Super Mines (BTD6)

For the upgrade in Bloons TD Battles 2, see Super Mines (Battles 2).

Super Mines

Creates gigantic exploding spiked mines that can wipe out almost anything.

Tower	Spike Factory — Path 1 — Tier 5
XP cost	32,500
Cash cost	$106,250 — Easy $125,000 — Medium $135,000 — Hard $150,000 — Impoppable

← Spiked Mines

Mega Massive Munitions Factory →

Super Mines is the Spike Factory's path 1 tier 5 upgrade in Bloons TD 6. It dispenses super mines half as quickly (every 3.5 seconds), but the mines deal much more damage and have many more explosions that can pop any Bloon type. Each super mine has 18 pierce, dealing 50 damage, with +30 Ceramic damage, and +15 Fortified damage. Every time a spike is depleted, a non-burning mini-explosion is produced, dealing 20 damage, with +15 Ceramic damage and +5 Fortified damage, to up to 30 Bloons within 30 radius. If the super mine expires, it generates a huge burning explosion that deals 1,000 damage, with +500 Ceramic, and +250 Fortified damage, to up to 60 Bloons within 100 radius (133 with 5-0-1). The burn damage-over-time is increased from 10 damage to 2,500 damage every 2 seconds for up to 6.05 seconds.

Stats

For a complete list of Spike Factory stats, see Stats:Spike Factory (BTD6).

This data was last updated for: version 55.1

Tower
Display range 34 units Footprint radius 8 units Targeting options Normal

Attack
Cooldown 3.5s Offset (X, Y, Z) 0, 0, 19.95 Targeting Depends on targeting option Targeting range 34 units Filters Cannot target Camo
Ignores blockers
Projectile Pierce 18 Damage 50 Damage to Ceramic (excl. Ceramic Armor Shell) +30 Damage to Fortified +15 Damage type Normal Lifespan 50s Radius 6 units Rehit interval 0.001s Ignores blockers Mini-explosion Pierce 30 Damage 20 Damage to Ceramic (excl. Ceramic Armor Shell) +15 Damage to Fortified +5 Damage type Normal Lifespan 0.1s Radius 30 units Ignores blockers Explosion Pierce 60 Damage 1,000 Damage to Ceramic (excl. Ceramic Armor Shell) +500 Damage to Fortified +250 Damage type Normal Lifespan 0.1s Radius 100.2 units Ignores blockers Damage over time Damage 2,500 Damage type Fire Duration 6.05s Interval 2s Layers ∞

5-1-0

Attack
Cooldown 3.5s → 2.8s
Explosion Ignores blockers

5-2-0

Attack
Cooldown 2.8s → 2.1s

5-0-1

Tower
Display range 34 units → 42 units

Attack
Targeting range 34 units → 42 units
Projectile Lifespan 50s → 100s Mini-explosion Radius 30 units → 40 units Explosion Radius 100.2 units → 133.6 units Ignores blockers

5-0-2

Tower
Targeting options Close Smart Automatic Set Target

Start-of-round buff
Cooldown modifier ×0.25 Lifespan 3s

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
5-0-0	$118,320	$139,200	$150,340	$167,040	$82,824	$97,440	$105,238	$116,928
5-1-0	$118,830	$139,800	$150,990	$167,760	$83,181	$97,860	$105,693	$117,432
5-2-0	$119,510	$140,600	$151,855	$168,720	$83,657	$98,420	$106,299	$118,104
5-0-1	$118,450	$139,350	$150,500	$167,220	$82,915	$97,545	$105,350	$117,054
5-0-2	$118,790	$139,750	$150,930	$167,700	$83,153	$97,825	$105,651	$117,390

Strategy

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Super Mines does incredible damage for its cost despite its speed penalty, making it suitable for fighting Bosses and high-HP Bloons. Unlike most Spike Factories, Super Mines can work well as a DPS tower that is placed near the front to maximize pierce and coverage against crowds and single-targets, as well as its napalm that does high enough chip damage to warrant this. It's still a good choice when placed at the back, as its mega explosions are large enough to still set off and apply napalm.

Crosspathing is beneficial for Super Mines, and should be crosspathed unless the challenge is Least Tiers. Middle crosspaths are usually better for the increased rate, because bloon ramping may naturally cause mines to consume quickly. Bottom crosspaths are mostly reserved on Boss Rush to take full advantage of the start-of-round speed boost.

Update history

For a complete list of Spike Factory changes, see Update history:Spike Factory (BTD6).

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Version 6.0

•  Attack cooldown reduced ― 6.6s → 5.5s (attack speed increased by 20%)
  • With X-1-X Faster Production crosspath ― 3.96s → 3.3s
  • With X-2-X Even Faster Production crosspath ― 2.97s → 2.475s

Version 7.0

•  Overall cost reduced by $2,200 (due to cost changes for previous tiers)
•  Explosion: Damage type changed ― Explosion → Normal
•  Explosion: Pierce increased ― 40 → 60

Version 8.0

•  Spike: Damage to Ceramics increased ― +2 → +3

Version 10.0

•  Spike: damage increased ― 1 → 10

Version 11.0

•  Attack cooldown reduced ― 5.5s → 4.4s (attack speed increased by 25%)

Version 12.0

•  Explosion: Damage increased ― 350 → 1,000

Version 20.0

“

Bigger balance shifts including Super Mines were not feasible for this update, but we did make a meaningful price reduction.
— Update notes

”

•  Upgrade cost reduced ― $175,000 → $162,500

Version 22.0

“

We quite liked how the lifespan changes for xx1 spikes went previously, though this still wasn’t enough to make the path competitive and increasing this number further wouldn’t have much of an impact since most earlier rounds aren’t long enough. Spiked Balls strats have also felt too strong compared to higher tiers on top path, so touching on all of these issues slightly the base lifespan of spikes has been reduced, ceramic bonus increased on 4xx; and a new bonus added to 5xx.
— Update notes

”

•  Mine: Each spike now additionally triggers a smaller explosion
•  Base projectile lifespan reduced ― 70s → 50s
  • Note: Long Reach lifespan remains at 100s

Version 23.0

“

Like a few other towers before it, the attack speed crosspath for Spike Factory has outshined the others. We have reworked the lower Spike Factory tiers to distribute this power more evenly while keeping high tier factories at a similar level of power.
— Update notes

”

•  Overall cost increased by $200 (due to cost changes for previous tiers)
•  Rate increased ― 4.4s → 3.5s (undocumented)

5-1-0

•  Rate reduced ― 2.64s → 2.8s (undocumented)

5-2-0

•  Rate increased ― 1.98s → 1.96s (undocumented)

Version 24.0

•  Overall cost reduced by $900 (due to cost changes for previous tiers)

Version 26.0

•  Overall cost reduced by $1,500 (due to cost changes for previous tiers)
•  Pierce reduced ― 17 → 14

Version 27.0

•  Spike: Damage corrected ― 2 → 10 (bug fix)

Version 28.0

•  Upgrade cost reduced ― $162,000 → $150,000
•  Small explosion: Pierce increased ― 20 → 30

Version 29.0

“

Super Mines gets damage - to stand it out in Bosses more.
— Update notes

”

•  Spike: Damage increased ― 10 → 50
•  Spike: Damage to Ceramic increased ― +6 → +20
•  Spike: Damage to Fortified increased ― +1 → +15
•  Small explosion: Damage increased ― 10 → 20
•  Small explosion: Now deals +10 damage to Ceramic
•  Small explosion: Now deals +5 damage to Fortified
•  Main explosion: No longer deals +2 damage to Ceramic
•  Main explosion: No longer deals +2 damage to MOAB-class
•  Main explosion: Damage to Fortified increased ― +1 → +250

Version 31.2

•  Mini-explosion: no longer has single-layer damage (undocumented)

Version 32.0

“

Super Mines DoT damage is entirely insignificant for the price range of this tower.
— Update notes

”

•  DoT: Damage per tick increased ― 1 → 500

Version 35.0

“

Super Mines price is coming down a little to pull it slightly forward into more challenge viability. We also felt like a massive ceramic bonus on Super Mines could both help it annihilate super ceramics, and give it fun niche uses against ceramics in general for challenges and Bosses.
— Update notes

”

•  Upgrade cost reduced ― $150,000 → $125,000
•  Mini explosion: Radius increased ― 20 → 30
•  DoT: Damage per tick increased ― 500 → 1000
•  Spike: Damage bonus to Ceramics increased ― +20 → +30
•  Mini explosion: Damage bonus to Ceramics increased ― +10 → +15
•  Giant explosion: Damage bonus to Ceramics increased ― +0 → +500

Version 36.0

“

Spiked Balls provides incredibly powerful cleanup in all stages of gameplay, and we like the use here but for a cheap T3 it doesn't drop off enough lategame with the lower pierce requirements there.
— Update notes

”

•  Pierce per spiked ball reduced ― 14 → 12

Version 37.0

“

We’ve heard the feedback, so Spiked Mines get a tweak to get more mines exploding but with less pierce on each, to overall increase quality of life in more frequent use but less wasted pierce. This will help out with some of the problems it has scaling into late game super ceramics.
— Update notes

”

•  DoT: Damage per tick increased ― 1,000 → 2,500
•  Spike pierce increased ― 12 → 20

Version 38.0

“

Further balance for 401 crosspath, while this does already see some niche use it made sense to include increased explosion radius with the larger tower range.
— Update notes

”

5-0-1, 5-0-2

•  Large explosion: Radius increased ― 100 → 133
•  Small explosion: Blast radius increased ― 30 → 40

Version 39.0

•  Spike Factory no longer can shotgun spikes for exactly one frame after spawning (bug fix)

Version 40.0

“

Small spike pierce reduction for the Spiked Mines as it’s finally coming into a strong spot on its own.
— Update notes

”

•  Pierce per spiked mine reduced ― 20 → 18

Version 52.0

•  Damage over time: Duration increased ― 6.0s → 6.05s (bug fix)
  • Note: This change solved an issue where the final tick of the damage was not being applied

Gallery

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Screenshots

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  Super Mines for all crosspaths
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  Super Mines projectile
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  Super Mines projectile with the Spike Factory Pineapples cosmetic

Assets

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  Portrait
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  Upgrade icon
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  Insta Monkey icon

In other languages

Language	Name / Description	Notes
Arabic	الألغام الفائقة إنشاء ألغام ضخمة متفجرة بإمكانها القضاء على أي شيء تقريبًا.	—
Danish	Superminer Skaber gigantiske eksploderende sømminer, som kan udslette næsten hvad som helst.	—
German	Superminen Erzeugt gigantisch explodierende Nagelminen, die beinahe alles vernichten.	—
Spanish	Superminas Crea minas con clavos gigantes y explosivas que pueden eliminar casi todo.	—
Spanish (LA)	Superminas Crea minas con clavos gigantes y explosivas que pueden eliminar casi todo.	—
Finnish	Supermiinat Luo giganttisia räjähtäviä piikkimiinoja, jotka voivat pyyhkiä pois melkein mitä vain.	—
French	Super mines Crée des mines pointues gigantesques qui annihilent presque tout en explosant.	—
Italian	Super mine Crea gigantesche mine acuminate la cui esplosione è in grado di devastare ogni cosa.	—
Japanese	スーパー地雷 ほぼ全てを破壊できる、巨大な爆破スパイク地雷を作る。	—
Korean	슈퍼 지뢰 거의 모든 걸 초토화할 수 있는 거대한 폭발성 스파이크 지뢰를 생산합니다.	—
Dutch	Supermijnen Maakt gigantische exploderende stekelmijnen die bijna alles kunnen wegvagen.	—
Norwegian	Superminer Skaper gigantiske eksploderende spikerminer som kan utslette nesten alt.	—
Polish	Super miny Wytwarza gigantyczne eksplodujące kolczaste miny, które zmiatają niemal wszystko.	—
Portuguese (Brazil)	Minas Superiores Cria gigantescas minas de espinho explosivas que podem detonar quase tudo.	—
Russian	Супермины Производит огромные взрывающиеся шипованные мины, которые сносят почти всё вокруг.	—
Swedish	Superminor Skapar gigantiska exploderande spikminor som kan utrota nästan allt.	—
Thai	ซูเปอร์ไมน์ สร้างกับระเบิดตะปูขนาดมหึมาที่กำจัดได้แทบทุกอย่าง	—
Turkish	Süper Mayınlar Neredeyse her şeyi yok edebilen patlayan devasa çivili mayınlar oluşturur.	—
Chinese (simplified)	超级地雷 创造可以消灭几乎任何东西的巨型刺钉地雷。	—
Chinese (traditional)	超級地雷 創造出巨大的帶刺爆炸地雷，可以消滅幾乎任何東西。	—
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