The Crucible

"Use the two "Sockets of Power" to grant super enhancements to the towers you put in them. Pass 25 brutally tough rounds using all your skill and cunning."

- Official Description

 is a Special Mission for Bloons Tower Defense 5 Deluxe. It is played on the beginner map Bloonhenge. It is unlocked upon reaching Rank 32, rewarding $1000 Monkey Money upon completion.

In the mission, you must beat 25 special modified rounds on medium difficulty, using the two "Sockets of Power". Placing towers on them make them attack dramatically faster as well as having a slightly increased range and Camo detection.

Tips

 * Deadly Precision Snipers are extremely effective in the sockets, as they fire shots taking out 18 layers at high speed.
 * In general, slow but high-powered towers work well, such as a Dart Monkey, a Bomb Tower, or an Ice Tower with Arctic Wind.
 * Placing two Bloonjitsu Ninjas on the Sockets Of Power is enough to pass all 25 rounds
 * The Monkey Engineer can build sentries at an extremely high rate, even when 1/0.
 * If you put a Spike Factory 4-2 in one of the sockets, it appers that the hatch isn't moving, because of the hypersonic speed it is producing Spiked Mines at.
 * Don't buy a portable lake just for this mission, because they don't fit on the pillars.

Trivia

 * Super Monkeys on a Socket of Power with Overclock, M.I.B Call to Arms, Jungle Drums has an amazing fire speed and are very deadly for all class bloons, almost Sun Gods and Temple of the Monkey Gods.
 * It is only JUST possible, without premiums, to get a Sun God on round 25.
 * Said Sun God will destroy both BFBs entirely in about 4 seconds (on fast forward) of them entering its range.
 * Oddly, there is no crucible in this mission.
 * The music in this mission is different then playing the track normally.
 * The game does not allow the player to place two towers on one socket of power, despite there being enough room for it.
 * Strangely, the sockets of power don't affect Special Agents.
 * Monkey Villages and Banana Farms cannot be placed on the sockets of power.
 * It is possible to get a Temple of the Monkey God if you use Regen Farming. A player named Superjombombo2 did it http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zhL59fkl1YE.