Update history:Bloons TD 6/Version 44.0

Version 44.0
Artwork representing version 44.0
Release dates
App Store31 July 2024
Google Play30 July 2024
Steam31 July 2024
Apple Arcade31 July 2023

Version 44.0 is the fourth major update to Bloons TD 6 of 2024. This update introduced the Mermonkey, the Dreamstate Psi Hero Skin for Psi, and the Luminous Cove map.

Additions

Cosmetic items

Changes

  • Now has pre-defined rounds for rounds 101-140, like the normal round set

Maps

  • Default music changed from Sunshine Serenade to Jazz Theme
  • Default music changed from Sunshine Serenade to Tribes & Tribulations

Towers

Spike-o-pult’s piercing power in the extreme conditions is too cost effective compared to the Juggernaut so we’re tweaking these slightly to keep Juggernaut as a proper upgrade in Races.
— Update notes
Tiers Changes
The MOAB Press top crosspath is the ‘better’ crosspath for most cases due to having more than double the pierce as well as a stronger knockback amount on a tower that most effectively uses high pierce, as this is one of the better support towers in the game we are reducing that superior crosspath without nerfing the lesser one to even this more.
— Update notes
Tiers Changes
Tiers Changes
0-0-0 base tower
  •   Cost reduced ― $525 → $375
1-X-X Bigger Bombs
  •   Upgrade cost reduced ― $350 → $250
X-4-X MOAB Assassin
  •   Upgrade cost increased ― $3,100 → $3,350
X-5-X MOAB Eliminator
  •   Upgrade cost increased ― $25,500 → $28,000
X-X-5 Bomb Blitz
  •   Upgrade cost reduced ― $28,000 → $25,500
For a tower that functions best close-up anyway increasing range has questionable viability, Tack Shooter’s middle crosspath has always struggled due to this so we’ve decided to try out a more considerable pierce increase.
— Update notes
Tiers Changes
Adding a lesser MOAB-Benefit to Icicles, leading into the stronger T5 Anti-MOAB capability
— Update notes
Tiers Changes
Tiers Changes
X-X-4 Relentless Glue
  •   Upgrade cost increased ― $3,400 → $4,000
Tiers Changes
X-3-X Bouncing Bullet
  •   Upgrade cost reduced ― $2,400 → $2,100
Tiers Changes
Paragon
  •   Final Strike explosion: base damage increased ― 50000 → 60000
  •   Final Strike explosion: no longer deals +10,000 bonus boss damage
  •   Final Strike aftershock: base damage increased ― 10000 → 15000
  •   Final Strike aftershock: no longer deals +5,000 boss damage
  •   Final Strike fallout: MOAB damage increased ― 60 → 90
  •   Final Strike fallout: no longer deals +30 boss damage
Tiers Changes
4-X-X Aircraft Carrier
  •   Upgrade cost increased ― $6,900 → $8,000
Tiers Changes
Paragon
  •   Carpet Bomb: cooldown increased ― 50s → 60s
  •   Carpet Bomb: explosion base damage increased ― 20000 → 30000
  •   Carpet Bomb: explosions no longer deal +20,000 boss damage
    • Note: Total D1 Goliath Doomship damage to Bosses is reduced from 40,000 to 30,000
Tiers Changes
Tiers Changes
X-4-X Artillery Battery
  •   Upgrade cost increased ― $5,900 → $6,500
X-5-X Pop and Awe
  •   Upgrade cost increased ― $32,000 → $38,000
Tiers Changes
Tiers Changes
Tiers Changes
5-X-X Permanent Brew
  •   Upgrade cost reduced ― $60,000 → $48,000
Tiers Changes
Tiers Changes
X-4-X Spike Storm
  •   Upgrade cost increased ― $5,000 → $6,000
  • "Placing a Master Builder turret at the very bottom of the screen should no longer crash"
Tiers Changes
X-X-4 Giant Condor
  •   Upgrade cost increased ― $7,800 → $9,000
Churchill has propped another pillow ontop of their booster seat and is ready to do some serious damage. We felt the speed of the main cannon attack didn’t fit well for ‘a literal tank’, so main cannon damage is going up at all levels at the cost of attack speed. However even though the dps mostly averages out to something similar, this does make him more effective at utilizing his pierce and with the slower main attack the machine gun more properly performs its job of catching the faster Bloons in that downtime, so its damage is being buffed at all levels to be more helpful at this.[sic]
— Update notes
Levels Changes
1-6
  •   Main Gun: base damage increased ― 1 → 3
1-7
  •   Main Gun: cooldown increased ― 0.7s → 1.8s
3-13
  •   Armor Piercing Shells: Ceramic/MOAB-Class damage buff increased ― +3 → +9
7-11
  •   Main Gun: base damage increased ― 2 → 6
  •   Machine Gun: base damage increased ― 1 → 2
8-15
  •   Main Gun: cooldown increased ― 0.5s → 1.5s
12-13
  •   Main Gun: base damage increased ― 3 → 9
  •   Machine Gun: base damage increased ― 1 → 3
13-16
  •   Armor Piercing Shells: base damage buff increased ― +1 → +3
  •   Armor Piercing Shells: Ceramic/MOAB-Class damage buff increased ― +7 → +21
14-17
  •   Main Gun: base damage increased ― 4 → 12
  •   Machine Gun: base damage increased ― 2 → 4
15+
  •   Main Gun: Fortified damage increased ― +1 → +3
16+
  •   Main Gun: cooldown increased ― 0.3s → 0.9s
17+
  •   Armor Piercing Shells: base damage buff increased ― +2 → +6
  •   Armor Piercing Shells: Ceramic/MOAB-Class damage buff increased ― +11 → +33
18+
  •   Main Gun: base damage increased ― 5 → 15
  •   Machine Gun: base damage increased ― 2 → 5
With hero power creeping up for a while now, Adora has been sitting ahead of most all other heroes due to her high level 20 potential so this max level power is being cut back
— Update notes
Levels Changes
7+
  • Blood Sacrifice: can no longer select Ice Monkeys upgraded to Arctic Wind and above if their ice platforms are supporting Adora (bug fix)
20
  •   Ball of Light: duration reduced ― 20s → 15s
Yea we see what everybody has been doing… Sauda having such a huge MOAB-Class bonus right from lv3 was silly, and this has been lowered
— Update notes
Levels Changes
3-11
  •   Leaping Sword Attack: impact MOAB damage reduced ― +80 → +60
  •   "Should no longer fail to target when intended target is popped early" (bug fix)
12+
  •   Leaping Sword Attack: impact MOAB damage reduced ― +160 → +140
To give Psi’s Lv10 more breathing room we’ve moved some of the max blowback distance down into the minimum so it stays the same on average, but now with more time before the first Bloons start to get back to the track and reach your defense again.
— Update notes
Levels Changes
10-19
  •   Psionic Scream: blowback min distance increased ― 50 → 100
  •   Psionic Scream: blowback max distance reduced ― 300 → 250
Geraldo has pushed the heroes up into a whole new level of power, and tales are being sung of his ability to dodge nerfs blindfolded, but we are cracking down on some of his interactions with a little bit of QoL consistency being added back in the case of creepy idol.
— Update notes
Levels Changes
1+
  •   Creepy Idol: max stock increased ― 2 → 4
  •   Creepy Idol: lifespan reduced ― 4 rounds → 2 rounds
  •   Creepy Idol: restock time reduced ― 4 rounds → 3 rounds
3-13
  •   See Invisibility Potion: lifespan reduced ― 10 rounds → 5 rounds
4+
  •   Tube of Amaz-o-Glue: restock time increased ― 3 rounds → 4 rounds
6+
  •   Worn Hero's Cape: cost increased ― $1,500 → $1,750
13+
  •   Shooty Turret: damage reduced ― 6 → 5
14+
  •   See Invisibility Potion: lifespan reduced ― 15 rounds → 10 rounds
18+
  •   Genie Bottle: no longer deals +5 damage to MOAB-Class
11+
  •   Rejuv Potion: refreshes the entire shop and itself when used (bug)
Corvus has taken some time off over the last update and his studies have now paid off! Corvus now has a greatly reduced time taken to reach max level, and his Spiritual Attunement buff has improved to grant much more power when he is not spending mana.
— Update notes
Levels Changes
11+
  •   Spiritual Attunement: max damage modifier increased ― ×1.8 → ×2.5
We’re not jumping on any immediate changes that are too large for our latest hero, however we did want to include some quality of life tweaks & grenade damage to ceramics is increasing across the board as players noted few reasons to pick it over lasers, Aircraft efficiency’s benefit is increasing, and Scatter Missiles cooldown is being reduced so that it can meet some more common breakpoints.
— Update notes
Levels Changes
2-14
  •   Grenade: now deals +1 damage to Ceramic Bloons
3-15
  •   Scatter Missile: cooldown reduced ― 60s → 45s
6+
  •   Aircraft Efficiency: discount increased ― 5% → 10%
10+
  •   Kinetic Charge: deploy time reduced ― 2s → 1s
  •   Kinetic Charge: projectile speed increased ― 250 units/s → 350 units/s
15+
  •   Grenade: damage to Ceramics increased ― +4 → +5
  •   Grenade cluster: damage to Ceramics increased ― +2 → +3
3+
  •   Scatter Missile: should no longer target the workshop base if the intended target is completely destroyed at the same time as the ability is fired (bug fix)
7+
  •   Flight Boost: Ace/Heli flight speed buff now correctly expires (bug fix)
10+
  •   Kinetic Charge: should no longer sometimes immediately explode when activated (bug fix)
Cross the Streams is a fun mechanic but largely forgotten about, so we want to see how it plays with more of a power bump.
— Update notes
  •   Plasma pool pierce increased ― 5 → 8
  •   Plasma pool damage increased ― 1 → 3

Easter Eggs

It’s important to us that map specific easter eggs aren’t an optimal primary dps carry, especially before they have become public knowledge as this would feel very unfair for events, since if the best way to win is built into the map that would likely become considered the ‘only’ real way to play that map. But now that these are relatively public knowledge and given the ‘entry cost’ is so high we have decided to improve upon these ones. If you didn’t know these existed, seek ye!
  •   Dungeon Statue level 1 price decreased ― $50000 → $30000
  •   Dungeon Statue level 2 price decreased ― $100000 → $50000
  •   Dungeon Statue level 3 price decreased ― $200000 → $100000
  •   Encrypted secret buffed
    •   aura pierce ― 80 → 120
    •   aura damage becomes single-layer
    •   aura bonus ceramic damage ― +1 → +5
    •   aura attack cooldown ― 0.5s → 0.1s
    •   hook attack cooldown ― 3s → 1.7s

Release descriptions

App Store / Google Play

New Mermonkey Tower!
• A new Magic Monkey joins the team! The Mermonkey is a powerful amphibious tower with a shadowy tentacle creature, awesome Ice Jet ability, and a Bloon hypnotizing melody.
• New Intermediate map, Luminous Cove, a favorite chill spot of the Mermonkeys.
• Dreamstate Psi. An ethereal new Psi Skin.
• Plus New Quests, Balance Changes, QoL improvements, Trophy Store cosmetics and more!

Video

Official update notes on Reddit