Damage Types

Damage Types are the type of damage a certain attack inflicts. There are 11 main damage types: Normal, Acid, Sharp, Explosion, Cold, Glacier, Shatter, Energy, Arctic, Plasma, and Fire, plus the inoffensive Passive type (representing inoffensive "attacks"). Certain damage types can be granted lead-popping or camo detection, but all types can affect a different set of bloon types between: Black, White, Purple, Lead, and Frozen.

Overview

Officially, a damage type is an attribute of an attack that determines which Bloon types the attack is or is not capable of damaging, including Frozen Bloons. Additional attributes may be added to or removed from an attack to alter this further; an example of this is Hard Tacks, which grants the Tack Shooter's attack Frozen-Popping Power without directly changing its damage type, another example is Cannot Target Frozen for attacks that cannot target Frozen.

On a technical level, damage types did not truly exist as a game mechanic until the Mobile versions of Bloons TD 5, Bloons TD Battles, and Bloons Monkey City. In their Flash-based counterparts and in prior games, each attack was individually programmed with a list of Bloon types that were immune to them, which occasionally led to strange interactions due to oversights in these lists (i.e. Cleansing Foam in the Flash version of BMC being able to damage all Boss Bloons except Dreadbloon, rather than the other way around as presumably intended). For the sake of simplicity and familiarity, when referring to attack immunities in these prior games, Bloons Wiki instead uses the damage types from BTD6 that are the most functionally similar, listing exceptions where needed and creating arbitrarily-defined damage types in cases where this is impossible.

Quick reference

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Disputed information accuracy
The factual accuracy of this article has been disputed, possibly containing misinformation.

The disputed content in question is:

As sourced from BTD6 internal data, Glacier (not Metal Freeze) is the one to affect Lead Bloons but not White Bloons. Cold type as it is is correct.
- Note that BTD6 before v25.0 had Glacier as popping frozen but not white, similar to what the wiki currently has. As the wiki's Damage types system was built mostly during versions prior to 25.0, it is long overdue for an overhaul.
In this case, it makes what is originally Glacier on this wiki, Cold again, simply with an additional flag that allows targeting of frozen.
However, BATTD's Cold type is functionally identical to BTD6's Glacier, leaving Glacier completely unused there. (Unknown how this affects Ice King's Ice Bolts upgrade, though it is likely it uses combined damage types instead)

Please use the talk page to discuss on any improvements to correct any misleading facts.

Type	Normal	Black	White	Lead	Ceramic	Glass	Purple	Frozen	Ghost	Shorthand
Normal	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	All
Acid	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	All
Crushing	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	N/A	Yes	Yes	No	Not Ghost
Fire	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	N/A	No	Yes	Yes	Not Purple
Plasma	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Not Purple; Not Glass
Magic	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	N/A	Yes	N/A	Not Ceramic
Arctic	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	N/A	No	Yes	N/A	Not Purple or white
Explosion	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Not Black or Ghost
Shatter	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Not Lead or Ghost
Metal Glacier Freeze	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Not White
Frost	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	N/A	No	Yes	N/A	Not Purple or white
Glacier	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	N/A	Yes	Yes	Yes	Not White or Lead
Metal Freeze	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Not White or Frozen
Energy	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	N/A	No	Yes	Yes	Not Purple or Lead
Sharp	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	Not Lead or Frozen or Ghost
Cold	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	N/A	Yes	No	Yes	Not White, Lead, or Frozen
Passive	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	None

Appearances of Damage Types

Type	BTD1	BTD2	BTD3	BTD4	BTD5 Flash	BTD5 Mobile	BSM2 (Mobile)	BTD6	BATTD	Bloons Pop	!Notes
Normal and Acid	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Introduced in BTD3 via Plasma Vision.
Crushing	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	Introduced in the 1.2 update of BATTD with the introduction of Ghost Bloons.
Plasma and Fire	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes (Plasma only)	Yes	Yes	Yes	Many attacks that are classified as Plasma or Fire were effectively Normal before BTD6 introduced Purple Bloons, though Plasma appears with Tech/Energy weapons in BSM2 and Storm Arm weapons in BSM2 Mobile with a weakness to Glass Bloons. While Phoenix in BSM2 is visually fire related, it falls under Magic instead.
Magic	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	Exclusive to BSM2 and its mobile counterpart.
Arctic	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	Added with the update of BTD6 45.0 version, it is relatively rare.
Explosion	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Usual damage type of the Bomb Shooter.
Shatter	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Usually the damage type for Sonic Boom. Replaced Sharp in Bloons Pop!. In BSM2 Flash, both Darts and Rangs deal shatter. In BSM2 Mobile, Storm Cores (after 1.1.1) and Rangs represent the Shatter damage type.
Metal Glacier Freeze	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	Limited	Yes	Yes	Common to BTD5 Flash and its other Flash spinoffs.
Frost	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	It has not been added yet. Add the damage type with Arctic for convenient use in the future.
Glacier	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	Introduced in BTD6 to nerf Metal Freeze/Glacier and Metal Freeze from previous generations. In BATTD, Ice King's Ice Bolts also uses this damage type.
Metal Freeze	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	The original damage type of the Ice Tower. Replaced by Metal Freeze/Glacier in Bloons TD 5 Flash and Flash spinoffs. In BSM2 Mobile, all Metal Freeze attacks can hit frozen bloons.
Energy	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	Split off from Shatter with the introduction of Purple Bloons.
Sharp	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes (Mobile only)	Yes	Yes	No	Appeared in all games except Bloons Pop! and Bloons Super Monkey 2 Flash, as all sharp attacks in those games deal Shatter instead. The majority of attacks in the series have this type. In BSM2 Mobile, Darts represent the Sharp damage type.
Cold	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	Introduced in BTD6 to nerf Metal Freeze/Glacier and Metal Freeze from previous generations. Also appears in BATTD via Ice Frog Alarm.
Passive	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Introduced in BTD3 via Monkey Beacon, which cannot affect bloons initially. Passive in BSM2 mostly comes in the form of powerups, such as Blop Magnet. Passive also appears in Bloons Pop! as Insta Megas.

Damage Types Assignment

Bloons TD 6

In Bloons TD 6, their damage types are determined by the immuneBloonProperties attribute, which judges which bloon types the attack cannot affect.

0 = None (i.e. Normal, Acid)
1 = Lead (i.e. Shatter)
2 = Black (i.e. Explosion)
4 = White (i.e. Metal Freeze, Metal Glacier Freeze)
- Note: Metal Glacier Freeze damage type is the same as Metal Freeze but lacking the FilterFrozenBloonsModel code portions that specifically prevent targeting of Frozen Bloons.
5 = Leads, White (i.e. Cold, Glacier)
- Note: Glacier damage type is the same as Cold but lacking the FilterFrozenBloonsModel code portions that specifically prevent targeting of Frozen Bloons.
8 = Purple (i.e. Plasma, Fire)
9 = Lead, Purple (i.e. Energy)
17 = Lead, Frozen (i.e. Sharp)

Prior to Version 25.0, the Glacier and Metal Glacier Freeze were their own separate damage types, but has since been altered to not detect frozen-popping, instead each of the towers with those damage types had their damage types merged into other damage types and assigned FilterFrozenBloonsModel to prevent targeting of Frozen properties. They've been re-coded into Cold ( Cold + Cannot Target Frozen) and Metal Freeze ( Metal Freeze + Cannot Target Frozen), respectively.

Characters and Allies in Bloons Adventure Time TD

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Unlike Bloons TD 6, Bloons Adventure Time TD is more transparent about the existence and users of damage types, with many characters having explicit damage types listed in their information screens. However, there are glaring errors in some of these screens. Since BATTD towers primarily specialize in one damage type across their entire upgrade tree, the BATTD damage types list will be sorted by type and not tower and upgrade.

Normal

All of Princess Bubblegum's attacks
- This includes the Soda and Mints ability, despite its upgrade description stating that it does "explosive damage".
Flame Princess's ability to transform a bloon into a Flamebit
Attacks boosted by the Plasma Goggles ability
Supermonkey's Disarming Charisma
Boomerang Monkey's Red Hot Rangs
Minipults' Diamond Tipped Spikes
Party God's main attack
Hunter Marceline, Hunson Abadeer, Betty Grof, Night Sword, and Magic Man's Hat's soul sucking attacks
Attacks under the influence of Tuxedo Jake's Inspiring Melody

Crushing

Jake's Mace Hand, Big Jake Slap, Harmful If Swallowed, and Tie 'em Up
Max's Hot Tips
Juggernaut Max's Juggernaut
Finn's Flying Kick
Sai's Flash Bomb

Fire

Flame Princess's attacks except her Flamebit transformation (although contact with the Flamebit itself deals fire damage)
Scorcher and Flame King's attacks
Tiny Manticore's Flamethrower attack

Shatter

Sai's main attack when equipping Dagger of Chilled Glass

Sharp

Finn, Warrior Bubblegum, Marceline, and Jake's attacks generally count as Sharp.
Supermonkey and Commander Cassie's base attacks are Sharp. However, Supermonkey loses this damage type upon upgrading to Laser Eyes and beyond, and Commander can gain extra non-sharp attacks or even turn them Normal via Bloontonium Darts.
Banana Guards and Banana Air Corps' attacks

Energy

Laser Butterfly and Banana Man's lasers
Supermonkey's Laser Eyes

Plasma

Supermonkey's Plasma Eyes, Sun Avatar, and Sun God attacks
Martin, Technological Terror, and Carl the Gem's laser attacks

Metal Freeze

Ice Monkey's default non-damaging freeze attack

Metal Freeze/Glacier

Ice King's freeze attacks
Ice Monkey's Snap Freeze

Explosion

C4 Charlie's main attack
Captain Cassie's main attack
Commander Cassie's missiles and warheads
Grob Gob Glob Grod's laser attack
The Missile trinket-based attack has this damage type against all types of bloons except one: when hitting a DDT, the missile suddenly switches to Shatter and thus can pop DDTs when the missile-armed character equips something permitting damage against Lead Bloons, ignoring the anti-explosive properties of DDTs.

Bloons Supermonkey 2

While Bloons Supermonkey 2 does note that each weapon type can only pop most groups of bloons, some of them pop bloons one may not expect. Namely, Rangs can pop frozen bloons, and Ice can pop lead bloons. A list of all the weapon class pages are provided below:

Note that Storm cores originally constituted their unique damage type that could not pop Ceramic Bloons or Lead Bloons before Update 1.1.1, but are now Shatter . Internally, projectile can pop all types of bloons but have code that prevents it from popping certain types of bloons, instead of having hardcoded damage types like BTD5 Mobile.

Bloons Pop!

In Bloons Pop!, there are five basic damage types in the game: Normal, Shatter (in-game as Sharp), Plasma (in-game as Magic), Explosion (in-game as Explosive), and Metal Glacier Freeze (in-game as Cold).

In the in-game code, these are categorized as enumerators, according to an excerpt from the game files:

// Namespace: BloonsPop
[Serializable]
public enum DamageType // TypeDefIndex: 7110
{
    // Fields
    public int value__; // 0x0
    public const DamageType NORMAL = 0;
    public const DamageType SHARP = 1;
    public const DamageType MAGIC = 2;
    public const DamageType EXPLOSIVE = 3;
    public const DamageType COLD = 4;
}

Trivia

According to Ninja Kiwi's Version 25.1 patch notes, the default damage type is Normal whenever damage type corruption occurs. Despite this, Sharp remains the most common damage type.
- It could be said that when each tower is initially made, they have the Normal damage Type. As the tower begins to develop, Ninja Kiwi gradually reduces the types of bloons that tower can affect.
Sniper Monkeys in the Flash versions of the BTD5 generation can pop Frozen regardless of upgrades, and therefore are of type Shatter. In Mobile, however, they do not, and are of Sharp type.
- The Flash versions are inconsistent with the description of Full Metal Jacket, which describes the popping of Leads and Frozen.