Favors and Restrictions

Grass terrain with no restrictions and one favor of the Monkey Ace.

Favors and Restrictions is a term that refers to the choice of towers that a player can use on a certain tile. Towers that are favored are discounted by 15% in both the base cost and upgrades, while towers that are restricted are forbidden from use in a particular terrain. Other towers remain unaffected, unless affected by a Special Mission.

The Favors and Restrictions may change depending on the type of terrain, as seen in a specific tile info. The Favors and Restrictions may alter the strategies necessary for completing a particular tile.

Table of Favors and Restrictions

Terrains	Favored	Restricted
Grass		None
Hills
Forest
Heavy Forest
Desert
River
Lake
Jungle
Mountains
Cave*
Snow
Volcano
Arid Grasslands		None
High Desert
Badlands
Special Terrain	Varies	Varies

*Usually, the Caves Terrain is listed in the Mountains Terrain, even though the BMC Flash caves have the icon for a cave. When replaying the BMC Flash tracks, the Cave Terrain has the Monkey Engineer favored, but the Monkey Ace and Mortar Tower restricted.

Tips on each tower

Favored towers are marked with a small green tick; restricted towers with a large red cross

In each terrain, Favors and Restrictions may affect how a player can use a certain strategy. A player may prefer to use a certain tower, but the player's tower for producing their strategy may be restricted. Different strategies may be used to counter in different ways if a specific tower is restricted.

Dart Monkey

Although not many players would primarily use the Dart Monkey, it can still be used in large groups and be upgraded to counter bloons in many ways. Such examples include Juggernaut helping pop lead and crack ceramics hard, being upgraded to 2/x to counter Camo Bloons, and Super Monkey Fan Club summoning Super Monkeys from fellow Dart Monkeys temporarily.

Other flexible towers that can co-operate and work together with their variety of upgrades include the Tack Shooter, the Bomb Shooter, the Ninja Monkey, the Monkey Buccaneer, and the Spike Factory, although sometimes they may need to rely on other towers to counter their own weaknesses.

Tack Shooter

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Sniper Monkey

Sniper Monkeys are never restricted on any terrain, except on certain special terrains such as the Wattle Trees mission.

Ninja Monkey

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Boomerang Thrower

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Bomb Shooter

Bomb Shooters are favored on Desert Terrain, but restricted on almost all water-dominant terrains. In the Desert Terrain, since Super Monkeys and Spike Factories are restricted, they can be helpful for getting rid of MOAB-class bloons, especially with large groups of MOAB-Maulers. Their splash effect is also good for removing groups of MOAB-class.

Ice Monkey

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Glue Gunner

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Mortar Monkey

They are never restricted when playing on tiles surrounding the city. They are helpful in the Volcano Terrain, especially when Monkey Villages are restricted, as Mortar Monkeys are favored there and 2/3+ Mortar Monkeys are used to remove the Camo status out of Camo Bloons.

Dartling Gun

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Spike Factory

If a player wanted to use a solo Spike Factory in the early rounds as part of his/her strategy but finds it is restricted from use, a solo 2/2 Ninja Monkey could be used instead. If countering Hard and Heavy, add a Bomb Shooter or Monkey Apprentice near it.

Monkey Buccaneer

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Monkey Ace

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Monkey Apprentice

Monkey Apprentice in Volcano Terrain can make good use of getting rid of pesky Lead Bloon populations, since they are favored on this terrain. When restricted, such as in by a Jungle Terrain, Lead Bloons can be countered by buying a 2/x Spike Factory, which can clean up a fairly good amount of mess made by bloons.

Super Monkey

The Super Monkey is highly popularised for use of popping MOAB-class bloons easily, especially in the very difficult tiles when many players plan to use TOTMGs and Technological Terrors. If the Super Monkey is restricted, one may like to use a wide variety of towers for their defense. Use of many MOAB-Maulers and use of other towers to wipe up the Ceramic Bloons left over is a good alternative to Super Monkeys. Note that on every terrain that Super Monkeys are restricted the Spike Factory is restricted as well.

Monkey Engineer

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Heli-Pilot

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Monkey Sub

Monkey Subs have no specified favor or restriction of any terrain, but they cannot be used in terrains where there is no water.

Bloonchipper

A good thing to utilize for Bloonchippers is for them to suck up the strong bloons, particularly the Ceramic Bloons, and let other towers to clean up the mess made from them. A Sniper Monkey can make a good substitute when the Bloonchipper is restricted on the Lake Terrain.

Use in each terrain

Each terrain is built slightly different and there may be some strengths and weaknesses that may be posed in each one. Utilising the favors and countering the restrictions is helpful for passing a terrain with ease. This section may also be helpful to show which towers would suit well in which terrain, so that you, the reader, will know which strategies to use and adapt whenever Favors and Restrictions affects a player's normal strategy.

Grass Terrain

In this terrain, there are no towers restrictions. However, they may like to utilize the favor of the Monkey Ace or the Bloonchipper (Mobile only) if they wish. This terrain usually has only one exit, one entry and many curves and bends on the way. Such features make it not only suitable for Bloonchippers and Monkey Aces, but also to Tack Shooters and Spike Factories, and also to powerful long-range towers such as Super Monkeys. The nature of the number of "8" formations and wide O-shaped paths in Grass Terrains makes it a very good place to put Monkey Aces and Summon Phoenix around.

A good thing to utilize for Bloonchippers is for them to suck up the strong bloons, particularly the Ceramic Bloons and MOAB-class (if upgraded to Super Wide Funnel), and let other towers to clean up the mess made from them. Combinations of Bloonchippers on setting Strong and Monkey Aces around the suitable areas may make a good tactic. 4/2 Bloonchippers would reduce the MOAB-class into smaller parts so that the 4/2 or 2/4 Monkey Aces can deal with the smaller clumps, though the Ground Zero Ability may blitz the Packed MOABs into dust (or into Ceramic Bloons in Freeplay Mode or post-Round 30 in Contested Territory).

Hills Terrain

The Tack Shooter is favored, but the Dart Monkey is restricted. Many tiles with this terrain have many nice corners for Tack Shooters to be placed. This terrain also has much open space for Sniper Monkeys, Mortar Towers, Heli-Pilots and Banana Farms to be placed around. Certain types of this terrain may not suitable for Spike Factories due to the fact about multiple paths affecting their performance.

Forest Terrain

The Ninja Monkey is favored; the Tack Shooter and Banana Farm are restricted. Due to the commonly occuring medium-sized corners, it will suit Spike Factories well. (It would've suited Tack Shooter well, but unfortunately, it is restricted.)

There are several large open spaces around the Forest Terrain, making it fairly suitable for Mortar Monkeys, Monkey Aces and Heli-Pilots, which all have a large footprint.

Heavy Forest Terrain

The Sniper Monkey is favored; the Tack Shooter, Banana Farm and Heli-Pilot are restricted. Just like the Forest Terrain, there are some areas with open space. There are also some areas far from the center of the track where Sniper Monkeys can be placed that larger-footprinted towers cannot be placed, mostly because of the trees that affect tower placement.

Desert Terrain

The Bomb Shooter and Boomerang Thrower are favored; the Spike Factory, Glue Gunner and Super Monkey are restricted. Where Super Monkeys cannot be used, Dartling Guns may be used instead. Utilise the use of the Bomb Shooter and Boomerang Thrower to counter Bloon Rushes. If a player wanted to use a solo Spike Factory as part of his/her strategy, a solo 2/2 Ninja Monkey should be replaced.

Most of the time, Desert Terrain appears to have a rather simple type of path, sometimes having only completely square corners and straight paths. Though this may suit Spike Factories, they are unfortunately restricted.

River Terrain

The Banana Farm is favored; the Bomb Shooter, Ninja Monkey and Monkey Engineer are restricted. On this terrain, Monkey Buccaneers can be used and placed in many different ways and places. Due to the nature of large curved sections of the river, Boomerang Throwers will suit these areas well. However, the river is usually a bad place for Tack Shooters because they cannot usually get close to the corners, only the edge of the river, which doesn't usually have much of the bloon path.

Lake Terrain

The Monkey Buccaneer is favored; the Bomb Shooter, Ninja Monkey and Bloonchipper are restricted. This is an excellent place to be putting in Monkey Buccaneers to their primary use, because of the large amount of water that such water-based towers can be placed. Also a good place for Monkey Subs. Consider using 3/2 Monkey Buccaneer to shoot super fast for a substitute for the MOAB-Mauler, though Super Monkeys can still be used as well.

Sometimes, there is very little land for towers of large footprint to be placed on, especially if using Mortar Towers or Dartling Guns, which usually would be placed further away from the track.

Jungle Terrain

The Glue Gunner is favored; the Ice Monkey and Monkey Apprentice are restricted. Countering Camo Leads can be countered by using the 2/x Spike Factory instead. It appears that there are a lot of open spaces in most types of jungle terrain, making it suitable for placing certain towers far from the precious strategical land that central-dominant towers would prefer. There is also good space for putting in powerful towers in the center as well.

Mountains Terrain

The Ice Monkey is favored; the Monkey Ace, Banana Farm, Dartling Gun and Heli-Pilot are restricted. There are usually many corners around where Ice Monkeys and Tack Shooters would find pleasing. If wanting to counter Camo Bloons without the Dartling Gun, try having a solo Spike Factory at near the end of the track.

Snow Terrain

The Ice Monkey is favored; the Dart Monkey, Boomerang Thrower, Dartling Gun and Monkey Engineer are restricted. Often, this terrain is situated very far from the center of the city, and will most likely be MOAB-class dominant. Sometimes there are multiple paths, but sometimes there is a single path with a single exit. (insert more tips here)

Volcano Terrain

The Monkey Apprentice and Mortar Monkey are favored; the Ice Monkey, Monkey Village and Boomerang Thrower are restricted. To counter Camo Bloons or DDTs without the Monkey Village would require a 3/x Monkey Engineer or x/3 Mortar Monkey instead.

On certain types of volcano terrain, there huge amounts of large open space, but some are confined to a very small amount of space. On all types of volcano terrain, there is much lava, where no towers at all can be placed on.

Arid Grasslands Terrain

As with the Grass Terrain, there are no restrictions. The Monkey Ace is favored. Note that the paths are different and this terrain is only found in BMC Flash. There are not as many nice rounded or "8"-formatted paths, though still fairly suitable for Monkey Ace.

High Desert Terrain

The Monkey Ace and Monkey Engineer are favored; the Spike Factory, Super Monkey, Dartling Gun and Banana Farm are restricted. Only found in BMC Flash. (insert more tips here)

Badlands Terrain

The Sniper Monkey and Monkey Engineer are favored; the Monkey Ace and Banana Farm are restricted. Only found in BMC Flash. (insert more tips here)

Trivia

• In BMC Mobile, Favours and Restrictions does not apply on "My Tracks". This means all normally favored towers are at their original prices while all normally restricted towers are not forbidden from use.
  • This lasts till version 1.8.0 Christmas 2015 update, which restricted monkeys are now no longer allowed to use and favored monkeys costs 15% cheaper.
• In BMC Flash, the Monkey Engineer is favored in the Caves Terrain on "My Tracks", but the Monkey Ace and Mortar Monkey are restricted. This does not happen with BMC Mobile.