Monkey Lab

For other uses of Lab, see Lab (disambiguation).

The Monkey Lab

Monkey Lab is a feature in Bloons TD 5 Mobile and Bloons TD 5 Steam. It was released on Version TBA. The Monkey Lab allows permanent upgrades to be bought with Tokens () to enhance gameplay of each game.

It is available in the main menu, accessible by scrolling though and found between the "Social" building and the "Settings" building.

Upgrades

In the Monkey Lab, the user can access 7 non-tower specific upgrades:

Upgrades	Boosts (Level 1-8)	Cost (Level 1-8)	Boosts (Level 9-13)	Cost (Level 9-13)
Popping Power (increases pierce)	2%/4%/6%/8%/10%/12%/15%/20%	2/3/4/5/10/12/18/25	24%/28%/32%/36%/40%	35/40/45/50/60
Attack Speed (faster firing)	2%/3%/4%/5%/7%/9%/12%/15%	2/3/4/5/10/12/18/25	18%/20%/22%/24%/26%	32/40/45/50/60
Starting Cash (more cash at the beginning)	$10/$20/$40/$60/$90/$120/$160/$200 extra cash	1/2/4/6/10/12/20/25	$240/$280/$320/$360/$400	32/40/45/50/60
Starting Lives (more lives at the beginning)	10/20/40/60/90/120/160/200 extra lives	1/2/4/6/10/12/20/25	240/280/320/360/400	32/40/45/50/60
Sell price (sell towers for more refunds)	82%/83%/85%/87%/89%/91%/93%/95% of buy price as sell price	2/2/5/6/8/12/20/25	96%/97%/98%/98.5%/99%	32/40/45/50/60
Big Bloon Sabotage (MOAB class bloons enter with less health)	2%/4%/6%/8%/10%/12%/15%/20% less HP for MOAB class bloons	2/3/4/5/7/10/17/35	22%/24%/26%/28%/30%	40/45/50/60/70
Hotter Cooldown (abilities charge faster)	2%/4%/6%/8%/10%/12%/15%/20% less charge times	1/2/3/5/7/10/17/35	22%/24%/26%/28%/30%	40/45/50/60/70

Each of the above can be upgraded 8 times (13 times with Extreme Mastery unlocked), costing more tokens the higher the upgrade tier.

In total to max out all sections it would cost 2209 (541 without Mastery upgrades), with each section being about 315 each (77 without Mastery upgrades).

Mastery upgrades

Normally, the upgrades max out at Level 8. However, unlocking particular Mastery Modes will unlock more upgrades. The requirements of each consecutive Monkey Lab slot continually increase, requiring more and more different tracks to require full sets of medals.

Mastery unlocked	Monkey Lab slot unlocked	Requirements for unlocking
Master Mode & Beginner Mastery	9th slot	Winning all medals on 17 Beginner tracks At least a Bronze Medal on 39 other tracks
Intermediate Mastery	10th slot	Winning all medals on 13 Intermediate tracks Beginner Mastery unlocked
Advanced Mastery	11th slot	Winning all medals on 14 Advanced tracks Intermediate Mastery unlocked
Expert Mastery	12th slot	Winning all medals on 9 Expert tracks Advanced Mastery unlocked
Extreme Mastery	13th slot	Winning all medals on 3 Extreme tracks Expert Mastery unlocked

Gallery

The icon for the Attack Speed upgrade

Monkey Lab icon

Trivia

• All upgrades cost the same when upgraded to the max level. This does not apply to mastery upgrades.

References

• http://archive.ninjakiwi.com/blog/bloons-td5-now-178-more-portable/
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tn0bBR5h1dM