Cluster Bombs (BTD6)

For other uses, see Cluster Bombs (disambiguation).

Cluster Bombs

	Throws out secondary bombs instead of sharp fragments every shot.

Tower		Path	Tier
Bomb Shooter		3	3

XP cost	2,500
Cash cost	$595 — Easy $700 — Medium $755 — Hard $840 — Impoppable With Budget Clusters: $495 — Easy $600 — Medium $655 — Hard $740 — Impoppable

← Frag Bombs

Recursive Cluster →

Cluster Bombs is the Bomb Shooter's path 3 tier 3 upgrade in Bloons TD 6. It replaces each of the Bomb Shooter's fragments with a smaller "cluster" explosive, each of which deal 1 Explosion damage and have 8 pierce. Clusters have 15 blast radius and are larger than the main explosions. Unlike fragments, clusters can damage the same target as the main bomb. With Bigger Bombs, subclusters gain +6 pierce and 50% larger blast radius, and with Heavy Bombs, subclusters gain +16 pierce and +1 damage.

Stats

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

This data was last updated for: version 55.1

Tower
Display range 54 units Footprint radius 7 units Targeting options First Last Close Strong

Attack
Cooldown 1.5s Offset (X, Y, Z) 0, 9.88, 10.08 Targeting Depends on targeting option Targeting range 54 units Filters Cannot target Camo
Projectile Pierce 1 Max pierce 1 Speed 180 units/s Lifespan 0.6s Radius 4 units Filters Cannot hit Camo Cluster projectile Count 8 Angle 360° Pierce 1 Max pierce 1 Speed 130 units/s Min travel distance 22 units Max travel distance 40 units Radius 5 units Cluster explosion Pierce 8 Damage 1 Damage type Explosion Lifespan 0.1s Persists between rounds 1 Radius 15 units Filters Cannot hit Camo Ignores blockers Explosion Pierce 22 Damage 1 Damage type Explosion Lifespan 0.1s Persists between rounds 1 Radius 12 units Filters Cannot hit Camo Ignores blockers

1-0-3

Attack
Offset (X, Y, Z) 0, 9.88, 10.08 ↓ 0, 7.46, 9.69
Projectile Radius 4 units → 5 units Cluster explosion Pierce 8 → 14 Radius 15 units → 22.5 units Explosion Pierce 22 → 28 Radius 12 units → 18 units

2-0-3

Attack
Cluster explosion Pierce 14 → 24 Damage 1 → 2 Explosion Pierce 28 → 38 Damage 1 → 2

0-1-3

Attack
Cooldown 1.5s → 1.125s Offset (X, Y, Z) 0, 9.88, 10.08 ↓ 0, 7.46, 9.69

0-2-3

Tower
Display range 54 units → 58 units

Attack
Cooldown 1.125s → 0.825s Offset (X, Y, Z) 0, 7.46, 9.69 ↓ 0, 17.07, 11.12 Targeting range 54 units → 58 units
Projectile Speed 180 units/s → 270 units/s

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
0-0-3	$1,340	$1,575	$1,700	$1,890	$938	$1,103	$1,190	$1,323
1-0-3	$1,550	$1,825	$1,970	$2,190	$1,085	$1,278	$1,379	$1,533
2-0-3	$2,100	$2,475	$2,670	$2,970	$1,470	$1,733	$1,869	$2,079
0-1-3	$1,550	$1,825	$1,970	$2,190	$1,085	$1,278	$1,379	$1,533
0-2-3	$1,890	$2,225	$2,400	$2,670	$1,323	$1,558	$1,680	$1,869

Strategy

This section was last updated for: version 49.2

Cluster Bombs is a very strong tower in Race Events, where it wipes out massive clumps of Bloons thanks to its excessively large pierce and 2 damage with the 2-0-3 crosspath, which is recommended in all cases. However, Cluster Bombs is sub-par outside of races, due to its inability to pop Black Bloons without Striker Jones, 2-0-3's unreliability, and 0-2-3's weak damage. If running a Cluster Bomb spam strategy, which is functional but suboptimal, Striker Jones is the recommended Hero for his various buffs to Bomb Shooters and Primary Expertise for both its buffs to Primary Towers and granting of free Tier 1 and 2 upgrades.

Update history

For a complete list of Bomb Shooter changes, see Update history:Bomb Shooter (BTD6).

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Version 22.0

“

Some low tier Bomb pierce has been shifted further up into the 2xx Heavy Bombs upgrade to effectively nerf 130 Mauler meta in price, but the price of these upgrades and MOAB Damage of T4 Maulers have both been buffed to benefit other variations of bomb better. — Update notes

”

•  Pierce reduced ― 18 → 14

Version 28.0

“

We’ve acknowledged that Frag Bombs have felt like an inconsistent crosspath both in what they add to the tower and what they lose when upgraded further on their own path, so now in addition to frags popping Black Bloons xx2+ will allow all attacks from the tower to pop Black. — Update notes

”

•  Overall cost reduced by $75 (due to cost changes for previous tiers)
•  Explosion: Damage type changed ― Explosion → Normal

Version 34.0

“

Cluster Bombs has far superior pierce over top path which is the actual pierce path while also providing better overall cleanup power, so for now we’d like to reign those in a little closer. — Update notes

”

•  Cluster pierce reduced ― 10 → 8

Version 40.0

“

A while ago Frag Bombs was reworked to give Bomb normal type damage however we were not happy with the results of that change in the end, we didn’t want to go back and remove that again without giving back something nice in return so it has taken a while but now we have decided to go ahead with changing that back along with swapping out Recursive fortified damage for raw damage which we hope also improves crosspathing as the damage crosspath isn’t such a large increase over the base damage anymore. — Update notes

”

•  Explosion: Damage type changed ― Normal → Explosion
  • Note: Bloon Crush and MOAB Eliminator are unchanged

Version 44.0

“

For a crosspathing trial we’re removing the limits on Frags buffability & also giving more of a range boost to Extra Range. — Update notes

”

•  Overall cost reduced by $150 (due to cost changes for previous tiers)
•  Range bonus increased ― +7 → +12
  • Note: xx2 total range bonus increased from +9 to +14

Version 46.0

•  Main explosion: pierce increased ― 14 → 22

Version 47.0

“

Cutting down roughly 10% on all bottom path upgrade costs as especially on Bomb Blitz even after recent buffs there are many downsides that need to be covered to use this path effectively. — Update notes

”

•  Upgrade cost reduced ― $800 → $700

Version 54.0

“

MOAB Assassin has traded the small ceramic bonus for MOAB-Mauling frag synergy, and to make things more frag-tastic the ability now also synergizes with frags for added flair. — Update notes

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Gallery

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In other languages

This section was last updated for: version 49.1

Name

Language	Text	Notes
Arabic	قنابل عنقودية	—
Danish	Klyngebomber	—
German	Streubomben	—
Spanish	Bombas de racimo	—
Spanish (Latin America)	Bombas de racimo	—
Finnish	Rypälepommit	—
French	Bombes à sous-munitions	—
Italian	Bombe a grappolo	—
Japanese	クラスター爆弾	—
Korean	집속탄	—
Dutch	Clusterbommen	—
Norwegian	Klasebomber	—
Polish	Bomby kasetowe	—
Portuguese (Brazil)	Bombas Múltiplas	—
Russian	Кассетные бомбы	—
Swedish	Splitterbomber	—
Thai	ระเบิดคลัสเตอร์	—
Turkish	Misket Bombası	—
Chinese (simplified)	集束炸弹	—
Chinese (traditional)	群集炸彈	—

Description

Language	Text	Notes
Arabic	إلقاء قنابل ثانوية بدلاً من الشظايا الحادة في كل طلقة.	—
Danish	Kaster for hvert skud sekundære bomber i stedet for skarpe fragmenter.	—
German	Wirft bei jedem Schuss Sekundärbomben statt scharfe Fragmente aus.	—
Spanish	Arroja bombas secundarias en vez de fragmentos afilados con cada disparo.	—
Spanish (Latin America)	Arroja bombas secundarias en vez de fragmentos afilados con cada disparo.	—
Finnish	Lennättää toissijaisia pommeja terävien sirpaleiden sijaan kullakin laukauksella.	—
French	Lance des bombes secondaires au lieu de fragments tranchants à chaque tir.	—
Italian	Con ogni colpo lancia un bomba secondaria anziché frammenti affilati.	—
Japanese	発射のたびに、鋭い破片の代わりに第二の爆弾を投じる。	—
Korean	발사당 뾰족한 파편 대신 이차 폭탄을 던집니다.	—
Dutch	Werpt bij elk schot secundaire bommen in plaats van scherpe fragmenten.	—
Norwegian	Kaster ut sekundærbomber i stedet for skarpe fragmenter hvert skudd.	—
Polish	Zamiast ostrych odłamków, za każdym strzałem wyrzuca kolejne bomby.	—
Portuguese (Brazil)	Lança bombas secundárias ao invés de fragmentos afiados a cada disparo.	—
Russian	При каждом выстреле вместо осколков разбрасывает дополнительные бомбы.	—
Swedish	Kastar ut sekundära bomber istället för vasst splitter i varje attack.	—
Thai	ส่งระเบิดออกมาอีกทอดหนึ่ง แทนที่จะส่งสะเก็ดแหลมคมออกมาในแต่ละนัด	—
Turkish	Her atışta keskin parçalar yerine ikincil bombalar fırlatır.	—
Chinese (simplified)	每发炮弹都能发射次级炸弹，而不是锋利碎片。	—
Chinese (traditional)	每次射擊扔出二級炸彈，而不是碎片。	—