Frontier Legends
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— In-game teaser page
Frontier Legends is an upcoming Legend DLC for Bloons TD 6, to be released in version 52.0.[1] It is a Western-themed adventure where the player takes control of a Sheriff and fights gangs of Bloons on a world of hexagonal tiles, like in Rogue Legends. It features minigames,[2] catching fish, watching Bloon races, recruiting posse members, hunting bounties, going after targets on a Most Wanted list,[3] six new Bloon types, a new system for persistent tower and Hero progression, and a custom-named monkey with special traits.[1]
Pre-release
Ninja Kiwi announced Frontier Legends in the update notes of version 47.0, where it was originally named Desperado Legends. It was described as a "highly stylized and replayable" adventure and was planned for release in the middle of the year, in the same year as Runic Legends.[3] It was planned to release alongside the Desperado, but the DLC was delayed until the end of 2025 to allow more content to be added to Rogue Legends, and it was renamed to Frontier Legends to separate it from the Desperado.[4]
In version 47.0, in addition to the release of Rogue Legends, the menu for Legends had a second page teasing Frontier Legends with an image of a cowboy hat on a cactus. In version 49.0, the image and description were changed to give more details about Frontier Legends.
During November 2025, Ninja Kiwi released a series of teaser videos on YouTube and TikTok:
- On 2 November 2025, Ninja Kiwi released a short teaser video titled "Travel to the Frontier, Enjoy the View, It's perfectly safe!"[5] It features a location named Boulder Falls, a monkey character with Rosalia's Border Collie Pet, Kora following them, and an objective named "Find the monkey in trouble".
- On 5 November 2025, Ninja Kiwi released a second teaser video titled "Enjoy Monkey Meadows!" revealing a location named Monkey Meadows, an interface for the fishing minigame, and an objective named "Talk to Scout".[6]
- On 12 November 2025, a third teaser video titled "Enjoy a late night stroll!" was released showing the monkey strolling around a stylized version of the altar in Encrypted with Geraldo Pack Mule Pet with a barely visible Black Bloon with a white hat moving outside the altar.[7]
- On 16 November 2025, the fourth teaser was released titles "Explore the Windy Peaks!" which features a Monkey exploring a platform at top of some mountains followed by Ice Monkey Snowman Pet, while walking a campfire is visible and after reaching the edge of the platform the player can see the valley below with a windmill and some cabins.[8]
- On 20 November 2025, the fifth teaser titled "Relax on the Beach" showing a Monkey waling in a beach, this time followed by Dad of Quincy, a fishing spot, a group of 3 Red Bloons near a shipwreck and a treasure chest are visible along the path, a different shipwreck similar to the one in Off The Coast is also visible.[9]
- On 24 November 2025 a sixth teaser video titled "Explore our idyllic town!" was released[10], this time with a longer duration where it is revealed that the narrator of the previous videos is an old monkey resembling Dr. Monkey which is the Mayor of some small town naming you the new Sheriff, then the Mayor presents the cornfields which feed the town, then the scene cuts to the town where the Sheriff walks along some Monkeys and some of them open a small text box when approached, then the Sheriff enters to its homestead, which is a menu where the player can change the appearance of the Sherrif and its Pet, check on the members of its Posse and see items in a "Collection" menu. Then, the Sheriff exits and heads towards the Saloon (see details below). Back in the town, the Sheriff walks towards the exits of the town is and one is blocked with some Bloons wearing hats moving in the other side, finally, the Sherrif moves to another exit and upon reaching a loading zone, a pop-up with the title "Frontier Express" asks the player if they wish to move to Boulder Falls (the location of the first teaser).
All previous teaser trailers feature a grainy film texture, a gray-colored filter so the video tries to resemble and old film with western-inspired music in the background. Also it is notable that in all videos, the narrator does heavy emphasis on stating that walking in these locations is "perfectly safe".
Also, on 12 November 2025, Ninja Kiwi posted on Reddit a preview of the recruiting system while asking for western-themed names[11]; it shows a Saloon with several Tower models and a stylized NPC Monkey. The recruit menu shows the Towers in the Saloon as "Hands to Hire" where they can be recruited by paying a certain amount of a banana-shaped currency. Additionally, "Ranch Hands" and "Heroes to Hire" menus are also available but were not shown in the teaser. Each Tower has a given name, a bar that resembles some kind of energy and three "Traits" which seem to be passive buffs that that hire possesses which include dealing extra damage, pop specific types of Bloons or setting them on fire. The available towers can be refreshed by waiting 10 minutes or by paying some currency.
The Saloon was also shown 24 November 2025 teaser video, this time the names of the Towers available now feature one of the traits that the Monkey has, for example "Molasses Colt" has the Molasses trait and "Feeble Luciano" has the Feeble trait and the number of traits on the monkeys is reuced from 3 to 2 in comparison to the Reddit teaser.
Teaser videos
Gallery
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Frontier Legends continues to be an amazing project that the team is super proud of. Core mechanics are in place, 6 new Bloon types working, custom-named Monkey with special traits, an entirely new system for Monkey and Hero persistent progress, and bespoke encounters are already incredible to play. So clearly, it’s almost time to show some sneak peeks. Keep an eye on BTD6 Discord, Reddit, and our NK social media in the next few weeks as we share our first visuals and gameplay!" – "Bloons TD 6 v51.0 - Update Notes!". Reddit. Retrieved Sun, 2 Nov 2025.
- ↑ "Bloons TD 6 v49.0 - Update Notes!". Reddit. Retrieved Sun, 2 Nov 2025.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "[E]xplore the Monkey Wild West within a map that dynamically reacts to your actions and allows other customizations. Go fishing, watch Bloon races, recruit posse members, hunt bounties, and go after the targets on the Most Wanted list. Highly stylized and replayable, planned for mid-year." – "Bloons TD 6 v47.0 - Update Notes!". Reddit. Retrieved Sun, 2 Nov 2025.
- ↑ "Bloons TD 6 v48.0 - Update Notes!". Reddit. Retrieved Tue, 14 Oct 2025.
- ↑ Ninja Kiwi (Sun, 2 Nov 2025). "Travel to the Frontier, Enjoy the View, It's perfectly safe! #NinjaKiwi #btd6 #Frontier #Legends #FrontierLegends". TikTok. Retrieved Wed, 5 Nov 2025.
- ↑ Ninja Kiwi (Wed, 5 Nov 2025). "Enjoy a perfectly safe walk through Monkey Meadows! #NinjaKiwi #BTD6 #Frontier #Legends #FrontierLegends". TikTok. Retrieved Thu, 6 Nov 2025.
- ↑ Ninja Kiwi (Wed, 12 Nov 2025). "Enjoy a late night stroll! We are so happy you are here! #It'sperfectlysafe #NinjaKiwi #BTD6 #Frontier #FrontierLegends". TikTok. Retrieved Thu, 13 Nov 2025.
- ↑ Ninja Kiwi (Sun, 16 Nov 2025). "We know that you will enjoy the wide open air in Frontier Legends! #FrontierLegends #BTD6 #NinjaKiwi". TikTok. Retrieved Mon, 17 Nov 2025.
- ↑ Ninja Kiwi (Fri, 21 Nov 2025). "Enjoy the beachiest beach around in Frontier Legends! #NinjaKiwi #BTD6 #Frontier #FrontierLegends #It'sperfectlysafe #Beach". TikTok. Retrieved Sun, 23 Nov 2025.
- ↑ Ninja Kiwi (Sun, 23 Nov 2025). "Welcome, new Sheriff, to our idyllic town! I know you will enjoy your extremely safe and danger-free new job! #FrontierLegends #BTD6 #NinjaKiwi #Sheriff #Mayor #NoBloonsHere". TikTok. Retrieved Sun, 23 Nov 2025.
- ↑ Benny_NK (Wed, 12 Nov 2025). "Yee-haw! Our recruits are lookin' for some fresh western-themed names, what's your suggestion?". Ninja Kiwi on Reddit. Retrieved Thu, 13 Nov 2025.