Sniper Monkey

"Armed with a high-tech long range rifle, pops 2 layers off of any bloon with unlimited range."

- Bloons TD 5 Description

 is a tower that made its debut in Bloons TD 5. Its first ever appearance was in the Bloons TD 5 trailer that was released on Nov 29, 2011. It is unlocked at Rank 3 and costs $340 on Easy, $400 on Medium and $430 on Hard.

When the "first 20 rounds" game play video was released, it was revealed that the Sniper Monkey fires a powerful bullet to pop 2 layers of bloons at a time, making it the only tower in the Bloons Tower Defense series able to pop multiple layers of bloons without any upgrades. It also has unlimited range like the Mortar Tower, so it can be strategically placed at locations far from the entrance. With no upgrades, this tower fires slow when compared to other towers.

Tips

 * Path 1 sniper monkeys are very effective on strong or last setting, because this takes max advantage of their high damage.
 * Path 2 snipers can be used on any setting very effectively.

Trivia

 * At every stage of upgrading on Path 2 except for after buying Supply Drop, a picture of a dart is visible on an upgrade.
 * It is recomended not to buy the Supply Drop upgrade too early, because it is expensive.
 * The path 1 upgrade Point Five Oh is a reference to the bullet caliber .50, which is used in many real sniper rifles (eg. Barrett M107, a .50 Caliber sniper rifle).
 * The Sniper Monkey appearing in Bloons Tower Defense 5 iOS could be the reason why the app is rated 9+ for Infrequent/Mild Cartoon or Fantasy Violence.
 * This is one of the few towers that changes images for each individual upgrade.
 * With a dozen fully upgraded on Path 1, one burst of shots will destroy a MOAB.
 * If you destroy a MOAB with Deadly Precision, after 12 shots 64 blue bloons come out, rather than 4 ceramic bloons.
 * It would be most effective to have a large number of Semi Automatic Rifles set on the first targeting, and a decent amount of Cripple M.O.A.B. set to strongest targeting so one takes out the M.O.A.B. classes while the other takes down its children.
 * On Park Path, it takes 23 4/1 Cripple M.O.A.B. Snipers to take out a ZOMG and all bloons spawned by it without any bloons leaking. Further testing will be required to identify whether the few leaked bloons with 22 snipers actually get through.
 * A Semi-Automatic Rifle can pop Lead Bloons even without Full Metal Jacket needed (unless in the iOS version).
 * The Sniper Monkey is seen in the Bloons Tower Defense 5 iOS trailer.
 * 1 Supply Drop is useful for early rounds, but it becomes useless in later rounds, so is better to use lots of Supply Drop Snipers on earlier levels. Cripple MOAB is better on later levels with MOAB-Class Bloons.