Arcane Mastery (BTD6)

For Arcane Mastery in general, see Arcane Mastery.

Arcane Mastery

Faster attacks with increased range, damage, and popping power.

Tower	Wizard Monkey — Path 1 — Tier 3
XP cost	2,300
Cash cost	$1,230 — Easy $1,450 — Medium $1,565 — Hard $1,740 — Impoppable

← Arcane Blast

Arcane Spike →

Arcane Mastery is the Wizard Monkey's path 1 tier 3 upgrade in Bloons TD 6. It increases the Wizard Monkey's range by 50%, halves the cooldown of its main attack (effectively doubling its attack speed), increases its pierce by 4, increases its damage by 1, and increases its projectile lifespan by 75%.

With the Fireball upgrade the lifespan of its fireballs is increased by 75% and the pierce of their explosions from 15 to 19.

Stats

For a complete list of Wizard Monkey stats, see Stats:Wizard Monkey (BTD6).

This data was last updated for: version 55.1

Tower
Display range 60 units Footprint radius 7 units Targeting options First Last Close Strong

Attack
Cooldown 0.55s Offset (X, Y, Z) -1.99, 8.17, 7 Targeting Depends on targeting option Targeting range 60 units Filters Cannot target Camo
Ignores blockers
Projectile Pierce 7 Damage 3 Damage type Energy Speed 200 units/s Seeking distance 80 units Seeking angle 360° Seeking rotation speed 360 °/s Lifespan 1.4s Radius 6 units Filters Cannot hit Camo Ignores blockers

3-1-0

Fireball
Cooldown 2.2s Offset (X, Y, Z) -1.99, 8.17, 7 Targeting First / Last / Close / Strong Targeting range 60 units Filters Cannot target Camo
Ignores blockers
Projectile Pierce 1 Max pierce 1 Damage 1 Damage type Fire Speed 200 units/s Lifespan 1.4s Radius 3 units Filters Cannot hit Camo Ignores blockers Explosion Pierce 19 Damage 2 Damage type Explosion Lifespan 0.1s Radius 10 units Filters Cannot hit Camo Ignores blockers

3-2-0

Wall of Fire
Cooldown 6.5s Offset (X, Y, Z) -1.99, 8.17, 7 Targeting Locked / Track or Default Targeting range 60 units Filters Cannot target Camo
Ignores blockers
Projectile Pierce 10 Damage 1 Damage type Fire Lifespan 6.5s Radius 15 units Rehit interval 0.15s Refresh pierce interval 0.15s Filters Cannot hit Camo Ignores blockers

3-0-1

Attack
Projectile Pierce 7 → 12 Speed 200 units/s → 400 units/s

3-0-2

Tower
Display range 60 units → 70 units

Attack
Targeting range 60 units → 70 units Filters Can now target Camo
Projectile Filters Can now hit Camo

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
3-0-0	$1,970	$2,325	$2,510	$2,790	$1,379	$1,628	$1,757	$1,953
3-1-0	$2,225	$2,625	$2,835	$3,150	$1,558	$1,838	$1,985	$2,205
3-2-0	$2,905	$3,425	$3,700	$4,110	$2,034	$2,398	$2,590	$2,877
3-0-1	$2,225	$2,625	$2,835	$3,150	$1,558	$1,838	$1,985	$2,205
3-0-2	$2,480	$2,925	$3,160	$3,510	$1,736	$2,048	$2,212	$2,457

Strategy

This section was last updated for: version 49.3

Arcane Mastery excels as an early-game carry, with decent accuracy, pierce, damage, range, and speed, and thus effective cleanup against several non-blimp bloons.

3-0-2 is the recommended crosspath, as the extra pierce and range plus innate camo detection improves its cleanup potential, while 3-2-0 improves general DPS, synergizes better with buffs, and is the better stepping stone to T5 Archmage.

Update history

For a complete list of Wizard Monkey changes, see Update history:Wizard Monkey (BTD6).

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Version 2.0

•  Pierce increased ― 2 → 6
  • Stacks with Intense Magic: 7 → 11

Version 4.0

3-2-0

•  Wall of Fire: Now ignores walls

Version 7.0

•  Overall cost reduced by $100 (due to cost changes for previous tiers)

Version 18.0

3-2-0

•  Guided Magic now causes Wall of Fire to use the tower's current targeting to determine placement

Version 21.0

•  Overall cost reduced by $50 (due to cost changes for previous tiers)

Version 30.0

•  Overall cost reduced by $25 (due to cost changes for previous tiers)

Version 31.0

•  Overall cost reduced by $150 (due to cost changes for previous tiers)

Version 33.0

“

Wall of Fire’s exceptional T2 power needs to be moved around for improved crosspathing, along with a slight nerf to Phoenix as it is currently performing too well, and both of these upgrades are shifting some of their power into Dragon’s Breath so it can stand out as more than just a buff to WoF & a stepping stone to Phoenix.
— Update notes

”

3-2-0

•  Wall of Fire: duration increased ― 4.5s → 5.5s
•  Wall of Fire: no longer auto-targets but gains a target marker (like Cleansing Foam Engineer)

Version 35.0

3-0-2

•  Range increased ― 60 → 70

Version 39.0

“

We set up for this Wall of Fire change quite a while ago, however finally it feels that Wall of Fire has cooled off enough to smooth out the curve a little more, granting it seamless uptime with crosspathing and a lower price tag.
— Update notes

”

3-2-0

•  Wall of Fire: Duration increased ― 5.5s → 6.5s

Version 43.0

•  Upgrade cost increased ― $1,300 → $1,400
  •  Overall cost increased by $50 (due to cost changes for previous tiers)

3-1-0, 3-2-0

•  Fireball: Crosspathed damage increased ― 1 → 2

Version 48.0

“

Base Wizard mostly struggles to compare to base Dart Monkey anyway, so we’re cutting it down to one of the cheapest starter placement towers and adding that small cost back across the top path.
— Update notes

”

•  Upgrade cost increased ― $1,400 → $1,450
  •  Overall cost is unchanged (due to cost changes for previous tiers)

Gallery

For more Wizard Monkey images, see Gallery:Wizard Monkey.

Screenshots

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  Arcane Mastery with no crosspath
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  Arcane Mastery with 310 crosspath
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  Arcane Mastery with 320 crosspath
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  Arcane Mastery with 301 crosspath
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  Arcane Mastery with 302 crosspath

Assets

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  Portrait
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  Upgrade icon
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  Insta Monkey icon

In other languages

Language	Name / Description	Notes
Arabic	الإتقان الغامض هجمات أسرع مع زيادة المدى والضرر وقوة الفرقعة.	—
Danish	Mystik-beherskelse Hurtigere angreb med øget rækkevidde, skade, og springkraft.	—
German	Arkanmeister Schnellere Angriffe mit erhöhter Reichweite, erhöhtem Schaden und Kraft zum Platzenlassen.	—
Spanish	Maestría arcana Ataques más rápidos y con más alcance, daño y poder para explotar.	—
Spanish (LA)	Maestría arcana Ataques más rápidos y con más alcance, daño y poder para explotar.	—
Finnish	Salatiedon salat Nopeammat hyökkäykset, joilla on suurempi kantama, vahinko ja poksautusvoima.	—
French	Domination ésotérique Attaques plus rapides avec une portée, des dégâts et une puissance d'éclatement accrus.	—
Italian	Maestria arcana Attacchi più veloci con portata e danni aumentati e maggior numero di bloon distrutti.	—
Japanese	アーケインのマスター 範囲、ダメージ、破裂力が増強した高速攻撃。	—
Korean	마력 숙달 공격 속도가 빨라지며 사정거리, 공격력, 터트리는 힘이 증가합니다.	—
Dutch	Mysteriemeesterschap Snellere aanvallen met meer bereik, schade en knalkracht.	—
Norwegian	Mystiske mestere Raskere angrep med økt rekkevidde, skade og poppekraft.	—
Polish	Tajemnicza przewaga Szybsze ataki ze zwiększonym zasięgiem, obrażeniami i siłą przekłucia.	—
Portuguese (Brazil)	Maestria Arcana Ataques mais rápidos com aumento no alcance, dano e poder de estouro.	—
Russian	Тайное мастерство Ускоренные атаки с большей дальностью, уроном и силой пробивания.	—
Swedish	Hemlighetsbehärskning Snabbare attacker med ökad räckvidd, skada och smällkraft.	—
Thai	อำนาจเวทลี้ลับ โจมตีเร็วขึ้น พร้อมเพิ่มระยะ ดาเมจ และพลังการเจาะ	—
Turkish	Gizli Ustalık Yüksek menzil, hasar ve patlatma gücüne sahip daha hızlı saldırılar.	—
Chinese (simplified)	奥术精通 攻击速度加快，射程、伤害和击破力得到增强。	—
Chinese (traditional)	奧術大師 攻擊速度加快，射程、傷害和擊破力得到增強。	—
This list was last updated for: version 43.1