6
45	38,582	$327,947	$385,820	$416,685.6	$462,984	$344,344.35	$405,111	$437,519.88	$486,133.2
46	40,143	$341,215.5	$401,430	$433,544.4	$481,716	$358,276.275	$421,501.5	$455,221.62	$505,801.8
47	41,743	$354,815.5	$417,430	$450,824.4	$500,916	$372,556.275	$438,301.5	$473,365.62	$525,961.8
48	43,383	$368,755.5	$433,830	$468,536.4	$520,596	$387,193.275	$455,521.5	$491,963.22	$546,625.8
49	45,064	$383,044	$450,640	$486,691.2	$540,768	$402,196.2	$473,172	$511,025.76	$567,806.4
50	46,786	$397,681	$467,860	$505,288.8	$561,432	$417,565.05	$491,253	$530,553.24	$589,503.6
51	48,550	$412,675	$485,500	$524,340	$582,600	$433,308.75	$509,775	$550,557	$611,730
52	50,356	$428,026	$503,560	$543,844.8	$604,272	$449,427.3	$528,738	$571,037.04	$634,485.6
53	52,205	$443,742.5	$522,050	$563,814	$626,460	$465,929.625	$548,152.5	$592,004.7	$657,783
54	54,098	$459,833	$540,980	$584,258.4	$649,176	$482,824.65	$568,029	$613,471.32	$681,634.8
55	56,034	$476,289	$560,340	$605,167.2	$672,408	$500,103.45	$588,357	$635,425.56	$706,028.4
56	58,014	$493,119	$580,140	$626,551.2	$696,168	$517,774.95	$609,147	$657,878.76	$730,976.4

Strategy

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This section was last updated for: version 52.1

The Crucible of Steel and Flame is notable for being the second cheapest Paragon in the game, behind Apex Plasma Master. The majority of the Crucible's power stems from its abilities, most notably Meteor Impact for its powerful burst damage and AoE making it a very cost-efficient Paragon. Degrees have a great impact on the Crucible's potential DPS all around, especially with the flat pierce boosts for its homing meteors.

One of the Crucible of Steel of Flame's best matchups is Diamondback as its projectiles can all hit the head simultaneously. Furthermore, the Maelstrom ability easily deals with the Bloons it spawns each skull, including Diamond Bloons. Its worst matchup is Phayze as it lacks inherent Camo detection; even with it granted by Ascended Shadow, it loses almost all of its DPS whenever Phayze hits a skull. Additionally, the Maelstrom ability is almost useless versus Lych because the Boss steals the self-buff.

Alongside positioning, timing abilities are important. Time Maelstrom when the Boss is within the Crucible's range to make the most of its Ring of Fire's damage. Use Meteor Impact for certain Bosses when they are no longer immune to damage after reaching a skull (e.g. Vortex when its shield is down, Dreadbloon when no longer in Primary immunity, and Blastapopoulos a few seconds after creating Pyroclastic Rocks).

For maximum pops, place all of the T5 Tack Shooters near the front of the track. For cheapest T2 and T3 crosspaths for the most tiers, use 0-2-2 and 0-2-3. The cheapest T4 for the most tiers is 0-4-2 Blade Maelstrom, and for most expensive use 4-2-0 Ring of Fires. However, 2-0-4 Overdrive is preferred if transitioning into the Paragon, since this T4 has the best DPS against MOAB-class Bloons.

Pre-release

Version 44.0 and version 45.0

The Crucible of Steel and Flame was first announced in the update notes for version 44.0 as a feature to be introduced in version 46.0. It revealed that the monkey inside the Tack Shooter would be involved in its design. Its release in version 46.0 was reaffirmed in the update notes for version 45.0.

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Tack Shooter Paragon! We’ve always known there’s a Monkey inside each one, and now we’ll all get to see what the Paragon-in-a-can can do! — Version 44.0 update notes

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Version 46.0 preview

The Crucible of Steel and Flame was showcased for the first time in previews for version 46.0.

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Version 47.1

•  Resolved an issue where Tack Paragon’s Maelstrom ability stopped increasing lifespan (bug fix)

Version 48.0

•  No longer grants full map range to Advanced Intel Subs (bug fix)

Version 49.0

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Tack Paragon’s abilities on the other hand are both seeing an improvement to help support their roles and highlight that strong ability use case — Update notes

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•  Meteor Impact ability: Cooldown reduced ― 90s → 60s
•  Maelstrom ability: Pierce increased ― 60 → 80

Version 50.0

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To match the base tacks fired by Tack Shooters the Tack Paragon’s tack nova count is increasing, which along with lower projectile lifespan should tighten up the effective single target damage close to the tower. Eruption ability’s lifespan bonus is also being increased to keep the tower’s long-range buff very similar to how it was before even with the lower starting lifespan. — Update notes

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•  Main attack — sub-projectile: Count increased ― 6 → 8
•  Main attack — main projectile ― Lifespan reduced → 0.3s (0.25s)
•  Main attack — sub-projectile: Lifespan reduced ― 0.2s → 0.15s
•  Maelstrom ability: Projectile lifespan bonus increased ― ×2 → ×2.5
  • Note: With Maelstrom, blade lifespan increased from 84 to 87.5, tack lifespan decreased from 48 to 45.
•  Maelstrom ability: Initial cooldown is fully reset ― 6.67s → 20s (undocumented)
•  Meteor Impact ability: Initial cooldown is fully reset ― 20s → 60s (undocumented)

Version 53.0

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We feel the Tack Paragon needs a nudge to help it compete against other paragons as this price range proves to be quite easy to skip over. — Update notes

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•  Meteor Impact: Meteor explosion damage increase ― 50,000 → 60,000
•  Meteor Impact: Fireball damage increase ― 700 → 900

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Assets

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  Portrait
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  Upgrade icon
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  Maelstrom icon
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  Meteor Impact icon

Trivia

• The internal file name for the Crucible of Steel and Flame's portrait is Paragon-CycloneOfFireAndMetal.