Tower Skins

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Tower Skins are customisable visual changes on towers that can be bought in Bloons TD Battles and Bloons TD 5 Mobile. These cost real money, costing $3.99 USD ($1.99 USD on BTD5) to buy each. When purchasing at least one of the tower skins in BTDB Mobile, the player will receive 500 along with the removal of forced advertisements; in BTD5 Mobile, there is no secondary reward. Tower Skins do nothing to the tower except change its visual appearance; however, they may sometimes be useful in some cases. Each skin requires their original form.

Dart Monkey Skin

Medieval Skin

“	The Dart Monkey and its upgrades don full medieval armor. Visual change only.	”
	~ Dart Monkey "Medieval" Skin description

Dart Monkey Medieval Skins

Dart Monkeys now wear medieval clothing. The 0-0 shows the monkey with a small cape and armwear. The first tier upgrades gives the monkey a knight helmet with green plume and the second tier upgrades change the plume color to red. The Spike-o-pult's helmet and catapult have changed; the catapult is more metal-like and the monkey's helmet keeps the red prune. The Juggernaut changed the catapult's metal surroundings to a golden material. Triple Darts changes the monkey's helmet to a green leather helmet with a red feather, and has a backpack with darts similar to the original monkey. Super Monkey Fan Club wears a gold and red cloak, and the Super Monkeys from the ability appear like gladiators.

First released on 2nd May 2017.

Christmas Skin

“	The Dart Monkey and its upgrades are feeling festive! Visual change only.	”
	~ Dart Monkey "Christmas" Skin description

Dart Monkeys now are themed for Christmas. 0/0 Dart Monkey is a reindeer, Tier-1 Dart Monkeys have a green elf hat with a red hat fringe, and Tier-2 Dart Monkeys have a red elf hat with a green hat fringe. Spike-o-Pult and Juggernaut upgrades are now Santas with a Christmas pudding on a catapult with a Christmas sled design. Triple Darts is now a snowman with a small hat, while a Super Monkey Fan Club Leader is now a snowman with a black top hat. When Super Monkey Fan Club is activated, the Super Monkeys are now Super Monkeys with Santa hats. This skin also seems to affect the Juggerlanche Power card in Card Battles by replacing the falling Juggernaut balls with pudding.

First released on 6th December 2017. Any user who logged in between 6th December 2017 and 16th December 2017 automatically gets a free Christmas Dart Monkey Skin. It has been extended from 16th December 2017 to 19th January 2018.

Halloween Skin

“	The Dart Monkey and its upgrades just got a lot scarier! Visual Change only.	”
	~ -Dart Monkey "Halloween" Skin description

Dart Monkey Halloween Skins

Halloween Skin in the Store

Dart Monkeys now are Halloween themed. 0-0 is a zombie monkey. The first tier degrades the monkey, having part of its head removed, showing its brain and its right eye pulled out of the eye socket. Tier 2 Dart Monkeys are now wrapped like mummies. Spike-o-pult and Juggernaut upgrades are now "Frankenmonkeys" controlling a catapult made of bones. Spike-o-pult launches skulls and Juggernaut launches a giant pumpkin. Triple Darts are now wearing a black costume and show skeleton parts on the suit design. Super Monkey Fan Club monkeys are now costumed as a grim reaper holding a scythe in their left arm. When the ability is active, Dart Monkeys become ghosts.

The skin was released on 15th October 2018 to BTD5 Mobile in the 3.17 update and was put in the shop for a limited time. Anybody who purchased the skin will keep it forever(?) until next Halloween.

Classic Skin

“	The Dart Monkey and its upgrades jump straight out of the original BTD. Visual Change only.	”
	~ -Dart Monkey "Classic" Skin Steam Description

Dart Monkey Classic Skins

Classic Skin in the Store

Dart Monkeys are now made to look similar to the BTD1-BTD3 Dart Monkey. The main difference between the actual classic sprites and this skin, besides the sprites for post-BTD3 upgrades, is that the tower sprite is much shorter in height than the original.

Tower projectiles do not have reskinned sprites.

First released on 15th November 2022 to BTD5 Mobile in the 4.0 update, to celebrate Bloons TD 5 Mobile's 10th anniversary.

Tack Shooter Skin

Mechanical Skin

“	Lift the lid on the tack tower and see the wheels turn. Visual change only.	”
	~ Tack Tower "Mechanical" Skin description

Called the "Tack Tower" in the description, the Tack Shooter now shows its mechanical gears and wind-up keys, as if the monkeys have opened up the case of the Tack Shooter. Upgrading the Tack Shooter will remove the wind-up key and adds more gears inside the tower which differ as you upgrade them more. The Tack Sprayer and Blade Shooter upgrades have pumps instead of gears. The Ring of Fire and Blade Maelstrom are colored from pink to orange as well, the Ring of Fire now having tubes going in and out of each end with some flash of fire traveling inside the tubes, and Blade Maelstrom has a bigger gear spinning on rubber bands.

First released on TBA.

Classic Skin

“	The Tack Shooter and its upgrades jump straight out of the original BTD. Visual Change only.	”
	~ -Tack Shooter "Classic" Skin Steam Description

Tack Shooter Classic Skins

Classic Skin in the Store

Tack Shooters are now made to look similar to the BTD1-BTD3 Tack Shooter. The main difference between the actual classic sprites and this skin, besides the sprites for post-BTD3 upgrades, is that the there are no faint outlines on the tack decals and the tower, unlike the original.

In addition, the Blade Shooter does not resemble the BTD3 Blade Shooter's camo pattern, instead opting to retain the pink look. The Ring of Fire also looks noticeably different from its BTD5 or BTD4 variants, as it looks like an orange base Tack Shooter instead of a tack shooter with shorter flame turrets and fire in the center.

Tower projectiles do not have reskinned sprites.

First released on 15th November 2022 to BTD5 Mobile in the 4.0 update, to celebrate Bloons TD 5 Mobile's 10th anniversary.

Sniper Monkey Skin

“	The Sniper and its upgrades are hunting big game bloons! Visual change only.	”
	~ Sniper Monkey Skin description

Sniper Monkey Skins

Sniper Monkeys now wear a hunter hat instead of a military cap, but keeps the same color theme at low level upgrades, but the Night Vision Goggles gives the Sniper a hi-tech visor instead of binoculars. The Deadly Precision upgrade gives it a cowboy hat with the right side bent and some orange glasses. Cripple MOAB removes the glasses but gives the monkey a safari hunter style hat. Semi Automatic Rifle gives the tower a forest hunter styled hat, and Supply Drop gives it an Australian hunter hat. The Supply Drop ability plane is based depending on whether you have the Ace skins active or not and the box of cash depends on whether you have the Farm skins applied or not.

First released on TBA.

Boomerang Thrower Skin

“	The Boomerang Thrower and its upgrades are going native! Visual change only.	”
	~ Boomerang Thrower Skin description

Boomerang Monkey Skins

Boomerang Throwers now have a tribal appearance, and each upgrade changes the aesthetics and headwear of the monkey. The Glaive Thrower upgrade gains a tribal mask. Glaive Ricochet changes the mask appearance and hairstyle, and Glaive Lord gains an aztec-like mask. Bionic Boomer gains a feather headpiece and has a slingshot where it can throw boomerangs/glaives from. Turbo Charge changes the headpiece into a barbarian-like helmet, making this tower skin distinguish the difference between the x-3 and x-4 upgrades.

First released on TBA.

Ninja Monkey Skin

“	The Ninja Monkey and its upgrades embrace the way of the samurai. Visual change only.	”
	~ Ninja Monkey Skin description

Ninja Monkey Skins

The ninja monkey turns into a samurai. Each upgrade drastically changes the outlook of the Ninja. 0-0 Ninja gains a Japanese headband with a red dot and written in kanji. 1-0 and 0-1 Ninjas both gain straw hats, but 1-0 Ninja also wears a white suit instead of a red one. The 2-0 Ninja changes back to a red suit, but wears a Kabuto style helmet. 0-2 Ninja dons a black suit with a hood and wears a metal mask. The 3-0 Ninja wears black attire with a matching samurai helmet. 0-3 Ninja exchanges the hood for a full face mask. The 4-0 and 0-4 Ninjas both turn into a red ronins, 4-0 opting for a full design helmet, while 0-4 goes for a more detailed mask with a design covering the entire head.

First released on TBA.

Bomb Tower Skin

Military Skin

“	The Bomb Tower and its upgrades get military grade hardware. Visual change only.	”
	~ Bomb Tower Skin description

Bomb Tower Military Skins

These skins gives the Bomb Tower a military overlook. The base form is akin to an anti-tank cannon, with tier 1 and 2 upgrades changing the shape of the barrel. The Missile Launcher, MOAB Mauler and MOAB Assassin upgrades change the silo's shape from a circular to a square structure with dark green hues on each corner, which also applies when crosspathed with Cluster Bombs and Bloon Impact. Said upgrades without the x-2 upgrade turn into actual tanks.

First released on 5th May 2017, the second released skin overall.

Classic Skin

“	The Bomb Tower and its upgrades jump straight out of the original BTD. Visual Change only.	”
	~ -Bomb Tower "Classic" Skin Steam Description

Bomb Tower Classic Skins

Classic Skin in the Store

Bomb Towers are now made to look similar to the BTD1-BTD2 Cannon. The main difference between the actual classic sprites and this skin, besides the sprites for post-BTD3 upgrades, is that the tower sprite is much shorter in height than the original. There are also no faint outlines on the tacks and the tower, unlike the original.

In addition, the Missile does not resemble the BTD3 Missile's design, as there are no outlines and the red parts of the missile are not rounded, unlike the original sprite, among other minor sprites. The MOAB Mauler also looks like a cross between its BTD4 and BTD5 variants with the simplified design of an approximation of the Classic artstyle, as it retains the oval shape and googly eyes from BTD4, but keeps the dark yellow stripe from its BTD5 variant.

Tower projectiles only have reskinned sprites for Missile Launcher and its subsequent upgrades, where the projectile resembles the missile/mauler skin.

First released on 15th November 2022 to BTD5 Mobile in the 4.0 update, to celebrate Bloons TD 5 Mobile's 10th anniversary.

Monkey Buccaneer Skin

“	The Buccaneer and its upgrades join the Navy! Visual change only.	”
	~ Monkey Buccaneer Skin description

Monkey Buccaneer Skins

The Monkey Buccaneer and its upgrades are naval-themed.

The 0/0 Buccaneer initially appears as a black naval dinghy with grey cannons, controlled by a single naval sailor. Purchasing Faster Firing (for 1/0 and 1/1) will add flying red flags to the boat. Purchasing Longer Cannons without Crow's Nest will hide the naval sailor and upgrade the boat to an enclosed iron boat. Adding Crow's Nest will give the Longer Cannons appearance automatically, but now it also causes the boat's radar to spin.

The Buccaneer appears much different along other paths.

The Destroyer becomes a much fiercer destroyer, now with a four-barreled bun and a fully enclosed ship. There is also a significant difference with the Aircraft Carrier, with a new darker grey ship, along with mini Apache Dartships instead of mini Monkey Aces as the aircraft.

The Cannon Ship becomes a large blue ship operated by four smaller naval sailors that operate four of the six cannons on the ship. The ship's radar continues to spin, like the Crow's Nest. The Monkey Pirates is now a much larger blue naval ship. The hook remains the same though.

First released on TBA.

Monkey Ace Skin

“	The Ace and its upgrades feel the need... the need for speed! Visual change only.	”
	~ Monkey Ace Skin description

The Monkey Aces are turned into US warplanes.

The 0/0 Ace initially appears as a grey monoplane resembling a Brewster F2A Buffalo. Purchasing the first tier upgrades will change the plane's appearance to either a Grumman F9F Panther or a P-80 Shooting Star, while purchasing the second-tier upgrades (for both cases it does not matter dependent on path) will change the plane to appear like a Lockheed P-38 Lightning.

The Monkey Ace appears much different along its two paths.

The Neva-Miss Targeting upgrade changes the plane's appearance to that of a Bell YFM-1 Airacuda (a prototype American heavy fighter) while the Spectre upgrade changes the plane to a Boeing B-29 Superfortress bomber.

The Operation: Dart Storm takes on the appearance of the Grumman F-14 Tomcat while the Ground Zero appears as a more faithful representation of the Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk.

First released on TBA.

Ice Monkey Skin

Classic Skin

“	The Ice Monkey and its upgrades jump straight out of the original BTD. Visual Change only.	”
	~ -Ice Monkey "Classic" Skin Steam Description

Ice Monkey Classic Skins

Classic Skin in the Store

Ice Monkeys, unlike the rest of the classic skins, is not made to look similar to the Ice Ball. The Classic Ice Monkey instead resembles its BTD5 design with a simplified art style, with similar visuals to the Classic Dart Monkey skin, but on its platform and recolored to look more pale blue. Subsequent upgrades have a similar pattern, by just mildly simplifying the design.

Tower projectiles do not have reskinned sprites.

First released on 15th November 2022 to BTD5 Mobile in the 4.0 update, to celebrate Bloons TD 5 Mobile's 10th anniversary.

Super Monkey Skin

Evil Skin

“	Super Monkey turns to the dark side and becomes a super villain! Visual change only.	”
	~ Super Monkey Skin description

The Super Monkey has a new evil appearance. The base form of Super Monkey changes the skin tone from a brown color to a more pale look, and the suit is a black hue instead of the usual blue. The cape also changes designs and flutters behind the Super Monkey. The Epic Range, Laser and Plasma Blasts upgrade visors also change in design with more sharp and geometrical design. The Robo Monkey swaps the handheld guns into actual arm guns, and Technological Terror gets a more horrifying look dotted with spikes and interchangeable lights for its arms, almost shaped like a coil. The Sun God turns into a demon with cracks where lava is dispalyed, and the Temple turns dark with lava flowing on the sides of the steps and a demonic head. There is an unused set of sprites for the tier 4 Speciality building for the Super Monkey where the temple lava turns from orange to a bright green color, although considering the lack of Specialities in Battles, the look remained unused and seen in the sprite files.

First released on TBA.

Classic Skin

“	The Super Monkey and its upgrades jump straight out of the original BTD. Visual Change only.	”
	~ -Super Monkey "Classic" Skin Steam Description

Super Monkey Classic Skins

Classic Skin in the Store

Super Monkeys are now made to look similar to the BTD1-BTD3 Super Monkey. The main difference between the actual classic sprites and this skin, besides the sprites for post-BTD3 upgrades, is that the tower sprite is much shorter in height than the original.

In addition, Laser Blasts and Plasma Blasts resemble the BTD4 design for Laser Vision and Plasma Vision, as the Super Monkey wears goggles. Epic Range also now wears goggles, unlike its pre-BTD4 equivalents. Sun God resembles the BTD5 sprite with a simplified artstyle more than BTD4's Sun God.

Tower projectiles do not have reskinned sprites.

First released on 15th November 2022 to BTD5 Mobile in the 4.0 update, to celebrate Bloons TD 5 Mobile's 10th anniversary.

Monkey Apprentice Skin

“	The Apprentice and its upgrades get a mystical makeover. Visual change only.	”
	~ Monkey Apprentice Skin description

The Monkey Apprentice now looks like a sorcerer.

First released on 10th May 2017, the third released skin overall.

Banana Farm Skin

“	The Banana Farm and its upgrades get a massive calorie increase. Visual change only.	”
	~ Banana Farm Skin description

Banana Farms now give sweets instead of bananas, and the upgrade patterns resemble those of the classic Farm's. The tree trunks are candy canes, the leaves are cotton candy and they have candy on them. More Bananas increases the size of the tree, Banana Plantation now has 4 smaller candy trees, Banana Republic is now a gingerbread house. Banana Reserach Facility has been recolored to be candy themed, the icon is changed to a big candy instead of a banana, the roof is made of chocolate and it gives boxes of candy instead of boxes of bananas. Monkey Bank's appearance is a candy shop, and Banana Investments Advisory turns into a chocolate castle.

First released on TBA.

Mortar Tower Skin

“	The Mortar and its upgrades light up the sky with fireworks. Visual change only.	”
	~ Mortar Tower Skin description

The Mortar Tower becomes a fireworks launcher. The monkey itself wears a hard helmet instead of a military one, and the fireworks themselves change in color and appearance with every upgrade. The Big One made the firework bigger and the monkey wears eye protection. Artillery Battery has three fireworks launching all at once and the monkey wears some headphones

First released on TBA.

Dartling Gun Skin

“	The Dartling Gun is mounting a new kind of offence! Visual change only.	”
	~ Dartling Gun Skin description

Dartling Gun Skins

The Dartling Gun skin gives a stand and goggles, and the gun becomes replaced with bazooka cannon. The base form up until tier 2 is similar in design, with a few color changes for tier 2 to reflect the original design. Laser Cannons gain a gas mask and the cannon has more tech details with interchangeable lights signaling its rapid plasma power. Hydra Rocket Pods' barrels are much wider. Ray of Doom gains a black helmet and also gives the cannon a black and green design, fully dotted with lights. Bloon Area Denial System's gun also appears to be wider, due to the fact it now fires 3 rockets at a time, with a black and red design.

First released on TBA.

Monkey Engineer Skin

“	The Monkey Engineer is experimenting with some mad science! Visual change only.	”
	~ Monkey Engineer Skin description

The Monkey Engineer has turned into a scientist wearing a lab coat and nerdy goggles and has hair and a mustache. His nail gun is the only thing that changes colors when upgraded in the same scheme to the classic Engineer's helmets. Cleansing Foam's dispenser has some purple liquid on the dispenser which also turns the foam color from white to purple. Bloon Trap is also shaped more round than sharp, resembling more of a smaller Spike Factory in shape, but it still collects Bloons the same. Larger Service Area and Overclock add a weapon extender at the gun and also look the same in design, while Sprockets removes the extender, probably unintentional. The Sentry guns also change in appearance when the skins are active.

First released on TBA.

Heli-Pilot Skin

“	The Heli-Pilot and its upgrades prepare for close encounters. Visual change only.	”
	~ Monkey Engineer Skin description

The Heli-Pilot becomes a U.F.O., and each upgrade adds more aesthetics to the tower. Quad Darts gives secondary dart shooters and a pair of jets on its rear; Bigger Jets only adds the pair of jets, missing the secondary guns. Both upgrades also add flickering lights going clockwise. Pursuit and Enhanced IFR Instruments change the U.F.O.'s color to gray, like the normal Heli Pilot. Razor Rotors turns the lights from the U.F.O. to red and adds five sharp blades going counter-clockwise. Downdraft only changes the lights to blue. Apache Dartship changes the color to black and adds the machine gun support in front. Support Chinook makes the U.F.O. bigger in size and can add the dart shooters and jets if you upgrade it to Quad Darts.

First released with the Area 52 map, in July 17th 2017.

Monkey Sub Skin

“	The Sub and its upgrades switch to steam power. Visual change only.	”
	~ Monkey Sub Skin description

The Monkey Sub has an old-fashioned copper case. Changes the Monkey Subs to use traditional steam-powered submarines.

First released on TBA.

Gallery

Classic BTD5 Skins vs Classic BTD comparisons

Note: The top part of the images depict Classic BTD5, bottom part depict actual Classic BTD1-BTD4. Base tower uses BTD1 sprite while the upgrades use their earliest available pre-BTD5 mobile BTD sprites. BTD5 upgrades are displayed left to right in terms of highest tier.

Classic Dart Skin vs Actual Classic Dart/Spike-o-pult. Depicted from left to right on bottom part of image: BTD1 Dart, BTD iOS/BTD3 Spike-o-pult, BTD iOS/BTD3 Multi Shot.

Classic Tack Skin vs Actual Classic Tack. Depicted from left to right on bottom part of image: BTD1 Tack, BTD iOS/BTD3 Blade Shooter, BTD4 Mobile HD Ring of Fire.

Classic Bomb Skin vs Actual Classic Bomb/Cannon. Depicted from left to right on bottom part of image: BTD1 Bomb, BTD iOS/BTD3 Missile, BTD4 Mobile HD MOAB Mauler.

Classic Ice Skin vs Actual Classic Ice Ball. Depicted from left to right on bottom part of image: BTD1 Ice, BTD4 Mobile (not HD) Arctic Wind.

Classic Super Skin vs Actual Classic Super. Depicted from left to right on bottom part of image: BTD1 Super, BTD4 Mobile HD Laser Vision, BTD4 Mobile HD Plasma Vision. Laser and Plasma Vision did not have a unique sprite before BTD4.

Skin Types

0/0 Christmas Reindeer Dart Monkey

0-1 Christmas Elf Dart Monkey appearance. Note there's no visual differences from 1-0 or 1-1.

0/2 Christmas Elf Dart Monkey appearance. Note there's no visual differences when purchasing other lower upgrades.

3/x Santa "Pudding-O-Pult" Dart Monkey in its idle position

3/x Santa "Pudding-O-Pult" Dart Monkey shooting Christmas puddings

x/3 Christmas Snowman Dart Monkey

x/4 Christmas Snowman Dart Monkey

"Super Santa Fan Club" ability

Tower Skins in the customization section of the Bloons TD Battles store

The Banana Farm Skin in the customization section of the store.

The Bomb Tower Skin in the customization section of the store.

The Boomerang Thrower Skin in the customization section of the store.

The Dart Monkey Skin in the customization section of the store.

The Dartling Gun Skin in the customization section of the store.

The Heli Pilot Skin in the customization section of the store.

The Monkey Ace Skin in the customization section of the store.

The Monkey Apprentice Skin in the customization section of the store.

The Monkey Buccaneer Skin in the customization section of the store.

The Monkey Engineer Skin in the customization section of the store.

The Monkey Sub Skin in the customization section of the store.

The Mortar Tower Skin in the customization section of the store.

The Ninja Monkey Skin in the customization section of the store.

The Sniper Monkey Skin in the customization section of the store.

The Super Monkey Skin in the customization section of the store.

The Tack Shooter Skin in the customization section of the store.

Skin Promos

Bomb Skins promo

Ninja Skins promo

Ace Skins promo

Boomerang Skins promo

Banana Farm Skins promo

Heli Pilot Skins promo

Mortar Skins promo

Super Monkey Skins promo

Tack Skins promo

Engineer Skins promo

Free Festive Dart Monkey skins promo

Buccaneer Skins promo

Other images

Medieval Dart skin image

Military Bomb skin image

Samurai Ninja skin image

Sorcerer/Mystical Apprentice skin image

Candy Farm skin image

Topgun Ace skin image

Tribal Boomerang Monkey skin image

Hunter Sniper skin image

U.F.O. Pilot skin image

Fireworks Mortar skin image

Navy Buccaneer skin image

Steampunk Sub skin image

Evil Super Monkey skin image

Mechanical Tack Shooter skin image

Bazooka Dartling Skin image

Christmas Dart Skin image

Trivia

• Some skins, such as the Tack Shooter Skin, now have extra animations added to them.
• The Dart Monkey was the first tower to get a skin, and also the first (and only) tower to get more than one skin.
• The Monkey Engineer Skin strongly resembles Dr. Monkey.
• So far, the Spike Factory, Glue Gunner, Monkey Village, Bloonchipper and COBRA are the only towers that didn't get a skin. Ice Tower does not have a skin in Bloons TD Battles Mobile, but does in Bloons TD 5.
• In BTD5 Mobile, discounts to Tower Skins drop the prices from $1.99 USD to $0.99 USD. In BTDB Mobile, discounts to Tower Skins usually drop from $3.99 USD to $2.99 USD.
• The Sniper Monkeys "Deadly Precision" skin is likely a reference to the Sniper from the game, Team Fortress 2. The Sniper from Team Fortress 2 wears a similar hat and glasses combo to the Sniper Monkey, and both characters are Snipers in their respective games.
• In Bloons TD 5 Mobile, it is not possible to buy a tower skin if the respective tower type hasn't been unlocked yet.
• The Classic Ice Tower Skin does not resemble the Ice Ball before BTD4. Instead, it is an imagined variant of the Ice Monkey in the Classic Bloons artstyle.
• The Monkey Ace skin is called the Topgun Ace skin, which is a reference to the action movie Top Gun, which features fighter planes, primarily the Grumman F-14 Tomcat. Coincidentally, the F-14 Tomcat appears in the skin pack as the skin for the Operation: Dart Storm upgrade.
  • The description of the skin is a reference to a quote in the aforementioned film.