Gentlemonkey Gadgeteer

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Gentlemonkey Gadgeteer

More of a tinkerer than an adventurer, Gentlemonkey Gadgeteer spends his time perfecting his craft and admiring his rare and wondrous items.

Cost	3,500
Rogue Legends party	0-3-0 Tack Shooter  0-2-0 Wizard Monkey Innate Ability Legendary
Introduced	Version 42.0

Gentlemonkey Gadgeteer is a Hero Skin for Geraldo in Bloons TD 6, introduced in version 42.0. This skin costs  3,500 Monkey Money to unlock. He acts like a refined, eccentric gentleman scientist who treats the battlefield as his personal laboratory. He uses customized, brass-plated tools to deploy his high-tech Victorian inventions. Every single item in his shop changes appearance as Geraldo levels up, making it much easier to visually track your defense tiers at a glance. The Shooty Turrets fire glowing, polished brass bolts that stand out clearly against crowded paths of Bloons. The custom plague doctor Creepy Idol and brass gear Paragon Power Totems have sharper, high-contrast outlines compared to his default items. The Gentlemonkey Gadgeteer skin is considered highly valuable by players because it provides one of the most extensive visual overhauls of any hero skin in Bloons TD 6. While it does not change Geraldo's base stats or competitive power, it drastically improves the gameplay experience through unique visual clarity, custom sound design, and premium animations.

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To get the maximum value out of Geraldo, you must treat him as a flexible support shop rather than a primary damage dealer. He does not attack directly with high damage; instead, his strength lies in buying the right item from his inventory at the exact moment your defense is struggling.

• Rush Rare Quincy Action Figure: Buy the Quincy Action Figure the absolute literal second you place Geraldo. Its value increases every round, allowing you to sell it later for a massive cash injection to fund expensive Tier 5 towers.
• Early Camo Detection: Use the Camo Potion on your strong damage towers. This saves you from spending thousands of dollars on expensive Monkey Sub or Monkey Village radar upgrades early on.
• Cheap Ceramic Cleanup: Place Tube of Amaz-o-Glue at the back of the track to catch escaping Bloons, or use Stack of Old Nails as cheap emergency spikes.

• Gerry's Fire for High Fire Rate: Apply Gerry's Fire to towers with high attack speeds but low damage per hit, such as a Super Monkey or a Tack Shooter. It grants them a high-damage, localized orbital attack.
• Sharpening Stones: Use Sharpening Stones on towers that throw sharp projectiles, like a Ninja Monkey's shurikens or a Dart Monkey's darts. This adds flat pierce, making them significantly better against compact groups of Bloons.
• Pickle Buff Trade-Off: The Jar of Pickles increases a tower's damage but reduces its attack speed. Only use it on high-fire-rate, low-damage towers (like the Sun Avatar); never use it on slow-attacking, high-damage towers.

• Paragon Powering: Buy Paragon Power Totems as soon as they become available at Level 20. Each totem adds extra power to your next Paragon tower creation, allowing you to hit Degree 100 Paragons even in solo games.
• Rejuvenation Potions: Use the Rejuvenation Potion during intense boss fights or late-game rounds (like Round 95 or 99). It instantly resets the cooldowns of all your activated abilities on screen, such as the Monkey Nomad or Pre-emptive Strike.

Update history

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Version 51.0

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As T1 artifacts can easily be filled in with selected starting artifacts we felt a lot of starter teams didn’t stand out from the rest in too meaningful a way (other than starting towers), so to improve on this we’ve gone over a lot of the worse performing starter teams and upgraded their starter artifacts to higher tiers.
— Update notes

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•  Starting Artifact changed ― Trick Shot A-Tacks Common → Innate Ability Legendary

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In addition to artifact changes, we have upgraded the towers for a number of starting teams that were struggling too much early on
— Update notes

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•  Starting party members changed ― 0-2-0 Sniper Monkey and 0-1-0 Glue Gunner → 0-3-0 Tack Shooter and 0-2-0 Wizard Monkey

Version 55.0

•  Starting Artifact changed ― Innate Ability Legendary → Insider Trading Legendary (undocumented)

Version 55.1

•  Starting Artifact changed ― Insider Trading Legendary → Innate Ability Legendary (undocumented)

Gallery

For more Geraldo images, see Gallery:Geraldo.

Screenshots

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Assets

• 
  Levels 1–2
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  Levels 3–6
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  Levels 7–9
• 
  Levels 10–19
• 
  Level 20
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  Round icon
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  Square icon
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  Shooty Turret levels 1–12
• 
  Shooty Turret levels 13+
• 
  Stack of Old Nails levels 1–12
• 
  Stack of Old Nails levels 13–15
• 
  Stack of Old Nails levels 16+
• 
  Creepy Idol
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  Jar of Pickles
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  Rare Quincy Action Figure
• 
  See Invisibility Potion levels 3–13
• 
  See Invisibility Potion levels 14+
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  Tube of Amaz-o-Glue
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  Sharpening Stone levels 1–14
• 
  Sharpening Stone levels 15+
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  Worn Hero's Cape
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  Blade Trap levels 1–14
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  Blade Trap levels 15+
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  Bottle of 'Gerry's Fire' Hot Sauce levels 8–15
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  Bottle of 'Gerry's Fire' Hot Sauce levels 16+
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  Fertilizer
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  Pet Rabbit
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  Rejuv Potion
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  Genie Bottle levels 12–17
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  Genie Bottle levels 18+
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  Paragon Power Totem

Voice lines

When selected in the Heroes menu

• ^ⓘ "I use only the finest components."

When placed

• ^ⓘ "What a wise and discerning customer!"
• ^ⓘ "My inventions are at your service."

When selected

• ^ⓘ "I think I have what you need."
• ^ⓘ "Ah, welcome back."
• ^ⓘ "Ah, welcome back."
• ^ⓘ "Anything you could possibly need!"
• ^ⓘ "Guaranteed to get the job done."
• ^ⓘ "Curiosity is the name of the game."

When selected repeatedly

• ^ⓘ "Careful! These aren't toys."
• ^ⓘ "Everything has a cost."

When opening Geraldo's Shop

• ^ⓘ "These are all hand-made."
• ^ⓘ "Oh, do help yourself."

When leveling up

• ^ⓘ "Like clockwork."
• ^ⓘ "This is promising!"
• ^ⓘ "Now I need new supplies..."
• ^ⓘ "Eureka!"

When leveling up to level 20

• ^ⓘ "Everything you could possibly need."

When a MOAB appears

• ^ⓘ "A flying machine... Hmhmm."

When a BFB appears

• ^ⓘ "Pop the red one! I must inspect it."

When a ZOMG appears

• ^ⓘ "The mad scientists have outdone themselves."

When a DDT appears

• ^ⓘ "Curious how they got so much lead in a zeppelin."

When a BAD appears

• ^ⓘ "That is inhospitably large!"

When a MOAB-Class Bloon is destroyed

• ^ⓘ "Oh yes, we're having fun now!"
• ^ⓘ "Excellent! Spare parts!"

When a Bloon leaks

• ^ⓘ "Oh, this simply won't do!"
• ^ⓘ "They're going to ruin business!"

In other languages

This section was last updated for: version 49.2

Language	Text	Notes
Arabic	جادجيتير القرد اللطيف	—
Danish	Gentleabe Gadgeteer	—
German	Gentleaffe Gadgeteer	—
Spanish	Mono caballero artilugiero	—
Spanish (Latin America)	Gentilmono con artilugios	—
Finnish	Herrasapinakeksijä	—
French	Gentlesinge aux gadgets	—
Italian	Gentilscimmia Gadgetiere	—
Japanese	ガジェット使いの紳士モンキー	—
Korean	신사원숭이 기계공학자	—
Dutch	Gentle-aap Gadgeteer	—
Norwegian	Herreappen Verktis	—
Polish	Gadżeciarz dżentelmen	—
Portuguese (Brazil)	Macaco Inventor	—
Russian	Галантный изобретатель	—
Swedish	Gentlemanna-apan Gadgeteer	—
Thai	เจนเทิลมังกี้ แกดเจตเทียร์	—
Turkish	Centilmen Maymun Alet Uzmanı	—
Chinese (simplified)	发明家绅士猴	—
Chinese (traditional)	紳士猴機匠	—

Description

Language	Text	Notes
Arabic	ولأنه مغامر أكثر من كونه ميكانيكي غير خبير، يقضي جادجتيير القرد اللطيف وقته في إتقان حرفته والإعجاب بعناصره النادرة والعجيبة.	—
Danish	Gentleabe Gadgeteer er mere en samler end en eventyrer og bruger mere tid på at perfektionere sit håndværk og beundre sine sjældne og vidunderlige genstande.	—
German	Mehr Bastler als Abenteurer verbringt Gentleaffe Gadgeteer seine Zeit damit, sein Können zu perfektionieren und seine seltenen und wunderbaren Gegenstände zu bewundern.	—
Spanish	Más un manitas que un aventurero, el mono caballero artilugiero pasa su tiempo perfeccionando su oficio y admirando sus objetos raros y asombrosos.	—
Spanish (Latin America)	Es más inventor que aventurero y dedica el tiempo a perfeccionar el oficio y admirar sus objetos raros y maravillosos.	—
Finnish	Herrasapinakeksijä on enemmänkin puuhastelija kuin seikkailija, ja hän viettää aikaansa kehittämällä rakentelutaitojaan täydellisiksi ja ihailemalla harvinaisia ja ihmeellisiä esineitään.	—
French	Plus bricoleur qu'aventurier, le Gentlesinge aux gadgets passe son temps à perfectionner son art et à admirer ses objets rares et extraordinaires.	—
Italian	Più tuttofare che avventuriero, Gentilscimmia Gadgetiere passa il tempo a perfezionare la sua arte e ad ammirare i suoi rari e meravigliosi oggetti.	—
Japanese	冒険家より鋳掛けが得意なガジェット使いの紳士モンキーは、自分の技術を完璧にし、レアで不思議なアイテムを鑑賞して時間を過ごす。	—
Korean	모험을 나서기보다는 뭔가를 뚝딱 만들기를 좋아하는 신사원숭이 기계공학자는 자기 작품의 완성도를 높이며 자신이 수집한 귀하고 신비로운 아이템을 감상하는 데 주로 시간을 보냅니다.	—
Dutch	Gentle-aap Gadgeteer houdt meer van knutselen dan van avontuur en besteedt het liefst zijn tijd aan het perfectioneren van zijn voertuig en het bewonderen van zijn zeldzame en wonderlijke items.	—
Norwegian	Herreappen Verktis er mer glad i å reparere enn å utforske, så han tilbringer tiden sin med å perfeksjonere ferdighetene sine og beundre alle de sjeldne og vidunderlige gjenstandene han har.	—
Polish	Bardziej majsterkowicz niż poszukiwacz przygód, Gadżeciarz dżentelmen spędza wolny czas na doskonaleniu swojego rzemiosła i podziwianiu rzadkich i niezwykłych przedmiotów.	—
Portuguese (Brazil)	Mais um faz-tudo que um aventureiro, o Macaco Inventor passa seu tempo aperfeiçoando sua arte e admirando seus itens raros e incríveis.	—
Russian	Галантный изобретатель предпочитает работать, а не искать приключений, и тратит время на совершенствование своего ремесла и любование редкими диковинками.	—
Swedish	Gentlemanna-apan Gadgeteer, som är mer av en pysslare än en äventyrare, spenderar sin tid på att fullända sitt hantverk och beundra sina ovanliga och fantastiska föremål.	—
Thai	เจนเทิลมังกี้ แกดเจตเทียร์เป็นนักประดิษฐ์มากกว่านักผจญภัย เขาใช้เวลาทำงานฝีมือของเขาให้สมบูรณ์แบบ และชื่นชมสิ่งของที่น่าทึ่งและหาได้ยากของเขา	—
Turkish	Bir maceracıdan ziyade, bir tamirci olan Centilmen Maymun Alet Uzmanı, zamanını zanaatını kusursuzlaştırarak, nadir ve harikulade eşyalarına hayranlık duyarak geçirir.	—
Chinese (simplified)	比起冒险家，他更像是个鼓捣小玩意儿的工匠，发明家绅士猴把时间都花在了完善自己的手艺和欣赏稀世奇珍上。	—
Chinese (traditional)	與其說紳士猴機匠是個探險家，不如說他是個改造專家，他把時間都花在了提升自己的技藝和欣賞他自己的稀世奇珍上。	—