Centered Path
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 New central flight path for maximum map coverage. |
| Tower | Monkey Ace — Path 3 — Tier 2 | |
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| XP cost | 600 | |
| Cash cost | $465 — Easy $550 — Medium $595 — Hard $660 — Impoppable | |
Centered Path is the Monkey Ace's path 3 tier 2 upgrade in Bloons TD 6. It grants Monkey Ace a new targeting option called Centered Path. When this option is selected, Monkey Ace flies in a circle around a point that may be set anywhere on the map. Upon buying the upgrade, the Monkey Ace is automatically set to Centered Path, defaulting its point at the centre of the map.
This circle has a radius of 90 units, slightly larger than that of Circle targeting which is 80 units.
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Costs and sell values
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| Easy | Medium | Hard | Impoppable | Easy | Medium | Hard | Impoppable | |
| 0-0-2 | $1,570 | $1,850 | $2,000 | $2,220 | $1,099 | $1,295 | $1,400 | $1,554 |
| 1-0-2 | $1,950 | $2,300 | $2,485 | $2,760 | $1,365 | $1,610 | $1,740 | $1,932 |
| 2-0-2 | $2,415 | $2,850 | $3,080 | $3,420 | $1,691 | $1,995 | $2,156 | $2,394 |
| 3-0-2 | $3,265 | $3,850 | $4,160 | $4,620 | $2,286 | $2,695 | $2,912 | $3,234 |
| 4-0-2 | $6,070 | $7,150 | $7,725 | $8,580 | $4,249 | $5,005 | $5,408 | $6,006 |
| 5-0-2 | $42,195 | $49,650 | $53,625 | $59,580 | $29,537 | $34,755 | $37,538 | $41,706 |
| 0-1-2 | $1,740 | $2,050 | $2,215 | $2,460 | $1,218 | $1,435 | $1,551 | $1,722 |
| 0-2-2 | $2,035 | $2,400 | $2,595 | $2,880 | $1,425 | $1,680 | $1,817 | $2,016 |
| 0-3-2 | $2,800 | $3,300 | $3,565 | $3,960 | $1,960 | $2,310 | $2,496 | $2,772 |
| 0-4-2 | $16,400 | $19,300 | $20,845 | $23,160 | $11,480 | $13,510 | $14,592 | $16,212 |
| 0-5-2 | $38,500 | $45,300 | $48,925 | $54,360 | $26,950 | $31,710 | $34,248 | $38,052 |
Strategy
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Centered Path opens up a new micromanagement style that allows the Ace to travel basically anywhere on screen. The only custom flight path is too big on most map formats, except a few (e.g. Park Path), without micromanagement to keep it above Bloons or the track.
To micromanage the Ace's Centered Path option optimally, know in advance where the Ace will be during the flight pattern. Position the center where the Ace would be during the flight pattern itself, while accounting for time to fly towards the new pattern from the old to new center. Reverse flight can assist consistency but shouldn't be relied on due to its relatively long cooldown.
When used as a crosspath, it can assist optimal DPS if repositioned with micro. First-path Aces can maximizing dart pierce and potentially hit one target with all darts, and second-path Aces can consistently place dropped bombs onto tracks. The higher-tier third-path upgrades can benefit from Centered Path for consistent angling of its shots.
Update history
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- 0-5-2
Now reduces ability cooldown by 5s (bug)
- Overall cooldown reduced ― 45s → 30s (due to changes to the base cooldown)
| “ | While Pineapples are never the star of the show, the amount of pierce they have is completely unnecessary for their usage window and has only led to balance problems for Bombing Run, specifically in races. This high amount of pierce has been more evenly spread through higher tiers & crosspath. — Update notes |
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- 0-1-2, 0-2-2, 0-3-2, 0-4-2, 0-5-2
- Pineapple/bomb explosions now gain +12 pierce from Sharper Darts
- 0-5-2
No longer reduces ability cooldown by 5s, on top of 1-5-0 and 0-5-1 also no longer reducing cooldown by 5s (bug fix)
| “ | Monkey Ace was never intended to be a great starting tower and instead come into power at mid- and high-tier upgrades, but since the base tower feels lacking to new players (and some of us old timers) we decided to rework low tier power into the base tower. — Update notes |
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- Dart: Projectile size increased ― 2 → 3
- Base Monkey Ace attack cooldown reduced ― 2.1s → 1.68s
- 0-1-2, 0-2-2, 0-3-2, 0-4-2, 0-5-2
- Exploding Pineapple: attack cooldown reduced ― 3s → 2s
| “ | Now allows you to find your center. Very zen. — Update notes |
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- Centered Path mode: Now allows the player to change the center point of the path
| “ | More of a straight quality of life, Ace has gained a new special toggle button to allow it to turn back and fly in reverse on any selected flight pattern. — Update notes |
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- Reverse flight pattern added
- Ace ‘centered path' markers now visually update immediately after setting new points (bug fix)
- Resolved an issue where reversing flight path before purchasing Centered Path would prevent the centered path target from flying in the correct direction (bug fix)
- Note: nerf to ace micro
- Upgrading to Centered Path no longer refreshes the cooldown on the special toggle (bug fix)
| “ | Centered Path these days adds a lot more potential power to Ace than before and we are moving price down into it from Neva-Miss. — Update notes |
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- Upgrade cost increased ― $300 → $550
Development
Internally, this upgrade is named FlightOrders by only the upgrade icon's filename. According to Ninja Kiwi's 21st July 2020 blog post, this upgrade was originally designed to allow the player to draw a custom flight pattern. The concept was scrapped due to being "confusing, visually unappealing and [...] overpowered."
On the Bloons TD 6 subreddit, Ninja Kiwi developer Rohan Spibo clarified that the team could not implement a custom-drawn flight pattern system while making it intuitive for newer players. For instance, the upgrade would've needed to have restrictions that prevented things like a "1px circle".[1] Furthermore, he stated such a complex system would be "disruptive to the gameplay design [...] for a T2 upgrade".[1]
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In other languages
| Language | Name / Description | Notes | |
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| Arabic | مسار مركزي مسار طيران مركزي جديد لتغطية الخريطة بالكامل. |
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| Danish | Centreret sti Ny central flyrute for maksimal bane-dækning. |
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| German | Zentrierter Pfad Neue zentrale Flugschneise für maximale Kartendeckung |
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| Spanish | Sendero centrado Nueva ruta de vuelo central que cubre más superficie del mapa. |
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| Spanish (LA) | Sendero centrado Nueva ruta de vuelo central que cubre más superficie del mapa. |
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| Finnish | Keskitetty polku Keskeinen lentoreitti mahdollisimman hyvää kartan kattavuutta varten. |
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| French | Trajectoire centrée Nouvelle trajectoire de vol pour une couverture maximale de la carte. |
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| Italian | Sentiero centrato Nuova traiettoria di volo centrata che garantisce la massima copertura della mappa. |
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| Japanese | 中央の経路 新しいセントラル飛行経路の最大マップ範囲 |
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| Korean | 중앙 경로 맵을 최대한 커버하기 위한 새로운 중앙 비행 경로입니다. |
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| Dutch | Gecentreerd pad Nieuwe centrale vliegroute voor maximale kaartdekking. |
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| Norwegian | Sentrert bane Ny sentral flygebane for maksimal kartdekking. |
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| Polish | Wyśrodkowana ścieżka Nowa centralna ścieżka lotu dla jak najlepszego pokrycia mapy. |
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| Portuguese (Brazil) | Caminho Centrado Novo caminho de voo central para cobertura máxima do mapa. |
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| Russian | Центральный путь Новый центральный маршрут полета для максимального покрытия карты. |
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| Swedish | Centrerad väg Ny central flygväg för maximal karttäckning. |
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| Thai | เส้นทางศูนย์กลาง เส้นทางการบินวนรอบแบบใหม่เพื่อครอบคลุมแผนที่ให้ทั่วถึงที่สุด |
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| Turkish | Ortalanmış Yol Maksimum harita kapsamı için yeni ortalanmış uçuş yolu. |
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| Chinese (simplified) | 中央路线 新的中央飞行路线，最大化地图覆盖范围。 |
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| Chinese (traditional) | 中心路徑 新的中心飛行路徑，可使覆蓋面積最大。 |
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "I mean there was things like it would have needed smarter guardrails to prevent things like drawing a 1px circle with a macro & no one being able to understand how drawing the path worked.
But it was also too disruptive to the gameplay design of the tower for a T2 upgrade, and if that many restrictions have to keep being added to it then it's just not really that good" – Rohan Spibo (u/rohanspibo) (Mon, 9 Feb 2026). "Comment on "Centered path has figure 8 visual, despite being circular pathing" post". Reddit, r/btd6. Retrieved Tue, 10 Feb 2026.
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