Desperado (BTD6)

For the Desperado in general, see Desperado.

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Desperado

Category	Primary
Cost	$255 — Easy $300 — Medium $325 — Hard $360 — Impoppable
Introduced	Version 49.0

The Desperado is an upcoming Primary tower in Bloons TD 6, to be introduced in version 49.0. It will be unlockable by popping 3,500,000 Bloon layers or by purchasing the "premium Desperado pack", which also instantly unlocks all upgrades.

The Desperado attacks with a fast-firing pistol that can hit two Bloons before reloading. It has high range, but low pierce. Its upgrades focus on other weapons with different attacking styles. Its first path uses a revolver that can fire multiple times before reloading, with further upgrades using two revolvers at once. Its second path uses a long-range rifle that can land crits and is more likely to land them the further Bloons are from it, with further upgrades being able to place bounties on Bloons that increases the damage they take and generates cash when they are popped and use two Activated Abilities for support. Its third path uses a blunderbuss that fires buckshot that pushes Bloons back, with further upgrades reducing lives lost from leaking and generate cash from leaked Bloons.

Upgrades

Path 1

• The Blazing Sun

Path 2

• The Desert Phantom
• Activated Abilities:
  • Take Aim: at tier 3, this buffs a selected tower, giving it increased range, accuracy, and Camo detection temporarily. At tier 4, it also grants the ability to pop Black, White, and Purple properties.
  • Marked to Pop: marks bounty targets quickly, then rapidly executes as many marked targets as possible.

Path 3

• Golden Justice

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

• ISAB
• MackanRules
• Ethan Reid
• Dabloon
• Boltrix

Gallery

Screenshots

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  Pre-release teaser screenshot
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  Pre-release teaser screenshot