Trait

In-game button to see the traits of currently selected towers

Traits are a game mechanic in the Frontier Legends DLC of Bloons TD 6. These are passive effects that all Towers have, and can be positive or negative and can range from raw stat modifiers to the ability to summon Zombie Bloons.

Mechanics

Traits are classified in two ways: Rarity and Tier. Rarity is a somewhat arbitrary classification, but usually traits with better effects tend to have a higher Rarity. Tier determines the potency of the effect and has four levels, with the first two being negative and the second two are positive. When Towers are generated at the Salon, the game randomly determines the amount, rarity and tier of those traits. Story Towers, Heroes and Legendary recruits have a fixed set of traits.

Trait tier distribution

Icon	Rarity	Chance	Effect
	1	10%	Very negative
	2	15%	Negative
	3	40%	Positive
	4	35%	Very positive

Trait rarity distribution

Icon	Rarity	Chance
	0	40%
	1	30%
	2	20%
	3	10%

Trait amount distribution

Amount	Chance
1	25%
2	50%
3	25%

List of Traits

Text	Tier	Rarity	Excluded towers	Notes
Cross-eyed Shot spread 100%			Boomerang Monkey, Spike Factory, Beast Handler
Clumsy Shot spread 50%			Boomerang Monkey, Spike Factory, Beast Handler
Straight Shooter Shot spread -50%			Boomerang Monkey, Spike Factory, Beast Handler
Crackshot Shot spread -100%			Boomerang Monkey, Spike Factory, Beast Handler
Laggard 80% Attack Speed
Encumbered 90% Attack Speed
Quickshot 115% Attack Speed
Rapid-fire 130% Attack Speed
Twister Projectiles wiggle around with 20% Blowback chance (Not MOABs)			Spike Factory
Dust-devil Projectiles wiggle around with 50% Blowback chance (Not MOABs)			Spike Factory
Zinger Projectiles bounce off Blocking Objects and Map Borders			Ice Monkey, Mortar Monkey, Spike Factory, Beast Handler
True-eye Can see Camo and deals +1 Damage to them
Red-wristed Can see Camo and deals +100% Damage to them
Boot-draggin' Costs +50% Stamina to place
Slow-ridin' Costs +30% Stamina to place
Itchin’ Costs -30% Stamina to place
Rarin’ Costs -50% Stamina to place
Keen-eye Chance to crit for +100% Damage			Glue Gunner
Razor-eye Chance to crit for +200% Damage			Glue Gunner
Feeble 60% Damage
Weak 80% Damage
Powerful 125% Damage
Brutal 150% Damage
Patient Attacks faster the closer Bloons are to leaking up to 30%
Seein'-red Attacks faster the closer Bloons are to leaking up to 60%
Firestarter Has a chance to set Bloons on fire for 1 Damage per second, for 4.5s
Guns-blazin' Has a chance to set Bloons on fire for 3 Damage per second, for 6s
Adhesive Chance to coat Bloons in molasses, slowing by 40% for 1.5s. Less effective on MOAB-Class Bloons
Molasses Chance to coat Bloons in molasses, slowing by 40% for 6s. Less effective on MOAB-Class Bloons
Bananite glutton Bananite earnt -10% while in Posse
Greedy Bananite earnt -5% while in Posse
Covetous Bananite earnt +5% while in Posse
Lustrous Bananite earnt +10% while in Posse
Pathfinder Projectiles now seek out Bloons with turn strength 180			Ice Monkey, Mortar Monkey, Spike Factory, Beast Handler
Waymaker Projectiles now seek out Bloons with turn strength 270			Ice Monkey, Mortar Monkey, Spike Factory, Beast Handler
Cold-leaded Chance to Freeze non MOAB-Class Bloons for 1s
Frostbrand Chance to Freeze non MOAB-Class Bloons for 3s
Bowie Gains a 25% chance for projectiles to produce ricocheting blades
Fanged Gains a 65% chance for projectiles to produce ricocheting blades
Kickin' Knocks back Bloons with 50% power. Heavier targets by 20% of that amount
Big-boot Knocks back Bloons with 100% power. Heavier targets by 20% of that amount
Exile A Monkey on the outs. Attack Speed, Range, Accuracy, and Projectile Speed heavily reduced.				+50% spread, +15% attack cooldown, -17.5% range, -25% pierce, -50% projectile speed, -20% projectile size
Outlaw A Monkey who shuns good society. Attack Speed, Range, Accuracy, and Projectile Speed slightly reduced.				+25% spread, +7.5% attack cooldown, -8.75% range, -17.5% pierce, -25% projectile speed, -10% projectile size
Renowned A well liked Monkey 'round these parts. Attack Speed, Range, Accuracy, and Projectile Speed slightly improved.				-25% spread, -7.5% attack cooldown, +8.75% range, +17.5% pierce, +25% projectile speed, +10% projectile size
Legend A Legendary Monkey, known across the Frontier. Attack Speed, Range, Accuracy, and Projectile Speed heavily improved.				-50% spread, -15% attack cooldown, +17.5% range, +35% pierce, +50% projectile speed, +20% projectile size, +50% tower size
Red-eyed Can pop all Bloon types. Stamina costs increased 200%			Glue Gunner, Alchemist
Hell-bent Can pop all Bloon types. Stamina costs increased 100%			Glue Gunner, Alchemist
Yellow-bellied Deals 75% Damage to MOABs and Boss Bloons
Take-down Deals 125% Damage to MOABs and Boss Bloons
Big-blimp-hunter Deals 150% Damage to MOABs and Boss Bloons
Cloudstride Towers placed within 30 radius ignore Land & Water rules
Skywalker Towers placed within 50 radius ignore Land & Water rules
Rooted Cannot retreat, Damage +0% & Attack Speed +0%
Monkey-glue Cannot retreat, Damage +20% & Attack Speed +10%
Banana-bond Cannot retreat, Damage +50% & Attack Speed +20%
Hollow-iron 50% Pierce
Soft-shot 70% Pierce
Piercing 135% Pierce
Heavy-puncha 170% Pierce
Peashooter 60% Projectile & explosion size
Popgun 80% Projectile & explosion size
Slugga 120% Projectile & explosion size
Cannonball 140% Projectile & explosion size
Sluggish 50% Projectile Speed			Mortar Monkey, Spike Factory
Slovenly 75% Projectile Speed			Mortar Monkey, Spike Factory
Bullet-time 150% Projectile Speed			Mortar Monkey, Spike Factory
Quicksilver 200% Projectile Speed			Mortar Monkey, Spike Factory
Purple-coat Can pop Purple Bloons, and deals +1 Damage to them
Purple-peacock Can pop Purple Bloons, and deals +100% Damage to them
Blind 70% Range			Sniper Monkey, Monkey Ace, Heli Pilot, Mortar Monkey, Dartling Gunner
One eye'd 85% Range			Sniper Monkey, Monkey Ace, Heli Pilot, Mortar Monkey, Dartling Gunner
Spotter 120% Range			Sniper Monkey, Monkey Ace, Heli Pilot, Mortar Monkey, Dartling Gunner
Longshot 135% Range			Sniper Monkey, Monkey Ace, Heli Pilot, Mortar Monkey, Dartling Gunner
Phantom Stamina Costs +25% and retreating freezes most surrounding Bloons
Survivor Stamina Costs +10% and retreating freezes most surrounding Bloons
Ambusher Stamina Costs -10% and retreating freezes most surrounding Bloons
Escapist Stamina Costs -25% and retreating freezes most surrounding Bloons
Rebound Tower projectiles now Ricochet off Bloons up to 2 times			Ice Monkey, Mortar Monkey, Spike Factory, Beast Handler
Ricochet Tower projectiles now Ricochet off Bloons up to 10 times			Ice Monkey, Mortar Monkey, Spike Factory, Beast Handler
Medic Gain +10 Mana Shield after every round
Doc Gain +20 Mana Shield after every round
Microscopic 50% Footprint				Also decreases model size and range by 50%
Tiny 75% Footprint				Also decreases model size and range by 25%
Oversize 125% Footprint				Also increases model size and range by 25%
Big ol' 150% Footprint				Also increases model size and range by 50%
Primer Chance to attach bombs to Bloons, dealing 15 Damage after 3s
Detonator Chance to attach bombs to Bloons, dealing 30 Damage after 3s
Nullifier Can pop Black and White Bloons and deals +1 Damage to them
Neutralizer Can pop Black and White Bloons and deals +100% Damage to them
Friendly Chance to spawn 2 friendly Zombie Bloons from projectiles
Undertaker Chance to spawn 5 friendly Zombie Bloons from projectiles

Hero traits

Each Hero has a unique set of traits, a certain starting level, and a cost in Bananite to hire. Hero Skins have different traits from regular Heroes, including those that cannot be purchased with Monkey Money.

Legendary recruits

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There is a 5% chance that any possible recruit in the Saloon has a "Legendary" status, with powerful traits and some upgrades applied, but they are more expensive than their regular counterparts. Their tower type, upgrades, name and traits are fixed. Some of their names are a reference to popular Bloons content creators.

Name	Tower	Recruit cost	Trait 1	Trait 2	Trait 3
One-Mile Morgan	0-4-2 Desperado Insta		Legend	Big ol'	Longshot
Ember Hellblast Graves	2-0-4 Desperado Insta		Renowned	Undertaker	Fanged
Mar. Mathers	3-2-0 Ninja Monkey Insta		Legend	Guns-blazin'	Ricochet
Elmer Sticky Fingers	2-0-3 Glue Gunner Insta		Legend	Detonator	Heavy-puncha
Mar. Molasses	2-3-0 Sniper Monkey Insta		Legend	Seein'-red	Molasses
Big Brass Tsunami	0-2-3 Tack Shooter Insta		Legend	Big ol'	Rapid-fire
Drifting Shade	0-2-3 Super Monkey Insta		Legend	Rapid-fire	Banana-bond
The Unforgiven	0-2-3 Monkey Sub Insta		Legend	Quicksilver	Razor-eye
Pale Rider	3-0-2 Ice Monkey Insta		Legend	Neutralizer	Fanged
Phantom Corsair	0-3-2 Monkey Buccaneer Insta		Legend	Molasses	Undertaker
Finn Rivers	3-0-0 Beast Handler Insta		Renowned	Frostbrand	Molasses
The Proposition	0-3-2 Dartling Gunner Insta		Legend	Crackshot	Ricochet
Deadclaw Dan	0-3-0 Beast Handler Insta		Legend	Razor-eye	Molasses
Skye Tombstone	0-2-3 Monkey Ace Insta		Renowned	Zinger	Undertaker
Sawbones Sam	3-0-0 Alchemist Insta		Renowned	Rapid-fire	Doc
Blazing Saddle Bill	2-3-0 Boomerang Monkey Insta		Legend	Rarin’	Guns-blazin'
Short Fuse Boone	3-0-2 Dart Monkey Insta		Microscopic	Detonator	Ricochet
Masterplanner Charles	2-3-0 Heli Pilot Insta		Microscopic	Rarin’	Escapist
Halt O'Carrick	0-2-3 Dart Monkey Insta		Legend	Waymaker	Longshot
The Bulwark	3-0-2 Spike Factory Insta		Renowned	Heavy-puncha	Seein'-red
Funky Town	3-1-0 Monkey Village Insta		Microscopic	Longshot	Lustrous
Lazy Louie's Lookout	2-3-0 Monkey Village Insta	$34,695	Microscopic	Rarin’	Escapist
Max Lidot	0-3-0 Dart Monkey Insta		Renowned	Rapid-fire	Hell-bent
Ironshot ISAB	0-3-0 Super Monkey Insta	$40,200	Renowned	Longshot	Ricochet
Super BomBattery	2-3-0 Mortar Monkey Insta		Renowned	Red-wristed	Rapid-fire
Chewie Chompa	2-3-0 Bomb Shooter Insta		Renowned	Brutal	Banana-bond
Unrelenting Dragoon	0-3-2 Wizard Monkey Insta		Renowned	Waymaker	Purple-peacock
Highrule Mack	3-0-0 Super Monkey Insta		Renowned	Waymaker	Guns-blazin'
Punji der Totengräber	2-3-0 Spike Factory Insta		Renowned	Big-blimp-hunter	Undertaker
Hellfire H-Bomb	3-0-2 Mortar Monkey Insta		Renowned	Cannonball	Neutralizer
Dab Lune Oakheart	0-3-0 Druid Insta		Renowned	Doc	Red-wristed
Tornado Tewtiy	2-3-0 Druid Insta		Renowned	Skywalker	Dust-devil
Desert Sabre	3-2-0 Sniper Monkey Insta		Renowned	Fanged	Seein'-red
Neo Trickshot Lawless	3-0-2 Glue Gunner Insta		Renowned	Big-boot	Fanged
Raider Ethan Reckless	3-0-2 Wizard Monkey Insta		Renowned	Big-boot	Fanged
Chillhands Frostee	0-3-0 Mermonkey Insta		Renowned	Zinger	Quicksilver

Update history

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Version 52.2

Trait	Changes
Twister / Dust-devil	No longer appears on Spike Factories
Cloudstride / Skywalker	No longer causes the game to crash on Underground (bug fix)

Version 53.0

Trait	Changes
Feeble	Damage penalty decreased ― -50% → -40% (bug fix) Note: Now it behaves according to its description
Firestarter	Description changed to now correctly say it lasts 4s instead of 4.5s (bug fix) Note: Still states incorrectly that deals 1 damage per per second, when it actually deals 2
Guns-blazin'	Description changed to now correctly say it lasts 8s instead of 6s (bug fix) Note: Still states incorrectly that deals 3 damage per per second, when it actually deals 4
Phantom	Stamina drain fixed as it was doing a 20% increase instead of the 25% stated on the description ― 4.8% → 5% (bug fix)
Rebound	Now bounces the correct amount of times according to the description ― 1 → 2 (bug fix)
Undertaker	Zombie Bloon lifespan increased ― 3s → 18s (bug fix)
Friendly / Undertaker	Fixed an interaction with the Waders outfit of Sheriff, where it would start spawning Fishes instead of Zombie Bloons (bug fix)

Version 54.0

Trait	Changes
Phantom	Rarity increased ― 0 → 2
Survivor	Rarity increased ― 1 → 2
Escapist	Rarity decreased ― 3 → 2

Version 54.2

• Temporary Traits: Remaining rounds countdown now displays in-game
•  Temporary Traits: Now only counts down while the tower is placed (bug fix)

Version 55.0

• Temporary Traits: Round countdown should now live update
•  Temporary Traits: Covetous and Lustrous should now correctly work on Bananite crystals and chests (bug fix)