Lotus Island
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| Difficulty | Beginner | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Music | Sails Again | ||
| Default Co-op division | Free-for-all | ||
| Introduced | Version 19.0 | ||
| Entrances | 1 | Exits | 1 |
| Junctions | 0 | Water? | Yes |
| Path lengths (RBS) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Easy | Medium | Hard |
| 40.4 | 36.7 | 32.3 |
Lotus Island is a Beginner map in Bloons TD 6, introduced in version 19.0. It takes place on an archipelago, with a large, central island.
Layout
Lotus Island features a stone podium and five lotus plants, all of which block line-of-sight. The mechanics of the lotus plants are explained in the section below, and towers placed on the stone podium are not blocked by line-of-sight. Bloons enter from the right-lower-middle and exit at the right-upper-middle. The bottom-left island can fit towers up to the size of Super Monkeys, while the other two minor islands can fit towers up to Spike Factory's size. There is a large amount of water on this map that surrounds the archipelago.
Mechanics
This map features five lotus plants that can be interacted with to release their pollen pods when their flowers are open. When interacted with, they stun all Bloons within 40 distance units for 3 seconds, and MOAB-Class Bloons for 1 second. Each plant has a 180-second cooldown (which can be reset by Geraldo's Rejuv Potion or Sandbox Mode's Reset Cooldowns button) and starts the game with a full cooldown before it can be used.
Strategy
Due to its short length for a Beginner map, spread-out track, and line-of-sight blockers, Lotus Island is widely seen as the 2nd most difficult Beginner map, only after The Cabin. In general, the best placement for land towers is to the right of the lower-middle-center loop, with water towers best placed to the immediate left and right of that spot. Water-based strategies stand out on this map due to the abundance of water. Despite being among the most difficult Beginner maps, with these recommendations and general strategies listed here in mind, Lotus Island can be beaten.
Basic Deflation strategies
Basic Apopalypse strategies
Basic Half Cash strategies
Basic Alternate Bloons Rounds strategies
Basic Impoppable strategies
Basic CHIMPS strategies
The large amount of water space makes certain towers excel on this map.
Recommended towers and upgrades
| Name | Portrait | Reasoning |
|---|---|---|
| Carrier Flagship | 
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Flagship works well during both mid-game and late-game, being a solid win condition that pulls ahead here thanks to its ability to overcome the spread-out nature of this map and utilize the complete track length. Flagship's ~17% buff to water towers also stands out due to the abundance of water that allows a variety of water-based strategies to work here. |
Easter eggs
- Creating the VTSG on the stone podium turns all flowers purple and their pollen orbs dark red. Their stun duration is increased to 5 seconds, or 2 seconds for MOAB-Class Bloons.
Gallery
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Vengeful version -
Easter theme -
Fireworks theme -
Halloween theme -
Holiday theme -
Island statue
In other languages
| Language | Text | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Arabic | جزيرة اللوتس | — |
| Danish | Luotusøen | — |
| German | Lotusinsel | — |
| Spanish | Isla Loto | — |
| Spanish (Latin America) | Isla Loto | — |
| Finnish | Lootussaari | — |
| French | Île du Lotus | — |
| Italian | Isola del Loto | — |
| Japanese | ロータスアイランド | — |
| Korean | 연꽃섬 | — |
| Dutch | Lotuseiland | — |
| Norwegian | Lotusøya | — |
| Polish | Wyspa Lotosów | — |
| Portuguese (Brazil) | Ilha de Lótus | — |
| Russian | Остров лотосов | — |
| Swedish | Lotusön | — |
| Thai | เกาะดอกบัว | — |
| Turkish | Lotus Adası | — |
| Chinese (simplified) | 莲花岛 | — |
| Chinese (traditional) | 蓮花島 | — |
References
- Path lengths sourced from the BTD6 Index