Benjamin (BTD6)
Code Monkey
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| Using his elite hacking skills, Benjamin can generate extra money for the cause. |
| Cost | $1,020 — Easy $1,200 — Medium $1,295 — Hard $1,440 — Impoppable With  Hero Favors:$920 — Easy $1,080 — Medium $1,165 — Hard $1,295 — Impoppable | ||
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| XP curve | ×1.5 (levels up at ×0.6667 the normal rate) | ||
| Rogue Legends party |  0-2-0 Sniper Monkey 1-0-0 Spike Factory | ||
| Introduced | Version 3.0 | ||
Benjamin is a Hero in Bloons TD 6, introduced in version 3.0. He can be purchased for 
3,000 starting at level 15.
Benjamin is the only hero that does not directly damage Bloons, instead focusing on generating cash, healing lives, and supporting towers in other ways. Most of his upgrades increase the amount of cash he earns or add new ways he generates income.
- Starting at level 4, he gains Cyber Security, which heals lives after each round. Starting at level 14, he can generate up to 100 extra lives above the starting amount.
- Starting at level 5, he gains Bank Hack, which increases the amount of cash generated by Monkey Banks, IMF Loans, and Monkey-Nomics.
- Starting at level 6, he gains Skimming, which generates extra cash per Bloon spawning from the entrance. This bonus is increased starting from level 12.
- Starting at level 7, he gains the Trojan attack, which causes affected Bloons to not spawn any children when its outer layer is popped, and returning some cash in return. It affects up to MOABs initially, with the ability to affect BFBs and DDTs starting at level 18.
- Starting at level 18, he gains Camo detection.
- He has two Activated Abilities:
- Biohack (level 3) — Temporarily increases the damage of towers, but with a downtime afterwards during which they cannot attack.
- Syphon Funding (level 10) — Downgrades newly spawned Bloons, up to ZOMGs, and makes them generate more cash when popped. Starting at level 18, he can downgrade DDTs.
Mechanics
Income
Benjamin generates a certain amount of cash at the end of each round, depending on his level.
| Level | Cash per Round |
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| 1 | $90 |
| 2-7 | $140 |
| 8-10 | $250 |
| 11-14 | $1,000 |
| 15-16 | $2,500 |
| 17-20 | $5,000 |
Cyber Security
Starting at level 4, Benjamin restores up to 5 lives per round, and cannot increase lives beyond the starting amount. Once he reaches at least level 14, Benjamin generates 10 lives per round, and can increase the amount of lives up to 100 over the starting amount.
Bank Hack
Starting at level 5, Benjamin grants a buff to all Monkey Banks, IMF Loans, and Monkey-Nomics on screen. This buff increases the income they generate during a round by 5%, but does not affect the 15% interest they earn after a round ends, only the generated "bananas". Starting from level 9, this buff is upgraded to increase income by 12%.
Skimming
Starting at level 6, Benjamin generates cash for each Bloon that spawns from the entrance (not from other Bloons). He generates $1 per Bloon from levels 6–11 and $2 from levels 12 and up.
Bloon Trojan
Starting at level 7, Benjamin gains a Trojan attack which has infinite range but cannot see through line-of-sight blockers. This attack does not deal damage directly, but applies an effect to Bloons which causes them to spawn no children when popped. Additionally, cash is earned for each Trojan-affected Bloon which is popped: usually $1 for every layer the Bloon has, plus $1 if the round is 60 or earlier. To start off, Trojan cannot affect Bloons weaker than Pinks, and cannot affect Bloons stronger than MOABs. Trojan cannot affect Camo Bloons without Camo detection, which Benjamin gains upon reaching level 18.
Starting from level 16, Benjamin's Trojan earns $2 for every layer in affected Bloons instead of $1. Starting from level 18, Trojan can affect BFBs and DDTs. While affected by Trojan, DDTs generate $2 more than BFBs when popped.
Note that Trojan often loses cash, especially when affecting stronger Bloons and using cash-per-pop sources (especially Monkey Town, Bloon Trap, and Rubber to Gold). Therefore, placing Benjamin behind a line-of-sight blocker to prevent Trojan from affecting Bloons will often increase one's overall income.
Abilities
Biohack
Biohack is unlocked at level 3. It grants a buff to the 4 closest eligible towers which increases their damage by +1 for 6 seconds, but affected towers stop attacking for 2 seconds after the buff runs out. At level 13, Biohack grants +2 increased damage for 8 seconds. At level 19, Biohack grants +3 increased damage for 9 seconds. Downtime after the buff runs out remains at 2 seconds for all levels. This ability has a cooldown of 30 seconds and an initial cooldown of 10 seconds.
Biohack cannot affect Banana Farms, or Monkey Villages unless it is a Primary Expertise.
Syphon Funding
Syphon Funding is unlocked at level 10. For 10 seconds, it causes all newly spawned Bloons to be downgraded 1 layer, and affected Bloons generate twice as much cash as normal when popped. Syphon Funding cannot affect BADs or Boss Bloons, and Benjamin must be at least level 18 to affect DDTs. This ability has a cooldown of 65 seconds and an initial cooldown of 21.67 seconds.
At level 20, Benjamin's Syphon Funding is increased to 20 seconds in duration, and affected Bloons grant triple the cash rather than double when popped.
The following table shows how Syphon Funding downgrades affected Bloons:
| Affected Bloon | Syphon Funding (excluding Bloon modifiers) |
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| Red | Red |
| Blue | Red |
| Green | Blue |
| Yellow | Green |
| Pink | Yellow |
| Black / White / Purple | Pink |
| Lead / Zebra | Black |
| Rainbow | Zebra |
| Ceramic | Rainbow |
| MOAB | Ceramic |
| BFB | MOAB |
| ZOMG | BFB |
| DDT | Camo Regrow Ceramic |
Levels
Level requirements
| Level | XP required | Rounds to level up | Rounds to level up w/    
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| Beginner | Intermediate | Advanced | Expert | Beginner | Intermediate | Advanced | Expert | ||
| 2 | 270 (270) | 4 (4) | 4 (4) | 4 (4) | 4 (4) | — | — | — | — |
| 3 | 690 (960) | 5 (9) | 4 (8) | 4 (8) | 4 (8) | — | — | — | — |
| 4 | 1,500 (2,460) | 6 (15) | 6 (14) | 5 (13) | 5 (13) | 10 (10) | 10 (10) | 9 (9) | 9 (9) |
| 5 | 2,790 (5,250) | 7 (22) | 7 (21) | 7 (20) | 6 (19) | 8 (18) | 7 (17) | 7 (16) | 6 (15) |
| 6 | 4,920 (10,170) | 7 (29) | 7 (28) | 7 (27) | 7 (26) | 8 (26) | 8 (25) | 8 (24) | 8 (23) |
| 7 | 7,770 (17,940) | 9 (38) | 8 (36) | 8 (35) | 8 (34) | 7 (33) | 7 (32) | 7 (31) | 7 (30) |
| 8 | 12,480 (30,420) | 9 (47) | 9 (45) | 9 (44) | 8 (42) | 9 (42) | 9 (41) | 8 (39) | 8 (38) |
| 9 | 14,070 (44,490) | 8 (55) | 8 (53) | 7 (51) | 8 (50) | 8 (50) | 7 (48) | 7 (46) | 7 (45) |
| 10 | 20,430 (64,920) | 8 (63) | 8 (61) | 8 (59) | 8 (58) | 8 (58) | 8 (56) | 8 (54) | 8 (53) |
| 11 | 24,570 (89,490) | 8 (71) | 8 (69) | 8 (67) | 7 (65) | 8 (66) | 7 (63) | 7 (61) | 7 (60) |
| 12 | 21,600 (111,090) | 6 (77) | 5 (74) | 5 (72) | 5 (70) | 5 (71) | 5 (68) | 5 (66) | 4 (64) |
| 13 | 24,975 (136,065) | 6 (83) | 6 (80) | 5 (77) | 5 (75) | 5 (76) | 6 (74) | 5 (71) | 5 (69) |
| 14 | 22,410 (158,475) | 4 (87) | 4 (84) | 5 (82) | 4 (79) | 5 (81) | 4 (78) | 4 (75) | 4 (73) |
| 15 | 24,570 (183,045) | 5 (92) | 5 (89) | 4 (86) | 5 (84) | 4 (85) | 4 (82) | 4 (79) | 4 (77) |
| 16 | 26,730 (209,775) | 5 (97) | 5 (94) | 5 (91) | 4 (88) | 4 (89) | 4 (86) | 4 (83) | 4 (81) |
| 17 | 28,890 (238,665) | 5 (102) | 4 (98) | 4 (95) | 4 (92) | 4 (93) | 4 (90) | 4 (87) | 4 (85) |
| 18 | 31,050 (269,715) | 4 (106) | 5 (103) | 4 (99) | 4 (96) | 5 (98) | 4 (94) | 4 (91) | 4 (89) |
| 19 | 24,705 (294,420) | 4 (110) | 3 (106) | 4 (103) | 4 (100) | 3 (101) | 4 (98) | 3 (94) | 3 (92) |
| 20 | 25,920 (320,340) | 4 (114) | 4 (110) | 3 (106) | 3 (103) | 3 (104) | 3 (101) | 3 (97) | 3 (95) |
Strategy
Benjamin is an easy-to-use hero for income generation, suitable for casual and competitive gameplay, particularly Boss Bloon Events, which demand optimizing income. He can quickly snowball income in the early-game and provide heaps of cash at his highest levels. The life heal also assists in greeding income during early rounds. Trojan assists against early MOABs by removing the need to deal with its children, but quickly loses more money than he earns, in addition to stealing pops from income-per-pop sources (e.g. Bloon Trap, Rubber to Gold) and potential Paragons. Note that his abilities are harder to use, and have noteworthy drawbacks; Biohack offers a burst of damage at the cost of downtime, and Syphon Funding's layer downgrade assists against threats of BFBs and ZOMGs but loses a lot of money. Placement is not too important, but preferably place him behind walls if Trojan is undesirable, and away from potential Farm placements.
Despite his lack of income generation on CHIMPS, Benjamin has a niche that allows him to be effective at getting rid of large RBE via his Syphon Funding ability, especially Rounds 94, 96, and 98. Place him at about round 80 to only level enough for Level 10 in time for important dense rounds. Compared to Psi, Benjamin's Level 10 ability affects ZOMGs regardless of level, so he is not outclassed by other heroes in that attribute, yet still a suboptimal choice compared to Corvus and Geraldo which don't actively lose money, tend to have more reliable anti-dense options, and are less underperforming versus DDTs.
Update history
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| “ | Some players don’t want their Trojan to activate until a certain point, or at all. The Trojan is as it is by design, however since currently Ben’s location doesn’t seem to matter much we feel that by limiting the Trojan to not target through walls this will allow that strategic use to be made if chosen via clever positioning depending on the map. — Update notes |
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| “ | May as well be a general camo for Ben level given that Trojan gives camo at 18 too — Update notes |
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| “ | Benjamin’s value as a farming hero is majorly tied to how much more efficient he is at Lv1 than base farms and at a lower cost, whereas his higher levels of cash generation are quite inconsequential. Given this along with his early game snowball being a general balance concern, we're lowering the base cash generation to not be so overwhelming but also pumping up cash generation into his higher levels so he brings a lot more to the table later. — Update notes |
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| “ | Benjamin’s Cyber Security and Skimming levels have been swapped around so that the early game skimming cash snowball doesn’t come quite so soon, and Cyber Security can come in earlier where it will make a bigger impact proportionally to the lives being lost. — Update notes |
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- Benjamin Level 1 description changed ― Hacks in $80 every round. → Hacks in $90 every round.
- Benjamin Level 2 description changed ― Generates $140 per round instead of $90. → Generates $130 per round instead of $80.
| “ | Early income snowballing has shifted favour greatly over to Geraldo, so Ben’s baseline cash generation is being increased more. — Update notes |
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Cosmetic item
![[[Benjammin DJ (BTD6)|Benjammin DJ]]](/images/thumb/f/f6/BTD6_BenJamminPortrait.png/92px-BTD6_BenJamminPortrait.png)
![[[Sushi Bento|Sushi Bento]]](/images/thumb/4/4c/BTD6_SushiBentoPortrait.png/85px-BTD6_SushiBentoPortrait.png)
Trophy Store items
| Item | Category | Unlock method(s) | Introduced |
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 Benjamin Matrix Place & Upgrade |
Heroes — Place FX | Trophy Store —  50 |
Version 24.0 |
 Benjamin Mouse Pet |
Heroes — Pets | Trophy Store — 120, Pets Fan Pack (IAP) |
Version 41.0 |
Gallery
Screenshots
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Assets
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Levels 1–2 -
Levels 3–6 -
Levels 7–9 -
Levels 10–19 -
Level 20 -
Round icon -
Square icon -
Biohack icon -
Syphon Funding icon -
Biohack buff icon -
Bank Hack buff icon
Voice lines
- When selected in the Heroes menu
- ⓘ "Rules are made to be broken."
Trivia
- In previous versions, Syphon Funding downgraded Zebra Bloons to White Bloons instead.
In other languages
| Language | Text | Notes |
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| Arabic | بنيامين | — |
| Danish | Benjamin | — |
| German | Benjamin | — |
| Spanish | Benjamin | — |
| Spanish (Latin America) | Benjamin | — |
| Finnish | Benjamin | — |
| French | Benjamin | — |
| Italian | Benjamin | — |
| Japanese | ベンジャミン | — |
| Korean | 벤자민 | — |
| Dutch | Benjamin | — |
| Norwegian | Benjamin | — |
| Polish | Benjamin | — |
| Portuguese (Brazil) | Benjamin | — |
| Russian | Бенджамин | — |
| Swedish | Benjamin | — |
| Thai | เบนจามิน | — |
| Turkish | Benjamin | — |
| Chinese (simplified) | 本杰明 | — |
| Chinese (traditional) | 本傑明 | — |
| Language | Text | Notes |
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| Arabic | عن طريق الاستعانة بمهارات النخبة في القرصنة، يستطيع بنيامين أن يجني أموالاً إضافية من أجل القضية. | — |
| Danish | Benjamin bruger sine elite hacking-kundskaber til at generere ekstra penge til sagen. | — |
| German | Mit seinen überragenden Hacking-Fähigkeiten kann Benjamin Extrageld für den guten Zweck generieren. | — |
| Spanish | Gracias a sus habilidades como hacker, Benjamin puede generar más dinero para la causa. | — |
| Spanish (Latin America) | Gracias a sus habilidades como hacker, Benjamin puede generar más dinero para la causa. | — |
| Finnish | Eliittihakkerointitaidoillaan Benjamin voi tuottaa ylimääräistä rahaa hyvään tarkoitukseen. | — |
| French | À l'aide de ses talents de piratage d'élite, Benjamin peut générer de l'argent supplémentaire pour la bonne cause. | — |
| Italian | Grazie alle sue abilità di hacker, Benjamin è in grado di generare denaro extra per la causa. | — |
| Japanese | ベンジャミンは、エリート級ハッカー技術を使い、目的のために追加のお金を作り出す。 | — |
| Korean | 벤자민은 고급 해킹 기술을 사용해 자금에 보탤 머니를 추가로 생산할 수 있습니다. | — |
| Dutch | Met zijn ongeëvenaarde hackvaardigheden kan Benjamin extra geld genereren voor het doel. | — |
| Norwegian | Med sine utmerkede hackeevner kan Benjamin generere ekstra penger for saken. | — |
| Polish | Benjamin za pomocą swoich elitarnych zdolności hakerskich może wytwarzać dodatkową gotówkę. | — |
| Portuguese (Brazil) | Usando seus conhecimentos hacker de elite, Benjamin pode gerar dinheiro extra para a causa. | — |
| Russian | Бенджамин — хакер, и может добывать больше денег для достижения общей цели. | — |
| Swedish | Med hjälp av sina enastående hackerkunskaper, kan Benjamin få ihop extra pengar för saken. | — |
| Thai | เบนจามินใช้ทักษะการแฮ็กชั้นยอดเพื่อหารายได้มาสนับสนุนอุดมการณ์ของชาวลิง | — |
| Turkish | Elit bilgisayar korsanlığı becerilerini kullanan Benjamin, amaçlar doğrultusunda fazladan para oluşturabilir. | — |
| Chinese (simplified) | 利用精湛的黑客技能，本杰明可以为你的事业倒腾到更多的钱。 | — |
| Chinese (traditional) | 使用他的精英駭客技能，本傑明可以為事業生成額外的錢財。 | — |
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