New Features

• New Map: Building Site
  - New dynamic map for all game modes. Appears in White Wasteland and above in ranked games.
  - Paths change every round for a new layer of strategy.
  
• Bling season 8
  - New ranked season with 12 new bling items including Plushie ZOMG, Foam Party emote and Lucky Tower Boost.
  

General Changes

• Removal of Hall of Masters placement matches
  - Players who reach 100 Trophies will see their place on the Hall of Masters leaderboard after their first game played in the Hall of Masters.
  - They will no longer need to play 3 games before being given a score on the leaderboard.
  
• MOAB Skin Damage States
  - We received feedback that it was difficult to tell how damaged a MOAB class bloon was when it had a custom skin equipped.
  - We have reworked several MOAB skins so that their damage states more closely resemble the base MOAB damage states.
  
• Pregame ad offers
  - Players will now sometimes be offered the chance to watch an ad before a game to enable a one-time boost on that game’s rewards. Players on desktop can use reward tokens to enable these boosts.
  - Players will now sometimes be offered the chance to watch an ad before a game to temporarily unlock all heroes and alts for that game only, allowing them to try out heroes they have not purchased. Players on desktop can use reward tokens to do this.
  
• New Starter Pack IAP
  - Players can now purchase a special, one-time bundle of Monkey Money, Battles Points and 7 days VIP along with an exclusive Dart Monkey placement animation.
  - This bundle is time limited and will no longer be available once it expires.
  - This bundle is designed to help new players get started in Battles 2 but it will also be available to experienced players.
  

Balance Changes

Hero XP


• The in-game XP required for heroes to reach each level has been increased in early levels and decreased in later ones. This means that it will take longer for heroes to reach level 10 and unlock their ability, but the time it takes to reach level 20 will remain approximately the same.
  
• This is to allow a bigger window for sending rushes like BFBs before the hero abilities become available to counter them.
  

  Bloon Sends

  
  
• Spaced pinks: eco reduced 1.8 -> 1.5
  
• Spaced whites: eco reduced 1.8 -> 1.5
  
• Spaced blacks: eco reduced 2 -> 1.6
  
• Spaced purples: eco reduced 4 -> 3.5
  
• These bloon sends were giving farm income too much of an advantage over bloon income. Farm users can use spare cash on farms and so could afford to use these slow, but incredibly efficient, sends. Eco users do not have the cash to put into farms so they have to resort to the faster, but less efficient, grouped bloon sends.
  
• Spaced and Grouped BFB: $2.2k -> $2.1k
  
• Tight ZOMGs: delay between bloons increased 0.2 -> 0.3
  
• Tight ZOMGs: $10k -> $12k
  

  Towers

  
  
• Dart Monkey
  - 2xx Sharp Shots: $200 -> $250
  - 2xx Sharp Shots: Pierce increased +2 -> +3
  - 2xx Sharp Shots: Crossbow Pierce increased to xx5 +7 -> +8
  - xx3 Crossbow: Pierce increased 5 -> 6
  
• Boomerang Monkey
  - x3x Bionic Boomerang: $1450 -> $1300
  - x4x Turbo Charge: $4200 -> $4350
  
• Glue Gunner
  - 4xx Bloon Liquefier: attack cooldown reduced 0.9 -> 0.65 (5xx remains unchanged)
  
• Monkey Sub
  - x3x Ballistic Missile: $1400 -> $1600
  - x3x Ballistic Missile pierce reduced 75 -> 50
  - x4x First Strike Capability damage decreased 8k -> 7k
  
• Mortar Monkey
  - 4xx The Big One: $8k -> $7.5k
  - 5xx The Biggest One: stun length increased 0.2 -> 0.25
  
• Dartling Gunner
  - x5x M.A.D: $60k -> $68k
  - xx2 Powerful Darts: $700 -> $800
  
• Wizard Monkey
  - x4x Summon Phoenix: phoenix damage increased 5 -> 6
  
• Super Monkey
  - xx5 Legend of the Night: damage increased 5 -> 10
  - xx5 Legend of the Night: now does 4 additional damage to ceramic bloons.
  - xx5 Legend of the Night: bonus moab damage increased 5 -> 8
  - 4xx Sun Temple: damage increased 5 -> 6
  - 4xx Sun Temple: pierce increased 20 -> 30
  - 5xx True Sun God: damage increased 15 -> 20
  
• Druid
  - 2xx Heart of Thunder: $850 -> $1k
  - 050 Spirit of the Forest base thorn attack damage increased 1 -> 20
  
• Banana Farm
  - 5xx Banana Central: $60k -> $64k
  
• Obyn Greenfoot
  - Level 3 Brambles duration reduced 120s -> 95s,
  - Level 3 Brambles pierce reduced 50 ->40.
  - Level 7 Brambles pierce reduced 100 -> 80
  

Bug Fixes

• Fixed first tutorial progressing incorrectly after Quincy is placed.
  
• Fixed notification icon not dismissing on bling screen
  
• Fixed buy button being unresponsive when attempting to buy hero showcases with insufficient monkey money
  
• Fixed currency amounts on hero showcases showing as red even with enough monkey money and hero points.
  
• Fixed hero showcases incorrectly showing as owned when more than one were in the store at once.
  
• Fixed Hall of Masters leaderboard sometimes displaying names in an incorrect font.
  
• Fixed sfx not playing when interacting with the level 7 entry on Ezili & Smudge Catt’s card in the hero screen.
  
• Fixed graphical glitch when transitioning between main menu screens.
  
• Various text fixes.
  
• Fixed being able to place Obyn’s brambles and trees inside 3D blockers.
  
• Fixed graphical glitch when placing the Heli Pilot using hotkeys (Desktop only)
  
• Fixed graphical glitch caused by game desyncing while using the Chinook.
  
• Fixed some buttons displaying text that is too large
  
• Fixed xx3 and xx4 Monkey Village having the same name in Brazilian Portuguese.
  
• Sync issues with bloon trap
  
• Engineer sentries no longer buffed by Primary Training
  
• Brambles, Trees and Totems are no longer placeable in blockers.
  

General Changes

• Daily freebie now shows what reward it will give before being claimed.
  
• Related to the above change, the randomization algorithm has been updated. This may lead to past Daily Rewards showing as different to what was actually claimed.
  

Bug Fixes

• Fixed matches that have not finished when the season ends counting towards the leaderboard. Matches will only count if they have reached a conclusion before the season ends.
  
• Fixed display issue of medals covering player names.
  
• Fixed Ezili and Smudge Catt’s Sacrificial Totem/Scratching post using incorrect name and image.
  
• Fixed issue where towers would charge twice for an upgrade if upgraded too quickly. (Thanks Alukian for helping us find this!)
  
• Fixed medals overlapping VIP badge on Hall of Masters leaderboard.
  
• Fixed Smudge Catt’s curse animation not looping.
  
• Fixed tutorial not resetting correctly if player loses to Gwen.
  
• Fixed damage over time effects (burny stuff, ezili’s curse, etc) not reapplying correctly.
  
• Fixed Hero Rewards list not scrolling all the way to the bottom.
  
• Fixed Ezili’s curse visual effects clipping with some MOAB skins.
  
• Fixed round 1 not starting correctly if experiencing extremely low frame rate.
  
• Fixed Ezili’s totem drawing under the floor of some maps.
  
• Fixed heroes not shouting warnings for some MOAB types.
  
• Fixed Engineer’s pins being removed from bloons when they are affected by a bloon boost.
  
• Fixed avatars displaying in low resolution on some devices.
  
• Fixed Ezili’s portraits not matching her upgrade level.
  
• Fixed tower portraits drawing too large on the in game hud.
  
• Fixed display issues in Hall of Masters leaderboard.
  
• Fixed Churchill’s cannon losing all pierce when hitting a purple bloon.
  
• Fixed 3D projectiles sometimes turning invisible after a disconnect.
  

New Features

• New Hero: Ezili
  - Unlock Smudge Catt Ezili with Ezili Hero Points
  
• New Map: Oasis
  - Feel the heat on this sundrenched new map for all arenas and game modes.
  
• Season 7
  - New ranked season with 12 new bling items including Football MOAB, Bloon Sirens decal and Start Blasting emote.
  

General Changes

• Tower Unlock Changes
  - The Tower XP system has been through a number of changes since Battles 2’s launch while we tried to find a good balance of unlocking new upgrades through play while always having access to a variety of strategies. Ultimately, this hasn’t worked as well as we’d have liked and so we have decided to overhaul how towers and upgrades are unlocked.
  - Purchasing a tower will now unlock all upgrades up to tier 4 immediately. The Monkey Money cost of all towers has been increased to reflect this increased value.
  - Once the tower is unlocked, all 3 Tier 5 upgrades can be purchased at a flat rate of 1500 Monkey Money per tower.
  - Tower XP is now only used for purchasing Mastery cosmetics.
  - Any players who have already purchased a tower before this update will immediately unlock all upgrades up to tier 4 for that tower for free.
  - Any players who have already purchased one or more tier 5 upgrades for a tower before this update will immediately unlock the remaining tier 5 upgrades for that tower for free.
  - There will be an IAP option for players who wish to bypass the Monkey Money cost and unlock the tower and all of its upgrades immediately.
  
• Alt Unlock changes
  - We intended for Hero Alts to be a satisfying final step on the hero rewards track but as strategies have emerged that rely on the gameplay differences these alts have over the main heroes it has become clear that the process of unlocking them is too long.
  - All Hero alts will be available alongside the main heroes in the hero screen and will no longer be connected to the hero rewards system.
  - Alt Heroes will cost Monkey Money and Hero Points from their main hero. Hero Points can be gained by playing with the main hero or found in chests, event rewards or the daily reward.
  
• Tier Restrictions Removed
  - All upgrade tiers can now be used in any arena.
  - This restriction is no longer necessary now that upgrades do not need to be earned.
  
• New Event UI
  - The events system UI has been redesigned to accommodate future event types and allow clearer signposting for new players.
  
• New Daily Freebie
  - Visit the store every 24 hours to receive a small amount of Monkey Money, Battle Points, Tower XP or Hero Points. There is also a Battle Chest that can be claimed every 4 hours by watching an ad (or using a reward token on desktop).
  
• Added score value to Hall of Masters Leaderboard
  - Players in the Hall of Masters can now see their score on the leaderboard.
  - The post game screen will show how much the Hall of Masters score increased or decreased as a result of that game.
  - Note: this is not the same as the ELO value used for matchmaking but it is derived from skill and used for placement on the leaderboard.
  

Balance Changes

• Dart Monkey
  - xx5 Crossbow Master damage increased 9 -> 11
  - x4x Super Monkey Fan Club: Dart Monkeys placed after the ability has been activated will be instantly transformed if the ability has not reached its 10 monkey limit.
  
• Bomb Shooter
  - xx5 Bloon Crush stun duration reduced 2s -> 1.75s
  - xx3 Cluster Bomb pierce of clusters reduced 10 -> 8
  
• Tack Shooter
  - x4x Blade Maelstrom blades can no longer pass over blockers.
  - x5x Super Maelstrom blades can no longer pass over blockers.
  
• Glue Gunner
  - 3xx Bloon Dissolver: $2500 -> $2300
  - xx4 Relentless Glue upgrade now grants camo detection.
  
• Monkey Sub
  - 3xx Submerge and Support: $500 -> $750
  - 4xx Bloontonium Reactor: $2800 -> $2600
  - x3x Ballistic Missile pierce reduced 100 -> 75
  - xx1 Twin Guns increases Ballistic Missile attack rate by 10% rather than 12.5% and the bonus damage for ceramic and above has been reduced 6 -> 5.
  
• Monkey Ace
  - xx4 Spectre attack cooldown reduced 0.06 -> 0.05
  - xx5 Flying Fortress: $85k -> $80k
  - xx5 Flying Fortress attack cooldown reduced 0.04 -> 0.03
  
• Heli Pilot
  - 3xx Razor Rotors pierce increased 10 -> 13
  
• Mortar Monkey
  - 5xx The Biggest One now stuns all MOAB class bloons except BAD for 0.2s
  - x4x Artillery Battery deals +4 bonus damage to BADs
  - x5x Pop and Awe deals +10 bonus damage to BADs
  - x5x Pop and Awe grants all other x4x Mortars +6 bonus damage to BADs
  
• Wizard Monkey
  - 5xx Archmage damage to MOAB class bloons increased 30 -> 35
  
• Super Monkey
  - 3xx Sun Avatar: $17k -> $16k
  
• Druid
  - x3x Druid of the Jungle vine attack now deals 1 + 13% of the bloons HP per 0.2s. This is so that vines take longer to pop ceramic bloons without affecting their ability to pop regular bloons.
  - xx3 Druid or Wrath: $600 -> $750
  
• Banana Farm
  - 5xx Banana Central buff to farm production reduced +25% to +20%
  
• Monkey Engineer
  - x3x Cleansing Foam pierce increased 15 -> 20
  - xx1 buff to cleansing foam pierce increased +5 -> +10
  
• Quincy
  - Base cost reduced $500 -> $450
  - Level 10 Storm of Arrows hit chance increased 5% to 7.5%
  - Level 18 Storm of Arrows hit chance reduced 75% to 10% (this was meant to be 7.5% but had an incorrect value)
  - Level 20 Storm of Arrows hit chance increased 10% to 15%.
  
• Cyber Quincy
  - Base cost reduced $500 -> $450
  - Level 10 Cyber Storm hit chance increased 5% to 7.5%
  - Level 18 Cyber Storm hit chance reduced 75% to 10% (this was meant to be 7.5% but had an incorrect value)
  - Level 20 Cyber Storm hit chance increased 10% to 15%.
  
• Gwendolin
  - Firestorm ability now gives all monkeys +1 damage in addition to the Heat It Up buff.
  
• Science Gwen
  - Sciencestorm ability now gives all monkeys +1 damage in addition to the Heat It Up buff.
  
• Obyn Greenfoot
  - Level 4 Natures ward totem slow effect reduced 30% to 25% and range reduced 32 -> 28
  - Level 8 Natures ward totem slow effect reduced 40% to 35%
  - Level 15 Natures ward totem slow effect reduced 60% to 50% and range reduced 40 -> 34
  - Level 10 Wall of Trees RBE capacity reduced 2.5k to 2k (level 20 remains the same)
  
• Ocean Obyn
  - Level 10 Kraken RBE capacity reduced 1.25k to 1k (level 20 remains the same).
  

Bug Fixes

• Fixed x4x Ninja Monkey’s Sabotage ability not slowing newly spawned bloons.
  
• Fixed xx4 Necromancer’s reanimated Bloons having 1 less pierce than they should.
  
• Fixed Obyn and Ocean Obyn’s totem having targeting options.
  
• Fixed placement animation previews not displaying on some devices.
  
• Fixed not having to hold CTRL when creating a keybind that uses CTRL (Desktop Only).
  
• Fixed incorrect description on 1xx Boomerang.
  
• Fixed xx3 Kylie Boomerang animation being cut short when its attack speed is upgraded.
  
• Fixed some keys not being bindable (Desktop Only).
  
• Fixed potential inconsistencies when Hall of Masters matches end right as the season ends.
  
• Fixed Cyber Quincy’s Cyber Storm animation lasting too long.
  
• Fixed looping sfx when placing tower (Desktop only).
  
• Fixed xx5 Engineer’s Trap not giving cash if a disconnect happens while it is ready to be collected.
  
• Fixed xx3 Engineer’s pinned bloons becoming permanently pinned after a disconnect.
  
• Fixed Ocean Obyn’s tentacles being too big.
  
• Fixed misleading error message when trying to log into an account that has been deleted.
  
• Fixed Boomerang Monkey switching hands not being synced over the network (visuals only).
  

General Changes

• Added connection quality indicator to in game HUD.
  

Balance Changes

• Bloon Sends
  - Grouped Leads: Eco 4 -> 4.5
  
• Bomb Shooter
  - xx3 Cluster Bombs: $800 -> $900
  - x3x MOAB Mauler: Bonus ceramic damage reduced from 1 -> 0
  
• Banana Farm
  - xx3 Marketplace: $2900 -> $3000
  - xx4 Central Market: $12,500 -> $13,000
  - xx5 Monkey Wall Street: $42,500 -> $43,500
  

Bug Fixes

• Fixed hotkeys not being saved when set to their default value (Desktop only).
  
• Fixed some hotkeys retaining their previous function in addition to their new function when customized (Desktop only).
  
• Fixed an issue where using hotkeys could cause towers to appear in the centre of the map. (Desktop only)
  
• Fixed bling season items showing incorrect timer.
  
• Fixed opponent health bar sometimes not updating correctly during games with high latency.
  
• Fixed in-game rules button not being spaced correctly.
  
• Fixed event banners disappearing if scrolled too far.
  
• Improved visuals on Stick Arms bloon decal.
  
• Fixed frozen regrow bloons not being prevented from regrowing.
  
• Fixed costs changing for all towers rather than just the one being placed when placing in the radius of a 001 Monkey Village.
  
• Fixed visual issue on Speed Battles prize track.
  
• Fixed games not reconnecting correctly after a disconnect.
  
• Fixed banana farm constantly appearing to need collected on the opponent's screen.
  
• Fixed “New Player” button on the login screen not redirecting to the sign up page.
  
• Fixed icicles from the xx4 Ice Monkey appearing to remain on bloons after they have expired.
  
• Fixed Sonar emote not fitting in the speech bubble.
  
• Improved input delay when placing and upgrading towers quickly.
  
• Fixed 4xx Buccaneer planes not launching when next to a Monkey Village.
  

New Features

• New Event: Speed Battles
  - A new limited time event that really turns up the pressure!
  - All bloon sends unlock 1 round earlier
  - All bloons move faster
  - Income from eco is given more often.
  
• New Event: Play with Fire
  - A new limited time event that will seriously challenge your strategy.
  - All bloon sends (both yours and your opponents) are sent to BOTH players.
  - Using a bloon boost will affect your sent bloons on both sides.
  - All bloon sends are worth 2x eco (including negative eco)
  
• Bling Season 6
  - 12 awesome new cosmetic items to collect!
  
• Changes to Ranked Seasons
  - As mentioned in the 1.3.3 patch notes, ranked seasons are changing with the start of Season 6
  - There will now be a break between seasons. During this time ranked play will be disabled but casual, events and private games will still be available.
  - A special preseason event will run during this time with rewards of Battle Points and Monkey Money.
  - When Season 6 starts, your trophies will be reset to zero and you will be given a starting bonus equal to 75% of the trophies you had at the end of Season 5.
  - More context for these changes can be found here - https://www.reddit.com/r/battles2/comments/v97rqu/upcoming_changes_and_going_goward/
  

General Changes

• New Hall of Masters Medals
  - 2 New Hall of Masters medals have been added.
  - There are now medals for finishing in the Top 50 and the Top 25.
  
• In-game Rules Display
  - You can now view the rules for Event and Casual mode during the game.
  
• Graveyard Counter
  - You can now view the number of bloons the Wizard’s Necromancer and Prince of Darkness upgrades have in their graveyards for creating zombie bloons.
  
• You can now remap hotkeys in the settings menu (Steam only)
  

Balance Changes

• Bloon Sends
  - Grouped zebras eco changed from 2.5 -> 3.5
  - Spaced leads eco changed from 4 -> 3
  - Spaced rainbows eco changed from 3 -> 4
  - Grouped rainbows eco changed from 5 -> 6
  - Tight ceramics unlock round changed from 30 -> 28
  
• Dart Monkey
  - x4x Super Monkey Fan Club: Range of monkeys affected by the ability increased from 40 -> 50
  
• Boomerang Monkey
  - xx5 MOAB Domination: special kylie MOAB damage increased from 20 -> 30
  
• Ice Monkey
  - x3x Arctic Wind: increase the amount bloons are slowed from 50% -> 60%
  - x5x Absolute Zero: Increase the amount bloons are slowed from 70% -> 80%
  - 5xx Super Brittle: $32k -> $34k
  
• Glue Gunner
  - 3xx Bloon Dissolver: +1 damage to MOAB class
  - xx3 Moab Glue: $3.4k -> $3.2k
  - x5x Glue Storm: $15k -> $14k
  
• Monkey Ace
  - x2x Spy Plane: grants +1 damage bonus damage to camo bloons from all weapons
  - 4xx Operation Dart Storm: +1 pierce to darts
  - xx5 Flying Fortress: dart damage increased from 2 -> 4 and bomb damage increased from 3 -> 5
  
• Mortar Monkey
  - Base: $750 -> $700
  - Footprint size decreased from 11 -> 8
  - 1xx Bigger Blast: $500 -> $350
  - 3xx Shell Shock: $900 -> $850
  - 5xx The Biggest One: damage to MOAB class increased from 50 -> 60
  
• Dartling Gunner
  - The Dartling Gunner has been a prolific tower in the Battles 2 meta for a long time. We increased its pierce in one of the earliest updates to make it a viable starter but this resulted in it being the most dominant tower in the meta and it has had several nerfs to try and bring it back to the power level we intended. This update reduces the price and base pierce back to its original values with the intention that Dartling can be used as a starter but will not be able to hold off early waves as effectively without upgrades or help. We have increased the pierce of xx2 Powerful Darts to allow it to keep its potency in the mid game.
  - Base: $900 -> $750
  - Base: pierce reduced from 3 -> 2
  - xx2 Powerful Darts: pierce increased from +3 -> +4
  
• Wizard Monkey
  - 3xx Arcane Mastery: $1.3k -> $1.2k
  - 3xx Arcane Mastery damage type changed from energy -> plasma (now able to pop leads)
  - 4xx Arcane Spike: $10k -> $9k and +4 damage to leads/DDTs
  - 5xx Archmage: +8 damage to leads/DDTs
  - xx3 Shimmer: $1.7k -> $1.5k
  
• Super Monkey
  - 3xx Sun Avatar: pierce increased from 6 -> 7
  
• Ninja Monkey
  - x4x Bloon Sabotage: slow effect no longer soaks through MOAB class bloons (still soaks through regular bloons however)
  - x4x Bloon Sabotage: if a ninja is sold while its ability is active, bloons already on screen will now continue to be slowed for the remainder of the ability duration. Newly spawned bloons will not be slowed.
  - xx5 Master Bomber: sticky bomb splash damage reduced from 300 -> 200
  
• Village
  - xx5 Monkeyopolis no longer requires nearby Banana Farms to purchase.
  - xx5 Monkeyopolis base price is now $15k + $5k per farm absorbed
  - xx5 Monkeyopolis produce increased to $2400 per round (4x $600 crates) + additional crates to the value of the total value of farms absorbed divided by 2000.
  
• Quincy
  - Level 10: Storm of Arrows cooldown reduced from 70s -> 60s
  - Level 18: Storm of Arrows cooldown reduced from 55s -> 50s
  
• Cyber Quincy
  - Level 3: Increase the amount of pierce Cyber Shot gives arrows from +13 -> +15
  - Level 15: Increase the amount of pierce Cyber Shot gives arrows from +19 -> +30
  - Level 10: Cyber Storm cooldown reduced from 70s -> 60s
  - Level 18: Cyber Storm cooldown reduced from 55s -> 50s
  
• Benjamin
  - Level 10: Syphon Funding can now only affect a maximum of 10 ZOMGs per ability (no restriction on BFB and below)
  
• DJ Ben Jammin’
  - Level 10: the number of BFBs that Beatdown can downgrade is now capped at 2, however it can still downgrade up to 10 bloons in total (eg if there are 10 BFBs and 10 MOABs on screen, it will downgrade 2 BFBs and 8 MOABs).
  

Bug Fixes

• Fixed issues using multitouch for placing towers and sending bloons simultaneously (Mobile only).
  
• Fixed trophies rounding incorrectly at the start of a new season.
  
• Fixed players sometimes not displaying on Hall of Masters leaderboard after completing placement matches.
  
• Fixed crash when moving towers using Heli Pilot’s redeploy ability.
  
• Fixed bloon sends not sending if hotkey was being held down when bloonset unlocks (Desktop only).
  
• Fixed Dartling Gunner Plasma Accelerator and Ray of Doom visuals remaining when the Dartling is moved using the Heli Pilot’s Redeploy ability.
  
• Fixed Engineer’s Bloon Trap not redeploying when its targeting is changed.
  
• Fixed bloons showing Benjamin’s Syphon Funding ability visual when they were not affected by the ability.
  
• Fixed Banks flashing when they generate cash.
  
• Fixed multiple private games sometimes displaying for the same host.
  
• Fixed 050 Mortar firing visuals not matching the model.
  
• Fixed Engineer being unable to hit bloons if placed too close to the track.
  
• Fixed planes flying around on icebergs when a 050 Ice Monkey is placed next to a 400 Monkey Buccaneer.
  
• Fixed Alchemist’s Rubber to Gold attack not targeting correct bloon.
  
• Fixed various localisation issues.
  
• Various networking improvements.
  
• Fixed bloon sends continuing after button released if a desync happens while sending bloons.
  
• Fixed multiple displays causing Event menu to temporarily disappear (Desktop only).
  

New Features

• Changes to Ranked Seasons
  

General Changes

• Improved messaging when unable to find a match
  

Bug Fixes

• Various networking and sync improvements
  
• Fixed range circles not displaying when placing multiple towers
  
• Fixed some abilities becoming permanently disabled by Benjamin’s Biohack.
  
• Fixed crash related to rendering towers in-game.
  
• Fixed missing visuals on regrow bloons while affected by the Village’s Regrow blocker
  
• Fixed Alchemist missing bloons with Rubber To Gold potion
  
• Fixed crash when moving towers using Heli Pilot’s Redeploy ability
  

Bug Fixes

• Improved input delay on manually targeted towers
  
• Fixed crash relating to upgrading a tower
  
• Fixed Bomb Shooter’s cluster bombs not exploding
  
• Fixed Wizard Monkey’s zombie MOABs and BFBs incorrect scale
  
• Fixed issues creating private matches
  
• Fixed tiny heroes in the lobby
  
• Fixed manually targeted towers having incorrect targets after being moved using the Heli Pilot’s redeploy ability.
  
• Fixed 4xx Alchemist’s smoke effects displaying incorrectly
  
• Fixed Dartling Gunner’s targeting reticle disappearing after the target had been selected
  
• Fixed 420 Alchemist sometimes not having a backpack
  
• Fixed crash when finishing an Event match just as the event ended
  
• Fixed Mortar Monkey’s targeting reticle resetting when it is upgraded
  
• Fixed frozen camo bloons not creating icicle spikes when hit by the 204 Ice Monkey
  
• Fixed 400 Plasma Accelerator Dartling Gunner not being blocked by purple bloons
  
• Fixed Monkey Village Homeland Defense ability showing the incorrect buff icon on affected towers.
  
• Fixed 300 Dart Monkey’s Spike-o-pult constantly missing bloons due to incorrect aiming.
  
• Fixed some buffs and track items appearing twice after a resync
  
• Fixed Snipers set to Elite targeting automatically changing back to First on upgrade.
  

General Changes

• Star Map is now available in all game modes.
  

Balance Changes

• Dartling Gunner
  - Base Cost: $825 -> $900
  
• Banana Farm
  - xx5 Monkey Wall Street: $37.5k -> $42.5k
  

Bug Fixes

• Made changes to help improve disconnect issues when playing crossplay over desktop and mobile
  
• Fixed Tackshooter Super Maelstrom ability being unable to pop frozen bloons
  
• Fixed Ben wearing fabulous glasses in the menus and lobby
  
• Fixed inconsistent delay between bloon sends when sending grouped bloons
  
• Fixed 400 Dart Monkey incorrectly using the damage value from the 500 weapon
  
• Fixed 005 Dart Monkey using dart visuals instead of crossbow bolts
  
• Fixed 005 Wizard never creating zombie BFBs
  
• Fixed crash when tapping towers after reconnect
  
• Fixed crash when collecting from a Bank
  
• Fixed visual issue where mismatched heroes could be displayed in the lobby of Random Quad games
  
• Fixed being able to see opponent’s target on manually targeted towers (eg Dartling)
  
• Fixed crash when using Alchemist’s Total Transformation ability
  
• Fixed incorrect XP icon showing on mastery items on mobile
  
• Fixed Alt-Tab shortcut not working in fullscreen mode on desktop
  
• Fixed Obyn’s Brambles ability not using manual targeting
  

New Features

• Random Quad Events
  - New game mode with randomly chosen, fully unlocked loadouts.
  - Earn stars from playing matches.
  - Unlock rewards by collecting stars before the event ends.
  
• New Map: Star
  - Available in all ranked arenas.
  
• Public Profiles
  - You can now tap on a player in the Hall of Masters leaderboard to see their profile and check out their medals, favorite towers and more.
  

General Changes

• New bloon sends unlocked at round 30
  - 40 Tight Ceramics over 0.8 seconds, $4000, 0 eco
  - 4 Tight ZOMGs over 0.8 seconds, $10000, -400 eco
  
• The Monkey Ace can now follow any of its flight paths in reverse
  
• The following attacks can now be manually targeted for finer precision:
  - Monkey Engineer’s Cleansing Foam
  - Monkey Engineer’s Bloon Trap
  - Obyn’s Brambles
  - Obyn’s Wall of Trees
  - Ocean Obyn’s Living Coral
  

Balance Changes

• Eco loss from sending MOAB class bloons reduced by 50% (e.g. sending BFBs results in -25 eco rather than -50).
  
• The fortified modifier now doubles the eco loss from MOAB class bloons (e.g. sending fortified BFBs results in -50 eco rather than -25).
  
• This means sending fortified MOABs now results in the same eco loss as sending regular MOABs prior to this update.
  

• xx3 Crossbow Monkey: $575 -> $525
  

• 5xx Glaive Lord: main attack damage 1 -> 8
  

• 302 Really Big Bombs: frag damage increased 1 -> 3
  
• 302 Really Big Bombs: increase number of frags 8 -> 12
  
• 402 Bloon Impact: frag pierce increased +1
  
• 402 Bloon Impact: increase number of frags 8 -> 16
  
• 502 Bloon Crush: frags gain +12 bonus damage to ceramic bloons
  
• 502 Bloon Crush: frag pierce increased 3 -> 20
  

• 4xx Ring of Fire: attack cooldown reduced from 0.53 -> 0.47
  

• 2xx Corrosive Glue: damage rate increased from every 2.3s to every 2s
  
• 3xx Bloon Dissolver: Deals 1 bonus damage per tick to ceramic bloons
  

• X4x First Strike Capability: $13k -> $14k
  
• x5x Pre-emptive Strike: ability cooldown reduced 45s->30s
  
• x5x Pre-emptive Strike: anti-MOAB missile damage increased 750->800
  

• xx4 Favored Trades: $6000 -> $5400
  

• x5x Tsar Bomba: $35,000 -> $30,000
  

• 4xx Apache Dartship: machine gun pierce 5 -> 7
  

• x4x Rocketstorm: ability rocket damage decreased 5 -> 4
  

• x2x Epic Range: Increase pierce 3 -> 4
  
• xx5 Legend of the Night: Ability no longer has an initial cooldown but the cooldown persists even if the tower is sold.
  

• xx4 Sticky Bomb: damage decreased 500 -> 450
  

• Base cost: $1100 -> $1050
  

• 5xx Super Mines: Base Spike damage increased from 10 to 50
  
• 5xx Super Mines: Base Spike ceramic bonus increased from 6 to 20
  
• 5xx Super Mines: Base Spike fortified bonus increased from 1 to 15
  
• 5xx Super Mines: Small explosion damage increased from 10 to 20
  
• 5xx Super Mines: Small explosions deal an additional 10 damage to ceramic bloons.
  
• 5xx Super Mines: Small explosions deal an additional 5 damage to fortified bloons.
  
• 5xx Super Mines: Large Explosion fortified bonus damage increased from 1to 250
  

• xx5 Monkeyopolis: Crate value increased from $300 to $600
  

• Level 2: Pierce increased from 5 to 6
  
• Level 3 Rapid Shot: Duration increased from 2s + 0.5s per level to 4s + 0.4s per level
  
• Level 14: Bonus MOAB damage increased from 4 to 5
  

• Level 2: Pierce increased from 5 to 6
  
• Level 3 Cyber Shot: Duration increased from 2s + 0.5s per level to 4s + 0.4s per level
  
• Level 14: Bonus MOAB damage increased from 4 to 5
  

• Level 10 Firestorm: MOAB damage over time increased from 10 -> 15
  
• Level 20 Firestorm: MOAB damage over time increased from 25 -> 50
  

• Level 10 Science Storm: MOAB damage over time increased from 10 -> 15
  
• Level 20 Science Storm: MOAB damage over time increased from 25 -> 50
  

• Level 10 Wall of Trees: Cash payout reduced from 2x RBE captured to 1.5x
  

• Level 3 Living Coral: duration reduced from 150s to 95s
  
• Level 10 Kraken: Cash payout reduced from 2x RBE captured to 1.5x
  

• Level 3 Biohack: Ability cooldown increased from 30s to 45s
  
• Level 13: Biohack ability cooldown reduces to 35s
  

• Level 3 Good Vibes: Ability cooldown increased from 30s to 45s
  
• Level 3 Good Vibes: Ability duration decreased from 8s to 6s
  
• Level 13: Good Vibes ability cooldown reduces to 35s and duration reduced from 11s to 8s
  
• Level 19: Good Vibes ability duration reduced from 11s to 9s
  
• Level 10 Beatdown: Ability now affects 10 strongest bloons on screen (up to BFB) rather than all bloons on screen.
  

Bug Fixes

• Fixed Banana Farm abilities not contributing to money counter
  
• Fixed Dart Monkey’s Triple Darts not working if upgraded while transformed using Super Monkey Fan Club
  
• Fixed Universal XP icon showing on tower masteries list when upgrades are affordable without it.
  
• Fixed visual overlap between rewards when opening a chest.
  
• Fixed incorrect messaging when trying to match with a player on an older version of the game.
  
• Fixed 400 Dartling Gunner rotating slightly when changing targeting modes until it was aiming in the wrong direction
  
• Fixed missing scroll arrows on local private match list
  
• Fixed minor UI issue on private match code entry screen
  
• Fixed Benjamin’s Biohack not working on MOAB damage from 4xx Wizard and x2x Alchemist.
  
• Fixed UI alignment on in-game hero upgrade costs
  
• Fixed incorrect animation when the Alchemist throws its first potion after being placed
  
• Fixed Alchemist using the Heli Pilot’s actual position rather than the position of its base when determining priority for berserker brew.
  
• Fixed incorrect error messaging when failing to join a local game
  
• Fixed Full Screen mode blocking some inputs (Desktop only)
  
• Fixed medals overlapping with other UI in the player profile screen
  
• Fixed Chinook being unable to move a tower using its ability if the tower had just been placed.
  
• Fixed issue where Benjamin and DJ Benjammin's Biohack/Good Vibes ability would permanently disable a tower.
  

• Fixed abilities being unusable if activated during Ben’s Biohack cooldown.
  
• Fixed Dartling’s Rocket Storm ability not continuing if it was interrupted by Benjamin’s Biohack.
  
• Fixed Dartling not targeting properly while Benjamin’s Biohack cooldown is active.
  
• Fixed crash with Quincy’s exploding arrow.
  
• Fixed hero upgrade costs being incorrect for a brief window after upgrading.
  
• Fixed Dartling Gunner sometimes following the cursor even if the mouse isn’t clicked (Desktop only).