Powers (BTD6)

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Powers (also referred to as Monkey Powers or Powerups) are a game mechanic in Bloons TD 6. They are consumable items that can be deployed in a game to activate various beneficial effects. They can be purchased with Monkey Money or obtained as a reward through other means. Insta-Monkeys are also classified as Powers.

Powers are the successors to the Special Agents from Bloons TD 5, with some of them returning in this game as Powers. Unlike Special Agents, which offer both offensive and supportive towers, Powers are mostly limited to supportive, supplementary, or quality-of-life effects.

Overview

Powers can be used during a game by opening the Powers tab, then dragging their icons onto the map, much like any tower. Every Power requires the player to drag its icon onto some position on the map, even if its effect does not take its position into account. They have no cooldown or limit on the number of times they can be used per game.

Powers are not usable in CHIMPS, Race events, or ranked Boss Bloon events. Powers can also be disabled in challenges.

In Odyssey Mode, the player must select the types of Powers and uses of each type to bring with them. By default, the player is limited to 8 types of Powers and 20 uses of Powers. With exception of Battle Cat, which has no limit per type, each Power has a limit per type.

Insta-Monkeys

Main article: Insta-Monkey

Insta-Monkeys can be accessed within a game by opening the Powers tab, then scrolling down. Unlike standard Powers, Insta-Monkeys cannot be purchased with Monkey Money.

Insta-Monkeys of a certain tower type can only be used if that tower type is not restricted in the current game mode. Insta-Monkeys also count as a tower being used in challenges where towers have a limit on the number of times they can be used; this includes Odyssey Mode.

List of Powers

Icon	Description	Cost	Effect
Sword of Protection	Summon She-Ra's Sword to the strike at Bloons with incredible power.	N/A (available in the Shop)	TBA
Battle Cat	Bring Masters of the Universe's (TM) Cringer from Eternia to the Bloon battlefield! Activate the transformation into Battle Cat for 3 rounds. Fully powered Battle Cat hits Bloons hard, also tearing away Camo property and Bloon immunities.	N/A (available in the Shop)	Placed as a tower. and it will attack bloons in its range. Has an activated ability that tranforms it into Battle Cat for 3 rounds. While in this form, Battle Cat deals more damage, strips Camo property and Bloon immunities, and knockbacks Bloons including MOAB-class bloons. When the effect ends, Cringer will disappear.
Super Monkey Storm	It's a bird. It's a plane. It's a squadron of flying super-powered laser-beamin' monkeys who destroy every single Bloon on screen and do big damage to MOAB-Class Bloons.	100	Deals 4000 damage to every Bloon on-screen (5000 with Powerful Monkey Storm). Against MOAB-Class Bloons, the damage is only dealt to their outer layers and does not soak through.
Monkey Boost	Let's turn it up to 11! All towers attack twice as fast for 15 seconds.	100	Doubles the attack speed of all towers on-screen for 15 seconds (20 seconds with Longer Boosts).
Thrive	Increase cash production from all of your towers and Bloon pops by 25% for the rest of the round and the entire next round!	70	Increases cash gained from popping Bloons and from other sources of income (Banana Farms, Merchantmen, etc) by 25% (30% with Supa-Thrive) for the current round and the following round.
Time Stop	If sometimes things just move too quickly, use Time Stop to briefly halt all action so you can focus on managing your monkeys.	50	Reduces all Bloons' movement speeds and all non-Paragon towers' attack speeds (and movement speeds for non-stationary towers) for 10 seconds (15 seconds with Longer Time Stop). Bloons are slowed to 10% of their movement speed, except BADs and Boss Bloons, which are slowed to 30%, while non-Paragon towers' attack speeds and movement speeds are slowed to 60%.
Cash Drop	Need a quick cash top-up? Get Monkey Command to fire down one of these bad boys stacked with cash asap!	200 180	Spawns a crate that grants $2500 when collected.
Banana Farmer	Tired of picking up all those bananas yourself? So is this guy but at least he's paid to do it. Farmer will auto-gather all bananas in his radius so you don't have to.	50	Placed as a tower. Automatically collects all collectables, including bananas, crates, and Bloon Traps, within its range of 60 units (72 units with Fit Farmers).
Pontoon	Place almost any land tower on water with the Pontoon! Deploy the Pontoon on water, then place your land tower on top.	50 40	Placed as a tower on water. Allows land-based towers to be placed on top of it, with its area being large enough to fit a Banana Farm.
Road Spikes	A huge stack of Road Spikes ready to lay down wherever you need them most!	50	Placed on the track. Each pile can pop up to 20 Bloons that touch it (21 with Just One More), including Lead Bloons and Camo Bloons. Each purchase grants five units of Road Spikes instead of just one.
Glue Trap	This sticky trap will slow the first 300 Bloons that go over it before it disappears.	50	Placed on the track. Glues up to 300 Bloons on contact, reducing their movement speed by 50% for 30 seconds and soaking through all layers. With Supersize Glue Trap, it can also glue all MOAB-Class Bloons except BADs and Boss Bloons. Each purchase grants two units of Glue Trap instead of just one.
MOAB Mine	A powerful mine that detects the presence of MOAB-Class Bloons and will explode causing lots of damage.	50	Placed on the track. Explodes on contact with up to 10 MOAB-Class Bloons, dealing 5000 damage to each (6250 with Mauling MOAB Mines). The damage is only dealt to their outer layers and does not soak through. The mine can re-hit the same target and children targets with 1 second cooldown.
Camo Trap	Monkey Engineering at its finest, this trap will remove Camo status from the first 500 Bloons that touch it.	50	Placed on the track. Removes Camo from up to 500 Camo Bloons on contact (600 with Bigger Camo Trap). Each purchase grants two units of Camo Trap instead of just one.
Portable Lake	Nowhere to float your boat? Smart monkeys know they can place a Portable Lake on land, allowing any water unit to be deployed within its waters.	50 40	Placed as a tower on land. Allows water-based towers to be placed on top of it, including Monkey Subs, Monkey Buccaneers, Admiral Brickell, and even Sun Temples.
Tech Bot	Tech Bot can activate abilities for you as soon as they are ready for optimum efficiency.	50	Placed as a tower. Can be "linked" to any tower with at least one valid Activated Ability, which causes it to automatically activate those abilities as soon as they are usable. With Ambush Tech, it can also be set to not activate those abilities unless the Bloons have reached a specified point on the track.
Energizing Totem	Let's Energize! This totem will increase attack speed of all Monkeys in range by 25%. Lasts 5 rounds and can be recharged.	80	Placed as a tower. Increases the attack speed of all towers within its range of 54 units by 33.3% (as it reduces attack cooldown by 25%) for five rounds. It can be fully recharged at any time after the first round for 20.

Relics

Main article: Relic Knowledge

In Contested Territory, Powers cannot be used from the player's inventory. Instead, there are eight different Relics that can be equipped to grant a limited number of uses of certain Powers in a game. These Relics can be obtained from both the Relic Store and Relic Tiles, and it is possible to have two copies of the same Relic this way. If both copies of one of these Relics are equipped at the same time, then the number of uses of its corresponding Power is doubled.

Time Stop, Cash Drop, Banana Farmer, Pontoon, Portable Lake, and Energizing Totem do not have corresponding Relics, rendering them unusable in Contested Territory. Insta-Monkeys are also unusable in this event.

Icon	Name	Description
	SMS	Grants the use of 2 SMS per game
	Monkey Boost	Grants the use of 2 Monkey Boosts per game
	Thrive	Grants the use of 2 Thrive Powerups per game
	Road Spikes	Grants 10 stacks of Road Spikes per game
	Glue Trap	Grants the use of 2 Glue Trap Powerups per game
	MOAB Mine	Grants the use of 1 MOAB Mine Powerup per game
	Camo Trap	Grants the use of 1 Camo Trap Powerup per game
	Tech Bot	Grants the use of 1 Tech Bot Powerup per game

Power Skins

Power Skins can be purchased from the Trophy Store to alter the appearance, animations, and sound effects of various Powers. If a Power has multiple skins, only one may be selected at a time.

Icon	Description	Cost	Availability	Notes
Super Vampire Storm	Custom Power - Super Vampire Storm Wipe out those Bloons vampire style, complete with swarm of bats[sic]	20	Always available	Turns the Super Monkey Storm monkeys into vampires. Despite appearing Halloween-themed, it is not limited to the Halloween season.
Grim Farmer	Custom Power - The Grim Farmer The bell tolls for your farm crops, and the Grim Farmer is here to collect. Limited Time Collector's Item!	50	Halloween	Gives the Banana Farmer a grim reaper costume. Also changes its portrait artwork.
Coffin Drop	Custom Power - Coffin Drop Bat deliveries full of cash are totally a thing, drones are SO previous update. Limited Time Collector's Item!	25	Halloween	Turns the Cash Drop into a coffin. When deployed, it flies from the top the screen towards the ground, and then stops flying once it reaches the ground.
Bauble Mine	Custom Power - Bauble Mine Blow up MOABs then decorate the Christmas tree! Limited Time Collector's Item!	20	Christmas	Turns the MOAB Mine into a green Christmas tree ornament.
Retro Techbot	Custom Power - Retro Techbot Keep on top of your activated abilities with this super-groovy retro techbot. Batteries not included. Limited Time Collector's Item!	20	Christmas	Gives the Tech Bot a retro-futuristic appearance. Its antenna shakes when it is linked and spins when it activates an ability. Also changes its portrait artwork.
Iceberg Pontoon	Custom Power - Iceberg Pontoon Watch your Bloon troubles melt away with this super cool Iceberg Pontoon.	35	Always available	Turns the Pontoon into an iceberg with a flat top. Several Bloons can be seen frozen inside it, much like in the background of Frozen Over. Also changes its portrait artwork.
Portable Lava Lake	Custom Power - Portable Lava Lake It's getting hot in here! Boil your cares away in this hunka pool-a burnin' lava!	35	Always available	Turns the Portable Lake into a pool of lava, with the exterior being a rocky cast instead of an inflatable device. A Lava Phoenix can be seen swimming in the lava in place of the rubber ducky. Also changes its portrait artwork.
Fireworks Monkey Boost	Custom Power - Fireworks Monkey Boost Boost your Monkeys and inspire them to greater deeds with this huge fireworks display. Limited Time Collector's Item!	35	American Independence	Causes the Monkey Boost to set off red, white, and blue fireworks when activated, on top of its default animation.
Thrive Stonks	Custom Power - Thrive Stonks Ben says invest everything into Bananacoin, it's going to the moon!	45	Always available	Causes Thrive to display a monkey in a suit, an upwards trending graph-line, and a blue background with various fictional ticker symbols, on top of its default animation.
Dart Time Stop	Custom Power - Dart Time Stop This is not a glitch, you haven't seen this before but you're going to like it, we promise	55	Always available	Causes the Time Stop to display vertical lines of green Monklish characters and vertical black vignettes on the left and right sides of the screen, on top of its default animation.
Energised Christmas Tree	Custom Power - Christmas Tree Energising Totem Keep your monkeys energized with this colorful Christmas Tree! Limited Time Collector's Item!	55	Christmas	Turns the Energizing Totem into a miniature Christmas tree. The number of glowing baubles indicates how many rounds remain before its effect expires. Also changes its portrait artwork.
Flower Patch Spikes	Custom Power - Flower Patch Spikes Who says Road Spikes need to look rough, industrial fasteners? You try to pick these flowers, you get the thorns!	60	Always available	Turns the Road Spikes into a bed of thorned flowers, with the number of flowers indicating the number of spikes left in the pile.
Sugar Rush Boost	Custom Power - Sugar Rush Boost Humans: we all know we perform better under the influence of copious amounts of sugary awesomeness. Monkeys: same.	60	Easter	Causes the Monkey boost to launch a flurry of Easter-themed treats, including chocolate bunnies, chocolate eggs, and bird-shaped marshmallows resembling Peeps, on top of its default animation.
Honey Bee Trap	Custom Power - Honey Bee Glue Trap Even a Bloon slows down when it's covered in bees!	70	Always available	Turns the Glue Trap into a beehive that spills honey on the track. Two bees can be seen buzzing around it.
Banana Farmer Costume	Custom Power - Banana Farmer Banana Costume Is there such a thing as too much banana? "Shucks, no!" says the Banana Farmer. Get the Banana Farmer banana costume to make banana farming just that little bit more bananana.	100	Always available	Gives the Banana Farmer a banana costume, based on the Banana Suit item from Bloons Pop!. The Banana Farmer dances while idle and spins when collecting items. Also changes its portrait artwork.
Lawn Sprinkler Trap	Custom Power - Lawn Sprinkler Camo Trap Give Camo Bloons a revealing spray of water when they run through this Lawn Sprinkler Camo Trap.	100	Always available	Turns the Camo Trap into a sprinkler that sprays Camo bloons with water.
Pinata Drop	Custom Power - Pinata Cash Drop Switch out your Cash Drops for a Pinata full of candy. There's healthy bananas, too, but you really just want the candy don't you?	100	Always available	Turns Cash Drop crates into pinatas.
Chocolate Bar Pontoon	Custom Power - Chocolate Bar Pontoon Change your Pontoons into a chocolate bar made from ethical chocolate! Banana oil, a touch of salt. A delicious Limited Time Collectors Item!	100	Easter	Turns Pontoons into a chocolate bar.

In-app purchases

Bundles containing Powers can be purchased from the Shop for real money. These bundles, along with the Shop itself, are not available in Bloons TD 6+. Prices are given in United States dollars.

Name	Description	Cost (USD)	Availability
Battle Cat Booster Pack	30 Battle Cat powers. Five tier 3 Insta-Monkeys.	$5.49	Limited
Battle Cat Prestige Pack	30 Battle Cat powers. Exclusive Avatar and Banner for your profile. Three tier 5 Beast Handler Insta-Monkeys.	$10.99	Limited
Powers Attack Pack	An assortment of 10 battle focused Monkey Powers.	$0.99	Always available
Powers Pandamonium	With our powers combined! 60 of the best Monkey Powers you can get in a single pack.	$4.99	Limited
Mega Monkey Compendium Pack	A huge pack full of awesome goodies! 25,000 Monkey Money, 100 attack Powers, 30 Tier 3 Insta monkey towers, 15 Tier 4 Insta monkey towers, 5 Tier 5 Insta monkey towers, and Knowledge Unlocked (Rank 30, 5 Bonus MK Points)!	TBA	Limited
More Money Pack	All the right Powers for getting money quick - 20 Cash Drops, 5 Monkey Farmers, and 5 Thrives! Only available for a limited time!	TBA	Limited

Achievements

	You've Got the Power FIRST RELEASED: Initial Release
	Description: Use Powers for the first time
	Rewards:

25	Power User FIRST RELEASED: Initial Release
	Description: Use Powers 25 times
	Rewards: 150

100	Empowered FIRST RELEASED: Initial Release
	Description: Use Powers 100 times
	Rewards: 250

12	Our Powers Combined FIRST RELEASED: Initial Release
	Description: Collect at least 12 different Powers
	Rewards: 200

10	Powershare FIRST RELEASED: Version 11.0
	Description: Use 10 Powers in Co-op mode
	Rewards: 50

100	Power overwhelming! FIRST RELEASED: Version 11.0
	Description: Use 100 Powers in Co-op mode
	Rewards: 200

Version history

Additions

Balance changes

Bug fixes and other changes

Gallery

Screenshots

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Powers tutorial

Powers menu v4.0

Powers menu pre-4.0

All track-based Powers

All tower-based Powers

All placeable Powers excluding Energizing Totems

Official artwork

Icons

Super Monkey Storm

Monkey Boost

Thrive

Time Stop

Cash Drop

Banana Farmer

Pontoon

Road Spikes

Glue Trap

MOAB Mine

Camo Trap

Portable Lake

Tech Bot

Energizing Totem

Relic icons

SMS

MonkeyBoost

Thrive

Road Spikes

Glue Trap

MOAB Mine

Camo Trap

Tech Bot

Power Skin icons

Super Vampire Storm

Grim Farmer

Coffin Drop

Bauble Mine

Retro Techbot

Iceberg Pontoon

Portable Lava Lake

Fireworks Monkey Boost

Thrive Stonks

Dart Time Stop

Energised Christmas Tree

Flower Patch Spikes

Sugar Rush Boost

Honey Bee Trap

Banana Farmer Costume

In other languages

Trivia

• According to Ninja Kiwi, as of October 2020, the Cash Drop is the most used Power in the game by far, while the Energizing Totem is the least used Power.^[1]
• "Power Pros" were teased in the patch notes for Version 15.0 as a feature to be introduced later in 2020.^[2] This feature has yet to be added as of 2024.
  • Presumably, Power Pros would have served as the successor to the Special Agent Pros from Bloons TD 5.

See also

• Activated Abilities (BTD6)
• Geraldo's Shop

References