Hotkeys

HOTKEYS - BTD5 BMC BTDB

Hotkeys are keys on the keyboard that perform certain actions in BTD4, BTD5, Bloons TD Battles, Bloons TD Battles 2, Bloons Monkey City, BTD6, and Bloons Adventure Time TD. Pressing them will instantly place the chosen tower on your mouse ready for placement or it will perform another action listed below. Sometimes the player has to click on a Hotkey twice for it to register with the game (this used to happen in BTD5, hotkeys can now only be pressed once, but this still applies to BTD5 Deluxe, even in the latest version). Hotkeys allow you to shortcut controls while you are playing the game. The keys in Bloons Monkey City are the same as the ones in Bloons TD 5.

Bloons TD 4 Hotkeys

BTD4 Hotkeys

Bloons TD 4 is the first of the Bloons TD series to support hotkeys. Strangely, despite introduction of the Dartling Gun and Spike Factory in later updates, there are no hotkeys for either of them.

Hotkey	Action
D	Dart Monkey
T	Tack Shooter
R	Boomerang Thrower
B	Bomb Tower
I	Ice Tower
M	Mortar Tower
G	Glue Gunner
N	Monkey Beacon
A	Monkey Ace
U	Monkey Buccaneer
W	Monkey Apprentice
S	Super Monkey
F	Banana Farm
K	Road Spikes
E	Monkey Glue
P	Pineapple
← Backspace	Sell Tower
Esc	Cancel Tower placement / Deselect Tower

Bloons TD 5 Flash & Bloons Monkey City Flash Hotkeys

Bloons TD5 (browser-based) Keymap w/ Sandbox

Hotkeys for Bloons TD 5 Flash and Bloons Monkey City are identical, although some towers are exclusive to one another.

Hotkey	Action
Q	Dart Monkey
W	Tack Shooter
E	Sniper Monkey
R	Boomerang Tower
T	Ninja Monkey
Y	Bomb Tower
A	Ice Tower
S	Glue Gunner
D	Monkey Buccaneer
F	Monkey Ace
G	Super Monkey
H	Monkey Apprentice
J	Monkey Sub
L	Monkey Engineer
C	Monkey Village
V	Banana Farm
B	Mortar Tower
N	Dartling Gun
M	Spike Factory
Z	Road Spikes
X	Pineapple
Space Bar	Play Round / Fast Forward / Fast Forward Off
e	Buy Path 1 Upgrade
q	Buy Path 2 Upgrade
← Backspace	Sell Tower
Esc	Cancel Tower placement / Deselect Tower
↵ Enter	Start chatting / Send message on chat

Sandbox Mode Hotkeys (BTD5)

These are keys used to spawn bloons in BTD5. The spawn keys are listed below:

Hotkey	Action
1	Red Bloon
2	Blue Bloon
3	Green Bloon
4	Yellow Bloon
5	Pink Bloon
6	Black Bloon
7	White Bloon
8	Lead Bloon
9	Zebra Bloon
0	Rainbow Bloon
U	Ceramic Bloon
I	M.O.A.B.
O	B.F.B.
P	Z.O.M.G.

Bloons TD 5 Deluxe Hotkeys

BTD5 Deluxe Hotkeys w/ Sandbox

Equivalent to that for BTD5 Flash and BMC Flash, except with more support for new towers introduced in the game.

Hotkey	Action
L	Monkey Engineer
;	Bloonchipper

Bloons TD 5 Steam Hotkeys

Exactly the same as BTD5 Flash or BMC Flash except with more support for new towers introduced in the game.

BTD5 Steam Hotkeys w/ Sandbox

Hotkey	Action
J	Heli Pilot
K	Monkey Sub
L	Monkey Engineer
;	Bloonchipper
Tab ↹	Change Target Priority

Bloons TD 5 Mobile & Bloons Monkey City Mobile

Hotkeys are not supported in Bloons TD 5 Mobile & Bloons Monkey City Mobile. The BMC Steam version's hotkeys are identical to BTD5 Steam, however tower hotkeys may only be used while controls are set to Click & Drop.

Bloons TD Battles Steam

In Bloons TD Battles Steam, hotkeys are supported for placing towers and activating Powers. Unlike the Flash version, support for bloon send hotkeys are absent.

Hotkey	Action
1	Places first tower
2	Places second tower
3	Places third tower
4	Place fourth tower (if present)
Backspace	Deletes tower
Tab	Collects money from a bank
Shift + Click	Places Multiple Towers
<	Upgrade on left path
>	Upgrade on right path

Bloons TD 6 Hotkeys

The following are the default keys for when playing on BTD6 Steam, BTD6 Microsoft Store, or BTD6 Epic Store. This will also work on BTD6 Mobile if using an external keyboard.

Category	Hotkey	Action
Monkeys	Q	Dart Monkey
Monkeys	W	Boomerang Monkey
Monkeys	E	Bomb Shooter
Monkeys	R	Tack Shooter
Monkeys	T	Ice Monkey
Monkeys	Y	Glue Gunner
Monkeys	Z	Sniper Monkey
Monkeys	X	Monkey Sub
Monkeys	C	Monkey Buccaneer
Monkeys	V	Monkey Ace
Monkeys	B	Heli Pilot
Monkeys	N	Mortar Monkey
Monkeys	M	Dartling Gunner
Monkeys	A	Wizard Monkey
Monkeys	S	Super Monkey
Monkeys	D	Ninja Monkey
Monkeys	F	Alchemist
Monkeys	G	Druid
Monkeys	H	Banana Farm
Monkeys	J	Spike Factory
Monkeys	K	Monkey Village
Monkeys	L	Engineer Monkey
Monkeys	I	Beast Handler
Monkeys	U	Heroes
Monkeys	, or NUMPAD1	Upgrade on Path 1, Upgrade Hero
Monkeys	. or NUMPAD 2	Upgrade on Path 2
Monkeys	/ or NUMPAD 3	Upgrade on Path 3
Monkeys	Tab ↹	Change Target Priority (right)
Monkeys	Ctrl + Tab ↹	Change Target Priority (left)
Monkeys	PageDown	Change first special Target Priority (e.g. Change Hands, Camo Prio, Reverse Flight, Geraldo's Shop)
Monkeys	PageUp	Change second special Target Priority (if applicable)
Gameplay	← Backspace	Sell
Gameplay	Spacebar	Play/Fast Forward
Gameplay	⇧ Shift + Spacebar	Send next round (races)
Gameplay	`	Pause
Gameplay	1-=	Activated Abilities (up to the first 12 abilities)
Gameplay	⇧ Shift + 1	Road Spikes
Gameplay	⇧ Shift + 2	MOAB Mine
Gameplay	⇧ Shift + 3	Glue Trap
Gameplay	⇧ Shift + 4	Camo Trap
Gameplay	⇧ Shift + 5	Banana Farmer
Gameplay	⇧ Shift + 6	Tech Bot
Gameplay	⇧ Shift + 7	Energizing Totem
Gameplay	⇧ Shift + 8	Pontoon
Gameplay	⇧ Shift + 9	Portable Lake
Gameplay	⇧ Shift + 0	Super Monkey Storm
Gameplay	⇧ Shift + -	Monkey Boost
Gameplay	⇧ Shift + =	Thrive
Gameplay	⇧ Shift + [	Time Stop
Gameplay	⇧ Shift + ]	Cash Drop
Gameplay	Ctrl + C	Copy
Sandbox	Ctrl + 1-=	Send bloons (Red-Ceramic)
Sandbox	Ctrl + O-\	Send bloons (MOAB-BAD)
Sandbox	Ctrl + `	Send test bloon
	Esc	Pause or exit menu

Bloons TD 6 Advanced Hotkeys

Starting from Version 42.0, Advanced Hotkeys were added as a new section of hotkeys. These are unassigned by default, so will need manual implementation of hotkeys to activate.

Category	Action
Merge Beast	Activates "Merge Beast" button on the Beast Handler menu
Quick Restart	Automatically restarts the currently played game(?)
Clear Bloons	Activates the "Clear Bloons" button on Sandbox Mode
Clear Towers	Activates the "Clear Towers" button on Sandbox Mode
Reset Cooldowns	Activates the "Reset Cooldowns" button on Sandbox Mode
Reset Damage	Activates the "Reset Damage" button on Sandbox Mode
Set Cash	Activates the "Set Cash" widget on Sandbox Mode
Set Health	Activates the "Set Health" widget on Sandbox Mode
Tower Panel Inventory 1-16	If a "Tower Panel" type of tower/hero has its panel activated, activates a slot, ordered from 1-16 in the Z-zigzag direction. For example, Slot 1 = Geraldo → Shooty Turret, Corvus → Spear.

Bloons TD 6 Console Hotkeys

For Bloons TD 6 Console, the following button presses are used instead of hotkeys for the desktop and mobile games:

• A: Various functions
• B: Usually back
• X and Y: 1st and 2nd ability
• Y: Sell tower (if tower selected)
• LT: Select left map difficulty
• RT: Select right map difficulty
• LS: Upgrade tower (selected upgrade depending on where stick is pointing)
• D↓: Send next round
• D↑: Start/Fast Forward
• RS: Show/Hide panel
• LB: Left target priority, previous page on map selection
• RB: Right target priority, next page on map selection

Bloons Adventure Time TD Hotkeys

Bloons Adventure Time TD supports hotkeys on Steam (also on Mobile if using an external keyboard?) and uses them for various functions of the game. Strangely, keys for selecting towers in the Characters menu and for activating abilities are absent.

Hotkey	Action
QWERT or NM,./	Upgrade on first, second, third, fourth, and fifth upgrades on the upgrade menu, respectively
I	Open/close upgrade screen
← Backspace or Delete	Sell selected tower
1-8	Activate Powers (from left to right)
Spacebar	Start Round/Fast Forward
Tab ↹	Change Target Priority (right), select target (Lemonhope, Banana Air Corps), or collect balance (BMO)
Esc	Pause, deselect, or exit

Bloons TD Battles 2

Only appears to be available for Bloons TD Battles 2 Steam. An external keyboard option currently appears to be unavailable in the mobile version.

Hotkey	Action
Q	Chosen Heroes
W	Chosen Tower 1
E	Chosen Tower 2
R	Chosen Tower 3
A	Bloon slot 1
S	Bloon slot 2
D	Bloon slot 3
F	Bloon slot 4
G	Bloon slot 5
H	Bloon slot 6
J	Bloon slot 7
K	Bloon slot 8
L	Bloon slot 9
;	Bloon slot 10
Z	Regrow property
X	Camo property
C	Fortified property
1	Activate Ability 1
2	Activate Ability 2
3	Activate Ability 3
4	Activate Ability 4
5	Activate Ability 5
6	Activate Ability 6
7	Activate Ability 7
8	Activate Ability 8
9	Activate Ability 9
0	Activate Ability 10
← Backspace	Sell Tower
Tab ↹	Change target right
CTRL+Tab	Change target left
ESC	Cancel/Deselect
Return	Confirm
Space Bar	Tower Boost
CTRL+Space	Bloon Boost
,	Upgrade Path 1/Hero
.	Upgrade Path 2/Hero
/	Upgrade Path 3/Hero
CTRL+1	Text Emote 1
CTRL+2	Text Emote 2
CTRL+3	Text Emote 3
CTRL+4	Text Emote 4