Tack Shooter (Battles 2)

Tack Shooter iterations: BTD1 • BTD2 • BTD3 • BTD4 • BTD5 • Battles • BMC • BTD6 • Battles 2 • BCS • Bloons Blitz

Tack Shooter
Shoots a short-range volley of sharp tacks in 8 directions.
Category Primary Cost $280 Introduced Launch

The Tack Shooter is a Primary tower in Bloons TD Battles 2. It is unlocked at the start of the game, up to all Tier 4 upgrades. Its Tier 5 upgrades are unlocked with a one-off purchase of 1500.

The Tack Shooter fires a volley of 8 tacks every 1.4 seconds at a very short range of 23 units, with each tack aimed at a fixed 45 degrees apart. Each tack pops one Bloon (allowing for up to eight pops at a time) and cannot pop frozen Bloons or Lead Bloons.

It can be upgraded to attack with fire, blades, or many many more tacks.

Upgrades

Path 1

Faster Shooting Cost: $150
	Shoots tacks faster.

Even Faster Shooting Cost: $400
	Shoots tacks even faster.

Hot Shots Cost: $700
	Shoots superhot tacks that do extra damage and can pop Lead Bloons.

Ring of Fire Cost: $3,500
	Damages many more bloons with a deadly ring of flame instead of tacks.

Inferno Ring Cost: $35,500
	Deadly inferno of flame roasts bloons into oblivion.

Path 2

Long Range Tacks Cost: $100
	Tacks fly out further than normal.

Super Range Tacks Cost: $225
	Even longer range tacks that can pop more Bloons.

Blade Shooter Cost: $750
	Switches tacks out for sharp blades that can pop up to 2 additional Bloons.

Blade Maelstrom Cost: $3,550
	Activated Ability: Covers the area in a storm of blades.

Super Maelstrom Cost: $15,000
	Even more powerful Maelstrom ability and lasts longer.

Path 3

More Tacks Cost: $100
	Shoots 10 tacks instead of 8, plus increases Ring of Fire damage.

Even More Tacks Cost: $100
	Shoots out 12 tacks per shot and increases Ring of Fire damage further.

Tack Sprayer Cost: $450
	Sprays out 16 tacks per volley.

Overdrive Cost: $3,400
	Shoots incredibly fast.

The Tack Zone Cost: $24,000
	Many, many tacks.

Changes from Bloons TD 6

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Update history

For a complete list of Tack Shooter changes, see Update history:Tack Shooter (Battles 2).

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Strategy

For more in-depth strategies, see Strategy:Tack Shooter (Battles 2).

Popular loadouts

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Cosmetics

Monkey Mastery

Icon	Text	Category	Cost
	Spinning Up Tacks locked and loaded.	Placement Animation	600 75,000
	Grinding Blades Watch your fingers!	Emote	160 20,000
	Unlucky Bloon Surely it would have popped?	Bloon Decal	200 30,000
	Brass Tacks No frills bloon popping.	Weapon Skin	450 60,000
	Operator Monkey Who did you think loaded all those tacks?	Idle Animation	450 60,000
	Named Tack Shooters Name your Tack Shooters.	Custom Names	300 40,000
	Blast Off I must go. My planet needs me.	Sell Animation	240 30,000
	Steam Trails Propulsion from a bygone era.	Trail Effect	450 60,000

Monkey Prestige

Icon	Text
	Prestige Tack Shooter Badge Show off the prestige level of your monkey with a special in-game badge.
	Prestige Tack Shooter Portraits Exclusive animated in-game portraits to give this monkey some extra flair.
	Tack Shooter Prestige Banner Display your mastery of this monkey on your profile.
	Falling Tacks Drag Effect Your monkeys arrive on the battlefield with some swagger!
	Golden Tack Shooters Your monkeys glow with the light of achievement.
	Master of Tacks Display your mastery of this monkey with an exclusive title.

Customization

Item	Category	Unlock method(s)	Introduced
Sparkler Celebration	Idle Animation	4th July 2023 event	Version 2.0.2
Operator Monkey	Idle Animation	Tack Shooter Mastery	Launch
Named Tack Shooters	Custom Names	Tack Shooter Mastery	Launch
Assembly Required	Placement Animation	Starter Pack!	Version 4.4
Spinning Up	Placement Animation	Tack Shooter Mastery	Launch
Magnetic Lift	Sell Animation	Season XXV, Daily Offers	Version 4.3
Blast Off	Sell Animation	Tack Shooter Mastery	Launch
Steam Trails	Trail Effect	Tack Shooter Mastery	Launch
Brass Tacks	Weapon Skin	Tack Shooter Mastery	Launch
Loose Screws	Weapon Skin	Season XIX, Daily Offers	Version 4.0

Gallery

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  In-game model

In other languages

Language	Name / Description	Notes
Danish	Stift-skyder Affyrer en kortrækkende byge af skarpe stifter i 8 retninger.	—
German	Reißnagelwerfer Schießt auf kurze Reichweite eine Salve scharfer Reißnägel in 8 Richtungen.	—
Spanish	Tiratachuelas Dispara una volea de corto alcance de tachuelas filosas en 8 direcciones.	—
Finnish	Nasta-ampuja Ampuu lyhyen kantaman terävien nastojen ryppään 8 suuntaan.	—
French	Tireur de punaises Tire une salve de punaises pointues à courte portée dans 8 directions.	—
Italian	Spara puntine Spara una scarica a corto raggio di puntine in 8 direzioni.	—
Japanese	びょうシューター 八方向に尖ったびょうの近距離射撃を一斉発射する。	—
Korean	압정 슈터 뾰족한 압정을 8방향 단거리로 일제히 발사합니다.	—
Dutch	Spijkerschieter Schiet een salvo van scherpe spijkers in 8 richtingen met een kort bereik.	—
Norwegian	Stiftskyter Skyter en skuddsalve med stifter med kort rekkevidde i 8 retninger.	—
Portuguese (Brazil)	Cospe-Tachinhas Dispara uma rajada curta de tachinhas em oito direções.	—
Russian	Шпилькомет Выстреливает острыми шпильками в 8 направлениях.	—
Swedish	Nubbskytt Skjuter en salva med kort räckvidd med vassa nubb i 8 riktningar.	—
Turkish	Çivi Fırlatıcı 8 yönde kısa menzilli bir keskin çivi yağmuruna tutar.	—
Chinese (traditional)	刺釘射手 向8個方向齊射出短射程尖銳刺釘。	—
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