Update history:Bloons TD Battles 2/Version 4.13

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Version 4.13

Version 4.12 is the third major update to Bloons TD Battles 2 for 2026. It introduced Club Jammin', as well as balance changes.

Additions

Changes

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The nerf to Blade Shooter was slightly too much. This should allow it to perform better against early rushes.
— Update notes
Tiers Changes
X-3-X Blade Shooter (and further upgrades)
  •   Main attack: Attack cooldown reduced ― 1.232s → 1.0472s (attack speed increased by 17.65%)
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Sniper is picked more often purely because it comes with efficient cash generation, so we are changing that to spread its effectiveness across all three of its paths
— Update notes
Tiers Changes
3-X-X Deadly Precision
  •   Bullet: Damage increased ― 20 → 30
4-X-X Maim MOAB (further upgrades unaffected)
  •   Bullet: Damage increased ― 30 → 45
X-2-X Shrapnel Shot
  •   Upgrade cost increased ― $250 → $300
X-2-X Shrapnel Shot (and further upgrades)
  •   Shrapnel: Bonus Camo damage decreased ― +2 → +1 (bug fix)
X-4-X Supply Drop
  •   Crate: Cash value decreased ― $2000 → $1750
X-5-X Elite Sniper
  •   Crate: Cash value decreased ― $5000 → $4500
X-X-3 Semi-Automatic
  •   Upgrade cost reduced ― $2,200 → $2,100
0-2-3 Semi-Automatic + Shrapnel Shot (and further upgrades)
  •   Shrapnel: Pierce decreased ― 3 → 2
Merchantmen have been too powerful as early game defence and money making. We are making it more of an investment to get the Merchantman while keeping their efficiency the same
— Update notes
Tiers Changes
X-X-3 Merchantman
  •   Upgrade cost increased ― $1,500 → $2,000
X-X-3 Merchantman (further upgrades unaffected)
  •   End-of-round cash generation increased ― $350 → $400
X-X-4 Favored Trades
  •   Upgrade cost reduced ― $5,700 → $5,300
    •   Overall cost increased by $100 (due to cost changes for previous tiers)
X-X-5 Trade Empire
  •   Upgrade cost increased ― $19,000 → $24,000
    •   Overall cost increased by $5,100 (due to cost changes for previous tiers)
Neva-Miss was carrying early defence. This change to the upgrade will make it more about the increased accuracy and not the increased pierce. Spectre was also providing too much value for its cost.
— Update notes
Tiers Changes
X-X-3 Neva-Miss Targeting
  •   Dart: No longer gains +2 pierce
    • Note: Pierce decreased from 11 to 9
X-X-4 Spectre
  •   Upgrade cost increased ― $20,000 → $24,000
Heli is quite under utilized on maps that aren’t Bloon Bot Factory. These changes should make it a more viable tower for other maps.
— Update notes
Tiers Changes
X-4-X Support Chinook
  •   Upgrade cost reduced ― $8,500 → $7,500
X-X-4 Comanche Defense
  •   Passive ability: Duration increased ― 15s → 20s
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Sentry Expert is proving too cost-effective as a reactive response to a rush. Sentry Champion was not scaling as well as we would have liked with the bottom path. Bloon Trap income has no easy answer on separated lane maps, so this should make it feel less oppressive to play against.
— Update notes
Tiers Changes
4-X-X Sentry Expert
  •   Upgrade cost increased ― $2,800 → $3,250
5-0-1 Sentry Champion + Oversize Nails
5-0-2 Sentry Champion + Pin
  •   Sentry: Pierce bonus changed ― +1 → +25%
    • Plasma: 6 → 6.25
    • Explosion: 100 → 125
X-X-4 Bloon Trap
  •   Bloon Trap: Cash generation per RBE decreased ― $1.5 → $1
    • Note: Max cash generation decreased from $750 to $500
X-X-5 XXXL Trap
  •   XXXL Trap: Cash generation per RBE decreased ― $0.75 → $0.5
    • Note: Max cash generation decreased from $7500 to $5000
Buccaneer was getting too much value from this upgrade, so we are tuning it back a bit.
— Update notes
Tiers Changes
0-0-0 base tower
  •   Cost reduced ― $1,000 → $900
X-X-4 Central Market (and further upgrades)
  •   Merchantman buff: Income bonus decreased ― +10% → +5%
    • Note: Max stack income bonus decreased from +100% to +50%
Ocean Obyn's pierce buff scales too well on on some towers early game. This should allow those towers to still benefit from this upgrade later in the game but not become too strong early game.
— Update notes
Levels Changes
2-7
  •   Ocean's Wrath: Pierce benefit to water towers changed ― +1 → +25%
9+
  •   Ocean's Wrath: Pierce benefit to water towers changed ― +1 → +50%
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Development

Some balance changes have derived from a post by u/qwertyxp2000 on r/battles2,[1] with similar wording for justifying balance changes in their patch notes. The following are changes that were accepted into version 4.13:

  • Sniper Monkey
  • Monkey Ace
    • Removing +2 pierce from Neva-Miss
    • Increasing Spectre cost from $20,000 to $24,000
  • Engineer Monkey

Notes

  • The official patch notes state that the Blade Shooter change is an "attack speed increased by 15%", but more likely is just an attack cooldown reduction by 15%.
  • Shrapnel Shot previously had +2 Camo damage, which is corrected to +1, which the official patch notes refers as a bug fix ("Fixed Sniper Monkey dealing too much damage to camo bloons with Shrapnel Shot"). This was supposed to occur in version 4.12's base update but was not included due to an oversight.

References

  1. u/qwertyxp2000 (Sat, 20 Jun 2026). [1]. Reddit, r/battles2. Retrieved Sat, 18 Jul 2026.