Bloons TD Battles 2 (BTDB2) Update 2.1 Patch Notes

Bloons TD Battles 2 update 2.1 is available to download on PC, iOS, Android & Steam. According to the official Bloons TD Battles 2 patch notes, the latest update introduces Monkey Prestige for cosmetic upgrades and a new map called Pirate Cove. Apart from this, the BTD Battles 2 update 2.1 also includes several bug fixes, including issues with BFBs and MOABs.

Previously, a major Bloons TD Battles 2 update 1.5 added a new event (Speed Battles and Play with Fire), and Bling Season 6. Recently, BTDB2 update 1.10 also added a new hero: Agent Jericho. Unfortunately, players are still facing some issues with the game. Today’s BTD Battles 2 patch 2.1 will address a few of these issues.

Read more details below.

BTD Battles 2 Patch Notes 2.1 – August 16, 2023

New Features

• Monkey Prestige

• New, long-term, cosmetic upgrades for your monkeys once you finish their mastery unlocks.
• Use XP to unlock awesome new cosmetics like animated tower portraits and drag effects.
• New Map: Pirate Cove

• Protect your booty from Bloon attack in an all new map.
• Use the tall rocks to claim the high ground and attack the hard to reach bloons.
• You can find Pirate Cove in Ranked games in Lead Dungeon and above, as well as Casual, Private, and Event games.
• New Bling Season

• 12 new season cosmetics including the Toy Bricks weapon skin for the Spike Factory and Shark Tower Boost.
• Meet Science Gwen’s safety-conscious sidekick in the Safety Bot Showcase.
• Make some noise with Pat Fusty’s Pat-cussion showcase.

General Changes

• Pregame Store

• Stock up on Banana Farmers and Bloon Bots before each game.
• Watch an ad to trial any hero during the next game.

Balance Changes

• Ice Monkey

• 4xx Embrittlement: $3k -> $2.7k
• We want to encourage Ice Monkey to be used more, so we are buffing Embrittlement to make his decamo and debuff abilities a little bit more accessible early on.
• Sniper Monkey

• xx4 Full Auto Rifle: $4600 -> $4200
• Sniper remains one of the least used towers in the highest areas. We previously gave Full Auto Rifle a decent damage buff but it hasn’t appeared to be enough, so we are also reducing its cost.
• Monkey Sub

• x1x Barbed Darts: $450 -> $300
• xx1 Twin Guns: $350 -> $300
• xx2 Airburst Darts: $800 -> $700
• We would love to see Monkey Sub be used more in the early game, but currently he rarely is because other towers prove to be more efficient.
• Mortar Monkey

• xx2 Burny Stuff: $500 -> $600
• x4x Artillery Battery: ability no longer increases blast radius by 15%, and $7300 -> $7600
• Mortar has quickly risen to become one of the top meta towers in the highest arenas, and we would like to tone down its strength just a little. Burny Stuff is an incredibly efficient early/mid-game option making it deserving of a small price increase, and despite previous nerfs, Artillery Battery remains to be an exceptionally effective upgrade to counter rushes. The 4x boost that the ability gives is already very significant, so we thought that the +15% blast radius boost on top of that could be removed, along with a small price increase, to slightly lower its efficiency while still ensuring it still remains a powerful ability.
• Dartling Gunner

• 4xx Plasma Accelerator: Pierce 50 -> 40.
• 402 Plasma Accelerator/Powerful Darts crosspath: Pierce 75 -> 70
• Dartling Gunner continues to be a top-tier tower and its Plasma Accelerator stands out as an incredibly efficient tower, with solid MOAB class damage and good group popping power. So we have decided to lower its pierce in order to lower its efficiency in bloon cleanup. 402’s pierce has not been changed as much in order to give more incentive to go with the xx2 crosspath instead of x2x.
• Ninja Monkey

• xx3 Flash bomb: Stun duration 1 -> 1.3 and pierce 60 -> 75
• Despite Ninja Monkey being common in many top strategies over the seasons, Flash Bomb has never been a popular upgrade. We’ve bumped up its pierce and stun length so that hopefully it becomes a more appealing option.
• Druid

• 3xx Druid of the Storm: tornado projectile has homing
• 5xx Superstorm: big tornado has homing
• 3xx $1650 -> $1500 and blowback distance is now fixed at 250 rather than 100-300
• 4xx Ball Lightning: $4500 -> $4300
• x3x Druid of the Jungle: vine deals damage every 0.2s -> 0.15s, $850 -> $750
• In previous seasons, Druid had its time to shine as one of the top towers in HoM. However, Druid now sadly sits at the very bottom of the HoM usage rates, and so we want to give some of Druid’s lesser-used attacks some attention. We’ve made Druid of the Storm more reliable by removing the randomness, cutting its price, and adding homing. Additionally, we added homing to Superstorm, and gave small buffs to the underutilised Ball Lightning and Druid of the Jungle upgrades.
• Spike Factory

• xx3 Long Life Spikes: $1000 -> $600
• This upgrade simply increases the spike duration without adding any other benefit, so it didn’t deserve to be so expensive.
• Gwendolin

• Level 4: Heat It Up duration 8s -> 10s. Activates every 32 shots -> 28 shots.
• We are increasing Heat it Up’s uptime by increasing its duration and how often it activates. You can’t easily control when this buff is active, so making it more reliable felt like a sensible change to buff the Gwens a little.
• Science Gwen

• Level 4: Heat It Up activates every 40 shots -> 36 shots
• Since Scientist Gwendolin is already favoured over Gwendolin due to her stronger abilities, we are only giving Scientist Gwendolin the small Heat it Up activation buff and not the duration increase as well.
• Striker Jones

• Level 18: all mortar and bomb shooters shoot an additional 10 -> 15% faster
• We are giving a little buff to Striker Jones to give more incentive to pick him over Biker Bones, since currently Biker Bones is undeniably the favourite in the highest arenas.
• Captain Churchill

• Level 3: ability increases shell pierce by +2 -> +4
• Sentai Churchill is favoured over Captain Churchill largely due to his stronger early game. Captain Churchill’s level 3 ability is not that effective in the early game when compared to Sentai’s, so we are giving it a pretty hefty buff to help put him closer in line with Sentai.
• Benjamin

• Level 11: Generates $600 -> $800 per round
• Level 15: Generates $1000 -> $1400 per round
• Level 17: Generates $2000 -> $2500 per round
• Despite previous balance changes, it still feels like the Jerichos outshine the Benjamins as the cash hero, so we are bumping up Benjamin’s cash amounts for his later levels again.
• Ben Jammin

• Level 15: Generates $750 -> $1050 per round
• Level 17: Generates $1500 -> $1875 per round
• DJ Ben Jammin generates 75% of the cash of Benjamin so his values have been adjusted in line with Benjamins. DJ Ben was already generating $600 per round at Level 11, the same as Ben used to, by mistake so that value has not been increased.
• Ezili

• XP leveling curve 1.5x striker -> 1.5x quincy
• The meta has changed a lot over the previous seasons and the Ezilis are no longer considered top-tier heroes like they used to be. We have dropped the XP leveling curve so that their abilities are available earlier on.
• Smudge Catt Ezili
• XP Leveling curve 1.5x striker -> 1.5x quincy
• Pat Fusty

• Base Cost: $950 -> $900
• Level 1: slam blast radius 8 -> 10 (+2 to all future levels too)
• Level 1: pierce 7 -> 8
• Similar to Ezili, Pat Fusty and Fusty the Snowman no longer have much of a place in the meta and so we would like to give them some small early-game buffs for now.
• Fusty the Snowman

• Base Cost: $950 -> $900
• Level 1: slam blast radius 8 -> 10 (+2 to all future levels too)
• Level 1: pierce 7 -> 8
• Agent Jericho

• Level 4 (buff to adjustment) has been swapped with level 5 (buff to regrow cost)
• Level 4: regen cost multiplier x1.3 -> x1.4
• Level 7: camo cost multiplier x1.5 -> x1.6
• Once again, some more nerfs to Agent Jericho and Highwayman Jericho as they still have the edge over all other heroes. We decided to switch level 4 and 5 in order to delay how quickly camo bloons start spawning, as this was one aspect of Jericho that was very effective against lots of strategies. Furthermore, we very reduced the buff that they give to the cost of camos and regens, so that mid-game rushes or not quite so efficient with them.
• Highwayman Jericho

• Level 4 (buff to adjustment) has been swapped with level 5 (buff to regrow cost)
• Level 4: regen cost multiplier x1.3 -> x1.4
• Level 7: camo cost multiplier x1.5 -> x1.6

Bug Fixes

• Fixed BFBs that pop due to a damage over time effect spawning their children in the centre of the screen.
• Fixed soft lock on matchmaking screen if cancel button is pressed too frequently
• Fixed MOABs flying to the centre of the screen if hit with a knockback on COBRA Command
• Fixed 3xx Sub not decamoing bloons if there is a frozen bloon in its range.
• Fixed zombie MOABs not spawning correctly if summoned by an 105 or 205 wizard.
• Fixed Buccaneer not firing at bloons if placed too close to the pipe on Building Site.
• Fixed soft lock if you buy something immediately before leaving the shop.
• Fixed removable blockers not working if removed at the same time as another cash spend.
• Fixed gap in the in game UI.
• Fixed Euro symbol being hard to read.
• Fixed players being unable to send emotes after they ready up in a lobby.
• Fixed DJ Ben Jammin’s level 20 upgrade description being incorrect in non-english languages.
• Fixed low resolution daily reward cards if the window is resized while that screen is open. (Desktop only)
• Fixed activated ability bar flashing incorrectly during the tutorial.
• Fixed accolades overlapping the club icon on player profiles inconsistently.
• Fixed hotkeys being reset each time the game is opened for Russian keyboards.
• Fixed stuttering when entering the shop screen.

Download free BTDB2 update 2.1 on PC (Steam).