Unofficial Name The term "Red Bloon Seconds" is only a conjectural term coined by fans and has not been confirmed by official sources (e.g. in-game, Ninja Kiwi blog). |
Red Bloon Seconds or RBS is the length one Red Bloon will travel in one second on Medium difficulty, unaffected by fast forward or any speed modifiers other than those naturally bestowed by the track. This unit is an accurate measurement of track length in the BTD series due to being independent of screen-size and resolution. 1 RBS is equivalent to approximately 27.5 Range Units in Bloons TD 6.
For example, the BTD6 map Skates has 43 RBS, meaning it takes 43 seconds for a red bloon to pass through the track.
Measuring RBS[]
If a player desires to quickly obtain the length of a track themselves, they may use a stopwatch to measure the time it takes for one Red Bloon to cross the track in medium mode. However, most tracks will already have an RBS length listed on their respective wiki page. These values were obtained using the following steps to eliminate sources of errors arising from vision obstructions at the front of the track, discrepancies in pressing the stopwatch, and device lag. (Not all will be possible in games prior to Bloons TD 6).
Ensure all testing is done on Medium mode, with no Fast-Forwarding, pausing, or Monkey Knowledge enabled.
Single Track Maps[]
- Open Challenge Editor and select the desired map, set the Round to 1, Difficulty to Medium, Game Mode to Standard, and Bloon Speed to 50% (This will increase precision).
- Enter the challenge, start a screen recording software, and send Round 1.
- Once one Red Bloon has left the map, end the screen recording.
- Now, view the screen recording and take the time-stamp of the frame where the Start Round button was pressed.
- Then, take the time stamp of the first frame where 1 life is deducted.
- Subtract these time-stamps (Make sure to convert minutes to seconds).
- Divide this value by 2, to get the RBS.
- To ensure that device speed is not interfering with the measurement, go into the Four Circles map, and use the same-screen recording software to measure the amount of time it takes for one second to pass on the in-game timer. In the case that the 1-second interval of the screen-recording software and in-game clock do not match up, divide the In Game Time Passage by the Screen Recorder Time Passage and multiply this by the RBS value in step 7 to get the true Map Length.
Multi-Track Maps[]
- Open Sandbox Mode on Medium Difficulty in the desired map.
- Begin screen recording and set the Round to 1.
- Do not send the round, but rather click the Red Bloon icon to send 1 Red Bloon.
- Let the Red Bloon escape and deduct 1 life.
- Now, repeat steps 3 and 4 until 1 Red Bloon has crossed each track/path.
- If Bloons are not crossing certain tracks, increase the round until Bloons cross those tracks and repeat steps 3-5.
- After all tracks have been traversed by Red Bloons, end the screen recording.
- Take the timestamp of the last frame where the Red Bloon icon is pressed.
- Take the timestamp of the first frame where 1 life is deducted for that Red Bloon.
- Subtract these time-stamps to get the RBS (Make sure to convert minutes to seconds).
- Repeat steps 8-10 for each track.
- To ensure that device speed is not interfering with the measurement, go into the Four Circles map, and use the same-screen recording software to measure the amount of time it takes for one second to pass on the in-game timer. In the case that the 1-second interval of the screen-recording software and in-game clock do not match up, divide the In Game Time Passage by the Screen Recorder Time Passage and multiply this by the RBS value in step 7 to get the true Map Length.
List of All Map RBS in BTD6[]
The following is a list of all BTD6 track lengths using the procedure above. Click on the arrows in each section header to sort by length, name, etc.
Map | Difficulty | Track | Length (RBS) |
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Monkey Meadow | Beginner | Main | 32.745 |
Tree Stump | Beginner | Main | 44.265 |
Scrapyard | Beginner | main | 60.730 |
Town Center | Beginner | Main | 34.650 |
The Cabin | Beginner | Main | 34.645 |
Resort | Beginner | Main | 54.330 |
Skates | Beginner | Main | 42.980 |
Lotus Island | Beginner | Main | 37.195 |
Candy Falls | Beginner | Main | 47.915 |
Winter Park | Beginner | Main | 41.050 |
Carved | Beginner | Main | 44.670 |
Park Path | Beginner | Main | 40.215 |
Alpine Run | Beginner | Main | 36.550 |
Frozen Over | Beginner | Main | 40.370 |
In the Loop | Beginner | Main | 44.390 |
Cubism | Beginner | Main | 49.215 |
Four Circles | Beginner | Main | 41.415 |
Hedge | Beginner | Main | 43.775 |
End of the Road | Beginner | Main | 30.045 |
Logs | Beginner | Main | 60.330 |
Bloonarius Prime | Intermediate | Composite Path | 24.240 |
Bloonarius Prime | Intermediate | Prime Path | 19.635 |
Balance | Intermediate | 1 o'clock entrance | 28.340 |
Balance | Intermediate | 11 o'clock entrance | 28.480 |
Balance | Intermediate | 2:30 entrance | 27.200 |
Balance | Intermediate | 9:30 entrance | 27.260 |
Balance | Intermediate | 3:30 entrance | 28.500 |
Balance | Intermediate | 8:30 entrance | 28.320 |
Balance | Intermediate | 5 o'clock entrance | 27.260 |
Balance | Intermediate | 7 o'clock entrance | 27.170 |
Encrypted | Intermediate | Both Paths | 32.765 |
Bazaar | Intermediate | Top | 23.180 |
Bazaar | Intermediate | Bottom | 23.195 |
Adora's Temple | Intermediate | Horizontal Path | 34.270 |
Adora's Temple | Intermediate | Vertical Path | 31.595 |
Spring Spring | Intermediate | Top Path | 28.105 |
Spring Spring | Intermediate | Bottom Path | 28.000 |
Karts N' Darts | Intermediate | Main | 37.135 |
Moon Landing | Intermediate | Main | 40.370 |
Haunted | Intermediate | Main | 21.140 |
Downstream | Intermediate | Main | 29.970 |
Firing Range | Intermediate | Left Entrance | 33.800 |
Firing Range | Intermediate | Right Entrance | 33.665 |
Cracked | Intermediate | Main | 37.765 |
Streambed | Intermediate | Main | 30.795 |
Chutes | Intermediate | Left Path | 18.249 |
Chutes | Intermediate | Right Path | 18.195 |
Rake | Intermediate | Left Entrance | 17.745 |
Rake | Intermediate | Top Entrance | 18.205 |
Spice Islands | Intermediate | Main | 27.095 |
X-Factor | Advanced | Top Left (Bottom of first loop) | 23.825 |
X-Factor | Advanced | Top Right (Bottom of First Loop) | 23.771 |
X-Factor | Advanced | Top Left (Top of first loop) | 16.447 |
X-Factor | Advanced | Top Right (Top of First Loop) | 17.903 |
Mesa | Advanced | Top Path | 16.405 |
Mesa | Advanced | Bottom Path | 12.490 |
Geared | Advanced | Main | 15.790 |
Spillway | Advanced | Top Left Entrance | 25.295 |
Spillway | Advanced | Top Right Entrance | 26.680 |
Spillway | Advanced | Bottom Left Entrance | 26.695 |
Spillway | Advanced | Bottom Right Entrance | 25.405 |
Cargo | Advanced | Main Path | 15.860 |
Cargo | Advanced | MOAB Path | 13.445 |
Pat's Pond | Advanced | Top Path | 15.600 |
Pat's Pond | Advanced | Bottom Path | 16.365 |
Peninsula | Advanced | Main | 16.155 |
High Finance | Advanced | S Path | 31.190 |
High Finance | Advanced | U Path | 17.630 |
Another Brick | Advanced | Main | 22.305 |
Off The Coast | Advanced | Main | 21.965 |
Cornfield | Advanced | Main | 27.385 |
Underground | Advanced | Bottom Loop | 15.090 |
Underground | Advanced | Top Loop | 14.440 |
Sanctuary | Expert | Middle Right Exit | 12.435 |
Sanctuary | Expert | Far Right Exit | 14.525 |
Sanctuary | Expert | Far Left Exit | 14.535 |
Sanctuary | Expert | Middle Left Exit | 12.420 |
Ravine | Expert | Right Entrance to Uppermost Exit | 13.760 |
Ravine | Expert | Right Entrance to Exit in line with middle bridge | 15.425 |
Ravine | Expert | Left Entrance to Rightmost Exit | 10.295 |
Ravine | Expert | Shortest path | 9.015 |
Flooded Valley | Expert | Main | 10.120 |
Infernal | Expert | Top | 21.975 |
Infernal | Expert | Bottom | 21.945 |
Bloody Puddles | Expert | Leftmost | 10.170 |
Bloody Puddles | Expert | Rightmost | 10.100 |
Bloody Puddles | Expert | Right Middle | 10.140 |
Bloody Puddles | Expert | Left Middle | 10.180 |
Bloody Puddles | Expert | True Middle | 10.130 |
Workshop | Expert | Horizontal Path | 7.720 |
Workshop | Expert | Horizontal Path + All 4 extensions | 20.940 |
Workshop | Expert | Horizontal Path + Reverse Motor | 11.570 |
Workshop | Expert | Horizontal Path + All 4 Extensions + Reverse Motor | 31.385 |
Workshop | Expert | MOAB Path | 6.710 |
Workshop | Expert | MOAB Path + 2 Extensions | 13.330 |
Workshop | Expert | MOAB Path + Reverse Motor | 9.935 |
Workshop | Expert | MOAB Path + 2 Extensions + Reverse Motor | 19.830 |
Workshop | Expert | One Extension Loop (No Reverse Motor) | 3.305 |
Quad | Expert | Bottom to Top | 12.680 |
Quad | Expert | Left to Right | 14.040 |
Quad | Expert | Top to Bottom | 12.750 |
Quad | Expert | Right to Left | 13.945 |
Dark Castle | Expert | Top | 11.555 |
Dark Castle | Expert | Second from Top | 10.390 |
Dark Castle | Expert | Second from Bottom | 10.370 |
Dark Castle | Expert | Bottom Path | 11.515 |
Muddy Puddles | Expert | Leftmost | 10.890 |
Muddy Puddles | Expert | Middle Left | 11.010 |
Muddy Puddles | Expert | Middle Right | 10.870 |
Muddy Puddles | Expert | Rightmost | 10.870 |
#Ouch | Expert | Left Vertical | 4.520 |
#Ouch | Expert | Right Vertical | 4.520 |
#Ouch | Expert | Top Horizontal | 5.765 |
#Ouch | Expert | Bottom Horizontal | 5.760 |
Blons | Expert | Main | 4.220 |
List of RBS values in BTDB2[]
IMPORTANT!: This information is not 100% accurate, but at least close relative to each other. Don't spread it like fact, numbers may be off +/- 1.5 RBS, depending on whether exiting is the same as "leaking" and timer inconsistencies.
- Koru — 17 RBS
- Basalt Columns — 17 RBS
- Glade — 20 RBS bloon path, 14 RBS moab path
- Garden — 21 RBS
- Castle Ruins — 24 RBS
- Mayan— 24 RBS
- Sands of Time — 24 RBS
- Dino Graveyard — 26 RBS
- Bloontonium Mines — 27 RBS
- In the Wall — 29 RBS
- Docks — 35 RBS
Note: These values are always measured on player sent paths if not the same as AI.