| “ | Tacks fly out further than normal. | ” |
| ~ In-game description |
Long Range Tacks is the 1st upgrade of Path 2 for the Tack Shooter in Bloons TD 6. This upgrade makes the Tack Shooter shoot further by +4, from 23 to 27, and increases projectile speed by about +50%.
This upgrade costs $85 on Easy, $100 on Medium, $110 on Hard, and $120 on Impoppable.
Description[]
Overview[]
Long Range Tacks
This upgrade flattens the top section, and adds four rectangular pads around the top ring.
Long Range Tacks increases range by +4 and grants additional projectile speed.
Targeting Priorities[]
Faster Shooting shoots a spray of projectiles in an radial spray. Technically, the Tack Shooter is locked on the Close targeting priority. However, for simplicity reasons, Faster Shooting has no targeting priorities.
Full Popology[]
Statistics[]
- Updated as of Version 39.2
- Base stats
- Tacks:
- Projectile, sharp type, 8 per shot, 27 range, 1.4s attack cooldown, 1 damage, 1 pierce.
- Crosspathing interactions
- x-1-x: Almost every upgrade gains additional +4 range and bonus projectile speed (except Ring of Fire and Inferno Ring in the case of the latter)
- Monkey Knowledge interactions
Fast Tack Attacks: Tack Shooter attack speed increased by 8%.- Increased Lifespan: Projectiles shot from Tack Shooter have increased lifespan.
- Hard Tacks: Tack Shooter tacks can pop Frozen Bloons.
- Come On Everybody!: Primary towers attack 5% faster if all are below tier 3, and cost 5% less if all are tier 3 or 4.
- 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/Primary
- Updated as of Version 39.2
- Base attack(s)
- Tacks:
- Sharp
- Orbital Spray (8)
- Straight Attack
Costs[]
- Updated as of Version 44.0. 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-1-X) | $85 | $100 | $110 | $120 | - | |||
| Total (0-1-0) | $305 | $360 | $390 | $430 | $214 | $252 | $273 | $301 |
| Crosspath (1-1-0) | $430 | $510 | $550 | $610 | $301 | $357 | $385 | $427 |
| Crosspath (2-1-0) | $685 | $810 | $875 | $970 | $480 | $567 | $613 | $679 |
| Crosspath (0-1-1) | $400 | $470 | $510 | $560 | $280 | $329 | $357 | $392 |
| Crosspath (0-1-2) | $495 | $580 | $630 | $690 | $347 | $406 | $441 | $483 |
This upgrade's prices (or included crosspath's prices) are affected by the following MK: 
Better Sell Deals
Strategy[]
Summary[]
Adding more range can be useful, but it is not very useful in itself. The projectile speed increase can be marginally helpful in a few niche cases. Most of its value is merely for the transition into Super Range Tacks
Tips[]
- It is a bit too expensive for a simple small range upgrade. Other upgrades would be preferred unless opting for its successor Super Range Tacks.
Version History[]
Balance Changes[]
- 7.0
- Affected by base Tack Shooter attack speed buff
- 20.0
| “ | Inferno Ring has felt very outclassed for a long time, and more recently the tack shooter was reworked to give pierce on x2x which made the old 402 pierce crosspath not make as much sense anymore. We wanted to start work on both these issues together by reworking how Ring of Fire and Inferno Ring interact with crosspaths | ” |
| ~ Ninja Kiwi, referring to Ring of Fire and Inferno Ring |
- Now also gives Ring of Fire with +10 pierce on top of an existing range boost.
- 38.0
- Long Range Tacks no longer gives +10 pierce to Ring of Fire or Inferno Ring
Bug Fixes and General Changes[]
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Extra Notes (Version History)[]
Gallery[]
1-1-0 Tack Shooter with Faster Shooting and Long Range Tacks
Crosspathing (Top: Path 1, Bottom: Path 3)
Long Range Tacks comparisons (Left: 0-0-0, Middle: 0-1-0, Right: 0-2-0)
Official artwork[]
Upgrade portrait
Upgrade icon
Instamonkey icon
Trivia[]
- The first range upgrade for the Tack Shooter was only ever changed to "Long Range Tacks" in BTD6. In all other instances except BTD3, the name is "Extra Range Tacks". In BTD3, it is "Longer Range".
- In BTD6, Longer Range is the name of the Monkey Sub's base range upgrade.
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