Heli Pilot (BTD6)

For the Heli Pilot in general, see Heli Pilot.

Heli Pilot

Hovers wherever you direct it. Shoots from twin heavy dart guns.

Category	Military
Cost	$1,275 — Easy $1,500 — Medium $1,620 — Hard $1,800 — Impoppable With Advanced Logistics: $1,210 — Easy $1,425 — Medium $1,540 — Hard $1,710 — Impoppable With Military Conscription: $855 — Easy $1,005 — Medium $1,085 — Hard $1,205 — Impoppable With Advanced Logistics and Military Conscription: $790 — Easy $930 — Medium $1,005 — Hard $1,115 — Impoppable
Hotkey	B
Introduced	Launch

The Heli Pilot is a Military tower in Bloons TD 6. It flies over the track and shoots darts at nearby Bloons. Its targeting options affect its flight path: it can either follow the player's cursor, stay in one place, or move back and forth between two points. The darts cannot pop lead or frozen Bloons, and the Heli Pilot does not have innate camo detection. Rosalia provides buffs to Heli Pilots in her range.

Upgrades

Path 1

Quad Darts XP cost: 200
	Shoots 4 darts per volley instead of 2. Easy Medium Hard Impoppable $680 $800 $865 $960

Pursuit XP cost: 650
	A new targeting option enables Heli to seek and pursue the Bloons automatically. Easy Medium Hard Impoppable $425 $500 $540 $600

Razor Rotors XP cost: 2,700
	Razor Rotor blades rip up Bloons on contact, including Lead and Frozen Bloons. Easy Medium Hard Impoppable $1,570 $1,850 $2,000 $2,220

Apache Dartship XP cost: 20,000
	Adds a large missile array and powerful machine guns. Easy Medium Hard Impoppable $16,660 $19,600 $21,170 $23,520

Apache Prime XP cost: 55,000
	The Apache Prime leaves most Bloons wishing they'd never been inflated. Easy Medium Hard Impoppable $38,250 $45,000 $48,600 $54,000

Path 2

Bigger Jets XP cost: 150
	Powerful jets make Heli move much faster. Easy Medium Hard Impoppable $255 $300 $325 $360

IFR XP cost: 650
	Allows Heli Pilot to detect and shoot Camo Bloons. Easy Medium Hard Impoppable $510 $600 $650 $720

Downdraft XP cost: 3,300
	Blows Bloons away from the Heli, back toward the entrance. Easy Medium Hard Impoppable $2,975 $3,500 $3,780 $4,200

Support Chinook XP cost: 15,000
	Blows back many more Bloons and gains abilities: Drops lives and cash crates, and can pick up and redeploy most Monkey types. Easy Medium Hard Impoppable $8,075 $9,500 $10,260 $11,400

Special Poperations XP cost: 40,000
	Deploys a powerful special Monkey Marine with a machine gun. Easy Medium Hard Impoppable $25,500 $30,000 $32,400 $36,000

Path 3

Faster Darts XP cost: 140
	Darts are propelled much faster through the air. Easy Medium Hard Impoppable $210 $250 $270 $300

Faster Firing XP cost: 550
	Faster attack speed for all Heli attacks. Easy Medium Hard Impoppable $295 $350 $380 $420

MOAB Shove XP cost: 2,500
	Can collide with and shove MOAB-class Bloons, reversing or slowing their movement. Shove is amplified by Bigger Jets and IFR upgrades. Easy Medium Hard Impoppable $2,890 $3,400 $3,670 $4,080

Comanche Defense XP cost: 12,500
	Automatically calls in mini Comanches when they're most needed. Easy Medium Hard Impoppable $7,225 $8,500 $9,180 $10,200

Comanche Commander XP cost: 50,000
	Upgraded weapons. Also automatically calls in 3 more Comanches. Permanently. Easy Medium Hard Impoppable $29,750 $35,000 $37,800 $42,000

Stats

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

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
0-0-0	$1,275	$1,500	$1,620	$1,800	$893	$1,050	$1,134	$1,260
1-0-0	$1,955	$2,300	$2,485	$2,760	$1,369	$1,610	$1,740	$1,932
1-1-0	$2,210	$2,600	$2,810	$3,120	$1,547	$1,820	$1,967	$2,184
1-0-1	$2,165	$2,550	$2,755	$3,060	$1,516	$1,785	$1,929	$2,142
0-1-0	$1,530	$1,800	$1,945	$2,160	$1,071	$1,260	$1,362	$1,512
0-1-1	$1,740	$2,050	$2,215	$2,460	$1,218	$1,435	$1,551	$1,722
0-0-1	$1,485	$1,750	$1,890	$2,100	$1,040	$1,225	$1,323	$1,470
2-0-0	$2,380	$2,800	$3,025	$3,360	$1,666	$1,960	$2,118	$2,352
2-1-0	$2,635	$3,100	$3,350	$3,720	$1,845	$2,170	$2,345	$2,604
2-2-0	$3,145	$3,700	$4,000	$4,440	$2,202	$2,590	$2,800	$3,108
2-0-1	$2,590	$3,050	$3,295	$3,660	$1,813	$2,135	$2,307	$2,562
2-0-2	$2,885	$3,400	$3,675	$4,080	$2,020	$2,380	$2,573	$2,856
0-2-0	$2,040	$2,400	$2,595	$2,880	$1,428	$1,680	$1,817	$2,016
1-2-0	$2,720	$3,200	$3,460	$3,840	$1,904	$2,240	$2,422	$2,688
0-2-1	$2,250	$2,650	$2,865	$3,180	$1,575	$1,855	$2,006	$2,226
0-2-2	$2,545	$3,000	$3,245	$3,600	$1,782	$2,100	$2,272	$2,520
0-0-2	$1,780	$2,100	$2,270	$2,520	$1,246	$1,470	$1,589	$1,764
1-0-2	$2,460	$2,900	$3,135	$3,480	$1,722	$2,030	$2,195	$2,436
0-1-2	$2,035	$2,400	$2,595	$2,880	$1,425	$1,680	$1,817	$2,016
3-0-0	$3,950	$4,650	$5,025	$5,580	$2,765	$3,255	$3,518	$3,906
3-1-0	$4,205	$4,950	$5,350	$5,940	$2,944	$3,465	$3,745	$4,158
3-2-0	$4,715	$5,550	$6,000	$6,660	$3,301	$3,885	$4,200	$4,662
3-0-1	$4,160	$4,900	$5,295	$5,880	$2,912	$3,430	$3,707	$4,116
3-0-2	$4,455	$5,250	$5,675	$6,300	$3,119	$3,675	$3,973	$4,410
0-3-0	$5,015	$5,900	$6,375	$7,080	$3,511	$4,130	$4,463	$4,956
1-3-0	$5,695	$6,700	$7,240	$8,040	$3,987	$4,690	$5,068	$5,628
2-3-0	$6,120	$7,200	$7,780	$8,640	$4,284	$5,040	$5,446	$6,048
0-3-1	$5,225	$6,150	$6,645	$7,380	$3,658	$4,305	$4,652	$5,166
0-3-2	$5,520	$6,500	$7,025	$7,800	$3,864	$4,550	$4,918	$5,460
0-0-3	$4,670	$5,500	$5,940	$6,600	$3,269	$3,850	$4,158	$4,620
1-0-3	$5,350	$6,300	$6,805	$7,560	$3,745	$4,410	$4,764	$5,292
2-0-3	$5,775	$6,800	$7,345	$8,160	$4,043	$4,760	$5,142	$5,712
0-1-3	$4,925	$5,800	$6,265	$6,960	$3,448	$4,060	$4,386	$4,872
0-2-3	$5,435	$6,400	$6,915	$7,680	$3,805	$4,480	$4,841	$5,376
4-0-0	$20,610	$24,250	$26,195	$29,100	$14,427	$16,975	$18,337	$20,370
4-1-0	$20,865	$24,550	$26,520	$29,460	$14,606	$17,185	$18,564	$20,622
4-2-0	$21,375	$25,150	$27,170	$30,180	$14,963	$17,605	$19,019	$21,126
4-0-1	$20,820	$24,500	$26,465	$29,400	$14,574	$17,150	$18,526	$20,580
4-0-2	$21,115	$24,850	$26,845	$29,820	$14,781	$17,395	$18,792	$20,874
0-4-0	$13,090	$15,400	$16,635	$18,480	$9,163	$10,780	$11,645	$12,936
1-4-0	$13,770	$16,200	$17,500	$19,440	$9,639	$11,340	$12,250	$13,608
2-4-0	$14,195	$16,700	$18,040	$20,040	$9,937	$11,690	$12,628	$14,028
0-4-1	$13,300	$15,650	$16,905	$18,780	$9,310	$10,955	$11,834	$13,146
0-4-2	$13,595	$16,000	$17,285	$19,200	$9,517	$11,200	$12,100	$13,440
0-0-4	$11,895	$14,000	$15,120	$16,800	$8,327	$9,800	$10,584	$11,760
1-0-4	$12,575	$14,800	$15,985	$17,760	$8,803	$10,360	$11,190	$12,432
2-0-4	$13,000	$15,300	$16,525	$18,360	$9,100	$10,710	$11,568	$12,852
0-1-4	$12,150	$14,300	$15,445	$17,160	$8,505	$10,010	$10,812	$12,012
0-2-4	$12,660	$14,900	$16,095	$17,880	$8,862	$10,430	$11,267	$12,516
5-0-0	$58,860	$69,250	$74,795	$83,100	$41,202	$48,475	$52,357	$58,170
5-1-0	$59,115	$69,550	$75,120	$83,460	$41,381	$48,685	$52,584	$58,422
5-2-0	$59,625	$70,150	$75,770	$84,180	$41,738	$49,105	$53,039	$58,926
5-0-1	$59,070	$69,500	$75,065	$83,400	$41,349	$48,650	$52,546	$58,380
5-0-2	$59,365	$69,850	$75,445	$83,820	$41,556	$48,895	$52,812	$58,674
0-5-0	$38,590	$45,400	$49,035	$54,480	$27,013	$31,780	$34,325	$38,136
1-5-0	$39,270	$46,200	$49,900	$55,440	$27,489	$32,340	$34,930	$38,808
2-5-0	$39,695	$46,700	$50,440	$56,040	$27,787	$32,690	$35,308	$39,228
0-5-1	$38,800	$45,650	$49,305	$54,780	$27,160	$31,955	$34,514	$38,346
0-5-2	$39,095	$46,000	$49,685	$55,200	$27,367	$32,200	$34,780	$38,640
0-0-5	$41,645	$49,000	$52,920	$58,800	$29,152	$34,300	$37,044	$41,160
1-0-5	$42,325	$49,800	$53,785	$59,760	$29,628	$34,860	$37,650	$41,832
2-0-5	$42,750	$50,300	$54,325	$60,360	$29,925	$35,210	$38,028	$42,252
0-1-5	$41,900	$49,300	$53,245	$59,160	$29,330	$34,510	$37,272	$41,412
0-2-5	$42,410	$49,900	$53,895	$59,880	$29,687	$34,930	$37,727	$41,916

Strategy

For more in-depth strategies, see Strategy:Heli Pilot (BTD6).

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Changes from Bloons TD 5

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Version 9.0

• Description changed ― "Hovers wherever you last tapped the screen. Shoots from twin heavy dart guns." → "Hovers wherever you direct it. Shoots from twin heavy dart guns."

Version 11.0

•  Lock in Place and Patrol Points no longer immediately prompt to choose target positions and instead have default positions
•  After changing targeting off of Lock in Place or Patrol Points, changing back returns the target(s) to how it was previously
• "Heli Pilots should no longer cause save files to not load sometimes" (bug fix)

Version 17.0

•  Cost increased ― $1,500 → $1,600

Version 21.0

“

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.
— Update notes

”

•  Movement speed decreased ― 45 → 40

Version 35.0

•  Heli 'patrol point' markers now visually update immediately after setting new points (bug fix)

Version 48.0

“

Some price is moving out from base Heli into the T3s to make progression up through low heli tiers easier, however Downdraft is retaining the current price as a small buff.
— Update notes

”

•  Cost reduced ― $1,600 → $1,500

Cosmetic items

Item	Category	Unlock method(s)	Introduced
Heli Pilot Hummingbird Pet	Monkeys — Pets	Trophy Store —  120, Pets Fan Pack (IAP)	Version 30.0

Gallery

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In other languages

Language	Name / Description	Notes
Arabic	قائد المروحية تحوم أينما وجهتها. يقوم بإطلاق السهام من بنادق السهام الثقيلة المزدوجة.	—
Danish	Heli-pilot Svæver hvor du placerer den. Skyder med to tunge pistoler.	—
German	Hubschrauberpilot Schwebt in die von dir vorgegebene Richtung. Schießt mit großen Doppelpfeilkanonen.	—
Spanish	Helipiloto Sobrevuela el área donde lo envías. Dispara dos armas de dardos pesados.	—
Spanish (LA)	Helipiloto Sobrevuela el área donde lo envías. Dispara dos armas de dardos pesados.	—
Finnish	Kopterilentäjä Leijuu osoittamallasi paikalla. Ampuu kahdella raskaalla tikka-aseella.	—
French	Pilote d’hélicoptère Plane au-dessus de l'endroit où il est placé. Tire avec des lance-fléchettes doubles lourdes.	—
Italian	Pilota di elicottero Fluttua ovunque tu l'invii. Spara da doppie lanciadardi pesanti.	—
Japanese	ヘリパイロット 向けた方向にホバリングする。重装備ダブルダーツ銃を発砲する。	—
Korean	헬기 조종사 이동을 지시하는 어떤 곳에서든 머무릅니다. 무거운 쌍둥이 다트총을 쏩니다.	—
Dutch	Helipiloot Zweeft waar je hem heen stuurt. Schiet met twee zware pijlpistolen.	—
Norwegian	Helikopterpilot Svever der du sender den. Skyter fra store, doble dartpistoler.	—
Polish	Pilot helikoptera Leci tam, gdzie mu wskażesz. Strzela z dwóch karabinów na ciężkie rzutki.	—
Portuguese (Brazil)	Helicóptero Sobrevoa a área sempre que você direcionar. Dispara duas armas de dardos pesados.	—
Russian	Вертолетчик Отправляется туда, куда вы укажете. Стреляет дротиками из тяжелых спаренных установок.	—
Swedish	Helipilot Svävar där du skickar den. Skjuter från dubbla tunga pilkanoner.	—
Thai	ลิงเฮลิคอปเตอร์ สามารถลอยตัว ณ ตำแหน่งที่คุณสั่ง ยิงโจมตีด้วยปืนลูกดอกหนักแบบคู่	—
Turkish	Helikopter Pilotu Yönelttiğiniz yerin üzerine gider. Ağır ikiz ok tabancalarıyla vurur.	—
Chinese (simplified)	直升机飞行员 悬停在你指向的位置。使用双发重型飞镖枪射击。	—
Chinese (traditional)	直升機飛行員 懸停於你上次在螢幕上觸擊的位置。使用重型飛鏢雙槍射擊。	—
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