Update history:Bloons TD 6/Version 56.0

Version 56.0

Build №		11221
Release dates
Steam	Windows	4 August 2026
	macOS	4 August 2026

◄◄ 55.0

◄ 55.2

56.1 ►

Version 56.0 is the fourth major update to Bloons TD 6 of 2026. It introduces the Skywarden tower, the Decryptor Corvus Hero Skin, the Ascent map, and the Portable Lake Pro.

Additions

• Tower: Skywarden
• Corvus skin: Decryptor Corvus
• Advanced map: Ascent
• Power Pro: Portable Lake Pro
• Social features: Discord BTD6 shop

Quest	Category
Quest of the Skywardens	Tales
Pro Power Challenge	Challenges

Perks

• Ability Overcharge
• Enhanced Projectiles
• Heroes' Wrath
• Obstacle Demolition
• Paragon Boost
• Shrapnel Burst
• Spray and Pray

Achievements

These achievements are only available to players who own the respective Legends DLCs.

	Full Strength Posse Have a full Posse of 6 Monkeys in Frontier Legends Reward(s):  200 Monkey Money

	Gon' Fishin' Catch 30 Fish in Frontier Legends Reward(s):  0-1-0 Beast Handler Insta,  0-2-0 Beast Handler Insta,  0-3-0 Beast Handler Insta,  0-4-0 Beast Handler Insta

	New Stuff, Same ol' Bloons Win a game using a Sheriff weapon other than the default pistol in Frontier Legends Reward(s):  100 Monkey Money,  Monkey Boost ×3

	Double Trouble Win any number of Stages with at least 2 different heroes in Rogue Legends Reward(s):  200 Monkey Money,  Cash Drop ×2,  MOAB Mine ×2

	Marshmallow Maxing Max out at least 1 buff in the Marshmallow XP Shop in Rogue Legends Reward(s):  300 Monkey Money,  100 Trophies

	Power Creep Obtain a total of 250 Artifacts that you use throughout your runs in Rogue Legends Reward(s):  250 Monkey Money,  250 Trophies

Cosmetic items

Item	Category	Trophy Store?
Custom Avatar - Frosty Monkey	Game & UI ― Avatars
Custom Avatar - Post-Apopalypse Monkey	Game & UI ― Avatars
Custom Avatar - Terrific Tech Terror	Game & UI ― Avatars
Custom Avatar - Epic Skywarden	Game & UI ― Avatars
Prestigious Skywarden Profile Banner	Game & UI ― Profile Banners
Dart Monkey Wumpus Pet	Monkeys ― Pets

Changes

This section is incomplete. You can help out by expanding it. The editor who added this notice elaborates: Add all the description changes for towers and heroes, as well as some items

“

We’ve kept a more limited list of balance changes for v56 so the team could dedicate more time on fine-tuning other major features in this update, and have some time to see the impact that the new Skywarden has on general gameplay.
— Update notes

”

Towers

Bomb Shooter

Tiers	Changes
X-5-X MOAB Eliminator	Ability: Upon upgrading from X-4-X to X-5-X, ability cooldown is no longer reduced by 20s This also prevents direct purchases of X-4-X into X-5-X bypassing initial cooldown.

Tack Shooter

“

Hot Shots is historically far less popular than Tack Sprayer, to make it a more compelling alternative we’ve adjusted crosspath prices to allow room for Hot Shots to gain a damage increase while keeping those 302 and 203 total upgrade costs the same.
— Update notes

”

Tiers	Changes
2-X-X Even Faster Shooting	Upgrade cost reduced ― $300 → $220
3-X-X Hot Shots	Damage increased ― 2 → 3 Note: 4-X-X Ring of Fire unchanged (5)
X-X-1 More Tacks	Upgrade cost increased ― $110 → $150
X-X-2 Even More Tacks	Upgrade cost increased ― $110 → $150  Overall cost increased by $80 (due to cost changes for previous tiers)

Ice Monkey

“

With growing Ice Monkey value in powerful freeze synergies, Super Brittle’s attack rate is being lowered so it can’t quite do everything on its own so easily, and Snowstorm’s price is being raised slightly.
— Update notes

”

Tiers	Changes
5-X-X Super Brittle	Main attack: Attack cooldown increased ― 1.2s → 1.56s (attack speed reduced by 23.08%) Note: Stacks with 5-1-0 Enhanced Freeze crosspath ― 0.9s → 1.17s
X-4-X Snowstorm	Upgrade cost increased ― $4,000 → $4,750
X-5-X Absolute Zero	Ability: Freeze effect will now apply after damaging the Bloon  Ability: Upon upgrading from X-4-X to X-5-X, ability cooldown is no longer reduced by 5s This also prevents direct purchases of X-4-X into X-5-X to reduce initial cooldown to 5s.

Glue Gunner

Tiers	Changes
X-4-X Glue Strike	Description changed Before Glue Strike Ability: Glues all Bloons on screen, causing them to take more damage from all sources while it lasts. After Glue Strike Ability: Glues all Bloons on screen, removing Lead immunity, and causing them to take more damage from all sources while it lasts.

Desperado

“

To make Desperado crosspaths feel smoother to play around, we’ve lowered the buff drop-off on both of the 2xx and xx1 crosspaths. Additionally Big Iron now pops Lead, allowing it to serve as an early round anti-lead option. Desert Phantom’s shrapnel pierce reduces as even unbuffed the group coverage is pretty crazy, though this doesn’t really change as much as it may look.
— Update notes

”

Tiers	Changes
2-X-X Standoff	Standoff buff: Penalty per Bloon in range reduced ― -15% → -10% Note: The maximum attack speed remains the same (+60%) but it now takes 7 Bloons in range to fully negate it instead of 5
3-X-X Big Iron	Description updated Before Upgrades pistol to a 6-shot revolver. Attacks even faster the fewer Bloons are in range. After Upgrades pistol to a 6-shot revolver that can pop Lead Bloons. Attacks even faster the fewer Bloons are in range.
3-X-X Big Iron 4-X-X Twin Sixes	Damage type changed ― Sharp → Normal
3-X-X Big Iron (and further upgrades)	Standoff buff: Penalty per Bloon in range reduced ― -30% → -20% Note: The maximum attack speed remains the same (+120%) but it now takes 7 Bloons in range to fully negate it instead of 5
X-5-X Golden Justice	Can no longer bypass Boss Skull immunity when doing a Crit (bug fix)
X-X-1 Wanderer (and further upgrades)	Wanderer buff: Penalty per tower in range reduced ― -15% → -9% Note: The maximum attack speed remains the same (+45%) but it now takes 6 towers in range to fully negate it instead of 4
X-X-5 The Desert Phantom	Shotgun shrapnel: Pierce reduced ― 10 → 6

Sniper Monkey

Tiers	Changes
X-5-X Elite Sniper	Resolved an issue with the Elite targeting priority not working correctly after Round 80 (bug fix)

Monkey Buccaneer

“

Grape Shot's attack delay is slightly increased, and Cannon Ship explosion pierce is shifting more heavily into its bottom crosspath. These changes carry upward to tone down scaling power on Pirate Lord.
— Update notes

”

Tiers	Changes
3-1-0 Destroyer + Grape Shot (and further upgrades)	Grape Shot: Attack cooldown increased ― 0.195s → 0.2025s (attack speed reduced by 3.7%)
0-1-X Grape Shot 0-2-X Hot Shot 0-3-X Cannon Ship 0-4-X Monkey Pirates	Grape Shot: Attack cooldown increased ― 1.3s → 1.35s (attack speed reduced by 3.7%) Note: Stacks with 1-X-0 Faster Shooting crosspath ― 0.975s → 1.0125s
X-3-0 Cannon Ship (and further upgrades)	Cannonball explosion: Pierce decreased ― 28 → 20 Note: Stacks with 0-X-1 Long Range crosspath ― 35 → 30
X-5-X Pirate Lord	Upgrade cost increased ― $27,000 → $29,000  Ability: Upon upgrading from x-4-x to x-5-x, ability cooldown is no longer reduced by 15s This also prevents direct purchases of x-4-x into x-5-x bypassing initial cooldown.  Grape Shot: Attack cooldown increased ― 0.845s → 0.8775s (attack speed reduced by 3.7%) Note: Stacks with 1-X-0 Faster Shooting crosspath ― 0.6338s → 0.6581s

Monkey Sub

Tiers	Changes
X-5-X Pre-emptive Strike	Ability: Upon upgrading from X-4-X to X-5-X, ability cooldown is no longer reduced by 20s This also prevents direct purchases of X-4-X into X-5-X to reduce initial cooldown to 5s.
5-5-5 Nautic Siege Core	Buffs now affect Dan D'Monke (bug fix)

Heli Pilot

“

Is there a way i can convince rohan to edit the update notes post on reddit to add those undocumented heli cost changes
— Update notes

”

Tiers	Changes
3-X-X Razor Rotors	Upgrade cost reduced ― $1,850 → $1,450
4-X-X Apache Dartship	Upgrade cost increased ― $19,600 → $20,000  Overall cost is unchanged (due to cost changes for previous tiers)
X-5-X Special Poperations	Reposition Ability: Upon upgrading from X-4-X to X-5-X, ability cooldown is no longer reduced by 30s This also prevents direct purchases of X-4-X into X-5-X to bypass initial cooldown.

Mortar Monkey

“

The path has struggled for relevance for a long time, and bottom-path Mortar is the anti-Camo path, so Increased Accuracy is being updated to now hit Camo Bloons directly as utility progression into Signal Flare.
— Update notes

”

Tiers	Changes
X-X-1 Increased Accuracy	Description changed Before Makes the shots more accurate. After Makes the shots more accurate, enough to hit Camo Bloons!
X-X-1 Increased Accuracy X-X-2 Burny Stuff	Gains Camo detection

Dartling Gunner

“

To improve its own internal synergy, Laser Shock damage bonuses can now be triggered by hitting Bloons shocked by any other tier of Laser Shock instead of only same-tier.
— Update notes

”

Tiers	Changes
2-X-X Laser Shock (and further upgrades)	Laser Shock: Bonus damage to Shocked Bloons now applies to any tier of path 1 upgrades instead of those of the same tier

Super Monkey

This article is in need of research. You can help out by editing this article or discussing your findings on the talk page. The editor who added this notice elaborates: Verify projectile distance for the non-Temple Supers except x2x

“

Super Monkey's base projectile speed is increasing slightly to help early tiers keep up, while keeping x2x Epic Range unchanged. Robo Monkey will now default to First & Strong target priority on first purchase, as this was vastly the preferred choice. For quality of life, Sun Avatar will now display an indicator in radius on towers primed for placement to assist with Temple sacrifice planning, and excessive projectile distances have been trimmed for Sun Temple sub-attacks.
— Update notes

”

Tiers	Changes
All tiers up to: 2-X-X Plasma Blasts X-1-X Super Range X-X-5 Legend of the Night	Projectile speed increased ― 200 units/s → 250 units/s Note: Projectile lifespan unchanged. Projectile speed increases from X-2-X Epic Range crosspath unchanged
3-X-X Sun Avatar	Main attack: Projectile speed increased ― 400 units/s → 500 units/s Note: X-2-0 unchanged (700 units/s)
3-X-X Sun Avatar 4-X-X Sun Temple	Now shows a buff icon to indicate towers placed in its radius
4-X-X Sun Temple	Main attack: Projectile distance increased ― 240 units → 300 units  Projectile speed increased ― 400 units/s → 500 units/s Projectile lifespan unchanged (0.6s) 4-2-0 unchanged (420 units)
4-X-X Sun Temple 5-X-X True Sun God	Blade Shooter: Projectile distance reduced ― 500 units → 350 units Projectile speed unchanged (160 units/s)  Projectile lifespan reduced ― 3.125s → 2.1875s  Golden Spectre ― all projectiles: Projectile distance reduced ― 500 units → 350 units Projectile speed unchanged (400 units/s)  Projectile lifespan reduced ― 1.25s → 0.875s  Mini Sun Avatar: Projectile distance reduced ― 240 units → 120 units  Projectile speed increased ― 400 units/s → 500 units/s  Projectile lifespan reduced ― 0.6s → 0.24s
5-0-X True Sun God 5-1-0 True Sun God + Super Range	Main attack: Projectile distance decreased ― 240 units → 150 units  Projectile speed increased ― 400 units/s → 500 units/s  Projectile lifespan reduced ― 0.6s → 0.3s
5-2-0 True Sun God + Epic Range	Main attack: Projectile distance decreased ― 420 units → 150 units Projectile speed unchanged (700 units/s)  Projectile lifespan reduced ― 0.6s → 0.2143s
X-3-X Robo Monkey (and further upgrades)	Default targeting option changed ― First-Last → First-Strong
X-5-X The Anti-Bloon	Ability: Cooldown now remains at the same percentage when upgrading from X-4-X to X-5-X, instead of reducing by 15s This also prevents direct purchases of X-4-X into X-5-X to bypass the initial cooldown

Alchemist

Tiers	Changes
X-5-X Total Transformation	Ability: Upon upgrading from X-4-X to X-5-X, ability cooldown is no longer reduced by 20s This also prevents direct purchases of X-4-X into X-5-X to bypass initial cooldown.

Druid

“

Monarch of Storms now has a maximum blowback cap to ensure ZOMG blowback penalty calculates correctly, alongside faster blowback speed to reduce map stalling. Due to popular demand the Druid paragon now pauses regrow globally, and it receives a damage increase for its primary single-target thorn attack.
— Update notes

”

Tiers	Changes
5-X-X Monarch of Storms	Superstorm: Blowback speed multiplier increased ― 1× → 2×  Superstorm: Max blowback distance decreased ― ∞ units → 400 units
5-5-5 Root of all Nature	Prevents Regrow Bloon regeneration globally  Main attack: Damage increased ― 55 → 70  Main attack: Damage bonus to Regrow Bloons increased ― +55 → +70  Main attack: Damage bonus to Bosses increased ― +110 → +130

Mermonkey

Tiers	Changes
X-X-5 The Final Harmonic	Trance: Now allows the formation of glue puddles from 4-X-X Glue Gunners after destroying a Bloon (bug fix)

Beast Handler

“

The middle-path dinos now use a percentage multiplier for their stun bonus that scales into T4 and T5. For Giganotosaurus pierce is being exchanged for significantly higher damage scaling, note that due to Beast Power scaling mechanics, this results in a substantial overall damage buff right from the moment you purchase the upgrade.
— Update notes

”

Tiers	Changes
X-3-X Velociraptor	Velociraptor: Damage bonus to stunned simplified to deal 1.5× base damage Formerly, the stun bonus is $BaseBonusStunDamage+\lfloor \frac{\text{Damage Range}\times \text{percent}}{\text{Stun Bonus Divisor}}\rfloor$, where the base bonus is 3, and stun bonus divisor is 3. Was previously +3–+7, now it's +2–+8
X-4-X Tyrannosaurus Rex	T-Rex (bite): Damage bonus to stunned simplified to deal 1.5× base damage Formerly, the stun bonus is $BaseBonusStunDamage+\lfloor \frac{\text{Damage Range}\times \text{percent}}{\text{Stun Bonus Divisor}}\rfloor$, where the base bonus is 8, and stun bonus divisor is 3. Was previously +8–+21, now it's +10–+30
X-5-X Giganotosaurus	Gigantosaurus (bite): Base damage decreased ― 750 → 500  Gigantosaurus (bite): Damage gained from merges increased ― +800 → +1500 With these changes, damage from merges are changed from 750–1550 to 500–2000. Mid-power bite damage increased from 1150 to 1250.  Giganotosaurus (bite): Damage bonus to stunned simplified to deal 1.5× base damage Formerly, the stun bonus is $BaseBonusStunDamage+\lfloor \frac{\text{Damage Range}\times \text{percent}}{\text{Stun Bonus Divisor}}\rfloor$, where the base bonus is 250, and stun bonus divisor is 3. Was previously +250–+516, now it's +250–+1000  Gigantosaurus (bite): Base pierce decreased ― 44 → 33  Gigantosaurus (bite): Pierce gained from beast power decreased ― +66 → +50 With these changes, pierce from merges are reduced from 44–110 to 33–83. Mid-power bite pierce decreased from 66 to 58  Ability: Upon upgrading from x-4-x to x-5-x, ability cooldown is no longer reduced by up to 15s This also prevents direct purchases of x-4-x into x-5-x to bypass initial cooldown.

Heroes

This section is incomplete. You can help out by expanding it. The editor who added this notice elaborates: Add all of the abilities that lower ability cooldowns and list those per Hero (e.g. Quincy's Rapid Shot and Storm of Arrows), as well as other bug fixes listed in Hero Fixes from v56.0 patch notes. Done Heroes for the abilities patch include: Quincy and Dan.

Quincy

Levels	Changes
15	Rapid Shot: Upon upgrading to level 15, ability cooldown is no longer reduced by 15s This also prevents direct purchases of level 15 Quincy to reduce its initial cooldown to 5 seconds.
18	Storm of Arrows: Upon upgrading to level 18, ability cooldown is no longer reduced by 15s This also prevents direct purchases of level 18 Quincy to reduce its initial cooldown to 8.3333 seconds.

Obyn Greenfoot

“

Obyn welcomes more nature loving friends with a suite of buffs specifically tailored to empower Skywarden upgrades.
— Update notes

”

Levels	Changes
2+	Nature's Wrath: Now also grants +1 pierce to Skywardens
5+	Now also grants +35% extra range to 3-X-X (or higher) Skywardens
8+	Now also grants Camo detection to Skywardens
9+	Now also increases the explosion radius of X-3-X (or higher) Skywardens
11+	Nature's Clarity: Now also grants +1 extra pierce to Skywardens
18+	Now grants X-X-3 (or higher) Skywardens to use their instant shatter effect in Bloons up to Zebra tier (includes Leads if it can damage them)
2	Before Nature's Wrath - all Druids in range get +1 pierce. After Nature's Wrath - all Druids and Skywardens in range get +1 pierce.
5	Before Increased attack speed. Druids of the Jungle have increased range. Grants bonus cash generation to Druids. After Increased attack speed. Druids of the Jungle and Skywardens have increased range. Grants bonus cash generation to Druids.
8	Before Nature's ward totems slow Bloons 40%. All Druids in range get Camo detection. After Nature's ward totems slow Bloons 40%. All Druids and Skywardens in range get Camo detection.
9	Before Obyn deals more damage. Druids of the Storm create larger storms more frequently. After Obyn deals more damage. Druids of the Storm create larger storms more frequently, and Galvanic Condult Skywardens have larger blast radius.
11	Before Nature's Clarity - all Magic Monkeys in range get +5 range and +2 pierce, and Druids get an additional +1 pierce. After Nature's Clarity - all Magic Monkeys in range get +5 range and +2 pierce. Druids and Skywardens get an additional +1 pierce.
18	Before Improved Wrath - all Druid of Wrath pops start each round at 200. After Improved Wrath - all Druid of Wrath pops start each round at 200. Coldchain Skywardens can shatter even stronger frozen Bloons.
4+	Resolved a targeting issue of the Nature's Ward Totem (bug fix)

Benjamin

“

Benjamin - Is not able to stack infinite Syphon funding layers in order to cause all Bloon spawns to cease existence immediately
— Update notes

”

Levels	Changes
10+	Syphon Funding: Can no longer be stacked (bug fix)

Ezili

Levels	Changes
11+	The pierce of reanimated bloons is no longer increased by +50% without activating Sacrificial Totem. (undocumented)
11	Description updated Before Increased attack range. Increases pierce of reanimated Bloons by 50%. After Increased attack range. Sacrificial Totem increases pierce of reanimated Bloons by 50%.

Adora

This section is empty. You can help out by adding to it. The editor who added this notice elaborates: Add the bugfix about the shenanigans regarding Adora sacrificing platformed towers on top of platformed towers

Admiral Brickell

Levels	Changes
19	Description updated Before Naval Tactics affects all water based towers everywhere. After Naval Tactics range extends globally.

Corvus

Levels	Changes
All	Now displays a cash counter (undocumented)

Levels	Changes
15	Description updated Before Ember's fire drops more often and does more damage. Nourishment gives more XP per Mana After Ember's fire drops more often and does more damage. Nourishment gives more Cash per Mana.
20	Description updated Before The Spirit base damage increases and does extra damage to MOABs. Ancestral Might does more damage. Overload does more damage. After The Spirit base damage increases and does extra damage to MOABs. Ancestral Might does more damage. Overload does more damage. Nourishment gives more Cash.

“

The perma-nourish gameplay loop has created an unhealthy gap between casual play and high-micro playstyles, rather than continuing to tweak XP numbers we’re removing the XP interaction entirely: Nourishment now directly grants cash per Mana spent across all levels.
— Update notes

”

Spell

Changes

Nourishment

Now converts Mana to cash instead of Hero XP at all levels, instead of only at level 20 Levels 1–14: 2 XP/Mana → $0.5/Mana Levels 15–19: 4 XP/Mana → $2/Mana  Level 20: Cash generation increased ― $1/Mana → $8/Mana  Cash generated rounds up to the next $5 at all levels, including at level 20 now  Now disabled in CHIMPS and Deflation at all levels, instead of only at level 20 Description changed for levels 1-19 Before Sacrifices all Mana and converts it into Hero XP. Cooldown cannot be modified. After Sacrifices all Mana and converts it into Cash. Cooldown cannot be modified. Description changed for level 20 Before Consumes all Mana and converts it into cash. After Sacrifices all Mana and converts it into Cash. Cooldown cannot be modified.

Rosalia

“

Rosalia’s lv13 stall utility was greatly overshadowing the rest of her identity, so we have reduced her Laser’s stalling in exchange for damage boosts to both of her primary weapons.
— Update notes

”

Levels	Changes
13+	Grenade cluster explosion: Damage increased ― 2 → 4  Enhanced laser attack: Pierce reduced ― 200 → 100  Enhanced laser explosion: Pierce reduced ― 40 → 30  Enhanced laser explosion: Damage increased ― 70 → 120  Enhanced laser explosion: Bonus damage to Shocked Bloons increased ― +70 → +120  Enhanced laser explosion: Blast radius reduced ― 30 units → 20 units  Enhanced laser explosion: Light Bloon Knockback reduced ― -7× → -5×  Enhanced laser explosion: Knockback duration reduced ― 0.5s → 0.35s
13-14	Grenade main explosion: Bonus damage to Ceramic Bloons increased ― +1 → +2 Note: Level 15+ unchanged (+6)

Silas

This article is in need of research. You can help out by editing this article or discussing your findings on the talk page. The editor who added this notice elaborates: Confirm that Frozen Cascade and XP bonus are only affecting X-X-3 Skywardens

“

Bottom-path Ice Skywardens excel at shattering pre-frozen targets rather than applying the freeze themselves - it only made sense to fit in direct Silas synergy here so we’ve added some between Silas and xx3 Skywardens to capitalize on frozen Bloon shattering combos.
— Update notes

”

Levels	Changes
All	Resolved incorrect interactions with perks causing some unintended nerfs (bug fix)
7+	Frozen Cascade: Effect now also applies to X-X-3 (or higher) Skywardens Description updated Before Frozen Cascade ability: Creates a shattering blast of ice around Silas then other Ice Monkeys spreading out from Silas. Frozen Bloons take extra damage from ability. After Frozen Cascade ability: Creates a shattering blast of ice around Silas then other Ice Monkeys and Coldchain Skywardens, spreading out from Silas. Frozen Bloons take extra damage from ability.
8+	Now also gains extra Hero XP for each X-X-3 (or higher) Skywarden  Now also grants +10% range to X-X-3 (or higher) Skywardens Description updated Before Buffs the ranges of all Ice Monkeys & grants more Hero XP for each Tier 3 Ice Monkey. After Buffs the ranges of all Ice Monkeys and Coldchain Skywardens, and grants more Hero XP for each Tier 3 Ice Monkey.

Dan D'Monke

Levels	Changes
17	Cooldown of all level 7 and level 10 abilities now remains at the same percentage when upgrading to level 17, instead of reducing by 15s This also prevents direct purchases of level 17 Dan D'Monke or Masqued Macaque to bypass the initial cooldown of the level 7 abilities or reduce the cooldowns of the level 10 abilities to 5 seconds

Dan D'Monke

Levels	Changes
1–10	Main attack: Projectile lifespan increased ― 0.07s → 0.075s (undocumented)
11+	Main attack: Projectile lifespan increased ― 0.079s → 0.0863s (undocumented)
4+	Net Trap: Can no longer slow MOABs (bug fix)
7+	Reposition: Can no longer teleport a tower inside a Support Chinook (bug fix) Reposition: Now correctly changes the range of a Mermonkey when moving them into or out of the water (bug fix)

The Masqued Macaque

“

The Lv8 Stomp wasn’t quite working as players desired, so occurrence has been lowered in favour of a larger impact when it does occur. His high level sword damage has also been increased as players found this wasn’t scaling up as much as they would hope.
— Update notes

”

Levels	Changes
1-10	Main attack: Projectile lifespan increased ― 0.079s → 0.0863s (undocumented)
11+	Main attack: Projectile lifespan increased ― 0.0894s → 0.0992s (undocumented)
8+	Stomp attack: Pierce increased ― 30 → 60  Stomp attack: Blowback chance increased ― 50% → 100%  Stomp attack: Max blowback distance increased ― 100 units → 200 units  Stomp attack: Attacks required to trigger increased ― 10 attacks → 20 attacks
16-18	Main attack: Damage increased ― 8 → 9  Berserk Frenzy: Damage increased ― 40 → 45 (undocumented)
19+	Main attack: Damage increased ― 10 → 12  Berserk Frenzy: Damage increased ― 50 → 60 (undocumented)

Powers

Tech Bot Prime

Tiers	Changes
All tiers	Effect radius of relevant abilities now benefits from range buffs to match its display range
0-0-0 base tower 1-0-0 Initiate Link AMP 2-0-0 Chain Link	Increased tower footprint radius ― 0 units → 5 units (bug fix)

Monkey Knowledge

Knowledge	Changes
Lingering Magic	Now affects Skywardens, but no longer affects Ninja Monkeys Description changed Before Longer projectile lifespan for Wizard Monkey, Super Monkey, Ninja Monkey, and Druid. After Longer projectile lifespan for Wizard Monkey, Super Monkey, Skywarden, and Druid.
Gorgon Storm	Resolved an issue where it could stun BADs (bug fix)

General changes

Activated Abilities

“

Abilities Quickbar Stability: The abilities quickbar will now strictly order by tower placement and will no longer re-order itself during matches or on loading saves. We think this feels better - give it a shot and let us know.
— Update notes

”

• The order of abilities in the bar will now strictly follow the order on which towers are placed or upgraded, and will be preserved when the player exits and enters the game

Freeplay

“

Freeplay Smoothing: Adjusted existing Freeplay Bloon groups to smooth out the difficulty progression between Rounds 200–500. Yes, we do think about those rounds.
— Update notes

”

• Adjusted the Bloon groups starting on rounds rounds 110 − 501
  • Note: More details to be determined.
• A Fortified BAD can now begin spawning on Round 164 (undocumented)
• Round 200 contains an extra Fortified BAD (3 total)

Insta Monkeys

“

Expert Insta-Monkey Buff: Increased the Tier 4 Insta-Monkey drop chance on Expert Round 100 clears from 20% > 30%.
Insta-Monkey Collection Borders: Finally added brand-new Bronze and Silver borders for budding Insta-Monkey collection completionists! We love this and hope you do, too.
— Update notes

”

•  Increased chances of obtaining Tier 4 Insta-Monkeys every 100 rounds ― 20% → 30%
• Added Bronze and Silver borders for the collection

Trophy Store

“

Trophy Store Favorites: You can now favorite any item in the Trophy Store! Favorited items will gather in their own dedicated "Favorites" tab for quick and easy access.
— Update notes

”

• Players can now favorite items for quick access in a new tab

Maps

Map	Changes
Glacial Trail	Resolved an issue where tower immunity buffs may not necessarily break towers out of their frozen state when they should be (bug fix)
Skull Tweak	Monkeys can no longer be placed on the track in certain points (bug fix) Party Peak can no longer be activated after the first round
Mushroom Grotto	Resolved an issue where the player could be prevented from using the large mushroom after loading a save where all the small mushroom were activated (bug fix)
Polyphemus	Resolved an issue where Dan D'Monke was not affected by the Eye (bug fix)

Modes and events

Boss Bloon Event and Boss Challenge

“

Boss Penalty Warning: On Bosses, the penalty timer will now flash for 5 seconds right before any penalty time starts counting down.
— Update notes

”

•  The on-screen penalty timer will now start flashing 5 seconds before it starts counting

Social Season Events

• Players can now see their contribution to the Global Goal

Quests

“

Quests Search: Added a search bar to the Quest menu! Type here to find quests you are 100% certain exist, but can’t for the life of you find because ... WHICH TAB WAS IT IN AGAIN?!
— Update notes

”

• Added a search box in the navigation menu

Sandbox

• Bloon order was changed and it is no longer affected by the Fortified modifier

Social features

Co-op

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Co-op Player Removal: Removing a disconnected player now includes a confirmation prompt to prevent accidental kicks, and double RSI stacks for any trigger happy kickers.
Co-op Lobby Code Hiding: We know on-screen lobby codes have been a bit of a hazard for some - so players can now hide the lobby code on-screen while still using the copy button to grab it safely. Try not to get stuck in any more private lobby loops!
— Update notes

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• The game will now ask for confirmation before removing a disconnected player
• Added a setting to hide the lobby code on-screen

Teams

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Team Store Tabs: This is somewhat self explanatory but the team store will now allow for the incubation of radioactive lizard eggs that--hold on, what? It doesn’t? Oh… man, but that’s so cool. Already been done? Nah man, we definitely should’ve gone with the rad eggs, just picture it. That woulda been way better.
— Update notes

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• Team Store: Team flair is now organized in tabs

Boss Bloons

Lych

•  Can no longer absorb Dan D'Monke's Rabble Rouser ability

Diamondback

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•  Diamond Bloons are now affected by speed modifiers

Rogue Legends

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Rogue Legends Nameplate Banners: Entering new zones in Rogue Legends now displays a stylish region nameplate banner.
Rogue Legends Hero Stats: Added a dedicated Hero Stats tab to Rogue Legends. As you play, this menu will populate with a variety of interesting stats to track your journey depending on what hero teams you play with.
— Update notes

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• Added 3 achievements related to the DLC: Double Trouble, Marshmallow Maxing and Power Creep
• Added a banner showing the are area name at the start of each stage
• Added a Hero Stats menu
• Reintroduced Insider Trading
•  CHIMPS: Health scales faster in Stages 6+ ― 60% → 90%
•  Mini Games, Mini Boss: Goals scale faster in CHIMPS mode ― 0.1 → 0.15
•  Mini Games: Silver and Gold Least Cash Goals are now harder
  • Note: Mini Game details to be determined
•  Mini Boss: Base Cash reward increased ― $500 → $600
•  Mini Boss: Cash reward scaling reduced ― +2% → +1.5%
• Mini Boss: Game can now go beyond round 300
• Final Boss: Added the following maps to the blacklist: Ancient Portal, Castle Revenge and Dark Castle
•  Resolved an issue where Etienne could benefit twice from certain Artifacts or even cause a crash (bug fix)

Parties

Hero	Changes
Mountain Guardian	Starting party member changed ― 2-0-0 Druid → 0-2-0 Skywarden (undocumented)
Silas	Starting party member changed ― 0-0-2 Engineer Monkey → 0-0-2 Skywarden (undocumented)
Tinkerfairy	Starting party member changed ― 1-0-0 Druid → 2-0-0 Skywarden (undocumented)

Artifacts

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Artifact	Changes
Cats Meow	“ Now also disables Mana Shield generation. Dan is more of a dog person — Update notes ”  Now disables Mana Shield generation (affects all rarities) Description changed Before Maximum lives is set to 9, but any Bloon leaked only counts as 1 life regardless of RBE. Regenerate <amount> lives at the end of each round. Adds a <tiers> Bomb Shooter to your Party After Maximum lives is set to 9, but any Bloon leaked only counts as 1 life regardless of RBE. Regenerate <amount> lives at the end of each round. Disables Mana Shield generation. Adds a <tiers> Bomb Shooter to your Party
Essence Of Lych	Sub-towers no longer spawn basic Zombie Bloons  Zombie Bloon: Internal spawn cooldown increased ― 0.5s → 5s  Zombie Bloon: Pierce increased ― 1 → 2  Zombie Bloon: Damage increased ― 1 → 5
Insider Trading	Now has Common and Rare variants  Legendary: Number of items affected increased ― 4 → 15 Description changed Before Merchant Artifact costs are reduced by 1 for the first <amount> items purchased. This Artifact has <amount>x value when sold to Merchants. After Merchant Artifact costs are reduced by 1 for the first <amount> items purchased. Note: Despite being removed from the description, the Legendary version still has double value when sold to Merchants
What In Tarnation	Description changed Before Desperado has 10% chance to apply an effect on Bloons depending on upgrade path from tier 2: Stun Bloons for <amount> seconds at 2-x-x, Freeze Bloons for <amount> seconds at x-2-x, Glue Bloons for <amount> seconds at x-x-2. Adds a <tiers> Desperado to your Party After All Desperado attacks have a small chance to stun, freeze, and glue Bloons. Desperado up to 5-5-2 can fire up to 3 additional <amount> damage shots at a <amount>% chance each. Adds a <tiers> Desperado to your Party

Frontier Legends

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Frontier Legends price reduction from US$12.99 to US$9.99. We continue to hear feedback primarily about replayability relative to the overall scale of the world and we hope that the price change makes that feel more in balance. If you haven’t tried Frontier Legends, now is the perfect time to try it, and remember for a limited time it’s another 50% off that reduced price on the BTD6 Discord Store.
— Update notes

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• Base price of the DLC reduced ― $12.99 USD → $9.99 USD
• Added 3 new Achievements related to the DLC: Full Strength Posse, Gon' Fishin' and New Stuff, Same ol' Bloons

Minor changes, additions and fixes

• UI: A number of localization & UI fixes
• UI: Immediately switching tabs in the Trophy Store no longer prevents items from loading
• UI: Resolved cases of one time IAP packs not displaying as ‘purchased’ after purchase
• UI: Resolved a crash that could occur when reaching the main menu on a child account with the Monklish language equipped
• UI: Resolved an issue where guests could be unable to make purchases
• UI: When in game, store tabs that do not have items to display should now be hidden
• UI: 4:3 devices shouldn’t load extra assets for Dan D’Monke’s unlock screen
• Co-op: Resolved a number of crashes
• Co-op: The deposit cash farm hotkey should now correctly sync in co-op
• Map Editor: Resolved a crash that could occur when editing interactable water areas
• Map Editor: Trophy Store song tracks can now be set as defaults for custom maps
• Map Editor: Spirit of the Forest vines can now display on custom added track lanes
• Gameplay: Resolved a crash that could occur when placing a Tech Bot Prime in the corner of the map
• Gameplay: Tech Bot Prime should no longer crash when linked to anotherTech Bot Prime
• Gameplay: Resolved a number of issues where BADs could be slowed
• Gameplay: Losings lives on Diamondback no longer crashes with 052 Boomerang on screen
• Gameplay: Slight height adjustments across maps to fix spike layering
• Gameplay: Towers that target the path no longer prefer alternate paths on maps that contains them
• Gameplay: Resolved a visual issue with 4-X-X+ Mermonkeys during a Redeployment from a Support Chinook
• Gameplay: Spike Paragon’s target priority list should no longer have a unique order
• Pat Fusty: No longer shows an ice platform when placed in water.
• Adora: Resolved a crash that could occur by sacrificing a Lord of the Abyss whose platform is supporting a Carrier Flagship that is Supporting an Arctic wind that is supporting the initial Adora.
• Geraldo: Items from the shop inventory now contribute to Geraldo’s ‘Cash Spent’ stat.
• Rosalia: Resolved a crash that would eventually happen at some point after flights
• Dan D'Monke: Resolved a crash that could occur with a Tech Bot Prime
• Quests: Resolved an issue where the Party Bloon could be destroyed in Bloons TD 6 Birthday Party
• Quests: Can now fit 5 rewards in their reward display
• Quests: Rogue Legends Preview should no longer be able to cause a permanent softlock
• Social Season Event: Resolved a number of cases that could fail to count a games social season progress
• Social Season Event: Goals now have info buttons for tips & clarity
• Social Season Event: Resolved cases of wrong points being displayed visually
• Social Season Event: Resolved the wrong badge being awarded to late-claimers
• Rogue Legends: Resolved a rare crash with Obyn placed near druids
• Rogue Legends: Resolved some stat tracking issues
• Frontier Legends: Resolved a crash that could occur in Arabic
• Frontier Legends: Resolved Ranch Hands stat tracking issues
• Android: Resolved a crash that could occur when switching focus during a load screen
• iOS: Resolved an error that would occur when cancelling login
• SteamOS: Cursor should be larger and much less crunchy
• Tablet devices: Enabled hotkey access if a keyboard is plugged

Pre-release

Early access videos

These were released on 2nd August 2026, NZST.

• Boltrix
• Ethan Reid
• Hbomb
• ISAB
• MackanGaming
• Mehalic POPs
• Punji Gaming (German)
• SJB
• Tewtiy
• TheNeoGod

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Descriptions

In-game

Rise of the Skywardens!
• New Magic Monkey, the Stormbow-wielding Skywarden!
• New Decryptor Corvus skin commands the Chaos Rift!
• New Map, Ascent.
• Portable Lake Pro - the most powerful paddling pool possible!
• Plus Balance Changes, Quality of Life improvements and more!

Notes

This article is in need of research. You can help out by editing this article or discussing your findings on the talk page. The editor who added this notice elaborates: Some of the jokes in the update notes seem to refer to actual changes. Document the actual changes in the "Changes" section, then mention the joke phrasing in this section.

• The update notes contain the following errors:
  • The bonus damage to Ceramics of Rosalia's Level 13 Cluster Explosion is not implemented and remains at +1 instead of +2.
  • The distance covered by the Sun Temple main attack was increased instead of decreased due to the projectile speed changes, while projectile lifespan remained the same. The previous value is also incorrectly reported as 200 instead of 240.
  • The distance covered by the True Sun God main attack was decreased more than intended due to the projectile speed changes and a reduction of projectile lifespan.
  • The previous value of the projectile distance of the Mini Sun Avatar is incorrectly listed as 300 when in reality it was 240 units.
• The update notes contain the following joke changes:
  • Under "Bug Fixes & General Changes", one of the changes is "Added this sentence to the list of bug fixes for v56, added extra words to this Sentence".
  • Under "Balance Changes", there is a joke entry for Perma-Spike:

Official Press Release from Perma-Spike Sourcing & Logistics

Date: Monkuary 7, Monke
Subject: Supply Chain Integrity and Quality Assurance Update

• At Perma-Spike™ the primary mission is always to provide the Monkey Kingdom with the most resilient, unyielding rubber-popping end of the road defense. Perma-Spike™ takes great pride in the structural integrity of every defense laid down, however, after recent information has come to light regarding the aftermarket supply chain, management has made the difficult but necessary decision to sever ties with certain secondary markets.
• Going forward we will be implementing a Vendor Compliance & Supply Chain Risk Mitigation Protocol in order to ensure our inventory complies with the highest standards of international tactical home defense laws. All Perma-Spikes stepped on whether in the dark at night or under the light of the sun will be supplied only from partners who agree to a zero tolerance policy on stolen spikes - suppliers found offering suspiciously sourced spikes will be immediately reported to the MIB.
• We appreciate the community's patience and understanding as we clean up our stockpile - these things can last quite a while. Rest assured, our commitment to keeping the track safe from DDTs remains completely un-nerfed.

Signed, The Perma-Spike Legal Defense Team

• There are a few jokes in the update notes that may or may not refer to actual changes:
  • "Resolved some background cases that may result in some improvements"
  • "[Jefe] Vortice nicht langer kraschar kiam mengacau omkring z tekbot mekaniği" (Swedish for "[Boss] Vortex no longer crashes the game when messing around with the Tech Bot's mechanics")
  • "Ice Monkey - Resolved a case in which the Monkey attempted to imitate the Titanic upon upgrading into Paragon form"
  • "Dan D’Monke - Resolved quantum dantanglement" (possibly a bug where Dan D'Monke could sell Boss Bloons using specific towers)
• Only the update notes on Reddit mention the Heli Pilot's cost changes, and were edited in a few days after the update released. According to Rohan Sharpe-Anforth, he intended to save the changes for version 58.0.

External links

• Official update preview on Reddit
• Official update notes on Reddit
• Official update notes on Steam