Oversize Nails (BTD6)

For other uses, see Oversize Nails (disambiguation).

Oversize Nails

	Massivization allows nails to pop 8 Bloons at once, including frozen. Also increases Foam and Sentry effectiveness.

Tower		Path	Tier
Engineer Monkey		3	1

XP cost	150
Cash cost	$380 — Easy $450 — Medium $485 — Hard $540 — Impoppable

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Oversize Nails is the Engineer Monkey's path 3 tier 1 upgrade in Bloons TD 6. It increases the pierce of the Engineer Monkey's base attack by 5 and changes its damage type from Sharp to Shatter, allowing it to pop frozen Bloons. It has the following special crosspath bonuses:

• Sentry Gun: Increases Sentry pierce by 1 and changes its damage type from Sharp to Shatter.
• Sentry Expert: Increases pierce of all Sentries by +50%.
• Sentry Champion: Increases the pierce of Champion Sentries' plasma by 5 and self-destruct by 25.
• Cleansing Foam: Increases the pierce of the foam splash by 5.
• Overclock: Increases the pierce of the foam splash by 7.
• Ultraboost: Increases the pierce of the foam splash by 12.

Despite the "massivization" referenced in the upgrade description, the projectile radius of nails does not increase.

Stats

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

This data was last updated for: version 55.1

Tower
Display range 40 units Footprint radius 7 units Targeting options First Last Close Strong

Attack
Cooldown 0.7s Offset (X, Y, Z) -1.11, 13.49, 10.7 Targeting Depends on targeting option Targeting range 40 units Filters Cannot target Camo
Projectile Pierce 8 Damage 1 Damage type Shatter Speed 375 units/s Lifespan 0.24s Radius 2 units Filters Cannot hit Camo

1-0-1

Spawner
Cooldown 10s Offset (X, Y, Z) -1.11, 13.49, 10.7 Targeting Random position Targeting range 40 units
Ignores blockers

Sentry

Tower
Display range 45 units Footprint radius 4 units Lifespan 25s Targeting options First Last Close Strong

Attack
Cooldown 0.95s Offset (X, Y, Z) 0, 7.1, 7.78 Targeting Depends on targeting option Targeting range 45 units Filters Cannot target Camo
Projectile Pierce 3 Damage 1 Damage type Shatter Speed 300 units/s Lifespan 0.25s Radius 2 units Filters Cannot hit Camo

0-1-1

Tower
Display range 40 units → 60 units

Attack
Targeting range 40 units → 60 units

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
0-0-1	$680	$800	$865	$960	$476	$560	$606	$672
1-0-1	$1,105	$1,300	$1,405	$1,560	$774	$910	$984	$1,092
2-0-1	$1,445	$1,700	$1,835	$2,040	$1,012	$1,190	$1,285	$1,428
3-0-1	$1,935	$2,275	$2,455	$2,730	$1,355	$1,593	$1,719	$1,911
4-0-1	$4,060	$4,775	$5,155	$5,730	$2,842	$3,343	$3,609	$4,011
5-0-1	$31,260	$36,775	$39,715	$44,130	$21,882	$25,743	$27,801	$30,891
0-1-1	$890	$1,050	$1,135	$1,260	$623	$735	$795	$882
0-2-1	$1,185	$1,400	$1,515	$1,680	$830	$980	$1,061	$1,176
0-3-1	$1,950	$2,300	$2,485	$2,760	$1,365	$1,610	$1,740	$1,932
0-4-1	$13,425	$15,800	$17,065	$18,960	$9,398	$11,060	$11,946	$13,272
0-5-1	$74,625	$87,800	$94,825	$105,360	$52,238	$61,460	$66,378	$73,752

Strategy

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This section was last updated for: version 51.2

Oversize Nails offers a large pierce bonus to the main Engineer and a decent pierce bonus to other attacks, and its capability to hit Frozen reduces anti-synergy with freezing towers, including the Cold Sentries of Sentry Expert. The extra pierce on sentries benefits the most during the mid-game, which assists cleanup when used on Sprockets or Sentry Expert and a further benefit if upgraded to Pin. It's less preferred on Sentry Champion because that upgrade specialises in DPS, which Deconstruction assists better in general, instead of supplementary damage. Extra foam pierce allows foam to strip properties from dense groups of Bloons more reliably, and Oversize Nails is cheaper than getting Faster Engineering by cumulative costs.

Update history

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

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Version 20.0

“

Continuing our efforts to make crosspaths meaningful and fit the style of each path more solidly, a number of crosspath and base level balance shifts were made. — Update notes

”

1-0-1, 2-0-1, 3-0-1, 4-0-1, 5-0-1

•  Oversize Nails crosspath now allows Sentries to pop frozen Bloons
•  Oversize Nails crosspath now increases Sentry pierce by 1

Version 21.0

“

Engineer is quite poor in terms of crosspathing, so we’ve added crosspath benefits to Cleansing Foam [...] — Update notes

”

0-3-1, 0-4-1, 0-5-1

•  Foam attack: Pierce with Oversized Nails increased ― 10 → 15

Version 23.0

“

Sentry Expert has underperformed for a while, so we’re adding solid crosspathing buffs to all Sentries. — Update notes

”

4-0-1

•  Oversize Nails increases Sentry pierce by roughly 25% instead of +1
  •  Crushing Sentry: pierce increased ― 22 → 28
  •  Bomb Sentry: pierce increased ― 30 → 38
  •  Cold Sentry: pierce increased ― 15 → 19

Version 26.0

4-0-1

•  Energy Sentry: Pierce bonus from Oversize Nails increased ― +1 → +2
  •  Overall pierce increased ― 5 → 10 (due to changes to the base pierce)

Version 29.0

•  Overall cost reduced by $50 (due to cost changes for previous tiers)

Version 35.0

“

Sentry Champion’s pierce crosspath does not feel like it has enough of an edge to compete with the deconstruction crosspath. — Update notes

”

5-0-1

•  Turret pierce increased ― 6 → 7

Version 39.0

“

Applying pierce crosspathing to Sentry Champion only granting an abysmal +1 pierce to the explosion while an intended joke at the time still feels a little silly, we’re separating that up to get its own larger increase now. — Update notes

”

5-0-1

•  Sentry Explosion: Crosspath benefit to pierce bonus increased ― +1 → +21
  • Note: Pierce increased from 51 to 70

Version 43.0

•  Overall cost reduced by $50 (due to cost changes for previous tiers)

Version 48.0

•  Crosspathed attacks (Sentry/Foam): All attacks gain +50% pierce
  • Note: 5-0-1 has a larger pierce bonus on the plasma beams, ordinary sentry (1-0-1, 2-0-1, 3-0-1) unchanged (3), x-3-x Foam unchanged (15).

5-0-1

•  Champion Sentry, Plasma: Pierce increased ― 7 → 10
•  Champion Sentry, Explosion: Pierce increased ― 70 → 75

0-4-1

•  Foam: Pierce increased ― 20 → 21

0-5-1

•  Foam: Pierce increased ― 35 → 36

4-0-1

•  Crushing Sentry: Pierce increased from 25% to 50% ― 28 → 33
•  Boom Sentry: Pierce bonus increased from 25% to 50% ― 38 → 45
•  Energy Sentry: Pierce bonus increased from 25% to 50% ― 10 → 12
•  Cold Sentry: Now gains 50% pierce bonus instead of nothing ― 24 → 36

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In other languages

Language	Name / Description	Notes
Arabic	مسامير/أشواك كبيرة الحجم التضخم يتيح للأظافر فرقعة 8 بالونات دفعة واحدة، بما فيها البالونات المتجمدة. الزيادة أيضًا من فعالية الرغوة والحراسة.	—
Danish	Overdimensionerede Søm Massivisering gør at søm kan springe 8 bloons på en gang, inklusive frosne. Øger også skums virkning og sensormaskingæverers effektivitet.	—
German	Übergroße Nägel Durch Vergrößerung können Nägel 8 Bloons auf einmal platzen lassen, auch die gefrorenen. Erhöht auch die Schaum- und Wachturmwirksamkeit.	—
Spanish	Clavos enormes La masivización permite que los clavos revienten 8 bloons a la vez incluidos los congelados. También aumenta la eficacia de la espuma y el centinela.	—
Spanish (LA)	Clavos enormes La masivización permite que los clavos revienten 8 bloons a la vez incluidos los congelados. También aumenta la eficacia de la espuma y el centinela.	—
Finnish	Ylisuuret naulat Massivointi mahdollistaa naulan poksauttavan 8 bloonia kerralla, mukaan lukien jäätyneet. Lisää myös vaahdon ja vartiotykin tehokkuutta.	—
French	Clous extra larges Grâce à la massivisation, ces grands clous font éclater 8 Bloons d’un coup, y compris ceux qui sont gelés. Augmente également l'efficacité de la mousse et des sentinelles.	—
Italian	Chiodi extralarge L'enormizzazione permette ai chiodi di far esplodere 8 bloon in una volta, compresi quelli congelati. Aumenta anche l'efficacia di schiuma e sentinella.	—
Japanese	巨大クギ マッシビゼーションを使うと、凍結を含む8個のブルーンを、クギで一度に割れるようになる。また、フォームと見張り番の効果が増加する。	—
Korean	초대형 못 거대해진 못이 한 번에 냉동 풍선을 포함한 8개의 풍선을 터트립니다. 거품과 경비 탑의 위력도 향상합니다.	—
Dutch	Veel te grote spijkers Met Massiviteit kunnen spijkers 8 Bloons tegelijk laten knallen, inclusief Bevroren. Verhoogt ook de doeltreffendheid van Schuim en Geschutskoepels.	—
Norwegian	Forstørrede spiker Massivering gjør det mulig for nagler å poppe 8 bloons samtidig, inkludert frosne. Øker også effektiviteten til skum og vakter.	—
Polish	Ponadwymiarowe gwoździe Masywizacja pozwala gwoździom przekłuwać po 8 blonów naraz, w tym zamrożone. Zwiększa także efektywność pianki i strażników.	—
Portuguese (Brazil)	Pregos Gigantes Massivização permite que pregos estourem 8 Bloons de uma vez, inclusive Gelo. Também aumenta a eficiência da Espuma e Sentinela.	—
Russian	Большие гвозди Массовость позволяет гвоздям пробивать по 8 шаров за раз, включая замороженные. Повышает эффективность пены и часовых.	—
Swedish	Överdimensionerade spik Massivisering gör det möjligt för spikar att smälla 8 Bloons samtidigt, inklusive frusna. Ökar även effektiviteten för Skum och Vakttorn.	—
Thai	ตะปูขนาดใหญ่ การขยายขนาดทำให้ตะปูเจาะบลูน 8 ลูกในคราวเดียว รวมถึงบลูนแช่แข็ง นอกจากนี้ยังเพิ่มโฟมและประสิทธิภาพของป้อมปืนระวังภัย	—
Turkish	Büyük Çiviler Yığınlama, çivilerin, donmuş bloon’lar dahil, tek seferde 8 Bloon patlatmasına olanak tanır. Ayrıca, Köpük ve Gözcü etkilerini artırır.	—
Chinese (simplified)	超大钉子 大规模化允许刺钉一次击破8个气球，包括冰冻气球。同时提高泡沫和哨兵的效果。	—
Chinese (traditional)	超大釘子 規模化不仅可使釘子一次擊破8個氣球，包括冰凍氣球，還可提高泡沫的效力。	—
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