Faster Reload (Mortar Monkey)

"Increases the attack speed of the Mortar."

- In-game description

Faster Reload is the first upgrade of Path 2 for the Mortar Monkey in Bloons TD 6. It increases attack speed by ~33%, increasing base attack speed from 2.0s to 1.5s.

It costs $255 on Easy, $300 on Medium, $325 on Hard, and $360 on Impoppable.

Appearance
This upgrade changes the Mortar Monkey's helmet into a military flat top cap with a grey brim.

Costs

 * Updated as of Version 29.4

Summary
Faster Reload increases the attack speed of the Mortar Monkey by a fair bit. With this upgrade, the Mortar is a lot more reliable at making its shots against bloons, although this isn't quite enough to become fully reliable, even in the early-game.

Tips

 * Add this with Increased Accuracy to be a reliable but somewhat cheap early-game long-ranged option.
 * When utilizing Shattering Shells purely for the defortification of blimps, it is only realistically necessary to get just this attack speed upgrade, as the Mortar becomes fast enough to catch all incoming Fortified blimps. The next attack speed upgrade, Rapid Reload, may be needed for Shattering Shells on multi-lane maps such as Dark Castle, however.

Trivia

 * This upgrade was not present in BTD4 or BTD5, but Rapid Reload was.