| quote = Glaive Lord’s 502 gives no use over 520 with how the main attack currently works, so now 502 will additionally apply damage to the secondary revolving attack to target a different niche. MOAB Press spam is overperforming with a high 024 preference, so we are moving pierce from the base 004 into a 204 buff to give this choice some more high density round value.
| quote 1 = Glaive Lord’s 502 gives no use over 520 with how the main attack currently works, so now 502 will additionally apply damage to the secondary revolving attack to target a different niche.
| quote 2 = MOAB Press spam is overperforming with a high 024 preference, so we are moving pierce from the base 004 into a 204 buff to give this choice some more high density round value.
| quote 1 = Glaive Lord’s 502 gives no use over 520 with how the main attack currently works, so now 502 will additionally apply damage to the secondary revolving attack to target a different niche. MOAB Press spam is overperforming with a high 024 preference, so we are moving pierce from the base 004 into a 204 buff to give this choice some more high density round value.
| quote 2 tiers = 0x4,104,204
| quote 2 = Glaive Lord’s 502 gives no use over 520 with how the main attack currently works, so now 502 will additionally apply damage to the secondary revolving attack to target a different niche.
| quote 3 = MOAB Press spam is overperforming with a high 024 preference, so we are moving pierce from the base 004 into a 204 buff to give this choice some more high density round value.
| quote 2 tiers = 502
| quote 3 tiers = 0x4;104;204
}}
}}
=== [[Tack Shooter (BTD6)|Tack Shooter]] ===
=== [[Tack Shooter (BTD6)|Tack Shooter]] ===
{{BTD6 tower changes
{{BTD6 tower changes/new
| version = 21.0
| version = 21.0
| tower = Tack Shooter
| tower = Tack Shooter
| quote = The Ring of Fire & Inferno Ring upgrades recently received a crosspath functional rework, as we’re happy with the x2x range/pierce combo now this small follow-up is just to bring a bit more impact to the short-range 402 variant.
| changes 1 tiers = 401
| tiers 1 = 401
| changes 1 = *{{buff|Damage increased|3|4}}
| changes 1 = *{{buff|Damage increased|3|4}}
| quote 1 = The Ring of Fire & Inferno Ring upgrades recently received a crosspath functional rework, as we’re happy with the x2x range/pierce combo now this small follow-up is just to bring a bit more impact to the short-range 402 variant.
| changes 2 tiers = 402
| tiers 2 = 402
| changes 2 = *{{buff|Damage increased|4|5}}
| changes 2 = *{{buff|Damage increased|4|5}}
| tiers 3 = 501
| changes 3 tiers = 501
| changes 3 = *{{buff|Damage increased|4|5}}
| changes 3 = *{{buff|Damage increased|4|5}}
| tiers 4 = 502
| changes 4 tiers = 502
| changes 4 = *{{buff|Damage increased|5|6}}
| changes 4 = *{{buff|Damage increased|5|6}}
| quote 1 tiers = 401,402,501,502
| quote 1 = The Ring of Fire & Inferno Ring upgrades recently received a crosspath functional rework, as we’re happy with the x2x range/pierce combo now this small follow-up is just to bring a bit more impact to the short-range 402 variant.
| quote 1 tiers = 401;402;501;502
}}
}}
{{Research|I'm not sure about the exact details because nk didn't fully explain in patch notes}}
{{Research|I'm not sure about the exact details because nk didn't fully explain in patch notes}}
=== [[Ice Monkey (BTD6)|Ice Monkey]] ===
=== [[Ice Monkey (BTD6)|Ice Monkey]] ===
{{BTD6 tower changes
{{BTD6 tower changes/new
| version = 21.0
| version = 21.0
| tower = Ice Monkey
| tower = Ice Monkey
| quote = While Icicles is quite fun for midgame cleanup, we acknowledge points raised on Cryo Cannon trading off it’s freeze prowess too quickly when the smaller freeze area even with such a fast rate increase still overall makes it struggle to slow as effectively. To counter this a little we have doubled the freeze radius of Cryo Cannon, but also increased damage of both the Ice Balls & Icicles to highlight more the intention of this path swapping to a damage hybrid earlier.
| quote 1 = While Icicles is quite fun for midgame cleanup, we acknowledge points raised on Cryo Cannon trading off it’s freeze prowess too quickly when the smaller freeze area even with such a fast rate increase still overall makes it struggle to slow as effectively. To counter this a little we have doubled the freeze radius of Cryo Cannon, but also increased damage of both the Ice Balls & Icicles to highlight more the intention of this path swapping to a damage hybrid earlier.
| changes 5 = *{{buff|Embrittlement once again allows ‘Sharp’ damage to penetrate any Bloons frozen in the Embrittled state|fix=y}}
| changes 5 = *{{buff|Embrittlement once again allows ‘Sharp’ damage to penetrate any Bloons frozen in the Embrittled state|fix=y}}
| tiers 6 = x3x
| changes 6 tiers = x3x
| changes 6 = *{{nerf|Placing an Arctic Wind on top of a flagship will no longer create an ice platform on top of the buccaneer|fix=y}}
| changes 6 = *{{nerf|Placing an Arctic Wind on top of a flagship will no longer create an ice platform on top of the buccaneer|fix=y}}
*{{nerf|Arctic Wind no longer inconsistently slows one of two Zebra children after popping a rainbow|fix=y}}
*{{nerf|Arctic Wind no longer inconsistently slows one of two Zebra children after popping a rainbow|fix=y}}
| quote 1 tiers = xx3,xx4,xx5
| quote 1 = While Icicles is quite fun for midgame cleanup, we acknowledge points raised on Cryo Cannon trading off it’s freeze prowess too quickly when the smaller freeze area even with such a fast rate increase still overall makes it struggle to slow as effectively. To counter this a little we have doubled the freeze radius of Cryo Cannon, but also increased damage of both the Ice Balls & Icicles to highlight more the intention of this path swapping to a damage hybrid earlier.
| quote 1 tiers = xx3;xx4;xx5
}}
}}
===[[Glue Gunner (BTD6)|Glue Gunner]]===
===[[Glue Gunner (BTD6)|Glue Gunner]]===
{{BTD6 tower changes
{{BTD6 tower changes/new
| version = 21.0
| version = 21.0
| tower = Glue Gunner
| tower = Glue Gunner
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| path 1 tier 4 cost after = 5500
| path 1 tier 4 cost after = 5500
| quote 1 = The Bloon Solver recently received a small functional rework buff, this follow-up buff will make the stepping stones to it a little easier on saving.
| quote 1 = The Bloon Solver recently received a small functional rework buff, this follow-up buff will make the stepping stones to it a little easier on saving.
| quote = The Bloon Solver recently received a small functional rework buff, this follow-up buff will make the stepping stones to it a little easier on saving.
| quote 1 tiers = 4xx
| quote 1 tiers = 4xx
}}
}}
===[[Sniper Monkey (BTD6)|Sniper Monkey]]===
===[[Sniper Monkey (BTD6)|Sniper Monkey]]===
{{BTD6 tower changes
{{BTD6 tower changes/new
| version = 21.0
| version = 21.0
| tower = Sniper Monkey
| tower = Sniper Monkey
| quote = To retain value in more Lead-heavy situations including against DDTs, this upgrade that has always allowed Lead popping to main attack will now also grant this to the Shrapnel from any shrapnel shot snipers mixing in this upgrade
| changes 1 tiers = 120;130;140;150
| tiers 1 = 120,130,140,150
| changes 1 = *{{buff|Shrapnel: now gains Normal damage type from Full Metal Jacket}}
| changes 1 = *{{buff|Shrapnel: now gains Normal damage type from Full Metal Jacket}}
| changes 2 tiers = 220;320;420;520
| changes 2 = *{{buff|Shrapnel: now has Normal damage type}}
| quote 1 = To retain value in more Lead-heavy situations including against DDTs, this upgrade that has always allowed Lead popping to main attack will now also grant this to the Shrapnel from any shrapnel shot snipers mixing in this upgrade
| quote 1 = To retain value in more Lead-heavy situations including against DDTs, this upgrade that has always allowed Lead popping to main attack will now also grant this to the Shrapnel from any shrapnel shot snipers mixing in this upgrade
| tiers 2 = 220,320,420,520
| quote 1 tiers = 120;130;140;150;220;320;420;520
| changes 2 = *{{buff|Shrapnel: now has Normal damage type}}
| quote = Aircraft carriers have ongoing trouble with missing targets, these changes can hopefully offer a few extra ways of supporting the weakness internally while we keep investigating this.
| quote 1 = Aircraft carriers have ongoing trouble with missing targets, these changes can hopefully offer a few extra ways of supporting the weakness internally while we keep investigating this.
| changes 2 tiers = 5xx
| tiers 2 = 5xx
| changes 2 = *{{buff|Missiles: damage type changed|Explosive|Normal}}
| changes 2 = *{{buff|Missiles: damage type changed|Explosive|Normal}}
| changes 3 = *{{buff|Long Range increases projectile speed of all attacks by +25%}}
| changes 3 = *{{buff|Long Range increases projectile speed of all attacks by +25%}}
| tiers 4 = xx2,xx3,xx4,xx5
| changes 4 tiers = xx2+
| changes 4 = *{{buff|Projectile speed increased by 25%}}
| changes 4 = *{{buff|Projectile speed increased by 25%}}
| quote 1 tiers = 4xx,5xx
| quote 1 = Aircraft carriers have ongoing trouble with missing targets, these changes can hopefully offer a few extra ways of supporting the weakness internally while we keep investigating this.
| quote 1 tiers = 4xx;5xx
}}
}}
=== [[Monkey Ace (BTD6)|Monkey Ace]] ===
=== [[Monkey Ace (BTD6)|Monkey Ace]] ===
{{BTD6 tower changes
{{BTD6 tower changes/new
| version = 21.0
| version = 21.0
| tower = Monkey Ace
| tower = Monkey Ace
| quote = Tsar Bomba currently holds low value compared to multiple Ground Zero purchases aside from the stun, this greatly requested change should hopefully add more niche benefit .
*{{buff|Bombs: damage type changed|Explosive|Normal}}
*{{buff|Bombs: damage type changed|Explosive|Normal}}
*{{buff|Tier 1 crosspaths reduce cooldown by 5s|45s|35s|bug=y}}
*{{buff|Tier 1 crosspaths reduce cooldown by 5s|45s|35s|bug=y}}
*{{buff|Tier 2 crosspaths reduce cooldown by an additional 5s|45s|30s|bug=y}}
*{{buff|Tier 2 crosspaths reduce cooldown by an additional 5s|45s|30s|bug=y}}
| quote 1 = Tsar Bomba currently holds low value compared to multiple Ground Zero purchases aside from the stun, this greatly requested change should hopefully add more niche benefit .
| quote 1 = Tsar Bomba currently holds low value compared to multiple Ground Zero purchases aside from the stun, this greatly requested change should hopefully add more niche benefit .{{sic}}
| quote 1 tiers = x5x
| quote 1 tiers = x5x
}}
}}
===[[Heli Pilot (BTD6)|Heli Pilot]]===
===[[Heli Pilot (BTD6)|Heli Pilot]]===
{{BTD6 tower changes
{{BTD6 tower changes/new
| version = 21.0
| version = 21.0
| tower = Heli Pilot
| tower = Heli Pilot
| quote = Heli Pilot manages on pursuit far too easily without any need to consider Bigger Jets unless camo or downdraft is required. For more crosspath variety than just ‘camo’ we moved more of the base Heli speed out and back into Bigger Jets with an overall buff to Bigger Jets. This should allow Bigger Jets to scale a little better than other helis through early speed ramping. Due to overall comparisons between Downdraft’s blowback & MOAB Shove we have also slashed MOAB Shove’s price by 30% to give it & Comanche more of a kickstart
| changes 1 = *{{nerf|Heli: base speed reduced|45|40}}
| changes 1 = *{{nerf|Heli: base speed reduced|45|40}}
| quote 1 = Heli Pilot manages on pursuit far too easily without any need to consider Bigger Jets unless camo or downdraft is required. For more crosspath variety than just ‘camo’ we moved more of the base Heli speed out and back into Bigger Jets with an overall buff to Bigger Jets. This should allow Bigger Jets to scale a little better than other helis through early speed ramping.
| changes 2 = *{{buff|Heli: base speed increased|67.5|70}}
| changes 2 = *{{buff|Heli: base speed increased|67.5|70}}
| quote 2 = Due to overall comparisons between Downdraft’s blowback & MOAB Shove we have also slashed MOAB Shove’s price by 30% to give it & Comanche more of a kickstart
| changes 3 tiers = 50x;x05
| tiers 3 = 50x,x05
| changes 3 = *{{nerf|Heli: base speed reduced|56.25|50}}
| changes 3 = *{{nerf|Heli: base speed reduced|56.25|50}}
| tiers 4 = 510,015
| changes 4 tiers = 510;015
| changes 4 = *{{nerf|Heli: base speed decreased|83.75|80}}
| changes 4 = *{{nerf|Heli: base speed decreased|83.75|80}}
| tiers 5 = x5x
| changes 5 tiers = x5x
| changes 5 = *{{buff|Heli: base speed increased|84.375|87.5}}
| changes 5 = *{{buff|Heli: base speed increased|84.375|87.5}}
| quote 1 = Heli Pilot manages on pursuit far too easily without any need to consider Bigger Jets unless camo or downdraft is required. For more crosspath variety than just ‘camo’ we moved more of the base Heli speed out and back into Bigger Jets with an overall buff to Bigger Jets. This should allow Bigger Jets to scale a little better than other helis through early speed ramping. Due to overall comparisons between Downdraft’s blowback & MOAB Shove we have also slashed MOAB Shove’s price by 30% to give it & Comanche more of a kickstart
| quote 2 tiers = xx3
| quote 2 = Heli Pilot manages on pursuit far too easily without any need to consider Bigger Jets unless camo or downdraft is required. For more crosspath variety than just ‘camo’ we moved more of the base Heli speed out and back into Bigger Jets with an overall buff to Bigger Jets. This should allow Bigger Jets to scale a little better than other helis through early speed ramping.
| quote 3 = Due to overall comparisons between Downdraft’s blowback & MOAB Shove we have also slashed MOAB Shove’s price by 30% to give it & Comanche more of a kickstart
| quote 3 tiers = xx3
}}
}}
===[[Mortar Monkey (BTD6)|Mortar Monkey]]===
===[[Mortar Monkey (BTD6)|Mortar Monkey]]===
{{BTD6 tower changes
{{BTD6 tower changes/new
| version = 21.0
| version = 21.0
| tower = Mortar Monkey
| tower = Mortar Monkey
| quote = Mortar’s Faster Reload feels like a ‘required’ as a crosspath with Burny Stuff never scaling well on any path but it’s own. We like choices not requirements so to counter this we have made Burny Stuff scale with top-path damage & shifted a small amount of the speed from Faster Reload onto the base mortar and reduced base accuracy considerably.
| changes 1 = *{{nerf|Base Mortar random spread area increased in size|18|30|note=X-X-1 Increased Accuracy random spread area stays the same (8)}}
| changes 1 = *{{nerf|Base Mortar random spread area increased in size|18|30|note=X-X-1 Increased Accuracy random spread area stays the same (8)}}
| quote 1 = Mortar’s Faster Reload feels like a ‘required’ as a crosspath with Burny Stuff never scaling well on any path but it’s own. We like choices not requirements so to counter this we have made Burny Stuff scale with top-path damage & shifted a small amount of the speed from Faster Reload onto the base mortar and reduced base accuracy considerably.
| quote 1 = Mortar’s Faster Reload feels like a ‘required’ as a crosspath with Burny Stuff never scaling well on any path but it’s own. We like choices not requirements so to counter this we have made Burny Stuff scale with top-path damage & shifted a small amount of the speed from Faster Reload onto the base mortar and reduced base accuracy considerably.
| quote = Though it was never a goal for the base tower to be great, given the additional purple weakness since BTD5 and how poorly it currently performs we feel it deserves to take rank as the cheapest magic tower along with a small buff. Dragon’s Breath crosspathing has also been finished up along with a considerable boost to scale Dragon’s Breath up against Ceramics. Finally, Unpopped Army changes are also here! We wanted to cover all of the usability issues with this upgrade while also powering it up and expanding more on the mechanic that makes it so unique. We hope this will be enough to make Wizard very useful in a number of ways, but will be keeping a watchful eye on how it plays out.
| base cost before = 450
| base cost before = 450
| base cost after = 400
| base cost after = 400
| tiers 1 = 000
| changes 1 tiers = 000
| changes 1 = *{{buff|Pierce increased|2|3}}
| changes 1 = *{{buff|Pierce increased|2|3}}
| quote 1 = Though it was never a goal for the base tower to be great, given the additional purple weakness since BTD5 and how poorly it currently performs we feel it deserves to take rank as the cheapest magic tower along with a small buff.
| changes 5 = *{{buff|Unpopped Army now gains a bonus to graveyard after round 81 (about +10 per pop)|note=To make up for the total decrease in child Bloons that are created from Super Ceramics}}
| changes 5 = *{{buff|Unpopped Army now gains a bonus to graveyard after round 81 (about +10 per pop)|note=To make up for the total decrease in child Bloons that are created from Super Ceramics}}
*{{buff|Unpopped Army targeting has been reworked to function in a smarter way, summoning Zombie Bloons further back to avoid them spawning behind Bloons, and also on multi-lane tracks targeting the lanes that are likely to leak sooner}}
*{{buff|Unpopped Army targeting has been reworked to function in a smarter way, summoning Zombie Bloons further back to avoid them spawning behind Bloons, and also on multi-lane tracks targeting the lanes that are likely to leak sooner}}
*{{buff|Unpopped Army now enhances the power of all of it’s attacks by 1 for every 200 souls in it’s Graveyard. This can stack up to 10 times for Prince of Darkness}}
*{{buff|Unpopped Army now enhances the power of all of it’s attacks by 1 for every 200 souls in it’s Graveyard. This can stack up to 10 times for Prince of Darkness}}
| tiers 6 = xx5
| changes 6 tiers = xx5
| changes 6 = *{{buff|Prince of Darkness max Graveyard capacity increased|2000|3000}}
| changes 6 = *{{buff|Prince of Darkness max Graveyard capacity increased|2000|3000}}
| quote 3 = Finally, Unpopped Army changes are also here! We wanted to cover all of the usability issues with this upgrade while also powering it up and expanding more on the mechanic that makes it so unique.
| quote 1 = Though it was never a goal for the base tower to be great, given the additional purple weakness since BTD5 and how poorly it currently performs we feel it deserves to take rank as the cheapest magic tower along with a small buff. Dragon’s Breath crosspathing has also been finished up along with a considerable boost to scale Dragon’s Breath up against Ceramics. Finally, Unpopped Army changes are also here! We wanted to cover all of the usability issues with this upgrade while also powering it up and expanding more on the mechanic that makes it so unique. We hope this will be enough to make Wizard very useful in a number of ways, but will be keeping a watchful eye on how it plays out.
| quote 3 tiers = xx4,xx5
| quote 2 = Though it was never a goal for the base tower to be great, given the additional purple weakness since BTD5 and how poorly it currently performs we feel it deserves to take rank as the cheapest magic tower along with a small buff.
| quote 2 tiers = 000
| quote 3 = Dragon’s Breath crosspathing has also been finished up along with a considerable boost to scale Dragon’s Breath up against Ceramics.
| quote 3 tiers = x3x;1xx
| quote 4 = Unpopped Army changes are also here! We wanted to cover all of the usability issues with this upgrade while also powering it up and expanding more on the mechanic that makes it so unique.
| quote 4 tiers = xx4;xx5
}}
}}
===[[Ninja Monkey (BTD6)|Ninja Monkey]]===
===[[Ninja Monkey (BTD6)|Ninja Monkey]]===
{{BTD6 tower changes
{{BTD6 tower changes/new
| version = 21.0
| version = 21.0
| tower = Ninja Monkey
| tower = Ninja Monkey
| quote = While Sticky Bomb still has issues we are investigating, this damage buff allows Sticky Bombs to destroy all regular MOABs from round 81 to 100 in a single bomb in standard games whether they are fortified or not. In addition since this damage runs off a timed function, somewhat similar to Alchemist’s Unstable Concoction, we felt that adding a range increase to the Sticky attack similar to Concoction should give a better chance to actually explode before the target MOAB is destroyed by other towers.
*{{buff|Sticky Bomb: attack range is increased to 1.5x of Ninja's range}}
*{{buff|Sticky Bomb: attack range is increased to 1.5x of Ninja's range}}
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===[[Alchemist (BTD6)|Alchemist]]===
===[[Alchemist (BTD6)|Alchemist]]===
{{BTD6 tower changes
{{BTD6 tower changes/new
| version = 21.0
| version = 21.0
| tower = Alchemist
| tower = Alchemist
| quote = Follow up steps in overall balancing use of the 420 and 402 alchemist upgrades, this brings both combinations more in-line for total cost and allows us to think about Acid Pools as its own upgrade in future rather than worrying about the impact of changing 402.
| path 1 tier 4 cost before = 2500
| path 1 tier 4 cost before = 2500
| path 1 tier 4 cost after = 3000
| path 1 tier 4 cost after = 3000
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| path 3 tier 2 cost before = 600
| path 3 tier 2 cost before = 600
| path 3 tier 2 cost after = 450
| path 3 tier 2 cost after = 450
| tiers 1 = xx1,xx2
| changes 1 tiers = xx1;xx2
| changes 1 = *{{neutral|Acid Pools & Faster Throwing upgrades have been swapped}}
| changes 1 = *{{neutral|Acid Pools & Faster Throwing upgrades have been swapped}}
| quote 1 = Follow up steps in overall balancing use of the 420 and 402 alchemist upgrades, this brings both combinations more in-line for total cost.
| quote 1 = Follow up steps in overall balancing use of the 420 and 402 alchemist upgrades, this brings both combinations more in-line for total cost and allows us to think about Acid Pools as its own upgrade in future rather than worrying about the impact of changing 402.
| quote 1 tiers = 4xx
| quote 1 tiers = xx1;xx2
| quote 2 = Follow up steps in overall balancing use of the 420 and 402 alchemist upgrades, this brings both combinations more in-line for total cost and allows us to think about Acid Pools as its own upgrade in future rather than worrying about the impact of changing 402.
| quote 2 = Follow up steps in overall balancing use of the 420 and 402 alchemist upgrades, this brings both combinations more in-line for total cost.
| quote 2 tiers = xx1,xx2
| quote 2 tiers = 4xx
}}
}}
===[[Druid (BTD6)|Druid]]===
===[[Druid (BTD6)|Druid]]===
{{BTD6 tower changes
{{BTD6 tower changes/new
| version = 21.0
| version = 21.0
| tower = Druid
| tower = Druid
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| path 2 tier 5 cost after = 35000
| path 2 tier 5 cost after = 35000
| quote 1 = We’ve wanted to work on this upgrade for a while but first had to deal with an issue causing it to perform far differently to intended. Unfortunately while we expected improvement from this fix, it ended up being an overall nerf. We have cut the price by a large amount to counter this and will revisit the upgrade again after this settles.
| quote 1 = We’ve wanted to work on this upgrade for a while but first had to deal with an issue causing it to perform far differently to intended. Unfortunately while we expected improvement from this fix, it ended up being an overall nerf. We have cut the price by a large amount to counter this and will revisit the upgrade again after this settles.
| quote = We’ve wanted to work on this upgrade for a while but first had to deal with an issue causing it to perform far differently to intended. Unfortunately while we expected improvement from this fix, it ended up being an overall nerf. We have cut the price by a large amount to counter this and will revisit the upgrade again after this settles.
| quote 1 tiers = x5x
| quote 1 tiers = x5x
}}
}}
===[[Spike Factory (BTD6)|Spike Factory]]===
===[[Spike Factory (BTD6)|Spike Factory]]===
{{BTD6 tower changes
{{BTD6 tower changes/new
| version = 21.0
| version = 21.0
| tower = Spike Factory
| tower = Spike Factory
| quote = Since launch xx2 has never brought enough to the table as a crosspath. Working into the long life trend of the bottom path we felt that introducing longer life at a ‘cross-pathable stage’ may work in some new niche. Along with this we made a couple small tweaks buffing what should be the ‘strength areas’ of a few of the more underperforming high tier Spike upgrades.
| quote 1 = Since launch xx2 has never brought enough to the table as a crosspath. Working into the long life trend of the bottom path we felt that introducing longer life at a ‘cross-pathable stage’ may work in some new niche.
| changes 2 tiers = xx4
| tiers 2 = xx4
| changes 2 = *{{buff|Deadly Spikes: lasts 1 more round before expiring|2|3}}
| changes 2 = *{{buff|Deadly Spikes: lasts 1 more round before expiring|2|3}}
| quote 2 = Along with this we made a couple small tweaks buffing what should be the ‘strength areas’ of a few of the more underperforming high tier Spike upgrades.
| changes 3 tiers = 041;051
| tiers 3 = 041,051
| changes 3 = *{{buff|Spike Storm: Lasts 50% longer with Long Reach}}
| changes 3 = *{{buff|Spike Storm: Lasts 50% longer with Long Reach}}
| tiers 4 = x5x
| changes 4 tiers = x5x
| changes 4 = *{{buff|Carpet of Spikes: passive cooldown reduced|20s|15s}}
| changes 4 = *{{buff|Carpet of Spikes: passive cooldown reduced|20s|15s}}
| quote 1 = Since launch xx2 has never brought enough to the table as a crosspath. Working into the long life trend of the bottom path we felt that introducing longer life at a ‘cross-pathable stage’ may work in some new niche. Along with this we made a couple small tweaks buffing what should be the ‘strength areas’ of a few of the more underperforming high tier Spike upgrades.
| quote 2 tiers = 4xx,x5x,xx4,041,051
| quote 2 = Since launch xx2 has never brought enough to the table as a crosspath. Working into the long life trend of the bottom path we felt that introducing longer life at a ‘cross-pathable stage’ may work in some new niche.
| quote 3 = [W]e made a couple small tweaks buffing what should be the ‘strength areas’ of a few of the more underperforming high tier Spike upgrades.
| quote 3 tiers = 4xx;x5x;xx4,041,051
}}
}}
===[[Engineer Monkey (BTD6)|Engineer Monkey]]===
===[[Engineer Monkey (BTD6)|Engineer Monkey]]===
{{Research|I don't know if hero tier equivalent for overclock duration is based on ⌊Hero level / 4⌋ (floor division), ⌈Hero level / 4⌉ (ceiling division) or common rounding rules}}
{{Research|I don't know if hero tier equivalent for overclock duration is based on ⌊Hero level / 4⌋ (floor division), ⌈Hero level / 4⌉ (ceiling division) or common rounding rules}}
{{BTD6 tower changes
{{BTD6 tower changes/new
| version = 21.0
| version = 21.0
| tower = Engineer Monkey
| tower = Engineer Monkey
| quote = Engineer is quite poor in terms of crosspathing, so we’ve added crosspath benefits to Cleansing Foam as well as an overall price buff to the middle crosspathing upgrades. We’ve been somewhat unhappy with how Overclock sits in the game for a while and especially how the interaction with tower cost causes levelling heroes naturally to be far advantageous over purchasing upgrades when this is already underused. We have made an attempt to rework these issues by moving it to a tier-based system rather than price.
| path 2 tier 1 cost before = 550
| path 2 tier 1 cost before = 550
| path 2 tier 1 cost after = 250
| path 2 tier 1 cost after = 250
| path 2 tier 2 cost before = 200
| path 2 tier 2 cost before = 200
| path 2 tier 2 cost after = 350
| path 2 tier 2 cost after = 350
| quote 1 = Engineer is quite poor in terms of crosspathing, so we’ve added an overall price buff to the middle crosspathing upgrades.
| changes 2 = *{{buff|Oversize Nails increases Cleansing Foam pierce|10|15}}
| changes 2 = *{{buff|Oversize Nails increases Cleansing Foam pierce|10|15}}
| quote 2 = Engineer is quite poor in terms of crosspathing, so we’ve added crosspath benefits to Cleansing Foam.
| changes 3 tiers = x4x
| quote 2 tiers = 031
| tiers 3 = x4x
| changes 3 = *{{neutral|Overclock duration formula has been reworked to apply on a tier by tier basis rather than just lasting for a shorter duration based on the cost of the tower.|note=Overclock used on T3 duration remains the same at 100% (60s)}}
| changes 3 = *{{neutral|Overclock duration formula has been reworked to apply on a tier by tier basis rather than just lasting for a shorter duration based on the cost of the tower.|note=Overclock used on T3 duration remains the same at 100% (60s)}}
**{{nerf|Overclock used on T5 duration reduced|60s|30s}}
**{{nerf|Overclock used on T5 duration reduced|60s|30s}}
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**{{buff|Overclock used on T0 duration increased|60s|105s}}
**{{buff|Overclock used on T0 duration increased|60s|105s}}
**{{neutral|Overclock used on Hero duration based on Hero tier : Hero level / 4, ''ie.'' Level 8 is equivalent to T2 duration|note=Hero tier starts at level 0 rather than 1}}
**{{neutral|Overclock used on Hero duration based on Hero tier : Hero level / 4, ''ie.'' Level 8 is equivalent to T2 duration|note=Hero tier starts at level 0 rather than 1}}
| quote 3 = We’ve been somewhat unhappy with how Overclock sits in the game for a while and especially how the interaction with tower cost causes levelling heroes naturally to be far advantageous over purchasing upgrades when this is already underused. We have made an attempt to rework these issues by moving it to a tier-based system rather than price.
| quote 1 = Engineer is quite poor in terms of crosspathing, so we’ve added crosspath benefits to Cleansing Foam as well as an overall price buff to the middle crosspathing upgrades. We’ve been somewhat unhappy with how Overclock sits in the game for a while and especially how the interaction with tower cost causes levelling heroes naturally to be far advantageous over purchasing upgrades when this is already underused. We have made an attempt to rework these issues by moving it to a tier-based system rather than price.
| quote 3 tiers = x4x
| quote 2 = Engineer is quite poor in terms of crosspathing, so we’ve added [...] an overall price buff to the middle crosspathing upgrades.
| quote 2 tiers = x1x;x2x
| quote 3 = Engineer is quite poor in terms of crosspathing, so we’ve added crosspath benefits to Cleansing Foam [...]
| quote 3 tiers = 031
| quote 4 = We’ve been somewhat unhappy with how Overclock sits in the game for a while and especially how the interaction with tower cost causes levelling heroes naturally to be far advantageous over purchasing upgrades when this is already underused. We have made an attempt to rework these issues by moving it to a tier-based system rather than price.
| quote 4 tiers = x4x
}}
}}
Revision as of 05:26, 19 August 2025
This article is a stub. You can help out by expanding it. The editor who added this notice elaborates:Update all towers, general changes, and the gallery artworks for update 21.0
Update 21.0 is themed around Halloween, added cosmetics mostly follow that theme.
New limited-time trophy store items are recurring yearly for the Halloween season.
The Insta-monkey system in BTD6 has evolved a lot since launch, from a farmable mechanic to grant easier wins into more of a collection system. With this, we have found that while the initial intention was to give a nice beefy reward for any win, this has resulted in Tier 3 and 4 insta-monkeys being far too common while Tiers 0-2 are much more coveted with no farmable way to get them. We have decided to work on this by redefining the free reward earned on round 100, instead of being a random chance of Tier 3 or 4 rewards will now follow this logic — Update notes
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Beginner maps: Insta reward range Tier 0 to Tier 2
Intermediate maps: Insta reward range Tier 1 to Tier 3
Advanced maps: Insta reward range Tier 2 to Tier 4
Expert maps: Insta reward range Tier 3 to Tier 4
Round 200 and higher remains at the past Tier 3 to Tier 4 regardless of difficulty
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Following up on the changes in 20.0 in relation to making for smaller and faster updates, additional changes have been made to more efficiently and correctly clean up old bundles when updating before downloading new & changed files
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Added Hover/Tap and hold state to all medals on the stats screen
Odyssey Menu now supports the display of a seasonal theme
Added in a ‘Loop’ option to the Jukebox for current song
After having had a name set at least once before, Monkey Names can now be edited from the Player profile page
Added Search Functionality to the Achievements menu
Hidden Achievements now appear in the Achievements menu and display progress before being completely unlocked. Description & title will remain hidden until the achievement is earned. You can find these by searching for ‘???’
Desktop version
Added a new options toggle to disable the precision ‘Nudge Mode’. With this disabled towers will always snap to where you click during placement
Your ‘Placement Mode’ is now saved locally per device rather than in your player save
In addition to ESC acting as a general hybrid back/pause button, the Tilde/Backquote key (~) will now act as an instant uninterruptible pause (unless you lose) that will only open the pause menu, not close it. As with all hotkeys this can be remapped from the options in the main menu.
Scrolling with the mouse wheel will now move at the correct speed on scroll-able menus that go from side-to-side
Uninstallation on steam will now open an additional prompt to remove all login information from your machine as well
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: I'm not sure about the exact details because nk didn't fully explain in patch notes
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: I don't know if hero tier equivalent for overclock duration is based on ⌊Hero level / 4⌋ (floor division), ⌈Hero level / 4⌉ (ceiling division) or common rounding rules
Churchill is a chunky, expensive & slow levelling powerful hero, when he was launched he fit well in this spot but his synergies have not aged well. We have started with a small XP adjustment and greatly improved the power of his MOAB Barrage — Update notes
It felt fitting for so many reasons right now, but in addition to Unpopped Army buffs Ezili will now offer them a large pierce boost who then in turn offer up an improved cleanup tower to assist Ezili in dealing with with her main weakness — Update notes
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Levels
Changes
11+
Pierce of all Zombie Bloons summoned increased by +50%
We feel that applying the entire recent Roar nerf right away from level 3 was a mistake. To alleviate the impact here we have increased the level 3 duration to a little more than it was — Update notes
While he has been highly underrated, we wanted to fit in a few quality of life tweaks to add overall nicety and smoothen progression. — Update notes
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Levels
Changes
3+
Drone Swarm: base duration increased ― 15s → 17s
Note: Level 3 now lasts 18.5s
Drone Swarm: now increases in duration by +0.5s per level
16
Drone Swarm: Lv16 no longer increases duration
Note: Duration remains unchanged at 25s
20
UCAV: duration increased ― 15s → 20s
UCAV: deals normal damage for buff duration
Bug fixes
Co-op Purchasing multiple continues in a row should no longer end in situations where the game is stuck losing even though no Bloons are leaking for some players
Resolved an issue with Co-op Black Medal not being properly displayed if you did not already possess the singleplayer Black Medal for that track
Dad of Quincy pet should now be visible again & will be re-enabled for purchase in the Trophy store on 21.0
Pets now have shadows
Using a restart before beating round 100 in any game will no longer lock off the round 100 insta from being awarded
Necro Bloons Reanimated & Transforming Tonics used now record to player stats
Added support to prevent the game crashing at launch under some situations where Player files were corrupted
Resolved an issue causing Advanced Challenge to sometimes not give any rewards at random
Gears on ‘Geared’ map should now rotate at a rate that will cause the teeth of the gears to not fall out of sync
Double tapping checkmark to place towers should no longer cause a crash
Decimals have been cut off from displaying in challenge editor
Jukebox should no longer scroll to the bottom of the song list when opened
Etienne, Adora, Heli Pilot and Engineer should correctly play placement sounds
Resolved some issues with selling towers crashing the game simulation
Resolved a Race issue with the ‘Last’ set round in a race being completed before the final Bloon of a previous round is popped caused the timer to continue for a second before victory being recorded
Updated Spring Spring map icon to match the actual map
Fixed some layering issues with Top Hats and Glue
Hitting ‘back’ from a monkey in the monkey menu no longer takes you all the way back to the primary menu
Monkey Knowledge respec option should no longer sometimes open twice when pressed
Odyssey stats correctly reset on replay
Resolved an issue where in the challenge editor less ‘slots’ were displayed than actual towers there are in the game
Current Race Rank will no longer disappear after opening rewards and exiting back out
Resolved a co-op crash related to players attempting to reconnect to a lobby that has already launched when on a bad internet connection
Co-op should correctly match all upgrades again after a resync
Added polish to some UI which was clipping under certain resolutions
Resolved some issues with a slight delay on the pause menu
Adjusted size of Odyssey description box to allow for more detail
Challenge Editor can again apply camo/regrow properties to apopalypse
Resolved an issue where starting an apopalypse game & restarting immediately would cause it to not begin
Gallery
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