Even Faster Production is the 2nd upgrade for Path 2 for the Spike Factory in Bloons TD 6. Production of spike piles increases by about +33% faster (0.75x attack cooldown) than its preceding upgrade, Faster Production, allowing it to produce 1.66x the speed of a normal Spike Factory. Spike piles are now dispensed every 1.05s by default.
Upon upgrading to Even Faster Production or crosspathing with Even Faster Production (except for Tier 5 upgrades), the Spike Factory's two storage depots on both sides will become taller. All pre-Tier 3 upgrades except the 2-2-0 crosspath have a black body.
Even Faster Production grants a 0.75x attack cooldown (roughly +33% attack speed) on top of Faster Production, for an overall attack cooldown multiplier of 0.6x compared to a 0-0-0 Spike Factory, or roughly +66% attack speed. Without Super Mines or Perma-Spike, its actual attack cooldown, as a result, is 1.05s.
Targeting Priorities[]
Even Faster Production defaults on Normal targeting priority, which dispenses the spikes onto nearby bloon track in a semi-sporadical behavior. If given Smart Spikes, it will also receive Close, Far, and Smart.
Normal: Targets spike piles in a somewhat sporadical way, spreading spikes as evenly as possible within its range.
Close: Targets the closest region(s) of track within range.
Far: Targets the furthest region(s) of track within range.
Smart: Prioritizes the track with the Bloon the farthest through it, then targets the spot on that track closest to the exit.
Full Popology[]
Statistics[]
Updated as of Version 44.0
Base stats
Spike Pile:
Lobbed spike pile, sharp type, detects and deploys on nearby track, 34 range, 1.05s attack cooldown, 1 damage, 5 pierce. Lifespan of 50s.
Crosspathing interactions
1-2-0:Spike Pile pierce increased from 5 to 10.
2-2-0:Spike Pile damage type changed from Sharp to Normal
5-2-0: Compared to 5-1-0, Super Mine attack cooldown decreased from 3.5s to 2.1s.
0-2-1:Spike Pile lifespan increased to 100s.
0-2-2:Spike Pile attack cooldown reduced by 4x for 3s at the start of each round.
0-2-3:Spike Pile lifespan increased to 140s.
0-2-4:Spike Pile damage increased to 2.
0-2-5: Compared to 0-1-5, Spike Pile attack cooldown decreased from 4.85s to 3.636s, start-of-round attack cooldown decreased from 1.2125s to 0.909s and lasts 10s.
Even Faster Production further improves attack speed of the Spike Factory. It is more expensive compared to its previous upgrade Faster Production and provides a slightly greater attack speed bonus, but this upgrade is worth purchasing for a high-level Spike Factory if even greater production rate is desired. Most crosspaths of higher-tier Spike Factories tend to prefer Even Faster Production for the greater rate of stockpiling and the better synergy with external buffs.
Tips[]
It is a great line of defense against escaping bloons, especially when paired with Bigger Stacks.
If crosspathed with Path 1, players should get Bigger Stacks before this upgrade, as Even Faster Production is more expensive and has less of an effect at total spikes per second.
Most Spike Factories prefer this upgrade for the faster production rate, and thereby safekeeping the areas faster, which is more helpful if bloons regularly take away stockpiles. Spiked Balls and Spiked Mines usually appreciate from this crosspath better, although Smart Spikes has unique niche benefits.
1-2-0 Spactory is decent for purely piling up spikes in the short-term.
Version History[]
Balance Changes[]
Crosspathing with Path 2 has been softened, but otherwise not much changes aside from an overall projectile lifespan nerf without getting the Long Reach upgrade. In an effort to reduce dependency on the speed crosspath, Version 44.0 reduced the speed bonus of Even Faster Production further, which now makes the Even Faster Production crosspath attack slower than it did when first released.
Initial release (compared to BTD5)
Even Faster Production price reduced ($1250 → $900)
22.0
Base projectile lifespan reduced from 70s to 50s.
23.0
Even Faster Production price reduced ($900 → $800)
Spike Factory attack speed bonus increased (0.75x → 0.70x, or +33% → +42%), for more attack speed (0.99s → 0.98s).
44.0
“
Spike Factory is currently overperforming on every path, and as it also happens to have one very dominant crosspath choice we’ve opted to nerf that crosspath as an overall nerf to every path. [...]
”
~ Ninja Kiwi
Even Faster Production attack cooldown multiplier reduced from 0.7x to 0.75x, attack cooldown increased from 0.98s to 1.05s.
Bug Fixes and General Changes[]
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Extra Notes (Version History)[]
Gallery[]
Enough XP to unlock
Crosspathing (Top: Path 1, Bottom: Path 3)
Official artwork[]
Upgrade portrait
Upgrade icon
Instamonkey icon
Other languages[]
Upgrade Name
Language
Name
Meaning
English
Faster Production
German
Noch schenellere Producktion
Even Faster Production
Upgrade Description
Language
Name
Meaning
English
Increases production rate even more.
German
Erhöht die Producktionsrate noch mehr.
Increases the production rate even more.
Trivia[]
Even Faster Production upgrade icon features three gears. The difference from the BTD5 version of the upgrade icon is that the positioning of the gears are arrange more like Mickey Mouse's ears but with one gear smaller than the other. Additionally, the top gears are bronze, and the main gear is steel.
Even Faster Production's cost is the same the old BTD6 Spike Factory's pre-23.0 base cost, at $800.