Bloons TD 6 News

• Jukebox added - You can now play your favorite tracks on any map
• New Gwendolin Skin - Harlegwen
• New Beginner Map: Candy Falls. I've heard tell that what you imagine sometimes comes true
• Brand New Monkey Knowledge:
  • Ambush Tech - Allows Tech Bots to set a location for Bloons to enter before triggering their linked abilities
  • Door Gunner - Allows x5x Heli to pick up a T4 or below tower to attack from the Heli
  • Vine Rupture - Allows x5x Druid to detonate its vines setting off lots of small 150 damage explosions across the track which stun for 10 seconds

• Rules popup added to challenges to show more details on what rules are changing
• Added a short pause before the victory screen pops up
• Added a once per update Patch Notes popup

• Jukebox currently has no skip option, but we plan to look into this
• Co-op resyncing has been improved, it should run faster now but you may notice rounds ‘prematurely ending’ with Bloons on screen being removed if you are caught in a desync
• Monkey Bank’s collection buttons moved
• Removing obstacles on spillway currently shows some white squares
• Some daily challenge rules display far too many decimal places

• Round hints can be dismissed again
• Resolved some issues with the slider for path restrictions in the Challenge Editor
• Resolved some translation issues
• The ‘Continue’ popup will no longer close from mis-tapping inside the box
• Resolved a crash that could occur when loading cloud data
• Co-op stat “Bloons Popped” has been changed to “Pop Count”
• Added some messaging and UI to indicate tower restrictions in challenges
• Resolved some server sided issues that had started causing problems on all versions
• Updated messages for incompatible lobby versions
• Co-op resync should now be less obvious
• Collection event should visually show correct values on the co-op menu now
• ‘Small’ upgrade panels fixed, for towers with no upgrades
• Resolved a rare crash when quitting from a game
• Optimised light beam effects across many maps
• Android Back Button should again work on the main menu
• Reduced memory spike during co-op resync to lessen crashes when this occurs
• Placing Insta Monkey towers should no longer leave gaps in the Powers menu UI
• Removed Freeplay speed cap
• The Greatest Challenge achievement no longer only records creations
• Powers no longer count as towers for the tracking of some achievement purposes
• Monkey Knowledge Mana Shield description updated
• Monkey Knowledge Military Conscription reduced from 50% to 33%
• Resolved a crash when removing obstacles and restarting
• Resolved a rare issue with removable assets becoming stuck on screen after restarting
• Added an arrow from Empowered Heroes to Weak Point which was not previously visible

Bomb Shooter

• x2x Missile Launcher description updated to reflect previous changes
• 025 Bomb Shooter now fires a Missile asset

Tack Shooter

• 4xx Ring of Fire asset updated
• 5xx Inferno Ring asset updated

Ice Monkey

• x3x Ice Monkey resolved numerous specific crashes
• x3x Ice Monkey resolved numerous inconsistencies with redeploy and selling

Glue Gunner

• x5x Glue Storm description updated to reflect previous changes

Sniper Monkey

• x5x Elite Targeting Priority should correctly prioritise again

Monkey Sub

• 4xx Bloontonium Reactor buff icon issues resolved
• x1x Barbed Darts description updated to reflect previous changes

Monkey Buccaneer

• 5xx Flagship resolved an issue where towers fell through the platforms
• 520 Flagship had a rare crash resolved when placing next to a 250 Village
• x2x Hot Shot fire asset updated
• 015 Trade Empire no longer loses the 005 damage buff

Mortar Monkey

• xx2 Burny Stuff should no longer gain MIB buff icon from any distance
• xx5 Blooncineration fire assets updated

Wizard Monkey

• x2x Wall of Fire asset updated
• x3x Dragon’s Breath fire asset updated
• x4+x Phoenix fire asset updated
• x5x Wizard Lord Phoenix should no longer count as 2 towers
• xx5 Prince of Darkness no longer rotates

Super Monkey

• 5xx After selling a Dark Temple the x55 supers should now be purchasable again

Druid

• xx2 Heart of Vengeance druid description updated for clarification and also to reflect previous changes

Monkey Village

• 000 Village fire asset updated
• x2x Rader Scanner should no longer block the Energizer from applying buff icons
• 5/x/x Slingshot now rotates correctly again

Engineer

• 1xx Sentries no longer gain camo detection when a save is loaded
• 1xx Sentry Placement will no longer ignore ‘smart placement’ if the Engineer cannot reach the track

Gwendolin

• Cocktail of Fire asset updated
• Firestorm asset updated
• Heat it Up asset updated

Captain Churchill

• Fixed projectile ejection point location

Benjamin

• Now gives a Bank Hack buff icon to banks

Ezili

• Now gives a Sacrificial Totem buff icon from her totem

Pat Fusty

• Level 10 ability is no longer affected by Overclock

Adora

• Joan of Arc Skin now lifts her sword more
• Joan of Arc Skin now has fire trails from the main attack

• Added more visible resolution choices to the options
• Some minor UI tweaks for powers/sandbox to fit better
• Temple popup no longer stacks with hotkey presses
• Chromebook specific UI changes made to allow window resizing as well as desktop style placement modes

Boomerang Monkey

• 3xx Glaive Bounce pattern improved
• 5xx Glaive Lord main ricochet now leaves fragments in the first Bloon hit which slowly slash it apart dealing 150 damage over 15 seconds. This can stack multiple times
• xx5 MOAB Domination applies a brief stun of 0.25s on the MOAB Glaive before knocking back

Tack Shooter

• 5xx Inferno Ring Meteor attack now creates an explosion on impact with pierce 10, radius 18, 50 damage, this also applies a DoT of 50 damage per second for 4 seconds.

Ice Monkey

• 1xx Permafrost can now apply to MOABs from any T5 Ice Monkey
• 3xx Ice Shards range increased from 20 to 25
• 4xx Embrittlement now gains camo detection
• 4xx Embrittlement now also removes camo & regrow properties from anything hit
• x5x Absolute Zero attack and ability freeze +2 additional layers
• x5x Absolute Zero when ability is active all Ice Monkeys gain +50% attack speed

Glue Gunner

• x4x Glue Strike’s ability now also causes glued Bloons to take +1 damage

Sniper Monkey

• x2x Shrapnel Shot reworked to eject in a 45 deg arc instead of 360
• x2x Shrapnel Shot now produces shrapnel once upon every attack
• 3+20 Crosspathing now increases the damage of Shrapnel

Monkey Buccaneer

• 210 Double Shot now fires twice as many Grapes
• x4x Monkey Pirates now fires 3 cannonballs instead of 1

Monkey Ace

• 3xx Fighter Plane missile rate reduced from 3 to 4 seconds
• 3xx Fighter Plane missile pierce increased from 1 to 3
• 3xx Fighter Plane missile damage reduced 25 -> 18
• 4xx Fighter Plane missile rate reduced from 1.5 to 2 seconds
• 4xx Fighter Plane missile pierce increased from 1 to 4
• 5xx Fighter Plane missile rate reduced from 1.5 to 2 seconds
• 5xx Fighter Plane missile pierce increased from 1 to 5

Heli Pilot

• 000 Heli Pilot price increased from $1500 to $1600

Mortar Monkey

• x3x Heavy Shells now deals additional damage to ‘Stunned’ Bloons +2
• x5x Pop and Awe now deals additional damage to ‘Stunned’ Bloons +10

Super Monkey

• xx3 Dark Knight gains the ‘Darkshift’ ability, allowing it to teleport anywhere within its radius
• xx4 Dark Champion gains an upgraded ‘Darkshift’ ability, allowing it to teleport anywhere on the map

Alchemist

• x3x Unstable Concoction’s %damage increase now scales until round 150

Banana Farm

• xx4 Central Market’s 10% income buff to merchantmen now stacks up to 10 times

Monkey Village

• When placing a village, towers that are in its radius will now highlight
• 4xx Primary Mentoring now reduces ability cooldowns of primary monkeys in radius by 10%
• 4xx Primary Mentoring now adds +5 range to primary towers in range.
• xx4 Monkey City now increases all income generated from towers within radius by +10%

Obyn Greenfoot

• Level 10 Wall of Trees hitbox increased so it can overlap at intersections

• BTD 6 now available on Mac Steam!

• Resolved some logging issues slowing down Android devices significantly
• Resolved a co-op timeout crash
• Resolved some rare crashes related to upgrading
• Resolved a crash for low level players attempting to join co-op
• Resolved a crash exiting race leaderboard before it finishing loading
• Resolved a crash for android devices using the back button during co-op search too quickly after beginning the search

• MIB now displays the correct icon
• Races will record leaderboard scores correctly
• Benjamin will no longer rotate
• Challenge Editor path restriction missing translations are in
• Spillway’s center barrel correctly supports placement again
• Event Monkey’s phone case wasn’t as cool as the original and has been replaced
• Resolved restart issue with collection event bonus

These were already included in v16 but initially missed in the patch notes.

Monkey Temple

• Support $7501 Tier: End of round cash bonus reduced from $2000 to $1500
• Support $25001 Tier: End of round cash bonus reduced from $7500 to $3000

Monkey Buccaneer

• xx4 Favoured Trades attack rate for all attacks is doubled at this tier
• xx5 Trade Empire increases the damage of all Merchantmen by +1
• xx5 Trade Empire adds a Ceramic/MOAB damage bonus to Merchantmen +1

For a full list of 16.0 changes, you can view the patch notes here.

• New Adora Skin
• New Community Designed Map: Geared
  • A special thanks to u/Clawz114 for submitting their concept in the beginning and congratulations on getting your map concept into Bloons TD 6.
• Path & Tier restrictions added to the Challenge Editor

• ‘Featured Instas’ can now be applied to Collection Boxes to force specific results
• Base ‘Collection Item’ amounts have been reduced globally
• ‘Bonus Rewards’ will now apply to one random map from each difficulty increasing the number of Collection Items that map will award across all difficulties. Clearing a Bonus Rewards map will move the bonus onto a new map.

• Fancy new icons added for all achievements
• Apopalypse mode has been reworked to help speed up the early rounds (1-50), and make the the mid rounds (51-80) less dense.
• MIB is displaying the wrong buff icon currently, we are working on a resolution but please refrain from reporting this.
• The center barrel in Spillway currently does not support placement, this is not intended and a fix is coming! Bonus bragging rights for completing in CHIMPS without the barrel.
• Events Monkey is trying out a new case for his phone.
• Some words in the "path restrictions" challenge editor UI are not translated yet.

• Resolved an issue where some text fields would stop displaying after changing language
• Resolved an issue that could cause ‘restarting’ on a CHIMPS savegame to not be valid for the Black Medal.
• Improved performance of opening tower upgrade panels & purchasing upgrades
• Big or Small Bloons should no longer return to normal size when blowing backwards
• Resolved an issue where the ‘force update’ prompt would sometimes not have a button
• Resolved an issue where Regrow Bloons would sometimes fail to regrow layers
• Resolved the sandbox caps not always functioning as intended
• Restarting in sandbox will no longer delete saves on that map
• Resolved a game crash related to loading cloud data while playing a game
• Resolved an issue with multiple blocking object heights in co-op causing a desync
• Event Monkey's body should no longer clip through their bag strap while waving
• Resolved a UI issue that would cut off some text when viewing upgrades on iPhone 6
• Corrected the height of the Castle Wall vision blocker of Dark Castle for some towers
• Resolved an issue where the ‘Logged in elsewhere’ conflict popup could stack up multiple times ontop of itself with no limit
• Resolved a number of font & text issues that could occur when changing language multiple times
• Decreased total file space used storing map audio for each map
• Resolved an issue where no music would play during the tutorial

Dart Monkey

• 201 Instamonkey now has the correct color border

Wizard Monkey

• Removing objects from the map should no longer ‘sell’ the x4x Phoenix out of the air

Super Monkey

• The motion blur of Super Monkey’s hand should not clip into its cape anymore

Banana Farm

• x4x IMF Loan debt should now correctly transfer in co-op

Quincy

• Quincy’s level 10 Storm of Arrows has been tweaked slightly

Striker Jones

• Striker Jones’ profile now displays abilities on the correct levels

Ezili

• No longer says ‘Level Up!’ when redeployed at level 20

• Cursor has been updated slightly for easier visibility
• Resolved an issue preventing players with a corrupted “MapSaveData.bak” in their BTD6 folder from creating any saves until the file was manually deleted
• Resolved an issue for players with a corrupted “CachedLanguagePref.txt” in their BTD6 folder crashing the game at launch until the file was manually deleted
• Resolved some issues with compression that was blurring some portraits & icons

Monkey Knowledge: Mana Shield

• Now requires a delay of 1 round with no Bloons leaking before recharge will begin

Impoppable Difficulty

• Now prevents all lives generation
• Now blocks the use of Mana Shield
• These changes are aimed towards re-balancing impoppable to more accurately fit its place between Alternate Bloon Rounds and CHIMPS while also increasing the player challenge.

Bomb Shooter

• 4xx Bloon Impact range increased from 40 -> 43
• x3x MOAB Mauler MOAB damage bonus increased 15 -> 18
• xx5 Bomb Blitz base damage increased 1 -> 5

Monkey Ace

• 5xx Sky Shredder ceramic damage bonus added +2

Druid

• x4x Jungle’s Bounty base range increased from 35 -> 55
• x4x Jungle’s Bounty ability range reduced to match base tower range
• x4x Jungle’s Bounty cash gained per farm reduced from $150->$100
• x5x Spirit of the Forest ceramic damage bonus increased from 4 to 8

Engineer

• x4x Overclock can now be targeted by Techbot
• x5x Ultraboost will no longer trigger while techbotted if no target was previously set

Gwendolin

• Level 10 Firestorm ability now also applies Heat It Up to all towers when activated
• Level 14 now also adds a Damage Over Time application to the Cocktail of Fire ability
  • This applies 50 damage over 10 seconds to any MOAB Class Bloons that are hit

Monkey Buccaneer

• xx4 Favoured Trades attack rate for all attacks is doubled
• xx5 Trade Empire increases the damage of all Merchantmen by +1
• xx5 Trade Empire adds a Ceramic/MOAB damage bonus to Merchantmen +1

Striker Jones

• Level 9 also increases Concussive Shell’s pierce increased from 48 -> 58
• Level 9 also increases Concussive Shell’s damage from 2 -> 10
• Level 9 also increases Concussive Shell’s Bloon stun duration from 1 -> 5
• Level 9 also increases Concussive Shell’s MOAB stun duration from 1 -> 3

Pat Fusty

• Level 7 now increases base attack damage from 3 to 4
• Level 7 now increases base splash damage from 2 to 3
• Level 14 Rallying Roar no longer provides a bonus to Ceramic & MOABs
• Level 14 Rallying Roar damage bonus buff increased from 1 to 3
• Level 16 Base Ceramic damage bonus increased from 2 to 7

Temple Support Sacrifice

• $7501 Tier: End of round cash bonus reduced from $2000 to $1500
• $25001 Tier: End of round cash bonus reduced from $7500 to $3000

Bloons TD 6 had a fantastic 2019 and we’ll be working our tails off to make sure that 2020 is even bigger and better! Pretty high bar because 2019 saw 11 Maps, 3D MOABs, updated Collection Events, Challenge Editor, Co-Op, Co-Op Stats and Callouts, Emotes, Pat Fusty, Adora, 5 hero skins, Engineer Monkey, and a whole bunch of secrets and specials like hidden achievements, big Bloon and tiny Bloon modes, and dark Adora. Whew, we’ve got our work cut out for us. Hmm, what could we do? Maybe... Odyssey Mode, Trophy Store with customization for visuals and music, Boss Bloons, Power Pros, more Challenge Editor functions, new Knowledge, new Heroes, new Monkey Towers, some top secret surprises, and at every step making the game run better, look better, and be more fun and challenging to play solo and with friends. Hope that sounds like a good 2020 ahead!

• New expert map Infernal, a lavaish and truly magmananimous map that makes gameplay flow easily.
• New Quincy ‘Wolfpack’ skin joins pack Quincy
• New ‘Collection View’ toggle in the Insta Monkeys
  • Once you've unlocked a new Insta Monkey, it will remain unlocked to view in your collection even after using it in-game.

• Maximum player rank cap increased to 155
• Knowledge tree has been reworked along with 5 new Knowledge types
  • Come On Everybody! - Co-ordinated boosts to all Primary towers
  • Wingmonkey - Monkey Aces group together for advanced strikes
  • Tiny Tornadoes - Druids are even Blowier Awayier
  • Healthy Bananas - Marketplaces stock fresher bananas with no added DDT
  • Weak Point - Heroes make more vital strikes against stronger targets
• Addition of Monkey Money thresholds - rows 4 and below on any of the trees will now have Monkey Money requirements alongside the Knowledge Point required, and that kind of change deserves some explanation and context
  • How it works: if you’ve already spent your points, there is no change; you don’t have to pay “back” any Monkey Money. Any unspent points applied to rows 4 and below will have a Monkey Money requirement, so by all means get the Knowledge on update 14 before updating to 15. If you’ve spent Monkey Money on a Knowledge and respec, you get the point back but the Monkey Money remains invested - you don’t have to pay Monkey Money for that particular knowledge again.
  • Why we changed it: we’ve always intended Monkey Knowledge to grow, so that means more cumulative power, and some strong new Knowledges. The current one point per Knowledge with light sequential requirements and nothing else to do with Knowledge Points doesn’t do a good enough job of governing or guiding the varying strength of the Knowledge trees. The Monkey Money requirement provides both, asking players to make a considered choice by using a resource that has value in many other places in the game. As we add tougher modes and Bloons, we can add more and better Knowledge, and this gives the team a better way to indicate and to govern that power according to that value.

• Resolved an issue when loading save or co-op resync that would not save any cash gains from the very last attack in each round
• Round hints should display again if enabled
• Resolved some minor Localization issues
• Added a download confirmation to the game launch when an update needs to apply, for player clarity and for platform requirements
• Stylus should work correctly again for all mobile versions, hope Note players are happy again!
• The top of the Windmill on Town Center should no longer block placement under it
• Tapping too quickly on losing in a race should no longer pay twice for one ‘Try again’
• Empowered Heroes Knowledge should no longer make that level 3 ability disappear in that incredibly frustrating way that it did
• All For One And One For One achievement should be awarded correctly again
• Added sound to Monkey Knowledge arrow buttons
• Added sound to Insta Monkey tower screen
• Resolved a co-op desync that could cause some players to never see the defeat screen or be able to continue playing
• Resolved a co-op desync that could kick every other player from the match
• Resolved a co-op issue causing some lower end devices to crash when viewing options
• Player zones in non-FFA co-op should no longer shuffle when a desync occurs

Boomerang Monkey

• 250 Perma Charge should no longer lose its bonus +1 damage to MOABs

Monkey Sub

• Optimized art for all submerged versions

Mortar Monkey

• The mortar’s projectiles should no longer visually drop back down the barrel

Wizard Monkey

• xx5 Prince of Darkness should now only show buff icons to other Necromancers
• xx5 Prince of Darkness description has been updated to include its buff

Super Monkey

• 5xx Temple has had some fixes to issues incorrectly displaying its buff icon

Alchemist

• 2xx Acidic Mixture Dip will now only show a buff icon when dip is applied

Druid

• x5x Spirit of the Forest description updated to reflect previous changes to life generation

Banana Farm

• x3x Bank description has had a minor update to clarify confusion in functionality
• xx2 Description has had a minor update to mention 032 crosspath changes

Pat Fusty

• Pat Fusty at level 1 was unintentionally worse than the level 2
  • Main hit damage increased 2 -> 3
  • AoE hit damage increased 1 -> 2
• Pat Fusty’s main hit at level 11 was unintentionally dealing too little damage
  • Main hit damage increased 4 -> 5

Adora

• Resolved issues with Monkey Knowledge not applying correctly

• Changing the resolution should no longer require a game restart every time
• In-game UI & Buttons should be more user-friendly on larger game resolutions

Boomerang Monkey

• 052 Red Hot Rangs bonus to Permacharge increased from 1 to 4
  • Increasing the base 052 Boomerang damage from 5 to 8

Bomb Shooter

• x3x MOAB Mauler range increased from 44 to 49
• x4x MOAB Assassin range increased from 44 to 54

Monkey Sub

• x5x Pre-emptive Strike price reduced from $35,000 to $32,000
• x5x Pre-emptive Strike ability cooldown reduced from 60sec to 45

Monkey Buccaneer

• x4x Monkey Pirates cooldown reduced from 60 to 50
• x4x Monkey Pirates bomb attack damage increased from 1 to 2

Heli Pilot

• xx4 Comanche Defense maximum activations per round increased 1 -> 2
  • Still has an internal cooldown of 25sec

Engineer

• 1xx Standard Sentry pierce increased from 1 to 2
• 4xx Sentry Expert price reduced from $2800 to $2500
• 5xx Paragon Sentry pierce increased from 3 to 5