Bloons TD 6 is a tower defense game in which you play in co-op mode to strategically place towers and prevent bloons from escaping. The TD 6 is the latest entry in the series and recently received its version 50 update. This update brings a lot of balance changes, new additions, and bug fixes, which have been discussed briefly in this article. For detailed patch notes, you can visit Reddit or the Steam community forum.
Bloons TD 6 version 50 update major patch changes and notes
The v50 update of Bloons TD6 is the fourth major update for the year 2025 and went live on August 27. Various core focus sections of the update have been described below.
Silas the ice shaper
He can freeze nearby water, slow balloons, apply effective crowd control, support other ice monkeys, and many more features. He primarily has 3 abilities unlocked at different levels. Frostbite unlocks at level 3, Frozen Cascade at level 7, and Frozen Burial at level 10.
New powers and powers pro
Pro powers have been added that are a bit expensive than the standard powers and can be upgraded by following either of the three mini-paths. The pro version of two powers have been added for now, with the promise of more additions in the future.
Super Monkey Beacon’s top path has multiple ability charges, while the middle path has a faster cooldown. The bottom path gives more damage and stuns surviving MOABs.
Banana Farmer Pro’s top path has full map range and faster collection speed, while the middle path increases cash collection by spotting Camo bananas. The bottom path has stacking benefits for increased selling value.
New Awesome
There’s a new intermediate map, Lost Crevasse, where the bloons move more slowly.
Three new quests have been added. The First-Time Tutorial quest, upon completion, will unlock a new achievement, First Steps. Other new quests are bloon hackers and regular income
New trophy store items are monkeys, bloons, game & UI.
Game changes
Flashier user interface for rewards and purchases, a mailbox system, and a remake of the tutorial.
General changes: fixed localization issues, crashing, co-op optimization, unlocking the achievement Snap of Your Fingers, etc.
Map-specific changes for Polyphemus that can be set to free removal rate in the challenge editor easily, and the ‘one two tree’ range buff locations issue was fixed.
Legends change for super ceramics, legendary tiles in mini games, and the ‘gold tier achieved’ spamming on screen was fixed.
Tower-specific fixes were applied to the following: Bomb shooter, Ice monkey, Desperado, Monkey sub, Wizard monkey, Alchemist, Mermonkey, Engineer, and Beast handler.
Hero-specific fixes were applied to the following: Obyn Greenfoot, Etienne, Geraldo, and Rosalia.
Balance changes
To improve the gameplay experience while keeping the difficulty of the game reasonable, some balance changes were deemed necessary. It has been applied to the following: Dart monkey, Tack shooter, Ice monkey, Desperado (all three paths), Sniper monkey, Monkey buccaneer, Monkey ace, Heli pilot, Mortar monkey, Dartling gunner, Druid, Mermonkey, Spike factory, Engineer, Beast handler.
Regarding perma-spike, the developers have been continuing this joke for the past few updates now. Therefore, in this update too, the perma-spike remains unchanged. The following Heroes have also received some balance changes: Captain Churchill, Adora, and Rosalia.
That’ll be all from Digistatement. If you face any problem while updating or playing the game, your first point of contact should be the developers, who will note down the related issue. However, you can visit us if it’s an old issue, and we will find a solution for you. You can also check our other articles for interesting topics.
