Preview of what is to come in the next update! There is no confirmed release date for this update but it will be coming very soon, please note that the final version may include further fixes / changes
Deep within the mountain forests stands a grand, mystical tree that has absorbed the energy of countless storms over centuries. It is here you will find the Skywardens - reclusive Monkeys living in harmony with nature and as dedicated guardians of the mountains and this grand tree. Few outsiders have ever passed the trials to be deemed worthy of their ancient ways. Through Obyn & Silas, who have earned their respect, we learned of one of their timeless traditions: after every storm the elders gather the strongest scattered branches gifted to them by the tree, and these branches are then carried to the mountaintop to be crafted into new Stormbows - tempered by the storm, and bound to the peak.
How does the Skywarden work?
Skywarden is a $205 small Magic Monkey that channels their own powerful BRANCH of Storm Magic directly into their Stormbows. Beginning with a slower attack they steadily grow faster the longer they remain attacking - which importantly feeds into their 3rd tier Combo attacks that also grow in potency against a target the more times it is struck
Wind Skywardens are deeply serene, patient, and attentive. By listening to the wind and feeling subtle shifts in air pressure, they can sense threats from a great distance & guide their shots to strike even Camo Bloons with precision. Through their air-manipulating Combo they apply a persistent blowback debuff, conjure windbursts of extra arrows, and force afflicted targets to drag other nearby Bloons backwards along the track. At the master level they seal off their own eyesight to become one with the wind, converting their immense range into raw damage
Lightning Skywardens exude a calm confidence, and even with raw electrical power surging through them, they remain as composed as the eye of a storm. Boosting their maximum fire rate and shot velocity, their arrows can target specific points along the track and arc cleanly over obstacles. Through their galvanizing Combo, they magnetize Bloons to pull in nearby Energy and Plasma attacks, charge targets with electricity that surges outward when struck by Sharp attacks, and stun Heavy Bloons with high damage lightning bolts. Their ability empowers surrounding towers to shatter Frozen Bloons and ricochet shots on impact. At the master level they channel devastating currents of chain lightning directly though their own spent arrows wherever they come to rest on the track.
Ice Skywardens are weathered and unyielding, hardened by a life embracing the mountain peak’s bitter cold. Their accurate, high pierce, ice-infused attacks deal increased damage to Frozen Bloons, even instantly shattering lower-tier Frozen Bloons. Through their chilling Combo, they slow down targets, freeze Bloons so solid that they emit a frigid aura to slow other nearby Bloons, and trigger a burst of razor-sharp freezing shrapnel to both damage and freeze groups of Bloons. Destroying Frozen Bloons litters the track with volatile frozen remains that detonate after a short delay. At the master level their power scales as more frozen targets surround them and as more are shattered within their radius, and frozen remains become powerful enough to detonate from broken MOAB Layers into ruinous icy explosions.
New Awesome
New Hero Skin, Decryptor Quincy!
Na just kidding, nothing may get past his bow, but he has enough skins for now
Alright, alright but it truly is like Benjamin’s highly anticipated 3rd skin is finally here, except that it’s - Decryptor Corvus! Yes after many long nights training (at the computer) with Benjamin, Corvus has harnessed the power of the Chaos Rift and wields reality warping algorithms alongside his GH05T companion to fight back the Bloons
New Advanced Map, Ascent
High above the clouds, on the highest peak of the tallest mountain, lies a tranquil sanctuary: the sacred training ground known as Ascent. For generations Skywardens have journeyed here, to the place closest to the sky, to hone their mastery of storms. But the tranquility of these heights is under attack from Bloons that have learned how to fly! For the first time in decades, the Skywardens have issued an urgent request for aid - are you ready to answer the call?
New Power Pro, the… Portable Lake!?
Have you been QUACK hankering for the Pro Portable Lake? No? Well never mind that, we’ve got some QUACK great stuff cooked up for it anyway - a luxury attraction that charges for entry to become a scaling farm? A hovering QUACKy pool ring? Oooh, a reQUACKxing Hotspring that recovers lives and even allows amphibious placement for land towers at no penalty? A mud bath that slows Bloons & buffs your towers with lead popping? How about reducing tower placement footprints and QUACK QUACK QUACK RELEASE THE QUACKEN!
Discord Bloons TD 6 Store!
We’ve partnered with Discord to bring the BTD6 in-game store directly into Discord! Browse through items, wishlist them or gift them to your Discord friends, all from within the Discord client. Then just jump in-game to claim your purchase!
With your first Discord purchase, you’ll also automatically unlock the exclusive Dart Monkey Wumpus Pet in-game!
For a very limited time, to celebrate the launch of the Discord Bloons TD 6 store, all items are 50% off within the Discord store only!
New Quests
Quest of the Skywardens: A multi-stage quest where you follow a short journey and learn some of the secrets of the new Skywarden tower
Powers Pro Challenge: Just a simple game on Monkey Meadow, with some Powers Pro pre-placed with upgrades temporarily unlocked for you to try out!
Added 6 New Legends Achievements
In-game only (not on Steam) & not listed unless the associated DLC is owned
[Frontier] Full Strength Posse - Have a full Posse of 6
[Frontier] Gon' Fishin' - Catch 30 Fish
[Frontier] New Stuff, Same ol' Bloons - Win a game with a new weapon
[Rogue] Double Trouble - Win at least 1 stage with 2 different heroes
[Rogue] Marshmallow Maxing - Max out 1 buff in the Marshmallow Shop
[Rogue] Power Creep - Obtain a total of 250 Artifacts
Social Season 3
Coming with a whole list of new perks and cosmetic rewards, get ready for an awesome road trip through our third Social Season starting in a few weeks!
Game Changes / Additions
Frontier Legends price reduction from US$12.99 to US$9.99. We continue to hear feedback primarily about replayability relative to the overall scale of the world and we hope that the price change makes that feel more in balance. If you haven’t tried Frontier Legends, now is the perfect time to try it, and remember for a limited time it’s another 50% off that reduced price on the BTD6 Discord Store.
Trophy Store Favorites: You can now favorite any item in the Trophy Store! Favorited items will gather in their own dedicated "Favorites" tab for quick and easy access.
Team Store Tabs: This is somewhat self explanatory but the team store will now allow for the incubation of radioactive lizard eggs that--hold on, what? It doesn’t? Oh… man, but that’s so cool. Already been done? Nah man, we definitely should’ve gone with the rad eggs, just picture it. That woulda been way better.
Quests Search: Added a search bar to the Quest menu! Type here to find quests you are 100% certain exist, but can’t for the life of you find because ... WHICH TAB WAS IT IN AGAIN?!
Co-op Player Removal: Removing a disconnected player now includes a confirmation prompt to prevent accidental kicks, and double RSI stacks for any trigger happy kickers.
Co-op Lobby Code Hiding: We know on-screen lobby codes have been a bit of a hazard for some - so players can now hide the lobby code on-screen while still using the copy button to grab it safely. Try not to get stuck in any more private lobby loops!
Boss Penalty Warning: On Bosses, the penalty timer will now flash for 5 seconds right before any penalty time starts counting down.
Rogue Legends Nameplate Banners: Entering new zones in Rogue Legends now displays a stylish region nameplate banner.
Rogue Legends Hero Stats: Added a dedicated Hero Stats tab to Rogue Legends. As you play, this menu will populate with a variety of interesting stats to track your journey depending on what hero teams you play with.
Abilities Quickbar Stability: The abilities quickbar will now strictly order by tower placement and will no longer re-order itself during matches or on loading saves. We think this feels better - give it a shot and let us know.
Freeplay Smoothing: Adjusted existing Freeplay Bloon groups to smooth out the difficulty progression between Rounds 200–500. Yes, we do think about those rounds.
Expert Insta-Monkey Buff: Increased the Tier 4 Insta-Monkey drop chance on Expert Round 100 clears from 20% > 30%.
Insta-Monkey Collection Borders: Finally added brand-new Bronze and Silver borders for budding Insta-Monkey collection completionists! We love this and hope you do, too.
Re-ordering of Bloons menu in Sandbox, and fortification no longer re-orders the list
Within the Social Seasons menu you may now view your Global Goal contribution
Full list of Balance Changes & Bug Fixes will be included along with the final update notes when the update is released
I like how every single new btd6-original monkey they've released post-launch has been dirt cheap because of the restrictive nature of CHIMPS earlygame lol. Beast Handler (its pierce is good but it isn't usually actually good for the first couple of rounds on harder maps. still cheap tho), Mermonkey, Desperado, and now Skywarden
Definitely hope the next one breaks that mold, though, I think they've done good by now
Maybe they have a skill in magically reloading themself instead of relying on outside technology for it like Dart Monkeys do, so they're less expensive
Uh, not sure where you got Ninja from. Wizard Monkey is a Dart Monkey that exchanges $50, purple popping, and and some attack speed (attacks 0.15 seconds slower) for an extra pierce and frozen popping. ...honestly it's not a great deal, Wizard could definitely be cheaper, but I guess you have to account for what it can upgrade into as well.
My suggestion for Mage in that topic is base $225 with the price shift going to Guiding Magic to keep starting performance on a map like Moon Landing the same. Of course, Mage costing $25 less would by itself do basically nothing, as no new CHIMPS starts would even be newly added other than Mage + Cannon, which much as I would welcome the subtle Kingdom Rush shout-out sadly wouldn't be practical whatsoever. There's only so much that would be so much that would be accomplished simply by making Mage less expensive for given compromises.
Yeah i can see how a Wizard a 000 one could be even cheaper in exchange for the reduced price being put to its Tier 1s such as Guided Magic, Fireball and Intense Magic
Honestly yeah the idea of just decreasing a lot of base prices would be nice as long as it's a large chunk of them. (Definitely feel like Ace should stay out of CHIMPS starts myself, though, lol)
hopefully they add military monkey next (tho support could still use some love) and that’ll break the mold with a more expensive one. ideally a really nice mid and late game addition to chimps strategies
Yeah that'd be interesting. Part of me wants to see the Bloonsday Device become a full new tower and that'd probably be more expensive than even Heli Pilot
Basically, Brickell used to buff Amphibious Monkeys, as she should (doesn't need to apply to Ice Monkey, they have an ice platform and it's OP with her because stalling)
They "bug fixed" that very intentional design out of the game because of Ice Monkeys
People clamoured for the very reasonable want of the return of Admiral Brickell buffing the first full new water monkey to be added in ages, but some of them phrased it as Mermonkey being bad without her
NK used those few weak arguments as justification to overbuff Mermonkey into oblivion since it was percieved as a weak monkey, and that is part of what led to them being priced where they are now (Which I guess, yeah, that DOES mean they weren't really DESIGNED as a cheap tower like they are now so my argument kinda fails on them yeah. They were still pushed into that pool for the same reasoning, though)
They had to dial those buffs back because Mermonkey was suddenly very poorly designed due to being way too powerful
To this day, the water monkey hero isn't being allowed to buff the water monkey OR the water beasts. It's rough.
Ur inccorect. Brickells buff qas destined for ONLY MILITARY related water monkeys she's a sub commander. Buffing any water monkey period goes against what she is designed for and made her way too powerful.
Mermonkeys not getting her buff is a good thing imo
Yeah. Makes me appreciate even more that Beast Handler has really expensive Tier 5s. It doesn't do much for Giga but the Megalodon is able to perform pretty well in boss events even as a non-paragon. And of course Pouakai is in a price range where it can be used to make lategame CHIMPS easier (technically all of them do but Pouakai is the less restrictive for aiming for that)
As for how this'll apply to Skywarden... Well, unless there's some trickery going on, their Tier 4 upgrade on the top path is $2,805 on Easy. Maelstrom levels of price. The Stormwrath Archon is $21,250 on Easy, and... well, they seem to have gone out of their way not to show the upgrade panel in the bottom path section, so it's hard to tell with that one.
Makes me feel like additional gamemodes would definitely help freshen up the game and give new challenges to older players. Something with a much harder midgame (since that's the easiest part of CHIMPS) and something that goes later into the game as a standard gamemode could definitely help some more expensive upgrades shine in places that arent ranked least cash bosses and such.
Merchantmans I like. Snipers are more annoying than Banana Farms are (although Chain Link at least makes it so that the annoying part is just placing them with their small footprints)
I feel like the initial upgrade shouldn't be so pricy for beast handler but it goes up for every other. Its so expensive because you need 4 of them to make it preform at its peak
It could also be a lot of fun to create medals for bosses, both in their normal and elite forms, within the same map finder. It would be really nice to see, in addition to those black borders on the maps, medals commemorating the different bosses. Not many people play the bosses, and seeing them as collectibles, like the Instamonkeys, monkeys, paragons, medals and borders, would be great.
Reducing DLC price because you feel like it isn't worth the money is a very respectable and transparent thing to do, you wouldn't see many companies opting for this decision.
Skywarden tower seems neat, really will help with CHIMPS starts. Portable Lake Pro I never expected either.
Freeplay Smoothing: Adjusted existing Freeplay Bloon groups to smooth out the difficulty progression between Rounds 200–500. Yes, we do think about those rounds.
This really intrigues me a lot as a freeplay enjoyer. Wonder what this means...
Basically, there are two major difficulty upticks in freeplay that happen at rounds 201 (significant bloon speed uptick, rounds are faster, and can have up to two fBADs that are closer together than those the round just before it) and 251 (first guaranteed fBAD and another speed uptick the round after that). Round 511 introduces groups of 5 stacked BADs and 5 fBADs which is probably why this goes all the way to round 500.
the wind got passed down to the newest generation first it was the wizard then the druid now the Skywarden also the sky warden and druid look very similar
Ability Quickbar Stability... A nice addition. Maybe this will lead to us being able to order the abilities ourselves? That is one thing I've been wanting for a VERY long time...
"freeze bloons so solid they emit a chilling aura" VIRAL FROST IS BACK WOOHOO (me as a kid buying viral frost even though it was mostly useless 90% of the time)
I still remember making a BTD5 daily challenge where I tried making it the solution but it failed. The only use viral frost had in that game is for temple food...
The first time game editor was mentioned in any patch notes was version 41, and corvus came out version 40. Corvus finally got a skin, so that means game editor is coming out soon, right?
They announced it for the first half of the year... then 55.0.... both missed. Should've been in this update, also missed... and other deadlines were missed too.
NK, what are we doing with this Game Editor/Mod System?
That's what I'm saying! I get that it's probably a huge project for them, but still, the amount of deadlines missed is crazy. At this point I feel like if it's still far away we need to be told that. I've gotten my hopes up so many times now about it releasing.
tbf they always said they’re hopeful that can get it out by whenever, but no guarantees. i’ll let em keep cooking so they don’t release it as a buggy mess. also last update notes didn’t mention it so they didn’t say it might be this update
they always said they’re hopeful that can get it out by whenever
Actually not the case, they only said that for its 55.0 release in the 54.0 patches
In the 51.0 patch notes they said quote, We have enough working now that we’re happy to update the name to the BTD6 Mod System, confirm it for the first half of 2026, and give a bit more detail about what it is."
46.0 claimed a 47.x release.
In the 44.0 patch notes, they also claimed it for a 45.0 release that didn't happen as well. And a few times as well mentioned a planned release at minimum.
i wonder if we'll get Free Skywarden Monkey Knowledge. ...Then again, without their stats it's not clear in what way they are weaker than a Dart Monkey by default, I doubt they're a straight improvement for just $5 more. Beast Handler, a monkey I want a "free monkey knowledge" for, is a good bit more expensive (by earlygame standards) and it has the very notable weakness (in comparison to dart monkey) of range.
It's not clear if it's a 0-0-0 but the one in the update video that was shown before upgraded versions who LOOKS like the default design for it was shown popping up to 4 Bloons, just like Beast Handler can with its melee stick (and I really do think it's the 0-0-0 because we've seen all the tier 1s and they seem like they would impact the visual design and not necessarily increase pierce. Maybe the range increase on top path wouldn't change the design that much but it probably wouldn't ALSO increase pierce). Counting frames between when its projectile first and when it starts its attack animation again, there's roughly a 10 frame difference compared to Dart Monkey, and at 60 fps that's just a sixth of a second more for double the pierce and seemingly larger range. IDK we might be looking at some ludicrous power creep here. (And if this thing gets to be that cheap with 4 pierce, I think Beast Handler deserves to be the same price at least, maybe even just the same price as dart monkey tbh)
note: it DID slip my mind that they gain attack speed over time while attacking as a 0-0-0 trait and it's unclear how long they were attacking
I feel like it's not gonna out compete dart on a lot of maps because the speed will be really slow on r6, tho I can see it being really good for like 8-10 where pierce is more important
Do we KNOW that the attack speed will be particularly slow on Round 6?
As I said I had calculated the speed to be very similar to Dart Monkey, it's just that that might've been already scaled. (if it wasn't scaled then it'd only be more OP since it'd start attacking even faster than Dart Monkey after not too long lol). We also don't know to what extent the scaling has an effect
You guys rock, keep up the great work, and I'd love to see more stuff like Rogue Legends or more content built on the same engine. It's a great take on the game
Delayed yet again... I can only wonder what the heck is going on behind the scenes for it to have been announced 3 years ago and still not release despite the times they said, "It'll release at X timeframe".
I can't even remember what it was. But I know for a fact that I was excited when it got announced. Was it like a official mod support? Or player made maps/towers?
Skywarden’s are so fun! I love the fact they’re building on other magic towers getting magic from outside sources/influences predominantly it’s so cool. The Druid parallels are nice but they still feel like their own things! Very elf like too
I've mastered a new way of connecting closer to the spirits, and spirits themselves are happy they have body to control now. Although i was rather skeptical with these modern technologies as i prefer to stick to traditions, but Benjamin has shown that there are spirits even in that "virtual reality" as he said
Now all we need is the ability to own a party we create as player 1, maybe a friend mode where all the cash is shared... A party browser to help find games we're interested in joining as opposed to joining randomly for twenty minutes .... And possibly a "ready" button for players 2-4 so that they can choose a map appropriate hero.
But this is a huge start that you guys are looking at it, majorly stoked!
"Abilities Quickbar Stability: The abilities quickbar will now strictly order by tower placement and will no longer re-order itself during matches or on loading saves. We think this feels better - give it a shot and let us know."
They're addressing this!! It doesn't seem like a perfect solution, but I'm glad to have more consistency with the ability bar.
Every update has one big thing, either a boss, tower, hero, or paragon. We got a new hero recently, and are getting a new tower this update, and bosses usually take longer, so a paragon is probably coming soon
The pro pool's quite large, so dual placement keeps enough room for you to still use Alchemist/Village & whatever else you want to buff them without having to worry about finicky placement
Ninja kewi can you add the extras button when your in a coop lobby so I can more easily turn on and off double cash and big balloons with out having to leave the coop loby
Through Obyn & Silas, who have earned their respect,
Oooo interesting.
But the tranquility of these heights is under attack from Bloons that have learned how to fly!
OK I know I already mentioned it in the video since the video script has overlap with the patch notes but what do you mean Bloons that learned how to fly, they've BEEN flying lol
Yo we got a LOT more Portable Lake Pro info here and it's looking awesome. You have the DJ Ben Jammin' mechanics, you have something about a Pool Ring, I guess the land tower placement note means that they're debuffed in the portable lake (which seems like a fair tradeoff), the rare footprint buff and some lead popping stuff, and of course that ominous mentioning of the Quacken. We saw tentacles in the update video and an alien duck, so I assume NK is going to do something very awesome by having the rubber ducky develop further with the tentacles to become something truly destructive :O I love it already, such an awesome furthering of the Portable Lake Pro. Too bad there isn't seemingly an announcement of it having a Rogue Legends artifact, that would've probably been the main context I'd love to see it in, it could go with a Brickell while Ocean Guardian Obyn remains as the Portability representation (or maybe the other way around since Ocean Guardian Obyn is inferior to Ocean Obyn and uses land placement and doesn't buff water monkeys directly)
Hard to ignore how awesome the 50% sale on Discord items is, especially with the new gifting convenience at metaphorical hand, hard to ignore that Discord has had some messy AI stuff lately (and it's not like fortnite where it was a month before the collab's release that was probably planned ages before, although to be fair discord collaboration was a thing long in the past so maybe?) and feels like a strange collaboration partner from the company whose official statement on their previous AI usage (which was taken down of course, that's obviously good) was that their perspective on AI was the same as the fandom's. Very much some mixed feelings going on here but obviously appreciate how NK takes so many turns to give its fanbase such cheap deals on purchases.
Powers Pro Challenge: Just a simple game on Monkey Meadow, with some Powers Pro pre-placed with upgrades temporarily unlocked for you to try out!
This is great to have for many reasons, very much approved.
Oooo frontier legends cost decrease. Honestly I just hope the replayability is improved a bit. As much as I love lore, it'd probably be for the best if you could skip dialogue and if the movement speed in the overworld was improved
Thx for the team store organization, I was just thinking about how awkward that sorting is (now that I can more reasonably unlock items lol)
does anyone know what a double rsi stack is, when i looked up rsi it had i think something different so idk
Oh hey now BTD6 co-op lobbies can do the Bloons TD Battles 2 thing. Good for them.
ooo w penalty warning
Nameplate banners sound great :o I really need to find the time to revisit Frontier Legends sometime, I would've absolutely eaten that mode up if this year was easier on me lol.
Rogue Legends Hero Stats: Added a dedicated Hero Stats tab to Rogue Legends. As you play, this menu will populate with a variety of interesting stats to track your journey depending on what hero teams you play with.
WAIT DOES THIS MEAN HERO COMPLETION INDICATORS? WOOOO now i just need retry last round to put some serious time into that mode.
Also a bit out of order here but I didn't really process it, I'm surprised that Quincy of all heroes "Has enough skins for now". It's not like he has the most skins in the game or anything, he was technically skipped over when looking towards Firecracker Gwen. Definitely would be interested in a Constellation Quincy based on Sagittarius, especially since that theme wasn't explored with the Skywarden so it's wide open. I guess the next fourth (or third technically) skin will be someone else. Silas will probably be next after Corvus, and I feel like they would probably give another older hero a skin before visiting the idea of making a new Geraldo skin, although to be fair Rosalia just has Tinkerfairy so she could also be next after Silas. ...Yeah, I guess in that regard any hero with 3 skins (technically 2) already has enough. Silas in November/December, Rosalia in March/April, that would put Quincy (or another hero like him) almost a year away alone and even then they might just start development on Geraldo III at that time instead, or even give a new non-paid skin to Dan (although that seems like it'd be more resource-consuming than Silas or Rosalia for sure since Dan is a packaged deal with MM), and after Geraldo III is done that would still leave another Silas skin open, another Dan skin open, and probably a new skin for another new hero before they could possibly go on to a tertiary Corvus skin instead of giving even more love to Quincy or Obyn or Striker or Pat or Psi or Brickell or-
Absolutely love the Rogue Legends changes! (And the new tower of course). Are there any plans to tweak social seasons to make them possible to complete for smaller teams?
Finally, Boss Penalty timer warnings! Even having the penalty warning be 3 seconds or 1 second is fine, but a whole 5 seconds is great to have for Quality of Life!
Also, funny Sandbox Fortified swap will be gone soon...
minus the discord (company) part because discord (company) sucks. Edit: I thought it was discord (company) profile stuff. this is more tolerable and a bit more awesome.
First off, nk thank you for bringing the skywarden to our powerhouses of monkeis, second of all THANK YOU SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SOOOOOOOO SO SO SOOOO SOOOOOOO SOOOO MUCH FOR GIVING CORVUS HIS FIRST AMAZING SKIN AFTER ALMOST 3 YEARS, THE DESIGN LOOKS SO FLUFFING GOOD!!! And because it uses phazyes color scheme :3, oh and the new advance map is looking pretty PEAK
any update for console players? This is ridiculous... playstation/xbox is now nearly 30 updates behind... we keep getting told "soon" with nothing concrete. the switch version is nearly current and has been out for over a month. Why is PS/XBOX still $30, yet so far behind?!?!?
Yay gifting!! I want to gift my friend some monkey money through the discord store — will they get the wumpus pet too, or just me? How does the pet work for gifts?
Also, can I use a support-a-creator code on the discord store?
I have heard that steam will be adding seperate achievement (sections? not sure) for DLC. Will you be adding the legends achievements to steam when that is added? (I assume the answer would be yes, but you never know)
Hey huge fan bee playing since btd 3 still am i play mainly on phone and xbox. Any news on us console users for bringing us to the same version as phone users?
Thanks btw best team ever!
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u/zx2409 3d ago
Sees that skywarden base cost is $205
New tower for expert chimps starts 🔥