Tack Shooter

Overview[]

The Tack Shooter is the second tower to be unlocked in Bloons TDX, at rank 2. It shoots 8 tacks around it with each shot. It costs $370 to place.

	Faster Shooter Shoots Faster $170 Tier 1 Total cost: $540		Unlock the challenge for this tower by unlocking 5M (Ring of Fire). Complete the challenge to unlock 3S (Bomb Sprayer).
	Even More Tacks Shoots Even Faster $230 Tier 2 Total cost: $770
Blade Shooter Blades pop 3 bloons and move faster $740 Tier 3L Total cost: $1,510	Red Hot Tacks Pops lead and melts ceramic $340 Tier 3M Total cost: $1,110	Tack Sprayer Shoots 16 tacks $630 Tier 3R Total cost: $1,400	Bomb Sprayer Shoots bombs in eight directions $2,200 Tier 3S Total cost: $2,970
Rank 17 x2 Max. Torque Blades Blades spin, giving them more range and power $1,330 Tier 4L Total cost: $2,840	Rank 17 x3 Flame Jets Four Jets pop several layers off of several bloons $1,550 Tier 4M Total cost: $2,660	Rank 17 x3 Tack Storm Shoots a storm of tacks $2,300 Tier 4R Total cost: $3,700	Rank 17 x15 Firecracker Shooter Firecrackers have wilder explosions $5,900 Tier 4S Total cost: $8,870
Rank 41 x5 Blade Maelstrom Launches a wave of blades $2,800 Tier 5L Total cost: $5,640	Rank 41 x7 Ring of Fire Big ring of fire rapidly pops 3 layers of bloon $3,900 Tier 5M Total cost: $6,560	Rank 41 x7 Tack Typhoon Unleash a Typhoon of tacks on the whole track $5,600 Tier 5R Total cost: $9,300	Rank 41 x25 Fireworks Pretty and dangerous for bloons $14,400 Tier 5S Total cost: $23,270

Total to fully unlock: 67

Good spread damage, especially with right and stack paths.
Good at shield removal early game.
Decently versatile early game tower.
4M, 5M, 4S, and 5S, are some of the very few towers that can do AoE damage to shields.
Good for time trials.

Towers