Faster Swivel

BTD6

BTDB2

Faster Swivel
General Information
Game	Bloons TD 6
Tower	Dartling Gunner
Unlocked at	110 XP
Cost	$125 (Easy) $150 (Medium) $160 (Hard) $180 (Impoppable)
Activated Ability	N/A
Targeting Options	Normal, Locked
Camo Detection	Restricted (requires 0-1-1)
Popology
Damage Type(s)
Sharp Single Projectile Aim-Based Mobility Full Range Erratic Movement
Statistics
Damage	1 (dart, e.a.u.)
Pierce	1 (dart, e.a.u.)
Attack Speed	Fast (dart, every 0.2s e.a.u.)
Range	Infinite (dart, e.a.u.)
Status Effects	N/A
Tower Boosts	N/A
Income/Life Boosts	N/A
Path Upgrades
Current	Faster Swivel
Current	Faster Swivel
Next →	Powerful Darts
Next →	Powerful Darts
Path Info
Path	3
Path	3
Upgrade Tier	1
Upgrade Tier	1
[Source]

“	Barrel can swivel much faster.	”
	~ In-game description

Faster Swivel is the first upgrade of Path 3 for the Dartling Gunner in Bloons TD 6. It allows the Dartling Gunner to rotate at over twice the speed, at a rate of 440 degrees per second. For comparison, a Dartling Gunner without Faster Swivel takes up to 1.0s to rotate towards the direct opposite side, but with Faster Swivel it now only takes 0.41s to rotate at the same angle.

This upgrade costs $125 on Easy, $150 on Medium, $160 on Hard, and $180 on Impoppable.

Description

Overview

Faster Swivel

Faster Swivel adds a tripod for the gun, as well as giving the Dartling Gunner a more rounded helmet. This also applies to crosspaths with this upgrade.

This upgrade grant Dartling Gunner over double cannon mount rotation speed.

Targeting Priorities

Faster Swivel customly aims based on direction and angle of where the Dartling points towards. It shoots straight movement projectiles controlled in a aim-based mobile style guided by touch-based mobility, albeit with some erratic angular deviation.

• Normal: Rotates towards the direction of where the player last tapped. On desktop versions, always rotates towards direction of the cursor inside the game.
• Locked: Locks the Dartling in place. By default, locks at center of map, but can be adjusted in the same way as a Mortar Monkey. On desktop versions, using a hotkey to switch to Locked will default to wherever the mouse currently is pointing.

Since all Dartlings already attack based on custom aim, Dartlings don't receive Camo Prioritization even with Advanced Targeting.

Full Popology

Updated as of Version 42.2

Base stats

• Dartling persistently aims towards the pointer whenever active; aims towards where last tapped (Mobile versions) or current location of cursor inside the game window (Desktop and Console versions). Rotation speed of 440 degrees per second. Creates Dart projectiles from centre of Dartling, with 23° deviation from the centre.
• Dart:
  • Projectile, sharp type, 0.2s attack cooldown, 1 damage, 2 projectile size, 1 pierce. 3s (?) projectile lifespan.

Crosspathing interactions

Crosspathing interactions are similar across all Dartlings.

Monkey Knowledge interactions

• Elite Military Training: All Military Monkeys get a one-off +1000 XP and earn XP in-game 5% faster permanently.
• Emergency Unlock: Unlocks special ability that boost the Dartling Gunner swivel speed for a short time.
• Military Conscription: First military tower costs only ⅔ of the original cost.
  • Dartling Gunner base cost from $720, $850, $920, and $1,020 → $480, $570, $615, and $685 on Easy, Medium, Hard, and Impoppable, respectively.
• Advanced Logistics: All Military Monkeys base costs reduced by 5%.
  • Dartling Gunner base cost from $720, $850, $920, and $1,020 → $685, $805, $875, and $970 on Easy, Medium, Hard, and Impoppable, respectively.
    • If Military Conscription is also enabled, the final cost will be $450, $535, $570, and $630.
• Monkey Education: All Monkeys XP earn rate increased by 8%.
• Better Sell Deals: All Monkeys sell for 5% more. Increases sell potency from 70% to 75%.
• Veteran Monkey Training: All Monkeys reload time reduced by 3%.

Attack Interactions

See also: Attack Interactions/Bloons TD 6/Military

Updated as of Version 42.2

Base attack(s)

• Dart:
  • Sharp
  • Single Projectile
  • Aim-Based Mobility
  • Full Range
  • Erratic Movement

Costs

Updated as of Version 50.0. Listed prices exclude external buffs, any sacrifices, and Monkey Knowledge.

[Module | Data]	Purchase				Sell
Costs	Easy	Medium	Hard	Impoppable	Easy	Medium	Hard	Impoppable
Upgrade (X-X-1)	$125	$150	$160	$180	-
Total (0-0-1)	$845	$1,000	$1,080	$1,200	$592	$700	$756	$840
Crosspath (1-0-1)	$1,100	$1,300	$1,405	$1,560	$770	$910	$984	$1,092
Crosspath (2-0-1)	$1,865	$2,200	$2,375	$2,640	$1,306	$1,540	$1,663	$1,848
Crosspath (0-1-1)	$1,055	$1,250	$1,350	$1,500	$739	$875	$945	$1,050
Crosspath (0-2-1)	$1,860	$2,200	$2,375	$2,640	$1,302	$1,540	$1,663	$1,848

This upgrade's prices (or included crosspath's prices) are affected by the following MK: Military Conscription, Advanced Logistics, Better Sell Deals

Strategy

Summary

While a cheap upgrade, Faster Swivel can be useful in situations where there are multiple sides for the Dartling Gunner to target at, making it useful on simultaneous split-lane maps such as Spring Spring, Pat's Pond, or even Bloody Puddles. In this way, the quicker turning speed allows the Dartling Gunner to quickly target new locations much sooner.

Tips

• Alone, this upgrade is not very useful in most situations, but it can be helpful for specific situations where micromanagement around corners is needed.
• This upgrade pairs well with its further upgrade Powerful Darts.

Version History

Balance Changes

22.0 (Dartling Gunner update)

• Initial release

44.0

“	[...] Faster Swivel while a nice quality of life doesn’t add any power so also ends up difficult to justify on its own, we don’t expect this will change that too much but even faster swiveling should be much nicer for when you do desperately need that accuracy.	”
	~ Ninja Kiwi

• Faster Swivel turn rate increased from 360 to 440. Also affects subsequent upgrades.

Gallery

Crosspathing (Top: Path 1, Bottom: Path 2)

0-0-1 Dartling rotating quickly to shoot a dart in one direction and rotate gun to the other

Enough XP to unlock Faster Swivel

Official artwork

Upgrade portrait

Upgrade icon

Instamonkey icon

Videos

Spinning Dartlings 43.0

Faster Swivel showcase (43.3)

Trivia

• Faster Swivel is the cheapest upgrade for the Dartling Gunner out of all generations.
  • Concidentally, the Spike Factory's Long Reach upgrade is also the cheapest upgrade for that tower throughout all generations it appears in. The same upgrade also costs $150 on Medium.