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Black Bloon

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“ Black Bloons are immune to explosions and contain 2 Pink Bloons! ”
~ Message when first encounting Black Bloons along with White and Zebra Bloons in BTD 5.

The Black Bloon is a Bloon that appears in all games of the BTD (and BSM2). It has a unique property - it is immune to explosions. It usually appears around rounds 20-25. When popped, it will split into 2 Pink Bloons (or 2 Yellow Bloons pre-BTD4).

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What makes the Black Bloon unique in the BTD games? toggle section
In the BTD games, the Black Bloon is distinct for its explosion immunity. It ranks higher than the Pink Bloon, sharing the same tier with White and Purple Bloons. It moves as fast as a Green Bloon and deducts 11 lives (or 9 in versions before BTD4) if it escapes. Upon popping, it splits into 2 Pink Bloons (or 2 Yellow Bloons in versions before BTD4). It typically emerges around rounds 20-25.
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What happens when a Black Bloon is popped in BTD? toggle section
In the BTD series, the Black Bloon is a unique balloon black in color that appears around rounds 20-25 and is immune to explosions. When popped, it splits into two Pink Bloons, or Yellow Bloons in games preceding BTD4. Certain towers require an upgrade to pop Black Bloons. In BTD3 and BTD4, nearly an entire Black Bloon can be taken down by a single pile of Road Spikes, leaving a Red Bloon. In BTD5, a Black Bloon can be popped entirely by one spike pile.
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How can you effectively beat Black Bloons in Bloons TD 6? toggle section
In Bloons TD 6, Black Bloons are immune to explosive damage. Effective strategies include using Dart Monkeys or other sharp objects. Bomb Shooters are not recommended as they don't damage Black Bloons. The Ninja + Alchemist combo is a useful strategy for handling Black Bloons and other higher-tier bloons.
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The Black Bloon, a character in Bloons TD games, ranks higher than the Pink Bloon and moves at a similar speed to the Green Bloon. It has a unique property of being immune to explosions. Upon being popped, it divides into two Pink Bloons. Certain towers, unable to pop Black Bloons naturally, necessitate an upgrade.
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In the BTD series, the Black Bloon, characterized by its black color and immunity to explosions, typically emerges around rounds 20-25. Upon being burst, it divides into 2 Pink Bloons. Specific rounds in BTD6 where it appears include 20, 23, 31, 32, 35, and 37.
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Details[]

The Black Bloon is one rank above Pink Bloon in Bloons TD games, on the same tier as a White Bloon or a Purple Bloon. It is around the speed of a Green Bloon and leaks 11 lives (or 9 pre-BTD4) if it reaches the exit. Unlike the bloons a Black Bloon spawns, it splits into two Pink Bloons (or Yellow Bloons prior to BTD4) when affected by an attack that deals 1 damage. More damage pops the Black Bloon into its descendents, following the multi-layer health system of many bloons in the game. The Zebra Bloon and Lead Bloon are both of the Black Bloon.

In most Bloons games, the Black Bloon is immune to all explosive attacks without special upgrades or support. This is especially problematic for Bomb Shooters, which naturally are weak to these bloon types without accessing powerful higher-tier upgrades.

Bloons TD Battles 2[]

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Black Bloons can be sent starting from Round 6. Spaced Blacks cost $33 and give 1.6 eco per slot, each slot sending 3 Blacks with small spacing. Grouped Blacks replace the Spaced Blacks option on Round 10, and cost $75 for 4 moderately grouped Blacks, and gives 3 eco. The send disappears entirely on Round 26, where it is replaced with DDTs.

The default hotkeys for black bloons are: J, G, and D. The positions of Black Bloons changes based on round.

Natural Blacks start appearing on Round 10.

Black Bloons move at a base speed of 45, equal to 1.8 RBS.

Bloons Pop![]

“ Immune to explosions ”
~ Short description

Black Bloons appear in Bloons Pop! in a similar way to BTD6, except produces only one Pink child when popped by a one-damage attack.


Bloons Card Storm[]


Black Bloons appear as Rare Bloon cards in Bloons Card Storm. They cost 5 Gold to play, have 2 charges, 130 health, and a turn delay of 1. Unlike the mainline Bloons TD series, Black Bloons don't have immunities to explosives; rather, destroying a Black Bloon draws a card.

Players automatically unlock 2 Black Bloons by default, and a third Black Bloon can be crafted for 1500 Advanced Bloon Tokens.

Black Bloons do not have a Double Black Bloon variant, nor a Swarm or Nested variant.

Appearances[]

Pre-BTD4 generation games
BTD4 generation games
BTD5 generation games
BTD6 generation games

Round Appearances[]

The following are all appearances on each round where Black Bloons will spawn naturally from the entrance. These will not include the rounds where the Black's parents or subsequent parents will feature.

BTD4[]

  • Round X: TBA
  • Round X: TBA
  • Round X: TBA

BTD5[]

  • Round X: TBA
  • Round X: TBA
  • Round X: TBA

BTD6[]

Normal Gameplay[]

  • Round 20: 6 Black
  • Round 23: 7 Black, 7 White
  • Round 31: 8 Black, 8 White, 8 Zebra, 2 Zebra Regrowth
  • Round 32: 15 Black, 20 White, 10 Purple
  • Round 35: 35 Pink, 30 Black, 25 White, 5 Rainbow
  • Round 37: 25 Black, 25 White, 7 Camo White, 10 Zebra, 15 Lead
  • Round 39: 10 Black, 10 White, 20 Zebra, 18 Rainbow, 2 Rainbow Regrowth
  • Round 41: 60 Black, 60 Zebra
  • Round 69: 40 Black Regrowth, 40 Fortified Lead, 50 Ceramic

Alternate Bloons Rounds[]

  • Round 7: 15 Blue Camo, 10 Blue Regrowth, 6 Green, 2 Black
  • Round 14: 49 Red, 10 Blue Regrowth, 5 Green Camo Regrowth, 4 Yellow Regrowth, 3 Black, 1 White
  • Round 19: 10 Blue, 5 Green Regrowth, 15 Pink, 2 Black
  • Round 20: 6 Black Regrowth
  • Round 23: 7 Black, 6 White, 4 Lead
  • Round 26: 15 Black, 3 Zebra, 2 Rainbow
  • Round 31: 8 Black Regrowth, 8 White Camo, 10 Zebra, 3 Zebra Regrowth
  • Round 35: 25 White Regrowth, 3 Ceramic, 25 Purple, 30 Black Camo
  • Round 36: 80 Yellow Camo Regrowth, 10 Black, 2 Ceramic
  • Round 37: 7 Black Regrowth, 25 White, 25 White Regrowth, 18 Lead, 10 Zebra
  • Round 38: 42 Purple, 17 Black, 14 Lead, 7 Rainbow, 1 Ceramic Regrowth
  • Round 41: 60 Black, 70 Zebra
  • Round 48: 30 Purple Camo Regrowth, 80 Black Regrowth, 15 Fortified Lead Regrowth, 3 Fortified Ceramic
  • Round 54: 35 Black Regrowth, 1 M.O.A.B, 1 B.F.B.
  • Round 69: 40 Black Camo Regrowth, 40 Purple Camo Regrowth, 50 Camo Ceramic
  • Round 74: 100 Black Regrowth, 25 Fortified Ceramic Camo Regrowth, 1 Fortified B.F.B.

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Bloon variants[]

Rounds marked in italics are marked as technically starting to appear on that round but only ever appear from getting released from parent bloons.

Properties
Image Camo Regrowth Fortified Name Appearances
Black Bloon Round 20
Round 7 (ABR)
Camo Black Bloon Round 42
Round 35 (ABR)
Regrow Black Bloon Round 31
Round 20 (ABR)
Camo Regrow Black Bloon Round 62
Round 69 (ABR)
Fortified Black Bloon Only in-game code
Fortified Camo Black Bloon Only in-game code
Fortified Regrow Bloon Only in-game code
Fortified Camo Regrow Black Bloon Only in-game code
Skins/Costumes
File:BTD6BlackGooglyEyed.png Googly Eyed Bloons
File:BTD6BlackTopHat.png Top Hat Bloons
File:BTD6BlackHatchet.png Hatchet Bloons
File:BTD6BlackSantaHat.png Santa Hats Bloons
File:BTD6BlackTruckerHat.png Trucker Hats Bloons
File:BTD6BlackBunnyEar.png Bunny Ear Bloons
File:BTD6BlackBeard.png Beard Bloons

Hierarchy[]

Bloon Layers
Big Airship of Doom
Dark Dirigible Titan
Zeppelin Of Mighty Gargantuaness
Brutal Flying Behemoth
Massive Ornary Air Blimp
Black Bloon

Bloon Layers
Big Airship of Doom
Dark Dirigible Titan
Zeppelin Of Mighty Gargantuaness
Brutal Floating Behemoth
Massive Ornary Air Blimp
Black Bloon

Bloon Layers
Dark Dirigible Titan
Zeppelin Of Mighty Gargantuaness
Brutal Floating Behemoth
Massive Ornary Air Blimp
Black Bloon

Strategy (BTD, BTDB, BMC)[]

Main article: Black Bloon/Strategies

Comparison to a White Bloon[]

Black
  • It is immune to explosions, meaning it is immune to effects that more towers and upgrades have.
  • It moves 1.8 times faster than a Red Bloon (which is the same speed of a Green Bloon), and slower than a White.
  • They are encountered sooner in the games.
White
  • It is immune to freezing - It is immune to fewer effects that towers and upgrades have.
  • It moves twice as fast as a Red Bloon, and faster than a Black.
  • They are encountered later in the games.

It could be said that the Black Bloon was formerly more powerful than the White Bloon, and thus was once the most powerful Bloon. In BTD1, only Bombs could pop frozen Bloons, so you needed bombs to have any use for Ice Towers. Also, since BTD1 does not have Snap Freeze, the Ice Tower could not deal damage. Because of this, more people used Bombs back then, and thus more people were affected by the Black Bloon's immunity to explosions.

Strategy (BCS)[]

Summary (BCS)[]

TBA

Tips (BCS)[]

  • TBA

Quotes[]

“ Black Bloons are nasty - they are small but they contain 2 yellows inside them. Oh did I mention they are IMMUNE TO BOMBS?! ”
~ Round 26 in Bloons TD 1
“ 80 black bloons. Enjoy. ”
~ Round 40 in BTD1
“ Just black bloons coming up. Lots of 'em. ”
~ BTD1 round 37
“ Lots and lots and lots of black bloons. More than ever. ”
~ BTD1 round 44
“ This is the last level. There are TONS AND TONS of black AND white bloons coming. Hope you have lots of lives left... ”
~ BTD1 round 50
“ The good thing about black bloons is that they move slower than yellows. ”
~ BTD1 round 32
“ Lots and lots of yellows - more than a hundred even, followed by a bunch of black bloons. ”
~ BTD1 round 29
“ Lots of white, then black, then yellow bloons. The next level is going to hurt. ”
~ BTD1 round 46

Sounds[]

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The disputed content in question is: BTD6 Black Bloons don't have an associated immunity sound, nor do they make any other sound when struck by a non-damaging attack, despite being listed in trivia section as otherwise

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

When a BTD6 Black Bloon is hit by a non-damaging attack:

Gallery[]

Trivia[]

  • In BTD3 and BTD4, a single pile of Road Spikes can almost take down an entire Black Bloon, leaving only a Red Bloon. In BTD5, one spike pile can pop a Black Bloon whole.
  • It is sometimes confused with the Bomb Bloon. Both deal with Bombs in some way.
  • In BTD1 and BTD2, because of its resistance to bombs, it is impossible to win the game using only Bomb Towers. In BTD3, BTD4 and BTD5, it is possible because of the Frag Bombs upgrade, and also, in BTD5, the Bloon Impact upgrade.
  • Strangely, Black (and also White) Bloons are small, yet containing two larger (Pink) Bloons.
    • However, in the flash version of Bloons TD 5, the Regrow property clears up this issue, as all Regrow bloons have the same size.
  • If the player upgrades a Frag Bombs Bomb Shooter to a Cluster Bombs Bomb shooter, the tower will not be able to pop Black Bloons anymore until upgraded to the Bloon Impact upgrade, because the bombs replace frags in the upgrade.
    • In Bloons TD 6, Cluster bombs and recursive cluster now produce fraggy explosions, essentially giving them normal damage type.
  • In BTD1, Black Bloons can not be popped at all while frozen because they are immune to Bombs, while frozen Bloons are immune to everything except Bombs, this makes it more powerful than the white bloon at times.
  • There are 4 Bloon types in the entire Bloons series that have multiple "parents" - Black Bloons, Ceramic Bloons (however, they also released from DDT on Bloons Monkey City, but with Camo and Regen properties) and Pink Bloons. The Black Bloon has the Lead Bloon and the Zebra Bloon and the Ceramic Bloon has the MOAB and the DDT.
    • There are 2 of them that have 3 "parents" - In Bloons TD 4 Black Bloons and Pink Bloons (whose parents are Blacks, Whites and Camouflage Bloons.
  • The Black Bloon and the White Bloon are the only Bloons smaller than the Bloons they spawn.
  • In BTD5, they can be popped by a Missile Launcher upgrade. This may be due to the fact that in the files, a 'missile' and a 'bomb' are set to two different things.
  • In Bloons TD 6, Striker Jones has an upgrade on level 5 that makes Black Bloons less resistant to explosives.
  • The Black Bloon makes a distinct "clonk" noise when hit by an explosion in BTD6.
    • There are no sounds for Black Bloon immunities in earlier games.
  • A Camo Black Bloon contains a very similar RBE to BTD4's Camo Bloon, with both releasing two Pink Bloons. This would also be the case for a Camo White Bloon.
  • When asked in the 21st February 2025 blog about the lack of Black Bloon immunity against explosions from Mortar Monkeys in BCS, Ninja Kiwi replied that it's due to balance reasons, and instead the Black and White properties translate into card draws.
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