Trait

In-game button to see the traits of currently selected towers

Traits are a game mechanic in the Frontier Legends DLC of Bloons TD 6. These are passive effects that all Towers have, and can be positive or negative and can range from raw stat modifiers to the ability to summon Zombie Bloons.

Mechanics

Traits are classified in two ways: Rarity and Tier. Rarity is a somewhat arbitrary classification, but usually traits with better effects tend to have a higher Rarity. Tier determines the potency of the effect and has four levels, with the first two being negative and the second two are positive. When Towers are generated at the Salon, the game randomly determines the amount, rarity and tier of those traits. Story Towers, Heroes and Legendary recruits have a fixed set of traits.

Trait tier distribution

Icon	Rarity	Chance	Effect
	1	10%	Very negative
	2	15%	Negative
	3	40%	Positive
	4	35%	Very positive

Trait rarity distribution

Icon	Rarity	Chance
	0	40%
	1	30%
	2	20%
	3	10%

Trait amount distribution

Amount	Chance
1	25%
2	50%
3	25%

List of Traits

Text	Tier	Rarity	Excluded towers	Effect
Cross-eyed Shot spread 100%			Boomerang Monkey, Spike Factory, Beast Handler	+100% projectile spread
Clumsy Shot spread 50%			Boomerang Monkey, Spike Factory, Beast Handler	+50% projectile spread
Straight Shooter Shot spread -50%			Boomerang Monkey, Spike Factory, Beast Handler	−50% projectile spread
Crackshot Shot spread -100%			Boomerang Monkey, Spike Factory, Beast Handler	−100% projectile spread
Laggard 80% Attack Speed				1.2× attack cooldown multiplier, which is equivalent to a −17% attack speed decrease.
Encumbered 90% Attack Speed				1.1× attack cooldown multiplier, which is equivalent to a −9% attack speed decrease.
Quickshot 115% Attack Speed				0.85× attack cooldown multiplier, which is equivalent to a +18% attack speed increase.
Rapid-fire 130% Attack Speed				0.7× attack cooldown multiplier, which is equivalent to a +43% attack speed increase.
Twister Projectiles wiggle around with 20% Blowback chance (Not MOABs)			Spike Factory	All projectiles from the Tower now have the stated chance to inflict a blowback effect to non-MOAB-Class Bloons which sends them back in the track a random amount between 10 and 50 units. Additionally, the projectiles now move in a curvy wave-like pattern which fixes their lifespan to 1s.
Dust-devil Projectiles wiggle around with 50% Blowback chance (Not MOABs)			Spike Factory
Zinger Projectiles bounce off Blocking Objects and Map Borders			Ice Monkey, Mortar Monkey, Spike Factory, Beast Handler	Projectiles can bounce from map objects and borders and also can re-hit Bloons after bouncing.
True-eye Can see Camo and deals +1 Damage to them				Grants Camo detection and all attacks now deal +1 / 2× bonus damage to Camo Bloons.
Red-wristed Can see Camo and deals +100% Damage to them
Boot-draggin' Costs +50% Stamina to place				Tower's Stamina is drained 6% when placed.
Slow-ridin' Costs +30% Stamina to place				Tower's Stamina is drained 5.2% when placed.
Itchin’ Costs -30% Stamina to place				Tower's Stamina is drained 2.8% when placed.
Rarin’ Costs -50% Stamina to place				Tower's Stamina is drained 2% when placed.
Keen-eye Chance to crit for +100% Damage			Glue Gunner	The Crit chance works in the same way as Bullseye starting at 5% and increases if the attack's target is further away from the Tower at a rate of 0.5% per unit of distance. The Crit damage multiplier is 2× and 3×, respectively.
Razor-eye Chance to crit for +200% Damage			Glue Gunner
Feeble 60% Damage				All attacks now have a 0.5× damage multiplier. Not 0.6× as the description says.
Weak 80% Damage				All attacks now have a 0.8× damage multiplier.
Powerful 125% Damage				All attacks now have a 1.25× damage multiplier.
Brutal 150% Damage				All attacks now have a 1.5× damage multiplier.
Patient Attacks faster the closer Bloons are to leaking up to 30%				Increases its attack speed in the same way as Elite Defender. The bonus goes from +0% to +30% and +60% when the Bloons are about to leak, respectively.
Seein'-red Attacks faster the closer Bloons are to leaking up to 60%
Firestarter Has a chance to set Bloons on fire for 1 Damage per second, for 4.5s				Projectiles have a 20% chance of inflicting a damage over time effect, but the stats are different to what is stated in the trait's description: Firestarter: 2 Fire damage every second for 4.1s. Guns-blazin': 4 Fire damage every second for 8.1s. The effect can be applied even if the main projectile does not damage the Bloon and affects all layers.
Guns-blazin' Has a chance to set Bloons on fire for 3 Damage per second, for 6s
Adhesive Chance to coat Bloons in molasses, slowing by 40% for 1.5s. Less effective on MOAB-Class Bloons				Projectiles have a 20% chance of applying a glue-like effect to the Bloons which reduces their speed 40% (0.6× speed multiplier) for 1.6 and 6.1s, respectively. It affects 3 layers. MOAB-Class (except BADs and Bosses) have their speed reduced 10% instead (0.9× speed multiplier).
Molasses Chance to coat Bloons in molasses, slowing by 40% for 6s. Less effective on MOAB-Class Bloons
Bananite glutton Bananite earnt -10% while in Posse				It affects all sources of Bananite in the DLC. If multiple towers have these traits, they stack additively.
Greedy Bananite earnt -5% while in Posse
Covetous Bananite earnt +5% while in Posse
Lustrous Bananite earnt +10% while in Posse
Pathfinder Projectiles now seek out Bloons with turn strength 180			Ice Monkey, Mortar Monkey, Spike Factory, Beast Handler	Projectiles that travel in a straight line can now track their targets anywhere in the map with a turn speed of 180°/s and 270°/s, respectively.
Waymaker Projectiles now seek out Bloons with turn strength 270			Ice Monkey, Mortar Monkey, Spike Factory, Beast Handler
Cold-leaded Chance to Freeze non MOAB-Class Bloons for 1s				Projectiles have a 20% chance of freezing Bloons for the stated amount of time. The freeze affects 3 layers.
Frostbrand Chance to Freeze non MOAB-Class Bloons for 3s
Bowie Gains a 25% chance for projectiles to produce ricocheting blades				When the projectiles of a Tower with this trait expire they have the stated chance of creating 2 blades at an angle of 45°. They deal 1 Shatter damage and have 5 pierce and cannot target or hit Camo Bloons unless their parent tower has Camo detection. Their lifespan is 0.4s and they travel in a straight line at 300 units/s upon creation and can bounce from obstacles, but if they hit a Bloon, the projectile instead starts a ricochet behavior which targets Close and it has minimum seeking distance of 5 units (infinite maximum), the movement uses Adora's seeking mechanics.
Fanged Gains a 65% chance for projectiles to produce ricocheting blades
Kickin' Knocks back Bloons with 50% power. Heavier targets by 20% of that amount				Projectiles now inflict a knockback effect that lasts 0.2s, with the following speed multipliers: Kickin': −0.5× against light Bloons (Rainbow and below) and −0.1× against Heavy (Lead, Ceramic) and MOAB-Class Bloons. Big Boot: −1.0× against light Bloons and −0.2× against Heavy and MOAB-Class Bloons. It also makes all projectiles 10% larger visually, but their collision radius stays the same.
Big-boot Knocks back Bloons with 100% power. Heavier targets by 20% of that amount
Exile A Monkey on the outs. Attack Speed, Range, Accuracy, and Projectile Speed heavily reduced.				+50% projectile spread, −13% attack speed (1.15× attack cooldown), −17.5% range, −25% pierce, −50% projectile speed, -20% projectile size
Outlaw A Monkey who shuns good society. Attack Speed, Range, Accuracy, and Projectile Speed slightly reduced.				+25% projectile spread, −7% attack speed (1.075× attack cooldown), -8.75% range, -17.5% pierce, -25% projectile speed, -10% projectile size
Renowned A well liked Monkey 'round these parts. Attack Speed, Range, Accuracy, and Projectile Speed slightly improved.				−25% projectile spread, +8% attack speed (0.925× attack cooldown), +8.75% range, +17.5% pierce, +25% projectile speed, +10% projectile size
Legend A Legendary Monkey, known across the Frontier. Attack Speed, Range, Accuracy, and Projectile Speed heavily improved.				−50% projectile spread, +18% attack speed (0.85× attack cooldown), +17.5% range, +35% pierce, +50% projectile speed, +20% projectile size, +50% tower size and grants Camo detection.
Red-eyed Can pop all Bloon types. Stamina costs increased 200%			Glue Gunner, Alchemist	All attacks can now pop any type of Bloon, but Tower's Stamina is drained 12% and 8% when placed, respectively.
Hell-bent Can pop all Bloon types. Stamina costs increased 100%			Glue Gunner, Alchemist
Yellow-bellied Deals 75% Damage to MOABs and Boss Bloons				All attacks now have a 0.75× damage multiplier to MOAB-Class Bloons.
Take-down Deals 125% Damage to MOABs and Boss Bloons				All attacks now have a 1.25× damage multiplier to MOAB-Class Bloons.
Big-blimp-hunter Deals 150% Damage to MOABs and Boss Bloons				All attacks now have a 1.5× damage multiplier to MOAB-Class Bloons.
Cloudstride Towers placed within 30 radius ignore Land & Water rules				Creates cloud platforms for water towers in land (Lord of the Abyss) and land towers in water (Arctic Wind) in the stated radius around itself. The tower still needs to be placed in a valid location.
Skywalker Towers placed within 50 radius ignore Land & Water rules
Rooted Cannot retreat, Damage +0% & Attack Speed +0%				The Tower cannot longer retreat after being placed.
Monkey-glue Cannot retreat, Damage +20% & Attack Speed +10%				The Tower cannot longer retreat after being placed. All attacks now have an 1.2× damage bonus multiplier and +11% attack speed (0.9× attack cooldown multiplier).
Banana-bond Cannot retreat, Damage +50% & Attack Speed +20%				The Tower cannot longer retreat after being placed. All attacks now have an 1.5× damage bonus multiplier and +25% attack speed (0.8× attack cooldown multiplier).
Hollow-iron 50% Pierce				Pierce of all projectiles is reduced 50%
Soft-shot 70% Pierce				Pierce of all projectiles is reduced 30%
Piercing 135% Pierce				Pierce of all projectiles is increased 35%
Heavy-puncha 170% Pierce				Pierce of all projectiles is increased 70%
Peashooter 60% Projectile & explosion size				Collision radius of all projectiles is decreased 40%, it also affects the projectiles visually in the same amount.
Popgun 80% Projectile & explosion size				Collision radius of all projectiles is decreased 20%, it also affects the projectiles visually in the same amount.
Slugga 120% Projectile & explosion size				Collision radius of all projectiles is increased 20%, it also affects the projectiles visually in the same amount.
Cannonball 140% Projectile & explosion size				Collision radius of all projectiles is increased 40%, it also affects the projectiles visually in the same amount.
Sluggish 50% Projectile Speed			Mortar Monkey, Spike Factory	Speed of all projectiles reduced 50%.
Slovenly 75% Projectile Speed			Mortar Monkey, Spike Factory	Speed of all projectiles reduced 25%.
Bullet-time 150% Projectile Speed			Mortar Monkey, Spike Factory	Speed of all projectiles increased 50%.
Quicksilver 200% Projectile Speed			Mortar Monkey, Spike Factory	Speed of all projectiles increased 100%.
Purple-coat Can pop Purple Bloons, and deals +1 Damage to them				All attacks deal +1 / 2× damage to Purple Bloons (including Blastapopoulos) and can damage them if they are immune to the attack but does not remove Glass Bloon immunity.
Purple-peacock Can pop Purple Bloons, and deals +100% Damage to them
Blind 70% Range			Sniper Monkey, Monkey Ace, Heli Pilot, Mortar Monkey, Dartling Gunner	Range is reduced 30%.
One eye'd 85% Range			Sniper Monkey, Monkey Ace, Heli Pilot, Mortar Monkey, Dartling Gunner	Range is reduced 15%.
Spotter 120% Range			Sniper Monkey, Monkey Ace, Heli Pilot, Mortar Monkey, Dartling Gunner	Range is increased 20%.
Longshot 135% Range			Sniper Monkey, Monkey Ace, Heli Pilot, Mortar Monkey, Dartling Gunner	Range is increased 35%.
Phantom Stamina Costs +25% and retreating freezes most surrounding Bloons				Tower's Stamina is drained 4.8%, 4.4%, 3.6% and 3% when placed, respectively. (Phantom is +20% Stamina despite what the description says). When the tower retreats, it creates an explosion that can freeze up to 60 Bloons for 9s. It only freezes one layer and does not affect MOAB-Class Bloons. The explosion has a radius of 60 units, ignores blockers, has a lifespan of 1s and has a 51% chance of freezing any particular Bloon in radius. The Tower has to have Stamina remaining to trigger the explosion. Sub-towers are not affected by this trait.
Survivor Stamina Costs +10% and retreating freezes most surrounding Bloons
Ambusher Stamina Costs -10% and retreating freezes most surrounding Bloons
Escapist Stamina Costs -25% and retreating freezes most surrounding Bloons
Rebound Tower projectiles now Ricochet off Bloons up to 2 times			Ice Monkey, Mortar Monkey, Spike Factory, Beast Handler	If a projectile that flies on a straight line hits a Bloon, it starts a ricochet behavior which targets Close and it has minimum seeking distance of 5 units (infinite maximum). Rebound can only bounce once (despite what the description says) and Ricochet can do it up to 10 times. If the projectile has not depleted all its pierce after reaching its bounce cap, it will continue moving in a straight line after the last bounce.
Ricochet Tower projectiles now Ricochet off Bloons up to 10 times			Ice Monkey, Mortar Monkey, Spike Factory, Beast Handler
Medic Gain +10 Mana Shield after every round				At the end of every round the Tower creates a Mana Shield of the stated strength that absorbs lives lost from leaks, regardless of the tier, it is capped at 200 lives.
Doc Gain +20 Mana Shield after every round
Microscopic 50% Footprint				Decreases the Tower's visual model and footprint by 50%. Range is also reduced by 25%
Tiny 75% Footprint				Decreases the Tower's visual model and footprint by 25%. Range is also reduced by 15%
Oversize 125% Footprint				Increases the Tower's visual model and footprint by 25%. Range is also increased by 15%
Big ol' 150% Footprint				Increases the Tower's visual model and footprint by 50%. Range is also increased by 25%
Primer Chance to attach bombs to Bloons, dealing 15 Damage after 3s				Projectiles now have a 50% chance to attach a Sticky Bomb to any Bloon they collide with. The bomb is attached to all layers and will explode after 3s dealing 15 or 30 Explosion damage to the target, respectively.
Detonator Chance to attach bombs to Bloons, dealing 30 Damage after 3s
Nullifier Can pop Black and White Bloons and deals +1 Damage to them				All attacks deal +1 / 2× damage to Black (including DDTs), White and Zebra Bloons and can damage them if they are immune to the attack but does not remove Lead immunity from DDTs.
Neutralizer Can pop Black and White Bloons and deals +100% Damage to them
Friendly Chance to spawn 2 friendly Zombie Bloons from projectiles				When projectiles expire they have a 20% chance of summoning Zombie Bloons at the closest point of the track with a spacing of 0.5s. They deal 5 Normal damage to Bloons that collide with them and have 5 pierce. The Zombie Bloons travel backwards in the track at 50 units/s, they also have a collision radius of 6 units. Particular differences between the trait tiers include: Friendly: Summons 2 Zombie Bloons with a lifespan of 18s. Undertaker: Summons 4 Zombie Bloons (despite what the description says) with a lifespan of 3s.
Undertaker Chance to spawn 5 friendly Zombie Bloons from projectiles

Hero traits

Each Hero has a unique set of traits, a certain starting level, and a cost in Bananite to hire. Hero Skins have different traits from regular Heroes, including those that cannot be purchased with Monkey Money.

Legendary recruits

There is a 5% chance that any possible recruit in the Saloon has a "Legendary" status, with powerful traits and some upgrades applied, but they are more expensive than their regular counterparts. Their tower type, upgrades, name and traits are fixed. Some of their names are a reference to popular Bloons content creators.

Name	Tower	Recruit cost	Trait 1	Trait 2	Trait 3
One-Mile Morgan	0-4-2 Desperado Insta	$32,400	Legend	Big ol'	Longshot
Ember Hellblast Graves	2-0-4 Desperado Insta	$35,400	Renowned	Undertaker	Fanged
Mar. Mathers	3-2-0 Ninja Monkey Insta	$7,950	Legend	Guns-blazin'	Ricochet
Elmer Sticky Fingers	2-0-3 Glue Gunner Insta	$15,015	Legend	Detonator	Heavy-puncha
Mar. Molasses	2-3-0 Sniper Monkey Insta	$14,400	Legend	Seein'-red	Molasses
Big Brass Tsunami	0-2-3 Tack Shooter Insta	$3,765	Legend	Big ol'	Rapid-fire
Drifting Shade	0-2-3 Super Monkey Insta	$47,100	Legend	Rapid-fire	Banana-bond
The Unforgiven	0-2-3 Monkey Sub Insta	$10,875	Legend	Quicksilver	Razor-eye
Pale Rider	3-0-2 Ice Monkey Insta	$8,250	Legend	Neutralizer	Fanged
Phantom Corsair	0-3-2 Monkey Buccaneer Insta	$8,700	Legend	Molasses	Undertaker
Finn Rivers	3-0-0 Beast Handler Insta	$9,690	Renowned	Frostbrand	Molasses
The Proposition	0-3-2 Dartling Gunner Insta	$23,700	Legend	Crackshot	Ricochet
Deadclaw Dan	0-3-0 Beast Handler Insta	$9,960	Legend	Razor-eye	Molasses
Skye Tombstone	0-2-3 Monkey Ace Insta	$14,850	Renowned	Zinger	Undertaker
Sawbones Sam	3-0-0 Alchemist Insta	$7,650	Renowned	Rapid-fire	Doc
Blazing Saddle Bill	2-3-0 Boomerang Monkey Insta	$7,410	Legend	Rarin’	Guns-blazin'
Short Fuse Boone	3-0-2 Dart Monkey Insta	$3,450	Microscopic	Detonator	Ricochet
Masterplanner Charles	2-3-0 Heli Pilot Insta	$21,600	Microscopic	Rarin’	Escapist
Halt O'Carrick	0-2-3 Dart Monkey Insta	$4,065	Legend	Waymaker	Longshot
The Bulwark	3-0-2 Spike Factory Insta	$15,750	Renowned	Heavy-puncha	Seein'-red
Funky Town	3-1-0 Monkey Village Insta	$12,450	Microscopic	Longshot	Lustrous
Lazy Louie's Lookout	2-3-0 Monkey Village Insta	$38,550	Microscopic	Rarin’	Escapist
Max Lidot	0-3-0 Dart Monkey Insta	$2,820	Renowned	Rapid-fire	Hell-bent
Ironshot ISAB	0-3-0 Super Monkey Insta	$40,200	Renowned	Longshot	Ricochet
Super BomBattery	2-3-0 Mortar Monkey Insta	$9,600	Renowned	Red-wristed	Rapid-fire
Chewie Chompa	2-3-0 Bomb Shooter Insta	$8,775	Renowned	Brutal	Banana-bond
Unrelenting Dragoon	0-3-2 Wizard Monkey Insta	$15,750	Renowned	Waymaker	Purple-peacock
Highrule Mack	3-0-0 Super Monkey Insta	$81,000	Renowned	Waymaker	Guns-blazin'
Punji der Totengräber	2-3-0 Spike Factory Insta	$18,900	Renowned	Big-blimp-hunter	Undertaker
Hellfire H-Bomb	3-0-2 Mortar Monkey Insta	$8,475	Renowned	Cannonball	Neutralizer
Dab Lune Oakheart	0-3-0 Druid Insta	$6,150	Renowned	Doc	Red-wristed
Tornado Tewtiy	2-3-0 Druid Insta	$9,750	Renowned	Skywalker	Dust-devil
Desert Sabre	3-2-0 Sniper Monkey Insta	$15,600	Renowned	Fanged	Seein'-red
Neo Trickshot Lawless	3-0-2 Glue Gunner Insta	$10,215	Renowned	Big-boot	Fanged
Raider Ethan Reckless	3-0-2 Wizard Monkey Insta	$8,775	Renowned	Big-boot	Fanged
Chillhands Frostee	0-3-0 Mermonkey Insta	$8,325	Renowned	Zinger	Quicksilver

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Version 52.2

Trait	Changes
Twister / Dust-devil	No longer appears on Spike Factories
Cloudstride / Skywalker	No longer causes the game to crash on Underground (bug fix)

Version 53.0

Trait	Changes
Feeble	Damage penalty decreased ― -50% → -40% (bug fix) Note: Now it behaves according to its description
Firestarter	Description changed to now correctly say it lasts 4s instead of 4.5s (bug fix) Note: Still states incorrectly that deals 1 damage per per second, when it actually deals 2
Guns-blazin'	Description changed to now correctly say it lasts 8s instead of 6s (bug fix) Note: Still states incorrectly that deals 3 damage per per second, when it actually deals 4
Phantom	Stamina drain fixed as it was doing a 20% increase instead of the 25% stated on the description ― 4.8% → 5% (bug fix)
Rebound	Now bounces the correct amount of times according to the description ― 1 → 2 (bug fix)
Undertaker	Zombie Bloon lifespan increased ― 3s → 18s (bug fix)
Friendly / Undertaker	Fixed an interaction with the Waders outfit of Sheriff, where it would start spawning Fishes instead of Zombie Bloons (bug fix)

Version 54.0

Trait	Changes
Phantom	Rarity increased ― 0 → 2
Survivor	Rarity increased ― 1 → 2
Escapist	Rarity decreased ― 3 → 2

Version 54.2

• Temporary Traits: Remaining rounds countdown now displays in-game
•  Temporary Traits: Now only counts down while the tower is placed (bug fix)

Version 55.0

• Temporary Traits: Round countdown should now live update
•  Temporary Traits: Covetous and Lustrous should now correctly work on Bananite crystals and chests (bug fix)