What a Paragon Is
A Paragon is a special upgrade for a tower family that is built from its three Tier 5 upgrade paths. You need the Paragon unlocked with tower XP, enough cash for the Paragon upgrade, and the required Tier 5 towers placed before the upgrade can be created.
The three Tier 5 towers used to unlock the Paragon are required inputs. They are not treated as “extra Tier 5 towers” for the v39.0+ extra Tier 5 power category.
What Degree Measures
Paragon Degree is the visible result of internal Paragon Power. The game converts capped inputs into power, caps effective total power at 200,000, then chooses the highest degree threshold reached.
Degree 1 starts at 0 effective power. Degree 100 requires 200,000 effective power. Intermediate degrees use the community-documented degree threshold formula.
Post-v39 Power Sources
Extra Tier 5 towers add 6,000 power each after the first three required Tier 5 towers, capped at 50,000 power. Non-T5 upgrade tiers add 100 power each, capped at 10,000 power.
Placed tower cash and manual cash slider investment share a 60,000 power cap. Pops and bonus income share a 90,000 power cap. Geraldo Paragon Power Totems add 2,000 power each and are limited only by the final 200,000 effective power cap.
Planning Priorities
For high-degree planning, avoid adding resources to a category that is already capped. Once a category is capped, only other uncapped categories or Power Totems can increase the effective total.
Use the calculator pages when you need exact resource-to-power conversions, and use this guide as the rules reference for deciding which input is still worth improving.
Data & Version Notes
Ruleset: post-v39 Paragon Degree mechanics. Data version: BTD6 v56.x. The official notes were checked for changes before the maintained mechanics reference and repository values were compared.
v56.x Paragon audit matrix
Root of all Nature / Druid
v56 added global regrow pausing and increased its main thorn damage and boss bonus damage. Monarch of Storms remains the top-path Tier 5 constituent; Root of all Nature is the Paragon name.
Calculator impact: Strategy rating reviewed; no Degree input or upgrade-price change listed.
Herald of Everfrost / Ice
v56 fixed a problem that could occur while upgrading into Ice Paragon form. Separate Tier 5 Ice balance changes do not alter the Paragon data table.
Calculator impact: No Degree input or Paragon upgrade-price change listed.
Mega Massive Munitions Factory / Spike Factory
v56 corrected the Spike Paragon target-priority ordering.
Calculator impact: Behavior fix only; no Degree input or price change listed.
Ninja / Ascended Shadow
Lingering Magic no longer applies to Ninja Monkey in v56. The notes do not list an Ascended Shadow Degree or price change.
Calculator impact: No calculator change required.
Geraldo and Power Totems
v56 made shop inventory contribute to Geraldo's displayed Cash Spent statistic. The notes do not change Paragon Power Totem contribution.
Calculator impact: Totem Power remains 2,000 in the maintained mechanics reference.
Degree inputs, Paragon prices, and cash rules
The official v56.x notes were checked for Paragon price, Power-input, cash-slider, and cash-cap changes; none are listed.
Calculator impact: The tested post-v39 engine and centralized prices were retained.
Sources used
- Ninja Kiwi — Bloons TD 6 Update 56.0 notes
v56 Paragon balance and bug-fix audit, including Druid, Ice, Spike Factory, Ninja, and Geraldo-related notes. Official update source.
- Ninja Kiwi — Bloons TD 6 v39.0 update notes
Cash slider introduction, price-scaled cash contribution, shared cash cap changes, and the 5% efficiency difference. Official update source.
- Ninja Kiwi — Bloons TD 6 v51.0 update notes
Ballistic Obliteration Missile Bunker canonical name, release, and intended role. Official update source.
- Ninja Kiwi — Bloons TD 6 v54.0 update notes
Root of all Nature release and intended role. Official update source.
- Bloons Wiki — Paragons
Maintained names, costs, unlock XP, release versions, Degree thresholds, and resource-to-Power formulas not fully enumerated in official notes. Community-maintained reference.
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