Tsar Bomba (BTD6)
For the upgrade in Bloons TD Battles 2, see Tsar Bomba (Battles 2).
Tsar Bomba
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 A very, very large bomb. Someone put a stop to this craziness! |
| Tower | Monkey Ace — Path 2 — Tier 5 | |
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| XP cost | 30,000 | |
| Cash cost | $22,100 — Easy $26,000 — Medium $28,080 — Hard $31,200 — Impoppable With  Aeronautic Subsidy:$19,890 — Easy $23,400 — Medium $25,270 — Hard $28,080 — Impoppable | |
Tsar Bomba is the Monkey Ace's path 2 tier 5 upgrade in Bloons TD 6. This upgrade significantly improves the Bomber Ace's bombs, and replaces its Ground Zero ability with an improved version.
- Ability: Does 3,000 damage onto up to 5,000 Bloons on screen (prioritizing the closest to the landing pad), and applies an 8 second stun to all Bloons that survive the explosion. It deals double damage to Camos. It has a cooldown of 35 seconds.
- Bombing run: Base damage per bomb increased from 15 to 20, and Camo bonus damage from +15 to +20. Each bomb also gains +10 bonus Ceramic damage.
Stats
For a complete list of Monkey Ace stats, see Stats:Monkey Ace (BTD6).
This data was last updated for: version 55.1
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Costs and sell values
Note: this list does not factor in Monkey Knowledge or other discounts.
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| 0-5-0 | $37,610 | $44,250 | $47,790 | $53,100 | $26,327 | $30,975 | $33,453 | $37,170 |
| 1-5-0 | $37,990 | $44,700 | $48,275 | $53,640 | $26,593 | $31,290 | $33,793 | $37,548 |
| 2-5-0 | $38,455 | $45,250 | $48,870 | $54,300 | $26,919 | $31,675 | $34,209 | $38,010 |
| 0-5-1 | $38,035 | $44,750 | $48,330 | $53,700 | $26,625 | $31,325 | $33,831 | $37,590 |
| 0-5-2 | $38,500 | $45,300 | $48,925 | $54,360 | $26,950 | $31,710 | $34,248 | $38,052 |
Strategy
This section was last updated for: version 53.0
Tsar Bomba's ability is significantly more powerful than Ground Zero, standing out against BFBs, ZOMGs, and Fortified DDTs, but weaker against sustained rushes compared to multiple Ground Zeroes. It stands out in Race Events and CT Time Attack; its ability can almost immediately wipe out masses of BFBs as well as heavily damaged ZOMGs. In CHIMPS, it remains useful when combined with low-RBE cleanups (e.g. Perma-Spike) and single-target damage (e.g. Spike Storm) to account for Tsar's downtime and inconsistent bombing runs.
Like Ground Zero, proper ability timing and stalling is important. For the best results, always time the ability while all but a few blimps are on screen, or with one or few healthy ZOMGs remaining on screen. The stun from the ability on surviving blimps can offer more time to stall. In the meantime, Tsar Bomba's bombing runs may be controlled to depend less on the ability.
Crosspaths are irrelevant to the ability, and its crosspaths are only bought to improve its bombing run, with 1-5-0 generally preferred.
Update history
For a complete list of Monkey Ace changes, see Update history:Monkey Ace (BTD6).
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Overall cost increased by $400 (due to cost changes for previous tiers)
Bomb: blast radius increased ― 25 → 35- Bomb: attack cooldown reduced ― 3s → 1.5s
- Bomb: damage increased ― 2 → 4
- Correctly applies stun art (bug fix)
| “ | [N]o one really noticed that this gained +8 damage for 10 seconds after ability use. So, Bombs dropped by this tower now deal 10 damage permanently — Update notes |
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- Bomb: explosion damage increased ― 4 → 10
- Ability: no longer increases bomb explosion damage by 8 for 10 seconds after activation
- Bomb: cooldown increased ― 1.5s → 1.7s
- 1-5-0, 2-5-0
- Rapid Fire now reduces bomb attack cooldown ― 1.7s → 1.02s
| “ | 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] — Update notes |
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- Ability: Cooldown reduced ― 45s → 40s
- Bomb attack: Damage type changed ― Explosion → Normal
- 1-5-0, 0-5-1
- Now reduces ability cooldown by 5s (bug)
- Overall cooldown reduced ― 45s → 35s (due to changes to the base cooldown)
- 2-5-0, 0-5-2
- Now reduces ability cooldown by 5s (bug)
- Overall cooldown reduced ― 45s → 30s (due to changes to the base cooldown)
| “ | While Pineapples are never the star of the show, the amount of pierce they have is completely unnecessary for their usage window and has only led to balance problems for Bombing Run, specifically in races. This high amount of pierce has been more evenly spread through higher tiers & crosspath. — Update notes |
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- 0-5-1, 0-5-2
- Pineapple/bomb explosions now gain +12 pierce from Sharper Darts
- 1-5-0, 0-5-1
- No longer reduces ability cooldown by 5s (bug fix)
- 2-5-0, 0-5-2
- No longer reduces ability cooldown by 5s, on top of 1-5-0 and 0-5-1 also no longer reducing cooldown by 5s (bug fix)
| “ | Monkey Ace was never intended to be a great starting tower and instead come into power at mid- and high-tier upgrades, but since the base tower feels lacking to new players (and some of us old timers) we decided to rework low tier power into the base tower. — Update notes |
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- Dart: Projectile size increased ― 2 → 3
- Base Monkey Ace attack cooldown reduced ― 2.1s → 1.68s
- 0-5-1, 0-5-2
- Exploding Pineapple: attack cooldown reduced ― 3s → 2s
- 1-5-0, 2-5-0
- Exploding Pineapple: attack cooldown reduced ― 1.6s → 1.2s
| “ | Similar to Tack Shooter Maelstrom upgrades, we have targeted a nerf to Ground Zero for race conditions by amounts which are not relevant outside of those conditions. Additionally Tsar Bomba has received a much smaller version of this nerf along with a reduced cooldown to increase its relevance. — Update notes |
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- Ability: Pierce reduced ― ∞ → 5,000
- Ability: Cooldown reduced ― 40s → 35s
- Also reduces initial cooldown ― 10s → 5s
| “ | As Ground Zero stands out in power, & enough so to make the upgrade to Tsar Bomba questionable, some upgrade cost has been moved out of Tsar Bomba into Ground Zero to make Ground Zero more expensive while not changing Tsar much other than a slight overall cost buff. — Update notes |
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- Upgrade cost reduced ― $35,000 → $30,000
- Overall cost reduced by $1,000 (due to cost changes for previous tiers)
- Reverse flight pattern added
| “ | Spy Plane is always a lesser crosspath aside from specific challenges that call for camo detection. It has a similar vibe to Night Vision sniper so we have given it a similar buff. — Update notes |
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- Spy Plane grants attacks +1 bonus damage to camos
- 1-5-0, 2-5-0
- Bombs reload rate reduced ― 1.02s → 1.275s (undocumented)
- Note: Rapid Fire's cooldown modifier changed from 0.6× to 0.75×
| “ | Minor catchup changes to some parts have fallen out of line slightly due to balance changes for other parts of the Ace. — Update notes |
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- Bomb salvo: Attack cooldown reduced ― 1.7s → 1.6s (undocumented)
- Note: Rapid Fire crosspath attack cooldown is reduced from 1.275s to 1.2s
| “ | Tsar Bomba is a powerful ability that sees a decent lot of use for an ability heavy upgrade, but as it doesn’t really add to the tower outside of that ability we’ve decided to give the base bombs a boost so that well placed Bombing Runs can shred through Super Ceramics. — Update notes |
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- Bomb attack: damage increased ― 10 → 15
- Bomb attack: now deals +8 damage to Ceramics
| “ | Upgrades to the basic Bombing run are never why you move up this path, so we’re improving these across the board while also reducing the cooldown of Ground Zero to match the T5. — Update notes |
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- Bombing run: Damage increased ― 15 → 30
- Ability initial cooldown increased ― 5s → 11.6667s (undocumented)
| “ | Tsar Bomba’s last bomb change appeared to be an over-buff and is being reeled back on. [...] — Update notes |
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- Bombing run: Damage per bomb reduced ― 30 → 25
| “ | Long ago Tsar Bomba was given normal damage type to allow for more interesting 2TC combos at the time, however this no longer feels needed with its current power level so instead we have lowered the upgrade cost and shifted some base bombing run damage into Ceramic bonus — Update notes |
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- Upgrade cost reduced ― $30,000 → $26,000
- Bombing run: Damage per bomb reduced ― 25 → 20
- Bombing run: Bonus damage against Ceramic Bloons per bomb increased ― +8 → +10
- Bombing run: Bomb damage type changed ― Normal → Explosion
| “ | As Spy Plane crosspath doesn’t see much love we’ve gone all-in on the Camo crosspath making it a double damage bonus, which is especially good news for Ground Zero vs. Fortified DDTs. — Update notes |
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- Bonus damage to Camo Bloons increased for all attacks ― +1 → ×2
| “ | Ground Zero feels like a good tower, but has had a hard time fitting anywhere being power creeped by other meta options. — Update notes |
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- Overall cost reduced by $2,000 (due to cost changes for previous tiers)
Gallery
For more Monkey Ace images, see Gallery:Monkey Ace.
Screenshots
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Tsar Bomba ability
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Trivia
- The real-life Tsar Bomba was the most powerful nuclear weapon ever tested, created by the Soviet Union.
- According to a Ninja Kiwi blog post, the prototype Tsar Bomba was the single strongest weapon created by the Monkeys, even more powerful than its current form.
- In previous versions, the ability caused a screen-wide visual flash when the bomb landed.
- The Tsar Bomba was the first non-hero tower to solo CHIMPS.[1]
In other languages
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| Arabic | قنبلة القيصر قنبلة كبيرة للغاية. شخص ما وضع حد لهذا الجنون! |
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| Danish | Tsar-bombe En meget, meget stor bombe. En eller anden, stop denne galskab! |
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| German | Tsar-Bomba Eine äußerst große Bombe. Jemand muss diesem Irrsinn ein Ende setzen! |
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| Spanish | Bomba zar Una bomba muy, muy grande. ¡Que alguien detenga esta locura! |
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| Spanish (LA) | Bomba zar Una bomba muy, muy grande. ¡Que alguien detenga esta locura! |
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| Finnish | Tsar-Bomba Erittäin, erittäin suuri pommi. Joku saisi pysäyttää tämän hulluuden! |
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| French | Tsar Bomba Une très très grosse bombe. Il faut mettre un terme à tout ça ! |
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| Italian | Bomba Zar Una bomba molto, molto grande. Bisogna farla finita con queste esagerazioni! |
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| Japanese | ツァーボンバー とても、とても大きな爆弾。だれか、この狂気を止めて！ |
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| Korean | 차르 봄바 무지막지하게 큰 폭탄입니다. 사태가 겉잡을 수 없게 되었네요! |
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| Dutch | Tsar bomba Een hele, hele grote bom. Laat iemand een einde maken aan deze waanzin! |
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| Norwegian | Tsar Bomba En veldig, veldig stor bombe. Noen må stoppe denne galskapen! |
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| Polish | Carska bomba Bardzo, bardzo duża bomba. Niech ktoś zatrzyma to szaleństwo! |
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| Portuguese (Brazil) | Bomba Tsar Uma bomba muito, muito grande. Alguém pare com essa loucura! |
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| Russian | Царь-бомба Большая-пребольшая бомба. Кто-нибудь, остановите это безумие! |
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| Swedish | Tsarbomb En väldigt, väldigt stor bomb. Någon måste stoppa de här galenskaperna! |
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| Thai | ทซาร์บอมบ้า ระเบิดลูกใหญ่สุดๆ ใครก็ได้หยุดความบ้าคลั่งนี่ที! |
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| Turkish | Çar Bombası Çok ama çok büyük bir bomba. Biri bu çılgınlığa dur desin! |
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| Chinese (simplified) | 沙皇邦巴 一种非常非常大的炸弹。有人阻止了这种疯狂想法！ |
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| Chinese (traditional) | 沙皇邦巴 非常非常大的炸彈。快來人，這太瘋狂，受不了了！ |
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| This list was last updated for: version 43.1 | |||
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- ↑ (Wed, 5 Feb 2025) "Tsar Bomba: 1 Tower CHIMPS". Youtube. Retrieved Tue, 17 Mar 2026.