All BTD5 Towers & Strategy - Basically Average (2024)

If you couldn’t already tell, I’m a mega fan of Bloons TD games, especially Bloons TD 6.

In more recent days, when I felt like I’ve become “an expect” at Bloons TD 6, covering all the best upgrade paths for Towers, I decided to go backwards to fully understand how Towers worked in Bloons TD 5 and why certain Towers were improved or broken up among different Towers, such as the Apprentice Monkey becoming the Wizard Monkey and Druid.

Honestly, I find Bloons TD 5 to be more difficult than Bloons TD 6 and I can’t tell if it’s just because I jumped into the difficult game modes too soon without purchasing upgrades or if the grind is actually just meant to be slower in BTD5 than it is in BTD6.

I can whole heartedly say that I’ve come to a point in BTD5 where I feel comfortable with most of the game modes and quite frankly feel equipped enough to give some basic tips that should help players get through the majority of game modes and challenges.

I can’t say that I prefer BTD5, however, I can say that there are a few mechanics in BTD5 that I wish carried over into BTD6.

My biggest appreciation for BTD5 is the fact that Towers can be upgraded with seemingly “more capabilities” due to the fact that instead of having 3 different paths to cross path, players will only have 2.

This makes it a lot easier to decide which Towers to place and which cross paths are more useful.

The best part of this is the fact that players can upgrade multiple Towers to their “top tier” essentially making it easier to win the game as multiple Towers can be the strongest they can be.

So let’s get started and chat about all of the Towers players can place in BTD5 and what each Tower is best for.

DART MONKEY

HOW TO UNLOCK

The Dart Monkey is immediately useable as it it unlocked from rank 1.

RANGE

The Dart Monkey has a Small range.

PIERCE

The Dart Monkey has the base pierce of 1.

DAMAGE

The Dart Monkey has the base damage of 1.

CAMO DETECTION

The Dart Monkey does not initially have Camo detection, however, can be upgraded using (2/-) in order to obtain Camo detection.

ATTACK SPEED

The Dart Monkey has Medium attack speed.

COST

The Dart Monkey costs the following in each game mode:

EASY

$170

MEDIUM

$200

HARD

$215

IMPOPPABLE

$240

RANK REQUIRED FOR FINAL UPGRADE

The Dart Monkey requires a player to acquire rank 21 before players are able to fully upgrade it with both of its final upgrades.

SPECIAL ABILITY

The Dart Monkey is able to acquire a single Special Ability, being Super Monkey Fan Club.

SPECIALTY BUILDING

If players would like to upgrade the Dart Monkey using their coins they can do so by upgrading the Dart Training Facility.

HOTKEY

The Tack Shooter can be placed quickly by using the letter “Q”.

PATH 1 DART MONKEY

The Path 1 Dart Monkey excels at popping bloons in a straight line and will provide the Dart Monkey with Camo detection as well as the ability to shred through Lead Bloons.

It is by far the more “powerful” option of Dart Monkey, though due to the way that it damages bloons it has a higher chance of allowing bloons to leak.

Players will often want to place a Path 1 Dart Monkey on a straight Path to ensure that it damages the most bloons it can at a time and will require placement close to the beginning of a track as later placement may simply prove to be useless.

I personally do not place a lot of Path 1 Dart Monkeys as I find them most useful for dealing with Ceramic Bloons, but extremely weak at dealing with MOAB-class bloons, making me want to use other Towers instead as I find MOAB-class bloons more difficult and problematic to deal with.

I will say though, if you want something to thin out bloons and you’re struggling with regular bloons, this is a massively useful upgrade path to use, especially if your track does not have many winds in it.

LONG RANGE DARTS (1/-)

EASY

$75

MEDIUM

$90

HARD

$95

IMPOPPABLE

$110

ABOUT LONG RANGE DARTS

The Long Range Darts upgrade provides the Dart Monkey with the ability to shoot darts further than usual.

In BTD5, the Long Range Darts upgrade will provide the Dart Monkey with a 25% range boost, effectively bringing it’s range from 200 pixels to 250 pixels.

The Long Range Darts upgrade can be useful for covering more track, especially if players want to place the Dart Monkey in an area where it can target bloons that are near the beginning and further down the line.

I would strongly recommend always anticipating providing a Dart Monkey with Long Range Darts in order to place it more central on a map, as anticipating a larger attack range will allow a player to prepare for later waves instead of having a Dart Monkey that has a range that is just shy of a prime location on the map.

In many cases, Long Range Darts is not the first upgrade players will want to provide their Dart Monkey as it does not increase the amount of damage the Dart Monkey deals, though if placed on a map with winding roads, this may be the upgrade for you.

ENHANCED EYESIGHT

EASY

$100

MEDIUM

$120

HARD

$130

IMPOPPABLE

$145

ABOUT ENHANCED EYESIGHT

Upon upgrading to Enhanced Eyesight, Dart Monkeys will gain the ability to detect Camo Bloons and will also gain an increase in attack range by an additional 30%.

This essentially means that with the previous tier of upgrades, Long Range Darts, the Dart Monkey will have a total of 50% increased attack range.

Similar to the message above, players will want to anticipate this upgrade as providing Dart Monkeys with Camo detection makes them very useful, especially due to the cost being so low for this specific Tower.

I would strongly suggest waiting for this upgrade until the player is about to deal with Camo Bloons unless a player is trying to quickly upgrade to Spike-O-Pult as the increase in attack range is only useful if a player is on a map with multiple winding roads.

As the Enhanced Eyesight upgrade does not provide a player with more damage, this can allow bloons to leak, again unless the Dart Monkey gains visibility of a part of the track they did not originally have access to.

SPIKE-O-PULT

EASY

$425

MEDIUM

$500

HARD

$540

IMPOPPABLE

$600

ABOUT SPIKE-O-PULT

Upon upgrading to the Spike-O-Pult, Dart Monkeys will acquire a new type of projectile, being a large spiked ball that has a higher amount of pierce, however will be flung at a slower rate.

Each spiked ball will be able to damage 18 bloons, being the best on a straight path as this can guarantee the devastation of more bloons.

Players are recommended to place Spike-O-Pults on “Last” targeting as this will help guarantee that it throws spiked balls in a straight line, though this will depend on where the Dart Monkey is placed.

If the Dart Monkey is placed closer to the beginning of a map and is meant to hit bloons that pass it, then “First” targeting is more useful, though if the Dart Monkey is placed further down the line and is meant to catch bloons as the begin to leak, then “Last” targeting is more useful.

The same can be said about the Juggernaut upgrade, which I will cover shortly.

JUGGERNAUT

EASY

$1,275

MEDIUM

$1,500

HARD

$1,620

IMPOPPABLE

$1,800

ABOUT JUGGERNAUT

The Juggernaut upgrade is one of the most useful upgrades players can provide a Dart Monkey as it will gain the ability to shred through both Frozen Bloons and Lead Bloons.

The Juggernaut has a very impressive pierce, being able to pop up to 100 bloons at a time.

Although the Juggernaut will only shred through 1 layer of regular bloons, it will be able to deal 5 damage to Ceramic Bloons.

Finally, the Juggernaut will gain a small increase in attack range, allowing it to catch more bloons than it previously was able to.

The Juggernaut is a great Tower to have in the early game as it provides players with the cheapest form of Camo Lead Bloon popping, though if players are simply looking to pop Lead Bloons they can place a Bomb Shooter instead.

PATH 2 DART MONKEY

Path 2 Dart Monkeys are my preferred choice in upgrade as they can both deal AoE damage and can be activated in order to deal massive amounts of damage to MOAB-class bloons.

The special ability that Path 2 provides is quite exceptional and can provide players with some of the best support in the game, essentially acting as an “oh sh*t” button that can be used before bloons begin to leak.

It should be noted that as useful as the special ability is to quickly destroy bloons, the ability is unable to affect certain types of bloons, such as Lead Bloons and Frozen Bloons as they deflect sharp damage.

If you choose to go down the Path 2 route, I strongly recommend upgrading a number of Dart Monkeys with Path 2 to ensure that players have enough access to the special abilities due to it’s fairly long cooldown.

In general, Path 2 Dart Monkeys are impactful due to their fast attack speed and AoE and players will be happy to note that they will not need to place the Path 2 Dart Monkeys in a specific location in order to benefit the most from them.

SHARP SHOTS

EASY

$120

MEDIUM

$140

HARD

$150

IMPOPPABLE

$170

ABOUT SHARP SHOTS

Sharp Shots is a fairly simple and underwhelming upgrade to have on it’s own as it’s major benefit is the ability to gain an extra point of pierce.

Upon upgrading the Dart Monkey with Sharp Shots, the Dart Monkey will be able to pop 2 bloons using a single dart.

The Sharp Shots upgrade can be useful for thinning out bloons, especially if players don’t have many Towers out yet, however, it will not provide the player with enough defences to get through many waves before needing to be upgraded again.

RAZOR SHARP SHOTS

EASY

$145

MEDIUM

$170

HARD

$185

IMPOPPABLE

$205

ABOUT RAZOR SHARP DARTS

The Razor Sharp Darts upgrade will provide Dart Monkeys with the ability of being able to pierce through 4 bloons at a time instead of 2.

Although not as impressive as a Path 1 Dart Monkey, the Path 2 Razor Sharp Shots Dart Monkey can provide some exceptional support for players in the early game.

TRIPLE DARTS

EASY

$280

MEDIUM

$330

HARD

$355

IMPOPPABLE

$395

ABOUT TRIPLE DARTS

The Triple Darts upgrade is a great upgrade for players to acquire as it will allow the Dart Monkey to be able to throw 3 darts instead of 1.

While not overpowered, the Triple Darts upgrade can really help improve the amount of damage a Dart Monkey can push out, especially in the early rounds.

Dart Monkeys will be able to pop a maximum of 12 bloons at a time, essentially being able to pop 4 bloons per dart.

SUPER MONKEY FAN CLUB

EASY

$6,800

MEDIUM

$8,000

HARD

$8,640

IMPOPPABLE

$9,600

ABOUT SUPER MONKEY FAN CLUB

The Super Monkey Fan Club is one of the strongest abilities in the game players can acquire and will transform a maximum of 10 nearby Dart Monkeys into Super Monkeys for 15 seconds, allowing them to shoot rapidly.

The Super Monkey Fan Club is the most useful when players are trying to destroy MOAB-class bloons, though it has a fairly long cool down, being 50 seconds.

I will say, it’s extremely important to place all 10 Dart Monkeys to gain the most out of this special ability, though in earlier rounds with a few MOAB-class bloons, players will still have a good chance of succeeding even with less Dart Monkeys.

It’s important to note that the Super Monkey Fan Club has a 50 second cool down, meaning that players may want to upgrade a few Dart Monkeys to this tier to make sure it is always accessible.

As a side note, on the earlier versions of BTD5, Spike-O-Pults weren’t able to transform into Super Monkeys, though that is no longer true and they will be affected in the newer editions.

TACK SHOOTER

HOW TO UNLOCK

The Tack Shooter is immediately useable as it it unlocked from rank 2.

RANGE

The Tack Shooter has a Short range.

PIERCE

The Tack Shooter has the base pierce of 1.

DAMAGE

The Tack Shooter has the base damage of 1, though it shoots 8 tacks.

CAMO DETECTION

The Tack Shooter has no way to gain Camo detection on it’s own and requires the placement of a Monkey Village with Radar Scanner (-/2).

ATTACK SPEED

The Tack Shooter has Medium-slow attack speed.

COST

The Tack Shooter costs the following in each game mode:

EASY

$305

MEDIUM

$360

HARD

$390

IMPOPPABLE

$420

RANK REQUIRED FOR FINAL UPGRADE

The Tack Shooter requires a player to acquire rank 22 before players are able to fully upgrade it with both of its final upgrades.

SPECIAL ABILITY

The Tack Shooter is able to acquire a single Special Ability, being Blade Maelstrom.

SPECIALTY BUILDING

If players would like to upgrade the Tack Shooter using their Monkey Money they can do so by upgrading the Tack Research Center.

HOTKEY

The Tack Shooter can be placed quickly by using the letter “W”.

PATH 1 TACK SHOOTER

Path 1 Tack Shooters are great due to their impeccable attack speed, especially when placed in tandem with a Bloonchipper that will bring bloons back for a second pounding.

Path 1 Tack Shooters are perfect for dealing with clumps of Lead Bloons and can be empowered by placing a Monkey Village with Monkey Intelligence Bureau (-/3) nearby, or simply Radar Scanner (-/2) to deal with Camo Bloons.

In my opinion, a Path 1 Tack Shooter is a necessity, especially for newer players who are struggling with leaking lower-tier bloons.

FASTER SHOOTING

EASY

$180

MEDIUM

$210

HARD

$225

IMPOPPABLE

$250

ABOUT FASTER SHOOTER

Upon upgrading a Tack Shooter with Faster Shooting, the Tack Shooter will damage bloons faster, essentially being able to catch bloons more efficiently.

The Tack Shooter will now attack 0.8 times per second.

EVEN FASTER SHOOTING

EASY

$255

MEDIUM

$300

HARD

$325

IMPOPPABLE

$360

ABOUT EVEN FASTER SHOOTER

Upon upgrading a Tack Shooter with Even Faster Shooting the Tack Shooter will gain… well… even faster shooting!

The Tack Shooter will now attack 1.45 times per second.

TACK SPRAYER

EASY

$425

MEDIUM

$500

HARD

$540

IMPOPPABLE

$600

ABOUT TACK SPRAYER

Upon upgrading a Tack Shooter with Tack Sprayer, the Tack Shooter will be able to spray 16 tacks at a time instead of 8.

The Tack Sprayer is quite essential for players to upgrade to as it will help ensure that bloons are not missed from simply slipping away from the Tack Shooter.

The Tack Sprayer has less space in between it’s tacks.

RING OF FIRE

EASY

$2,125

MEDIUM

$2,500

HARD

$2,700

IMPOPPABLE

$3,000

ABOUT RING OF FIRE

The Ring of Fire upgrade is by far my favourite upgrade to provide the Tack Shooter as it will be able to fire in a full solid ring surrounding the tower, popping a single layer of bloons, though at a much faster speed than it previously could.

It should be noted that a Ring of Fire Tack Shooter will only be able to pop 60 bloons per shot, though this isn’t usually an issue as it’s rapid attack speed really helps balance this out.

The greatest advantage of using a Ring of Fire Tack Shooter is that it will be able to shred through Lead Bloons and Frozen Bloons and can even provide a great amount of support when dealing with Ceramic Bloons.

The only bloons players will not be able to target when using a Tack Shooter are Camo Bloons, though players can easily remedy this by placing a Monkey Village with Radar Scanner (-/2)

Ring of Fire Tack Shooter also struggle with destroying MOAB-class bloons though when placed next to a Bloonchipper will become one of the best pairings in the game.

PATH 2 TACK SHOOTER

As powerful as a Path 2 Tack Shooter is, I personally don’t use them very often simply because there are other Towers and strategies I find more in line with my play style.

The most notable thing about the Path 2 Tack Shooter is the fact that it comes with a special ability that players can activate in order to provide some extra support against leaking bloons.

Quite frankly, I can really see the appeal of the Blade Maelstrom special ability, though to me, it’s not the most useful unless upgraded with a Monkey Village with Monkey Intelligence Bureau (-/2).

EXTRA RANGE TACKS

EASY

$85

MEDIUM

$100

HARD

$110

IMPOPPABLE

$120

ABOUT EXTRA RANGE TACKS

Upon upgrading a Tack Shooter with Long Range Tacks, the Tack Shooter will gain a small upgrade in range, going from 144 pixels to 165.

The Extra Range Tacks isn’t an upgrade that is useful on it’s own as players will not usually be able to catch more bloons with it’s increased range, simply because of the sheer amount of space between tacks.

Players will usually want to use the Long Range Tacks upgrade if they are hoping to upgrade Path 1 further.

SUPER RANGE TACKS

EASY

$190

MEDIUM

$225

HARD

$245

IMPOPPABLE

$270

ABOUT SUPER RANGE TACKS

Upon upgrading a Tack Shooter with Super Range Tacks players will receive even more range.

The Tack Shooter’s range increases from 165 pixels to 190 pixels.

Similar to the upgrade above, players will not need to use this upgrade unless they cross path with some of the Path 1 upgrades as the extra range cannot guarantee the destruction of more bloons.

BLADE SHOOTER

EASY

$580

MEDIUM

$680

HARD

$735

IMPOPPABLE

$815

ABOUT BLADE SHOOTER

Upon upgrading a Tack Shooter with Blade Shooter, the Tack Shooter will now be able to shoot large razor blades that h ave more accuracy as they are much wider than Tacks.

The Blade Shooter will also receive an increase in attack speed, making it quite a resourceful upgrade.

It should be noted that the Blade Shooter has 3 pierce.

BLADE MAELSTROM

EASY

$2,295

MEDIUM

$2,700

HARD

$2,915

IMPOPPABLE

$3,240

ABOUT BLADE MAELSTROM

Upon upgrading a Tack Shooter with Blade Maelstrom the Tack Shooter will gain a special ability that players can activate.

Once activated Blade Maelstrom will shoot two streams of blade that spiral outwards, shredding all bloons it comes into contact with.

Amazingly, Blade Maelstrom has a relatively low cool down, only coming in at 20 seconds and most notably the ability will have unlimited pierce, essentially meaning that if bloons are weak enough, players will be able to clear them all so they can focus on more important bloons.

Unfortunately the Blade Maelstrom special ability isn’t great when used against Regenerating Bloons as they will often grow even while the ability is active.

Players are going to want to place the Blade Maelstrom so it can go against the grain, essentially meaning that if the ability is forced to chase bloons, players may actually lose DPS simply because the Blades never actually reach bloons in time.

Players should also note that the Blade Maelstrom ability will not be able to shred through Lead Bloons, unless placed next to a Monkey Intelligence Bureau (-/3).

SNIPER MONKEY

HOW TO UNLOCK

The Sniper Monkey is unlocked at Rank 3.

RANGE

The Sniper Monkey has a Global range.

PIERCE

The Sniper Monkey has the base pierce of 1.

DAMAGE

The Sniper Monkey has the base damage of 2.

CAMO DETECTION

The Sniper Monkey does not initially have Camo detection, however, can be upgraded using (-/2) in order to obtain Camo detection.

ATTACK SPEED

The Sniper Monkey has Slow attack speed.

COST

The Sniper Monkey costs the following in each game mode:

EASY

$300

MEDIUM

$350

HARD

$380

IMPOPPABLE

$420

RANK REQUIRED FOR FINAL UPGRADE

The Sniper Monkey requires a player to acquire rank 24 before players are able to fully upgrade it with both of its final upgrades.

SPECIAL ABILITY

The Sniper Monkey is able to acquire a single Special Ability, being Supply Drop.

SPECIALTY BUILDING

If players would like to upgrade the Sniper Monkey using their Monkey Money they can do so by upgrading the Rifle Range.

HOTKEY

The Sniper Monkey can be placed quickly by using the letter “E”.

PATH 1 SNIPER MONKEY

The Path 1 Sniper Monkey is by far the strongest upgrade path players can select when choosing which path to choose.

Path 1 Sniper Monkeys attack relatively slowly, though they can shred through multiple layers of bloons per each shot fired.

Path 1 Sniper Monkeys are best when on “Strong” targeting as this can help players either stun MOAB-class bloons or shatter Ceramic Bloons which can also be a problem for players to deal with.

Players will want to keep their hand on the Path 1 Sniper Monkey to change it’s targeting to ensure that no bloons leak, though with enough other Towers dealing lower tier bloons this may not actually be necessary.

FULL METAL JACKET

EASY

$300

MEDIUM

$350

HARD

$380

IMPOPPABLE

$420

ABOUT FULL METAL JACKET

Upon upgrading a Sniper Monkey with Full Metal Jacket, the Sniper Monkey will be able to pop 4 layers off of bloons and will be able to shred through Lead Bloons.

The Full Metal Jacket Sniper Monkey comes in very helpful for early rounds with Lead Bloons, though due to it’s non-optimal attack speed, it will not be able to deal with clumps of Lead Bloons.

Although the Sniper Monkey can be useful when trying to catch bloons before they leak, players may want to change the targeting option to “Strong” in order to burst bloons to allow other towers to deal with the small bloons.

POINT FIVE OH

EASY

$1,850

MEDIUM

$2,200

HARD

$2,375

IMPOPPABLE

$2,640

ABOUT POINT FIVE OH

Upon upgrading a Sniper Monkey with Point Five Oh, the Sniper Monkey will be able to shred through 7 layers of bloons.

This means that a Sniper Monkey will be able to completely destroy a Lead Bloon or even Zebra Bloon in one shot.

Point Five Oh Sniper Monkeys are also optimal for dealing with Rainbow Bloons and Ceramic Bloons as it will shred them and cause the Rainbow Bloons to spawn 8 Red Bloons and the Ceramic Bloons to spawn 16 Yellow Bloons.

DEADLY PRECISION

EASY

$3,400

MEDIUM

$4,000

HARD

$4,320

IMPOPPABLE

$4,800

ABOUT DEADLY PRECISION

Upon upgrading a Sniper Monkey with Deadly Precision the Sniper Monkey will be able to pop through 18 layers of bloons making it the best way to deal with Ceramic Bloons.

It is essential that players change the Deadly Precision Sniper Monkey’s targeting option to “Strong” as this will ensure that Ceramic Bloons are dealt with.

Players may need to place multiples of these Towers in order to deal with all the Ceramic Bloons that spawn, but either way these Towers are great at making sure that not many children bloons spawn.

Most notably, the Deadly Precision Sniper can ensure that any MOAB-class bloons it destroys spawns Blue Bloons instead of Ceramic Bloons, making it quite effective at ensuring the other Towers are not overwhelmed.

CRIPPLE MOAB

EASY

$10,625

MEDIUM

$12,500

HARD

$13,500

IMPOPPABLE

$15,000

ABOUT CRIPPLE MOAB

Upon upgrading a Sniper Monkey with Cripple MOAB the Sniper Monkey will be able to temporarily stun MOAB-class bloons, making this one of the most noteworthy Towers, especially if players have difficulty with MOABs leaking.

PATH 2 SNIPER MONKEY

The Path 2 Sniper Monkey is more of a support type of Tower as it will provide players with a healthy amount of cash, helping to fund other Towers and can be used to raise enough funds to place more money making Towers such as the Banana Farm.

While the Path 2 Sniper Monkey doesn’t deal as much damage as a Path 1 Sniper Monkey, it does have some increased attack speed, essentially meaning that the Path 2 Sniper Monkey will be able to damage bloons quickly.

Unlike the Path 1 Sniper Monkey, players can leave the Path 2 Sniper Monkey on “First” targeting to clear bloons before they leak.

I can’t lie and say that I place the Path 2 Sniper Monkey often, simply because Path 1 is much stronger and useful especially for it’s ability to stun MOAB-class bloons.

FASTER FIRING

EASY

$340

MEDIUM

$400

HARD

$430

IMPOPPABLE

$480

ABOUT FASTER FIRING

Upon upgrading a Sniper Monkey with Faster Firing the Sniper Monkey will gain a bit of attack speed, allowing it to fire 1.4x faster than previous.

While not the most helpful upgrade, when paired up with some of the upgrades of Path 1, the Sniper Monkey can become extremely helpful for shredding through strong bloons, especially if it is used to help shred the top layers off of strong bloons so other Towers can clean up the remainder of the bloons.

NIGHT VISION GOGGLES

EASY

$255

MEDIUM

$300

HARD

$325

IMPOPPABLE

$360

ABOUT NIGHT VISION GOGGLES

The Night Vision Goggles is one of the most important upgrades players can acquire on a Sniper Monkey especially if the player does not have the intention to place a Monkey Village with Radar Scanner (-/2).

Night Vision Goggles can help the Sniper Monkey detect Camo Bloons being most useful for getting rid of Camo Lead Bloons so other Towers can have at the lower tier bloons more easily.

Night Vision Goggles can also help ensure that no bloons leak as a player can change the targeting option between “Strong” and “First” to ensure that no Camo bloons escape.

SEMI-AUTOMATIC RIFLE

EASY

$2,975

MEDIUM

$3,500

HARD

$3,780

IMPOPPABLE

$4,200

ABOUT SEMI-AUTOMATIC RIFLE

Upon upgrading a Sniper Monkey with Semi-Automatic Rifle the Sniper Monkey will attack three times faster.

The Semi-Automatic Rifle works extremely well when paired up with Path 1’s Point Five-oh as it can effectively slay MOAB-class bloons as well as strong regular bloons like Ceramic Bloons.

Players can essentially place a few Semi-Automatic Rifles to deal with strong bloons to allow other Towers to deal with lesser bloons.

SUPPLY DROP

EASY

$10,200

MEDIUM

$12,000

HARD

$12,960

IMPOPPABLE

$14,400

ABOUT SUPPLY DROP

Upon upgrading a Sniper Monkey with Supply Drop, players will be able to activate a special ability that provides the player with between $500-$1,500 per activation, which comes in extremely helpful when players are trying to fund their Towers.

The Supply Drop upgrade has a 60-second cool down upon being upgraded and will also require 60-seconds before it can be reactivated.

Players are recommended to use Supply Drop Sniper Monkeys if they are expecting to play on Freeplay as Freeplay tends to have longer round lengths, which will allow players to receive cash a few times in the round.

BOOMERANG THROWER

HOW TO UNLOCK

The Boomerang Thrower is unlocked after acquiring rank 4.

RANGE

The Boomerang Thrower has a Medium range.

PIERCE

The Boomerang Thrower has the base pierce of 3.

DAMAGE

The Boomerang Thrower has the base damage of 1.

CAMO DETECTION

The Boomerang Thrower does not have Camo detection unless it is upgraded with Glaive Lord (4/-)

ATTACK SPEED

The Boomerang Thrower has Medium-slow attack speed.

COST

The Boomerang Thrower costs the following in each game mode:

EASY

$325

MEDIUM

$380

HARD

$410

IMPOPPABLE

$525

RANK REQUIRED FOR FINAL UPGRADE

The Boomerang Thrower requires a player to acquire rank 22 before players are able to fully upgrade it with both of its final upgrades.

SPECIAL ABILITY

The Boomerang Thrower is able to acquire a single Special Ability, being Turbo Charge.

SPECIALTY BUILDING

If players would like to upgrade the Boomerang Thrower using their Monkey Money they can do so by upgrading the Boomerang Dojo.

HOTKEY

The Tack Shooter can be placed quickly by using the letter “R”.

PATH 1 BOOMERANG THROWER

The Path 1 Boomerang Thrower is by far my favourite type of Boomerang Thrower a player can place as players can passively leave a Path 1 Boomerang Thrower and still deal damage to a plethora of bloons.

The Path 1 Boomerang Thrower can shred through more bloons and once and has the added bonus of having Camo detection on it’s orbital glaives, essentially meaning that players can rely on the Boomerang Thrower to clear bloons before they leak.

The Path 1 Boomerang Thrower deals a great deal of damage generally and is one of the most reliable damage dealers, especially as in the later upgrades, it will throw glaives that ricochet from one bloon to another.

MULTI-TARGET

EASY

$210

MEDIUM

$250

HARD

$270

IMPOPPABLE

$300

ABOUT MULTI-TARGET

Upon upgrading a Boomerang Thrower with Multi-Target the Boomerang Thrower will be able to pop up to 7 bloons at a time as long if it is placed properly.

GLAIVE THROWER

EASY

$240

MEDIUM

$280

HARD

$300

IMPOPPABLE

$335

ABOUT GLAIVE THROWER

Upon upgrading a Boomerang Thrower with Glaive Thrower a player will be able to pop up to 12 bloons at a time and it will increase a 6.4% attack speed increase.

GLAIVE RICCOCHET

EASY

$1,190

MEDIUM

$1,400

HARD

$1,510

IMPOPPABLE

$1,680

ABOUT GLAIVE RICOCHET

Upon upgrading a Boomerang Thrower with Glaive Ricochet the Boomerang Thrower will be able to pop 100 bloons at a time.

The nice thing about the Glaive Ricochet is that the Glaives it throws will bounce from bloon to bloon as long as bloons are close together.

The Glaive Ricochet upgrade is perfect for clearing through weaker bloons as it is possible to guarantee that all weaker bloons are destroyed, unlike with other towers that have shorter range or do not allow projectiles to bounce between targets.

Unfortunately the Glaive Ricochet upgrade can only allow the glaives to affect a bloon once meaning that the glaive will always move forward instead of bounce back and forth between two bloons.

Players are either recommended to place a Boomerang Thrower where they can attack in multiple places or to simply place multiple Boomerang Thrower with Glaive Ricochet as it is such a powerful upgrade.

GLAIVE LORD

EASY

$7,650

MEDIUM

$9,000

HARD

$9,720

IMPOPPABLE

$10,800

ABOUT GLAIVE LORD

Upon upgrading a Boomerang Thrower with Glaive Lord the Boomerang Thrower will gain a permanent rotation of glaives around the Tower that will shred through bloons that come nearby.

The greatest thing about the Glaive Lord is that it can now shred through Camo Bloons, essentially allowing the player to ensure that no bloons leak.

Ultimately the Glaive Lord works as both a Boomerang Thrower as well as a pseudo Tack Shooter.

PATH 2 BOOMERANG THROWER

The Path 2 Boomerang Thrower has great popping capabilities, being able to shred through almost all types of bloons, though not being able to pop through Camo Bloons unless given Camo detection using a Monkey Village with Radar Scanner (-/2).

Players will rejoice in how useful the special ability is as the increase in attack speed should make it possible to ensure that no bloons leak when players are being swamped by children bloons.

Players can also use the special ability to try to shred MOAB-class bloons quickly before they overtake a player.

SONIC BOOM

EASY

$85

MEDIUM

$100

HARD

$110

IMPOPPABLE

$120

ABOUT SONIC BOOM

Upon upgrading a Boomerang Thrower with Sonic Boom the Boomerang Thrower will be able to shred through Frozen Bloons, essentially making it much stronger next to Ice Towers.

Players are not usually recommended to use this upgrade unless they are hoping to either continue to upgrade the Boomerang Thrower using Path 2 or are hoping to place the Boomerang Thrower near an Ice Tower.

RED HOT ‘RANGS

EASY

$125

MEDIUM

$150

HARD

$160

IMPOPPABLE

$180

RED HOT ‘RANGS

Upon upgrading a Boomerang Thrower with Red Hot ‘Rangs, the Boomerang Thrower will gain the ability to shred through Lead Bloons.

It should be noted that Red Hot ‘Rangs will not affect the Glaive Lord’s orbital glaives, however it can be extremely useful for the regular glaives that the Glaive Lord throws.

BIONIC BOOMER

EASY

$1,360

MEDIUM

$1,600

HARD

$1,730

IMPOPPABLE

$1,920

ABOUT BIONIC BOOMER

Upon upgrading a Boomerang Thrower with Bionic Boomer the Boomerang Thrower will be able to throw boomerangs 3.2 times faster.

Due to it’s rapid attack speed, players will no longer need to place the Boomerang Thrower on a loop, though placing on a loop will still greatly increase the attack damage.

TURBO CHARGE

EASY

$2,550

MEDIUM

$3,000

HARD

$3,240

IMPOPPABLE

$3,600

ABOUT TURBO CHARGE

Upon upgrading a Boomerang Thrower with Turbo Charge, the Boomerang Thrower will gain a special ability that players can activate in order to cause the Tower to shoot at 5x the speed for 10 seconds.

Players will essentially be able to trigger this ability if they are worried that bloons are about to start leaking.

NINJA MONKEY

HOW TO UNLOCK

The Ninja Monkey is unlocked at Rank 6.

RANGE

The Ninja Monkey has a Medium range.

PIERCE

The Ninja Monkey has the base pierce of 2.

DAMAGE

The Ninja Monkey has the base damage of 1.

CAMO DETECTION

The Ninja Monkey always has Camo detection.

ATTACK SPEED

The Ninja Monkey has Fast attack speed.

COST

The Nina Monkey costs the following in each game mode:

EASY

$425

MEDIUM

$500

HARD

$540

IMPOPPABLE

$600

RANK REQUIRED FOR FINAL UPGRADE

The Ninja Monkey requires a player to acquire rank 27 before players are able to fully upgrade it with both of its final upgrades.

SPECIAL ABILITY

The Ninja Monkey is able to acquire a single Special Ability, being Sabotage Supply Lines.

SPECIALTY BUILDING

If players would like to upgrade the Ninja Monkey using their Monkey Money they can do so by upgrading the Ninja Academy.

HOTKEY

The Ninja Monkey can be placed quickly by using the letter “T”.

PATH 1 NINJA MONKEY

The Path 1 Ninja Monkey is most impactful for players who are looking at shredding hoards of bloons, especially Camo bloons.

Path 1 provides players with a rapid amount of damage and will be able to throw a number of shurikens to ensure that more bloons can be affected.

Unfortunately the Path 1 Ninja Monkey cannot affect Lead Bloons, though this can easily be remedied when players place a Monkey Village with Monkey Intelligence Bureau (-/3) in order to shred Lead Bloons, though players may want to Path 2 Ninja Monkey if they don’t plan on placing a Monkey Village.

Path 1 Ninja Monkeys are very strong and should provide the player with a good amount of damage to deal with most bloons.

NINJA DISCIPLINE

EASY

$255

MEDIUM

$300

HARD

$325

IMPOPPABLE

$360

ABOUT NINJA DISCIPLINE

Upon upgrading a Ninja Monkey with Ninja Discipline the Ninja Monkey will gain an increase in attack range and attack speed.

SHARP SHURIKENS

EASY

$295

MEDIUM

$350

HARD

$380

IMPOPPABLE

$420

ABOUT SHARP SHURIKENS

Upon upgrading a Ninja Monkey with Sharp Shurikens, the Ninja Monkey will be able to pop 4 bloons per shuriken, allowing it to essentially damage more bloons at once.

Due to it’s fast attack speed and high pierce, the Sharp Shurikens upgrade is great to defend early rounds.

DOUBLE SHOT

EASY

$720

MEDIUM

$850

HARD

$920

IMPOPPABLE

$1,020

ABOUT DOUBLE SHOT

Upon upgrading a Ninja Monkey with Double Shot the Ninja Monkey will be able to throw 2 shuikens at a time.

With the Double Shot upgrade, Ninja Monkeys will be able to damage 8 bloons at a time.

BLOONJITSU

EASY

$2,335

MEDIUM

$2,750

HARD

$2,970

IMPOPPABLE

$3,330

ABOUT BLOONJITSU

Upon upgrading a Ninja Monkey with Bloonjitsu, the Ninja Monkey will be able to throw 5 shurikens at once.

The Bloonjitsu upgrade can effectively damage 20 bloons at once, making it a rapid fire bloon clearer.

PATH 2 NINJA MONKEY

The Path 2 Ninja Monkey focusses less on damage and acts more like a support Tower, being able to throw bombs that stun bloons and will be able to shred both Lead Bloons and Camo Lead Bloons.

The nicest thing about the Path 2 Ninja Monkey is that it comes with a special ability that allows players to slow down bloons as they spawn in hopes of being able to damage bloons efficiently before they leak.

The special ability the Path 2 Ninja Monkey obtains will affect both MOAB-class bloons as well as regular bloons, making it essential for players who are hoping to complete a good amount of Freeplay.

While I will say that Path 1 Ninja Monkeys are more useful in my opinion, there is still a lot of use for a Path 2 Ninja Monkey.

SEEKING SHURIKEN

EASY

$210

MEDIUM

$250

HARD

$270

IMPOPPABLE

$300

ABOUT SEEKING SHURIKEN

Upon upgrading a Ninja Monkey with Seeking Shuriken the Ninja Monkey will be able to throw out a shuriken that bounces between bloons that are nearby, essentially increasing the range of the Ninja Monkey as ensuring that no bloons are missed when targetted.

The Seeking Shuriken upgrade resembles the Glaive Thrower upgrade, though unfortunately the Ninja Monkey does not affect as many bloons.

DISTRACTION

EASY

$295

MEDIUM

$350

HARD

$380

IMPOPPABLE

$420

ABOUT DISTRACTION

Upon upgrading a Ninja Monkey with Distraction the Ninja Monkey will be able to push bloons back to help buy more time to shred through bloons.

Unfortunately Distraction will not completely stop bloons from leaking as it’s not reliable, however, it can be helpful especially in early rounds before players have placed enough Towers.

FLASH BOMB

EASY

$2,335

MEDIUM

$2,750

HARD

$2,970

IMPOPPABLE

$3,300

ABOUT FLASH BOMB

Upon upgrading a Ninja Monkey with Flash Bomb the Ninja Monkey will now be able to shred through 60 bloons, stunning them and being able to shred through Black Bloons and Zebra Bloons.

The Ninja Monkey will throw out a bomb every 3 shurikens and will be extremely effective for shredding through Lead Bloons and Camo Lead Bloons, though players should still prepare to deal with these bloons with other Towers as the Flash Bomb may not be as reliable for clumped up Lead Bloons.

SABOTAGE SUPPLY LINES

EASY

$2,380

MEDIUM

$2,800

HARD

$3,025

IMPOPPABLE

$3,360

ABOUT SABOTAGE SUPPLY LINES

Upon upgrading a Ninja Monkey with Sabotage Supply Lines the Ninja Monkey will gain an ability that they can activate in order to slow down all bloons spawned by 50% for 15 seconds.

This can come in helpful when players are dealing with hoards of bloons, especially if they are MOAB-class bloons.

BOMB TOWER

HOW TO UNLOCK

The Bomb Tower is immediately useable as it it unlocked from rank 7.

RANGE

The Bomb Tower has a Medium range.

PIERCE

The Bomb Tower has the base pierce of 40.

DAMAGE

The Bomb Tower has the base damage of 1.

CAMO DETECTION

The Bomb Tower does not initially have Camo detection, however, can be upgraded using (-/4) in order to obtain Camo detection.

ATTACK SPEED

The Bomb Tower has Medium-slow attack speed.

COST

The Bomb Tower costs the following in each game mode:

EASY

$555

MEDIUM

$650

HARD

$700

IMPOPPABLE

$780

RANK REQUIRED FOR FINAL UPGRADE

The Bomb Tower requires a player to acquire rank 24 before players are able to fully upgrade it with both of its final upgrades.

SPECIAL ABILITY

The Bomb Tower is able to acquire a single Special Ability, being MOAB Assassin.

SPECIALTY BUILDING

If players would like to upgrade the Bomb Tower using their Monkey Money they can do so by upgrading the Bombing Range.

HOTKEY

The Tack Shooter can be placed quickly by using the letter “Y”.

BOMB TOWER PATH 1

If players are looking for a way to shred through a number of bloons at once, they can look forward to placing a Path 1 Bomb Tower that will have bonus range and the ability to cause fragments or second bombings to ensure that as many bloons as possible are destroyed.

The only downfall to a Path 1 Bomb Tower is that it is not great at dealing with MOAB-class bloons and does not gain Camo detection, however, this isn’t the biggest problem as it still provides a great amount of support for other bloons and can be provided Camo detection with a Monkey Village with Radar Scanner (-/2).

EXTRA RANGE

EASY

$170

MEDIUM

$200

HARD

$215

IMPOPPABLE

$240

ABOUT EXTRA RANGE

Upon upgrading a Bomb Tower with Extra Range the Bomb Tower will gain just that… Extra Range!

FRAG BOMBS

EASY

$255

MEDIUM

$300

HARD

$325

IMPOPPABLE

$360

ABOUT FRAG BOMBS

Upon upgrading a Bomb Tower with Frag Bombs, each bomb that the Bomb Tower shoots will fragment into 8 pieces, being able to damage more bloons.

Fragments will shockingly be able to damage both Black Bloons and Zebra Bloon.

CLUSTER BOMBS

EASY

$680

MEDIUM

$800

HARD

$865

IMPOPPABLE

$960

ABOUT CLUSTER BOMBS

Upon upgrading a Bomb Tower with Cluster Bombs the Bomb Tower’s Bombs will no longer fragment and will instead let out a second blast.

While a powerful upgrade, players should note that as the second bomb is explosive damage, the Bomb Tower will no longer be able to damage Black Bloons and Zebra Bloons, though this isn’t really an issue as other Towers can be placed to provide the support from these bloons.

BLOON IMPACT

EASY

$3,400

MEDIUM

$4,000

HARD

$4,320

IMPOPPABLE

$4,800

ABOUT BLOON IMPACT

Upon upgrading a Bomb Tower with Bloon Impact the Bomb Tower will now be able to shred through Black Bloons and Zebra Bloons again and will be able to stun bloons.

The Bloons Impact upgrade is a great upgrade to have as it can help stop bloons in their track in order to buy Towers a bit of extra time to shred through the bloons on the track.

PATH 2 BOMB TOWER

The Path 2 Bomb Tower is focussed towards MOAB-class bloons and will provide a substantial amount of support and damage to a player.

In my opinion, the Path 2 Bomb Tower is the most necessary to place in most circ*mstances as the lower tier upgrade will both provide support against MOAB-class bloons and the highest tier will provide substantial support.

The Path 2 Bomb Tower may be weaker against lower-tier bloons though players can use Path 1 Bomb Towers to clear these bloons or other rapid damage dealing Towers as they are not usually as bit of an issue realistically.

BIGGER BOMBS

EASY

$340

MEDIUM

$400

HARD

$430

IMPOPPABLE

$480

ABOUT BIGGER BOMBS

Upon upgrading a Bomb Tower with Bigger Bombs the Bomb Tower will be able to fire larger bombs that can pop a maximum of 50 bloons at a time.

This upgrade is quite essential when players are dealing with clumped up bloons.

MISSILE LAUNCHER

EASY

$340

MEDIUM

$400

HARD

$430

IMPOPPABLE

$480

ABOUT MISSILE LAUNCHER

Upon upgrading a Bomb Tower with Missile Launcher the Bomb Tower will gain some attack speed and slightly longer range.

Although not the most powerful upgrade, this can greatly increase the amount of damage a Bomb Tower does, especially to clumped up bloons across crossed paths.

MOAB MAULER

EASY

$765

MEDIUM

$900

HARD

$970

IMPOPPABLE

$1,080

ABOUT MOAB MAULER

The MOAB Mauler upgrade is quite a useful upgrade path for players to choose if they are looking for a Tower that can push more damage against MOAB-class bloons.

The MOAB Mauler doesn’t deal much damage to lower tier bloons, though it will deal 10x extra damage to MOAB-class bloons, making it ridiculously useful when players do not have any other Towers focussed on MOAB shredding or are in Boss Battles.

MOAB Maulers are considered to be essential Towers to place on most maps, especially as players will often only need a single MOAB Mauler to deal with the majority of MOAB-class bloons.

Players will always want to ensure that their MOAB Mauler is set to “Strong” targeting as the damage would be considered wasted on the smaller bloons due to the fact that damage is not multiplied.

Players will be happy to note that due to the fact that a MOAB Mauler has Frag Bombs,

MOAB ASSASSIN

EASY

$2,720

MEDIUM

$3,200

HARD

$3,455

IMPOPPABLE

$3,840

ABOUT MOAB ASSASSIN

Upon upgrading a Bomb Tower with MOAB Assassin, the Bomb Tower will gain a special ability that deals damage specifically to MOAB-class bloons.

The MOAB Assassin special ability is quite a strong ability for players to use as it will deal 700 damage to a MOAB-class bloon, being able to destroy some MOABs completely, though providing a good amount of support to MOABs that aren’t completely shredded.

The MOAB Assassin ability will target the highest priority bloon globally on the map, meaning that a player has “no bad time to use it.”

Affected MOAB-class bloons will become stunned for a short period of time in order for players to continue to damage the MOAB-class bloon in case it is not completely destroyed by the ability.

The nice thing about the MOAB Assassin ability is that it can also deal 3 damage to children bloons, meaning that players will have a bit of extra support with bloons once they start spawning.

By far the MOAB Assassin is the strongest MOAB tower to place and can help with most Boss Battles though realistically they may be too expensive for players to afford in these moments.

ICE TOWER

HOW TO UNLOCK

The Ice Tower is unlocked at rank 8.

RANGE

The Ice Tower has a Small range.

PIERCE

The Ice Tower has the base pierce of 40.

DAMAGE

The Ice Tower has the base damage of 1.

CAMO DETECTION

The Ice Tower does not initially have Camo detection, however, the player can gain the knowledge of Camo detection in it’s specialty building if it is upgraded to tier-4 or if players activate it’s special ability (though it’s base damage will still not be able to deal damage to Camo Bloons).

If players are looking to deal a good amount of damage to Camo Bloons using the Ice Tower, they are strongly recommended to place a Monkey Village with Radar Scanner (-/2).

ATTACK SPEED

The Ice Tower has Slow attack speed.

COST

The Ice Tower costs the following in each game mode:

EASY

$255

MEDIUM

$300

HARD

$325

IMPOPPABLE

$360

RANK REQUIRED FOR FINAL UPGRADE

The Ice Tower requires a player to acquire rank 26 before players are able to fully upgrade it with both of its final upgrades.

SPECIAL ABILITY

The Ice Tower is able to acquire a single Special Ability, being Absolute Zero.

SPECIALTY BUILDING

If players would like to upgrade the Ice Tower using their Monkey Money they can do so by upgrading the Ice Fortress.

HOTKEY

The Ice Tower can be placed quickly by using the letter “A”.

PATH 1 ICE TOWER

The Path 1 Ice Tower is usually the better choice of Ice Tower as it will provide players with the ability to freeze more bloons, especially as the top tier upgrade will cause frozen bloons to freeze other bloons.

A Path 1 Ice Tower will essentially provide players with the most support when trying to slow down bloons and break them apart so they have a better chance at succeeding in a level.

Unfortunately, players will not be able to affect any MOAB-class bloons, though realistically players will strongly benefit from slowing lower-tier bloons.

ENHANCED FREEZE

EASY

$190

MEDIUM

$225

HARD

$245

IMPOPPABLE

$270

ABOUT ENHANCED FREEZE

Upon upgrading to Enhanced Freeze an Ice Tower will gain an increase in range and will also be able to keep bloons frozen for 2 seconds.

SNAP FREEZE

EASY

$340

MEDIUM

$400

HARD

$430

IMPOPPABLE

$480

ABOUT SNAP FREEZE

Upon upgrading an Ice Tower with Snap Freeze, the Ice Tower will be able to shred a layer off of the bloon it freezes and will be able to freeze the layer below in order to provide ideal amounts of support to players.

ARTIC WIND

EASY

$5,525

MEDIUM

$6,500

HARD

$7,020

IMPOPPABLE

$7,800

ABOUT ARCTIC WIND

Upon upgrading to Arctic Wind an Ice Tower will be able to slow bloons to 33% of their original speed, though will not be able to slow MOAB-class bloons.

Arctic Wind can, however, affect Ceramic Bloons making them a bit easier for players to handle, especially if the Ice Tower is placed in an optimal location.

Players can essentially place a Monkey Village with Monkey Intelligence Bureau (-/3) in order to allow Ice Towers to be able. to damage all types of bloons, excluding MOAB-class bloons.

This comes in extra handy when players need to space out all bloon types in order to secure as much damage as they can.

Players may want to pair up an Ice Tower with a Tack Shooter to deal as much damage as they can with this Tower, especially due to the rapid fire players can deal with a Path 1 Tack Shooter.

Players will not want to pair any other Tack Shooter with the Ice Tower as this may actually lower the DPS a player can deal.

VIRAL FROST

EASY

$5,100

MEDIUM

$6,000

HARD

$6,480

IMPOPPABLE

$7,200

ABOUT VIRAL FROST

Upon upgrading an Ice Tower with Viral Frost the Ice Tower will be able to affect all types of bloons, including White Bloons and Zebra Bloons, though still unable to freeze MOAB-class bloons.

Viral Frost also spreads the freezing among bloons that are nearby, though players will not benefit from the Snap Freeze if they use Viral Frost, which isn’t really an issue if players have enough Towers to support them in damage.

Players will want to place a Boomerang Thrower to help support the Viral Frost Ice Tower as they deal the most rapid damage and will be able to catch lots of bloons as they begin to flood.

Make sure you get the Sonic Boom upgrade or the Boomerang Thrower will not be able to damage Frozen Bloons.

PATH 2 ICE TOWER

Path 2 Ice Towers are great options for players who need an “oh sh*t” button and need to defend themselves before bloons leak.

Path 2 will provide players with more damage, though realistically the biggest benefit is the special ability.

Unfortunately, while Path 2 Ice Towers deal some damage, it is not enough to use as a solo Tower and will heavily need to rely on Towers with the ability to shred through Frozen Bloons to deal the most damage.

Players will want to place multiple Towers near the Ice Tower in order to pop frozen bloons to deal more damage as this will raise the amount of damage the Frozen Bloons deal to other bloons.

PERMAFROST

EASY

$85

MEDIUM

$100

HARD

$110

IMPOPPABLE

$120

ABOUT PERMAFROST

Upon upgrading an Ice Tower with Permafrost the Ice Tower will be able to slow bloons down beyond them being Frozen initially.

Bloons will remain at 50% speed after a layer is popped or two layers if the player has cross paths with Deep Freeze.

DEEP FREEZE

EASY

$295

MEDIUM

$350

HARD

$380

IMPOPPABLE

$420

ABOUT DEEP FREEZE

Upon upgrading an Ice Tower with Deep Freeze the Ice Tower will be able to freeze through 2 layers of bloons at a time.

Unfortunately the Ice Tower will not deal damage to 2 layers of bloons, though this upgrade can still be useful if enough Towers are placed nearby the Ice Tower.

ICE SHARDS

EASY

$1,700

MEDIUM

$2,000

HARD

$2,160

IMPOPPABLE

$2,400

ABOUT ICE SHARDS

Upon upgrading an Ice Tower to Ice Shards the Ice Tower will gain some attack speed and when bloons are frozen they will develop ice shards that will pop other bloons.

When a bloon is either popped or has thawed it will cause 5 shards to fly out from the bloon in order to pop more bloons.

The lovely thing about this upgrade is that it will also be able to pop other frozen bloons.

The greatest thing about Ice Shards is that it can affect MOAB-class bloons as well as white Bloons and Zebra Bloons, though unfortunately they will not be able to damage Lead Bloons, DDTs or Dreadbloons unless placed next to a Monkey Village with Monkey Intelligence Bureau (-/3).

ABSOLUTE ZERO

EASY

$1,700

MEDIUM

$2,000

HARD

$2,160

IMPOPPABLE

$2,400

ABOUT ABSOLUTE ZERO

Upon upgrading an Ice Tower with Absolute Zero the Ice Tower will gain a special ability that when activated will freeze all bloons on screen for 4 seconds, including White Bloons and Zebra Bloons.

In some versions of BTD5, being the mobile persons, MOAB-class bloons will move at half the speed, also being able to stack with Sabotage Supply Lines.

The nice thing about the ability is that it can affect Camo Bloons without the use of any upgrades.

GLUE GUNNER

HOW TO UNLOCK

The Glue Gunner is immediately useable as it it unlocked from rank 9.

RANGE

The Glue Gunner has a Medium range.

PIERCE

The Glue Gunner has the base pierce of 1.

DAMAGE

The Glue Gunner has the base damage of 0.

CAMO DETECTION

The Glue Gunner does not gain Camo detection.

ATTACK SPEED

The Glue Gunner has Medium attack speed.

COST

The Glue Gunner costs the following in each game mode:

EASY

$230

MEDIUM

$270

HARD

$290

IMPOPPABLE

$325

RANK REQUIRED FOR FINAL UPGRADE

The Glue Gunner requires a player to acquire rank 32 before players are able to fully upgrade it with both of its final upgrades.

SPECIAL ABILITY

The Glue Gunner is able to acquire a single Special Ability, being Glue Striker.

SPECIALTY BUILDING

If players would like to upgrade the Path Monkey using their Monkey Money they can do so by upgrading the Glue Supply Depot.

HOTKEY

The Tack Shooter can be placed quickly by using the letter “S”.

PATH 1 GLUE GUNNER

A Path 1 Glue Gunner is extremely useful for clearing out lower tier bloons, especially if players are being swarmed.

The Glue Gunner as a whole isn’t the strongest Tower, though it can definitely help out especially if placed near the beginning of a map to get rid of Ceramic Bloons as soon as possible.

GLUE SOAK

EASY

$170

MEDIUM

$200

HARD

$215

IMPOPPABLE

$240

ABOUT GLUE SOAK

Upon upgrading a Glue Gunner with Glue Soak the Glue Gunner will be able to soak through all layers of the bloon, essentially meaning that when a player pops a layer of a bloon, the blue will continue to be glued and slowed.

Players will benefit the most when Glue Soak is used on Ceramic Bloons as players cannot technically slow down Ceramic Bloons, however can slow down the children bloons spawned by one.

CORROSIVE GLUE

EASY

$255

MEDIUM

$300

HARD

$325

IMPOPPABLE

$360

ABOUT CORROSIVE GLUE

Upon upgrading a Glue Gunner with Corrosive Glue, the Glue Gunner will spew out glue that will be able to deal 1 damage every 2 seconds.

BLOON DISSOLVER

EASY

$2,805

MEDIUM

$3,300

HARD

$3,565

IMPOPPABLE

$3,960

ABOUT BLOON DISSOLVER

Upon upgrading a Glue Gunner with Bloon Dissolver, the Glue Gunner will obtain an even stronger form of corrosive glue, essentially being able to pop 2 layers of bloons every second.

BLOON LIQUEFIER

EASY

$10,625

MEDIUM

$12,500

HARD

$13,500

IMPOPPABLE

$15,000

ABOUT BLOON LIQUEFIER

Upon upgrading a Glue Gunner with Bloon Liquefier, the Glue Gunner will be able to damage bloons every 0.1 seconds, essentially being the fastest bloon shredding a player can rely on.

The Bloon Liquefier upgrade is the best way for players to deal with non-MOAB-class bloons, meaning that players can rely on this Tower to deal with Ceramic Bloons.

Unfortunately, without the use of a Monkey Village, the Bloon Liquefier does not have Camo detection, so I would strongly recommend having a Monkey Village with Radar Scanner (-/2) to ensure that you have the most support from this Tower.

Players will want to make sure that these Towers are placed closer to the beginning of a map to make the most of its damage.

PATH 2 GLUE GUNNER

I truthfully rarely place a Path 2 Glue Gunner as it’s main use is the special ability that places glue on all bloons on screen, except MOAB-class bloons.

The Path 2 Glue Gunner is most useful when players also have Corrosive Glue cross pathed as they can essentially ensure that bloons are destroyed before they leak, though in reality I would rather save my money for high damage Towers.

The Path 2 Glue Gunner is really meant to slow down bloons, however, it cannot provide a great deal of popping power through the slowness it causes bloons is quite ideal.

STICKIER GLUE

EASY

$100

MEDIUM

$120

HARD

$130

IMPOPPABLE

$145

ABOUT STICKIER GLUE

Upon upgrading a Glue Gunner with Stickier Glue, the Glue Gunner will be able to place glue that lasts twice as long on bloons, ultimately lasting for 24 seconds.

Players will want to get Corrosive Glue before they get this upgrade simply due to the sheer amount of popping power they can receive from this Tower.

GLUE SPLATTER

EASY

$1,870

MEDIUM

$2,200

HARD

$2,375

IMPOPPABLE

$2,640

ABOUT GLUE SPLATTER

Upon upgrading a Glue Gunner with Glue Splatter the Glue Gunner will be able to affect 6 bloons at a time, essentially being able to affect more bloons at a time.

GLUE HOSE

EASY

$2,765

MEDIUM

$3,250

HARD

$3,510

IMPOPPABLE

$3,900

ABOUT GLUE HOSE

Upon upgrading a Glue Gunner with Glue Hose the Glue Gunner will be able to shoot out glue 3x faster and will be able to affect 6 bloons at a time.

Unfortunately the Glue Hose isn’t the most useful in late game, due to the player being swamped by MOAB-class bloons, however if a player is still struggling with lower-tier bloons, this may be the upgrade for you.

GLUE STRIKER

EASY

$4,675

MEDIUM

$5,500

HARD

$5,940

IMPOPPABLE

$6,600

ABOUT GLUE STRIKER

Upon upgrading a Glue Gunner with Glue Striker, the Glue Gunner will be able to activate a special ability that allows players to glue all bloons on screen, though not being able to affect MOAB-class bloons.

The Glue Striker ability is best when paired up with Corrosive Glue as it will also help the Tower deal more damage.

MONKEY BUCCANEER

HOW TO UNLOCK

The Monkey Buccaneer is immediately useable as it it unlocked from rank 11.

RANGE

The Monkey Buccaneer has a Medium range.

PIERCE

The Monkey Buccaneer has the base pierce of 1.

DAMAGE

The Monkey Buccaneer has the base damage of 1.

CAMO DETECTION

The Monkey Buccaneer does not initially have Camo detection, however, can be upgraded using (-/2) in order to obtain Camo detection.

ATTACK SPEED

The Monkey Buccaneer has Medium-slow attack speed.

COST

The Monkey Buccaneer costs the following in each game mode:

EASY

$425

MEDIUM

$500

HARD

$540

IMPOPPABLE

$600

SPECIAL ABILITY

The Monkey Buccaneer is able to acquire a single Special Ability, being Monkey Pirates.

SPECIALTY BUILDING

If players would like to upgrade the Monkey Buccaneer using their Monkey Money they can do so by upgrading the Pirate Cove.

HOTKEY

The Tack Shooter can be placed quickly by using the letter “D”.

PATH 1 MONKEY BUCCANEER

The Path 1 Monkey Buccaneer is by far the best upgrade path players can choose and while expensive, I will say that it completely makes sense since the Path 1 Monkey Buccaneer actually provides a player with global auto targeting damage that should greatly reduce the threat of bloons leaking, though unfortunately there will be some cases where bloons will leak simply because there are not enough planes.

If players have enough space to place multiple Monkey Buccaneers they should upgrade a few to Path 1 tier-4 as this will provide a player with a massive amount of support.

FASTER SHOOTING

EASY

$340

MEDIUM

$400

HARD

$430

IMPOPPABLE

$480

ABOUT FASTER SHOOTING

Upon upgrading a Monkey Buccaneer with Faster Shooting, the Monkey Buccaneer will shoot 30% faster, helping secure takedowns.

LONGER CANNONS

EASY

$155

MEDIUM

$180

HARD

$195

IMPOPPABLE

$215

ABOUT LONGER CANNONS

Upon upgrading a Monkey Buccaneer with Longer Cannons the Monkey Buccaneer will gain a larger amount of attack range.

DESTROYER

EASY

$1,870

MEDIUM

$2,200

HARD

$2,375

IMPOPPABLE

$2,640

ABOUT DESTROYER

Upon upgrading a Monkey Buccaneer with Destroyer, the Monkey Buccaneer will shoot 5x faster, essentially allowing it to deal with MOAB-class bloons a lot better.

AIRCRAFT CARRIER

EASY

$12,750

MEDIUM

$15,000

HARD

$16,200

IMPOPPABLE

$18,000

ABOUT AIRCRAFT CARRIER

Upon upgrading a Monkey Buccaneer with Aircraft Carrier, the Monkey Buccaneer will gain access to 3 mini aircraft planes that will auto-target bloons and will focus on dealing the most damage to MOAB-class bloons.

PATH 2 MONKEY BUCCANEER

The Path 2 Monkey Buccaneer is a good choice for players who are struggling to deal with Lead Bloons and for players who need an “oh sh*t!” button when it comes to MOAB-class bloons.

In my opinion a Path 2 Monkey Buccaneer is not the most powerful upgrade players can choose, however, it can be extremely useful in certain situations, especially when it comes to dealing with Lead Bloons.

Players can place a number of Path 2 Monkey Buccaneers in order to use the special ability multiple times through a round, though I would still recommend a few Path 1 Monkey Buccaneers instead if a player has the money.

GRAPE SHOT

EASY

$425

MEDIUM

$500

HARD

$540

IMPOPPABLE

$600

ABOUT GRAPE SHOT

Upon upgrading a Monkey Buccaneer with Grape Shot, the Monkey Buccaneer will begin shooting grape projectiles that can pop 2 bloons at once.

The Grape Shot upgrade is quite an important one as it provides the Monkey Buccaneer with an ample amount of damage support as it will shoot a total of 4 grapes in a cone shape that shoots out in a cone shape and should annihilate bloons early on in the game.

The Grape Shot upgrade is the best for dealing with spaced out bloons and quite frankly is always the first upgrade I give a Monkey Buccaneer.

Players will want to change their Monkey Buccaneer targeting mode to “Close” as this will greatly increase the amount of damage the Monkey Buccaneer will do.

CROW’S NEST

EASY

$210

MEDIUM

$250

HARD

$270

IMPOPPABLE

$300

ABOUT CROW’S NEST

Upon upgrading a Monkey Buccaneer with Crow’s Nest, the Monkey Buccaneer will now be able to detect Camo Bloons and… that’s about it.

This upgrade is amazing for early game Camo dection and is especially powerful if players upgrade all the way to Path 1 as all planes that fly out of the tier-4 Path 1 Monkey Buccaneer will also have Camo detection.

CANNON SHIP

EASY

$1,020

MEDIUM

$1,200

HARD

$1,295

IMPOPPABLE

$1,440

ABOUT CANNON SHIP

Upon upgrading a Monkey Buccaneer with Cannon Ship, the Monkey Buccaneer will gain the ability to shred through Lead Bloons.

The nice thing about the Cannon Ship upgrade is it will allow players to shred through Camo Lead Bloons without the need of having to place a Monkey Village with Radar Scanner (-/2) or Monkey Intelligence Bureau (-/3) which can often be a second thought.

MONKEY PIRATES

EASY

$3,825

MEDIUM

$4,500

HARD

$4,860

IMPOPPABLE

$5,400

ABOUT MONKEY PIRATES

Upon upgrading a Monkey Buccaneer with Monkey Pirates the Monkey Buccaneer will gain an ability that allows players to pull down a MOAB-class bloon straight from the sky.

While not always the best, simply because of it’s cool down, the Monkey Pirates upgrade can be extremely useful for ridding a MOAB-class bloon in extreme circ*mstances where MOABs are about to leak.

In my opinion, the Monkey Pirates upgrade is better in early game, simply because players should be able to acquire good MOAB-class defences by mid-to-late game.

MONKEY ACE

HOW TO UNLOCK

The Monkey Ace is unlocked at Rank 12.

RANGE

The Monkey Ace depends on it’s path formation.

PIERCE

The Monkey Ace has the base pierce of 5 per dart.

DAMAGE

The Monkey Ace has the base damage of 1.

CAMO DETECTION

The Monkey Ace does not initially have Camo detection, however, can be upgraded using (-/2) in order to obtain Camo detection.

ATTACK SPEED

The Monkey Ace has Slow attack speed.

COST

The Monkey Ace costs the following in each game mode:

EASY

$765

MEDIUM

$900

HARD

$970

IMPOPPABLE

$1,080

RANK REQUIRED FOR FINAL UPGRADE

The Monkey Ace requires a player to acquire rank 35 before players are able to fully upgrade it with both of its final upgrades.

SPECIAL ABILITY

The Monkey Ace is able to acquire a single Special Ability, being Ground Zero.

SPECIALTY BUILDING

If players would like to upgrade the Monkey Ace using their Monkey Money they can do so by upgrading the Ace Private Hangar.

HOTKEY

The Tack Shooter can be placed quickly by using the letter “F”.

PATH 1 MONKEY ACE

The Path 1 Monkey Ace is a very strong Tower as it can be used to auto target bloons and destroy them before they devastate a player.

I personally like the Path 1 Monkey Ace the best, though admittedly it is such an expensive Tower to place, though realistically it is worth it for the sheer amount of damage output that players can acquire with this tier.

Unfortunately, the biggest downfall of the Path 1 Monkey Ace is that it does not allow players to select what targeting method players would rather and thus will only shoot bloons that it is close to first.

RAPID FIRE

EASY

$595

MEDIUM

$700

HARD

$755

IMPOPPABLE

$840

ABOUT RAPID FIRE

Upon upgrading a Monkey Ace with Rapid Fire the Monkey Ace will be able to attack about twice as fast, also affecting the pineapples that drop.

SHARPER DARTS

EASY

$425

MEDIUM

$500

HARD

$540

IMPOPPABLE

$600

ABOUT SHARPER DARTS

Upon upgrading a Monkey Ace with Sharper Darts the Monkey Ace will be able to pop 8 bloons per Dart.

Unfortunately this upgrade isn’t the most substantial upgrade as the Monkey Ace does not have the best targeting skills, however, it can prove very useful with other upgrades.

NEVA-MISS TARGETING

EASY

$1,870

MEDIUM

$2,200

HARD

$2,375

IMPOPPABLE

$2,640

ABOUT NEVA-MISS TARGETING

Upon upgrading a Monkey Ace with Neva-Miss Targeting the Monkey Ace will be able to shoot out auto-homing darts that will substantially increase the probability that Monkey Aces will be able to damage bloons effectively.

In my opinion the Neva-Miss Targeting is one of the most useful upgrades for players to get as it will focus on catching bloons before they leak, effectively acting as a failsafe for players.

SPECTRE

EASY

$15,300

MEDIUM

$18,000

HARD

$19,440

IMPOPPABLE

$21,600

ABOUT SPECTRE

Upon upgrading a Monkey Ace with Spectre, the Monkey Ace will become substantially more powerful, now being able to shoot out continuous fire bombs that will be able to pop both Lead Bloons and Black Bloons.

The Spectre is great at dealing damage to MOAB-class bloons and will provide players with a substantial amount of support, especially if they already have some good defences in other Towers.

Unfortunately players will not be able to change the targeting of the Spectre as it will always shoot the closest bloons, though due to the sheer devastation the Spectre causes this shouldn’t be an issue.

PATH 2 MONKEY ACE

The Path 2 Monkey Ace is not optimal in my opinion, though I can’t knock how helpful having one on your map is as players will be able to clear their screen of bloons and also deal some damage to MOAB-class bloons.

My main reasoning for disliking a Path 2 Monkey Ace is that it doesn’t have an ideal way of shredding through bloons (ie. auto targeting) and thus can be a hinderance in early game.

Realistically I like the changes to the Path 2 Monkey Ace they made in BTD6 and found it a bit jarring going back into BTD5 as they are far less optimal.

PINEAPPLE PRESENT

EASY

$170

MEDIUM

$200

HARD

$215

IMPOPPABLE

$240

ABOUT PINEAPPLE PRESENT

Upon upgrading a Monkey Ace with Pineapple Present the Monkey Ace will begin placing pineapples which will explode after 3 seconds on the map.

The Pineapple Present isn’t the strongest upgrade as pineapples are placed fairly sporadically and will not be able to solidly grind through bloons.

SPY PLANE

EASY

$300

MEDIUM

$350

HARD

$380

IMPOPPABLE

$420

ABOUT SPY PLANE

Upon upgrading a Monkey Ace with Spy Plane the Spy Plane’s Darts and Pineapples will be able to detect Camo Bloons, essentially providing more support for players.

OPERATION: DART STORM

EASY

$2,550

MEDIUM

$3,000

HARD

$3,240

IMPOPPABLE

$3,565

ABOUT OPERATION: DART STORM

Upon upgrading a Monkey Ace with Operation: Dart Storm the Monkey Ace will be able to shoot out more darts and will drop pineapples faster than usual.

GROUND ZERO

EASY

$11,900

MEDIUM

$14,000

HARD

$15,120

IMPOPPABLE

$16,730

ABOUT GROUND ZERO

Upon upgrading a Monkey Ace with Ground Zero the Monkey Ace will gain access to a special ability that they can activate in order to deal 350 damage to all bloons on screen, essentially being able to wipe out lower tier bloons and begin the take down of the MOAB-class bloons on screen.

The Ground Zero special ability is quite useful to have especially if players have a number of towers set to strong and thus miss out on dealing damage to lower-tier bloons.

SUPER MONKEY

HOW TO UNLOCK

The Super Monkey is unlocked at rank 13.

RANGE

The Super Monkey has a Medium range.

PIERCE

The Super Monkey has the base pierce of 1.

DAMAGE

The Super Monkey has the base damage of 1.

CAMO DETECTION

The Dart Monkey does not initially have Camo detection, however, can be upgraded using (4/-) or with an upgrade in the Super Monkey Lair in order to obtain Camo detection.

ATTACK SPEED

The Super Monkey has Hypersonic attack speed.

COST

The Super Monkey costs the following in each game mode:

EASY

$2,975

MEDIUM

$3,500

HARD

$3,780

IMPOPPABLE

$4,200

RANK REQUIRED FOR FINAL UPGRADE

The Super Monkey requires a player to acquire rank 32 before players are able to fully upgrade it with both of its final upgrades.

SPECIAL ABILITY

The Dart Monkey is able to acquire a single Special Ability, being Technological Terror.

SPECIALTY BUILDING

If players would like to upgrade the Super Monkey using their Monkey Money they can do so by upgrading the Super Monkey Lair.

HOTKEY

The Tack Shooter can be placed quickly by using the letter “G”.

PATH 1 SUPER MONKEY

By far the best Super Monkey any player can place is the Path 1 Super Monkey as it can be upgraded into a super Tower by swallowing other Towers.

Players will want to make sure that when they upgrade the Path 1 Super Monkey that they have enough upgraded Towers around the Super Monkey as upgrading a lower-tier Path 1 Super Monkey is by far a lot less powerful than the tier-5 Super Monkey.

Players will want to ensure that they have enough Banana Farms to fund the Super Monkey as again, it is going to be much too expensive to fund without any Banana Farms.

If players are playing on Impoppable difficulty, this is the best Tower to place.

LASER BLASTS

EASY

$2,975

MEDIUM

$3,500

HARD

$3,780

IMPOPPABLE

$4,200

ABOUT LASER BLASTS

Upon upgrading a Super Monkey with Laser Blasts the Super Monkey will gain Laser Vision which will allow the Super Monkey to pop 2 bloons at a time and will deal double the damage to MOAB-class bloons.

Laser Blasts will gain the ability to destroy Frozen Bloons, however, they lose the ability to shred through Purple Bloons.

As useful as Laser Blasts is, I would strongly recommend ensuring that you have multiple Towers to deal with Purple Bloons before upgrading as Purple Bloons tend to leak if players are not careful.

PLASMA BLASTS

EASY

$4,250

MEDIUM

$5,000

HARD

$5,400

IMPOPPABLE

$6,000

ABOUT PLASMA BLASTS

Upon upgrading a Super Monkey with Plasma Blasts the Super Monkey will begin shooting Plasma that can deal damage to any types of bloons, including Purple Bloons.

Not only does the Plasma Blasts deal damage to all types of bloons, it actually attacks 1.4x faster and is able to pop through 4 bloons at a time.

Unfortunately the Plasma Blasts Super Monkey isn’t as good against MOAB-class bloons because it doesn’t deal 2x the damage, though this isn’t an issue if players have enough Towers to deal with MOAB-class bloons.

SUN GOD

EASY

$14,025

MEDIUM

$16,500

HARD

$17,280

IMPOPPABLE

$19,800

ABOUT SUN GOD

Upon upgrading a Super Monkey with the Sun God upgrade the Super Monkey will be able to shoot 3 lines of sun rays, dealing more damage than 3 Plasma Blast Super Monkeys and being cheaper.

Similar to the previous tier, the Sun God struggles against MOAB-class bloons, though with a bit of support it will be able to deal with MOAB-class bloons while still being able to annihilate lower-tier bloons.

TEMPLE OF THE MONKEY GOD

EASY

$85,000

MEDIUM

$100,000

HARD

$108,000

IMPOPPABLE

$120,000

ABOUT TEMPLE OF THE MONKEY GOD

Upon upgrading a Super Monkey with Temple of the Money God the Super Monkey will sacrifice all Towers in it’s area, meaning that players can essentially lose all of their Towers and thus suffer from bloons leaking by mistake.

The Temple of the Monkey God gains Camo detection, being the only organic way a Super Monkey gets Camo detection.

The neat thing about the Temple of the Monkey God is that it gains different tiers of abilities based on how much sacrificed.

The following are the cost values players will have to hit in order to reach each tier of the Temple of Monkey God:

TIER 1

$1,500

TIER 2

$4,500

TIER 3

$10,000

TIER 4

$30,000

Players will have to make sacrifices for each type of Tower in the game, including Monkey Apprentices, Ice Towers, Bomb Towers, Mortar Towers and Glue Gunners. Monkey Villages are also a great choice.

The following are the upgrades players receive based on the sacrificed Towers:

BOMB TOWER

The Temple of the Monkey God reloads every 1 second and fires 1/2/3/6 missiles that act like MOAB Maulers.

ICE TOWER

The Temple of the Monkey God reloads every 2 seconds and freezes bloons for 1.5/2/2.5 seconds upon contact.

The Temple of the Monkey God has 1,000 pierce and adds the Arctic Wind effect if upgraded to tier-4.

APPRENTICE MONKEY

The Temple of the Monkey God reloads every 1.25 seconds, tier 2 and 3 Temple of the Monkey Gods will do 1 layer before blowing and tier 4 will do 2.

The Temple of the Monkey God has 60/90/120/150 pierce based on tiers.

GLUE GUNNER

The Temple of the Monkey God will reload every 0.5 second and will pop bloons with glue every 2/1/0.5 seconds.

Unfortunately the tier-1 Temple of the Monkey God does not have corroding glue.

OTHER TOWERS

The Temple of the Monkey God reloads every 0.8 seconds.

Tier 1 and 2 Temple of the Monkey Gods will have darts and Tier 3 and 4 Temple of the Monkey Gods will have blades.

The Temple of the Monkey God will have a pierce of 20/30/40/40 and will do 2/3/4/5 damage.

If upgraded to the final tier, players can also use the Temple of the Monkey God to deal damage to Lead Bloons.

PATH 2 SUPER MONKEY

The Path 2 Super Monkey is also a powerful Super Monkey, though it is not nearly as powerful as Path 1.

Path 2 Super Monkeys can still shred through a number of bloons and are, in my opinion, better Towers to place early on simply because it deals massive amounts of damage to bloons, especially when players do not have the funds to fuel a Path 1 Super Monkey.

Players will want to place a Path 2 Super Monkey if they want to completely clear a map from lower-tier bloons and also deal some epic damage to MOAB-class bloons, although they will not be able to completely destroy BFBs or ZOMGs.

SUPER RANGE

EASY

$850

MEDIUM

$1,000

HARD

$1,080

IMPOPPABLE

$1,200

ABOUT SUPER RANGE

Upon upgrading a Super Monkey with Super Range the Super Monkey will gain a range increase.

EPIC RANGE

EASY

$1,275

MEDIUM

$1,500

HARD

$1,620

IMPOPPABLE

$1,800

ABOUT EPIC RANGE

Upon upgrading a Super Monkey with Epic Range the Super Monkey gets a massive amount of range and can cover about 9/10 of a screen if placed next to a Monkey Beacon.

ROBO MONKEY

EASY

$7,650

MEDIUM

$9,000

HARD

$9,720

IMPOPPABLE

$10,800

ABOUT ROBO MONKEY

Upon upgrading a Super Monkey with Robo Monkey the Super Monkey will be able to pop Frozen Bloons and Lead Bloons also being able to pop bloons using two arms instead of one.

TECHNOLOGICAL TERROR

EASY

$21,250

MEDIUM

$25,000

HARD

$27,000

IMPOPPABLE

$30,000

ABOUT TECHNOLOGICAL TERROR

Upon upgrading a Super Monkey with Technological Terror the Super Monkey will begin shooting green plasma balls that deal damage to a maximum of 5 bloons at a time.

If players cross path with Path 1 they will gain 1 pierce for each upgrade.

The Technological Terror also gains a special ability that allows them to completely destroy all bloons in it’s area, though players will not be able to completely destroy ZOMGs or BADs, though it will deal 1,000 damage to them instead.

Once activated the Technological Terror will be surrounded by a green forcefield that will be able to destroy up to 100 MOABs or 200 Ceramic Bloons.

Unfortunately the ability only works on Camo Bloons on the Mobile Version and Steam version.

MONKEY APPRENTICE

HOW TO UNLOCK

The Monkey Apprentice is immediately useable as it it unlocked from rank 14.

RANGE

The Monkey Apprentice has a Short range.

PIERCE

The Monkey Apprentice has the base pierce of 1.

DAMAGE

The Monkey Apprentice has the base damage of 1.

CAMO DETECTION

The Monkey Apprentice does not initially have Camo detection, however, can be upgraded using (-/2) in order to obtain Camo detection.

ATTACK SPEED

The Monkey Apprentice has Medium attack speed.

COST

The Monkey Apprentice costs the following in each game mode:

EASY

$470

MEDIUM

$550

HARD

$595

IMPOPPABLE

$660

RANK REQUIRED FOR FINAL UPGRADE

The Monkey Apprentice requires a player to acquire rank 33 before players are able to fully upgrade it with both of its final upgrades.

SPECIAL ABILITY

The Monkey Apprentice is able to acquire a single Special Ability, being Summon Phoenix.

SPECIALTY BUILDING

If players would like to upgrade the Monkey Apprentice using their Monkey Money they can do so by upgrading the Mage Spire.

HOTKEY

The Tack Shooter can be placed quickly by using the letter “H”.

PATH 1 MONKEY APPRENTICE

The Path 1 Monkey Apprentice comes with a substantial amount of damage that can affect bloons across the map and will also be able to blow bloons back once they have leaked.

The Path 1 Monkey Apprentice works best when it is placed further back in a track as the blowback is really what a player will benefit from in order to ensure that no bloons leak.

Shockingly, the Path 1 Monkey Apprentice will also be able to blow back Ceramic Bloons, making it one of the strongest Towers for players to place.

Unfortunately, the Path 1 Monkey Apprentice does not deal a good enough amount of damage in comparison to Path 2 so players may not want to place multiple Path 1 Monkey Apprentices unless they want to ensure that more bloons are pushed back.

INTENSE MAGIC

EASY

$255

MEDIUM

$300

HARD

$325

IMPOPPABLE

$360

ABOUT INTENSE MAGIC

Upon upgrading a Monkey Apprentice with Intense Magic the Monkey Apprentice will be able to pop a maximum of 7 bloons and will also be able to shred through Frozen Bloons.

LIGHTNING BOLT

EASY

$1,020

MEDIUM

$1,200

HARD

$1,295

IMPOPPABLE

$1,440

ABOUT LIGHTNING BOLT

Upon upgrading a Monkey Apprentice with Lightning Bolt the Monkey Apprentice will be able to summon Lightning that will deal damage to a maximum of 25 bloons, being able to damage bloons that are not even in range of the Monkey Apprentice, though only if there is at least one bloon near the Monkey Apprentice.

I personally like to upgrade Lightning Bolt as early as possible due to its overwhelming ability to pop bloons all over the map.

Most notably the Lightning Bolt upgrade provides players with the ability to shred through Lead Bloons, meaning that these powerful attacks can be used in earlier rounds in order to both deal AoE damage and heavy damage.

Unfortunately as the Lightning Bolt attack only shreds one layer of bloons, players will still need to rely on damage from other Towers in order to do the most with this Tower, but this shouldn’t be too much of a problem.

SUMMON WHIRLWIND

EASY

$1,700

MEDIUM

$2,000

HARD

$2,160

IMPOPPABLE

$2,400

ABOUT SUMMON WHIRLWIND

Upon upgrading a Monkey Apprentice with Summon Whirlwind, the Monkey Apprentice will be able to blow a few bloons away, pushing them closer to the beginning of a map.

Ultimately, the Summon Whirlwind attack will provide a bit of defences for players, especially if placed closer to the end of a track, though it should be noted that placing this Tower too close to the beginning may be detrimental, especially against regrowth bloons.

These bloons may become more powerful, leading to the demise of a player, which can feel quite silly, especially if the regrowth bloons weren’t that strong to begin with.

TEMPEST TORNADO

EASY

$6,800

MEDIUM

$8,000

HARD

$8,640

IMPOPPABLE

$9,600

ABOUT TEMPEST TORNADO

Upon upgrading a Monkey Apprentice with Tempest Tornado, the Monkey Apprentice will both be able to pop bloons with the tornado and will be able to blow them back further than the ability above.

I strongly recommend placing a Tempest Tornado Monkey Apprentice later on a map as this will provide the player with a shocking amount of support that will ensure that no lower-tier bloons leak, allowing players to damage bloons for a second time with Towers placed earlier in the track.

Similarly, I would recommend not placing these Towers too close to a beginning of a track as this may cause regrow bloons to become too strong to destroy completely.

PATH 2 MONKEY APPRENTICE

The Path 2 Monkey Apprentice is by far the more powerful Apprentice Monkey to place in terms of sheer DPS.

The Path 2 Monkey Apprentice deals rapid fire damage, being able to shred through MOAB-class bloons fairly efficiently and also being able to destroy Ceramic Bloons impeccably.

The Path 2 Monkey Apprentice comes with a special ability that players can activate in order to receive a global attack that will shred through bloons before they leak.

Players are recommended to have a few of these Towers in order to make the most of the special ability as they can be used to take down MOAB-class bloons extremely efficiently.

FIREBALL

EASY

$255

MEDIUM

$300

HARD

$325

IMPOPPABLE

$360

ABOUT FIREBALL

Upon upgrading a Monkey Apprentice with Fireball, the Monkey Apprentice will shoot out a fire attack every so often, creating a small explosion that pops all bloons that are caught in it.

The fireball can deal 40 damage, being especially useful for Lead Bloons.

MONKEY SENSE

EASY

$255

MEDIUM

$300

HARD

$325

IMPOPPABLE

$360

ABOUT MONKEY SENSE

Upon upgrading a Monkey Apprentice with Monkey Sense, the Monkey Apprentice will gain Camo detection on their Monkey Apprentice, though no other Towers will benefit from this upgrade.

DRAGON’S BREATH

EASY

$3,570

MEDIUM

$4,200

HARD

$4,535

IMPOPPABLE

$5,040

ABOUT DRAGON’S BREATH

Upon upgrading a Monkey Apprentice with Dragon’s Breath, the Monkey Apprentice will be able to summon a continuous stream of fire that will deal a good amount of damage to strong bloons including Lead Bloons and Ceraic Bloons.

The brilliant thing about Dragon’s Breath is it will deal damage 10 times per second, or 12 times per second on mobile version of the game.

Players can easily pair a Monkey Apprentice with Dragon’s Breath near an Ice Tower with Viral Frost as this will greatly increase the amount of damage a player can deal simply with these two Towers alone.

SUMMON PHOENIX

EASY

$4,250

MEDIUM

$5,000

HARD

$5,400

IMPOPPABLE

$6,000

ABOUT SUMMON PHOENIX

Upon upgrading a Monkey Apprentice with Summon Phoenix the Monkey Apprentice will gain a special ability they can activate in order to summon a Phoenix that will deal damage to bloons globally.

The Phoenix will stay on screen for 20 seconds, popping all types of bloons including Camo Bloons and will deal damage similar to Dragon’s Breath, though faster.

The Summon Phoenix ability is perfect for ensuring that bloons don’t leak and is great at ensuring that MOAB-class bloons are dealt with early on and lower tier bloons can be shred using regular Towers.

MONKEY VILLAGE

HOW TO UNLOCK

The Monkey Village is unlocked at rank 15.

RANGE

The Monkey Village has a Medium range.

PIERCE

The Monkey Village doesn’t deal damage unless upgraded to (4/-) at which it will have extremely limited pierce.

DAMAGE

The Monkey Village does not have a known damage amount at (4/-).

CAMO DETECTION

The Monkey Village does not initially have Camo detection, however, can be upgraded using (-/2) in order to obtain Camo detection for it and the Towers around it.

ATTACK SPEED

The Monkey Village has Very Fast attack speed when upgraded to (4/-).

COST

The Monkey Village costs the following in each game mode:

EASY

$1,360

MEDIUM

$1,600

HARD

$1,730

IMPOPPABLE

$1,920

SPECIAL ABILITY

The Monkey Village is able to acquire a single Special Ability, being M.I.B Call to Arms.

SPECIALTY BUILDING

Players cannot upgrade the Monkey Village by using a specialty building.

HOTKEY

The Monkey Village can be placed quickly by using the letter “C”.

PATH 1 MONKEY VILLAGE

Path 1 Monkey Villages provide players with a great deal of support, including the ability to raise attack speed, popping power and the income generated from Towers.

Players will definitely want to place one of these in tandem with a Path 2 Monkey Village to make the most of their damage output with all Towers.

At final tier, the Path 1 Monkey Village will gain an attack that will deal massive damage to all bloons on screen, essentially becoming both a support Tower and a damage Tower.

MONKEY BEACON

EASY

$425

MEDIUM

$500

HARD

$540

IMPOPPABLE

$600

ABOUT MONKEY BEACON

Upon upgrading a Monkey Village with Monkey Beacon the Monkey Village will increase it’s range in influence by 15%.

JUNGLE DRUMS

EASY

$1,275

MEDIUM

$1,500

HARD

$1,620

IMPOPPABLE

$1,800

ABOUT JUNGLE DRUMS

Upon upgrading a Monkey Village with Jungle Drums, the Monkey Village will provide a 17.6% increase in attack speed as well as a 15% cool down on their special abilities.

MONKEY TOWN

EASY

$8,500

MEDIUM

$10,000

HARD

$10,800

IMPOPPABLE

$12,000

ABOUT MONKEY TOWN

Upon upgrading a Monkey Village with Monkey Town the Monkey Village will allow all Towers in its radius to collect 50% more cash per popped bloon.

HIGH ENERGY BEACON

EASY

$10,200

MEDIUM

$12,000

HARD

$12,960

IMPOPPABLE

$14,440

ABOUT HIGH ENERGY BEACON

Upon upgrading a Monkey Village with High Energy Beacon all Towers within its radius will gain a 20% cool down reduction on their special abilities.

On Mobile, the High Energy Beacon will provide Towers with a 50% cool down.

The Monkey Village also gets a range increase as well as a standard attack that will deal a strong amount of damage, being able to even destroy a MOAB-class bloon.

Players can place three to destroy a BFB and eight to destroy a ZOMG.

PATH 2 MONKEY VILLAGE

When it comes to a Path 2 Monkey Village, players are looking forward to the ability to provide visibility to all types of bloons as well as a special ability that raises the popping power and attack speed of all towers in its radius.

The Path 2 Monkey Village will also provide ample amount of cool down reduction for their special abilities.

MONKEY FORT

EASY

$765

MEDIUM

$900

HARD

$970

IMPOPPABLE

$1,080

ABOUT MONKEY FORT

Upon upgrading a Monkey Village with Monkey Fort the Monkey Village will increase the popping power of all Towers in its radius by 1.

RADAR SCANNER

EASY

$1,700

MEDIUM

$2,000

HARD

$2,160

IMPOPPABLE

$2,400

ABOUT RADAR SCANNER

Upon upgrading a Monkey Village with Radar Scanner all Towers in the Monkey Village’s radius will gain Camo decection.

MONKEY INTELLIGENCE BUREAU

EASY

$3,655

MEDIUM

$4,300

HARD

$4,645

IMPOPPABLE

$5,160

ABOUT MONKEY INTELLIGENCE BUREAU

Upon upgrading a Monkey Village with Monkey Intelligence Bureau the Monkey Village will allow any Tower to deal damage to any type of bloon.

While this might be confusing as to why a player would need Monkey Intelligence Bureau, it’s simple to say that Towers that deal explosive damage can now shred Black Bloons and Zebra Bloons and Towers that deal energy based damage will be able to shred through Purple Bloons.

This will ensure that all bloons are always taking damage, essentially raising the amount of damage all Towers output.

While seemingly useless, this can come in extra helpful if players are uncertain of what bloons have protection or simply want to make sure that all bloons get shredded as soon as possible.

M.I.B. CALL TO ARMS

EASY

$20,400

MEDIUM

$24,000

HARD

$25,920

IMPOPPABLE

$28,800

ABOUT M.I.B. CALL TO ARMS

Upon upgrading a Monkey Village with M.I.B. Call To Arms the Monkey Village will gain a special ability that once activated will cause all of the Towers in it’s radius to gain double the attack speed and popping power.

While seemingly over powered, the M.I.B. Call To Arms upgrade will require players to wait 30 seconds before it can be activated again, essentially nerfing any abuse players may try to provoke with this ability.

BANANA FARM

HOW TO UNLOCK

The Banana Farm is immediately useable as it it unlocked from rank 16.

RANGE

The Banana Farm has a Medium range.

PIERCE

The Banana Farm does not deal any damage and thus has no pierce.

DAMAGE

The Banana Farm does not deal any damage.

CAMO DETECTION

The Banana Farm does not have Camo detection.

ATTACK SPEED

The Banana Farm does not deal damage and thus has no attack speed.

COST

The Banana Farm costs the following in each game mode:

EASY

$850

MEDIUM

$1,000

HARD

$1,080

IMPOPPABLE

$1,200

RANK REQUIRED FOR FINAL UPGRADE

The Banana Farm requires a player to acquire rank 36 before players are able to fully upgrade it with both of its final upgrades.

SPECIAL ABILITY

The Banana Farm us unable to technically receive a special ability, though players will be able to hoard money in the Monkey Bank and Banana Investments Advisory in order collect more money and take it out later.

SPECIALTY BUILDING

The Banana Farm does not have a specialty building.

HOTKEY

The Tack Shooter can be placed quickly by using the letter “V”.

PATH 1 BANANA FARM

A Path 1 Banana Farm is by far the more common type of Banana Farm players place as it will regularly provide players with an income, though it does not provide as much money as is more costly than Path 2.

Players will often want at least one Path 1 Banana Farm in order to fund their upgrades throughout the round and then will want to place multiple Path 2 Banana Farms which I will cover shortly.

MORE BANANAS

EASY

$280

MEDIUM

$300

HARD

$325

IMPOPPABLE

$360

ABOUT MORE BANANAS

Upon upgrading a Banana Farm with More Bananas, the Banana Farm will begin producing 6 bananas or 3 in Mobile.

This will provide the player $120 without Valuable Bananas and $180 with Valuable Bananas.

BANANA PLANTOON

EASY

$1,190

MEDIUM

$1,400

HARD

$1510

IMPOPPABLE

$1,680

ABOUT BANANA PLANTATION

Upon upgrading a Banana Farm to Banana Plantation the Banana Farm will generate 13 bananas per round or 7 in mobile.

This will generate $260 per round without Valuable Bananas or $280 in mobile or $390 per round with Valuable Bananas or $420 in mobile.

BANANA REPUBLIC

EASY

$2,720

MEDIUM

$3,200

HARD

$3,455

IMPOPPABLE

$3,840

ABOUT BANANA REPUBLIC

Upon upgrading a Banana Farm with Banana Republic the Banana Republic will generate 25 Bananas per round or 13 on Mobile.

The Bananas amount to $500 per round without Valuable Bananas or $520 in Mobile and $750 per round with Valuable Bananas or $780 on mobile.

BANANA RESEARCH FACILITY

EASY

$11,900

MEDIUM

$14,000

HARD

$15,120

IMPOPPABLE

$16,800

ABOUT BANANA RESEARCH FACILITY

Upon upgrading a Banana Farm with Banana Research Facility the Banana Farm will generate 10 boxes of bananas each round or 5 boxes on mobile.

Boxes will provide $2,000 per round without Valuable Bananas on both platforms or $3,000 with Valuable Bananas on both platforms.

PATH 2 BANANA FARM

The Path 2 Banana Farm is by far the more powerful type of Banana Farm, though it does come with the downfall of requiring players to hoard their money for a few rounds before they take out their investments.

The Banana Farm will provide a small amount of money each round, however, players will collect interest on the money they have inside of their bank account, essentially being able to collect money faster.

The bad thing about only having Path 2 Banana Farms is that players will not be able to upgrade Towers regularly through rounds and instead will have to wait until they have capped out their banks to ensure that they make as much interest as they can.

I would recommend placing 1 Path 1 Banana Farm before placing a number of Path 2 Banana Farms. They come in handy, but you will still need some extra income per round just in case you need to upgrade some Towers.

LONG LIFE BANANAS

EASY

$425

MEDIUM

$500

HARD

$540

IMPOPPABLE

$600

ABOUT LONG LIFE BANANAS

Upon upgrading a Banana Farm with Long Life Bananas the Banana Farm’s Bananas will last for 20 seconds before disappearing or 25 seconds on Mobile.

VALUABLE BANANAS

EASY

$3,400

MEDIUM

$4,000

HARD

$4320

IMPOPPABLE

$4,800

ABOUT VALUABLE BANANAS

Upon upgrading a Banana Farm with Valuable Bananas the Banana Farm’s Bananas will increase in value by 50%.

Unlike BTD6, players will only want to use this upgrade if they have fully upgraded the Banana Farm to tier-4 on Path 1 as the upgrade is too expensive for the upgrade to be worth it.

The only other time a player would want to upgrade to Valuable Bananas before acquiring tier-4 on Path 1 is when they are hoping for a Path 2 tier-4 Banana Farm.

In these cases it is still more wise to upgrade using Path 1 first to tier-2 then Path 2 to tier-4.

MONKEY BANK

EASY

$3,570

MEDIUM

$4,200

HARD

$4,535

IMPOPPABLE

$5,040

ABOUT MONKEY BANK

Upon upgrading a Banana Farm to Monkey Bank the Banana Farm will no longer drop bananas and will instead generate money throughout the round.

Money generated will be left in the Money Bank similar to a real life bank account and will collect interest each round.

Monkey Banks will generate $450 each round and will gain a 10% interest on the money that is stored in the Monkey Bank, essentially meaning that players will want to keep their money in the Monkey Bank until as long as they can.

The Monkey Bank will store a maximum of $5,000 meaning players will have to check in regularly to ensure that they do not hit their cap.

Players will make a bit more money if they are already cross pathed with Path 1.

BANANA INVESTMENTS ADVISORY

EASY

$4,675

MEDIUM

$5,500

HARD

$5,940

IMPOPPABLE

$6,600

ABOUT BANANA INVESTMENTS ADVISORY

By far the biggest money generator, the Banana Investments Advisory will generate $1,000 per round and will gain an interest of 20% at the end of every round.

Players will also be able to hold $20,000 in their Banana Investments Advisory, being a blessing and a curse as this will generate a great deal of money, though will have to wait a number of rounds before this is generated.

Similarly, players can cross path with path 1 in order to make more money per round.

MORTAR TOWER

HOW TO UNLOCK

The Mortar Tower is unlocked at rank 17.

RANGE

The Mortar Tower has a Infinite range.

PIERCE

The Mortar Tower has the base pierce of 40.

DAMAGE

The Mortar Tower has an unknown base damage.

CAMO DETECTION

The Mortar Monkey does not initially have Camo detection, however, can be upgraded using (-/3) in order to obtain Camo detection.

ATTACK SPEED

The Mortar Monkey has Slow attack speed.

COST

The Mortar Monkey costs the following in each game mode:

EASY

$600

MEDIUM

$750

HARD

$810

IMPOPPABLE

$900

RANK REQUIRED FOR FINAL UPGRADE

The Mortar Tower requires a player to acquire rank 37 before players are able to fully upgrade it with both of its final upgrades.

SPECIAL ABILITY

The Mortar Tower is able to acquire a single Special Ability, being Pop and Awe.

SPECIALTY BUILDING

If players would like to upgrade the Mortar Monkey using their Monkey Money they can do so by upgrading the Mortar Emplacement.

HOTKEY

The Tack Shooter can be placed quickly by using the letter “B”.

PATH 1 MORTAR TOWER

A Path 1 Mortar Tower is one of the strongest Towers players can place in BTD5 as it can shred through a plethora of bloons.

The biggest issues with the Path 1 Mortar Tower is that it will not be able to detect Camo bloons and does not have the best reload speed, though this should not be enough to discourage a player from placing one.

Mortar Towers should be targeted on areas of a map where bloons will go at least twice, such as loops.

INCREASED ACCURACY

EASY

$170

MEDIUM

$200

HARD

$215

IMPOPPABLE

$240

ABOUT INCREASED ACCURACY

Upon upgrading a Mortar Tower with Increased Accuracy the targeting circle will shrink and will ensure that less bombs land off of a track.

Essentially the Increased Accuracy upgrade will essentially raise the attack damage a Mortar Tower can do without actually increasing the damage output.

As per size of targeting, the circle will beccome 60% smaller.

BIGGER BLAST

EASY

$510

MEDIUM

$600

HARD

$650

IMPOPPABLE

$720

ABOUT BIGGER BLAST

Upon upgrading a Mortar Tower with Bigger Blast the Mortar Tower will gain a blast radius of 45 and will gain an increase of pierce to 45.

It may be confusing why you would get an increase in blast radius, however this doesn’t mean an increase in targeting radius and instead how big the explosions actually are.

BLOON BUSTER

EASY

$680

MEDIUM

$800

HARD

$865

IMPOPPABLE

$960

ABOUT BLOON BUSTER

Upon upgrading a Mortar Tower to Bloon Buster the Mortar Tower will be able to pop 2 layers of bloons at a time.

THE BIG ONE

EASY

$8,500

MEDIUM

$10,000

HARD

$10,800

IMPOPPABLE

$12,000

ABOUT THE BIG ONE

Upon upgrading a Mortar Tower with The Big One the Mortar Tower will be able to pop up to 100 bloons and will be able to shred through 5 layers of the bloons.

The amazing thing about The Big One upgrade is that it can shred through Black Bloons making it undeniably powerful.

PATH 2 MORTAR TOWER

The Path 2 Mortar Tower is more of a support type of Tower, though it still deals a good amount of damage.

Not only will the Path 2 Mortar Tower place napalm on bloons, it will also reveal and damage Camo Bloons, meaning that players can rely on this Tower to allow other Towers to deal damage to Camo Bloons once they are revealed.

The Path 2 Mortar Tower also comes with an special ability that players can use to both stop bloons and MOAB-class bloons in their tracks also completely destroying lower tier bloons on screen.

The Path 2 Mortar Tower is an important Tower to place and is more reliable than a Path 1 Mortar Tower, though both should be placed.

RAPID RELOAD

EASY

$215

MEDIUM

$250

HARD

$270

IMPOPPABLE

$300

ABOUT RAPID RELOAD

Upon upgrading a Mortar Tower with Rapid Reload the Mortar Tower will gain an increase in attack speed though not enough to make this Tower extremely useful.

With Rapid Reload, bloons will still continue to leak, though this will vasty increase the amount of damage a player can output using a Mortar Tower.

BURNY STUFF

EASY

$425

MEDIUM

$500

HARD

$540

IMPOPPABLE

$600

ABOUT BURNY STUFF

Upon upgrading a Mortar Tower with Burny Stuff the Mortar Tower will be able to apply napalm onto bloons for 6 seconds, essentially being able to pop a single layer of bloon every 2 seconds.

SIGNAL FLARE

EASY

$425

MEDIUM

$500

HARD

$540

IMPOPPABLE

$600

ABOUT SIGNAL FLARE

Upon upgrading a Mortar Tower with Signal Flare the Mortar Tower will be able to attack Camo Bloons.

Signal Flare will also reveal Camo Bloons, essentially making it so Towers without Camo detection can still damage bloons.

This extends to DDTs, making the Signal Flare Mortar Monkey one of the best upgrades in the game.

ARTILLERY BATTERY

EASY

$7,650

MEDIUM

$9,000

HARD

$9,720

IMPOPPABLE

$10,800

ABOUT ARTILLERY BATTERY

Upon upgrading a Mortar Tower with Artillery Battery the Mortar Tower will be able to shoot 3x faster also gaining the Pop and Awe ability.

Upon activation the Pop and Awe ability will explode across the screen for 5 seconds both immobilizing and popping all non-MOAB-class bloons.

MOAB-class bloons will still become immobilized for 5 seconds, however, they will not take any damage from this ability.

DARTLING GUN

HOW TO UNLOCK

The Dartling Gun is immediately useable as it it unlocked from rank 18.

RANGE

The Dartling Gun has a Infinite range.

PIERCE

The Dartling Gun has the base pierce of 1.

DAMAGE

The Dartling Gun has the base damage of 1.

CAMO DETECTION

The Dartling Gun initially has Camo detection.

ATTACK SPEED

The Dartling Gun has Vet Fast attack speed.

COST

The Dartling Gun costs the following in each game mode:

EASY

$810

MEDIUM

$950

HARD

$1,025

IMPOPPABLE

$1,140

RANK REQUIRED FOR FINAL UPGRADE

The Dartling Gun requires a player to acquire rank 38 before players are able to fully upgrade it with both of its final upgrades.

SPECIAL ABILITY

The Dartling Gun is able to acquire a single Special Ability, being Bloon Area Denial System.

SPECIALTY BUILDING

If players would like to upgrade the Dartling Gun using their Monkey Money they can do so by upgrading the Dartling Ammo Dump.

HOTKEY

The Tack Shooter can be placed quickly by using the letter “N”.

PATH 1 DARTLING GUN

The Path 1 Dartling Gun deals a good amount of damage towards normal type bloons, though it lacks the popping power that is useful against MOAB-class bloons.

Players can easily rely on a Path 1 Dartling Gun if they need to wipe out hoards of lower-tier bloons, especially as they can quickly maneuver the Dartling Gunner to catch bloons before they start to leak.

FOCUSED FIRING

EASY

$215

MEDIUM

$250

HARD

$270

IMPOPPABLE

$300

ABOUT FOCUSED FIRING

Upon upgrading a Dartling Gun with Focused Firing the Dartling Gun will begin to shoot more accurately, essentially meaning that players will have an easier time catching bloons before they leak.

FASTER BARREL SPIN

EASY

$1,020

MEDIUM

$1,200

HARD

$1,295

IMPOPPABLE

$1,440

ABOUT FASTER BARREL SPIN

Upon upgrading a Dartling Gun with Faster Barrel Spin the Dartling Gun will shoot faster, essentially dealing more damage to bloons.

LASER CANNON

EASY

$5,100

MEDIUM

$6,000

HARD

$6,480

IMPOPPABLE

$7,200

ABOUT LASER CANNON

Upon upgrading a Dartling Gun with Laser Cannon the Dartling Gun will begin shooting lasers that deal damage to 13 bloons and can pop Frozen Bloons though not Purple Bloons.

The Dartling Gun will also deal damage 15% times faster.

RAY OF DOOM

EASY

$46,750

MEDIUM

$55,000

HARD

$59,400

IMPOPPABLE

$72,000

ABOUT RAY OF DOOM

Upon upgrading a Dartling Gun with Ray of Doom the Dartling Gun will begin shooting a constant stream of… well doom that can deal damage to 100 bloons at a time popping a bloon once every 30 seconds.

The greatest thing about the Ray of Doom upgrade is great at piercing through Ceramic Bloons.

The Ray of Doom deals more damage towards normal bloons though it can still provide a decent amount of support towards MOAB-class bloons, though notably less.

PATH 2 DARTLING GUN

The Path 2 Dartling Gun is less percise making it a bit weaker against regular types of bloons, though due to the fact that missiles are splayed, players will be able to deal more damage to MOAB-class bloons because they are being hit by multiple missiles.

The Path 2 Dartling Gun also has a very strong special ability that will essentially annihilate all bloons on the screen, minus bloons that are too powerful, though these can easily be cleared by the Dartling Gun’s basic attacks or other Towers.

POWERFUL DARTS

EASY

$520

MEDIUM

$1,000

HARD

$1,080

IMPOPPABLE

$1,200

ABOUT POWERFUL DARTS

Upon upgrading a Dartling Gun with Powerful Darts the Dartling Gun’s darts will now be able to pop 3 bloons each and will shoot at a faster projectile speed.

DEPLETED BLOONTONIUM DARTS

EASY

$850

MEDIUM

$1,000

HARD

$1,080

IMPOPPABLE

$1,200

ABOUT DEPLETED BLOONTONIUM DARTS

Upon upgrading a Dartling Gun with Depleted Bloontonium Darts the Dartling Gun will now be able to pop Lead Bloons and Frozen Bloons.

HYDRA ROCKET PODS

EASY

$5,950

MEDIUM

$7,000

HARD

$7,560

IMPOPPABLE

$8,400

ABOUT HYDRA ROCKET PODS

Upon upgrading a Dartling Gun with Hydra Rocket Pods the Dartling Gun will begin shooting missiles that will be able to destroy Black Bloons and Zebra Bloons, dealing a good amount of damage on MOAB-class bloons, especially DDTs.

Each rocket will be able to pop a maximum of 40 bloons and will launch 66% faster.

BLOON AREA DENIAL SYSTEM

EASY

$17,000

MEDIUM

$20,000

HARD

$21,600

IMPOPPABLE

$24,000

ABOUT BLOON AREA DENIAL SYSTEM

Upon upgrading a Dartling Gun with Bloon Area Denial System the Dartling Gun will gain a special ability that players can activate in order to shoot 100 missiles that will deal damage to the closest 100 bloons every 2 seconds for a total of 5 times.

The Dartling Gun will regularly fire 3 hydra rockets at a time instead of shooting one, essentially being able to shoot more bloons at a time.

SPIKE FACTORY

HOW TO UNLOCK

The Spike Factory is immediately useable as it it unlocked from rank 19.

RANGE

The Spike Factory has a Medium range.

PIERCE

The Spike Factory has an unknown pierce.

DAMAGE

The Spike Factory has an unknown base damage.

CAMO DETECTION

The Spike Factory always has Camo detection.

ATTACK SPEED

The Spike Factory has Slow attack speed.

COST

The Spike Factory costs the following in each game mode:

EASY

$595

MEDIUM

$700

HARD

$755

IMPOPPABLE

$900

RANK REQUIRED FOR FINAL UPGRADE

The Spike Factory requires a player to acquire rank 45 before players are able to fully upgrade it with both of its final upgrades.

SPECIAL ABILITY

The Spike Factory is able to acquire a single Special Ability, being Spike Storm.

SPECIALTY BUILDING

If players would like to upgrade the Spike Factory using their Monkey Money they can do so by upgrading the Spikes R Us.

HOTKEY

The Spike Factory can be placed quickly by using the letter “M”.

PATH 1 SPIKE FACTORY

The Path 1 Spike Factory is a much stronger Tower for players to use when trying to deal damage to lower tier bloons, especially Ceramic Bloons and Lead Bloons.

The Path 1 Spike Factory deals the best with clumps of bloons as it also features explosions that can affect bloons in the area and will increase the amount of popping this Tower does.

Unfortunately the Path 1 Spike Factory doesn’t fair well against MOAB-class bloons though this is not usually an issue if players have other Towers to initially shred the MOAB-class bloon leaving a Path 1 Spike Factory down the line to destroy lower tier bloons.

BIGGER STACKS

EASY

$595

MEDIUM

$700

HARD

$755

IMPOPPABLE

$840

ABOUT BIGGER STACKS

Upon upgrading a Spike Factory with Bigger Stacks, the Spike Factory places more spikes on the ground, essentially being able to pop more bloons.

WHITE HOT SPIKES

EASY

$765

MEDIUM

$900

HARD

$970

IMPOPPABLE

$1,080

ABOUT WHITE HOT SPIKES

Upon upgrading a Spike Factory with White Hot Spikes the Spike Factory will begin creating spikes with fire damage that can now pop Frozen Bloons and Lead Bloons.

The White Hot Spikes are also useful for dealing damage to DDTs.

SPIKED BALL FACTORY

EASY

$2,040

MEDIUM

$2,400

HARD

$2,590

IMPOPPABLE

$2,880

ABOUT SPIKED BALL FACTORY

Upon upgrading a Spike Factory with Spiked Ball Factory the Spike Factory will begin producing spiked balls that can deal damage to 16 bloons or 20 on mobile, dealing 3x the damage to Ceramic Bloons.

The Spiked Ball Factory upgrade also comes with a small increase in attack range.

SPIKED MINES

EASY

$11,900

MEDIUM

$14,000

HARD

$15,120

IMPOPPABLE

$16,800

ABOUT SPIKED MINES

Upon upgrading a Spike Factory with Spiked Mines the spike balls the Spike Factory creates will now explode, dealing 4 layers of damage to bloons.

The Spiked Mines Spike Factory will place a spiked ball every second and will place napalm on bloons, dealing some extra damage.

PATH 2 SPIKE FACTORY

The Path 2 Spike Factory is by far the strongest type of Spike Factory players can place if they are struggling with MOAB-class bloons.

The Path 2 Spike Factory is not only good at shredding MOAB-class bloons, but it also has a special ability that players can activate in order to cover their whole map with spikes that will provide players both support against more MOAB-class bloons but also regular bloons.

The nice thing about the Path 2 Spike Factory is it can be placed almost anywhere. on the map, though I recommend placing it closer to the beginning-middle of the map to ensure that MOAB class bloons are affected immediately as players can easily activate the special ability in order to defend against leaking bloons.

The special ability makes the Path 2 Spike Factory extremely versatile, especially in comparison to Path 1.

FASTER PRODUCTION

EASY

$680

MEDIUM

$800

HARD

$865

IMPOPPABLE

$960

ABOUT FASTER PRODUCTION

Upon upgrading a Spike Factory with Faster Production the Spike factory will start placing spikes a bit faster at about one stack for ever 1.43 seconds.

EVEN FASTER PRODUCTION

EASY

$1,065

MEDIUM

$1,250

HARD

$1,350

IMPOPPABLE

$1,500

ABOUT EVEN FASTER PRODUCTION

Upon upgrading a Spike Factory with Even Faster Production the Spike Factory will begin placing spikes every 0.86 seconds.

MOAB-SHREDR SPIKES

EASY

$2,550

MEDIUM

$3,000

HARD

$3,240

IMPOPPABLE

$3,600

ABOUT MOAB-SHREDR SPIKES

Upon upgrading a Spike Factory with MOAB-SHREDR Spikes the Spike Factory will deal 4x the damage to MOAB-class bloons and will be able to place spikes every 0.53 seconds.

SPIKE STORM

EASY

$5,525

MEDIUM

$6,500

HARD

$7,020

IMPOPPABLE

$7,800

ABOUT SPIKE STORM

Upon upgrading a Spike Factory with Spike Storm, the Spike Factory will gain a special ability that players can activate in order to cover the map with spikes.

Spikes will only last for

MONKEY SUB

HOW TO UNLOCK

The Monkey Sub is immediately useable as it it unlocked from rank 20 on the Flash version, but requires players to pop 250,000 bloons in the mobile version.

RANGE

The Monkey Sub has a Medium range, but can. be upgraded to have global range.

PIERCE

The Monkey Sub has the base pierce of 1.

DAMAGE

The Monkey Sub has the base damage of 1.

CAMO DETECTION

The Monkey Sunb does not initially have Camo detection, however, can be upgraded using (2/-) if there are other Towers with Camo detection or (3/-) in order to obtain Camo detection.

ATTACK SPEED

The Monkey Sub has Fast attack speed.

COST

The Monkey SUb costs the following in each game mode:

EASY

$300

MEDIUM

$350

HARD

$380

IMPOPPABLE

$420

RANK REQUIRED FOR FINAL UPGRADE

The Monkey Sub requires a player to acquire rank 21 before players are able to fully upgrade it with both of its final upgrades.

SPECIAL ABILITY

The Sub Monkey is able to acquire a single Special Ability, being First Strike Capability.

SPECIALTY BUILDING

If players would like to upgrade the Sub Monkey using their Monkey Money they can do so by upgrading the Sub Construction Yard or Monkey Sub Bay.

HOTKEY

The Sub Monkey can be placed quickly by using the letter “J” in BTD5 or “K” on Steam.

PATH 1 MONKEY SUB

The Path 1 Monkey Sub has a shockingly great range and a good amount of pierce as it features darts that will break apart and deal damage to multiple bloons.

Path 1 Monkey Subs excel when multiple Towers are placed on a track, especially if players manage to cover the full track with the range of other Towers as Path 1 Monkey Subs will essentially take on the range of all other placed Towers.

Players will always want to make sure that they place multiple Towers before placing one of these Towers.

The other interesting thing about the Path 1 Monkey Sub is that it can reveal Camo Bloons so that other Towers without Camo detection.

BARBED DARTS

EASY

$380

MEDIUM

$450

HARD

$485

IMPOPPABLE

$540

ABOUT BARBED DARTS

Upon upgrading a Monkey Sub with Barbed Darts the Monkey Sub will be able to pierce through 3 bloons at once with it’s darts instead of just piercing through 1.

ADVANCED INTEL

EASY

$425

MEDIUM

$500

HARD

$540

IMPOPPABLE

$600

ABOUT ADVANCED INTEL

Upon upgrading a Monkey Sub with Advanced Intel the Monkey Sub will gain visibility from all Towers on the screen and will be able to receive Camo detection if a Tower has it.

Players will want to ensure that they cover the map with as much range as possible to make the most use out of this upgrade, especially with Towers with Camo detection as this will ensure that no bloons leak.

SUBMERGE AND SUPPORT

EASY

$425

MEDIUM

$500

HARD

$540

IMPOPPABLE

$600

ABOUT SUBMERGE AND SUPPORT

Upon upgrading a Monkey Sub with Submerge and Support the Monkey Sub will gain a new targeting mode that allows it to Submerge in order to reveal Camo Bloons.

Unfortunately the Submerge and Support Monkey Sub will not reveal all Camo Bloons, though it will reveal enough to provide enough support for players.

Players will want to place a Submerge and Support Monkey Sub near the beginning of a map to ensure that the most Camo Bloons are revealed.

The Submerge and Support Monkey Sub is best placed near a loop or where bloons spend a lot of time near the Monkey Sub.

BLOONTONIUM REACTOR

EASY

$2,125

MEDIUM

$2,500

HARD

$2,700

IMPOPPABLE

$3,000

ABOUT BLOONTONIUM REACTOR

Upon upgrading a Monkey Sub with Bloontonium Reactor the Monkey Sub will both reveal Camo Bloons and will also pop bloons within it’s radius.

Bloontonium Reactors will also provide water-based Towers in it’s radius to have a 15% cooldown on their special ability, though it should be noted that this cannot stack with other Bloontonium Reactors, though will with High Energy Beacon or Hotter Cooldown.

PATH 2 MONKEY SUB

The Path 2 Monkey Sub is one of the better Towers to place if players are looking for defences against Ceramic Bloons and MOAB-class bloons.

Path 2 Monkey Subs always have global range, though they do risk lower-class bloons leaking as they will not split up or deal as much damage directly towards them.

The Path 2 Monkey Sub comes with a special ability that players can activate in order to destroy a MOAB-class bloon in a single blow.

I would strongly recommend having a few of these if you want the most defense against MOAB-class bloons or simply Ceramic Bloons.

TWIN GUN

EASY

$385

MEDIUM

$450

HARD

$485

IMPOPPABLE

$540

ABOUT TWIN GUNS

Upon upgrading a Monkey Sub with Twin Guns the Monkey Sub will be able to shoot twice as fast, essentially giving the Monkey Sub 6x the popping power.

AIRBURST DARTS

EASY

$640

MEDIUM

$750

HARD

$810

IMPOPPABLE

$900

ABOUT AIRBURST DARTS

Upon upgrading a Monkey Sub with Airburst Darts the Monkey Sub will be able to shred through more bloons at once.

Essentially the Monkey Sub’s Darts will split into 3.

BALLISTIC MISSILE

EASY

$1,275

MEDIUM

$1,500

HARD

$1,620

IMPOPPABLE

$1,800

ABOUT BALLISTIC MISSLE

Upon upgrading a Monkey Sub with Ballistic Missile the Monkey Sub will be able to fire strong missiles that have infinite range that can pop Lead Bloons though they will not be able to deal damage to Black Bloons or Zebra Bloons.

Each missile will deal 1 damage to normal bloons and 3 damage to Ceramic Bloons and MOAB-class bloons.

FIRST STRIKE CAPABILITY

EASY

$17,000

MEDIUM

$20,000

HARD

$21,600

IMPOPPABLE

$24,000

ABOUT FIRST STRIKE CAPABILITY

Upon upgrading a Monkey Sub with First Strike Capability the Monkey Sub will gain a special ability that will allow players to shred a MOAB-class bloon up to ZOMGs.

MONKEY ENGINEER (STEAM/BTD5 DELUXE)

HOW TO UNLOCK

The Monkey Engineer is unlocked at rank 20-21.

RANGE

The Engineer Monkey has a Medium range.

PIERCE

The Engineer Monkey has the base pierce of 3.

DAMAGE

The Engineer Monkey has the base damage of 1.

CAMO DETECTION

The Engineer Monkey does not initially have Camo detection, however, can be upgraded using (3/-) in order to obtain Camo detection.

ATTACK SPEED

The Engineer Monkey has Fast attack speed.

COST

The Engineer Monkey costs the following in each game mode:

EASY

$380

MEDIUM

$450

HARD

$485

IMPOPPABLE

$540

RANK REQUIRED FOR FINAL UPGRADE

The Enginee Monkey requires a player to acquire rank 45 before players are able to fully upgrade it with both of its final upgrades.

SPECIAL ABILITY

The Engineer Monkey is able to acquire a single Special Ability, being Overclock.

SPECIALTY BUILDING

If players would like to upgrade the Engineer Monkey using their Monkey Money they can do so by upgrading the Engineer’s Workshop.

HOTKEY

The Tack Shooter can be placed quickly by using the letter “L”.

PATH 1 ENGINEER MONKEY

For players looking for a good way to deal damage and deal with Camo Bloons, Lead Bloons and Regen Bloons, especially if players have multiples of these Towers out.

I personally like to use multiple Engineer Monkeys near the beginning of a track to collect as much money as they can.

Players should be wary of placing Path 1 Engineer Monkeys too far back on a track as there. isa chance that no bloons will be collected in their traps, essentially destroying the chance of being able to collect any money.

SENTRY GUN

EASY

$425

MEDIUM

$500

HARD

$540

IMPOPPABLE

$600

ABOUT SENTRY GUN

Upon upgrading an Engineer Monkey with Sentry Gun the Engineer Monkey will gain the ability to spawn in Sentry Guns that will pop bloons in range.

The Engineer Monkey will be able to spawn a maximum of 3 Sentry Guns with no fire rate upgrades, though if placed near Jungle Drums Villages, the Engineer Monkey will be able to spawn more.

FAST ENGINEERING

EASY

$340

MEDIUM

$400

HARD

$430

IMPOPPABLE

$480

ABOUT FAST ENGINEERING

Upon upgrading an Engineer Monkey with Fast Engineering the Engineer Monkey will begin producing Sentry Turrets more often, essentially being able to place one every 6 seconds instead of every 10 seconds.

This means that the Engineer Monkey will be able to place a total of 5 Sentry Guns at. atime instead.

CLEANSING FOAM

EASY

$680

MEDIUM

$800

HARD

$865

IMPOPPABLE

$960

ABOUT CLEANSING FOAM

Upon upgrading a Monkey Engineer with Cleansing Foam the Monkey Engineer will be able to place blobs of foam on the track.

Cleansing Foam will remove Regen properties, Camo properties and Lead properties.

Cleansing Foam isn’t the most accurate and will require a bloon to pass through it before it expires and thus players will not be able to completely rely on these Towers unless they have multiple Monkey Engineers with this upgrade.

BLOON TRAP

EASY

$2,975

MEDIUM

$3,500

HARD

$3,780

IMPOPPABLE

$4,200

ABOUT BLOON TRAP

Upon upgrading a Monkey Engineer with Bloon trap the Monkey Engineer will regularly deploy a trap that will be able to absorb a maximum of 250 Red Bloon Equivalents.

Upon being full, the Bloon Trap will begin flashing blue and magenta and allowing players to collect double the amount of cash they would have normally gotten.

If players do not collect the Bloon Trap it will auto-collect after some time, though giving less cash than they normally would have gotten.

PATH 2 ENGINEER MONKEY

Path 2 Engineer Monkeys are the best for supporting other Towers as it will raise the attack speed of the affected Tower, essentially being optimal when being used on Super Monkeys.

I would also recommend using these on Monkey Villages if players need Towers directly outside of it’s range to become empowered, being one of the best ways to upgrade multiple Towers at once.

9-INCH NAILS

EASY

$385

MEDIUM

$450

HARD

$485

IMPOPPABLE

$540

ABOUT 9-INCH NAILS

Upon upgrading a Monkey Engineer with 9-Inch Nails the Monkey Engineer will be able to destroy 8 bloons at a time using it’s nail gun, being able to also destroy frozen bloons.

LARGER SERVICE AREA

EASY

$555

MEDIUM

$650

HARD

$700

IMPOPPABLE

$780

ABOUT LARGER SERVICE AREA

Upon upgrading a Monkey Engineer with Larger Service Area the Monkey Engineer will be able to gain a larger amount of area to damage.

SPROCKETS

EASY

$470

MEDIUM

$550

HARD

$595

IMPOPPABLE

$660

ABOUT SPROKETS

Upon upgrading a Monkey Engineer with Sprokets the Monkey Engineer will be able to attack using it’s Nail Gun 25% faster and with it’s Sentries by 50%.

OVERCLOCK

EASY

$11,475

MEDIUM

$13,500

HARD

$14,580

IMPOPPABLE

$16,200

ABOUT OVERCLOCK

Upon upgrading a Monkey Engineer with Overclock the Monkey Engineer will gain a special ability that will allow the Monkey Engineer to empower another Tower essentially charging that Tower for 60 seconds and giving it 2x the attack speed.

If used on a Monkey Village Overclock will increase it’s range by 25%.

Overclock on a Banana Farm will force all the bananas. topop out immediately.

BLOONCHIPPER (STEAM/BTD5 DELUXE)

HOW TO UNLOCK

The Bloonchipper is immediately useable as it it unlocked from rank 21 or 22.

RANGE

The Bloonchipper has a Medium range.

PIERCE

The Bloonchipper has the base pierce of 1.

DAMAGE

The Bloonchipper has the base damage of 1.

CAMO DETECTION

The Bloonchipper does not initially have Camo detection, however, can be upgraded using (-/4) in order to obtain Camo detection on it’s special ability.

ATTACK SPEED

The Bloonchipper has Very Fast attack speed.

COST

The Bloonchipper costs the following in each game mode:

EASY

$635

MEDIUM

$750

HARD

$810

IMPOPPABLE

$900

RANK REQUIRED FOR FINAL UPGRADE

The Bloonchipper requires a player to acquire rank 48 before players are able to fully upgrade it with both of its final upgrades.

SPECIAL ABILITY

The Bloonchipper is able to acquire a single Special Ability, being Supa-Vac.

SPECIALTY BUILDING

If players would like to upgrade the Bloonchipper using their Monkey Money they can do so by upgrading the Al’s Custom Chippers.

HOTKEY

The Tack Shooter can be placed quickly by using the letter “;”.

PATH 1 BLOONCHIPPER

The Path 1 Bloonchipper is by far one of the strongest Towers players can place. in all of BTD5 as it can essentially provide a player with complete support against MOAB-class bloons.

Path 1 Bloonchippers should always be put on “Strong” targeting as without that a player will essentially miss a bunch of MOAB-class bloons because it was too busy sucking up lower tier-bloons.

I usually use a Path 1 Bloonchipper as my main source of MOAB-class defences as it is extremely efficient and will buy a player enough time to destroy lower tier-bloons in the meantime.

A player does not necessarily need to upgrade a Path 1 Bloonchipper with Camo detection unless they are worried about DDTs.

SUCKIER

EASY

$340

MEDIUM

$400

HARD

$430

IMPOPPABLE

$480

ABOUT SUCKER

Upon upgrading a Bloonchipper with Suckier the Bloonchipper will gain double the capture rate of bloons, increasing the amount of bloons it can pop.

It seems like this upgrade doubles the Bloonchipper’s capture rate.

HEAVY DUTY SUCTION

EASY

$380

MEDIUM

$450

HARD

$485

IMPOPPABLE

$540

ABOUT HEAVY DUTY SUCTION

Upon upgrading a Bloonchipper with Heavy Duty Suction the Bloonchipper will gain the ability to shred through Lead Bloons.

DUAL LAYER BLADES

EASY

$680

MEDIUM

$800

HARD

$865

IMPOPPABLE

$920

ABOUT DUAL LAYER BLADES

Upon upgrading a Bloonchipper with Dual Layer Blades, the Bloonchipper will gain. theability to shred through two layers of bloons.

SUPER WIDE FUNNEL

EASY

$3,825

MEDIUM

$4,500

HARD

$4,860

IMPOPPABLE

$5,400

ABOUT SUPER WIDE FUNNEL

Upon upgrading a Bloonchipper with Super Wide Funnel, the Bloonchipper will gain the ability to suck up and shred MOAB-class bloons.

MOAB-class bloons will be absorbed for 3 seconds, dealing 500 damage to them before spitting them out.

The Super Wide Funnel is one of the strongest upgrades players can ever use as it will affect all MOAB-class bloons including ZOMGs.

This Tower should always be set to “Strong” targeting as it will ensure that only MOAB-class bloons are focussed on instead of having them avoided.

PATH 2 BLOONCHIPPER

The Path 2 Bloonchipper is a very strong Tower to place as it can essentially be used to absorb any lower tier bloons quickly.

The Path 2 Bloonchipper can be paired with lots of rapid damage dealing Towers such as the Tack Shooter in order to ensure that bloons are destroyed before they leak.

I would strongly recommend giving the Bloonchipper and the Towers around it Camo detection by using a Monkey Village as this will ensure that all bloon types can be destroyed, especially if the player has enough damage dealing Towers with AoE around it.

By far a Path 2 Bloonchipper is one of the best supportive Towers players can use as it can essentially make it so Towers can attack bloons multiple times.

LONG RANGE SUCK

EASY

$340

MEDIUM

$400

HARD

$430

IMPOPPABLE

$480

ABOUT LONG RANGE SUCK

Upon upgrading a Bloonnchipper with Long Range Suck the Bloonchipper will gain an increase in attack range.

FASTER SHRED

EASY

$510

MEDIUM

$600

HARD

$650

IMPOPPABLE

$720

ABOUT FASTER SHRED

Upon upgrading a Bloonchipper with Faster Shred, the Bloonchipper will be able to shred bloons at double the speed.

TRIPLE BARREL

EASY

$3,825

MEDIUM

$4,500

HARD

$4,860

IMPOPPABLE

$5,400

ABOUT TRIPLE BARREL

Upon upgrading a Bloonchipper with Triple Barrel, the Bloonchipper will begin sucking up bloons 3x as fast as it can absorb 3x the amount of bloons.

SUPA-VAC

EASY

$5,100

MEDIUM

$6,000

HARD

$6,480

IMPOPPABLE

$7,200

ABOUT SUPA-VAC

Upon upgrading a Bloonchipper with Supa-Vac the Bloonchipper will gain. a special ability that will suck up and hold every non-MOAB-class bloon that is nearby the Bloonchipper for 8 seconds.

On Mobile, the Supa-Vac ability will. beable to suck MOAB-class bloons and BFBs, though it will only hold them for 4 seconds instead of 8.