Update history:Bloons TD 6/Version 38.0

Version 38.0

Release dates
Steam		26 July 2023

◄◄ 37.0

◄ 37.3

39.0 ►►

38.1 ►

Version 38.0 is the fourth major update to Bloons TD 6 of 2023. This update introduced the Boss Bloon Phayze, Competitive Mode for Contested Territory, the new Water Park map, and the Lifeguard Brickell skin for Admiral Brickell.

Additions

Quests

Quest	Category
Trial by Fire	Tutorials
Brickell Bootcamp	Tutorials
Scoop's Tall Tale	Tales

Cosmetics

Trophy Store

Item	Category	Trophy Store?
Sunglasses Bloons	Bloons ― All Bloon Skins
Boat MOAB	Bloons ― MOAB Skins
Tower Types Emotes	Co-op ― Standard Emotes
Jukebox: Fiesta Flamenco - Helium Heights Mix	Game & UI ― Music Tracks
Custom Power - Lawn Sprinkler Camo Trap	Game & UI ― Power Skins
Sunset Strip Profile Banner	Game & UI ― Profile Banners
Bomb Shooter Tortoise Pet	Monkeys ― Pets

Changes

• Added Bronze & Silver map borders for completing all Easy/Medium medals
• Assigned more icons within the custom challenge creation UI making it easier to distinguish different game modifiers quickly
• ‘Regrown’ Bloons will now no longer count towards increasing a tower’s damage stat when they are popped repeatedly.
• Categorized and sorted Quests to organize Patch’s quest menu
• Added further support to grant our events more flexibility in Boss starting and finishing rounds
• Team search filter added to search for Competitive Teams

Towers

Dart Monkey

Tiers	Changes
3-X-X Spike-o-pult	3xx Spike-o-pult now allows re-hitting targets after bounces
Paragon	Paragon cost ― $350,000 → $325,000  4 and 4 Monkey Knowledge now applies to Dart Paragon (bug fix)

Boomerang Monkey

Tiers	Changes
5-0-1 Glaive Lord + Long Range Rangs	501 Glaive Lord radius increase from LRR increased ― 15% → 33%
0-5-0 Perma Charge	050 Perma-Charge ability cooldown ― 40s → 45s Note: Initial cooldown reduction when bought also reduced from 10s to 15s
X-X-1 Long Range Rangs	xx1 Long Range Rangs range bonus increased ― 15% → 33%
Paragon	Paragon orbit no longer deals +2 damage to fortified  Paragon cost ― $325,000 → $350,000

Bomb Shooter

Tiers	Changes
3-X-X Really Big Bombs	3xx Really Big Bombs now pushes back Bloons by 10 units
4-X-X Bloon Impact	4xx Bloon Impact stun duration increased ― 1s → 1.4s Note: 4xx Bloon Impact now also pushes Bloons back on every hit in addition to the Stun
5-X-X Bloon Crush	5xx Bloon Crush pushes back MOAB class by half this amount Note: pushes back MOAB class by 5 units
X-X-4 Recursive Cluster	xx4 Recursive Cluster cluster pierce multiplier increased ― *3 → *4

Tack Shooter

Tiers	Changes
4-0-0 Ring of Fire	400 Ring of Fire pierce reduced ― 40 → 30
4-1-0 Ring of Fire + Long Range Tacks	410 Ring of Fire pierce reduced ― 50 → 30
4-2-0 Ring of Fire + Super Range Tacks	420 Ring of Fire pierce reduced ― 60 → 45
0-4-0 Blade Maelstrom	040 Blade Maelstrom pierce reduced ― 200 → 120
1-4-0 Blade Maelstrom + Faster Shooting	140 Blade Maelstrom pierce reduced ― 200 → 160
2-4-0 Blade Maelstrom + Even Faster Shooting	240 Blade Maelstrom pierce remains at 200
0-4-1 Blade Maelstrom + More Tacks	041 Blade Maelstrom duration increased ― 3s → 3.5s
0-4-1 Blade Maelstrom + More Tacks	041 Blade Maelstrom duration increased ― 3s → 3.5s
0-4-2 Blade Maelstrom + Even More Tacks	042 Blade Maelstrom duration increased ― 3s → 4s
0-5-0 Super Maelstrom	050 Blade Maelstrom pierce reduced ― 500 → 300
1-5-0 Super Maelstrom + Faster Shooting	150 Blade Maelstrom pierce reduced ― 500 → 400
2-5-0 Super Maelstrom + Even Faster Shooting	250 Blade Maelstrom pierce remains at 500
0-5-1 Super Maelstrom + More Tacks	051 Blade Maelstrom duration increased ― 9s → 10.5s
0-5-2 Super Maelstrom + Even More Tacks	052 Blade Maelstrom duration increased ― 9s → 10.5s
X-X-5 The Tack Zone	xx5 Tack Zone rate increase from previous tier ― 25% → 35%  xx5 Tack Zone pierce reduced ― 4 → 2

Ice Monkey

Tiers	Changes
X-3-X Arctic Wind	030 Arctic Wind pierce ― 100 → 40 Note: Absolute Zero unaffected
X-X-3 Cryo Cannon	003 Cryo Cannon has 20% shorter freeze lifespan ― 1.5s → 1.2s Note: also affects Icicles and Icicle Impale reducing their freeze durations by 20%

Glue Gunner

Tiers	Changes
4-X-X Bloon Liquefier	4xx & 5xx Glue Gunners will only drop puddles from the first child in the split  4xx & 5xx Glue puddles no longer hit Camo Bloons innately
4-2-0 Bloon Liquefier + Glue Splatter	Fixed a bug with 420 glue gunner not spawning puddles from the splat (bug fix)
X-X-4 Relentless Glue	xx4 Relentless Glue stun on pop now stuns DDTs & Blue MOABs for 0.25s

Sniper Monkey

Tiers	Changes
5-X-X Cripple MOAB	5xx Cripple MOAB can no longer debuff Dreadbloon during Military Immune Phase (bug fix)
X-5-X Elite Sniper	x5x Elite Sniper Elite Supply Drop will now also trigger all other Supply Drop Abilities x5x Elite Sniper’s Elite Supply Drop no longer shares button space in the ability quickbar with other Supply Drop Abilities

Monkey Buccaneer

Tiers	Changes
1-0-1 Faster Shooting + Long Range	101 Long Range more pierce to Main projectile ― +1 → +2
4-0-1 Aircraft Carrier + Long Range	401 Long Range pierce bonus to aircraft increased ― +1 → +2
0-3-1 Cannon Ship + Long Range	031 Cannonship cannonball pierce ― 28 → 35  031 Cannonball frags pierce ― 1 → 2

Monkey Ace

Tiers	Changes
X-4-X Ground Zero	040 Ground Zero ability pierce increased ― 1000 → 2000

Heli Pilot

Tiers	Changes
X-3-X Downdraft	x3x Downdraft ceramic pierce penalty ― 0 → 1
X-3-X Downdraft	x3x Downdraft ceramic pierce penalty ― 0 → 1
X-4-X Support Chinook	x4x Support Chinook downdraft pierce ― 1 → 4  x4x Support Chinook downdraft no longer increases maximum blowback distance ― 300 → 150

Dartling Gunner

Tiers	Changes
2-0-3 Buckshot + Laser Shock	203 Buckshot shock bonus damage increased ― +1 → +2
2-0-4 Bloon Area Denial System + Laser Shock	204 BADs shock bonus damage increased ― +1 → +3
2-0-5 Bloon Exclusion Zone + Laser Shock	205 BEZ shock bonus damage increased ― +1 → +6

Wizard Monkey

Tiers	Changes
X-4-X Summon Phoenix	x4x Summon Phoenix now requires the 042 crosspath for Phoenix ability to see Camo
X-X-4 Necromancer: Unpopped Army	xx4 Necromancer targeted spawn point can now be reset back to default by activating the target option, then canceling without selecting a point
Paragon	Wizard Paragon no longer drains 100 mana for every single Bloon hit by the main attack  Each main attack fired drains mana 50  Each Phoenix firebomb attack fired drains mana 50  Zombie Bloon spawn mana cost increased ― 100 → 250  Zombie Bloons travel range increased ― 175 → 400  Resolved an issue creating a permanent magus flamethrower attack (bug fix)

Super Monkey

Tiers	Changes
0-4-1 Tech Terror + Knockback	041 Tech Terror's Bloon Annihilation ability now knocks back any surviving targets by a large amount: Knockback MOAB Multiplier 25, lifespan 0.2

Ninja Monkey

Tiers	Changes
1-X-X Ninja Discipline	1xx Ninja Discipline no longer grants increased range
X-X-1 Seeking Shuriken	xx1 Seeking Shuriken now grants increased range +7
X-X-4 Sticky Bomb	xx4 Sticky Bomb bonus +50% of tower range removed, now matches base tower Note: xx5 Master Bomber still has full map range Stickies
X-X-4 Sticky Bomb	xx4 Sticky Bomb bonus +50% of tower range removed, now matches base tower Note: xx5 Master Bomber still has full map range Stickies

Druid

Tiers	Changes
3-X-X Druid of the Storm	3xx Druid of the Storm tornado gains strong homing  3xx Druid of the Storm tornado travel distance increased ― 80 → 100
X-3-X Druid of the Jungle	Upgrading a crosspathed Druid to x3x changes target prio to strong (bug fix)  x3x Druid can no longer grab frozen bloons without popping them (bug fix)
X-4-X Jungle's Bounty	x4x Jungle’s Bounty vine brambles damage increased ― 1 → 2  x4x Jungles Bounty cash bonus per farm in range ― $120 → $130

Spike Factory

Tiers	Changes
4-0-1 Spiked Mines + Long Reach	401 Spiked Mines explosion blast radius ― 30 → 40
5-0-1 Super Mines + Long Reach	501 Super Mines large explosion blast radius ― 100 → 133
X-5-X Carpet of Spikes	x5x Carpet of Spikes main attack gains +5p Note: Also affects its ability
X-X-2 Smart Spikes	002 Smart Spikes passive ability duration ― 2.5s → 3s
X-X-5 Perma-Spike	xx5 Permaspike pierce increased ― 25 → 50  xx5 Permaspike damage reduced ― 15 → 10  xx5 Permaspike attack rate reduced ― 4.85 → 6.0625  xx5 Permaspike start of round buff duration ― 2.5s → 10s
1-0-5 Perma-Spike + Bigger Stacks	105 Permaspike pierce increased ― 45 → 90

Monkey Village

Tiers	Changes
X-X-5 Monkeyopolis	xx5 Monkeyopolis base cash amount reduced ― $2500 → $1250  xx5 Monkeyopolis now gives the correct cash amount in Half Cash mode (bug fix)

Engineer Monkey

Tiers	Changes
Paragon	Engineer Paragon no longer defaults to throwing out a Green Sentry after loading a save (bug fix)  Engineer Paragon sentries are now correctly destroyed if their platform is removed (bug fix)  Engineer Paragon sentries no longer position incorrectly when placed as the round ends (bug fix)

Beast Handler

Tiers	Changes
X-2-X Adasaurus	x2x Adasaurus attack cooldown scale ― 0.3439 → 0.3105 Note: Max-power x2x attack cooldown increased from 0.5561s to 0.5895s  x2x Adasaurus pierce reduced ― 10 → 8  x2x Adasaurus pierce range reduced ― 15 → 12 Note: Max-power x2x pierce decreased from 25 to 20
X-3-X Velociraptor	x3x Velociraptor raptor attack cooldown scale ― 0.3951 → 0.3105 Note: Max-power x3x attack cooldown increased from 0.5049s to 0.5895s  x3x Velociraptor damage ― 12 → 9  x3x Velociraptor damage range ― 24 → 18 Note: Max-power x3x damage decreased from 36 to 27
X-X-5 Pouākai	xx5 Pouakai pierce reduced ― 300 → 200  xx5 Pouakai pierce range reduced ― 400 → 250 Note: Max-power xx5 pierce decreased from 700 to 450, middle-power xx5 pierce decreased from 500 to 325

Heroes

Benjamin

“

May as well be a general camo for Ben level given that Trojan gives camo at 18 too — Update notes

”

Levels	Changes
18+	Level 18 Syphon Funding affects DDTs

Pat Fusty

Levels	Changes
3+	Placing towers in Pat’s radius will now show a grayed out Rallying Roar buff icon (bug fix)

Adora

“

Adora is a unique hero in how she has a great deal more value in spending cash to level her up faster, however she outperforms other heroes by too much regardless of this added cost. As her ability uptime is so incredibly good to the point of being completely spammable we’re increasing that cooldown slightly and reducing her base pierce in the higher levels so more thought must be required to utilize the large pierce increase she gains from usage of that ability. — Update notes

”

Levels	Changes
3+	Lv3 Long Arm of Light cooldown increased ― 35s → 40s
11+	Lvl13 Main attack pierce reduced ― 13 → 11

Etienne

“

Because it didn’t really matter before, but guess it kinda does now. — Update notes

”

Levels	Changes
10+	Lv10 UCAV ability can now naturally see Camo Bloons

Geraldo

Levels	Changes
1+	Geraldo’s restock rates are no longer 1 round longer if used from full stock (bug fix)
2+	Geraldo’s action figure should no longer inherit the wrong sell value when reassigned in co op (bug fix)
10+	Geraldo Rabbits placed on ice platforms no longer prevent them from merging (bug fix)  Geraldo’s Rabbits should no longer despawn when attacking in vicinity of an ice platform (bug fix)  Geraldo’s Rabbits should no longer become extinct due to climate change on Erosion (bug fix)

Bosses

Vortex

“

As knowledge, power & variety of Paragons has developed they have turned out to be extremely powerful against vortex and we have reached a point with enough good paragon diversity we no longer feel like they need to resist Vortex’s stun for such a large advantage over other towers, instead of this we feel Vortex’s stun is just too long in general so is being reworked to an overall lower amount across the tiers without any paragon immunity. — Update notes

”

•  Paragons no longer have 50% reduced stun duration
• Stun duration reworked at all tiers for generally reduced durations
•  T2 ― 16s → 19s
•  T3 ― 20s → 21s
•  T4 ― 25s → 24s
•  T5 ― 30s → 27s
•  ET1 ― 20s → 18s
•  ET2 ― 25s → 21s
•  ET3 ― 30s → 24s
•  ET4 ― 36s → 27s
•  ET5 ― 40s → 30s

Lych

“

Lych has some cheese strategy in pre-buffing before spawn to get around the draining mechanics, but boss functionality now makes it easy for us to try out a quick change to counteract some of this. — Update notes

”

•  Lych now triggers the 'buff drain' attack immediately on spawn

Release descriptions

App Store / Google Play

“

Cosmic Boss Update!! • Warp out of this world with the new Boss Bloon: Phayze! • Keep the pool safe with the new Admiral Brickell Skin: Lifeguard Brickell! • Splash out on Water Park, our latest Intermediate Map! • New Quests, including story quest: Scoop's Tall Tale! • Plus all the Trophy store items, quality of life improvements, and balance changes you've come to expect

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External links

Official patch notes on Reddit