Portable Lake

"Nowhere to float your boat? Smart monkeys know they can place a Portable Lake on land, allowing any water unit to be deployed within its waters."

- Official BTD5 and BTD6 Description

The  (also known as the Portable Pool) is a Special Agent that was first released on May 17, 2012 in an update to Bloons TD 5. It is a land counterpart to the Pontoon. It allows water towers to be placed on land. It costs 40 to purchase one. Fifty Portable Lakes are required to be placed in order to unlock the pro version, the Sea Monster.

In BTD6, it appears as a Power and costs 50 (40 with "Cheaper Lakes" MK). In Bloons TD 6, a "Portable Lava Lake" tower skin was released in the 25.0 update. It can be purchased in the Trophy Store for 35.

Tips (BTD5)

 * A maximum of five Monkey Buccaneers can be placed in one Portable Lake; in order to get this to work the first two to three Monkey Buccaneers need to be angled to the left or right.
 * A maximum of seven Monkey Subs can be placed in one Portable Lake; in order to get this to work the first one needs to be in the middle bottom, the second two at the bottom sides, the third two above the second two and the last one in the middle top, the seventh can be placed in the exact middle.
 * If the quality of the game is changed to low, a maximum of eleven Monkey Subs can be placed in one Portable Lake; in order to get this to work the first one needs to be in the middle bottom, the second four at the right side, the third four at the left side and the last two in the middle. For help with placing the subs look at the picture.

Trivia

 * The toy duck in the portable lake is an instance of a non-mythical animal other than monkeys in the Bloons series.

BTD5

 * This Special Agent cannot be used in the Special Mission "Special Agents Only".
 * This is because the only Special Agents that can be put in water are the Pontoon and the Tribal Turtle, however, the Tribal Turtle can be placed on land also, and the Pontoon isn't allowed in Special Agents Only.
 * With the Support Chinook's Special Ability of moving towers, the player can place a tower in the Portable Lake, move the lake with the Special ability, and have the towers in the lake remain where they are.

BTD6

 * In BTD6, selling a Portable Lake or Pontoon will also sell the towers on top of them.
 * In BTD6, stacking Portable Lakes can increase the vision level by 1 unit, allowing some towers to see over certain obstacles. One can stack Portable Lakes by using Arctic Wind to place Portable Lakes on top of each other.
 * According to Ninja Kiwi's August 6th 2021 blog, and following up from previous week's blog, Portable Lake material is made of tack-resistant rubber but isn't made of Bloons at all. However, Dr Monkey can explain how both types of rubber are very distinct.