Heli Pilot (BTD6)

Heli Pilot iterations: BTD5 • Battles • BMC • BTD6 • Battles 2

Heli Pilot

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

Unlock method(s)	Choose at levels 7–12
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 hovers over the track, shoots darts at nearby Bloons and has a movement speed of 40 units/s. Rather than targeting options, the player can choose movement options for the Heli: 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 can provide price discounts to Heli Pilots in her range.

It can be upgraded to receive a whole array of additional attacks, blow Bloons away and offers support, including cash, lives, and tower movement and a powerful marine, or shove MOAB-class bloons back and call in extra helis.

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 $1,230 $1,450 $1,565 $1,740

Apache Dartship XP cost: 20,000
	Adds a large missile array and powerful machine guns. Easy Medium Hard Impoppable $17,000 $20,000 $21,600 $24,000

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).

This data was last updated for: version 55.1

Tower
Display range 22 units Footprint 27 × 27 units Movement speed 40 units/s Targeting options Follow Touch Lock in Place Patrol Points

Attack
Cooldown 0.57s Offset (X, Y, Z) 4.5, 18, 4 (side 1) -4.5, 18, 4 (side 2) Targeting range 42 units Filters Cannot target Camo
Ignores blockers
Projectile Count 2 Pierce 3 Damage 1 Damage type Sharp Speed 260 units/s Lifespan 1s Radius 3 units Filters Cannot hit Camo Ignores blockers

Related Monkey Knowledge

This list does not include Monkey Knowledge that affects all Military towers.

Monkey Knowledge	Cost	Prerequisites	Introduced
Airforce Upgrades Monkey Aces and Heli Pilots of Tier 3 or higher get +1 pierce per shot.	Free	—	Launch
Rapid Razors Razor Rotors pop Bloons faster.	Free	4 invested Airforce Upgrades	Launch
Charged Chinooks Chinook Activated Abilities give 25% more lives and cash.	500	8 invested Rapid Razors	Launch
Door Gunner Special Poperations Heli allows tier 4 and below Monkey Towers to attack Bloons while in transit.	1,000	14 invested Charged Chinooks	Version 17.0

Rogue Legends

Starter parties with Heli Pilots

Hero	Insta Monkey 1	Insta Monkey 2	Artifact
Etienne	2-0-0 Desperado	0-0-2 Heli Pilot	Splody Darts Rare
Harlegwen	2-0-0 Heli Pilot	0-0-0 Dartling Gunner	Bouncing Projectiles Rare
ETn	0-0-2 Monkey Ace	2-0-0 Dartling Gunner	Wacky Wibbly Wavey Common (adds  1-1-0 Heli Pilot)
Lifeguard Brickell	0-1-1 Mermonkey	0-2-0 Heli Pilot	Summer Fun Rare (adds  0-1-2 Monkey Buccaneer)
Tinkerfairy	2-0-0 Skywarden	0-0-0 Heli Pilot	Fata Morgana Common (adds  0-1-1 Mermonkey)

Related Artifacts

This list does not include Artifacts that affect all Military towers.

Artifact	Common effect	Rare effect	Legendary effect
Get to the Chopper	Heli Pilots can store up to 3 ability charges. Main Heli Pilot pierce and ability cooldown rate increased 25%. Adds a 0-3-0 Heli Pilot to your Party	Heli Pilots can store up to 3 ability charges. Main Heli Pilot pierce and ability cooldown rate increased 40%. Adds a 0-4-0 Heli Pilot to your Party	Heli Pilots can store up to 3 ability charges. Main Heli Pilot pierce and ability cooldown rate increased 60%. Adds a 0-4-0 Heli Pilot to your Party
Wacky Wibbly Wavey	Heli Pilots attack 16% faster and fire in a wacky wiggly pattern. Adds a 1-1-0 Heli Pilot to your Party	Heli Pilots attack 25% faster and fire in a wacky wiggly pattern. Adds a 2-1-0 Heli Pilot to your Party	Heli Pilots attack 54% faster and fire in a wacky wiggly pattern. Adds a 2-0-0 Heli Pilot to your Party

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	$2,890	$3,400	$3,675	$4,080	$2,023	$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	$2,550	$3,000	$3,245	$3,600	$1,785	$2,100	$2,272	$2,520
0-0-2	$1,785	$2,100	$2,270	$2,520	$1,250	$1,470	$1,589	$1,764
1-0-2	$2,465	$2,900	$3,135	$3,480	$1,726	$2,030	$2,195	$2,436
0-1-2	$2,040	$2,400	$2,595	$2,880	$1,428	$1,680	$1,817	$2,016
3-0-0	$3,615	$4,250	$4,590	$5,100	$2,531	$2,975	$3,213	$3,570
3-1-0	$3,870	$4,550	$4,915	$5,460	$2,709	$3,185	$3,441	$3,822
3-2-0	$4,380	$5,150	$5,565	$6,180	$3,066	$3,605	$3,896	$4,326
3-0-1	$3,825	$4,500	$4,860	$5,400	$2,678	$3,150	$3,402	$3,780
3-0-2	$4,125	$4,850	$5,240	$5,820	$2,888	$3,395	$3,668	$4,074
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	$5,525	$6,500	$7,025	$7,800	$3,868	$4,550	$4,918	$5,460
0-0-3	$4,675	$5,500	$5,940	$6,600	$3,273	$3,850	$4,158	$4,620
1-0-3	$5,355	$6,300	$6,805	$7,560	$3,749	$4,410	$4,764	$5,292
2-0-3	$5,780	$6,800	$7,345	$8,160	$4,046	$4,760	$5,142	$5,712
0-1-3	$4,930	$5,800	$6,265	$6,960	$3,451	$4,060	$4,386	$4,872
0-2-3	$5,440	$6,400	$6,915	$7,680	$3,808	$4,480	$4,841	$5,376
4-0-0	$20,615	$24,250	$26,190	$29,100	$14,431	$16,975	$18,333	$20,370
4-1-0	$20,870	$24,550	$26,515	$29,460	$14,609	$17,185	$18,561	$20,622
4-2-0	$21,380	$25,150	$27,165	$30,180	$14,966	$17,605	$19,016	$21,126
4-0-1	$20,825	$24,500	$26,460	$29,400	$14,578	$17,150	$18,522	$20,580
4-0-2	$21,125	$24,850	$26,840	$29,820	$14,788	$17,395	$18,788	$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	$13,600	$16,000	$17,285	$19,200	$9,520	$11,200	$12,100	$13,440
0-0-4	$11,900	$14,000	$15,120	$16,800	$8,330	$9,800	$10,584	$11,760
1-0-4	$12,580	$14,800	$15,985	$17,760	$8,806	$10,360	$11,190	$12,432
2-0-4	$13,005	$15,300	$16,525	$18,360	$9,104	$10,710	$11,568	$12,852
0-1-4	$12,155	$14,300	$15,445	$17,160	$8,509	$10,010	$10,812	$12,012
0-2-4	$12,665	$14,900	$16,095	$17,880	$8,866	$10,430	$11,267	$12,516
5-0-0	$58,865	$69,250	$74,790	$83,100	$41,206	$48,475	$52,353	$58,170
5-1-0	$59,120	$69,550	$75,115	$83,460	$41,384	$48,685	$52,581	$58,422
5-2-0	$59,630	$70,150	$75,765	$84,180	$41,741	$49,105	$53,036	$58,926
5-0-1	$59,075	$69,500	$75,060	$83,400	$41,353	$48,650	$52,542	$58,380
5-0-2	$59,375	$69,850	$75,440	$83,820	$41,563	$48,895	$52,808	$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	$39,100	$46,000	$49,685	$55,200	$27,370	$32,200	$34,780	$38,640
0-0-5	$41,650	$49,000	$52,920	$58,800	$29,155	$34,300	$37,044	$41,160
1-0-5	$42,330	$49,800	$53,785	$59,760	$29,631	$34,860	$37,650	$41,832
2-0-5	$42,755	$50,300	$54,325	$60,360	$29,929	$35,210	$38,028	$42,252
0-1-5	$41,905	$49,300	$53,245	$59,160	$29,334	$34,510	$37,272	$41,412
0-2-5	$42,415	$49,900	$53,895	$59,880	$29,691	$34,930	$37,727	$41,916

Strategy

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

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This section was last updated for: version 56.0

Heli Pilot's high cost for controllable range and ignorance of obstacles lets it excel at mobility at the will of the player, being great for a variety of maps, especially excelling on one-lane-per-round map formats. On multi-lane maps with more than one active lane per round, it struggles on split lane maps but can still handle one region of the track at a time while other towers handle the other regions. The Heli's slow flight speed encourages positioning in advance of the Bloons and not chasing them reactively. Overall, the Heli excels as a support tower, or it can be used to actively carry a defense.

Update history

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

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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 reduced ― 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	Version 30.0

Gallery

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In other languages

This section was last updated for: version 49.2

Name

Language	Text	Notes
Arabic	قائد المروحية	—
Danish	Heli-pilot	—
German	Hubschrauberpilot	—
Spanish	Helipiloto	—
Spanish (Latin America)	Helipiloto	—
Finnish	Kopterilentäjä	—
French	Pilote d’hélicoptère	—
Italian	Pilota di elicottero	—
Japanese	ヘリパイロット	—
Korean	헬기 조종사	—
Dutch	Helipiloot	—
Norwegian	Helikopterpilot	—
Polish	Pilot helikoptera	—
Portuguese (Brazil)	Helicóptero	—
Russian	Вертолетчик	—
Swedish	Helipilot	—
Thai	ลิงเฮลิคอปเตอร์	—
Turkish	Helikopter Pilotu	—
Chinese (simplified)	直升机飞行员	—
Chinese (traditional)	直升機飛行員	—

Description

Language	Text	Notes
Arabic	تحوم أينما وجهتها. يقوم بإطلاق السهام من بنادق السهام الثقيلة المزدوجة.	—
Danish	Svæver hvor du placerer den. Skyder med to tunge pistoler.	—
German	Schwebt in die von dir vorgegebene Richtung. Schießt mit großen Doppelpfeilkanonen.	—
Spanish	Sobrevuela el área donde lo envías. Dispara dos armas de dardos pesados.	—
Spanish (Latin America)	Sobrevuela el área donde lo envías. Dispara dos armas de dardos pesados.	—
Finnish	Leijuu osoittamallasi paikalla. Ampuu kahdella raskaalla tikka-aseella.	—
French	Plane au-dessus de l'endroit où il est placé. Tire avec des lance-fléchettes doubles lourdes.	—
Italian	Fluttua ovunque tu l'invii. Spara da doppie lanciadardi pesanti.	—
Japanese	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	이동을 지시하는 어떤 곳에서든 머무릅니다. 무거운 쌍둥이 다트총을 쏩니다.	—
Dutch	Zweeft waar je hem heen stuurt. Schiet met twee zware pijlpistolen.	—
Norwegian	Svever der du sender den. Skyter fra store, doble dartpistoler.	—
Polish	Leci tam, gdzie mu wskażesz. Strzela z dwóch karabinów na ciężkie rzutki.	—
Portuguese (Brazil)	Sobrevoa a área sempre que você direcionar. Dispara duas armas de dardos pesados.	—
Russian	Отправляется туда, куда вы укажете. Стреляет дротиками из тяжелых спаренных установок.	—
Swedish	Svävar där du skickar den. Skjuter från dubbla tunga pilkanoner.	—
Thai	สามารถลอยตัว ณ ตำแหน่งที่คุณสั่ง ยิงโจมตีด้วยปืนลูกดอกหนักแบบคู่	—
Turkish	Yönelttiğiniz yerin üzerine gider. Ağır ikiz ok tabancalarıyla vurur.	—
Chinese (simplified)	悬停在你指向的位置。使用双发重型飞镖枪射击。	—
Chinese (traditional)	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。	—