Druid

“	Creates a blast of thorns for each attack. Upgrades can call forth powers of the Jungle, Storm, or Wrath.	”
	^{~ Bloons Tower Defense 6 description}

Description[edit | edit source]

The Druid is a Magic Class tower in the Bloons TD series. It first appears in Bloons TD 6 along with the Alchemist. They can be chosen and unlocked in-game between ranks 14-18. The Druid is a white-tan monkey that throws several small wooden thorns, which can destroy multiple bloons and/or layers, depending on its distance, similar to a shotgun. This tower's thorns, however, are ineffective against most special bloons attributes and requires upgrades to get much farther than that. Unfortunately, a majority of their early upgrades cannot detect camo attributes on its own and must be assisted by towers such as the Monkey Village and its camo detection upgrades. The first path for the Druid is similar to the first path of the Monkey Apprentice in BTD5. It is more powerful in groups with both its wrath and jungle forms being much more effective with other monkeys or Druids.

Upgrades[edit | edit source]

Path 1[edit | edit source]

Druid Path 1 upgrades	Easy	Medium	Hard	Impoppable	Unlock XP
Hard Thorns Hard thorns can pop 2 Bloons each and pop Frozen Bloons.	$210	$250	$270	$300	150
Heart of Thunder Unleashes regular blasts of forked lightning that arc from Bloon to Bloon.	$850	$1,000	$1,080	$1,200	750
Druid of the Storm Gusts of wind blow Bloons off the track away from the exit.	$1,700	$2,000	$2,160	$2,400	2,500
Ball Lightning Creates powerful balls of lightning that shoot additional lightning bolts.	$5,100	$6,000	$6,480	$7,200	12,000
Superstorm Superstorm blasts all Bloon types for massive damage and blows them away from the exit. Can blow away ZOMGs	$76,500	$90,000	$97,200	$108,000	35,000
Total Sell Amount	Tier 4: $5,754 Tier 5: $59,304	Tier 4: $6,773 Tier 5: $69,773	Tier 4: $7,315 Tier 5: $75,355	Tier 4: $8,127 Tier 5: $83,727	N/A
Total Cost	Tier 4: $8,220 Tier 5: $84,720	Tier 4: $9,675 Tier 5: $99,675	Tier 4: $10450 Tier 5: $107,650	Tier 4: $11,610 Tier 5: $119,610	50,400

Path 2[edit | edit source]

Druid Path 2 upgrades	Easy	Medium	Hard	Impoppable	Unlock XP
Thorn Swarm Shoots 8 thorns instead of 5.	$210	$250	$270	$300	140
Heart of Oak Thorns convert Regrow Bloons into normal Bloons.	$295	$350	$380	$420	600
Druid of the Jungle Calls a vine from the ground to entangle and crush Bloons one at a time.	$805	$950	$1,025	$1,140	2,000
Jungle's Bounty Jungle's Bounty Ability: Generates 200 money plus another 100 per Banana Farm type tower near the Druid.	$4,250	$5,000	$5,400	$6,000	11,000
Spirit of the Forest Grows thorned vines along the path, dealing constant damage, regenerating lives and providing money every round.	$29,750	$35,000	$37,800	$42,000	40,000
Total Sell Amount	Tier 4: $4,144 Tier 5: $24,969	Tier 4: $4,883 Tier 5: $29,383	Tier 4: $5,275 Tier 5: $31,735	Tier 4: $5,859 Tier 5: $35,259	N/A
Total Cost	Tier 4: $5,920 Tier 5: $35,670	Tier 4: $6,975 Tier 5: $41,975	Tier 4: $7,535 Tier 5: $45,335	Tier 4: $8,370 Tier 5: $50,370	53,740

Path 3[edit | edit source]

Druid Path 3 upgrades	Easy	Medium	Hard	Impoppable	Unlock XP
Druidic Reach Increases range by a large amount.	$85	$100	$110	$120	120
Heart of Vengeance Gains attack speed up to 100 lives lost after getting this upgrade, Lives above maximum do not count.	$255	$300	$325	$360	550
Druid of Wrath Gains attack speed during the round as long as the Druid is popping Bloons.	$510	$600	$650	$720	1,700
Poplust Boosts attack speed for all Druids in the radius. Can stack up to 5 times on a single Druid.	$2,125	$2,500	$2,700	$3,000	14,000
Avatar of Wrath The more bloons there are, the more damage it does!	$38,250	$45,000	$48,600	$54,000	33,000
Total Sell Amount	Tier 4: $2,335 Tier 5: $29,110	Tier 4: $2,748 Tier 5: $34,248	Tier 4: $2,972 Tier 5: $36,992	Tier 4: $3,297 Tier 5: $41,097	N/A
Total Cost	Tier 4: $3,335 Tier 5: $41,585	Tier 4: $3,925 Tier 5: $48,925	Tier 4: $4,245 Tier 5: $52,845	Tier 4: $4,710 Tier 5: $58,710	49,370

Version History (BTD6)[edit | edit source]

1.0

Release

Balance Changes[edit | edit source]

2.0

x4x Jungle's Bounty now produces much more cash with a bigger range

7.0

x5x Spirit of the Forest +1 damage to all attacks
x5x Spirit of the Forest track vines now deal +4 damage to ceramics & MOABs
x5x Spirit of the Forest's T3 Jungle Vine attack targets bloons about 20% faster

9.0

xx2 Heart of Vengeance 10% of the maximum possible 100% attack rate boost from lives lost is now permanently applied upon upgrading. This 10% bonus will always apply to any druid with this upgrade, even in Impoppable & CHIMPS modes

10.0

5xx Superstorm, Super Storm damage increased from 5 to 12
5xx Superstorm, Ball Lightning damage increased from 2 to 5
5xx Superstorm, Lightning damage increased from 1 to 3

12.0

x5x Spirit of the Forest no longer generates lives per round, but will generate lives on every ability use instead. This is to better synergize with the bottom path by not automatically reducing the bonus from Heart Of Vengeance every round.

16.0

x5x Spirit of the Forest ceramic damage bonus increased from 4 to 8
x4x Jungle's Bounty base range increased from 35 to 55
x4x Jungle's Bounty ability range reduced to match base tower range
x4x Jungle's Bounty cash gained per farm reduced from $150 to $100

18.0

x2x Heart of Oak now allows the Lightning, Whirlwind & Ball Lightning attacks to remove the regrow property from any Bloons they hit

Bug fixes and other changes[edit | edit source]

3.0

x2x Heart of Oak will now remove the regrow property from leads when Acidic Mixture Dip is applied

4.0

Druid x5x Spirit of the Forest will now damage all ceramic children spawned from a MOAB correctly

11.0

xx2 Heart of Vengeance save issues have been resolved

20.0

xx3 Druid of Wrath description updated to "attacking Bloons" not "popping"
xx4 Poplust description updated to mention 'pierce' not just attack speed

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Trivia[edit | edit source]

The second, third and to some degree its fifth upgrade of it's path 1 were formerly upgrades of the Wizard Monkey in BTD 5.
The second and third upgrades share common naming patterns between all 3 paths: "Heart of X" and "Druid of X" respectively.
This is the second monkey in the main Bloons TD games that doesn't have brown fur (excluding heroes and non-monkey towers like the Tack Shooter.) The first was the Ice Monkey.