Sniper Monkey (BTD6)

Overview

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Sniper Monkey
General Information
Game	Bloons TD 6 (v1.0)
Release Date	June 13th 2018
Class	Military Monkey
Unlocked at	Level 7-12
Cost	Default: $300 (Easy) $350 (Medium) $380 (Hard) $420 (Impoppable) Advanced Logistics: $285 (Easy) $330 (Medium) $360 (Hard) $400 (Impoppable) Military Conscription: $200 (Easy) $235 (Medium) $255 (Hard) $280 (Impoppable) Both: $185 (Easy) $215 (Medium) $235 (Hard) $260 (Impoppable)
Activated Ability(s)	Supply Drop Elite Sniper
Targeting Options	First, Last, Close, Strong, Camo Priority with Night Vision Goggles, Elite with Elite Sniper on Map
Hotkey	Z
Other Names	Sniper
Statistics
Damage	2
Pierce	1
Attack Speed	1.59s
Range	Infinite 20 ("dummy" range)
Status Effects	Requires upgrades
Tower Boosts	Requires upgrades
Income/Life Boosts	Requires upgrades
Camo Detection	Yes (x-1-x)
Footprint	Small (6)
Default Damage Type	Sharp
Related Towers
Sniper Monkey (BTD5), for the BTD5 counterpart Sniper Monkey (BTDB2), for the BTDB2 counterpart

“	Can shoot Bloons it can see anywhere on the screen with a long-range rifle, and pops 2 layers off Bloons hit by it.	”
	~ In-game Description

Sniper Monkey is a Military-class tower in Bloons TD 6. The tower remains its name and role from the Bloons TD 5 Generation, with significant additions. It received several teasers prior to release, showing a base Sniper interacting with Line of Sight on Hedge and Town Center.

Sniper Monkeys wield a long-range rifle and can attack a bloon anywhere on the map, assuming clear Line of Sight. Compared to other towers, the Sniper Monkey's main role is in single target damage as it initially deals 2 damage to one bloon at a time. In Bloons TD 6, the Sniper Monkey now has access to gaining more than one pierce per attack via upgrades like Shrapnel Shot which adds a five-sprayed shrapnel attack, and Bouncing Bullet which allows bullets to bounce onto up to 3 different bloons.

It costs $300 on Easy, $350 on Medium, $380 on Hard, and $420 on Impoppable by default.

Description

The Sniper Monkey makes a return in BTD6. It has been overall improved compared to its predecessor, particularly with the addition of upgrades that help Sniper deal with bloons in ways it normally struggles with, with Shrapnel Shot being a very helpful upgrade at cleaning up bloons.

Path 1 has been dedicated to increasing the damage of each bullet. Full Metal Jacket increases the initial 2 damage per shot to 4 damage per shot, along with granting the Sniper Monkey with frozen-popping and lead-popping power. Most of the subsequent upgrades increase the amount of damage per shot, but the Maim MOAB and Cripple MOAB upgrades deal secondary stun effects to MOAB-class bloons.

Path 2 improves the utility of the Sniper Monkey, improving aspects of the Sniper that normally cannot be done alone by the other two paths. Starting with Night Vision Goggles, this upgrade allows camo detection while additionally adding +2 damage to Camo Bloons. Shrapnel Shot and Bouncing Bullet make it easier to damage multiple bloons at once via shrapnel and bullet bounces, respectively. Supply Drop, similar to the predecessor, grants an ability that drops a crate worth $1200 cash, but also improves Shrapnel pierce and allows the Sniper Monkey to hit lead bloons. Elite Sniper further improves the Sniper's own Supply Drop ability, along with an entirely unique buff to all Sniper Monkeys on screen to acquire a unique Elite target priority option plus bonus attack speed.

Path 3 deals purely on increasing DPS. The first two upgrades, Fast Firing and Even Faster Firing, simply improve attack speed. The next two upgrades, Semi-Automatic and Full Auto Rifle, are upgrades that modify the Sniper Monkey to make it specialize on pure DPS, which in turn eliminate the alternate specialization options. Elite Defender adds even more DPS but with specialized increased attack speed mechanics - it can increase attack speed faster the closer bloons reach the exit and/or when lives are lost.

It is a Military class tower.

Target Priorities

Sniper Monkeys use the four basic target priorities (First, Last, Close, Strong) to target at bloons from full-map range, obstructed by Line of Sight limitations, but can also gain Elite targeting once Elite Sniper is bought. If Elite Sniper is sold, that target option will be lost. The following are a list of target priorities a Sniper can use:

• First: Targets the first bloon visible within its range.
• Last: Targets the last bloon visible within its range.
• Close: Targets the closest bloon visible within its range.
• Strong: Targets the strongest bloon visible within its range.
• Elite: Same as Strong targeting, but will prioritize the strongest multi-layered non-blimp bloons, between Ceramics to Blacks, and always switches to First targeting while there are bloons past 75% of the track.

Supply Drop and Elite Sniper abilities "target" around a moderate radius around the Sniper itself, and obviously away from the edges of the screen.

Upgrades

Path 1

	Full Metal Jacket COST: $295 / $350 / $380 / $420 UNLOCK: 120 XP
	Description: Shots pop through 4 layers of bloon, and both bullets and shrapnel can pop Lead and Frozen Bloons. Effect: Bullets deal 4 damage and pop Frozen and Leads. With Shrapnel Shot, shrapnel pieces also pop Frozen and Lead.

	Large Calibre COST: $1,105 / $1,300 / $1,405 / $1,560 UNLOCK: 800 XP
	Description: Shots can pop through 7 layers of Bloon. Effect: Bullets deal 7 damage instead of 4. With Shrapnel Shot, each shrapnel piece deals 2 damage instead of 1.

	Deadly Precision COST: $2,550 / $3,000 / $3,240 / $3,600 UNLOCK: 3,500 XP
	Description: 20 damage per shot, plus bonus damage to Ceramics. Effect: Bullets deal 20 damage plus +15 damage to Ceramics. With Shrapnel Shot, each shrapnel piece deals 4 damage instead of 2.

	Maim MOAB COST: $4,800 / $5,650 / $6,100 / $6,780 UNLOCK: 10,500 XP
	Description: Deals much more damage and immobilizes MOAB class bloons for a short time. Effect: Bullets temporarily stun MOAB-class bloons and deal 30 damage instead of 20. With Shrapnel Shot, each shrapnel piece deals 6 damage instead of 4 and can stun MOAB-class bloons.

	Cripple MOAB COST: $27,200 / $32,000 / $34,560 / $38,400 UNLOCK: 37,500 XP
	Description: Crippled MOABs are immobilized for longer and take extra damage from all other attacks. Effect: Bullets temporarily cripple MOAB-class bloons, rendering them vulnerable to +5 damage and become stunned for longer, on top of 280 damage per bullet instead of 30. With Shrapnel Shot, each shrapnel piece deals 12 damage instead of 6 and can cripple MOAB-class bloons.

Path 2

	Night Vision Goggles COST: $210 / $250 / $270 / $300 UNLOCK: 200 XP
	Description: Allows Sniper to detect and do an additional 2 damage to Camo bloons. Effect: Gains camo detection, and all attacks deal +2 damage to Camo Bloons.

	Shrapnel Shot COST: $380 / $450 / $485 / $540 UNLOCK: 600 XP
	Description: Damaged bloons spray out a cone of sharp shrapnel. Effect: If a bloon is damaged, it will spray out a cone of sharp shrapnel in the same direction as the bullet. Shrapnel improves damage potential with Path 1 upgrades. Shrapnel cannot hit the bloon which spawned it.

	Bouncing Bullet COST: $2,380 / $2,800 / $3,025 / $3,360 UNLOCK: 2,500 XP
	Description: Shots bounce to new targets up to 2 times. Effect: Bullet can bounce onto nearby targets, popping up to 3 bloons each. Bullets produce shrapnel in the direction of the bullet prior to collision every time they damage bloons.

	Supply Drop COST: $6,120 / $7,200 / $7,775 / $8,640 UNLOCK: 11,000 XP
	Description: Supply Drop ability: Drops a crate full of cash. Regular attack also damages Lead Bloons and increases Shrapnel popping power. Effect: Ability gives $1200 cash when deployed cash crate is collected. Bullets pop Frozen and Lead, hit up to 4 Bloons, and each shrapnel piece has 5 pierce instead of 2.

Elite Sniper COST: $12,325 / $14,500 / $15,660 / $17,400 UNLOCK: 35,000 XP

Description: Supply Drop gives much more cash and activates Supply Drop for other snipers. Grants Elite targeting prio and faster reload to all snipers. Effect: Ability gives $3000 cash when deployed cash crate is collected, and activates the abilities of all other Supply Drop Snipers that are not on cooldown. Attacks +150% faster (0.4x attack cooldown) and gives all other Snipers +33% attack speed (0.75x attack cooldown).

Path 3

	Fast Firing COST: $380 / $450 / $485 / $540 UNLOCK: 130 XP
	Description: Shoots faster than normal. Effect: Gains +42% attack speed (0.70x attack cooldown).

	Even Faster Firing COST: $380 / $450 / $485 / $540 UNLOCK: 600 XP
	Description: Shoots even faster! Effect: Gains a further +42% attack speed (0.70x attack cooldown), for a total of 0.49x attack speed

	Semi-Automatic COST: $2,465 / $2,900 / $3,130 / $3,480 UNLOCK: 2,750 XP
	Description: Attacks 3x as fast! Effect: 3x attack speed on top of previous upgrades, for a total of x0,167 attack speed

	Full Auto Rifle COST: $3,485 / $4,100 / $4,430 / $4,920 UNLOCK: 10,000 XP
	Description: Fully automatic weapon with incredible popping power. Effect: 2x attack speed on top of previous upgrades (for a total of x0,0808 attack speed), and bullets deal +2 MOAB-class damage.

Elite Defender COST: $12,495 / $14,700 / $15,875 / $17,640 UNLOCK: 30,000 XP

Description: Fires super fast and does more damage to MOAB-class Bloons. Fires faster the further the Bloons are along the track. Gains 4x attack speed briefly on losing lives. Effect: 2x attack speed on top of previous upgrades (for a total of x0,0404 attack speed), as well as attacking an additive percentage amount faster depending on how close the Bloons are nearing the exit. If lives are lost, attacks 4x faster for about 7 seconds (on top of other attack speed bonuses). Bullets deal +4 damage to MOAB-class Bloons.

Total Costs

Easy:

		Tier 1	Tier 2	Tier 3	Tier 4	Tier 5
Path 1
	Base Cost	295	1,275	2,550	4,250	28,900
	Cumulative Cost	595	1,870	4,420	8,670	37,570
	Base Sell	206.5	892.5	1,785	2,975	20,230
	Cumulative Sell	416.5	1,309	3,094	6,069	26,299
Path 2
	Base Cost	255	380	2,720	6,120	11,050
	Cumulative Cost	555	935	3,655	9,775	20,825
	Base Sell	178.5	266	1,904	4,284	7,735
	Cumulative Sell	388.5	654,5	2,558.5	6,842.5	14,577.5
Path 3
	Base Cost	340	340	2,975	3,610	12,325
	Cumulative Cost	640	980	3,955	7,565	19,885
	Base Sell	238	238	2,082.5	2,527	8,330
	Cumulative Sell	448	686	2,768.5	5,295.5	13,625.5

Medium:

		Tier 1	Tier 2	Tier 3	Tier 4	Tier 5
Path 1
	Base Cost	350	1,500	3,000	5,000	34,000
	Cumulative Cost	700	2,200	5,200	10,200	44,200
	Base Sell	245	1,050	2,100	3,500	23,800
	Cumulative Sell	490	1,540	3,640	7,140	30,940
Path 2
	Base Cost	300	450	3,200	7,200	13,000
	Cumulative Cost	650	1,100	4,300	11,500	24,500
	Base Sell	210	315	2,240	5,040	9,100
	Cumulative Sell	455	770	3,010	8,050	17,150
Path 3
	Base Cost	400	400	3,500	4,250	14,000
	Cumulative Cost	750	1,050	4,550	8,800	22,800
	Base Sell	280	280	2,450	2,975	9,800
	Cumulative Sell	525	735	3,185	6,160	15,960

Hard:

		Tier 1	Tier 2	Tier 3	Tier 4	Tier 5
Path 1
	Base Cost	380	1,620	3,240	5,400	36,720
	Cumulative Cost	760	2,380	5,620	11,020	47,740
	Base Sell	266	1,134	2,268	3,934	25,704
	Cumulative Sell	532	1,666	3,934	7,714	33,418
Path 2
	Base Cost	325	485	3,455	7,775	14,040
	Cumulative Cost	705	1,190	4,645	12,420	26,460
	Base Sell	227.5	339.5	2,418.5	5,442.5	9,828
	Cumulative Sell	493.5	833	3,251.5	8,694	18,522
Path 3
	Base Cost	430	430	3,780	4,590	15,120
	Cumulative Cost	810	1,240	5,020	9,610	24,730
	Base Sell	301	301	2,646	3,213	10,584
	Cumulative Sell	567	868	3,514	6,727	17,311

Impoppable:

		Tier 1	Tier 2	Tier 3	Tier 4	Tier 5
Path 1
	Base Cost	420	1,800	3,600	6,000	40,800
	Cumulative Cost	840	2,640	6,240	12,240	53,040
	Base Sell	294	1,260	2,520	4,200	28,560
	Cumulative Sell	588	1,848	4,368	8,568	37,128
Path 2
	Base Cost	360	540	3,840	8,640	15,600
	Cumulative Cost	780	1,320	5,160	13,800	29,400
	Base Sell	252	378	2,688	6,048	10,920
	Cumulative Sell	546	924	3,612	9,660	20,580
Path 3
	Base Cost	480	480	4,200	5,100	16,800
	Cumulative Cost	900	1,380	5,580	10,680	27,480
	Base Sell	336	336	2,940	3,570	11,760
	Cumulative Sell	630	966	3,906	7,476	19,236

Strategy

See also: Sniper Monkey (BTD6)/Strategies

Summary

Sniper Monkeys have a clear advantage on maps that require long range and have few or no obstacles that block their visions. It generally deals high damage but low pierce, with many of its upgrades relying on other towers for maximum group-popping.

Tips

• Using the 0-0-0 Sniper on CHIMPS helps beat maps that require long range. It can be paired with the 0-0-0 Dart on most maps to beat the first few rounds before purchasing better towers.
• It may be helpful to switch the Sniper's targeting from Strong to First in situations where bloons are getting close to the exit.
• Top-path upgrades should be set to strong to take advantage of single-bloon popping power. Deadly Precision can pick off ceramics before a bloon rush and Maim MOAB can effectively stall MOABs from leaking.
• Bottom-path faster firing upgrades can make the sniper effective on shorter maps.

Additional Strategies

• Crosspathing/Sniper Monkey

Monkey Knowledge

This section displays Monkey Knowledge that has effects on Sniper Monkey and its changes when compared to one by default:

• Elite Military Training: All Military Monkeys get a one-off +1000 XP and earn XP in-game 5% faster permanently.
• Ceramic Shock: Ceramic Bloons shot by all Snipers are slowed down for 2 seconds.
• Cheaper Maiming: Maim MOAB cost reduced by $1,000.
  • $4,250, $5,000, $5,400, and $6,000 reduced to $3,250, $4,000, $4,400, and $5,000 on Easy, Medium, Hard, and Impoppable, respectively.
• Flanking Maneuvers: Attacks 10% faster when set targeting priority to "Last".
• Master Defender: Elite Defender's passive ability has no cooldown.
• Military Conscription: First military tower costs only ⅔ of the original cost.
  • Sniper Monkey base cost from $300, $350, $380, and $420 → $200, $235, $255, and $280 on Easy, Medium, Hard, and Impoppable, respectively.
• Advanced Logistics: All Military Monkeys base costs reduced by 5%.
  • Sniper Monkey base cost from $300, $350, $380, and $420 → $285, $330, $360, and $400 on Easy, Medium, Hard, and Impoppable, respectively.
    • If Military Conscription is also enabled, the final cost will be $185, $215, $235, and $260.
• Monkey Education: All Monkeys XP earn rate increased by 8%.
• Better Sell Deals: All Monkeys sell for 5% more.
  • Increases sell potency from 70% to 75%.
• Veteran Monkey Training: All Monkeys reload time reduced by 3%.
• Global Ability Cooldowns: All Ability cooldowns for all Monkeys reduced by 3%.

Version History

Differences Between BTD5 and BTD6

Listed are comparisons of the Sniper Monkey in BTD6 compared to BTD5. Takes into account Flash and Mobile versions.

• Large Calibre (former Point Five Oh) now costs less ($2,200 → $1,500).
• Deadly Precision now costs less ($4,000 → $3,000).
• Maim MOAB (former Cripple MOAB) now costs less ($12,500 → $5,400).
• Cripple MOAB is now a Tier-5 upgrade that adds vulnerability to affected MOAB-class bloons and stuns for much longer, but now costs $32,000.
• Several changes in path placement of the upgrades; some upgrades are moved to different paths. Particular changes occur with Faster Firing, Semi-Automatic, Night Vision Goggles, and Supply Drop.
• Supply Drop now costs less ($12,000 → $7,200).
• Sniper Monkey now is able to be blocked by Line of Sight limitations, thereby not guaranteed having infinite range.
• Overpopping a MOAB or DDT with a Sniper Monkey will now guarantee Ceramic Bloons, regardless of how much damage was applied to the MOAB-class bloon.
• Supply Drop ability has full initial cooldown.
• Supply Drop ability cooldown increased (60s → 90s)
• Supply drop ability now gives flat 1200 cash instead of 1000-3000 cash.

Balance Changes

Initial release (compared to BTD5)

Note: Lists all balance changes implemented for the Sniper Monkey when it was first released in Bloons TD 6 (June 14th 2018) in comparison to Bloons TD 5. Takes into account Flash and Mobile versions of Bloons TD 5.

• Large Calibre (former Point Five Oh) now costs less ($2,200 → $1,500).
• Deadly Precision now costs less ($4,000 → $3,000).
• Maim MOAB (former Cripple MOAB) now costs less ($12,500 → $7,000).
• Cripple MOAB is now a Tier-5 upgrade that adds vulnerability to affected MOAB-class bloons and stuns for much longer, but now costs $50,000.
• Several changes in path placement of the upgrades; some upgrades are moved to different paths. Particular changes occur with Faster Firing, Semi-Automatic, Night Vision Goggles, and Supply Drop.
• Supply Drop now costs less ($12,000 → $8,000).
• Sniper Monkey now is able to be blocked by Line of Sight limitations, thereby not guaranteed having infinite range.
• Overpopping a MOAB or DDT with a Sniper Monkey will now guarantee Ceramic Bloons, regardless of how much damage was applied to the MOAB-class bloon.

2.0

• Elite Sniper now increases attack speed of all snipers by 33%.
• Elite Defender base fire rate increased by 2x.

3.0

• Elite Sniper automatically changes target setting to Elite upon purchase.

7.0

• Maim MOAB damage increased (18 → 30).
• Cripple MOAB damage increased (18 → 60).
• Bouncing Bullet price reduced ($3,500 → $3,200).
• Supply Drop price reduced from ($8,000 → $7,200).
• Elite Sniper price reduced from ($16,000 → $13,000).

8.0

• Cripple MOAB costs less ($50,000 → $40,000).

11.0

• Night Vision Goggles and subsequent upgrades now gives the sniper a damage bonus to any Camo Bloons it hits (+0 → +2). Only affects main bullet.
• Elite Defender now grants a speed boost equal to the % of the track that the bloons have covered. E.g. If the bloons are half way through the map Elite Defender will grant 50% attack speed. If the bloons are three quarters through the map, Elite Defender will grant 75% attack speed. (It retains its bonus when lives are lost).
• Elite Defender now activates passive ability when Ezili's Sacrifice Totem is activated.

12.0

• 4-x-x Maim MOAB price reduced ($7,000 → $5,000).
• 3-x-x Deadly Precision damage increased (18 → 20).
• 3-x-x Deadly Precision gains extra +15 damage to ceramics.

17.0

• x-2-x Shrapnel Shot reworked to eject in a 45 degree arc instead of 360.
• x-2-x Shrapnel Shot now produces shrapnel upon every hit.
• 3+-2-0 Crosspathing now increases the damage of Shrapnel.

19.0

• 2-2-0 Large Calibre increases Shrapnel Shot fragment damage from 1 → 2.
• 3-2-0 Deadly Precision increases Shrapnel Shot fragment damage from 2 → 4.
• 4-2-0 Maim MOAB increases Shrapnel Shot fragment damage from 3 → 6.
• 5-2-0 Cripple MOAB increases Shrapnel Shot fragment damage from 5 → 12.

20.0

“	This tower felt like it's strength too heavily required the xx2 upgrade, and that this harmed crosspath choices. So we increased the base attack rate while nerfing the increase from these upgrades. This is a slight overall buff.	”
	~ Ninja Kiwi

• Reworked attack speed and related upgrades. Changes made overall are a buff.
  • Base attack speed increased (2 → 1.59).
  • x-x-1 Fast Firing attack speed buff reduced (35% → 30%).
  • x-x-2 Even Faster Firing attack speed buff reduced (40% → 30%).
• 5-x-x Cripple MOAB debuff duration increased.
  • MOAB (6 → 7).
  • BFB (3 → 6).
  • ZOMG (1.5 → 3).
  • DDT (1.5 → 4).
  • BAD (0.25 → 0.75).

21.0

“	To retain value in more Lead-heavy situations including against DDTs, this upgrade that has always allowed Lead popping to main attack will now also grant this to the Shrapnel from any shrapnel shot snipers mixing in this upgrade.	”
	~ Ninja Kiwi

• 1-2-0 Shrapnel now gains Normal type damage from Full Metal Jacket.

22.0

“	Trading off rate of fire for shrapnel crosspath doesn't work well for Maim MOAB as it's all about being a stall tower, so instead of focusing on a damage increase here the shrapnel will now apply the benefits of the sniper's stun & debuff to turn this crosspath choice into a question of preference in grouping vs single target. Bouncing Bullet has also had its shrapnel pierce increased as it was the only T3 sniper that did not have 3 pierce shrapnel.	”
	~ Ninja Kiwi

• 4-2-0 Maim MOAB shrapnel fragments now also benefit from stun.
• 5-2-0 Cripple MOAB shrapnel fragments now also benefit from stun and debuff.
• Bouncing Bullet's shrapnel pierce increased from 2 to 3.

23.0

“	Small improvements for underloved sniper upgrades with respective path specialties intact. As bottom path sniper has proven superiority for group damage dealing in many situations and middle T4 on the group-damage path has only offered a farming option, the pierce of shrapnel has been doubled at this T4 to add offensive value as well.	”
	~ Ninja Kiwi

• Cripple MOAB now deals +20 damage to MOAB-class.
• Supply Drop's shrapnel pierce increased (3 → 6).

26.0

“	Cripple MOAB's price currently limits it mainly to freeplay and so has been reduced.	”
	~ Ninja Kiwi

• 5xx Cripple MOAB price reduced from $40,000 → $34,000

28.0

“	No wrist enjoys spamming cash drops, so sniper's random cash drop has been standardized around a higher amount with slower cooldown for an overall buff. As middle path sniper has been feeling to be in a good spot with alchemist buffs, but other uses of sniper shrapnel weak due to lack of alchemist buff, we have decided to swap alchemist buffability over from the number of bounces to the power of the shrapnel itself.	”
	~ Ninja Kiwi

• Night Vision Goggles now grants Sniper Monkey the new Camo Prioritization filter
• Supply Drop: Cash Generating abilities now have a 3 minute timeout
• Supply Drop ability cooldown increased from 60s -> 90s
• Supply Drop Sniper cash produced increased from a range of $500-$1000 to a flat $1200
• Elite Sniper cash produced increased from a range of $1500-$3000 to a flat $3000
• Shrapnel Shot, shrapnel on all crosspaths is now able to receive any external buffs
• Pierce buffs no longer increase the amount of bounces that a bouncing bullet with Bouncing Bullets or above can make.
• Full Auto Rifle price reduced from $4750 -> $4250
• Full Auto Rifle base damage type changed from Normal -> Sharp
• Elite Defender base damage type changed from Normal -> Sharp

30.0

“	Elite Sniper bouncing bullet jump distance has been reduced so that it can't quite bridge small track splits so easily, however to change up use this lost distance has been added back to crosspathing. Elite Defender falls off a lot after midgame & really lacks any true cross pathing choice, so it has had some MOAB damage added to the base attack with the amount improved from crosspathing.	”
	~ Ninja Kiwi

• Bouncing Bullet without Large Calibre bounce distance reduced slightly 50 -> 40. 2-3-0 remains unaffected.
• Full Auto Rifle gains +1 MOAB bonus to initial bullet hit
• 0-x-5 Elite Defender gains +2 MOAB bonus to initial bullet hit
• 1-0-5 Elite Defender gains +3 MOAB bonus to initial bullet hit
• 2-0-5 Elite Defender gains +4 MOAB bonus to initial bullet hit

32.0

“	Sniper middle path is too strong for how easy to use it is, while having infinite range & cash production as well. We have removed the free +1 pierce increase shrapnel gains at T3 in addition to the added bounce. Maim MOABs grouped stun potential when crosspathed with Shrapnel feels it is overperforming too much so the shrapnel will now have a reduced stun amount compared to the initial target hit.	”
	~ Ninja Kiwi

• Bouncing Bullet shrapnel pierce reduced from 3 -> 2
• 4-2-0 Maim MOAB's shrapnel stun reduced by about 33% effectiveness
  • MOAB 3s -> 2s
  • BFB 1.5s -> 1s
  • ZOMG and DDT 0.75s -> 0.5s
• 5-2-0 Cripple MOAB Shrapnel stun/debuff duration reduced
  • MOAB 7s -> 4.5s
  • BFB 6s -> 4s
  • ZOMG 3s -> 2s
  • DDT 4s -> 2.5s
  • BAD 0.75s -> 0.5s

33.0

“	After the lower tier nerfs Elite Sniper still remains just a bit too good even without considering its cash production.	”
	~ Ninja Kiwi

• Elite Sniper price increased from $13,000 -> $14,500

34.0

“	All paths of the Sniper Monkey are really starting to show strong use in different cases, and we’re quite happy with this, although bottom path feels like it relies a little too heavily on the top-end upgrades for such an overall cheap path, we are shifting a small amount of price out from the T3 into the T5	”
	~ Ninja Kiwi

• Semi-Automatic price reduced $3500 -> $3000
• Elite Defender price increased $14,000 -> $14,500

35.0

“	While there is some level of strategic placement to the 420 crosspath, Maim MOAB has high effectiveness for unlimited range slowing without any necessary spam use so is seeing a small price increase with a larger reduction on the T5 cost. Bouncing bullet synergises too effectively with some buffs too early, and we don’t want to raise the price here and make the saveup from T2 to 3 any more tedious so the number of bounces is going down but remaining unchanged at T4. Full Auto Rifle gains 1 more MOAB damage bonus to improve it as a stepping stone into the T5.	”
	~ Ninja Kiwi

• Maim MOAB price increased $5000 -> $5400
• Cripple MOAB price reduced $34,000 -> $32,000
• Bouncing Bullets bounce pierce 4 -> 3
  • Supply Drop bounce pierce remains 4 (unchanged)
• Full Auto Rifle moab bonus increased 1 -> 2
  • Elite Defender moab bonus remains at 2

36.0

“	Sniper is feeling really good, but Elite Defender gaining further increased MOAB Damage locked behind the 205 crosspath feels unnecessary now given how much current crosspath balance has started leaning towards favoring 205 anyway.	”
	~ Ninja Kiwi

• Elite Defender MOAB-class damage bonus on all crosspaths have been increased to +4 instead of just on the 2-0-5.
  • 0-x-5 Elite Defender MOAB-class damage bonus increased +2 → +4
  • 1-0-5 Elite Defender MOAB-class damage bonus increased +3 → +4

37.0

“	This will allow Cripple MOAB to take out regular MOAB layers in one shot until round 100; for such a slow attacking single target tower we feel this will help top path flex, even if mostly for show.	”
	~ Ninja Kiwi

• Cripple MOAB bullet damage increased 80 → 280

38.0

“	Sniper farming gets a bit, er, very tedious in lategame when you reach large numbers of x4xs.	”
	~ Ninja Kiwi

• x5x Elite Sniper Elite Supply Drop will now also trigger all other Supply Drop Abilities
• x5x Elite Sniper’s Elite Supply Drop no longer shares button space in the ability quickbar with other Supply Drop abilities.
• Description changed from "Supply Drop gives much more cash. Grants Elite targeting prio and faster reload to all snipers." to "Supply Drop gives much more cash and activates Supply Drop for other Snipers. Grants Elite targeting prio and faster reload to all snipers.

40.0

“	Full auto sniper's 024 crosspath sees a lot of fun/meme use, but not so much more than that. We’re hoping that applying the MOAB bonus that it gains to the shrapnel as well will help improve non-meme use here. (And looking over my notes, it seems this was meant to be included a while ago…But better late than never!)	”
	~ Ninja Kiwi

• 0-2-4 Full Auto Rifle shrapnel now gains +1 bonus damage against MOAB-class bloons

41.0

“	Sniper Monkey has some very powerful upgrades but also many poor stepping stones. We felt this tower needed a big price shuffle all around, pushing down the cost of many underwhelming upgrades but returning this back into stronger upgrades.	”
	~ Ninja Kiwi

• Large Calibre price reduced from $1500 to $1300
• Maim MOAB price increased from $5400 to $5650
• Night Vision Goggles price reduced from $300 to $250
• Bouncing Bullet price reduced from $3200 to $2800
• Fast Firing price increased from $400 to $450
• Even Faster Firing price increased from $400 to $450
• Semi-Automatic price reduced from $3000 to $2900
• Full Auto Rifle price reduced from $4250 to $4100
• Elite Defender price increased from $14500 to $14700

Bug Fixes and General Changes

9.0

• Maim MOAB will no longer apply stun visuals to BADs.
• Maim MOAB correctly applies stun art.
• Bouncing Bullet should no longer get stuck on the track between jumps.

11.0

• 4-x-x Maim MOAB no longer applies stun art to BADs.

13.0

• Acquisition range is correctly blocked by obstacles on High Finance.
• Bottom Path Sniper's Muzzle Flash & Gun angle should line up better. However, the animation still needs changes for a full fix.

17.0

• Elite Targeting Priority should correctly prioritise again.

17.1

• Sniper Monkeys will no longer shoot during transit on regular Redeploy.

18.0

• x-5-x Elite Targeting has had an issue resolved where it was measuring track distance off-screen and thus triggering much later than intended on most maps.

19.0

• Sniper Monkeys no longer have infinite range when transformed by Total Transformation.

24.0

• x-4-x Supply Drop description has been updated with more detail.
• x-x-4 Full Auto Rifle description has been updated with more detail.

25.1

• 520 Sniper Monkey correctly spawns shrapnel again.

38.0

• 5xx Cripple MOAB can no longer debuff Dreadbloon during Military Immune Phase

Merchandise

Sniper Monkey Plush

Ben Plush, Sniper Plush, and MOAB Plush

Sniper Monkey Plush has officially been announced on December 15th 2022 on Ninja Kiwi's Twitter account, posting the promotional art for his appearance. This is alongside Benjamin and the MOAB, who are receiving plushes of their own. His campaign can be seen on his entry on the Makeship website. He costed $27.99 USD.

Some users have noticed that Makeship already found the Sniper Monkey Plush on their website before Ninja Kiwi made any social media mention of it (e.g. December 13th 2022, Sniper Monkey Plush).

His campaign ran from December 15th 2022 to January 6th 2023. At the end of the campaign, 1783 Sniper Monkey Plushes were sold, funding 891% of the campaign. He was shipped on April 1st 2023.

Sniper Monkey Plush

Sniper Monkey Plush, Ben Plush, and MOAB Plush

Sounds

Sniper Monkeys lack any sound effects not specific to its upgrades, with exception of a placement sound. Rather, its only sounds come from purely its ability interactions.

When activating Supply Drop Ability:

• [Jet flyby]
• [Crate dropping]

When collecting cash from the Cash Crate:

• [Cash sound]

Gallery

Bloons TD 6 Path 1

Bloons TD 6 Path 2

Bloons TD 6 Path 3

Every sniper upgrade combination in BTD6. First three rows on left side are not crosspathed, the rest are.

All Sniper Monkey upgrades in BTD6, as shown in the upgrades menu

Entire Sniper Monkey Upgrade Tree for Bloons TD 6

Sniper aiming in BTD6

Sniper Monkey's Path 3 family on Strong versus 2-spacing Whites (zigzag: 0-0-0 to 0-0-5)

Base Sniper Monkey attack speed demonstration, set on Strong versus Whites

Sniper Monkey ready to unlock

Official artwork

Tower portrait

Instamonkey icon

Sniper Monkey as seen in the main menu

Sniper Monkey Plushes

Sitting front view

Side view

Back view

Side-left view

Standing front view

Trivia

• It received several teasers prior to release, showing a base Sniper interacting with Line of Sight on Hedge and Town Center.
• Sniper Monkeys in BTD6 use bullets instead of darts as they did in BTD5.
• In the previous generation, Sniper Monkeys can never hit more than one bloon per shot regardless of upgrades. In this game, however, Sniper Monkey has upgrades for hitting more than one bloon, but also comes with a weakness to Line of Sight issues.
• According to Ninja Kiwi's 29th April 2022 blog, Snipers never run out of bullets because Engineer Monkeys and Wizard Monkeys have created neverending boxes of ammo.