Upgrades

Upgrades are improvements you buy with money.

Dart Monkey
Description: A monkey that shoots a single dart to pop a single balloon. Prices: Easy:170 Medium:200 Hard:215 Upgrades:
 * Piercing dart: Pops 2 balloons instead of 1.
 * Long range darts: Increases range of monkey.
 * Spike-o-pult: Turns into a spike-o-pult. Increases range and shoots a spike that goes across the screen, popping balloons.
 * Triple shot: Increases range of monkey and spikes.

Tack Shooter
Description: Shoots a volley of 8 darts with a short range. Best if used at corners and intersections. Prices: Easy:305 Medium:360 Hard:390 Upgrades:
 * Faster shooting: Shoots faster.
 * Extra range: Increases range.
 * Blade shooter: Shoots blades instead of tacks, blades have more range.
 * Ring of fire: Increases range and shoots a wave of fire that pops everything.

Boomerang Thrower
Description: Shoots a boomerang in a curve pattern. Prices: Easy:340 Medium:400 Hard:430 Upgrades:
 * Multi target: Boomerang will hit up to 7 balloons.
 * Sonic boom: Boomerang will be able to pop frozen balloons.
 * Glaive thrower: Boomerang will hit up to 12 balloons.
 * Lightsabre Thrower: Lightsabre slices through everything, popping up to 70 balloons.

Bomb Tower
Description: Slow firing bomb that pops many balloons at once. Prices: Easy:595 Medium:700 Hard:755 Upgrades:
 * Bigger bombs: Shoots bigger bombs.
 * Longer range: Increases range.
 * Missile launcher: Increases range and fires missiles instead of bombs, missiles fly faster and further.
 * MOAB mauler: Causes 10x more damage to MOAB’s and BFB’s

Ice Tower
Description: Freezes balloons but has short range. Frozen balloons are immune to anything sharp. Prices: Easy:325 Medium:380 Hard:410 Upgrades:
 * Improved ice tower: Increases range and freeze time.
 * Permafrost: Slows down balloons even after they thaw out.
 * Snap freeze: Pops 1 layer of balloons and then freezes.
 * Artic wind: Increases range and slows down balloons within its radius.

Mortar Tower
Description: Aims at a single spot anywhere on the map. Prices: Easy:700 Medium:825 Hard:890 Upgrades:
 * Greater accuracy: Increases accuracy of mortars.
 * Rapid reload: Increases fire rate.
 * Balloon buster: Smashes through 2 layers of balloons.
 * Mortar battery: Shoots 3x faster.

Glue Gunner
Description: Shoots glue that slows down balloons. Prices: Easy:255 Medium:300 Hard:325 Upgrades:
 * Stickier glue: Glue lasts longer
 * Glue soak: Glue goes through all the layers of balloons.
 * Corrosive glue: Pops balloons every 2 seconds.
 * Glue splatter: Glue splashes affecting up to 20 balloons.

Monkey Beacon
Description: Does not attack and provides boosts to the towers within its range. Prices: Easy:850 Medium:1000 Hard:1080 Upgrades:
 * Wider influence: Increases range.
 * Jungle drums: Gives a boost to attack rate to towers within its range.
 * Sonar beacon: Allows towers within its range to shoot camo balloons.
 * Monkey storm: Gives the beacon a special attack that wipes out the whole screen, has a price and a cool down time.

Monkey Ace
Description: Flies above towers and the map in a figure 8 pattern, shoots a volley of 8 darts. Prices: Easy:765 Medium:900 Hard:970 Upgrades:
 * Pineapple express: Sometimes drops explosive pineapples on the map.
 * Spy plane: Allows detection of camo balloons near the plane.
 * Rapid fire: Shoots faster.
 * Operation: Dart storm: Shoots twice as many darts.

Monkey Buccaneer
Description: Can only be placed on water. Has a long range and shoots a single heavy dart. Prices: Easy:510 Medium:600 Hard:650 Upgrades:
 * Grape shot: Adds a small volley of grapes to the shot.
 * Crow’s nest: Allows detection of camo balloon within its radius.
 * Longer cannons: Increases range.
 * Battle ship: Shoots 3x faster.

Monkey Apprentice
Description: Very flexible. Uses its old and new magic. Prices: Easy:470 Medium:550 Hard:595 Upgrades:
 * Intense magic: Pops 7 balloons instead of 2.
 * Fireball: Throws a fireball that explodes on impact.
 * Summon whirlwind: Causes a whirlwind that sends balloons back the map but thaws out and removes glue.
 * Tempest tornado: Massive whirlwind that sends back balloons and pops up to 120.

Super Monkey
Description: Shoots super fast and has a big range. Prices: Easy:3400 Medium:4000 Hard:4320 Upgrades:
 * Super range: Greatly increase range.
 * Laser vision: Can pop 2 balloons at once and frozen balloons.
 * Plasma vision: Shoots twice as fast and destroys anything it touches.
 * Sun god: Shoots 3 golden beams in a spread pattern obliterating everything.

Banana Farm
Description: Does not attack. Gives extra $100 at the end of each round. Very helpful. Prices: Easy:850 Medium:1000 Hard:1080 Upgrades:
 * More bananas: Gives 120 per round.
 * Banana plantation: Gives 250 per round.
 * Banana republic: Gives 500 per round.
 * Banana research facility Gives 2000 per round.