• It’s HIGHNOON with the Desperado!
  • Pretty much everything we do in BTD6 is a labor of love, but the inspiration for Desperado is such an awesome combination of community requests for cowboy/gunslinger Monkeys, the team’s interest in fun additions to the Bloons world and lore, and the design opportunity to push strong mechanical variance on the 3 paths while keeping crosspathing tactically compelling.
  • With 3 potential automatically alternating weapons, the Desperado starts off with a fast pistol attack that can dispatch two back-to-back targets at a high range before reloading. While lacking in pierce, the base attack can very reliably hit straggler Bloons. The Desperado swaps between weapons as upgrade paths progress, prioritizing shorter-range weapons as Bloons come into close range.
  • Top path’s quickdraw fires faster the further Bloons are away, and then upgrades to a powerful revolver that fires a rapid burst of 6 shots before reload. Then they double it - ya got two hands don’t ya! Upon upgrading to The Blazing Sun, these revolvers fire so quickly that they are said to overheat in a blinding flame!
  • Bottom Path gains a short-range Blunderbuss that fires buckshot with such force that Bloons are thrown backwards, then adds buckshot to its buckshot with further shrapnel bursting out on contact! As a lone wolf who prefers to work on their own, this path has the grit to withstand almost anything, passively reducing the life damage taken from Bloon leaks while gaining buffs to itself and reclaiming cash from lost Bloons. Little is known of this lone specter of the wastelands but The Desert Phantom is said to be a near unassailable force, locking down swarms of MOABs with every trigger pull and cutting down countless Bloons in explosive chain reactions that leave no trace behind, not even their hats.
  • Middle path gains a slower firing Rifle with exceptionally high range and the skill to increase the chance of critical the further targets are away! Their hunter’s eye never loses sight while they signal bounties on Bloons, making those targets take extra damage from any Desperado and grant more cash when popped. The mythical Golden Justice is even more adept at critical damage and it is said that once locked on, Bloons cannot escape its sight no matter the number!
  • Desperado comes with 2 Middle Path abilities;
    • Take Aim - A Tier 3 ability granting any target tower Camo Detection, increased range & improved accuracy for a short time. At Tier 4 this is enhanced to also grant Purple, Black & White Bloon popping
    • Marked to Pop - After quickly marking extra targets, the Desperado will rapidly fire shots at any distance at as many marked targets as possible in the remaining time. Can also hit pre-marked Bloons!
  • Placement hotkey has no default, this can be manually bound in Hotkey settings
  • Desperado is unlocked for free after popping 3,500,000 Bloons, or by purchasing the premium Desperado pack that instantly unlocks all upgrades through tier 5 and grants use of an exclusive Avatar & Banner as well as the new Cowboy Hat Bloons trophy item. The Desperado IAP helps support future content updates and is a great way to share back some of your purchase with your favorite content creator via Creator Codes.

• New Advanced Map, Sunset Gulch
  • A trainline north of the road is under Bloon attack! Rally the monkeys to defend this critical canyon crossing and the valley below
• New Quests
  • Ezili Hero Trial - Discover Ezili’s strengths and abilities
  • Desperado Trial - Try out the new Desperado tower
  • One Hero Solution - Beat the Rogue Legends Rounds with a One Monkey Army
• New Trophy Store Items
  • Monkeys: Bomb Shooter Fireworks Projectile swap, 
  • Bloons: Cowboy Hat Bloon Decal
  • Game & UI: Tinkerfairy Avatar, Enchanted Glade banner

• Tower Placement Snapping accessibility option added (in-game accessibility option)
• Improvements made to Track Arrow indicator length & refresh on map changes
• VTSG now becomes available in Sandbox after being built in a normal game first

• Added a Rogue XP Store respec option
• A number of profile stats have been separated between Rogue & Base Game stats
• Tower placement hotkeys now cycle between different instas of a tower
• Least Cash tiles are now always 10 rounds & grant 1 Boost every round
• 2 New Artifacts to find

• Resolved a number of UI issues
• Geraldo action figure can no longer be used in the ABR Chimpoppable quest 
• Shared profile stats now update when changed without requiring a page refresh
• Rich Presence now shows ‘Playing Quests’ rather than Browsing when playing a quest
• Resolved an issue where many un-selectable items were selectable during Map Review
• Resolved an issue with fractional pierce not calculating correctly on sub projectiles
• Resolved a crash on entering map editor before the preview finished loading
• Blastapopoulos Boss Shadow now appears on main menu during events
• Children of Bloons pulled by Phayze no longer zoom to the track early
• Lych’s Soul can no longer be slowed incorrectly by some towers
• First time loss tutorial will no longer activate in Challenge Editor
• Resolved some tower layering issues with their range circles
• a… seriously?

• Toggling Ranked on then back off again should no longer leave Fast Track/Powers/Double Cash disabled

• Spa Pits should no longer scale Bloon speed too high in Reverse mode
• Towers placed on frozen platforms are now sold when Spa Pits is transformed
• Castles Revenge & Balance should no longer reset boss position in Boss Rush
• Track items no longer display above Bloons on Ravine bridges
• Corrected line of sight blocking visual issues on Spillway

• Some general UI tidy up
• Stage Bosses will now play a Boss Music Track
• Game Master feat should update correctly again
• Resolved some issues with incorrect pre-placement range display
• Party Members can now be removed even when team is not yet full
• Resolved an issue where some accounts were unable to claim Legends Feats
• Resolved some cases in which the game would unpause while still claiming Boosts
• Discord will no longer crash the game by grabbing Rock Bloons with MOAB Takedown 
• Players should no longer be softlocked when selecting the ‘No Rerolls’ and ‘Choice Starved’ Curses and then using the 'No More Please' Artifact to remove the only choice from selections. Instead these players will receive the super-ultra-hidden achievement ‘Why’ which has no indication it exists, and probably doesn’t

• x3x Ballistic Missile no longer ignores line of sight blockers

• The Centered Path hotkey will now work for Goliath Doomship
• Airforce Upgrades knowledge now correctly applies from Tier 3 onwards

• x4x Support Chinook no longer requires extra pierce to blow back Bloons after crosspath
• x4x Support Chinook should no longer sell Mermonkeys that it attempts to redeploy if they were placed on a Magic tile on One Two Tree

• 4xx Sun Temple’s mini avatars should be correctly vision blocked by obstacles

• x3x Unstable Concoction no longer crashes with One Monkey Army artifact

• 020 Tidal Chill now freezes after dealing damage
• 502 Crosspath no longer gains a lower Echosense range buff when placed in water
• 5xx Lord of the Abyss water platform no longer extends beyond tower radius
• 3+xx Resolved a build order issue that could override higher tier Mermonkey buffs

• Spikes from a sold Spike Paragon will no longer ignore Dreadbloon's Support Immunity
• Spikeageddon ability no longer spawns drastically less Mines on short tracks

• Ahh okay. So, Beast Handlers could fail to respawn their fish after crosspath upgrading in a specific order, then creating a save, loading it again and then redeploying the handler? Something like that, it shouldn’t happen anymore though

• Lv5 should now correctly allow Mortars to set Black/Zebra Bloons on fire

• She-Ra Adora Skin should now have the correct title when viewed in her Quest

• Resolved a softlock that could occur when placing Geraldo then priming a new tower for placement and using the hero hotkey

• Soul Barrier should now prevent life damage being taken with Cats Meow Artifact

• [Epic] Resolved a crash that could occur on launch
• [Epic] Attempting to Backup when not logged in should no longer say ‘Success’
• [Netflix] Heroes can now swap back to default skin

• xx5 Bomb Blitz passive ability cooldown increased 40 > 60
• xx5 Bomb Blitz attack cooldown increased 0.75 > 0.9

• x4x Blade Maelstrom tack damage increased 1 > 2
• x5x Super Maelstrom tack damage increased 2 > 5
• Paragon Meteor Impact ability cooldown 90s > 60s
• Paragon Eruption ability pierce increased 60 > 80

• 000 Ice Monkey tower can be placed on Land or Water
• 000 Ice Monkey price reduced $500 > $400
• x1x Enhanced Freeze price reduced $225 > $200
• x2x Deep Freeze price reduced $450 > $300
• xx1 Larger Radius price reduced $175 > $150
• xx2 Refreeze price reduced $225 > $200
• 4xx Embrittlement price increased $2200 > $2300
• x3x Arctic Wind price increased $2500 > $2750
• xx3 Cryo Cannon price increased $1750 > $1900
• x5x Absolute Zero price reduced $19,200 > $16,000

• x5x Ability Glue duration 22 > 11
• 051 Ability Glue duration remains 22
• x5x Ability Glue Storm total application duration reduced 20s >10
• 051 Ability Glue Storm total application duration remains 20s
• xx3 MOAB Glue duration on MOAB-Class reduced from 24s > 12

• 5xx damage reduced 280 > 140

• 3xx Submerge and Support: submerge toggle cooldown reduced 1s > 0.5s

• 4xx Aircraft Carrier mini-plane field of view increased 60 > 90

• 1xx Rapid Fire price reduced from $650 > $450
• 2xx Lots More Darts price reduced from $650 > $550
• 4xx Operation Dartstorm price increased from $3000 > $3300
• x5x Tsar Bomba bombing run 25 > 20
• x5x Tsar Bomba bombing run Ceramic bonus 8 > 10
• x5x Tsar Bomba damage type Normal > Explosion
• x5x Tsar Bomba price reduced from $30,000 > $26,000

• x3x Downdraft pierce cap removed
• x4x Support Chinook can activate between rounds
• xx3 MOAB Shove price increased $3100 > $3400

• x4x Bonus damage to BAD/Boss 1 > 0
• x5x Bonus damage to BAD/Boss 2 > 0

• 510 Archmage fireball MOAB bonus reduced 36 > 24
• 5xx Archmage's Dragon Breath MOAB bonus reduced 10 > 8
• 5xx Archmage's Dragon Breath range increased 40 > 60
• x2x Wall of Fire initial startup delay reduced 1s > 0.5s
• 031 Dragon’s Breath projectile speed increased 125 > 250

• xx4 R2G gold cash value multiplier reduced 3x > 2x

• Mermonkey price reduced $475 > $375
• 1xx Trident Efficiency price reduced $250 > 150
• 2xx Trident Swiftness price reduced $300 > 250
• 3xx Abyss Dweller price increased $1300 > 1600
• x1x Sharper Prongs price reduced $300 > 200
• x2x Tidal Chill price reduced $400 > 300
• x3x Riptide Champion damage type Energy > Frigid (Weak to White & Purple)
• x4x Arctic Knight damage increased 6 > 8
• x5x Popseidon damage increased 12 > 15
• xx2 Echosense Network now works with Mermonkey converted by Total Transformation
• xx3 Alluring Melody damage over time detonation can now trigger on tranced Bloons
• xx3 Alluring Melody DoT Detonation damage limit reduced 200 > 50
• xx4 Symphonic Resonance DoT Detonation damage limit reduced 500 > 125

• xx2 Smart Spikes target priority list changed to:
  • Normal, Close, Smart (unchanged)
  • Automatic: Attempts to directly target the ‘First-most Bloon’ in radius (whiffily)
  • Far: Replaced with Set Target - Target spikes to an exact location in radius
• <del>xx5 Permaspike unchanged</del>

• x4x Call To Arms ability can now be activated between rounds

• Nail gun attack bonus damage to Boss reduced 500 > 300
• New Paragon Overclock ability
  • Can target other paragons
  • Additionally overclocks all towers in a small area around the target for 15sec

• 000 Beast Handler range increased 50 > 60
• 3xx Great White latch lifespan reduced 5s > 3s
• 5xx Megalodon attack cooldown increased 0.8s > 1.1s
• 5xx Megalodon attack cooldown scale increased 0.3439s > 0.38s
• x3x Velociraptor damage reduced 9 > 8
• x3x Velociraptor damage scale reduced 18 > 16

• Lv20 Ball of Light damage reduced from 20 > 15
• Lv20 Ball of Light fort damage reduced from 20 > 15
• Lv20 Blood Sacrifice max buff stacks reduced from 40 > 30

• Etienne reduce price $850 > 650

• Corvus can now de-activate passive spells between rounds
• Lv13 Overload spell can now gain camo detection from external buffs

• Lv1 Mana passive gain increased 1 > 2
• Lv1 Haunt mana per RBE reduced 3 > 2
• Lv8 Spiritual Balance’s maximum mana bonus is earlier 25% > 10%
• Lv8 Spiritual Balance minimum mana bonus is earlier 65% > 35%
• Lv8 Spiritual Balance maximum mana multiplier increased x2 > x3
• Lv10 Dark Ritual duration reduced 12s > 10s
• Lv11 Soul Harvest damage 35 > 30
• Lv11 Soul Harvest ceramic bonus 35 > 10

• Lv1 Spear projectile pierce 10 > 5
• Lv1 Spear explosion delay 0.15s > 0.3s
• Lv12 Spear projectile pierce remains 10
• Lv5 Frostbound Mana cost 190 > 220
• Lv5 Frostbound Duration 8 > 10
• Lv5 Frostbound Cooldown 50 > 60s
• Lv9 Frostbound MOAB Pierce penalty +4
• Lv8 Storm ongoing mana cost reduced 15 > 12
• Lv9 Spirit damage reduced from 5 > 4
• Lv14 Spirit damage remains 10
• Lv13 Overload damage reduced 1150 > 700
• Lv20 Overload damage reduced 2250 > 1400
• Lv20 Ancestral Might damage reduced 300 > 270

• Lv10: Kinetic Charge drone projectile lasts through 1 round ending
• Lv10: Kinetic Charge drone projectile now lasts for 60sec

• Rock Bloon speed reduced 22 > 18
• Rock Bloon Normal HP: (300,600,900,9000,22500) > (250,500,750,8000,20000)
• Rock Bloon Elite HP (600,2500,9000,22000,45000) > (500,2200,8000,19500,40000)
• Dreadbloon Normal speed increased (1.25,1.25,1.25,1.5,1.5) > (1.25,1.3,1.4,1.5,1.6)
• Dreadbloon Elite speed changed (1.3, 1.3, 1.3, 1.5, 1.5) > (1.25, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 1.6)
• Dreadbloon Normal Tier 1 damage reduction reduced 1 > 0

• Lych Normal speed reduced (2.3, 2.3, 2.5, 2.7, 2.7) > (2.1, 2.2, 2.4, 2.5, 2.6)
• Lych Elite speed reduced (2.5, 2.7, 2.9, 3, 3.1) > (2.4, 2.5, 2.7, 2.8, 2.9)
• Lych Soul speed reduced 25 > 23

• BIastapopouIos speed increased (1,1,1,1,1) > (1, 1.05, 1.1, 1.15, 1.25)

• Time Stop slows Bloons by 90% > 70%
• Time Stop slows tower attacks by 40% > 30%

• New Artifact What In Tarnation! - for the Desperado
• New Artifact Heroic Specialty - All heroes are given a tower class categorization
• x5x Grand Sabotage ninja monkey’s damage is now capped to a true 25%
• Target tracking will now take priority over curvy projectile travel pattern
• Boomerang Projectiles now have a maximum age of 5sec so projectiles don’t last forever when projectile speed is reduced (It’s still quite lenient)
• Stage Boss health scales up by more with each stage
• Mini Boss tiles start off with much less health, but health scales up faster.
  • Base health 300 > 200
  • Base shield health 100 > 65 (for bosses that have a shield)
  • HP Scale per kill increased 1.1x > 1.15x
  • Mini-Boss base stage 1 goals reduced (10, 25, 35)
• Mini Game/Mini Boss tiles will no longer grant Account XP

• Mystic Twister: Also increases projectile lifespan by (50,100,200)%
• Malicious Mauling: attack rate reduction now also increases ability cooldown
• Explosive Economics: Also reduces Spike Factory, Engineer Monkey & Beast Handler placement cooldowns by (1,1,2)
• Swiftest to Business: Also reduces placement cooldowns for Ninja Monkey by (1,1,2)
• Dream Teams: tower placement cooldown reductions (1,2,3) > (1,1,2)
• Ability Stacking cooldown increase: (20/20/20)% > (20,10,0)%
• Splody Darts: The Devs have remembered Darts are basically a type of Baguette
• Divine Intervention: Should no longer be overridden by other Crit artifacts
• Essence of Dreadbloon: T4 Towers & Heroes of Lv15 count as all categories
• Essence of Phayze: T4 Towers & Heroes of Lv15
• Essence of Vortex: T4 Towers & Heroes of Lv15
• Essence of Blastapopoulos: T4 Towers & Heroes of Lv15

• Geraldo: Unspoken Heroes > Extra Change
• Quincy: Splody Darts > Heroic Specialty
• Obyn: Enchanted Rebuttal > BB Gatling
• Scientist Gwendolin: Frosted Tips > Alchemic Engineering
• Scientist Gwendolin: Engineer 010 > Glue Gunner 300
• Fusty The Snowman: Esoteric Elementalist > Frosted Tips
• Kaiju Pat: Swiftest to Business > Duckageddon
• Sauda: x2x Tack Shooter > 002 Monkey Ace
• Brickell: x3x Monkey Buccaneer > 021 Monkey Buccaneer
• Rosalia: 1xx Sniper Monkey > 2xx Desperado
• Galaxilli: BB Gatling > Quantum Leap
• Galaxilli: xx2 Boomerang Monkey > 2xx Tack Shooter
• Psi: x1x Mermonkey > x2x Desperado
• Lifeguard Brickell: Portability > Summer Fun
• Lifeguard Brickell: 020 Ice Monkey > 011 Mermonkey
• Etienne: Absolute Ability > Splody Darts
• Etienne: 1xx Engineer > xx2 Desperado
• Book Wyrm Etienne: Overwhelming Synergy > Absolute Ability
• Voidora: Unification > Enchanted Rebuttal
• Voidora: 2xx Glue Gunner, x3x Dart Monkey > 2xx Ninja Monkey, 2xx Wizard Monkey
• Dread Pirate Brickell: Full Broadside > What In Tarnation!

• Update v50
  • Actually our 49th content update but still an awesomer number!
  • Vanilla Ice Ice Hero! While ice powers tend to create bugs galore, the possibilities for fun gameplay are too compelling. Start skating on what you think we&#39;ll do with this chilling new Hero.
  • Powers Pro: We had fun with Pros in BTD5, and we&#39;re keen to do even more for BTD6. Keys to us are variability of play and keeping Pros impactful even in late rounds and Freeplay.
• Update v51
  • Actual 50th update! We’re so grateful to the awesomer players who have supported us getting to this amazing milestone!
  • Bossin: No names or properties to reveal, but a new Boss is on the way.
  • Skeletor Hero Skin: Obyn is practicing his maniacal laughs already.
  • Game Editor: stretch goal for this update. Major progress has been made to include almost every game item, script, and behavior. We’re focused on making it powerful, flexible, and accessible.
  • Social Goals: We&#39;re excited to add new ways to play together, chase goals with other players, and win more rewards.
• Update v52
  • Frontier Legends: Already looking amazing, this western-themed DLC will feature another brand new way to play BTD, complete with integrated minigames
  • Hero Skin or Paragon - which one depends on your feedback and the art team’s bandwidth. We lean toward new functionality for a Paragon, but between us and the community there are so many great Hero Skin ideas. Which would you prefer?
• Console
  • Switch is making progress but it is proving to be a challenge, with several months still to go. Switch development remains essential for further Xbox and PlayStation content updates, so those are on the same timetable. We apologize for the long wait for our console players - this is a priority for us.

Update 49.0 drops next week on June 18.

• Pretty much everything we do in BTD6 is a labor of love, but the inspiration for Desperado is such an awesome combination of community requests for cowboy/gunslinger Monkeys, the team’s interest in fun additions to the Bloons world and lore, and the design opportunity to push strong mechanical variance on the 3 paths while keeping crosspathing tactically compelling.

• With 3 automatically alternating weapons, the Desperado starts off with a fast pistol attack that can dispatch two back to back targets at a high range before reloading. While lacking in pierce, the base attack can very reliably hit straggler Bloons. The Desperado swaps between weapons as upgrade paths progress, prioritizing shorter range weapons as Bloons come into close range.

• Top path’s quickdraw fires faster the further Bloons are away, and then upgrades to a powerful revolver that fires a rapid burst of 6 shots before reload. Then they double it - ya got two hands don’t ya! Upon upgrading to The Blazing Sun, these revolvers fire so quickly that they are said to overheat in a blinding flame!

• Bottom Path gains a short range Blunderbuss that fires buckshot with such force that Bloons are thrown backwards, then adds buckshot to its buckshot with a burst of shrapnel spraying out of each lead ball on impact! As a lone wolf who prefers to work on their own, this path has the grit to withstand almost anything, passively reducing the life damage taken from Bloon leaks while gaining buffs to itself and reclaiming cash from lost Bloons. Little is known of this lone specter of the wastelands but The Desert Phantom is said to be a near unassailable force, locking down swarms of MOABs with every trigger pull and cutting down countless Bloons in explosive chain reactions that leave no trace behind, not even their hats.

• Middle path gains a slower firing Rifle with exceptionally high range and the skill to increase the chance of criticals the further targets are away! Their hunter’s eye never loses sight while they signal bounties on Bloons, making those targets take extra damage from any Desperado and grant more cash when popped. The mythical Golden Justice is even more adept at critical damage and it is said that once locked on, Bloons cannot escape its sight no matter the number!

• Desperado comes with 2 Middle Path abilities;

  • Take Aim - Target any tower to grant it a massive range boost & improved accuracy along with Camo Detection, and (at Tier 4) Purple, Black & White Bloon popping for a short time

  • Marked to Pop - Quickly marking extra bounty targets, and then rapidly executing as many marked targets as it can

• Placement hotkey has no default, this can be manually bound in Hotkey settings

• Desperado is unlocked for free after popping 3,500,000 Bloons, or by purchasing the premium Desperado pack that instantly unlocks all upgrades through tier 5 and grants use of an exclusive Avatar & Banner as well as the new Cowboy Hat Bloons trophy item. The Desperado IAP helps support future content updates and is a great way to share back some of your purchase with your favorite content creator via Creator Codes.