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| “ | Targets a specific bit of ground anywhere on the screen. Launches explosive mortar shells to that spot. Useful for placing far away from the track to make room for other towers. | ” |
| ~ Flash description |
The Mortar Tower (Mortar Monkey in Bloons Monkey City) is a tower in the Bloons TD 5 generation. It retains its role from Bloons TD 4, with significant additions.
The Mortar Tower attacks by launching explosive shells over any distance to a target area, which is set by the player. Because the player can change its targeting directly, it can be made more effective through careful micromanagement. It can pop many Bloons at a time with its shells over a relatively large blast radius, at the cost of a slow attack speed. Additionally, it cannot pop Black Bloons, Zebra Bloons, Camo Bloons, or (in BMC) DDTs without upgrades.
Description[]
Mechanics[]
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Targeting[]
The Mortar Tower's only targeting mode by default is Set Target. Using this allows the player to select the area where its shells will land. In the Flash versions, this is done by clicking on the Mortar Tower itself, while in the mobile versions, this is done by clicking the "Set Target" button. The default position is on top of the Mortar Tower.
In the mobile version of BTD5, using the Mortar Emplacement allows the Mortar Tower to switch to any of the standard target priorities: First, Last, Close, and Strong. As the Mortar Tower has infinite range, this allows it to auto-target Bloons from any distance.
- First: Targets the Bloon closest to reaching the exit.
- Last: Targets the Bloon furthest from reaching the exit.
- Close: Targets the Bloon closest in proximity to the Mortar Tower.
- Strong: Targets the Bloon of the highest rank. If multiple Bloons fit this criteria, prioritizes the one that is closest to reaching the exit.
Upgrades[]
- Note: while the Flash and mobile versions use the same stats for blast range, the way blast range correlates to blast radius is different between the Flash versions and the mobile versions.
Path 1[]
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Increased Accuracy COST: $170 / $200 / $215 / $240 UNLOCK: 200 XP | |
| Description: Makes your mortar shots more accurate.
Effect: Reduces spread by 40 units in the Flash versions and 30 units in the mobile versions. | ||
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Bigger Blast COST: $510 / $600 / $650 / $720 UNLOCK: 1,612 XP | |
| Description: Heavy ordinance delivers a bigger explosion radius.
Effect: Increases blast radius by 23 units in the Flash versions and 15 units in the mobile versions. | ||
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Bloon Buster COST: $680 / $800 / $865 / $960 UNLOCK: 5,962 XP | |
| Description: Bloon Buster Mortars smash through 2 layers of bloons at once!
Effect: Increases blast radius to 98 units and increases damage from 1 to 2. | ||
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The Big One COST: $8,500 / $10,000 / $10,800 / $12,000 UNLOCK: 26,081 XP | |
| Description: Devastatingly large explosions, and each pops through 5 layers of bloon.
Effect: Increases blast radius to 150 units, increases damage from 2 to 5, and increases pierce to 100. Reduces reload time by 0.3s (2.1s → 1.8s), increasing its attack speed by ~17%. Changes damage type from  explosion to  Normal.
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Path 2[]
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Rapid Reload COST: $210 / $250 / $270 / $300 UNLOCK: 650 XP | |
| Description: Increases the attack speed of the Mortar.
Effect: Reduces cooldown by a flat 0.49s. For the base Mortar Tower, this increases its attack speed by ~30% (2.1s → 1.61s), while for The Big One, this increases its attack speed by ~37% (1.8s → 1.31s). | ||
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Burny Stuff COST: $425 / $500 / $540 / $600 UNLOCK: 2,637 XP | |
| Description: A touch of Monkey napalm pops additional bloons every 2 seconds after impact for 6 seconds.
Effect: Bloons hit by shells are set on fire for 6 seconds, taking 1 damage every 2 seconds for a total of 3 extra damage over time. This damage can pop Black Bloons. In BMC Flash, this only deals 1 damage every 2.1 seconds. | ||
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Signal Flare COST: $425 / $500 / $540 / $600 UNLOCK: 9,687 XP | |
| Description: Camo Bloons popped by this tower permanently lose their camo status, and can be attacked by towers without camo detection.
Effect: Camo Bloons hit by shells are decamoed. In BMC Flash, this also reduces the burn damage interval to 2 seconds, bringing its burn damage rate back on par with other versions. | ||
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Artillery Battery COST: $7,650 / $9,000 / $9,720 / $10,800 UNLOCK: 39,131 XP | |
| Description: Shoots mortar shells 3x as fast. Pop And Awe Ability: bombards the screen for 5 seconds, popping every bloon 1 time per second, and immobilizes all bloons during that time. Does not affect MOAB-class bloons.
Effect: Reduces reload time by 1.09s (1.61s → 0.52s), increasing its attack speed by ~310%. Gains an Activated Ability that applies both a stun and burn effect to all Bloons on-screen for 5 seconds. Burning Bloons take 1 damage every second until it wears off. Despite what the description states, MOABs are stunned for the full 5 seconds, BFBs are stunned for 2 seconds, and ZOMGs are stunned for half a second. In BMC, DDTs are not affected. In the mobile versions, the effects do not apply to Bloons that are inside tunnels. | ||
In Bloons TD 5[]
The Mortar Tower is unlocked at rank 17. Its tier 4 upgrades are unlocked at rank 37 in the Flash version, or rank 38 in the mobile version.
It is enhanced when using the Mortar Emplacement, but is more expensive when using the Dartling Ammo Dump.
It costs $640 on Easy, $750 on Medium, $810 on Hard, and $900 on Impoppable.
Specialty Building[]
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In Bloons TD Battles[]
In the Flash version, the Mortar Tower can be purchased for 
15 starting at 
250, and its tier 4 upgrades can be purchased for 45. In the mobile version, it can be purchased for 10 starting at 65, its tier 3 upgrades can be purchased for 35 starting at 195, and its tier 4 upgrades can be purchased for 60 starting at 480.
It costs $750 to place.
Cards[]
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Differences between BTD5 Flash and BTD Battles Flash[]
3-X Bloon Buster costs less ($800 → $650).
Mobile version history[]
Previously, the Mortar Tower was not a popular tower. This was because compared to its flash counterpart, the Mortar Tower had a much smaller blast radius, which drastically hurt its reliability. Over the years, however, it has gained popularity through a set of buffs, particularly with Version 4.1's update, and has now become part of the meta. Even with a somewhat major nerf in Version 4.6, it still remains as one of many popular towers in the game. Popular loadouts include Ninja Farm Mortar, Tack Farm Mortar, and Bomb COBRA Mortar.
- Initial Release
- Artillery Battery's Pop and Awe ability cannot damage or stun MOAB-Class Bloons.
- 3.1
- Bigger Blast radius size increased.
- Bloon Buster price decreased ($800 → $650).
- Signal Flare price increased ($500 → $700).
- 3.2
- Artillery Battery's Pop and Awe ability now damages and stuns MOAB-Class Bloons, causing them to receive 5 seconds of burning damage and stunning MOABs for 5 seconds, BFBs for 2 seconds, and ZOMGs for 0.5 seconds.
- 3.9
- Signal Flare price decreased ($700 → $550).
- 4.1
| “ | The Mortar is a useful tower, but perhaps not quite valuable enough in its current form to take up a tower slot. A big buff in it's blast radius and some sizable reductions in upgrade costs will hopefully change that. | ” |
| ~ "BTD Battles Update 4.1 - Big Balance Changes Incoming!" |
- Bigger Blast price decreased ($600 → $400).
- The Big One price decreased ($10000 → $6000).
- Artillery Battery price decreased ($9000 → $7000).
- Blast radius size increased by 15% (Both 0-0 and 2-0).
- 4.3.1
| “ | Since the last round of balance changes, the Mortar has become much more popular recently and crept its way into the heart of the meta. Whilst we're currently quite happy with how it's balanced, the Big One upgrade is a little too powerful for the cost, so this increase will bring that more in line. | ” |
| ~ "BTD Battles Update 4.3.1 Balance Changes" |
- The Big One price increased ($6000 → $7500).
- 4.6
| “ | The Ninja-Mortar strategy is still extremely popular in the current meta and we're seeing it a lot in the higher arenas. We've bumped up a couple of upgrade costs to hopefully encourage players to explore other options, whilst still keeping the Mortar a solid tower. | ” |
| ~ "BTD Battles Update 4.6 Balance Changes" |
- Signal Flare price increased ($550 → $750).
- Artillery Battery price increased ($7000 → $8000).
- 6.11
- Burny Stuff price increased ($500 → $550).
- 6.13
- Burny Stuff price increased ($550 -> $750)
- Signal Flare price decreased ($750 -> $550)
In Bloons Monkey City[]
The Mortar Monkey's population is increased by building Mortar Ranges, which are unlocked at City Level 5. Its upgrades can be researched by building the Ordnance and Munitions Support (Flash version) or Mortar Support (mobile version). Its tier 4 upgrades require building the Super-Bomb Research Centre and Heavy Artillery Factory respectively, in order to be researched.
It is favored on Volcano Terrain. In the Flash version, it is restricted on Caves Terrain when playing from the My Tracks menu, but is otherwise not restricted on any terrain.
It costs $750 normally, or $810 on Hardcore Mode.
Monkey Knowledge[]
| 1 | Base cost and all upgrade costs 2% cheaper | 6 | Base cost and all upgrade costs 4% cheaper | 11 | Base cost and all upgrade costs 6% cheaper |
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| 2 | Attack speed increased by 5% | 7 | Attack speed increased by 10% | 12 | Attack speed increased by 15% |
| 3 | Signal flare removes regrow off up to 3 bloons | 8 | Signal flare removes regrow off up to 4 bloons | 13 | Signal flare removes regrow off up to 5 bloons |
| 4 | Burny stuff burns for +1 second | 9 | Burny stuff burns for +3 seconds | 14 | Burny stuff burns for +5 seconds |
| 5 | The Big One damage +1 | 10 | The Big One damage +2 | 15 | The Big One damage +3 |
Differences between BTD5 Flash and BMC Flash[]
- X-2 Burny Stuff deals damage at a slower rate (2s → 2.1s). Does not apply to Signal Flare or Artillery Battery.
- X-3 Signal Flare costs more ($500 → $750).
Strategy[]
- Main article: Mortar Tower/Strategies
Quotes[]
| “ | Mortar Monkeys can target large areas at any point on the track with increasingly effective bombs. Powerful upgrades include: Burny Stuff, Signal Flare, The Big One, Artillery Battery. | ” |
| ~ BMC Flash tower summary of the Mortar Monkey |
| “ | Launches explosive mortar shells to a single targeted spot. | ” |
| ~ BMC Mobile tower description of the Mortar Monkey |
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Trivia[]
- The Mortar Tower is used as the icon for Defense Mode in BTD Battles.
- The monkey operating the Mortar Tower when upgraded to Bloon Buster and The Big One wears the same outfit as the Glue Hose and Glue Striker.
- In the Flash versions, the Mortar Tower does not play any explosion sounds when upgraded to Bigger Blast or Bloon Buster.
- In the Flash version of BTD5, the Mortar Tower has two different portraits: one is used as the large portrait on the "Towers" menu and shows smoke coming out of the barrel, and the other does not have the smoke.
- This is one of only three towers in the BTD5 generation that can remove camo, the others being the Monkey Engineer and Monkey Sub.
- The Mortar Tower is one of only two towers from BTD4 that had its tier 3 and tier 4 upgrades split onto separate paths in BTD5, the other being the Tack Shooter.
- Oddly, in the Flash version of BMC, the Mortar Tower defaults to facing right instead of up.
- In older versions of BTD5, it was possible to have the Mortar Tower aim at the mouse in a similar manner to the Dartling Gun by holding the mouse button down. This bug has since been patched.
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