Desperado (BTD6)

Desperado iterations: BTD6

Desperado

No Monkey claims to know the Desperado well, and no rumor matches the accuracy of the iron on that swaggering hip. Attacks in 2 shot bursts.

Unlock method(s)	Gift Box (3,500,000 pops) Shop (Desperado Unlock Pack)
Category	Primary
Cost	$255 — Easy $300 — Medium $325 — Hard $360 — Impoppable
Introduced	Version 49.0

The Desperado is a Primary tower in Bloons TD 6, introduced in version 49.0. It uses a pistol that fires twice in rapid succession each time it attacks. It has high range but low pierce and damage, and cannot pop Lead Bloons, Frozen Bloons, or Camo Bloons. Its upgrades focus on other weapons with different attacking styles. Its first path uses revolvers that fire multiple times per attack which can be further upgraded to fire even faster. Its second path uses a long-range rifle that can land Crits, with further upgrades able to place bounties on Bloons that increases the damage they take and generates more cash when popped, and unlocks two Activated Abilities for support. Its third path uses a shotgun that pushes Bloons back, with further upgrades improving shotgun power and knockback with life loss gimmicks.

Mechanics

The Desperado's pistol attack fires multiple shots in quick succession before it starts its cooldown. The delay between shots is not affected by attack speed modifiers, and the cooldown does not start until after it fires all shots. If it fires a shot, but there are no targetable Bloons within range while it still has shots left, it waits until it can fire its next shot and does not start its attack cooldown. If it reaches the end of a round, it instantly reloads its shots.

The 0-0-0 Desperado fires two shots per attack with a 0.1-second delay between shots and a 1.2-second attack cooldown. Each shot deals 1 Sharp-type damage to its target. Its shots hit the Bloon instantly, without any travel time, and it cannot hit more than one Bloon at a time (even with pierce buffs). Its path 1 upgrades affect the shot count and shot interval of its pistol, and its cooldown can be reduced from its path 1 and 3 upgrades as well as external buffs.

Upgrades

Path 1

Quickdraw

Tier 1 — 200 XP to unlock

Attacks faster the further Bloons are from Desperado.

$170 — Easy
$200 — Medium
$215 — Hard
$240 — Impoppable

This upgrade increases the Desperado's attack speed based on the distance between it and the Bloon closest to it. Its attack speed increases by 1% per unit of distance between them, up to a maximum of +50% if the closest Bloon is at least 50 units (the range of an unupgraded Super Monkey) away.

This upgrade does not count Bloons the Desperado cannot target (e.g., Bloons behind line of sight blockers or Camo Bloons when it does not have Camo detection) when determining the closest Bloon. If crosspathed with Deadeye, it does not count Bloons within the rifle's deadzone while using the rifle attack.

Standoff

Tier 2 — 450 XP to unlock

Attacks faster the fewer Bloons are in range.

$170 — Easy
$200 — Medium
$215 — Hard
$240 — Impoppable

This upgrade increases the Desperado's attack speed by 60% if only one Bloon is within range, but reduces it by 10% per extra Bloon (to a minimum of 0% extra attack speed with 7+ Bloons in range).

This upgrade does not count Bloons the Desperado cannot target (e.g. Bloons behind line of sight blockers or Camo Bloons when it does not have Camo detection) when determining the number of Bloons within range. If crosspathed with Deadeye or Enforcer, this upgrade only counts Bloons within range of the attack the Desperado is currently using, and Deadeye's rifle does not count Bloons within its deadzone. Crosspathing with Bounty Hunter and Golden Justice also applies this while using Marked to Pop, but does not affect the attack speed of the passive marking attack.

Big Iron

Tier 3 — 2,100 XP to unlock

Upgrades pistol to a 6-shot revolver that can pop Lead Bloons. Attacks even faster the fewer Bloons are in range.

$1,020 — Easy
$1,200 — Medium
$1,295 — Hard
$1,440 — Impoppable

This upgrade increases the number of shots it fires per burst from 2 to 6, increases its damage from 1 to 2 and changes its damage type to Normal. Since it must fire all six shots before it starts its attack cooldown, it effectively takes at least an additional 0.4 seconds to unload all shots and start its next cooldown. Additionally, it increases the maximum Standoff bonus from +60% to +120%, but increases the penalty per additional Bloon from -10% to -20%, so the minimum number of Bloons it takes to negate the attack speed bonus is the same.

Twin Sixes

Tier 4 — 9,500 XP to unlock

Gains twin higher damage revolvers.

$4,930 — Easy
$5,800 — Medium
$6,265 — Hard
$6,960 — Impoppable

This upgrade doubles the number of shots the Desperado fires per burst (from 6 to 12), halves the time it takes to unload each burst of shots (from 0.1 to 0.05 seconds), and increases the damage of each shot from 2 to 6. The time it takes to unload a full burst is effectively unchanged from Big Iron, and the cooldown after unloading all shots remains unchanged. Visually, it has two revolvers and alternates between them when firing.

The Blazing Sun

Tier 5 — 29,000 XP to unlock

They say Desperado shoots so fast them revolvers catch alight.

$14,025 — Easy
$16,500 — Medium
$17,820 — Hard
$19,800 — Impoppable

This upgrade causes the tower to change behavior depending on how many shots it fires and Bloons it destroys. Its attack speed lowers slightly each time it fires a shot, but increases each time it fully pops a Bloon. If it lowers its own attack speed enough, it starts applying Fire-type damage over time in an area around each Bloon it hits. It resets if it goes a short time without firing any shots.

This upgrade also improves the following base stats of its pistol attack:

• Damage per shot increases from 6 to 20, and now deals +40 damage to Ceramic Bloons
• Attack cooldown reduces from 1.2 seconds to 0.3 seconds (without affecting the time it takes to unload a full burst)

Path 2

Eagle Eye

Tier 1 — 200 XP to unlock

Desperado can see Camo Bloons.

$130 — Easy
$150 — Medium
$160 — Hard
$180 — Impoppable

This upgrade grants the Desperado Camo detection and the Camo Prioritization targeting option.

Bullseye

Tier 2 — 650 XP to unlock

Shots get a chance to Crit. Chance to Crit goes up when target Bloon is further away.

$300 — Easy
$350 — Medium
$380 — Hard
$420 — Impoppable

This upgrade adds a chance for the Desperado's attacks to crit, dealing 4× damage. The chance depends on the distance between the Desperado and the target, starting at 2.5% and increasing by 0.25% per unit of distance. With no range buffs, it has a 17.5% chance to crit at max range.

Deadeye

Tier 3 — 3,750 XP to unlock

Take Aim ability: target Monkey gains improved range, accuracy, and Camo detection. Desperado gains a long range rifle to use against distant targets. Rifle shots excel against Fortified targets and can pop Lead Bloons.

$2,550 — Easy
$3,000 — Medium
$3,240 — Hard
$3,600 — Impoppable

This upgrade unlocks a long-range rifle attack that the Desperado uses on Bloons that are out of range of the pistol. It is a non-burst attack that shoots more slowly than the pistol, but deals 10 damage and +10 damage to Fortified Bloons, has 4 pierce, and can damage all Bloon types. Like the pistol attack, it has a chance to crit for 4× damage depending on the distance between the Desperado and the target Bloon.

This upgrade also modifies the pistol, increasing its base damage from 1 to 6 but reducing its range to 40. It also unlocks the Take Aim Activated Ability, which allows the Desperado to temporarily buff a selected tower, increasing its range by 25%, reducing its projectile spread by 50%, and granting it Camo detection for 15 seconds, with a 30-second cooldown.

Bounty Hunter

Tier 4 — 18,000 XP to unlock

Marked to Pop ability: Marks extra Bloons, then proceeds to attack all Marked Bloons. Marked Bloons take more damage and give more cash. All Desperados can target Marked Bloons.

$5,100 — Easy
$6,000 — Medium
$6,480 — Hard
$7,200 — Impoppable

This upgrade unlocks the following:

• A non-damaging attack that places a mark on a Bloon every few seconds. Marked Bloons take double damage from all Desperados and earn double cash when popped.
• A Monkey Special for all Desperados that allows them to prioritize marked Bloons, similar to Camo Prioritization.
• The Marked to Pop Activated Ability, which rapidly marks Bloons for a short time, then attacks all marked Bloons, with infinite range.
• An improved Take Aim ability, granting the targeted tower more range and accuracy and now allowing it to damage Black Bloons, White Bloons, and Purple Bloons for the duration.

Additionally, with this upgrade, the pistol and rifle now deal bonus damage to Ceramic Bloons (+6 and +10, respectively), which doesn't stack with its extra damage to Fortified Bloons when dealt to Fortified Ceramic Bloons.

Golden Justice

Tier 5 — 40,000 XP to unlock

They say Desperado's longarm can hit clean through an army of Bloons.

$35,700 — Easy
$42,000 — Medium
$45,360 — Hard
$50,400 — Impoppable

This upgrade changes the rifle attack to produce a straight line shot that fires half as fast (every 3.18 seconds) but has practically infinite pierce and deals 280 base damage and +280 damage to Ceramic or Fortified Bloons. Additionally, this upgrade changes the following:

• Increases the crit damage of all its attacks from 4× to 8×.
• Improves the pistol attack to now deal 24 base damage, +24 damage to Ceramic Bloons, mark the target Bloon, and produce an area of effect around the target that hits up to 8 Bloons overlapping the initial shot's centerpoint, dealing the same base damage and damage to Ceramic layers as the initial shot. The AoE can hit the same Bloon as the initial shot.
• Increases the base attack speed of the marking attack from every 6 seconds to every 3 seconds, and reduces its minimum attack cooldown from 3 seconds to 1 second.
• Increases the base damage of its Marked to Pop ability from 30 to 300. Its version of the ability occupies a separate slot from Bounty Hunter's.

Path 3

Wanderer

Tier 1 — 150 XP to unlock

A Wanderer works best alone. Desperado attacks much faster, but less so when more Monkeys are in each weapon's attack range.

$185 — Easy
$220 — Medium
$240 — Hard
$265 — Impoppable

This upgrade increases the Desperado's attack speed by 45%, but reduces it by 9% for each tower within its range except itself, to a minimum of 0% extra attack speed. This does not count sub-towers, flying units, or other Desperados with Wanderer.

If the Desperado has additional weapons, it counts the whole range(s) of the Desperado that overlap. For Deadeye and above, the rifle still loses stacks from towers placed in its deadzone. For Enforcer and above, the shotgun only loses stacks from towers placed in its range, while the pistol loses stacks from towers placed in range of either weapon.

Nomad

Tier 2 — 600 XP to unlock

Attacks faster the more Bloons are in range. When lives are lost gets temporary range and attack speed increase, plus a small amount of cash if a Bloon leaked.

$240 — Easy
$280 — Medium
$300 — Hard
$335 — Impoppable

This upgrade increases the Desperado's attack speed by 2% for each Bloon within its range, up to a maximum of +50% with 25 Bloons in range, and unlocks a passive effect that triggers upon losing a life, which increases its range and attack speed and generates additional cash from Bloons that leak. It lasts for 15 seconds and has a 60-second cooldown.

Unlike Quickdraw and Standoff, this upgrade does count Bloons the Desperado cannot target (e.g., Bloons behind line of sight blockers or Camo Bloons when it does not have Camo detection) when determining the number of Bloons in range. If crosspathed with Deadeye, this upgrade only counts Bloons within range of the weapon the Desperado is currently using, and the rifle does count Bloons within the deadzone. Crosspathing with Bounty Hunter and Golden Justice also applies this while using Marked to Pop, but not the passive marking attack.

Enforcer

Tier 3 — 3,000 XP to unlock

Uses a shotgun that can knock back Bloons when they get within close range.

$1,785 — Easy
$2,100 — Medium
$2,270 — Hard
$2,520 — Impoppable

This upgrade increases the damage of its pistol attack from 1 to 6 and unlocks a shotgun attack. The shotgun shoots a spray of three projectiles, spread evenly over a 35° angle, each with 3 pierce and 3 damage. It can pop frozen Bloons and knock non-MOAB-Class Bloons backwards (-100% speed versus all, including Lead Bloons and Ceramic Bloons) for 0.2 seconds.

The shotgun has a 1.97-second attack cooldown. Like its pistol attack, it fires the shotgun twice each time it attacks, with a 0.1-second burst interval. Unlike the pistol, it always fires twice; if there are no Bloons it can target after the first shot, it fires again in the same direction as the first shot. It uses the shotgun if it can target any Bloons within its close range (36 units before range buffs), and uses its pistol otherwise. Nomad's attack speed buff only counts Bloons within range of the weapon the Desperado is currently using.

Avenger

Tier 4 — 14,000 XP to unlock

Shotgun hits release shrapnel and can even knock back MOABs. When lives are lost, weaker Bloons only take 1 life each for a short time.

$8,075 — Easy
$9,500 — Medium
$10,260 — Hard
$11,400 — Impoppable

This upgrade adds a new property to Nomad's passive effect while it is active: it causes all Bloons ranked Rainbow and below to only deduct one life if they leak. If the effect triggers from a Bloon leaking, that Bloon still costs its normal number of lives.

Additionally, this upgrade improves both of its attacks:

• Increases the pistol's base damage from 6 to 18, and grants it +18 damage to Ceramic Bloons.
• Increases the shotgun's knockback to -200% speed for regular Bloons and allows it to knock MOAB-Class Bloons back at -50% speed.
• Causes each shotgun pellet to spray three shrapnel projectiles after damaging a Bloon, spread over a 120° angle. Each shrapnel projectile deals 1 damage and has 6 pierce.

The Desert Phantom

Tier 5 — 29,000 XP to unlock

They say Desperado hits so hard it's like a mine blast.

$26,350 — Easy
$31,000 — Medium
$33,480 — Hard
$37,200 — Impoppable

This upgrade causes Bloons to explode if they fully pop within 4.55 seconds of being hit by its shotgun shrapnel. Each explosion deals 5 Fire-type damage, with +15 damage to Ceramic Bloons, to up to 3 Bloons within the radius (unaffected by pierce buffs).

Additionally, this upgrade improves both of its attacks:

• Increases the pistol's base damage from 18 to 50 and damage to Ceramic Bloons from +18 to +50, and doubles its attack speed (without affecting its 0.1-second burst interval).
• Increases the shotgun pellets' damage from 3 to 10, grants them +40 damage to MOAB-Class Bloons, and increases their knockback to -300% speed for regular Bloons and -200% speed for MOAB-Class Bloons.
• Increases the shotgun shrapnel's damage from 1 to 3, and grants them damage over time that deals 10 Fire-type damage, and +10 damage to MOAB-Class Bloons, every 1.5 seconds for 9 seconds. Quickdraw causes the shrapnel to also deal +10 damage to Ceramic Bloons.

Stats

For a complete list of Desperado stats, see Stats:Desperado (BTD6).

This data was last updated for: version 55.2

Tower
Display range 60 units Footprint radius 7 units Targeting options First Last Close Strong

Attack
Burst count 2 Burst interval 0.1s Cooldown 1.2s Offset (X, Y, Z) 0, 12.65, 11.25 Targeting Depends on targeting option Targeting range 60 units Filters Cannot target Camo
Projectile Pierce 1 Damage 1 Damage type Sharp Radius 2 units Filters Can only hit the target Ignores blockers

Costs and sell values

Note: this list does not factor in Monkey Knowledge or other discounts.

Tiers	Total cost				Sell value
	Easy	Medium	Hard	Impoppable	Easy	Medium	Hard	Impoppable
0-0-0	$255	$300	$325	$360	$179	$210	$228	$252
1-0-0	$425	$500	$540	$600	$298	$350	$378	$420
1-1-0	$555	$650	$700	$780	$389	$455	$490	$546
1-0-1	$610	$720	$780	$865	$427	$504	$546	$606
0-1-0	$385	$450	$485	$540	$270	$315	$340	$378
0-1-1	$570	$670	$725	$805	$399	$469	$508	$564
0-0-1	$440	$520	$565	$625	$308	$364	$396	$438
2-0-0	$595	$700	$755	$840	$417	$490	$529	$588
2-1-0	$725	$850	$915	$1,020	$508	$595	$641	$714
2-2-0	$1,025	$1,200	$1,295	$1,440	$718	$840	$907	$1,008
2-0-1	$780	$920	$995	$1,105	$546	$644	$697	$774
2-0-2	$1,020	$1,200	$1,295	$1,440	$714	$840	$907	$1,008
0-2-0	$685	$800	$865	$960	$480	$560	$606	$672
1-2-0	$855	$1,000	$1,080	$1,200	$599	$700	$756	$840
0-2-1	$870	$1,020	$1,105	$1,225	$609	$714	$774	$858
0-2-2	$1,110	$1,300	$1,405	$1,560	$777	$910	$984	$1,092
0-0-2	$680	$800	$865	$960	$476	$560	$606	$672
1-0-2	$850	$1,000	$1,080	$1,200	$595	$700	$756	$840
0-1-2	$810	$950	$1,025	$1,140	$567	$665	$718	$798
3-0-0	$1,615	$1,900	$2,050	$2,280	$1,131	$1,330	$1,435	$1,596
3-1-0	$1,745	$2,050	$2,210	$2,460	$1,222	$1,435	$1,547	$1,722
3-2-0	$2,045	$2,400	$2,590	$2,880	$1,432	$1,680	$1,813	$2,016
3-0-1	$1,800	$2,120	$2,290	$2,545	$1,260	$1,484	$1,603	$1,782
3-0-2	$2,040	$2,400	$2,590	$2,880	$1,428	$1,680	$1,813	$2,016
0-3-0	$3,235	$3,800	$4,105	$4,560	$2,265	$2,660	$2,874	$3,192
1-3-0	$3,405	$4,000	$4,320	$4,800	$2,384	$2,800	$3,024	$3,360
2-3-0	$3,575	$4,200	$4,535	$5,040	$2,503	$2,940	$3,175	$3,528
0-3-1	$3,420	$4,020	$4,345	$4,825	$2,394	$2,814	$3,042	$3,378
0-3-2	$3,660	$4,300	$4,645	$5,160	$2,562	$3,010	$3,252	$3,612
0-0-3	$2,465	$2,900	$3,135	$3,480	$1,726	$2,030	$2,195	$2,436
1-0-3	$2,635	$3,100	$3,350	$3,720	$1,845	$2,170	$2,345	$2,604
2-0-3	$2,805	$3,300	$3,565	$3,960	$1,964	$2,310	$2,496	$2,772
0-1-3	$2,595	$3,050	$3,295	$3,660	$1,817	$2,135	$2,307	$2,562
0-2-3	$2,895	$3,400	$3,675	$4,080	$2,027	$2,380	$2,573	$2,856
4-0-0	$6,545	$7,700	$8,315	$9,240	$4,582	$5,390	$5,821	$6,468
4-1-0	$6,675	$7,850	$8,475	$9,420	$4,673	$5,495	$5,933	$6,594
4-2-0	$6,975	$8,200	$8,855	$9,840	$4,883	$5,740	$6,199	$6,888
4-0-1	$6,730	$7,920	$8,555	$9,505	$4,711	$5,544	$5,989	$6,654
4-0-2	$6,970	$8,200	$8,855	$9,840	$4,879	$5,740	$6,199	$6,888
0-4-0	$8,335	$9,800	$10,585	$11,760	$5,835	$6,860	$7,410	$8,232
1-4-0	$8,505	$10,000	$10,800	$12,000	$5,954	$7,000	$7,560	$8,400
2-4-0	$8,675	$10,200	$11,015	$12,240	$6,073	$7,140	$7,711	$8,568
0-4-1	$8,520	$10,020	$10,825	$12,025	$5,964	$7,014	$7,578	$8,418
0-4-2	$8,760	$10,300	$11,125	$12,360	$6,132	$7,210	$7,788	$8,652
0-0-4	$10,540	$12,400	$13,395	$14,880	$7,378	$8,680	$9,377	$10,416
1-0-4	$10,710	$12,600	$13,610	$15,120	$7,497	$8,820	$9,527	$10,584
2-0-4	$10,880	$12,800	$13,825	$15,360	$7,616	$8,960	$9,678	$10,752
0-1-4	$10,670	$12,550	$13,555	$15,060	$7,469	$8,785	$9,489	$10,542
0-2-4	$10,970	$12,900	$13,935	$15,480	$7,679	$9,030	$9,755	$10,836
5-0-0	$20,570	$24,200	$26,135	$29,040	$14,399	$16,940	$18,295	$20,328
5-1-0	$20,700	$24,350	$26,295	$29,220	$14,490	$17,045	$18,407	$20,454
5-2-0	$21,000	$24,700	$26,675	$29,640	$14,700	$17,290	$18,673	$20,748
5-0-1	$20,755	$24,420	$26,375	$29,305	$14,529	$17,094	$18,463	$20,514
5-0-2	$20,995	$24,700	$26,675	$29,640	$14,697	$17,290	$18,673	$20,748
0-5-0	$44,035	$51,800	$55,945	$62,160	$30,825	$36,260	$39,162	$43,512
1-5-0	$44,205	$52,000	$56,160	$62,400	$30,944	$36,400	$39,312	$43,680
2-5-0	$44,375	$52,200	$56,375	$62,640	$31,063	$36,540	$39,463	$43,848
0-5-1	$44,220	$52,020	$56,185	$62,425	$30,954	$36,414	$39,330	$43,698
0-5-2	$44,460	$52,300	$56,485	$62,760	$31,122	$36,610	$39,540	$43,932
0-0-5	$36,890	$43,400	$46,875	$52,080	$25,823	$30,380	$32,813	$36,456
1-0-5	$37,060	$43,600	$47,090	$52,320	$25,942	$30,520	$32,963	$36,624
2-0-5	$37,230	$43,800	$47,305	$52,560	$26,061	$30,660	$33,114	$36,792
0-1-5	$37,020	$43,550	$47,035	$52,260	$25,914	$30,485	$32,925	$36,582
0-2-5	$37,320	$43,900	$47,415	$52,680	$26,124	$30,730	$33,191	$36,876

Related Monkey Knowledge

Desperado currently has no Monkey Knowledge specific to it. However, it is affected by Monkey Knowledge specific to Primary and all towers.

Rogue Legends

Starter parties with Desperados

Hero	Insta Monkey 1	Insta Monkey 2	Artifact
Etienne	2-0-0 Desperado	0-0-2 Heli Pilot	Splody Darts Rare
Psi	1-0-0 Ninja Monkey	0-2-0 Desperado	Ability Stacking Legendary
Rosalia	0-0-2 Desperado	0-0-0 Super Monkey	Homing Projectiles Legendary
Dread Pirate Brickell	0-0-0 Beast Handler	3-0-0 Mermonkey	What In Tarnation Common (adds  1-0-1 Desperado)

Related Artifacts

This list does not include Artifacts that affect all Primary towers.

Artifact	Common effect	Rare effect	Legendary effect
What In Tarnation	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 1 damage shots at a 30% chance each. Adds a 1-1-0 Desperado to your Party	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 1 damage shots at a 60% chance each. Adds a 2-1-0 Desperado to your Party	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 3 damage shots at a 90% chance each. Adds a 2-0-0 Desperado to your Party

Strategy

For more in-depth strategies, see Strategy:Desperado (BTD6).

This section was last updated for: version 51.2

The Desperado is useful for early game, even on many hard maps. Two Desperados or a Dart Monkey and a Desperado are viable starting choices for CHIMPS runs, and the Desperado's high range and perfect targeting can make these starts very consistent and easy to pull off compared to other options. Base Desperados can be used to chip strong bloons and snipe strays, using mostly Strong and First targeting. They also work as "spotters" for Advanced Intel Monkey Subs due to their large range and cheap Camo detection upgrade.

The top path focuses on single-target damage with the pistol attack. Compared to bottom path Sniper, top path Desperado can get higher DPS, much higher with Bounty Hunter support, but with limited range. The Blazing Sun is a strong, cheap option for T1 bosses.

The middle path focuses more on long range group damage with a rifle. Deadeye and Bounty Hunter offer mid-game support against Ceramics, Take Aim, and Bounty Hunter marking beefy single target blimps to double all Desperado damage against them. Golden Justice does incredible damage with infinite pierce, but its slow attack speed requires cleanup support.

The bottom path focuses on crowd control using a short range shotgun. It has high group damage and knockback, but is weak against single targets and DDTs, and it needs cleanup support to cover its slow attack speed.

Pre-release

Development

The Desperado was originally planned to be released alongside the Frontier Legends DLC (while it was still named Desperado Legends); however, due changes in the game's development pipeline, Ninja Kiwi decided to release the tower first and release the DLC towards the end of 2025.

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The Desperado Monkey Tower, while thematically aligned with Frontier Legends, will still drop in June. Desperado is just too cool to hold back, with three very distinct paths, weapons, and play styles, so we are super excited to get them into play this northern hemisphere summer, currently planned for mid-June. Of course, Desperado will have a fun role to play in Frontier Legends, but there will be a new sheriff in town when that drops.
— Update notes for version 48.0

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This Monkey is a gun-slinging, Bloon-poppin’ buccaroo. Starting with a humble pistol, each path upgrades into a different weapon alongside the pistol, giving significant variety to play style and effectiveness against different Bloons. Range factors strongly into each path, emphasizing the characteristics of each path’s weapon upgrade. Design and implementation on this new tower is moving ahead strongly, it has already been in testing and balance loops for a couple of weeks, and we are concentrating on how that balance flows through into all game modes. We are genuinely excited about how awesome this tower is looking and playing!
— The First BTD6 Dev Diary!

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Early access videos

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Update history

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Version 49.2

•  Desperado no longer gains Camo Prioritization when granted Camo detection from external sources (bug fix)

Version 51.0

•  Pistol now reloads at the end of the round

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  Pre-release teaser screenshot

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In other languages

This section was last updated for: version 49.2

Name

Language	Text	Notes
Arabic	المجرم الطائش	—
Danish	Desperado	—
German	Desperado	—
Spanish	Desperado	—
Spanish (Latin America)	Forajido	—
Finnish	Desperado	—
French	Desperado	—
Italian	Fuorilegge	—
Japanese	デスペラード	—
Korean	데스페라도	—
Dutch	Desperado	—
Norwegian	Desperado	—
Polish	Desperado	—
Portuguese (Brazil)	Pistoleiro	—
Russian	Десперадо	—
Swedish	Desperado	—
Thai	เดสเปราโด	—
Turkish	Desperado	—
Chinese (simplified)	亡命猴	—
Chinese (traditional)	亡命之猴	—

Description

Language	Text	Notes
Arabic	ما من قرد يدّعي معرفة المجرم الطائش جيدًا، ولا توجد شائعة تضاهي دقة المسدس الذي يحمله ذلك المتبختر. يهاجم في دفعات من طلقتين.	—
Danish	Ingen abe påstår at kende Desperadoen godt, og intet rygte matcher præcisionen af jernet på den selvsikre hofte. Angriber i 2-skuds skudsalver.	—
German	Kein Affe kann sagen, dass er den Desperado gut kennt, und kein Gerücht kommt der Präzision des Schießeisens an seiner Seite nahe. Greift in zwei Schusssalven an.	—
Spanish	Ningún mono afirma conocer bien a Desperado, y ningún rumor iguala la precisión de la pistola en esa cadera arrogante. Ataca en ráfagas de dos disparos.	—
Spanish (Latin America)	Ningún mono conoce bien al forajido y ningún rumor le hace justicia a la precisión de su puntería. Ataca en ráfagas de 2 disparos.	—
Finnish	Kukaan apina ei tunne desperadoa hyvin, eivätkä huhut vastaa sitä tarkkuutta, millä heiluvalla lanteella pidettävä reikärauta osuu. Hyökkää 2 laukauksen purskeilla.	—
French	Aucun singe ne connaît vraiment ce desperado de légende, à la démarche aussi emblématique que son talent de pistolero. Attaque par rafales de 2 tirs.	—
Italian	Non esiste scimmia che possa affermare di conoscere bene Fuorilegge e nessuna voce è all'altezza dell'arma che gli spunta arrogantemente dal fianco. Attacca con raffiche di 2 colpi.	—
Japanese	どのモンキーに聞いても、デスペラードのことはよく知らないと言う。彼の腰から吊るされた正確無比な鉄の塊に関する噂も、当てにならないものばかりだ。2連発で攻撃する。	—
Korean	데스페라도에 관해 잘 아는 원숭이는 아무도 없습니다. 그 어떤 소문도 그 허리춤에 달린 권총의 명중률보다 정확하지는 않고 말이죠. 공격할 때마다 빠르게 2발을 쏩니다.	—
Dutch	Geen enkele aap beweert de Desperado goed te kennen en geen enkel gerucht kan tippen aan de precisie van het ijzer op die zelfverzekerde heup. Valt aan in salvo's van 2 schoten.	—
Norwegian	Ingen aper hevder å kjenne Desperado godt, og ingen rykter passer presisjonen til jernet som skytes. Angriper i 2 raske skuddsalver.	—
Polish	Żadna małpka nie przyzna, że dobrze zna Desperado, a nawet najdziksze plotki nie oddają zabójczej precyzji gnata dyndającego przy tym biodrze. Atakuje w seriach po 2 strzały.	—
Portuguese (Brazil)	Nenhum macaco conhece bem o Pistoleiro, e nenhum rumor é tão preciso quanto os ferros nos coldres daquele quadril. Ataca em disparos duplos.	—
Russian	Обезьяны мало что знают о десперадо, а о меткости его оружия ходят невероятные слухи! Атакует 2 залпами.	—
Swedish	Ingen Apa hävdar att de känner Desperado väl och inget rykte överensstämmer med precisionen hos skjutjärnen vid de självsäkra höfterna. Attackerar med 2 skottsalvor.	—
Thai	ไม่มีลิงตัวใดอ้างว่ารู้จักเดสเปราโดเป็นอย่างดี และไม่มีข่าวลือใดเทียบได้กับความแม่นยำของเหล็กที่สะโพกอันโอ่อ่าของเขา โจมตีด้วยชุดกระสุน 2 นัด	—
Turkish	Hiçbir Maymun Desperado'yu iyi tanıdığını iddia edemez ve o havalı kalçasındaki silahın isabetliliğine hiçbir söylenti yetişemez. İki atışlık seriyle saldırır.	—
Chinese (simplified)	没有猴子敢说自己了解亡命猴，也没有什么传闻能比得上他腰间那把嚣张手枪的准头。每次攻击会连续射出2发子弹。	—
Chinese (traditional)	沒有猴子敢說自己真正瞭解亡命之猴，也沒有哪個傳言比得上其腰間那把槍的精準。每次攻擊會連射2發子彈。	—