Cave Monkey

Cave Monkey is a tower that was first introduced on Version 17.0. It is unlocked for a single game upon breaking apart the frozen Cave Monkey on Frozen Over by repeatedly bombarding it with a Mortar Monkey for a total of 30 or more times. Upon breaking the ice, the Cave Monkey spawns close to the entrance of the track. Towers can still be placed on the ice after it breaks.

The Cave Monkey attacks using a wooden club, which pops 1 layer and stuns bloons (including MOAB-class bloons, but not BADs) for a short amount of time (1.0 seconds for bloons, 0.25 seconds for MOAB-class bloons). The club can hit up to 5 bloons at once, including Lead Bloons. It attacks every 1.1s.

No upgrades are available for the Cave Monkey, and selling it will give no money. There is no way to get the Cave Monkey back if sold outside of starting a new game.

Behavior and Interactions
stuff will go here about what it does and how these elements of the Damage Types systems operate for Cave Monkey, and general interactions too
 * Has the standard targeting options.
 * Cannot hit Camo Bloons without support.
 * Cannot stun BADs.

Other Notable Interactions
For a full list of all standard tower Interactions, click here.

If the map is full, it will be put onto the piece of ice surrounded by the track at the beginning of the map, no matter what is there.
 * Can be picked up by Support Chinook
 * Can be used as a tower for Door Gunner
 * Eligible for most buffs and boosts.
 * The Cave Monkey cannot be sacrificed to Sun Temple, True Sun God, or Adora.
 * It cannot be put down on Ice Monkeys ice using Support Chinook.
 * It Can be Alch Buffed.
 * It Can be buffed by Monkey Village.
 * It Can be buffed by Overclock.

Summary
It is quite cheap to get, with only the need for a Mortar Monkey to unlock it. Its main power is to act as a support stun against bloons and blimps, mainly the second-mentioned.

Tips

 * If the Cave Monkey is buffed enough in attack Speed, it can solo a Z.O.M.G.
 * The best targeting for the Cave Monkey tends to be Strong because of the stun effect it has on bloons. It also benefits from targeting First.
 * In Co-op Mode, only Player 1 will be able to switch the Cave Monkey's targeting, regardless of which player breaks the ice.

Trivia

 * There is an exploit in Version 19.2 where more than one Cave Monkey is able to spawn if the Cave Monkey summoning animation occurs while the round just ends. This was featured by ISAB on 24th July 2020 (American time).
 * As of an unknown update, the Cave Monkey has used the Support Class background when selected.
 * Cave Monkey is used in the current Frozen Over LCC record written in the BTD6 Index.
 * According to the July 17th 2020 blog, the Cave Monkey is named Greg.