Bounty Hunter

Bounty Hunter

Marked to Pop ability: Marks extra Bloons, then proceeds to attack all Marked Bloons. Marked Bloons take more damage and give more cash. All Desperados can target Marked Bloons.

Tower	Desperado — Path 2 — Tier 4
XP cost	18,000
Cash cost	$5,100 — Easy $6,000 — Medium $6,480 — Hard $7,200 — Impoppable

← Deadeye

Golden Justice →

Bounty Hunter is the Desperado's path 2 tier 4 upgrade in Bloons TD 6. It unlocks a non-damaging attack that places marks on Bloons, the Marked to Pop Activated Ability, and an improved version of the Take Aim ability. If at least one Bounty Hunter is present, it grants all Desperados the capability to prioritize marked Bloons.

Mechanics

Marking attack

The marking attack places a mark on up to 2 target Bloons every 6 seconds. Marked Bloons take double damage from Desperados and give twice as much cash per pop (affected by cash per pop modifiers in later rounds), but it only affects one layer. It can affect MOAB-Class Bloons, though they do not display any visual indication that they are affected. This attack is affected by attack speed modifiers, but cannot have its attack speed reduced to be below 3 seconds. It has the same range as the rifle and is active regardless of which weapon the Desperado is currently using.

Mark prioritization

If there is at least one Desperado with the Bounty Hunter upgrade on the map, all Desperados gain a Monkey Special that causes them to prioritize marked Bloons when enabled. This option disappears if the only Desperado with this upgrade or Golden Justice on the map is removed.

Marked to Pop

Marked to Pop is an Activated Ability that temporarily stops all the Desperado's other attacks, switching it to a non-damaging attack that rapidly marks Bloons for 2 seconds (marking up to 30 Bloons without any attack speed modifiers), then switching it to an attack that rapidly attacks only marked Bloons for 1 second, before returning it to using its other attacks. Both attacks have infinite range, but can only target Bloons within line of sight. The second attack deals 30 damage per hit (before the damage multiplier from being marked), can damage all Bloon types, and has a chance to crit for 4× damage (like all attacks with Bullseye).

Both of this ability's attacks benefit from Quickdraw, Standoff, Wanderer, and Nomad in the same way as the pistol and rifle attacks.

Take Aim

Bounty Hunter has an improved version of Deadeye's Take Aim ability. It applies +50% range instead of +25%, reduces spread by 80% instead of 50%, and allows the affected tower to damage Black Bloons, White Bloons, and Purple Bloons.

Stats

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

This data was last updated for: version 55.1

Tower
Display range 80 units Footprint radius 7 units Targeting options First Last Close Strong

Attack
Burst count 2 Burst interval 0.1s Cooldown 1.2s Offset (X, Y, Z) 0, 12.65, 11.25 Targeting Depends on targeting option Targeting range 40 units Crit multiplier ×4 Crit base chance 2.5% Crit chance per distance from target +0.25%
Projectile Pierce 1 Damage 6 Damage to Ceramic +6 Damage type Normal Radius 2 units Filters Can only hit the target Ignores blockers

Rifle attack
Cooldown 1.59s Offset (X, Y, Z) 1.4, 14.61, 9.88 Targeting Depends on targeting option Targeting range 80 units Crit multiplier ×4 Crit base chance 2.5% Crit chance per distance from target +0.4%
Projectile Pierce 4 Damage 10 Damage to Ceramic or Fortified +10 Damage type Normal Lifespan 0.05s Radius 6 units Ignores blockers

Mark attack
Cooldown 6s Offset (X, Y, Z) 0, 12.65, 11.25 Targeting Depends on targeting option Targeting range 80 units Filters Cannot target Bloons with Marked
Projectile Pierce 2 Max pierce 2 Radius 18 units Ignores blockers Mark Duration ∞s Layers 1

Take Aim
Cooldown 30s
Buff Range modifier ×1.5 Spread modifier ×0.2 Immunity override Purple, Black, White Lifespan 15s

Marked to Pop
Cooldown 45s Lifespan 3s
Marking attack Cooldown 0.2s Offset (X, Y, Z) 0, 0, 0 Targeting Depends on targeting option Targeting range ∞ units Filters Cannot target Bloons with Marked Projectile Pierce 1 Max pierce 1 Radius 2 units Filters Can only hit the target Ignores blockers Mark Duration ∞s Layers 1 Execution attack Cooldown 0.05s Offset (X, Y, Z) 0, 12.65, 11.25 Targeting Depends on targeting option Targeting range ∞ units Crit multiplier ×4 Crit base chance 2.5% Crit chance per distance from target +0.25% Filters Cannot target Bloons with Marked Projectile Pierce 1 Max pierce 1 Damage 30 Damage type Normal Radius 2 units Filters Can only hit the target Ignores blockers

1-4-0

Attack
Speed per distance from target +1% Speed per distance from target max +50%

Rifle attack
Speed per distance from target +1% Speed per distance from target max +50%

Mark attack
Offset (X, Y, Z) 0, 12.65, 11.25 ↓ 1.4, 14.61, 9.88

Marked to Pop
Marking attack Speed per distance from target +1% Speed per distance from target max +50% Execution attack Offset (X, Y, Z) 0, 12.65, 11.25 ↓ 0, 0, 0 Speed per distance from target +1% Speed per distance from target max +50%

2-4-0

Attack
Speed with 0 or 1 Bloon in range +60% Penalty per additional Bloon in range -15%

Rifle attack
Speed with 0 or 1 Bloon in range +60% Penalty per additional Bloon in range -15%

Marked to Pop
Marking attack Speed with 0 or 1 Bloon in range +60% Penalty per additional Bloon in range -15% Execution attack Speed with 0 or 1 Bloon in range +60% Penalty per additional Bloon in range -15%

0-4-1

Attack
Speed with no towers in range +45% Penalty per tower in range -15%

Rifle attack
Speed with no towers in range +45% Penalty per tower in range -15%

Mark attack
Offset (X, Y, Z) 0, 12.65, 11.25 ↓ 1.4, 14.61, 9.88

Marked to Pop
Marking attack Speed with no towers in range +45% Penalty per tower in range -15% Execution attack Offset (X, Y, Z) 0, 12.65, 11.25 ↓ 0, 0, 0 Speed with no towers in range +45% Penalty per tower in range -15%

0-4-2

Attack
Speed per Bloon in range +0% → +2% Speed per Bloon in range max +0% → +50%

Rifle attack
Speed per Bloon in range +0% → +2% Speed per Bloon in range max +0% → +50%

Marked to Pop
Marking attack Speed per Bloon in range +0% → +2% Speed per Bloon in range max +0% → +50% Execution attack Speed per Bloon in range +0% → +2% Speed per Bloon in range max +0% → +50%

Nomad buff
Cooldown modifier ×0.6 Range bonus +16 Lifespan 15s Cooldown 60s

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
0-4-0	$8,325	$9,800	$10,585	$11,760	$5,828	$6,860	$7,410	$8,232
1-4-0	$8,495	$10,000	$10,800	$12,000	$5,947	$7,000	$7,560	$8,400
2-4-0	$8,665	$10,200	$11,015	$12,240	$6,066	$7,140	$7,711	$8,568
0-4-1	$8,510	$10,020	$10,820	$12,025	$5,957	$7,014	$7,574	$8,418
0-4-2	$8,750	$10,300	$11,120	$12,360	$6,125	$7,210	$7,784	$8,652

Strategy

This section was last updated for: version 54.0

Bounty Hunter is a major farming support tower, with its Take Aim ability being able to increase Monkey City range to cover more Banana Farms in the transition to Monkeyopolis. It can also directly make income when combined with blimp instakills, namely XXXL Trap and Pirate Lord, as the marked status is not applied to multiple layers. It is not very effective compared to conventional farming methods, however.

Outside of farming, the marked status help Desperados deal much more damage to single targets, such as against Rounds 60, 80, and 100. The improved Take Aim's temporary Bloon weakness removal assists towers such as The Biggest One (versus DDTs), Recursive Cluster, Arctic Knight, and Ring of Fire, in addition to extra range and Camo detection. It is also a solid choice on Monkey Villages, such as spreading Monkey Commerce buffs further.

2-4-0 is usually the better crosspath due to its large synergy with Quickdraw's speed buffs when attacking far targets, plus better single-target damage via Standoff, compared to 0-4-2 which is more consistent against groups instead.

Update history

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

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Version 49.2

•  Take Aim: No longer reduces accuracy if crosspathed (bug fix)
•  Take Aim: Now allows xx2 Mortars to apply Burny Stuff to Black Bloons (bug fix)
•  No longer grants infinite range to Advanced Intel subs (bug fix)
•  Mark attack: No longer affects all layers if crosspathed (undocumented) (bug fix)
•  Mark attack: Range no longer reduces to pistol range when crosspathed (undocumented) (bug fix)
•  Mark attack: No longer applies Bloontonium Reactor's "radiation" visuals on marked Bloons when crosspathed (bug fix)
•  Marked to Pop 'Execution' attack: Damage when crosspathed reduced ― 100 → 30 (undocumented) (bug fix)
•  Marked to Pop 'Execution' attack: Duration when crosspathed reduced ― 3s → 1s (undocumented) (bug fix)
•  Marked to Pop 'Execution' attack: Attack cooldown is no longer reduced when crosspathed ― 0.1s → 0.05s (undocumented) (bug fix)
•  Marked to Pop 'Mark' attack: Duration when crosspathed reduced ― 6s → 2s (undocumented) (bug fix)
•  Marked to Pop 'Mark' attack: No longer affects all layers if crosspathed (undocumented) (bug fix)
•  Marked to Pop: No longer layer soaks through MOAB-class (undocumented) (bug fix)

Version 49.3

•  Take Aim: Now applies to sub-towers (bug fix)

Version 50.0

“

[...] the rest of the higher tiers in this path see a number of stat improvements to balance out their unique use cases. — Update notes

”

•  Upgrade cost reduced ― $8,000 → $6,500
  •  Overall cost reduced by $1,650 (due to cost changes for previous tiers)
•  Pistol: Damage increased ― 12 → 16
•  Pistol: Bonus damage to Ceramic Bloons increased ― +12 → +16 (undocumented)
  • Note: X-5-X Golden Justice unchanged (24 / +24)
•  Rifle: Pierce increased ― 3 → 4
  • Note: X-5-X Golden Justice unchanged (∞)
•  Rifle: No longer ignores Boss immunity windows (bug fix)
  • Note: The issue can still happen on certain circumstances
•  Rifle: No longer fails to hit targets next to a wall (bug fix)

Version 50.1

•  Partially fixed an issue where they could hit Boss Bloons during their immunity windows (bug fix)

Version 50.2

•  Fixed an issue where they could hit Boss Bloons during their immunity windows (bug fix)

Version 51.0

•  Pistol now reloads at the end of the round

Version 53.1

0-4-1, 0-4-2

•  No longer crashes when loading a game save or using Retry Last Round (bug fix)

Version 54.0

“

Desperado’s middle path did too many things, so we’re streamlining its kit. The base stat improvements have been removed, instead ramping up its passive Bloon Marking debuff which refocuses the path on its bounty hunting identity and interactions. — Update notes

”

•  Upgrade cost reduced ― $6,500 → $6,000
•  Mark attack: Cooldown reduced ― 9s → 6s
•  Mark attack: Minimum cooldown reduced ― 9s → 3s
  • Note: This means the attack can now be affected by attack speed buffs, up to a minimum of 3s
•  Pistol: Damage reduced ― 16 → 6
•  Pistol: Bonus damage to Ceramic Bloons reduced ― +16 → +6
•  Rifle: Damage reduced ― 24 → 10
•  Rifle: Bonus damage to Fortified Bloons reduced ― +24 → +10
•  Rifle: Now deals +10 damage to Ceramic Bloons
  • Note: Bonus damage to Ceramic Bloons does not apply to the Pistol attack
•  Mark attack: Pierce increased ― 1 → 2
•  Mark attack: Projectile radius increased ― 2 units → 18 units
  • Note: Does not affect bottom crosspath

Version 54.2

0-4-1, 0-4-2

•  Mark attack: Projectile radius increased to match other crosspaths ― 2 → 18 (bug fix)

Version 55.0

“

Mid-path desperado’s pistol was intended to be a soft ‘minimum range’, but implementation was confusing and frustrating to use, somehow again right after Wolfy’s recent struggles (fun videos those), we decided to work on improving the first timer's desperado experience for this path. The Rifle weapon will now always take priority and shoot first over the pistol if there are targets within Rifle radius, HOWEVER, pistol range is now a true deadzone that the rifle cannot target within. TLDR; The pistol now attacks when there are only Bloons within the pistol radius and nothing in the rifle radius. — Update notes

”

•  Targeting and weapon selection: Desperados will now prioritize attacking Bloons with the Rifle over any pistol target
•  Rifle attack: Cannot longer target Bloons in the pistol's range
  • Note: This is implemented as a minimum range of 40 units
•  Pistol attack: Range increased ― 28 units → 40 units
  • Note: Rifle range unchanged (80 units)
•  Pistol attack: Range cannot longer be buffed
  • This allows range buffs to not reduce the minimum range of the rifle, but prevents the pistol attack from triggering at longer ranges.

Gallery

For more Desperado images, see Gallery:Desperado.

Screenshots

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  0-4-0 Desperado
• 
  All crosspaths
• 
  Marking attack being used on a Test Bloon
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  Take Aim being used on Quincy
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  Marked to Pop marking Yellow Bloons
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  Marked to Pop executing Yellow Bloons

Pre-49.2 bugs

• 
  Marking attack applying the wrong visual effect when crosspathed
• 
  3-2-0 Monkey Buccaneers
  Top: buffed by 0-4-0 Take Aim, reducing spread
  Middle: no buffs
  Bottom: buffed by 0-4-2 Take Aim, increasing spread
• 
  Bounty Hunter granting infinite range to Advanced Intel

Assets

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  Portrait
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  Icon
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  Marked to Pop ability icon
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  Take Aim ability icon
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  Take Aim buff icon
• 
  Insta Monkey icon

Trivia

• A bounty hunter is a person who is hired to capture fugitives for money.

In other languages

Name

Language	Text	Notes
Arabic	صائد الجوائز	—
Danish	Dusørjæger	—
German	Kopfgeldjäger	—
Spanish	Cazarrecompensas	—
Spanish (Latin America)	Cazarrecompensas	—
Finnish	Palkkionmetsästäjä	—
French	Chasseur de primes	—
Italian	Cacciatore di taglie	—
Japanese	賞金稼ぎ	—
Korean	현상금 사냥꾼	—
Dutch	Premiejager	—
Norwegian	Dusørjeger	—
Polish	Łowca nagród	—
Portuguese (Brazil)	Caçador de Recompensas	—
Russian	Охотник за головами	—
Swedish	Prisjägare	—
Thai	นักล่าพืชผล	—
Turkish	Ödül Avcısı	—
Chinese (simplified)	赏金猎人	—
Chinese (traditional)	賞金獵人	—

Description

Language	Text	Notes
Arabic	قدرة التحديد للفرقعة: يتوقف مؤقتًا عن الهجوم لتحديد البالونات، ثم يواصل مهاجمة جميع البالونات المحددة. تتم مشاركة أولوية البالونات المحددة مع مجرمين طائشين x2x آخرين، وتتعرض البالونات المحددة لمزيد من الضرر وتمنح المزيد من النقود.	—
Danish	Pop-markeringsevne: Sætter angreb på markerede bloons på pause og fortsætter derefter med at angribe alle markerede bloons. Prioriteten af markerede bloons deles med andre x2x Desperadoer, og skaden øges på markerede bloons, og de giver flere penge.	—
German	Zum-Platzen-Markieren-Fähigkeit: Angriff wird unterbrochen, um Bloons zu markieren, anschließend werden alle markierten Bloons angegriffen. Die Priorität der markierten Bloons wird mit anderen x2x Desperados geteilt, und markierte Bloons nehmen mehr Schaden und geben mehr Geld ab.	—
Spanish	Habilidad Apuntar para explotar: pausa el ataque a los bloons marcados y luego procede a atacar a estos. La prioridad de los bloons marcados se comparte con otros Desperados x2x, y los bloons marcados reciben más daño y te proporcionan más dinero.	—
Spanish (Latin America)	Habilidad Marcado para reventar: pausa el ataque para marcar bloons y luego ataca a todos los marcados. La prioridad de los bloons marcados se comparte con otros x2x forajidos. Los bloons marcados reciben más daño y otorgan más dinero.	—
Finnish	Merkitty poksautettavaksi -kyky: Lopettaa hyökkäämisen merkitäkseen blooneja ja hyökkää sitten kaikkien merkittyjen bloonien kimppuun. Merkittyjen bloonien prioriteetti jaetaan muiden x2x-Desperadojen kanssa ja kaikki merkityt bloonit ottavat enemmän vahinkoa ja antavat enemmän käteistä.	—
French	Aptitude Destiné à éclater : pause les attaques pour marquer des Bloons, puis attaque tous les Bloons marqués. La priorité de ciblage des Bloons marqués est également appliquée aux autres desperados x2x, et ces Bloons marqués subissent plus de dégâts et confèrent plus d'argent.	—
Italian	Abilità Scoppio marchiato: ferma l'attacco per marchiare i bloon, poi attacca tutti quelli marchiati. I bloon marchiati condividono la priorità con altri x2x Fuorilegge e i bloon marchiati subiscono più danni e offrono più contante.	—
Japanese	賞金首アビリティ：マークされたブルーンへの攻撃を一時停止し、その後、マークされたすべてのブルーンを攻撃する。マークされたブルーンの優先度は他のx2xデスペラードと共有される。マークされたブルーンはより多くのダメージを受け、より多くのキャッシュをドロップする。	—
Korean	수배 표식 능력: 공격을 잠시 멈추고 풍선에 표식을 남긴 후, 모든 표식이 있는 풍선을 공격합니다. 표식이 있는 풍선의 우선순위는 다른 x2x 데스페라도들과 공유하며, 표식이 있는 풍선은 피해를 더 많이 받고 캐시를 더 많이 줍니다.	—
Dutch	Tot knal veroordeeld-vaardigheid: onderbreekt het aanvallen om Bloons te markeren en valt daarna alle gemarkeerde Bloons aan. De prioriteit Gemarkeerde Bloon wordt gedeeld met andere Desperado's (x-2-x) en gemarkeerde Bloons lopen meer schade op en leveren meer geld op.	—
Norwegian	Evnen Markert for popping: Pauser angrep for å markere bloons, for deretter å angripe alle markerte bloons. Prioritet for markerte bloons deles med andre x2x-desperadoer, og markerte bloons påføres mer skade og gir mer kontanter.	—
Polish	Umiejętność Oznaczenie do przekłucia: Desperado wstrzymuje atak, aby oznaczyć blony, a następnie atakuje wszystkie oznaczone blony. Priorytet oznaczonych blonów jest współdzielony z innymi Desperado z rzędu x2x. Oznaczone blony otrzymują większe obrażenia i dają więcej małpiej kasy.	—
Portuguese (Brazil)	Habilidade Marcado para Estourar: pausa os ataques para marcar Bloons e, então, passa a atacar todos os Bloons marcados. A prioridade de alvo dos Bloons marcados é compartilhada com outros x2x Pistoleiros. Bloons marcados recebem mais dano e dão mais dinheiro.	—
Russian	Способность «Пробивающая метка»: сначала перестает атаковать, чтобы отметить шары, а потом атакует все отмеченные шары. Приоритет отмеченных шаров передается еще двум десперадо, а отмеченные шары получают больше урона и дают больше денег.	—
Swedish	Märkt för smällningsförmåga: Pausar attackerna till Märkta Bloons och forsätter sedan att attackera alla Märkta Bloons. Märkt Bloon-prioriteringen delas med andra x2x-Desperados och Märkta Bloons tar mer skada och ger mer pengar.	—
Thai	ทำเครื่องหมายสกิลการระเบิด: หยุดการโจมตีบลูนที่ทำเครื่องหมาย จากนั้นโจมตีบลูนที่ทำเครื่องหมายทั้งหมด ความสำคัญของบลูนที่ทำเครื่องหมายถูกแบ่งปันกับเดสเปราโด x2x อื่น บลูนที่ทำเครื่องหมายเกิดดาเมจมากขึ้นและให้เงินมากขึ้น	—
Turkish	İşaretli Hedef yeteneği: Saldırıyı durdurup Bloon'ları işaretler, ardından tüm İşaretli Bloon'lara saldırır. İşaretli Bloon hedef önceliği, diğer x2x Desperadolarla paylaşılır. İşaretli Bloon'lar daha fazla hasar alır ve daha çok nakit kazandırır.	—
Chinese (simplified)	标记爆破技能：暂停攻击以标记气球，随后集中火力攻击所有被标记的气球。被标记气球的攻击优先级在所有x2x亡命猴间共享，且会承受额外伤害并掉落更多现金。	—
Chinese (traditional)	「擊破標記」技能：暫停攻擊後標記氣球，然後攻擊所有標記氣球。其他x2x亡命之猴可共用標記，標記氣球會受到更多傷害，並掉落更多現金。	—