Faster Engineering (BTD6)

For other uses, see Faster Engineering (disambiguation).

Faster Engineering

Increased efficiency allows the Engineer to produce sentries, foam and bloon traps more often.

Tower	Engineer Monkey — Path 1 — Tier 2
XP cost	550
Cash cost	$340 — Easy $400 — Medium $430 — Hard $480 — Impoppable

← Sentry Gun

Sprockets →

Faster Engineering is the Engineer Monkey's path 1 tier 2 upgrade in Bloons TD 6. It reduces the cooldown of the Engineer Monkey's sentry-spawner attack from 10 seconds to 5 seconds, increasing its production rate by 100%. If crosspathed with Cleansing Foam, it reduces the foam gun cooldown by 50%. If crosspathed with Bloon Trap, it reduces the time it takes for the Engineer Monkey to stockpile a new trap by 50%, and reduces the replacement delay by 0.7s from the base amount.

Stats

For a complete list of Engineer Monkey stats, see Stats:Engineer Monkey (BTD6).

This data was last updated for: version 55.1

Tower
Display range 40 units Footprint radius 7 units Targeting options First Last Close Strong

Attack
Cooldown 0.7s Offset (X, Y, Z) -1.11, 13.49, 10.7 Targeting Depends on targeting option Targeting range 40 units Filters Cannot target Camo
Projectile Pierce 3 Damage 1 Damage type Sharp Speed 375 units/s Lifespan 0.24s Radius 2 units Filters Cannot hit Camo

Spawner
Cooldown 5s Offset (X, Y, Z) -1.11, 13.49, 10.7 Targeting Random position Targeting range 40 units
Ignores blockers

Sentry

Tower
Display range 45 units Footprint radius 4 units Lifespan 25s Targeting options First Last Close Strong

Attack
Cooldown 0.95s Offset (X, Y, Z) 0, 7.1, 7.78 Targeting Depends on targeting option Targeting range 45 units Filters Cannot target Camo
Projectile Pierce 2 Damage 1 Damage type Sharp Speed 300 units/s Lifespan 0.25s Radius 2 units Filters Cannot hit Camo

2-1-0

Tower
Display range 40 units → 60 units

Attack
Targeting range 40 units → 60 units

Spawner
Targeting range 40 units → 60 units

Sentry

Tower
Display range 45 units → 49 units

Attack
Targeting range 45 units → 49 units

2-2-0

Attack
Projectile Damage to MOAB-Class +1 Damage to Fortified +1

Sentry

Attack
Projectile Damage to MOAB-Class +1 Damage to Fortified +1

2-0-1

Attack
Projectile Pierce 3 → 8 Damage type Sharp → Shatter

Sentry

Attack
Projectile Pierce 2 → 3 Damage type Sharp → Shatter

2-0-2

Attack
Projectile Stun Multiplier ×0 Duration 1s Layers 1

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
2-0-0	$1,065	$1,250	$1,350	$1,500	$746	$875	$945	$1,050
2-1-0	$1,275	$1,500	$1,620	$1,800	$893	$1,050	$1,134	$1,260
2-2-0	$1,570	$1,850	$2,000	$2,220	$1,099	$1,295	$1,400	$1,554
2-3-0	$2,335	$2,750	$2,970	$3,300	$1,635	$1,925	$2,079	$2,310
2-4-0	$13,810	$16,250	$17,550	$19,500	$9,667	$11,375	$12,285	$13,650
2-5-0	$75,010	$88,250	$95,310	$105,900	$52,507	$61,775	$66,717	$74,130
2-0-1	$1,445	$1,700	$1,835	$2,040	$1,012	$1,190	$1,285	$1,428
2-0-2	$1,630	$1,920	$2,070	$2,305	$1,141	$1,344	$1,449	$1,614
2-0-3	$2,010	$2,370	$2,555	$2,845	$1,407	$1,659	$1,789	$1,992
2-0-4	$5,070	$5,970	$6,445	$7,165	$3,549	$4,179	$4,512	$5,016
2-0-5	$43,320	$50,970	$55,045	$61,165	$30,324	$35,679	$38,532	$42,816

Strategy

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This section was last updated for: version 51.2

Faster Engineering is an effective crosspath for improving the rate of creating sentries, as well as foam or traps. It is more cost-efficient at sentry spawning than its predecessor, allowing up to five sentries (six with Vigilant Sentries) at a time per Engineer instead of two or three. As a crosspath for foams and traps, it's the preferred crosspath if utility is less required.

For Cleansing Foam, the rate boost does better than extra pierce when handling Regrows, in addition to the stronger sentries. For Bloon Trap and XXXL Trap, both benefit from faster trap refreshment rates, but suffer from a lack of trap repositioning and manual collection, and their created sentries may steal possible pops unless the Engineers are placed behind an obstacle.

Update history

For a complete list of Engineer Monkey changes, see Update history:Engineer Monkey (BTD6).

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Version 15.0

•  Sentry: pierce increased ― 1 → 2

Version 17.0

•  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)

Version 20.0

“

Continuing our efforts to make crosspaths meaningful and fit the style of each path more solidly, a number of crosspath and base level balance shifts were made. — Update notes

”

•  Sentry: deployment rate increased ― 7s → 6s

2-1-0, 2-2-0, 2-3-0, 2-4-0, 2-5-0

•  Larger Service Area crosspath now increases Sentry range by +4

2-0-1, 2-0-2, 2-0-3, 2-0-4, 2-0-5

•  Oversize Nails crosspath now allows Sentries to pop frozen Bloons
•  Oversize Nails crosspath now increases Sentry pierce by 1

Version 23.0

“

Finally last update we allowed Bloontrap to be set multiple times per round, and we wanted to stay on the side of caution with a long cooldown, but after seeing it in the wild we are happy to make this cooldown faster. — Update notes

”

2-2-0, 2-3-0, 2-4-0, 2-5-0

•  Deconstruction: now grants all Sentries +1 damage to Fortified & MOAB

2-0-4, 2-0-5

•  Faster Engineering: rate buff to Bloon Traps increased ― 0.8× → 0.6×

Version 29.0

•  Overall cost reduced by $50 (due to cost changes for previous tiers)

Version 31.0

2-3-0, 2-4-0, 2-5-0

•  Foam makes Sentries shoot Foamy nails that strip properties

Version 33.0

“

The MOAB offense of top path lacks for a mainly dps tower that is quite complex to use [...] the 320 crosspath will now be able to double dip on the Fortified & MOAB damage bonuses that it gains. — Update notes

”

2-2-0, 2-3-0, 2-4-0, 2-5-0

•  Sentry: Deconstruction's bonus damage to MOAB-Class Bloons and Fortified Bloons are no longer mutually exclusive

Version 36.0

“

XXXL Trap 205 crosspath hasn’t actually ‘been working’ due to the base attack rate being faster than minimum deployment delay so we have slowed the base rate to make 205 crosspath actually matter. — Update notes

”

2-0-5

•  Trap attack: Deploy rate reduced ― 2.8s → 3.48s
  • Note: 2.8s min cooldown is unchanged

Version 43.0

“

Sentry placements are slightly changing to improve their reliability, and will now spawn closer to the track depending on how much range the sentry has. — Update notes

”

•  Overall cost reduced by $50 (due to cost changes for previous tiers)
•  Sentry deployment: Sentries now spawn within 20% of their range to the track

Version 46.0

“

Middle crosspath feels too good for Bloontraps because of the massive quality of life it brings, so we’re pushing the DPS more for top crosspath by allowing Double Gun to also double the projectiles of Sentries. — Update notes

”

2-0-3, 2-0-4, 2-0-5

•  Double Gun Sentries now shoot two projectiles at once

Version 46.2

2-0-3, 2-0-4, 2-0-5

•  Sentry: Double Guns upgrade no longer reduces their pierce ― 2 → 3 (bug fix)

Version 47.0

“

This was becoming annoying screen clutter with large numbers of sentries, and feels unnecessary when you can overclock the engineer itself to create more sentries instead. — Update notes

”

•  Nail: No longer has +1 bonus MOAB damage (bug fix)
•  Overclock and Ultraboost abilities no longer target Engineer sentries

Version 48.0

“

Really only one major change here; a rebalancing to how the 2xx Crosspath applies across various engineer upgrades, and some base stats being changed to accommodate fitting this. — Update notes

”

•  Crosspathed attacks (Sentry/Foam/Trap): Attack cooldown percentage reduction increased ― 40% → 50%
  • Note: Attack speed bonus increased from 66.66% to 100%
•  Sentry deploy: Attack cooldown reduced ― 6s → 5s

2-0-4

•  Trap: Replacement delay reduced ― 2.8s → 2.1s

2-0-5

•  Trap: Replacement delay reduced ― 2.8s → 1.4s

Gallery

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In other languages

Language	Name / Description	Notes
Arabic	هندسة أسرع الكفاءة المتزايدة تتيح للمهندس إنتاج الحراس والرغوة والفخاخ للبالونات في كثير من الأحيان.	—
Danish	Hurtigere Konstruktion Forøget effektivitet gør at Tekniker-aben kan producere sensormaskingeværer, skum og bloon-fælder hurtigere.	—
German	Schnellere Technik Die verbesserte Effizienz erlaubt es dem Ingenieur, Wachtürme, Schaum und Bloon-Fallen noch häufiger zu produzieren.	—
Spanish	Ingeniería acelerada El aumento de eficiencia permite que el ingeniero produzca centinelas, espuma y trampas de bloons con mayor frecuencia.	—
Spanish (LA)	Ingeniería acelerada El aumento de eficiencia permite que el ingeniero produzca centinelas, espuma y trampas de bloons con mayor frecuencia.	—
Finnish	Nopeampi rakentaminen Insinöörit voivat tuottaa kasvaneen tehokkuuden ansiosta useammin vartiotorneja, vaahtoa ja bloon-ansoja.	—
French	Ingénierie plus rapide L'efficacité accrue permet à l'ingénieur de produire plus souvent des sentinelles, de la mousse et des pièges à Bloons.	—
Italian	Ingegneria accelerata L'efficienza aumentata permette all'ingegnere di produrre sentinelle, schiuma e trappole per bloon più spesso.	—
Japanese	高速エンジニアリング 効率が改善され、見張り番をもっと頻繁に作り出し、泡立ちとブルーンがより頻繁にとらえられるようになる。	—
Korean	엔지니어링 속도 증가 엔지니어의 능률이 올라 경비 포탑과 거품과 풍선 함정을 더 자주 생산합니다.	—
Dutch	Snellere bouwtechniek Door de grotere efficiëntie kan de Ingenieur vaker geschutskoepels, schuim en Bloon-vallen produceren.	—
Norwegian	Raskere ingeniørarbeid Økt effektivitet gjør det mulig for ingeniøren å produsere vakter, skum og bloonfeller oftere.	—
Polish	Szybsza inżynieria Zwiększona wydajność pozwala i żynierowi na częstszą produkcję strażników, pianki i pułapek.	—
Portuguese (Brazil)	Engenharia Mais Rápida Eficiência aumentada permite que o Engenheiro produza sentinelas, espuma e armadilhas de Bloon com mais frequência.	—
Russian	Ускоренная механика Улучшенная эффективность позволяет инженеру чаще производить турели, пену и шароловы.	—
Swedish	Snabbare ingenjörskonst Ökad effektivitet tillåter Ingenjören att producera vaktkulsprutor, skum och Bloonfällor oftare.	—
Thai	งานวิศวกรรมฉับไว เพิ่มประสิทธิภาพการทำงาน ทำให้วิศวกรผลิตป้อมปืนระวังภัย โฟม และกับดักบลูนได้บ่อยขึ้น	—
Turkish	Daha Hızlı Mühendislik Yüksek yeterlilik Mühendisin; gözcüler, köpük ve bloon tuzaklarını daha sık oluşturmasına olanak tanır.	—
Chinese (simplified)	更快的工程 泡沫剂效果提高使得哨兵放哨更频繁，泡沫剂起作用也更快。	—
Chinese (traditional)	更快施工 效率的提高可頻繁地建造哨兵塔樓和更快速地噴射泡沫。	—
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