Bloons TD 6 version 51.0 went live on Steam on 14 October 2025, with the Epic Games Store build following a day later. It was the fifth major update of 2025, and it finally gave the Bomb Shooter its own Paragon, first teased back in the Update 50 notes.
The four headline additions are easy to sum up. The Ballistic Obliteration Missile Bunker (B.O.M.B.) is a slow, heavy-hitting missile Paragon built to delete MOAB-Class Bloons and Bosses. Three Mines ‘Round is a new Beginner map, a remake of the old BTD5 freeplay favourite with Bananite crystals you can mine for profit. A Masters of the Universe crossover brings a Skeletor skin for Obyn and the Havoc Staff power. And a long balance pass touched almost every tower class, with big changes to Ice Monkey, Glue Gunner, Desperado, Monkey Ace, Super Monkey’s Sun Temple and three existing Paragons.
BTD6 Update 51 at a glance
| Item | Details |
|---|---|
| Version | 51.0 |
| Release date | 14 Oct 2025 (Steam), 15 Oct 2025 (Epic) |
| New paragon | Ballistic Obliteration Missile Bunker (Bomb Shooter Paragon) |
| New map | Three Mines ‘Round (Beginner) |
| New quests | Oh no! Skeletor! (Tales), Ice To Meet You (Silas tutorial) |
| New powers / skins | Havoc Staff power, Skeletor skin for Obyn, Trophy Store cosmetics |
| Other headline changes | Paragon limit per player, Sun Temple Military and Magic rework, Ice and Glue reworks, Phayze nerfs |
| Minor patches | 51.1 (21 Oct 2025), 51.2 (28 Oct 2025) |
Ballistic Obliteration Missile Bunker: the Bomb Shooter Paragon
The in-game description sums it up: “Cluster explosions, anti-MOAB explosions, Bloon stunning explosions, knockback explosions. BOMB has it all!” Like every Paragon, you build it by having one tier 5 from each path on the map at once: Bloon Crush (5-0-0), MOAB Eliminator (0-5-0) and Bomb Blitz (0-0-5), then buying the Paragon upgrade on one of them. The upgrade itself costs 750,000 XP to unlock.
At launch the upgrade cost $600,000 on Medium ($510,000 Easy, $648,000 Hard, $720,000 Impoppable). That price held until Update 55.0 in June 2026, which raised it to $650,000 on Medium while buffing its Boss damage.
Main attack: seeking missiles
B.O.M.B. alternates fire between a left and a right cannon, launching a homing missile every 4.3 seconds at Degree 1 with 68 range. Targeting options are First, Last, Close and Strong. Every missile does three layers of damage:
| Explosion | Damage (D1) | MOAB-Class bonus at launch | Boss bonus at launch | Pierce | Effects |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Main explosion (1 per missile) | 210 | +2,100 | none | 80 | 3s stun, 20 units of pushback |
| Cluster explosions (8 per missile) | 100 | +300 | +900 | 8 each | 3s stun |
| Sub-cluster explosions (8 per cluster) | 50 | +150 | +450 | 8 each | none |
That works out to 73 explosions per shot, all Normal damage, so Lead, Black and Purple Bloons are no problem. The stun on the main and cluster blasts is what makes it feel different from other Paragons: a single missile into a MOAB rush freezes the whole group in place for three seconds while pushing it back down the track.
The weakness is Camo. The main attack and the activated ability cannot see Camo Bloons at all, so you need Camo support from elsewhere (a village, a hero, or Monkey Sub intel).
Activated ability: ISABM
The Indomitable Surface-to-Air Ballistic Missile launches the top half of the bunker as a giant missile with infinite range that ignores line of sight. It flies for up to 9 seconds, dropping an explosion every 0.25 seconds along the way (500 damage, +9,500 to MOAB-Class, 60 pierce, pushback). When it hits its target or runs out of time, it finishes with a 150,000 damage blast that stuns for 5 seconds.
The base cooldown is 30 seconds. Its unusual twist is that every life you lose shaves time off the cooldown: 5 seconds per life at launch, raised to 10 seconds in Update 53.0. Striker Jones‘ Artillery Command also resets it.
Passive ability: Blitz Tactical Storm
This is the Paragon version of Bomb Blitz’s Bomb Storm. When a Bloon is about to leak (or you lose a life, including shield lives), it hits every Bloon on screen, Camo included. Anything below a BAD takes 9,999,999 damage, so it is effectively wiped. BADs and Bosses take a flat 20,000. The cooldown is 120 seconds and does not shrink with Degree, and the damage does not scale either. Treat it as an emergency button rather than a damage source.
How Degree works for B.O.M.B.
Degree uses the standard Paragon system. Hidden “power” points come from the Bomb Shooters you sacrifice and determine a Degree from 1 to 100 (200,000 power):
- Damage dealt: 1 power per 180 damage done by the sacrificed Bomb Shooters, up to 90,000. This is the biggest pool, and here the three tier 5s count too.
- Cash spent on the sacrificed towers, up to 60,000 power. You can also feed money in with the cash slider when placing the Paragon, at slightly worse efficiency.
- Non-tier 5 upgrades: 100 power per upgrade tier, up to 10,000.
- Extra tier 5 Bomb Shooters beyond the required three: 6,000 each, up to 50,000. In practice this is a co-op source.
- Paragon Power Totems from Geraldo: 2,000 each with no cap, which matters most in Boss Events.
Each Degree adds about 1% damage and pierce, plus flat bonuses every 10 Degrees, and speeds up attacks and ability cooldowns with diminishing returns. For B.O.M.B. that means the main attack drops from 4.3 seconds to 2.524 seconds at Degree 100, and ISABM from 30 seconds to about 17.6 seconds. Boss damage gets an extra multiplier every 20 Degrees: ×1.25 at D20, ×1.5 at D40, ×1.75 at D60, ×2 at D80 and ×2.25 at D100 (double against Elite Bosses). Blitz Tactical Storm is the one part that ignores Degree.
The best sacrifices for damage-based power are the towers that rack up pops on their own: Bomb Blitz, Recursive Cluster, MOAB Eliminator and MOAB Assassin.
Where B.O.M.B. fits
It is a burst-and-control Paragon, not a crowd-clearer for dense non-MOAB rounds. It does its best work against BADs and Bosses, especially alongside a Paragon that provides steady damage. Strong targeting is the usual pick, with First preferred on Dreadbloon. It matches up well against Lych and poorly against Blastapopoulos and Phayze.
Quick take: B.O.M.B. hits MOABs very hard and its stuns buy time, but it is blind to Camo outside its passive. Bring Camo detection from another tower, and think of the passive as insurance, not damage.
B.O.M.B. changes after launch
The Paragon has been tuned several times since 51.0, so its current numbers are higher than the launch table above:
| Version | Change | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 51.1 | Main attack and ISABM could detect Camo (undocumented bug) | Change |
| 51.2 | Camo detection on main attack and ISABM removed again | Fix |
| 53.0 | Main explosion damage 210 → 250, MOAB bonus +2,100 → +2,500, new +2,500 Boss bonus | Buff |
| 53.0 | Cluster MOAB bonus +300 → +1,000, Boss bonus +900 → +1,000; sub-cluster MOAB bonus +150 → +500, Boss bonus +450 → +500 | Buff |
| 53.0 | ISABM cooldown reduction per life lost 5s → 10s | Buff |
| 55.0 | Paragon cost $600,000 → $650,000 (Medium) | Nerf |
| 55.0 | Boss bonuses: main +2,500 → +3,500, cluster +1,000 → +1,250, sub-cluster +500 → +600 | Buff |
Three Mines ‘Round: the new Beginner map
Three Mines ‘Round is a desert remake of 3 Times Around from Bloons TD 5. The track has one entrance at the top and one exit at the bottom, and it circles the centre three times anticlockwise before leaving. The path is long: 52.1 red-bloon-seconds on Easy, 47.4 on Medium and 41.7 on Hard, which is part of why it plays so easily.
On the left is a dried river with a few small puddles for water towers. Land towers can go on the dry riverbed and the bridges, but not on the banks. Rocks holding Bananite crystals and a tent in the top-left corner block placement and line of sight.
Bananite crystals: an investment, not a removable
The six crystal rocks are the reason this map exists. Removing one costs money and takes 10 rounds (20 for the biggest one), and when it finishes you get more cash back than you paid. Ninja Kiwi called it a “de-venge” map, since it lets you save up for a Paragon even in CHIMPS.
| Crystal location | Cost | Returns | Profit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under the loop | $435 | $870 | $435 |
| Left side | $3,000 | $4,600 | $1,600 |
| Bottom-right, inside the loop | $10,000 | $15,000 | $5,000 |
| Above the loop | $25,000 | $37,000 | $12,000 |
| Top-left, inside the loop | $50,000 | $72,000 | $22,000 |
| Bottom-right corner (20 rounds) | $100,000 | $160,000 | $60,000 |
All but the corner crystal also open up extra land when they are cleared. Since patch 51.2 the payouts are the same on every mode: Half Cash does not halve them and Double Cash does not boost them. For a full round-by-round plan, see our Three Mines ‘Round CHIMPS guide.
Skeletor Obyn and the Havoc Staff power
The Masters of the Universe crossover that started in Update 46 continues with a Skeletor skin for Obyn Greenfoot, sold in the Skeletor Prestige Pack. It comes with a new questline, Oh no! Skeletor!, and a new premium power.
Havoc Staff
The power summons Skeletor’s skull staff onto the map for 20 seconds. It does two things:
- Tek Bombs: stun up to 5,000 Bloons on screen for 4 seconds, firing three times (at 0, 3 and 6 seconds). They deal no damage.
- Skeletor Hands: every 0.5 seconds the hands grab small Bloons and earn $150 per grab, up to $6,000 over the staff’s lifetime. Double Cash and Half Cash do not change this.
You get 3 free uses from the Oh no! Skeletor! quest. Outside that it comes from the Havoc Staff Booster Pack in the shop. Patch 51.1 stopped the hands from grabbing MOAB-Class Bloons and from making extra cash in Deflation.
Balance changes in v51.0
This was one of the larger balance passes of 2025. The themes: Ice Monkey and Glue Gunner tier 5s got real damage against Ceramics and MOABs, Monkey Ace and Sun Temple traded spray for focused damage, three older Paragons were retuned, and Silas, Sauda and Striker Jones were pulled back. “(U)” marks changes that were not in the official notes.
Bomb Shooter
| Upgrade | Change | Type |
|---|---|---|
| MOAB Assassin and up | Can no longer target DDTs unless it can damage Black Bloons | Nerf |
| Bomb Blitz | Bomb Storm now damages the Bloon that triggers it, so it can stop the life loss | Buff |
| Bomb Blitz | Bomb Storm’s first hit soaks through MOAB-Class layers (U) | Buff |
| Bomb Blitz | Bomb Storm’s first hit no longer affects MOABs or smaller Bloons (U) | Nerf |
Bomb Blitz now catches the leaking Bloon instead of only cleaning up after it, which makes it a much more reliable safety net.
Ice Monkey
| Upgrade | Change | Type |
|---|---|---|
| Super Brittle (5-x-x) | Main attack damage 1 → 5, +5 bonus damage to Ceramics | Buff |
| Super Brittle | Ice Shards damage 5 → 10 | Buff |
| Super Brittle | Attack cooldown 1.8s → 1.2s (5-0-x), 1.35s → 0.9s (5-1-0) | Buff |
| Absolute Zero (x-5-x) | Cost $16,000 → $19,000 | Nerf |
| Absolute Zero | Global freeze no longer freezes Camo, Lead, White or Zebra Bloons it cannot damage | Nerf |
| Absolute Zero | Global attack now deals 1 damage, +3 to Ceramics | Buff |
| Absolute Zero | Ability deals +4 damage to Frozen Bloons | Buff |
| Absolute Zero (0-5-1) | Arctic Wind slow now applies to small Bloons correctly | Fix |
Super Brittle goes from pure support to a tower that does meaningful Ceramic damage itself. Absolute Zero costs more and needs buffs to freeze Camo and Lead.
Glue Gunner
| Upgrade | Change | Type |
|---|---|---|
| MOAB Glue (x-x-3) | Glue duration on MOABs 12s → 9s (Relentless Glue stays 12s) | Nerf |
| MOAB Glue + Corrosive (2-0-3) | +4 damage per tick to MOABs | Buff |
| Relentless Glue + Corrosive (2-0-4) | +9 damage per tick to MOABs | Buff |
| Super Glue (x-x-5) | Glue duration on MOABs 12s → 18s | Buff |
| Super Glue + Corrosive (2-0-5) | +19 damage per tick to MOABs | Buff |
| Super Glue + Glue Soak (1-0-5) | DoT replaced with 1 damage on application | Change |
The 2-0-x crosspaths are now the damage builds for the bottom path.
Desperado
| Upgrade | Change | Type |
|---|---|---|
| All tiers | Pistol reloads automatically at the end of each round | Change |
| Blazing Sun (5-x-x) | Pistol damage type changed to Sharp/Normal | Buff |
| Avenger (x-x-4) | Cost $9,500 → $8,500 | Buff |
| Desert Phantom (x-x-5) | Shotgun MOAB bonus +10 → +20 | Buff |
| Desert Phantom | Shrapnel DoT +10 per tick to Ceramics, shrapnel explosion Ceramic bonus +5 → +15 | Buff |
| Desert Phantom + Standoff (2-0-5) | Shrapnel +10 damage to Ceramics (U) | Buff |
The Desperado‘s bottom path gets the most help here. The Alchemist’s Total Transformation can now transform Desperados too.
Monkey Sub and Monkey Buccaneer
| Upgrade | Change | Type |
|---|---|---|
| Energizer (5-x-x) | Cooldown buff to water towers −50% → −40% | Nerf |
| Pre-emptive Strike (x-5-x) | First Strike main target 10,000 → 20,000, AoE 350 → 1,000 | Buff |
| Armor Piercing Darts (x-x-4) and up | Bonus damage now applies to Fortified Bloons, +1 per further upgrade | Buff |
| Merchantman + Grape Shot (0-1-3+) | Grape Shot pierce 1 → 2 | Fix |
| Navarch of the Seas (Paragon) | Sellback bonus +10% → +12%, cannonball Boss bonus +60 → +80 | Buff |
Monkey Ace
| Upgrade | Change | Type |
|---|---|---|
| Spectre (x-x-4) | Frontal darts: pierce 10 → 4, damage 4 → 8, lose +1 Ceramic bonus | Change |
| Spectre | Frontal bombs Ceramic bonus +3 → +5 | Buff |
| Flying Fortress (x-x-5) | Frontal darts: pierce 15 → 4, damage 4 → 8, lose +2 Ceramic bonus, MOAB bonus +10 → +14 | Change |
| Flying Fortress | Radial darts damage type changed to Sharp/Normal | Buff |
Both planes now hit fewer Bloons harder with their frontal darts, which favours MOAB and Ceramic damage over cleanup.
Heli Pilot
| Upgrade | Change | Type |
|---|---|---|
| Support Chinook (x-4-x+) | Tower stacking exploit removed | Fix |
| MOAB Shove (x-x-3) | Homing missile damage 1 → 2 | Buff |
| MOAB Shove (x-0-3) | ZOMG/DDT slow ×0.33 → ×0.61 (slows them less) | Nerf |
| MOAB Shove + IFR (0-2-3) | ZOMG/DDT slow ×0.22 → ×0.5 | Nerf |
| Comanche Defense (x-0-4+) | MOAB push ×−0.3 → ×−0.4, ZOMG/DDT slow ×0.22 → ×0.2 | Buff |
| Comanche Defense + Bigger Jets (0-1-4+) | MOAB push ×−0.41 → ×−0.51, ZOMG/DDT slow ×0.11 → ×0.09 | Buff |
MOAB Shove on its own is now much weaker against ZOMGs and DDTs. If you rely on shove for control, go to tier 4.
Mortar Monkey and Dartling Gunner
| Upgrade | Change | Type |
|---|---|---|
| Bigger Blast (1-x-x) | Cost $500 → $300 | Buff |
| The Big One (4-x-x) | Cost $7,200 → $7,000 | Buff |
| Faster Reload (x-1-x) | Cost $300 → $400 | Nerf |
| Burny Stuff (x-x-2) | Cost $500 → $400 | Buff |
| Signal Flare (x-x-3) | Cost $1,000 → $1,100 | Nerf |
| Ray of Doom (5-x-x) | First Bloon hit bonus damage 80 → 140 | Buff |
Wizard Monkey
| Upgrade | Change | Type |
|---|---|---|
| Magus Perfectus (Paragon) | Cost $750,000 → $800,000 | Nerf |
| Magus Perfectus | Max Mana 100,000 → 99,999 (max Metamorphosis 25s → 24s) | Nerf |
| Magus Perfectus | Phoenix Rebirth DoT 2,500 → 3,500, zombie ZOMG 4,000 → 8,000, zombie BFB 700 → 1,400 | Buff |
Super Monkey
| Upgrade | Change | Type |
|---|---|---|
| Legend of the Night (x-x-5) | MOAB bonus +13 → +25 | Buff |
| Legend of the Night | Pierce 23 → 16 (17 with Laser Blasts, 19 with Epic Range) | Nerf |
| Laser/Plasma crosspaths on Tech Terror, Anti-Bloon, Dark Knight, Dark Champion, Legend of the Night | Projectile radius increased (e.g. 5 → 10 on Tech Terror with Laser Blasts) | Buff |
| Sun Temple Military: large missile | MOAB bonus +74 → +1,999, pierce 50 → 40, 75 minimum range, cooldown doubled (3s → 6s or 1.5s → 3s by sacrifice tier) | Change |
| Sun Temple Military: Golden Spectre | Darts pierce 50 → 6, damage 10 → 25; bombs pierce 10 → 30, +20 to Ceramics | Change |
| True Sun God (5-x-x) | Large missile cannot target non-MOAB Bloons (U) | Nerf |
| Sun Temple Magic: Arcane Blast | Speed 400 → 200, damage 40 → 50 / 60 → 100 / 70 → 150 by sacrifice tier | Change |
| Sun Temple Magic: Storm Blast | Top tier can affect BFBs; no longer removes glue from BADs and Bosses | Buff |
| Sun Temple Magic: Mini-Sun Avatar | Damage 4 → 2 | Nerf |
| Sun Temple | No longer ignores placement restrictions | Fix |
The Military sacrifice turned the temple’s missile into a dedicated MOAB-killer. Patch 51.1 then sped Arcane Blast back up and raised its low-tier damage (see below).
Ninja Monkey
| Upgrade | Change | Type |
|---|---|---|
| Sticky Bomb + Distraction (0-1-4+) | Blowback range 10–300 → 100–150 units | Change |
| Ascended Shadow (Paragon) | Main shuriken bonus to Stickied Bloons +15 → +64 | Buff |
| Ascended Shadow | Flash Bomb pierce 50 → 40, mini shuriken pierce 20 → 10 | Nerf |
| Ascended Shadow | Sticky Bomb cooldown 6.5s → 8s | Nerf |
| Ascended Shadow | Sticky Bomb initial target 16,000 → 50,000 (Boss bonus +32,000 → +25,000, Camo bonus +3,200 → +18,750) | Buff |
| Ascended Shadow | Sticky Bomb AoE 4,200 → 5,000 (Boss bonus +2,100 → +5,000, Camo +2,100 → +2,500) | Buff |
Mermonkey
| Upgrade | Change | Type |
|---|---|---|
| All tiers | Range bonus when placed in water +25% → +35% | Buff |
| Riptide Champion (x-3-x) | Cost $2,300 → $1,900, trident pierce 18 → 25 | Buff |
| Arctic Knight + Trident Swiftness (2-4-0) | Ice Ball lifespan 6.67s → 10s | Buff |
| Popseidon (x-5-x) | Cost $52,000 → $48,000, side trident pierce 18 → 25 | Buff |
| Popseidon | Ice Jet Permafrost 6s → 8s, now affects 10 layers; Flood +70 to Frozen Bloons | Buff |
| Popseidon + Trident Swiftness (2-5-0) | Ice Ball lifespan 10s → 15s | Buff |
The Mermonkey middle path got cheaper and stronger across the board.
Spike Factory, Monkey Village, Engineer and Beast Handler
| Upgrade | Change | Type |
|---|---|---|
| Mega Massive Munitions Factory (Paragon) | Cost $800,000 → $750,000 | Buff |
| Mega Massive Munitions Factory | Giant Mine spike pierce 100 → 50, damage 70 → 140; mini-explosion 80 → 240; mini-spike 20 → 40, MOAB bonus +80 → +160 | Buff |
| Mega Massive Munitions Factory | Carpet of Spikes Boss bonus +800 → +1,500; Controlled Burst 10s → 15s | Buff |
| Primary Mentoring (4-x-x) | Range 48 → 55 | Buff |
| Master Builder (Paragon) | Main attack cooldown 1s → 1.5s, range 70 → 60 | Nerf |
| Piranha (1-x-x), Barracuda (2-x-x) | Damage type changed to Sharp/Shatter | Buff |
Heroes
| Hero | Change | Type |
|---|---|---|
| Striker Jones (L9+) | Attack cooldown slower at every bracket (e.g. L19+ 0.2s → 0.3s) | Nerf |
| Obyn Greenfoot (L5) | Bonus cash generation for Druids 35% → 50% | Buff |
| Sauda (L20) | Leaping Sword 400 → 350, Sword Charge 220 → 200 | Nerf |
| Geraldo (L10) | Pet Rabbit cost $2,000 → $1,750 | Buff |
| Rosalia (L3) | Scatter Missile radius 40 → 35, pierce per missile 50 → 40 | Nerf |
| Admiral Brickell (L3) | Naval Tactics no longer buffs amphibious towers | Fix |
| Silas (L1) | Wait before Ice Orb launch 1s → 0.5s | Buff |
| Silas (L7+) | Frozen Cascade bonus to Frozen Bloons +20 → +15 (L7–14), +50 → +30 (L15+); can no longer freeze BADs | Nerf |
| Silas (L10+) | Frozen Burial bonus to Frozen Bloons +80 → +60 (L10–14), +300 → +200 (L15+) | Nerf |
| Silas (L18–20) | Rime Explosion 20 → 15, Ice Fragment +10 → +8, Ice Wall cooldown 5s → 7s, freeze duration bonus +200% → +150% | Nerf |
Ninja Kiwi said Silas launched in Update 50 on the too-strong end. This is a broad nerf to his Frozen damage, though the faster Level 1 attack helps his early game.
Bosses
| Boss | Change | Type |
|---|---|---|
| Phayze | Speed 0.9 → 0.8, Radar Jam pull 5–40 → 1–10 units | Nerf |
| Phayze | Health reduced on every tier (e.g. Tier 1 10,000 → 9,500, Tier 5 1,500,000 → 1,450,000, Elite Tier 5 16,000,000 → 15,000,000) and shield health reduced | Nerf |
| Blastapopoulos | Fireball stun shortened (e.g. Tier 3 3.0s → 1.5s, Tier 4–5 3.0s → 2.0s) | Nerf |
| Lych-soul, Dreadrock Bloon | Now correctly affected by Boss Challenge modifiers | Fix |
Other changes in Update 51
Quests
Two new quests arrived. Oh no! Skeletor! is a Tales questline tied to the crossover, with 3 free Havoc Staff uses among its rewards. Its last chapter asks you to bank 333,333 cash before round 60, and we have a walkthrough for Skeletor Gathers Power. Ice To Meet You is a tutorial quest that introduces Silas’ strengths and abilities. You can find all our quest guides in BTD6 Quests.
Trophy Store and cosmetics
The Trophy Store added an Ice Monkey Walrus pet, a Mohawk Bloons decal and an Autumn Banner. The notes also listed a 2025 Halloween avatar and banner for the seasonal event. There were no new achievements.
Pro Powers
| Power | Change | Type |
|---|---|---|
| Battle Cat Pro | Transformation lasts 4 rounds instead of 3 | Buff |
| Banana Farmer Pro (2-x-x) | Banana Peel pierce 5 → 20, blowback 100 → 150 (U) | Buff |
| Super Monkey Beacon Pro | Beacon Storm cooldown 180s → 120s | Buff |
Rogue Legends
Rogue Legends got its own pass:
- Super Monkey Beacon can now appear as a Boost.
- Curses softened: Choice Starved −2 → −1 reward choices, Small Party −5 → −4 party size.
- Fewer Camo Bloons in rounds 1–15.
- Final Boss Phayze has less health (Stage 1 15,000 → 13,500), Dreadbloon speed 40% → 36%, and Blastapopoulos speed 40% → 34% but with more health (Stage 1 15,000 → 17,000).
- Gluesplosion glue 1s → 6s and radius 12 → 24. Homing Projectiles now also affects hero projectiles. Malicious Mauling MOAB bonus cut (Rare 4.0× → 3.5×, Legendary 6.0× → 5.0×). The Unspoken Heroes was reworked so support towers burst tacks when their projectiles expire.
- Many starting artifacts and starting towers were upgraded, and the Least Cash minigame goals were adjusted. One new artifact was added.
General and quality of life
- The Paragon limit in Boss events now applies per player instead of to the whole lobby.
- In Sandbox, Reset Damage also clears the cash generation counters.
- The account web view was replaced with an in-game account management page.
- Modded save data is now ignored instead of softlocking the game when you return to the unmodded version.
Notable bug fixes
- Frozen Farms can no longer produce Camo bananas.
- The Dungeon Statue no longer blocks tower placement on the ledge next to it.
- Merchantman with Grape Shot now gets the correct grape pierce.
- Support Chinook can no longer stack towers on top of each other.
- Sun Temple no longer ignores placement restrictions.
- The Ascended Shadow model now changes at Degree 60 instead of 59.
- A Monkey Buccaneer crash when an X-4-X Monkey Pirates hooked DDTs is fixed.
- Ezili’s Sacrificial Totem now shows lives lost correctly, and Obyn’s Brambles visuals are back.
- Geraldo’s shop button updates when opened by hotkey.
- Co-op Fast Track now works with Ranked mode on Boss Bloon Events, and a player who quits is removed right away.
- Quad’s ice platforms display correctly in water, and Sanctuary track edge cases were fixed.
- Several Rogue Legends crashes were fixed, including mentoring over the party limit and an infinite artifact projectile loop.
- Corrupted textures on some low-resolution Android devices are fixed.
Patches after v51.0
v51.1 (21 October 2025)
The first patch fixed several 51.0 problems and changed a few numbers:
| Upgrade | Change | Type |
|---|---|---|
| Sun Temple Magic: Arcane Blast | Projectile speed 200 → 300 (same travel distance) | Fix |
| Arcane Blast ($300–$7,500 sacrificed) | Damage 50 → 75, cooldown 4.0s → 2.0s | Buff |
| Storm Blast ($2,001–$10,000 sacrificed) | Can now affect MOABs as intended | Fix |
| Havoc Staff | Hands no longer grab MOAB-Class Bloons or make extra cash in Deflation | Nerf |
| Support Chinook | Redeployment can again move towers onto themselves | Fix |
| Popseidon | Flood no longer freezes BADs and Bosses | Fix |
| Magus Perfectus | Correctly switches to Drain Beam when Mana runs out | Fix |
| Mega Massive Munitions Factory | Carpet of Spikes correctly deals extra damage to Elite Bosses | Fix |
It also restored Benjamin’s Bloon Trojan targeting MOAB-Class Bloons at Level 7+, fixed Monkey Money recharges for Beacon Storm, saved Bananite mining progress at Boss checkpoints, stopped Microraptor from being placed on the track, restored initial cooldowns on passive abilities and fixed a crash when loading a Level 5 Corvus. An undocumented side effect gave B.O.M.B.’s main attack and ISABM Camo detection.
v51.2 (28 October 2025)
The second patch removed B.O.M.B.’s accidental Camo detection (Blitz Tactical Storm keeps it). It also made the Three Mines ‘Round crystals independent of game mode, so they pay out normally on Deflation, CHIMPS and Half Cash and are not boosted by Double Cash. Other fixes covered the Flaming Hot Punch-A-Rang artifact with Pops Fired, the map-wide buff from the Sub Admiral Monkey Knowledge, the Lava Lakes Vengeful skin on Adora’s Temple, IAP items wrongly labelled “Purchased”, and blank squares on the upgrade menu. There was no 51.3.
What Update 51 means for your games
- Bomb Shooter is now a real late-game option. B.O.M.B. is a strong MOAB and Boss Paragon, but plan Camo detection before you build it. On launch numbers it was weaker than it is today, so if you dropped it early, it is worth another try.
- Three Mines ‘Round is the place to farm a Paragon in CHIMPS. Start the cheap crystals early, then line up the $50,000 and $100,000 ones once your defence is stable.
- Ice and Glue tier 5s do damage now. Super Brittle and 2-0-5 Super Glue are worth testing in Ceramic-heavy rounds, while Absolute Zero needs Camo and Lead support to freeze everything.
- Rebuild your Silas and Sauda setups. Silas lost a lot of Frozen damage and Sauda’s Level 20 hits a bit softer. Both are still fine, but they no longer carry as much on their own.
- Upgrade MOAB Shove to Comanche Defense. Tier 3 shove barely slows ZOMGs and DDTs now, while the tier 4 push got stronger.
- Phayze got easier. Lower health, slower movement and a much weaker Radar Jam pull make Phayze boss events more forgiving.
BTD6 Update 51 FAQ
When did BTD6 Update 51 come out?
Version 51.0 released on Steam on 14 October 2025 and on the Epic Games Store on 15 October 2025. Patch 51.1 followed on 21 October and 51.2 on 28 October 2025.
What is new in BTD6 Update 51?
The Bomb Shooter Paragon (Ballistic Obliteration Missile Bunker), the Beginner map Three Mines ‘Round, a Skeletor skin for Obyn, the Havoc Staff power, two new quests (Oh no! Skeletor! and Ice To Meet You) and a large balance pass across towers, heroes and bosses.
How do you get the Bomb Shooter Paragon?
Unlock the Paragon upgrade for the Bomb Shooter with 750,000 XP. In a game, place a Bloon Crush (5-0-0), a MOAB Eliminator (0-5-0) and a Bomb Blitz (0-0-5), then buy the Paragon on any of them. It cost $600,000 on Medium at launch and costs $650,000 since Update 55.0.
Can the Bomb Shooter Paragon pop Camo Bloons?
Only its passive, Blitz Tactical Storm, can hit Camo. The main attack and the ISABM ability need outside Camo detection. For a short time in patch 51.1 they could see Camo because of a bug, which 51.2 removed.
Is Three Mines ‘Round a hard map?
No. It is a Beginner map with a long track that loops three times around the centre, and its Bananite crystals give you extra cash.
What was the next update after BTD6 51?
Update 52.0 released on 3 December 2025 with the Frontier Legends DLC, the Ice Monkey Paragon Herald of Everfrost and the Expert map Tricky Tracks.
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Every BTD6 update we have covered
- BTD6 Update 48: Spike Factory paragon, Spa Pits and She-Ra skin
- BTD6 Update 49: Desperado tower, Sunset Gulch map and Tower Snapping
- BTD6 Update 50: Silas, Lost Crevasse, Powers Pro and Desperado buffs
- BTD6 Update 51: Bomb Shooter Paragon, Three Mines ‘Round and Skeletor Obyn (you are here)
- BTD6 Update 52: Frontier Legends DLC, Ice Monkey Paragon and Tricky Tracks
- BTD6 Update 53: Party Parade, Firecracker Gwen and a Jungle’s Bounty rework
- BTD6 Update 54: Druid Paragon, Mushroom Grotto, Diamondback and Lych 2.0
- BTD6 Update 55: Dan D’Monke, He-Man skin and Skull Tweak arrive
- BTD6 Update 56: Skywarden tower, Ascent map and Portable Lake Pro
- BTD6 Update 57: Sniper Paragon, Ship Capture map and Insta Monkey rework