Damage
Damage is the process by which a Bloon loses health and/or layers in the Bloons TD series, Bloons Supermonkey series, and Bloons Pop!. Damage is primarily dealt by projectiles or status effects.
Damage is often described in descriptive text as the amount of "layers popped", which, while not incorrect for most Bloon types, is inaccurate for Bloons with multiple points of health.
Layer skipping
Layer skipping is when a tower deals more than 1 damage and skips layers. For example, if an unupgraded sniper pops a Zebra Bloon, since it does more than 1 damage (2), the black/white layers are skipped and only 4 Pink Bloons are left remaining. Layer skipping doesn't account for immunities, so it can allow towers to pop Bloons with layers that would normally be immune to them. For example, when a Heavy Bombs bomb shooter pops a Lead Bloon, it deals 2 damage and can skip the black bloon layer it would normally be unable to damage.
Damage types
Damage types are a property of damage that determines which Bloons the damage can or cannot be dealt to. This concept was introduced in the mobile version of Bloons TD 5 and only appears in the Bloons TD series and Bloons Pop!, although similar mechanics exist in prior games.
Damage over time
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Bonus damage
Some attacks deal bonus damage to Bloons that meet certain conditions. They can deal extra damage to:
- Specific Bloon types, such as Pat Fusty dealing extra damage to Ceramic Bloons
- Specific Bloon classes, such as MOAB Mauler dealing extra damage to MOAB-Class Bloons
- Bloon Mods, such as the Ascended Shadow dealing extra damage to Camo Bloons
- Bloons with certain status effects, such as Sauda dealing extra damage to stunned Bloons
| Term | Applies to | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| MOAB damage Bloons TD 5 Bloons TD Battles Bloons Monkey City Bloons TD 6 Bloons Adventure Time TD Bloons TD Battles 2 Bloons Super Monkey Bloons Supermonkey 2 |
MOAB-Class Bloons (including Boss Bloons) | |
| Boss damage Bloons TD 6 Bloons Pop! |
Boss Bloons | In Bloons Pop!, some attacks deal reduced damage to Boss Bloons. |
| BAD damage |
BADs | |
| Ceramic damage Bloons TD Battles Bloons Monkey City Bloons TD 6 Bloons Adventure Time TD Bloons TD Battles 2 Bloons Supermonkey 2 |
Ceramic Bloons | In BTD6, some attacks that deal extra Ceramic damage also apply to Dreadbloon's Ceramic Armor Shell, while others do not. For example, Deadly Precision does apply to the Ceramic Armor Shell, but Spiked Balls does not. This is never stated within the game itself and there does not appear to be a consistent pattern as to which sources of extra Ceramic damage do and do not apply to it. |
| Lead damage Bloons TD Battles 2 |
Lead Bloons DDTs |
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| Camo damage Bloons Adventure Time TD Bloons TD Battles 2 |
Camo Bloons | |
| Regrow damage Bloons Adventure Time TD |
Regrow Bloons | |
| Fortified damage Bloons Adventure Time TD Bloons TD Battles 2 |
Fortified Bloons | In BTD6, some attacks specifically only deal extra damage to Fortified MOAB-Class Bloons, and not Fortified Lead Bloons, Ceramic Bloons, or Golden Bloons. |
| Zombie damage |
Zombie Bloons | |
| Ghost damage |
Ghost Bloons | |
| Frozen damage |
Frozen Bloons | |
| Stunned damage Bloons TD Battles 2 |
Stunned Bloons | |
| Stickied damage Bloons TD Battles 2 |
Sticky bombed Bloons | |
| Shocked damage Bloons TD Battles 2 |
Shocked Bloons | In BTD6, Dartling Gunners only deal extra damage to Laser Shocked Bloons afflicted with the same "tier" of the effect. For example, Laser Cannon only deals extra damage to Bloons shocked by itself and other Laser Cannons, not any lower or higher tier upgrades. |