Crow's Nest (BTD6)

"Allows the ship to hit Camo Bloons."

- In-game description

Crow's Nest is the second upgrade of Path 3 for the Monkey Buccaneer in Bloons TD 6. Like previous games, the Crow's Nest upgrade allows the Buccaneer to detect and pop Camo Bloons, in addition to gaining the Camo Prioritization option.

It now succeeds the Long Range upgrade and is on a separate path than Cannon Ship and Grape Shot.

It costs $340 on Easy, $400 on Medium, $430 on Hard, and $480 for Impoppable.

Description
Purchasing this upgrade adds a crow's nest to the Buccaneer ship. The Buccaneer sticks its tongue out in the upgrade artwork, similar to the previous upgrade.

Summary
Crow's Nest allows the Buccaneer to detect camo. While the Crow's Nest upgrade is more expensive compared to other generations, a 0-0-2 Buccaneer is valuable as high-ranged camo range for Advanced Intel Subs on water-heavy maps like Off the Coast or Flooded Valley. Additionally, a 0-1-2 Buccaneer (with Grape Shot) can be used to handle earlier rounds with little trouble.

Both 0-2-2 than a 2-0-2 are useful because they can readily be afforded on something after, whether it be for offense or support. A 2-0-2 Boat can become a camo-detecting Destroyer, while 0-2-2 can become an anti-Camo Cannon Ship or a Merchantman that doubles as a source of income and Camo Lead popping power.

Tips

 * 0-0-2 Buccaneer is cheaper at countering Camo Bloons than a submerged 3-0-0 Sub, but unreliable without the Grape Shot upgrade.
 * For the Carrier Flagship, Crow's Nest and its previous upgrade together allow the planes to catch DDTs more easily than a 5-x-0 ship with external camo support.

Trivia

 * One 0-0-2 Buccaneer costs exactly $1,080 on Medium after the Version 22.0 Buccaneer base cost buff.
 * In BTD6, Crow's Nest does not provide camo detection to other nearby towers in range, unlike the BTD4 version of Crow's Nest.