Update history:Bloons TD 6/Version 17.0

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Version 17.0

Build №		2560
Release dates
Steam	Windows	7 April 2020
	macOS	7 April 2020

◄◄ 16.0

◄ 16.2

18.0 ►►

17.1 ►

Version 17.0 is the third major update to Bloons TD 6 of 2020. It introduces the Candy Falls map, the Harlegwen Hero Skin for Gwendolin, the Jukebox, and two new secrets: the Cave Monkey and Golden Ticket.

Additions

• Harlegwen
• Candy Falls
• Jukebox
• Cave Monkey
• Small Monkey Towers

Monkey Knowledge

Knowledge	Category
Vine Rupture	Magic
Door Gunner	Military
Ambush Tech	Powers

Achievements

	Golden Ticket Bloompa-loompa-doompa-dee-doo! Reward(s):  Small Monkey Towers

Changes

Towers

Boomerang Monkey

Tiers	Changes
3-X-X Glaive Ricochet and further upgrades	"Glaive Bounce pattern improved"
5-X-X Glaive Lord	Main attack: Now applies stackable DoT to the first MOAB-Class Bloon hit
X-X-5 MOAB Domination	Knockback kylie: Now stuns MOAB-Class Bloons for 0.25s before knocking them back

Bomb Shooter

Tiers	Changes
X-2-X Missile Launcher	Description changed Before After Shoots missiles instead of bombs, missiles fly faster with longer range. Exchanges bombs for missiles, which fire faster, fly faster, and increase range.
0-2-5 Bomb Blitz + Missile Launcher	Changed the main projectile visuals to a missile

Tack Shooter

Tiers	Changes
4-X-X Ring of Fire 5-X-X Inferno Ring	Changed the visual effect of the fire bursts
5-X-X Inferno Ring	Meteor attack: Now creates an explosion on contact with the first Bloon that does damage and applies DoT

Ice Monkey

Tiers	Changes
3-X-X Ice Shards and further upgrades	Range increased ― 20 → 25
4-X-X Embrittlement 5-X-X Super Brittle	Now has Camo detection  Now removes Camo and Regrow properties from Bloons it freezes
X-3-X Arctic Wind and further upgrades	"[R]esolved numerous specific crashes" (bug fix)  Arctic Wind: No longer sells towers twice if the ice platform is removed on maps with water in the middle (bug fix)
X-5-X Absolute Zero	Freeze layers increased ― 2 → 4  Ability: Now applies a temporary attack speed buff to all Ice Monkeys
1-5-0 Absolute Zero + Permafrost 2-5-0 Absolute Zero + Cold Snap 1-0-5 Icicle Impale + Permafrost 2-0-5 Icicle Impale + Cold Snap	Can now apply permafrost to MOAB-Class Bloons

Glue Gunner

Tiers	Changes
X-4-X Glue Strike	Ability: Now causes Bloons to take +1 damage while glued (same as X-5-X)

Sniper Monkey

Tiers	Changes
3-2-0 Deadly Precision + Shrapnel Shot and further upgrades	Shrapnel: Damage increased ― 1 → 2
X-2-X Shrapnel Shot	Description changed (undocumented) Before After Destroyed Bloons spray out sharp shrapnel in all directions. Damaged bloons spray out a cone of sharp shrapnel.
X-2-X Shrapnel Shot and further upgrades	Shrapnel: Now emits on every Bloon shot, instead of only if it fully pops the Bloon  Shrapnel: Projectile count reduced ― 8 → 5  Shrapnel: Spread angle reduced ― 360° → 45°
X-5-X Elite Sniper	"Elite Targeting Priority should correctly prioritise again" (bug fix)
X-X-5 Elite Defender	Description changed (undocumented) Before After A lost life gives this Sniper 4x attack speed for a short time in retaliation. A lost life gives this Sniper 4x attack speed for a short time in retaliation. Also attacks faster the further the Bloons are along the track.

Monkey Sub

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Tiers	Changes
4-X-X Bloontonium Reactor	"Bloontonium Reactor buff icon issues resolved" (bug fix)
X-1-X Barbed Darts	Description changed Before After Sub's darts can pop 4 Bloons each. Sub's darts can pop an additional 3 Bloons.

Monkey Buccaneer

Tiers	Changes
2-1-0 Double Shot + Grape Shot and further upgrades	Grape Shot: Now fires 10 grapes at a time instead of 5 (11 instead of 6 with Big Bunch)
5-X-X Carrier Flagship	Towers can no longer fall through the platforms (bug fix)
5-2-0 Carrier Flagship + Hot Shot	No longer crashes the game sometimes when placed next to a 2-5-0 Monkey Village (bug fix)
X-2-X Hot Shot	Hot Shot: Changed the visual effect of the projectiles
X-4-X Monkey Pirates	Description changed (undocumented) Before After MOAB Takedown ability: Grapples a MOAB-Class Bloon and brings it down. MOAB Takedown Ability: grapples a MOAB class bloon and brings it down. Main attack adds two more cannons.
X-4-X Monkey Pirates X-5-X Pirate Lord	Bomb attack: Now fires three bombs at a time
0-4-2 Monkey Pirates + Crow's Nest 0-5-2 Pirate Lord + Crow's Nest	Bomb attack: No longer hits Camo Bloons without external Camo detection (bug)
0-1-5 Trade Empire + Grape Shot 0-2-5 Trade Empire + Hot Shot	No longer removes the Merchantman damage buff (bug fix)

Monkey Ace

Tiers	Changes
3-X-X Fighter Plane	Missile attack: Attack cooldown increased ― 3s → 4s (attack speed reduced by 25%)  Missile explosion: Pierce increased ― 1 → 3
3-X-X Fighter Plane and further upgrades	Missile explosion: Damage reduced ― 25 → 18
4-X-X Operation: Dart Storm	Missile attack: Attack cooldown increased ― 1.5s → 2s (attack speed reduced by 25%)  Missile explosion: Pierce increased ― 1 → 4
5-X-X Sky Shredder	Missile attack: Attack cooldown increased ― 1.5s → 2s (attack speed reduced by 25%)  Missile explosion: Pierce increased ― 1 → 5  Missile explosion: No longer damages DDTs (bug)

Heli Pilot

Tiers	Changes
0-0-0 base tower	Cost increased ― $1,500 → $1,600
X-4-X Support Chinook X-5-X Special Poperations	Redeploy: Now longer allows Sniper Monkeys to attack while in transit (bug)
X-X-4 Comanche Defense	Description changed (undocumented) Before After Automatically calls in 3 more Comanches when they're most needed. Automatically calls in mini Comanches when they're most needed.

Mortar Monkey

Tiers	Changes
X-3-X Heavy Shells	Description changed (undocumented) Before After Heavy shells do extra damage to Ceramic, Lead and all Fortified Bloons. Can also pop Black Bloons. Heavy shells do extra damage to Ceramic, Lead, all Fortified, and all stunned bloons. Can also pop Black bloons.
X-3-X Heavy Shells X-4-X Artillery Battery	Now deals +2 damage to stunned Bloons
X-5-X Pop and Awe	Now deals +10 damage to stunned Bloons Description changed (undocumented) Before After Pop and Awe Ability: Rains explosions over the whole screen, popping and immobilizing all Bloons for a few seconds. Pop and Awe Ability: rains explosions over the whole screen, damaging and immobilzing all bloons for a few seconds. Main attack gains additonal[sic] bonus damage to stunned Bloons.
X-X-5 Blooncineration	Changed the visual effects of the wall of fire

Wizard Monkey

Tiers	Changes
X-2-X Wall of Fire and further upgrades	Changed the visual effects of Wall of Fire
X-3-X Dragon's Breath and further upgrades 5-X-X Archmage	Changed the visual effects of Dragon's Breath
X-4-X Summon Phoenix and further upgrades	Changed the visual effects of the Phoenix's fire breath
X-5-X Wizard Lord Phoenix	Lava Phoenix: Activating the ability now permanently disables the regular Phoenix (bug)  No longer counts as two towers (bug fix)
X-X-5 Prince of Darkness	No longer rotates when attacking (bug fix)

Super Monkey

Tiers	Changes
X-X-3 Dark Knight	Darkshift ability added Description changed (undocumented) Before After Dark blades deal extra damage to MOAB-Class Bloons. Dark blades deal extra damage to MOAB class bloons. Gains short range Darkshift ability.
X-X-4 Dark Champion	Description changed (undocumented) Before After Champion dark blades excel at puncturing and ruining all Bloon types. Champion's dark blades excel at puncturing and ruining all bloon types. Darkshift ability extends mapwide.
X-X-4 Dark Champion X-X-5 Legend of the Night	Improved Darkshift ability added

Alchemist

Tiers	Changes
X-3-X Unstable Concoction and further upgrades	Concoction explosion: Damage scaling now caps at round 150

Druid

Tiers	Changes
X-X-2 Heart of Vengeance	Description changed Before After Gains attack speed for up to 100 lives lost after getting this upgrade. Lives above maximum do not count. Gains 10% attack speed and 1% for every life lost from the starting value after the upgrade. Maxes at 100% and diminishes if lives are restored.

Banana Farm

Tiers	Changes
X-3-X Monkey Bank and further upgrades	Repositioned the collection buttons
X-X-4 Central Market and further upgrades	Merchantman buff: Now stacks up to 10 times

Monkey Village

Tiers	Changes
All tiers	Now highlights towers in range when placing it
0-0-0 base tower 1-X-0 Bigger Radius 2-X-0 Jungle Drums X-1-0 Grow Blocker X-2-0 Radar Scanner	Changed the visual effect of the fireplace
4-X-X Primary Mentoring	Now reduces ability cooldowns of Primary towers in range by 10%  Now applies +5 range to Primary towers in range Note: 5-X-X does not inherit these buffs
5-X-X Primary Expertise	Ballista rotates correctly again (bug fix)
X-2-X Radar Scanner and further upgrades	No longer prevents Energizer from applying its buff icons (bug fix)
X-3-X Monkey Intelligence Bureau and further upgrades	MIB buff ― No longer applies to Mortar Monkeys with Burny Stuff from any distance → {{{3}}} (bug fix)
X-X-4 Monkey City X-X-5 Monkeyopolis	Now increases cash generated by towers in range by 10%

Engineer Monkey

Tiers	Changes
1-X-X Sentry Gun and further upgrades	Sentry: No longer gains Camo detection after loading a save (bug fix)  Sentry spawner: No longer ignores smart placement if the Engineer Monkey cannot reach the track (bug fix)
X-4-X Overclock X-5-X Ultraboost	Ability: No longer causes Pat Fusty's Big Squeeze to activate more than once (bug fix)

Gwendolin

Levels	Changes
3+	Cocktail of Fire: Changed the visual effect of the wall of fire
4+	Heat it Up: Changed the visual effect of the fire burst
10+	Firestorm: Changed the visual effect of the fire wave

Obyn Greenfoot

Levels	Changes
10+	Wall of Trees: Radius increased ― 1 unit → 4 units

Captain Churchill

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"Fixed projectile ejection point location"

Benjamin

Levels	Changes
5+	Bank Hack: Now displays a buff icon

Ezili

Levels	Changes
7+	Sacrificial Totem: Now displays a buff icon

Joan of Arc Adora

• Now lifts her sword more
• Projectiles have more pronounced trail visuals

Monkey Knowledge

Subject	Changes
Military Conscription	Discount reduced ― 50% → 33% Description changed (undocumented) Before After Purchase price of first Military Monkey each game is halved. Purchase price of first Military Monkey each game is two thirds the normal.
Mana Shield	Description changed Before After Creates a special shield that absorbs up to 25 lives for free. Recharges up to 5 lives at the start of each round. Creates a special shield that absorbs up to 25 lives for free. Recharges slowly each round if no Bloons leak.
There Can Be Only One	Selling the VTSG enables purchasing The Anti-Bloon and Legend of the Night again (bug fix)
Empowered Heroes / Weak Point	Made the arrow from Empowered Heroes to Weak Point on the Monkey Knowledge menu visible (bug fix)

Achievements

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Subject	Changes
The greatest challenge	Now counts both creating and playing challenges, instead of just creating challenges, as intended (bug fix)
	"Powers no longer count as towers for the tracking of some achievement purposes"

Maps

Subject	Changes
Frozen Over	Added the Cave Monkey Easter egg

Co-op

• Added a message that appears when attempting to join a lobby with a hacker flag
• "Bloons Popped" stat renamed to "Pop Count"
• "Co-op resync should now be less obvious"
• "Reduced memory spike during co-op resync to lessen crashes when this occurs"

Desktop version controls

• Sun Temple / True Sun God pop-up messages no longer stack with hotkeys
• Drop & Lock mode is now usable on desktop versions
• Drag & Drop and Click & Drop are combined into a single mode with the functionality of both
• Added more resolution settings
• Playing on a Chromebook now allows window resizing and placement modes from the desktop versions

Miscellaneous

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• "Round hints can be dismissed again" (bug fix)
• "Resolved some issues with the slider for path restrictions in the Challenge Editor" (bug fix)
• "Resolved some translation issues" (bug fix)
• "The ‘Continue’ popup will no longer close from mis-tapping inside the box" (bug fix)
• "Resolved a crash that could occur when loading cloud data" (bug fix)
• "Added some messaging and UI to indicate tower restrictions in challenges" (bug fix)
• "Resolved some server sided issues that had started causing problems on all versions" (bug fix)
• "Collection event should visually show correct values on the co-op menu now" (bug fix)
• "‘Small’ upgrade panels fixed, for towers with no upgrades" (bug fix)
• "Resolved a rare crash when quitting from a game" (bug fix)
• "Optimised light beam effects across many maps" (bug fix)
• "Android Back Button should again work on the main menu" (bug fix)
• "Placing Insta Monkey towers should no longer leave gaps in the Powers menu UI" (bug fix)
• "Removed Freeplay speed cap" (bug fix)
• "Resolved a crash when removing obstacles and restarting" (bug fix)
• "Resolved a rare issue with removable assets becoming stuck on screen after restarting" (bug fix)

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Description

-New map! Explore the sweetness that is Candy Falls
-New Gwendolin hero skin: the mysterious Harlegwen!
-Three cool new Monkey Knowledges!

Notes

• The update notes state "x5x Glue Storm description updated to reflect previous changes", but this change was actually made in version 16.0.
• The update notes did not mention the addition of the Cave Monkey, Golden Ticket, or Small Monkey Towers.
• This update added Big Monkey Towers internally, though it went unused until version 21.0.
• This update added Ambidextrous 'Rangs and Bank Deposits internally, though they go unused until version 18.0.
  • This update changed the UI of Monkey Banks to accomodate Bank Deposits, despite it going unused.

External links

• Official update notes on Reddit