Fast Upgrades



"Survive 5 special rounds on Castle where your towers upgrade once for free at the end of each round. Have you got what it takes?"

- Official Description

Fast Upgrades is a Special Mission in BTD5 unlocked at Rank 40. 500 and 75 are awarded upon completion.

As the description states, this mission will upgrade all of the player's towers once for free at the end of the round. Note that the sell price will not increase with the upgrade. Also, the first path will be upgraded by default unless the second path has more (not equal) upgrades than the first.

Tips
Unlike normal modes in BTD5, the Bloons come in a constant spread. This makes 3/0 and 4/0 Glue Gunners highly effective. But be warned, on round 4, placing towers nearby can make them pop the Ceramic Bloons before they are glued, meaning the multiple Bloons that are released will have to be glued individually.

Don't be afraid to use road spikes. They are not a necessity to complete this round even if players are trying to complete it without losing a single life.

Using Monkey Pirates on the final round is an easy way to destroy the BFBs that spawn.

Trivia

 * Round 3 can be difficult if players don't have anything that pops Lead Bloons, so beware of that.
 * In Bloons TD 5 Mobile (version 1.1), the completion reward for beating it 2 or more times was reduced to 30 (100 before version 1.1) because before version 1.1, players could get Monkey Money quickly this way.
 * This is the second shortest mission in BTD5 following MOAB Madness (5 rounds only).
 * This is the only mission in which players can get free upgrades.
 * The tower will upgrade at the end of the round even if the upgrade is locked. (e.g. x/3 Spike Factory will upgrade to x/4 even if players are below rank 45)
 * The reward for completing a round is increased to $799 times the number of the round.
 * Players can continue to play after round 5 and still receive free upgrades if the player exits the game on the victory screen and resumes the saved game. This works on all missions with a round cap.
 * Repeating this mission over and over will not cause progress toward the Steely achievement.
 * Having an already fully upgraded tower will not upgrade any part of the tower.