Biker Bones (Battles 2)

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For Biker Bones in Bloons TD 6, see Biker Bones (BTD6).
Biker Bones
Infernal Biker
The unchained fury of Biker Bones emboldens any monkey close enough to feel the heat. Heli Pilot and Monkey Ace are infused with his infernal power.
Cost $750
XP curve ×1 (type 2)
Roles Defender icon Defender
Supporter icon Supporter
Difficulty 3/5
Hero Alt of Striker Jones
Introduced Launch

Biker Bones is a Hero Alt of Striker Jones in Bloons TD Battles 2. He costs  2,000 Monkey Money and Hero PointsStriker Jones Hero Points 40,000 Striker Jones Hero Points to unlock.

Biker Bones attacks by firing shells from his bazooka that explode on contact, dealing damage to Bloons caught in the blast. He cannot damage Black Bloons or Camo Bloons. As he levels up, his attack speed increases, his shells' explosions deal more damage to more Bloons at a time and cover a larger area, and he unlocks several ways to buff other towers, especially Monkey Aces and Heli Pilots.

  • At levels 4 and 18, he unlocks buffs that increase the attack speed of himself and all Monkey Aces and Heli Pilots.
  • Starting at level 7, he causes Monkey Aces and Heli Pilots to leave a trail of fire as they move that damages non-Purple Bloons that pass through it.
  • Starting at level 8, he buffs the range and pierce of all towers within his range, including himself.
  • He has two Activated Abilities:
    • Concussive Fire (level 3) — Fires a seeking shell at the strongest non-Camo Bloon on-screen. It inflicts damage, extra damage to Ceramic Bloons and MOAB-Class Bloons, a stun effect, and a damage over time effect on all Bloons hit by the explosion. Its damage and stun duration increase at higher levels.
    • Artillery Fire (level 10) — Doubles the damage of himself and all Monkey Aces and Heli Pilots, and grants them an additional damage over time effect, for a short time. At level 20, it triples their damage.

Differences from Striker Jones

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Mechanics

Bazooka

Jones' bazooka fires a shell every 1.2 seconds that explodes on contact with a Bloon, dealing 1 explosion-type damage to up to 10 Bloons in its blast radius. He cannot target or hit Camo Bloons.

Levels (does not factor in passive buffs)
Level Effect
2 Blast radius increases from 15 units to 19 units.
6 Pierce increases to 20. Blast radius increases to 28.5 units.
7 Damage increases to 2.
9 Attack cooldown reduces to 0.9 seconds, effectively increasing attack speed by roughly 33%.
11 Attack cooldown reduces to 0.65 seconds, effectively increasing attack speed by roughly 38.5%.
12 Damage increases to 3. Range increases from 55 units to 58 units.
13 Attack cooldown reduces to 0.5 seconds, effectively increasing attack speed by 30%.
16 Attack cooldown reduces to 0.35 seconds, effectively increasing attack speed by roughly 42.9%.
17 Damage increases to 4. Range increases to 60 units.
18 Attack cooldown reduces to 0.2 seconds, effectively increasing attack speed by roughly 75%.

Buffs

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Biker Bones provides several passive buffs. Each one is unlocked at a different level.

  • Level 4: reduces the attack cooldowns of himself and all Monkey Aces and Heli Pilots on-screen by 10%, effectively increasing their attack speed by roughly 11.1%.
  • Level 5: increases the range and pierce of himself by 10%.
  • Level 7: causes Monkey Aces and Heli Pilots to leave a trail of fire that rapidly deals fire-type damage to Bloons that pass over it.
  • Level 8: buffs all towers within his range, including himself, increasing their range by 5% and pierce by 30%.
  • Level 18: reduces the attack cooldowns of himself and all Monkey Aces and Heli Pilots on-screen by 10%. This stacks multiplicatively with the level 4 buff.

Black Bloon debuff

Starting at level 5, all Black Bloons, Zebra Bloons, and DDTs have a 50% chance for their immunity to explosion damage to be ignored when hit. This chance is applied separately for each Bloon hit by a source of explosion damage; for example, an explosion that hits two Black Bloons may damage one Black Bloon but not the other. This applies to projectiles that deal explosion-type damage, not just from Bomb Shooters and Mortar Monkeys, though it does not affect damage over time. Starting at level 19, this chance becomes guaranteed.

Abilities

Concussive Fire

Concussive Fire is unlocked at level 3. It fires a seeking projectile that targets the strongest Bloon on-screen. It cannot target Camo Bloons, even if Biker is granted Camo detection, though it does allow the explosion to hit Camo Bloons. The projectile can pass through line of sight blockers and through Bloons that are not the target. On impact, the explosion hits up to 72 Bloons in its radius, dealing 3 Unstoppable-type damage, +4 damage to Ceramic Bloons, +8 damage to MOAB-Class Bloons, stunning all non-BAD Bloons hit for 1 second, and inflicting a damage over time effect that deals 2 explosion-type damage every 1.5 seconds for 4 seconds. The damage type of its damage over time cannot be overridden by Monkey Intelligence Bureau or ignored by his Black Bloon debuff at level 5. The ability cannot be activated if there are no targetable Bloons on-screen. It has a 24-second cooldown and a 7.5-second initial cooldown.

Levels
Level Effect
9 Damage increases to 20. Pierce increases to 82. Now stuns regular Bloons for 5 seconds and MOAB-Class Bloons for 3 seconds.
14 Blast radius increases from 40 units to 60 units. Now stuns regular Bloons for 7.5 seconds and MOAB-Class Bloons for 4.5 seconds.
15 Cooldown reduces to 16 seconds.

Artillery Fire

Artillery Fire is unlocked at level 10. For 7 seconds, it doubles the damage of Biker Bones and all Monkey Aces and Heli Pilots on-screen and causes their projectiles to inflict an additional damage over time effect. The effect deals 2 explosion-type damage every 1.5 seconds and lasts for 4 seconds. It has a 60-second cooldown and no initial cooldown.

At level 20, it triples damage instead of doubling it. It has no effect on pierce, despite what its description states.

Levels

Level Description
1 Biker Bones shoots a powerful bazooka to explode the bloons.
2 Increased blast radius.
3 Concussive Fire: shoots a guided shell to the strongest bloon on screen, stunning it and setting it on fire.
4 Biker and all Heli Pilots and Monkey Aces on screen shoot 10% faster.
5 Biker gains +10% pierce and +10% range.
6 Blast radius and pops for Bones' normal attacks increases greatly.
7 Pops 2 layers per shot and give all Heli Pilots and Monkey Aces a firey, bloon popping trail.[sic]
8 Biker and all monkeys near him get +5% range and +30% pierce.
9 Increased attack speed and increased Concussive Fire pierce, damage, and stun.
10 Artillery Fire: Biker, Monkey Aces, and Heli Pilots deal double damage and set bloons on fire[sic]
11 Increased attack speed.
12 Slightly increased attack range, and extra layer pop.
13 Increased attack speed.
14 Concussive Fire affects a larger area and for a longer duration.
15 Concussive Fire cooldown reduced to 16 seconds.
16 Increased attack speed.
17 Increased range and pops 4 layers per shot.
18 Biker and all Heli Pilots and Monkey Aces attack an additional 15% faster.
19 Increased attack speed. Monkeys near Biker gain +10% pierce and +10% range.
20 Artillery Fire gives triple damage and pops per shot to Biker and all Monkey Aces and Heli Pilots.

XP requirements

Level XP required Rounds to level up
From round 1 From round 2
2 1,080 (1,080) 2 (start of round 3) 2 (start of round 4)
3 1,360 (2,440) 1 (start of round 4) 1 (start of round 5)
4 1,900 (4,340) 2 (start of round 6) 2 (start of round 7)
5 2,560 (6,900) 2 (start of round 8) 2 (start of round 9)
6 3,180 (10,080) 3 (start of round 11) 2 (start of round 11)
7 4,320 (14,400) 2 (start of round 13) 3 (start of round 14)
8 5,920 (20,320) 3 (start of round 16) 3 (start of round 17)
9 6,880 (27,200) 3 (start of round 19) 2 (start of round 19)
10 7,040 (34,240) 2 (start of round 21) 3 (start of round 22)
11 6,820 (41,060) 2 (start of round 23) 2 (start of round 24)
12 6,860 (47,920) 2 (start of round 25) 1 (start of round 25)
13 6,920 (54,840) 2 (start of round 27) 2 (start of round 27)
14 6,880 (61,720) 2 (start of round 29) 2 (start of round 29)
15 7,160 (68,880) 1 (start of round 30) 1 (start of round 30)
16 7,040 (75,920) 1 (start of round 31) 1 (start of round 31)
17 6,920 (82,840) 1 (start of round 32) 2 (start of round 33)
18 7,080 (89,920) 2 (start of round 34) 1 (start of round 34)
19 7,120 (97,040) 1 (start of round 35) 1 (start of round 35)
20 7,260 (104,300) 1 (start of round 36) 1 (start of round 36)

Strategy

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Update history

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Levels Changes
10+
  • Buff Artillery Fire: duration increased ― 5s → 8s
Biker Bones’ new more general level 8 buff is an interesting one that we’re pleased to see has been effectively used with towers such as Spike Factory. We’re slightly increasing the buff to hopefully see more of this, as well as making the same changes to the Mortar buff which Striker Jones received.
— Update notes
Levels Changes
7+
  • Buff Mortar Monkey blast radius buff increased ― +15% → +25%
8+
  • Buff Pierce buff increased ― +25% → +30%
The dense bloon targeting we added for Mortar in this update felt like it would be a good fit for Biker Bones as well, allowing him to affect more bloons with the stun and fire effects of his ability and further distinguish him from Striker Jones.
— Update notes
Levels Changes
3+
  • Neutral Concussive shot now aims at densest area, instead of the strongest bloon.
  • Buff Concussive shot blast radius ― 27 → 40
  • Buff Concussive shot pierce ― 48 → 72
Similar to Striker Jones, Biker Bones relied too heavily on Bomb and Mortar to be useful and Striker was the better choice if you wanted to use those towers. With that in mind, we are reworking Bones so he leans much harder into the “Biker” part and synergises with vehicle towers, specifically Heli Pilot and Monkey Ace. As these towers do not specialise in explosive damage, there was no need for Biker to bypass explosive immunities so those upgrades have been replaced. In addition, Concussive Blast now targets the strongest bloon again. We were hoping the dense targeting would differentiate Biker from Striker but in practice it made the ability much less reliable and therefore worse.
— Update notes
Levels Changes
3+
  • Neutral Concussive Fire: now targets Strong instead of Dense
4+
  • Neutral Attack speed buff: now applies to Heli Pilots, Monkey Aces, and Biker Bones himself instead of Bomb Shooters and Mortar Monkeys
5+
  • Neutral Replaced the Black Bloon debuff with a +10% range and pierce increase to Biker Bones
7+
  • Neutral Replaced the blast radius buff for Mortar Monkeys with a flame trail buff for Monkey Aces and Heli Pilots
10+
  • Neutral Artillery Fire: now applies to Heli Pilots, Monkey Aces, and Biker Bones himself instead of Bomb Shooters and Mortar Monkeys
18+
  • Neutral Attack speed buff: now applies to Heli Pilots, Monkey Aces, and Biker Bones himself instead of Bomb Shooters and Mortar Monkeys
19+
  • Neutral Replaced the Black Bloon debuff with a 10% range and pierce buff to all towers within Biker Bones' range except himself
20
  • Neutral Artillery Fire: now applies to Heli Pilots, Monkey Aces, and Biker Bones himself instead of Bomb Shooters and Mortar Monkeys

Version 4.7 (OTA update 1)

  • Nerf Biker Bones no longer causes Bomber Ace to drop too many bombs (bug fix)
With the synergy between Biker and ace struggling against early game black bloons we thought that adding the vulnerability would be a good addition to help against early game rushes
— Update notes
Levels Changes
5–18
  • Buff Now causes all explosion damage sources to ignore Black Bloon properties 50% of the time again
19+
  • Buff Now causes all explosion damage sources to always ignore Black Bloon properties again
Biker Bones is very strong with late game strategies. This nerf to his earlier game will make him weaker early game to balance out his late game strength. Additionally we are introducing a new synergy with the buccaneer to vary his playstyles.
— Update notes
Levels Changes
3+
  • Nerf Concussive Blast: Ability cooldown increased ― 24s → 30s
7+
  • Nerf Flame Trail: Pierce reduced ― 4 → 2
  • Buff Flame Trail: Now affects the fighter planes of Aircraft Carrier and Carrier Flagship

Cosmetic items

Icon Text Category Cost
Flaming Skull
Don't play with hellfire
Taunt Monkey Money 200
Hero Points 15,000
Lookin' Hot
Maybe too hot?
Emote Monkey Money 80
Hero Points 6,000
Revving up
Biker Bones Rides Again
Match Up Animation Monkey Money 150
Hero Points 12,000
Out of Control
Just like riding a bike...oops!
Defeat Animation Monkey Money 100
Hero Points 9,000
Biker out of hell
He'll be gone when the morning comes
Placement Animation Monkey Money 150
Hero Points 12,000
Soul Pop
These bloons got soul!
Pop FX Monkey Money 80
Hero Points 6,000
Burning Rubber
He never tyres of winning
Victory Animation Monkey Money 200
Hero Points 15,000
Bone Bazooka
Weapon of the Damned
Weapon Skin Monkey Money 400
Hero Points 24,000
I see into your soul!
Show the world your favorite hero with this title!
Player Title Monkey Money 160
Hero Points 12,000
Item Category Unlock method(s) Introduced
Icon of Out of Control Out of Control Defeat Animation Defeat Animation Biker Bones Hero Rewards Launch
Icon of Repairs Needed Repairs Needed Defeat Animation Defeat Animation Default Biker Bones item Launch
Icon of The King The King Level Up Animation Level Up Animation Season The Musical Showcase, The Musical Showcase, Daily Offers Launch
Icon of Infernal Coronation Infernal Coronation Level Up Animation Level Up Animation Season X, Daily Offers Version 1.8
Icon of Rhapsody Rhapsody Placement Animation Placement Animation Season The Musical Showcase, The Musical Showcase, Daily Offers Launch
Icon of Biker out of hell Biker out of hell Placement Animation Placement Animation Biker Bones Hero Rewards Launch
Icon of Rockstar Rockstar Taunt Taunt Season The Musical Showcase, The Musical Showcase, Daily Offers Launch
Icon of Death Stare Death Stare Taunt Taunt Default Biker Bones item Launch
Icon of Flaming Skull Flaming Skull Taunt Taunt Biker Bones Hero Rewards Launch
Icon of Imposing Profile Imposing Profile Taunt Taunt Season X, Daily Offers Version 1.8
Icon of Revving up Revving up Match Up Animation Match Up Animation Biker Bones Hero Rewards Launch
Icon of Start your Engines Start your Engines Match Up Animation Match Up Animation Default Biker Bones item Launch
Icon of Cleansed with Fire Cleansed with Fire Match Up Animation Match Up Animation Season X, Daily Offers Version 1.8
Icon of Bone Bazooka Bone Bazooka Weapon Skin Weapon Skin Biker Bones Hero Rewards Launch
Icon of BBQ-Zooka BBQ-Zooka Weapon Skin Weapon Skin Season 4th of July Showcase, 4th July 2025 event, 4th of July Showcase Version 1.3.3
Icon of Getting Steamy Getting Steamy Victory Animation Victory Animation Valentines 2025 event Version 4.5
Icon of Podium Finish Podium Finish Victory Animation Victory Animation Default Biker Bones item Launch
Icon of Hail to the King Hail to the King Victory Animation Victory Animation Season X, Daily Offers Version 1.8
Icon of T-Birds T-Birds Victory Animation Victory Animation Season The Musical Showcase, The Musical Showcase, Daily Offers Launch
Icon of Burning Rubber Burning Rubber Victory Animation Victory Animation Biker Bones Hero Rewards Launch
For more Biker Bones images, see Gallery:Striker Jones.

Screenshots

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Assets

Voice lines

When selected in the Heroes menu
  • "Let's ride!"
When placed
  • "Biker Bones rides again!"
  • "Unleashed at last!"
When selected
  • "Yes!"
  • "Let's ride!"
  • "Who's next?"
  • "Excellent."
When activating Concussive Fire
When activating Artillery Fire
  • "Again! Again!"
When leveling up
  • "Redemption!"
  • "Power!"
  • "Excelent!"
  • *evil laughter*
When leveling up to level 20
  • "I am monkey vengeance!"
When a MOAB appears
  • "Show no mercy!"
When a BAD appears
  • "May that one pay!"
When a Bloon leaks
  • "They must not escape!"

Cosmetic items

Taunts
  • "I see into your soul!" — Death Stare
  • "Burn!" — Flaming Skull
  • "Fight fire with fire!" — Rockstar
  • "Bow before me!" — Imposing Profile
Match Up Animations
  • "Start your engines." — Start your Engines
  • "Let's ride!" — Revving up
  • "I'll deal with you... personally." — Cleansed with Fire
Victory Animations
  • "Victory is MINE!" — Podium Finish
  • "Biker Bones rides again!" — Burning Rubber
  • "I've got moves!" — T-Birds
  • "Hail to the king, baby!" — Hail to the King
  • "Biker's got moves!" — Getting Steamy

In other languages

This section was last updated for: version 4.7
Name
Language Text Notes
Danish Knoglerytter
German Biker Bones
Spanish Biker Bones
Finnish Biker Bones
French Biker Bones
Italian Ossa da biker
Japanese バイカー・ボーンズ
Korean 바이커 본즈
Dutch Biker Bones
Norwegian Syklistbein
Portuguese (Brazil) Motoqueiro Ossudo
Russian Байкер Кость
Swedish Biker Bones
Turkish Biker Bones
Chinese (traditional) 骷髏騎手
Description
Language Text Notes
Danish Knoglerytters ulænkede raseri opmuntrer enhver abe tæt nok på til at føle varmen. Heli-pilot og Abe-es tilføres hans infernalske kraft.
German Biker Bones’ entfesselter Zorn ermutigt alle Affen, die nah genug sind, um die Hitze zu spüren. Der Hubschrauberpilot und das Affenfliegerass sind von seiner teuflischen Kraft erfüllt.
Spanish La furia desencadenada de Biker Bones anima a cualquier mono lo suficientemente cerca que pueda sentir el calor. Los helipilotos y monos ases reciben su poder infernal.
Finnish La furie de Biker Bones donne du courage à n'importe quel singe assez proche pour en ressentir les effets. Les pilotes d’hélicoptère et singes pilotes d’élite sont imprégnés de son pouvoir infernal.
French La furie de Biker Bones donne du courage à n'importe quel singe assez proche pour en ressentir les effets. Les pilotes d’hélicoptère et singes pilotes d’élite sont imprégnés de son pouvoir infernal.
Italian La furia incondizionata di Ossa da biker incoraggia qualsiasi scimmia abbastanza vicina da percepirne il calore. Pilota di elicottero e Scimmia asso vengono pervasi da questo potere infernale.
Japanese バイカー・ボーンズの怒りが解き放たれた。彼のアツい怒りが伝わるほど近くにいるモンキーは大胆になり、ヘリパイロットとモンキーエースには業火のパワーが注入される。
Korean 바이커 본즈의 제동 없는 분노는 그 열기를 느낄 수 있을 정도로 가까이 있는 원숭이들의 사기를 북돋습니다. 헬기 조종사와 에이스 원숭이에게 그 뜨거운 힘이 깃듭니다.
Dutch Elke aap die dicht genoeg bij de ontketende woede van Biker Bones komt, voelt de hitte. Helipiloot en Aap Ace absorberen zijn helse kracht.
Norwegian Det utemmede raseriet til Syklistbein gir mot til alle aper som er nære nok til å føle varmen. Helikopterpilot og apeess er styrket med hans infernalske kraft.
Portuguese (Brazil) A fúria libertada do Motoqueiro Ossudo anima qualquer macaco próximo o suficiente do seu calor. O Helicóptero e o Macaco Ás se incendeiam com seu poder infernal.
Russian Неудержимая ярость Байкера Кости придает смелости всем обезьянам, находящимся достаточно близко, чтобы почувствовать ее жар. Вертолетчик и Обезьяна-ас обретают инфернальную силу Кости.
Swedish Biker Bones ohämmade raseri uppmuntrar alla apor som är tillräckligt nära för att känna hettan. Helikopterpiloten och Apesset är fyllda med hans infernaliska kraft.
Turkish Biker Bones'un dizginlenemez öfkesi, ateşe yaklaşmayı göze alan maymunları gaza getirmeye yetiyor. Helikopter Pilotu ve Pilot Maymun, onun cehennemi gücüyle doludur.
Chinese (traditional) 骷髏騎手毫無限制的怒火能讓附近膽敢靠近的猴子都感受到熱量。直升機飛行員和王牌猴子會獲得他的地獄之力。