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Ranch Hand

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Ranch Hands are the player's main towers in the Frontier Legends DLC of Bloons TD 6. Each Ranch Hand is a customized version of a tower from the main game that comes with traits and a stamina meter. Most are 0-0-0 Insta Monkeys with randomly assigned names and traits, but some have predetermined traits and some upgrades by default (including all Heroes and Legendary Mercenaries). Since cash does not exist in Frontier Legends, Ranch Hands are free to place during Bloon Encounters, but the player can spend Bananite to permanently increase their upgrade tiers. Benjamin, Geraldo, and Banana Farms can never appear as Ranch Hands, and are thus inaccessible in Frontier Legends.

The player must add Ranch Hands to their posse to bring them into Bloon Encounters alongside the Sheriff. The player can spend Bananite to hire new Ranch Hands at the Saloon in Sandytown and manage their hired Ranch Hands at the Saloon, the Homestead, or a Campfire. The player can only store a limited number of Ranch Hands and can only have up to six in their posse at a time.

Pre-determined Ranch Hands

The player unlocks these Ranch Hands for free after completing the Middle of the Road encounter in Sandytown.

Name Tower Trait
Piercing Pearl   2-1-0 Ninja Monkey Piercing
Quickshot Clyde   0-0-2 Boomerang Monkey Quickshot

Legendary Mercenaries

There is a 5% chance that any possible recruit in the Saloon is replaced with a Legendary Mercenary, which is more expensive than an ordinary Ranch Hand and comes with some pre-purchased upgrades. Each Legendary Mercenary has a predetermined name, tower type, upgrades, and traits. Their names are the same in all languages.

Some Legendary Mercenaries are references to other media, Bloons content creators on websites such as YouTube and Twitch, or popular Bloons memes.

Name Tower Recruit cost Trait 1 Trait 2 Trait 3 Notes
Big Brass Tsunami   0-2-3 Tack Shooter $2,825 Legend Big ol' Rapid-fire
Bim Bim Bert   0-0-2 Ice Monkey $1,690 Detonator Guns-blazin' Molasses Added in version 54.0. A reference to a player's post on the BTD6 subreddit about a dream they had in which an update added a new Hero named "Bim Bim Bert", a 0-0-0 Ice Monkey wearing a hat who would do nothing.[1]
Blazing Saddle Bill   2-3-0 Boomerang Monkey $5,560 Legend Rarin’ Guns-blazin' A reference to the film Blazing Saddles.
Bubbling Billy   0-3-2 Engineer Monkey $5,670 Legend Molasses Zinger Added in version 54.0.
Chewie Chompa   2-3-0 Bomb Shooter $6,580 Renowned Brutal Banana-bond Named after Chom Chom.
Chillhands Frostee   0-3-0 Mermonkey $6,130 Renowned Zinger Quicksilver Named after FroStee Mate.
Dab Lune Oakheart   0-3-0 Druid $4,610 Renowned Doc Red-wristed Named after Dabloon.
Deadclaw Dan   0-3-0 Beast Handler $7,470 Legend Razor-eye Molasses
Desert Sabre   3-2-0 Sniper Monkey $11,025 Renowned Fanged Seein'-red Named after Sabre.
Drifting Shade   0-2-3 Super Monkey $35,325 Legend Rapid-fire Banana-bond
Durango Dorero   2-1-0 Glue Gunner $1,855 Renowned Lustrous Cannonball Added in version 54.0.
Elmer Sticky Fingers   2-0-3 Glue Gunner $11,260 Legend Detonator Heavy-puncha Named after Elmer's Glue, a brand of glue.
Ember Hellblast Graves   2-0-4 Desperado $28,800 Renowned Undertaker Fanged
Fearmonger   2-0-4 Wizard Monkey $12,995 Legend Drill Molasses Added in version 54.0.
Finn Rivers   3-0-0 Beast Handler $7,270 Renowned Frostbrand Molasses
Funky Town   3-1-0 Monkey Village $9,340 Microscopic Longshot Lustrous "Funky Town or Funkytown" may refer to several topics, most famously a 1980 disco song by Lipps Inc.
Halt   0-2-3 Dart Monkey $3,050 Legend Waymaker Longshot Renamed from "Halt O'Carrick" in version 54.0. Due to an oversight, if the player already purchased Halt O'Carrick prior to version 54.0, Halt can appear again in the Saloon, allowing the player to obtain two copies of this Legendary Mercenary with different names.
Hawke Wrangler   0-1-3 Beast Handler $8,090 Renowned Longshot Heavy-puncha Added in version 54.0.
Hellfire H-Bomb   3-0-2 Mortar Monkey $6,355 Renowned Cannonball Neutralizer Named after Hbomb.
Highrule Mack   3-0-0 Super Monkey $60,750 Renowned Waymaker Guns-blazin' Named after MackanRules.
Hot Lead Swarm   3-2-0 Tack Shooter $3,680 Renowned Drill Heavy-puncha Added in version 54.0.
Iron Lung   3-2-0 Monkey Sub $5,410 Renowned Twister Doc Added in version 54.0. A reference to Iron Lung, a horror game centered on a submarine nicknamed the "Iron Lung", which was adapted into a film in 2026 (a few months before the release of version 54.0).
Ironshot ISAB   0-3-0 Super Monkey $30,150 Renowned Longshot Ricochet Named after ISAB.
Lazy Louie's Lookout   2-3-0 Monkey Village $28,910 Microscopic Rarin’ Escapist
Mar. Mathers   3-2-0 Ninja Monkey $5,960 Legend Guns-blazin' Ricochet
Mar. Molasses   2-3-0 Sniper Monkey $10,800 Legend Seein'-red Molasses
Masterplanner Charles   2-3-0 Heli Pilot $16,200 Microscopic Rarin’ Escapist Named after Charles from the Henry Stickmin Collection.
Max Lidot   0-3-0 Dart Monkey $2,115 Renowned Rapid-fire Hell-bent Named after MaxLevelIdot.
Micro Mehalic   0-4-0 Tack Shooter $8,630 Renowned Drill Microscopic Added in version 54.0. Named after Ryan Mehalic, as well as a nickname he sometimes describes while performing micromanagement in Battles 2.
Neo Trickshot Lawless   3-0-2 Glue Gunner $7,660 Renowned Big-boot Fanged Named after TheNeoGod.
One-Mile Morgan   0-4-2 Desperado $23,175 Legend Big ol' Longshot
Pale Rider   3-0-2 Ice Monkey $6,190 Legend Leadstorm Fanged A reference to the film Pale Rider.
Phantom Corsair   0-3-2 Monkey Buccaneer $6,525 Legend Molasses Undertaker
Prof. Poppin’ Smirtz   0-3-0 Alchemist $9,170 Renowned Mountain Detonator Added in version 54.0. Possibly a reference to Dr. Doofenshmirtz, a character from the television series Phineas and Ferb.
Punji der Totengräber   2-3-0 Spike Factory $14,175 Renowned Big-blimp-hunter Undertaker Named after Punji.
Raider Ethan Reckless   3-0-2 Wizard Monkey $6,580 Renowned Big-boot Fanged Named after Ethan Reid.
Sawbones Sam   3-0-0 Alchemist $5,740 Renowned Rapid-fire Doc
Short Fuse Boone   3-0-2 Dart Monkey $2,590 Microscopic Detonator Ricochet
Skye Tombstone   0-2-3 Monkey Ace $11,140 Renowned Zinger Undertaker
Super BomBattery   2-3-0 Mortar Monkey $7,200 Renowned Red-wristed Rapid-fire Named after Superjombombo.
The Bulwark   3-0-2 Spike Factory $11,810 Renowned Heavy-puncha Seein'-red
The Door Maker   0-2-3 Dartling Gunner $14,400 Leadstorm Drill Sluggish Added in version 54.0.
The Proposition   0-3-2 Dartling Gunner $17,775 Legend Crackshot Ricochet
The Unchanged One   0-0-3 Spike Factory $6,410 Renowned Lustrous Seein'-red Added in version 54.0.
The Unforgiven   0-2-3 Monkey Sub $8,155 Legend Quicksilver Razor-eye
Tornado Tewtiy   2-3-0 Druid $7,310 Renowned Skywalker Dust-devil Named after Tewtiy.
Two Hammer Titan   3-0-0 Bomb Shooter $5,345 Renowned Double Tap Guns-blazin' Added in version 54.0.
Unrelenting Dragoon   0-3-2 Wizard Monkey $11,810 Renowned Waymaker Purple-peacock Possibly named after Dragoon.
XLSnipexploder   0-2-3 Sniper Monkey $10,460 Renowned Heavy-puncha Primer Added in version 54.0.

Heroes

The player can hire any Hero or Hero Skin at the Saloon from their own menu at any time, though they can also appear at a discount in the menu for purchasing regular Ranch Hands. 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, though skins exclusive to the Chinese version have the same attributes as the default Heroes.

Item Recruit cost Starting level Trait 1 Trait 2 Trait 3
 
 $3,540 3 Straight Shooter Quicksilver Cannonball
 
 $4,095 3 Piercing Purple-coat Slugga
 
 $4,020 3 Razor-eye Nullifier Rapid-fire
 
 $3,720 3 Longshot Quicksilver Purple-coat
 
 $9,285 3 Patient Itchin’ Nullifier
 
 $4,530 3 Rapid-fire Powerful Friendly
 
 $5,130 3 Brutal Slugga Quickshot
 
 $6,285 3 Big-blimp-hunter Itchin’ Quicksilver
 
 $5,430 3 Nullifier Kickin' Longshot
 
 $4,410 3 Red-wristed Waymaker Spotter
 
 $4,530 3 Bowie Itchin' Quickshot
 
 $5,880 3 Quickshot Cannonball Seein'-red
 
 $9,960 5 Piercing Kickin' Undertaker
 
 $5,355 3 Waymaker True-eye Piercing
 
 $8,850 5 Neutralizer Quicksilver Waymaker
 
 $6,150 5 Monkey-glue Happy-go-lucky High Roller
 
 $4,080 4 Slow-ridin' Waymaker Big-blimp-hunter
 
 $4,635 4 Rapid-fire Adhesive Cross-eyed
 
 $10,200 4 Zinger Microscopic Monkey-glue
 
 $4,560 4 Guns-blazin' Piercing True-eye
 
 $4,260 4 Purple-coat True-eye Cold-leaded
 
 $5,295 4 Twister Kickin' Quickshot
 
 $5,895 4 Tiny Frostbrand Piercing
 
 $5,820 5 Seein'-red Longshot Bowie
 
 $7,200 4 Tiny Guns-blazin' Cannonball
 
 $6,375 5 Zinger Slugga Bullet-time
 
 $6,300 5 Longshot Bowie Cold-leaded
 
 $6,195 4 Firestarter Patient Covetous
 
 $6,000 5 Guns-blazin' Slugga Quickshot
 
 $4,530 4 Twister Heavy-puncha Bowie
 
 $5,295 4 Covetous Razor-eye Powerful
 
 $7,785 5 Microscopic Purple-peacock Longshot
 
 $6,690 4 Rarin' Longshot Covetous
 
 $10,170 5 Molasses Piercing Patient
 
 $13,170 5 Ricochet Medic Bowie
 
 $8,385 5 Big ol' Monkey-glue Powerful
 
 $7,785 5 Friendly Spotter Kickin'
 
 $8,685 5 Longshot Red-wristed Doc
 
 $6,150 5 Ricochet Firestarter Oversize
 
 $9,300 5 Big ol' Skywalker Doc
 
 $6,120 4 Dust-devil Spotter Microscopic
 
 $6,285 3 Longshot Crackshot Quicksilver
 
 $4,530 3 Guns-blazin' Seein'-red Tiny
 
 $3,720 3 Seein'-red Undertaker Kickin'
 
 $2,993 6 Legend Jolting Doc
 
 $17,175 6 Primer Longshot Rebound

Since Heroes do not gain XP in Frontier Legends, spending Bananite to permanently increase their level is the only way for them to level up. The cost of the upgrade is discounted according to the Level:

Hero Level discounts
Level Cost
2 1×
3 1×
4 0.8×
5 0.65×
6 0.55×
7 0.42×
8 0.4×
9 0.4×
10 0.4×
11 0.39×
12 0.45×
13 0.4×
14 0.45×
15 0.45×
16 0.45×
17 0.45×
18 0.45×
19 0.65×
20 0.6×

Update history

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Version 54.0

  •   Towers that are not in the Posse can now restore up to 200% Stamina and receive a buff while they are above 100%
  •   Medium Stamina penalty triggers earlier ― 12.5% → 50%
  •   Low Stamina penalty triggers earlier ― 0% → 25%
  •   Recruit cost of non-Hero towers now changes based on their traits
  •   Added the Ballroom and Great Hall renovation upgrades to the Homestead to increase the Ranch Hands capacity
  •   Cost of Legendary recruits decreased ― 3× → 2.25×
  •   Pale Rider trait #2 changed ― Neutralizer → Leadstorm
  • Renamed "Halt O'Carrick" to "Halt"
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Assets

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    Ranch Hands button
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    Posse menu button
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    Active Towers in the Posse are highlighted with a cowboy hat icon.
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    Active Heroes also get a Deputy Star.

References

  1. ↑ "I had a dream that Icicle Impale was renamed to Bim Bim Berg in BTD6s quote "Biggest Update Yet". The name change was unanimously agreed to be the best thing to happen to BTD6. The only other change was adding the new hero Bim Bim Bert, who was just a 000 Ice monkey in a blue hat that did nothing.". Reddit. Retrieved Tue, 7 Jul 2026.
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