Apopalypse Mode/Strategies

This page contains strategies for Apopalypse Mode.

General Tips

 * Early game may be rough due to a lack of end-of-round cash.
 * Lead to Gold makes a larger-than-normal profit on Apopalypse Mode due to Lead Bloons spawning more commonly and in larger groups. To target Camo Lead bloons, it may be paired with a Radar Scanner village or decamo options like Shimmer or Submerge and Support (but not Cleansing Foam, which destroys the leads).
 * Prince of Darkness enjoys excellent uptime due to the continuous nature of Apopalypse spawns.

Specific Strategies

 * 1) Start with an Ice Tower (1-0-1) (and add a free Dart Monkey if you have Bonus Monkey!). Take care of where it is, or it will leak a lot of bloons. Place a Druid (2-0-1) near the Ice Tower. Then a Glue Gunner (2-1-0) set to "Strong", and a Ninja Monkey (3-2-0) to pop those camos. Upgrade the Ice Monkey to 3-0-1. Buy Benjamin and a Banana Farm(2-3-0) (get money when the bank is nearly full). Add two Super Monkeys (2-2-0) in the middle of the map and (2-0-2) to "Strong". Build another Banana Farm (2-3-0). Get the third 2-0-2 Super Monkey and a Spectre (0-2-4). Then, place three more Banana Farms (2-3-0) and upgrade the 2-0-2 Super Monkeys to 2-0-3. Sell the Ice Tower, Druid, Ninja Monkey, Glue Gunner and Dart Monkey if you feel they use up the space Super Monkeys. The 2-2-0 Super Monkey should be upgraded to 3-2-0, then build a lot of Super Monkeys and/or Spectres and/or a Flying Fortress if you like it.
 * Retested on v30.2.5032; Selling super monkeys or farms to get a Spectre (0-2-4) quicker is required.
 * Please note that this may not work for some maps.

BTD5 Strategies

 * (Flash): Start with a (2-1) Ninja Monkey or (0-3) Dart Monkey set on "Last" or a (0-1) Monkey Buccaneer, then get (2-1) Glue Gunner (Corrosive Glue) set on "Strong". (2-3) Ice Tower, (1-2) Monkey Village gives Camo Detection to all other towers, several (0-3) Bomb Towers to pop M.O.A.B.s, upgrade Glue Gunner to (2-3).

BTD4 Strategies

 * Strategy by (Ocean Road): Start with a Tack Shooter at round 1, then start placing 3 more at the map's curves. Then get 3 Glue Splatter Glue Gunners set on strong near the start. Afterwards, start getting farms; when bloons get stealthy, start getting Ring of Fires on your Tack Shooters. Before level 55, get several MOAB Maulers. Get Arctic Winds and Sun Gods afterwards. If you can beat round 70, you have rendered yourself unbeatable, keep building Sun Gods and Operation Dart Storms. This is used for the Apopalypse Now achievement and if you stay long enough, allows the Monkey Legend achievement as well.