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Throws darts incredibly fast. Has long range and lots of insanely powerful upgrades.
~ BTD5 description

The Super Monkey is a tower in Bloons TD 5, Bloons TD Battles, and Bloons Monkey City. It shoots projectiles very quickly, making it powerful but also quite an expensive tower to invest in. It is somewhat related to the Dart Monkey, as both throw darts, only at hypersonic speed. Despite being the most powerful tower, the Super Monkey cannot pop Lead Bloons or detect Camo Bloons without any aid from upgrades, towers, and/or its Speciality Building.

Overview[]

TBA

Targeting Priorities[]

The Super Monkey uses the standard Targeting Priorities: First, Last, Close, Strong. All its attacks are dependent on its given target priority.

  • First: Targets the first Bloon visible within its range, or closest to the end.
  • Last: Targets the last Bloon visible within its range, or farthest from the end.
  • Close: Targets the closest Bloon visible within its range.
  • Strong: Targets the strongest Bloon visible within its range.

Upgrades[]

Path 1[]

Laser Blasts
COST: $2,975 / $3,500 / $3,780 / $4,200
UNLOCK: 600 XP

Description: Shoots super-powerful lasers instead of throwing darts. Lasers can pop frozen bloons.
Effect: Increases pierce by 1 and changes damage type to Shatter Type (pops Black, White, Purple, Frozen)Shatter. In the mobile, PC, and console versions, each laser is also a separate projectile even when not crosspathed with Robo Monkey, effectively giving it double damage.
Plasma Blasts
COST: $4,250 / $5,000 / $5,400 / $6,000
UNLOCK: 7,560 XP

Description: Plasma vaporizes everything it touches!
Effect: Increases pierce by 1, increases attack speed, and changes damage type to Normal Type (pops Black, White, Purple, Lead, Frozen)Normal.
Sun God
COST: $14,025 / $16,500 / $17,820 / $19,800
UNLOCK: 28,620 XP

Description: It is said that those who doth touch the sun will be cleansed, and then there shalt be peace.
Effect: Shoots three beams at a time, each with 15 pierce.
Temple of the Monkey God
Temple of the Monkey God
COST: $85,000 / $100,000 / $108,000 / $120,000
UNLOCK: 144,600 XP

Description: The Temple demands sacrifice. Its arsenal of unstoppable bloon destruction is enhanced and modified by the types of towers sacrificed. Use at your own peril.
Effect: Sacrifices all nearby towers, and enhances its own attacks by absorbing the power of various classes of tower, categorized by: Apprentices, Explosives (Bomb or Mortar), Glue, Ice, and Miscellaneous (all other tower types). Shoots a single beam of much higher damage, each with high pierce.

Path 2[]

Super Range
Super Range
COST: $850 / $1,000 / $1,080 / $1,200
UNLOCK: 2,820 XP

Description: Super Monkey + super range = good!
Effect: Increases range by 40 units.
Epic Range BMC
Epic Range
COST: $1,275 / $1,500 / $1,620 / $1,800
UNLOCK: 12,600 XP

Description: Why settle for super when you can have EPIC?
Effect: Increases range by 30 units.
Robo Monkey Upgrade Icon BTD5
Robo Monkey
COST: $7,650 / $9,000 / $9,720 / $10,800
UNLOCK: 53,640 XP

Description: Half Super Monkey, half killer robot of death. Super Monkey's arms become pulse cannons of annihilation, able to aim and target independently from each other.
Effect: Increases pierce by 2 and changes damage type to Normal Type (pops Black, White, Purple, Lead, Frozen)Normal. Shoots from both arms at once, with each arm having separate targeting.
Technological Terror
Technological Terror
COST: $21,250 / $25,000 / $27,000 / $30,000
UNLOCK: 248,400 XP

Description: Be proud of this Technological Terror you've constructed. Bloon Annihilation Ability: Destroys all bloons within short radius of tower, completely, and utterly. Does 1000 damage to MOAB-class bloons.
Effect: Gains an activated ability that deals 1000 damage to every Bloon within 200 units. Has a cooldown of 60 seconds.

General differences between the Flash versions and the mobile, PC, and console versions[]

  • BUFF Jungle Drums can increase the attack speed of the Super Monkey.
  • BUFF Laser Blasts can destroy MOAB-Class Bloons faster than one upgraded to Plasma Blasts because the lasers register as two hits instead of one.
  • BUFF Sunbeams from the Temple of the Monkey God have unlimited pierce regardless of sacrifices.
  • BUFF A warning message will now always pop up whenever the player upgrades a Sun God to a Temple of the Monkey God (this helps reduce the number of unwanted Temples, allows the player to consider if they want to build a temple in the first place, and lowers the chance of a player accidentally sacrificing towers upon purchase).
  • BUFF Footprint size will no longer increase upon being upgraded from Sun Gods to Temples of the Monkey God. Instead, the footprint remains the same as a normal Super Monkey footprint (like all its other upgrades).

In Bloons TD 5[]

The Super Monkey is unlocked at Rank 13. Its tier 4 upgrades are unlocked at Rank 32. It is one of the ten towers that can be used in Ten mode.

It is enhanced when using the Super Monkey Lair, but is more expensive when using the Mage Spire.

It costs $2,975 on Easy, $3,500 on Medium, $3,780 on Hard, and $4,200 on Impoppable.

In Bloons TD Battles[]

In the Flash version, the Super Monkey can be purchased for Medallion Icon25 starting at Battle Score Icon500. Its tier 4 upgrades can be purchased for Medallion Icon60. It costs $3,500 to place.

In the mobile and PC versions, the Super Monkey can be purchased for Medallion Icon20 starting at Battle Score Icon85. Its tier 3 upgrades can be purchased for Medallion Icon60 starting at Battle Score Icon220, while its tier 4 upgrades can be purchased for Medallion Icon90 starting at Battle Score Icon550. It costs $1,800 to place.

Cards[]

The Super Monkey has no Veteran Set cards.

Tower Bloon Unlocked at
Tier Name Cost Sell Count Spacing Type Cost Eco Min. round
0-0 Super Monkey $2,500 $2,000 14 Tight Camo Lead Bloons $3,000 +40 14 Battle Score Icon85
2-2 Plasma Blasts $10,000 $8,000 10 Tight MOABs $10,000 -175 19 Battle Score Icon85
2-3 Robo Monkey $15,000 $12,000 5 Tight BFBs $15,000 -500 21 Battle Score Icon220
4-2 Temple of the Monkey God $100,000 $80,000 12 Spaced ZOMGs $100,000 -3500 21 Battle Score Icon550

Version history (Bloons TD Battles Mobile)[]

Outside of club arenas such as Mega Boosts and Bananza Mode, The Super Monkey is rarely used because it is too expensive and ineffective as an early-game tower (a 0/0 Super Monkey can't handle grouped Blue Bloons), due to poor lower-level upgrades and a lack of camo detection. Over the years, it has been given various buffs, the most significant of which is Version 4.6, decreasing the cost of the base tower and both of its range upgrades.

The only popular loadouts that utilize the Super Monkey is Ninja-Farm-Super (in Bananza), and Wizard-Farm-Super (also in Bananza).

3.1
  • BUFF Laser Blasts price decreased ($3,500 → $3,000).
  • BUFF Plasma Blasts price decreased ($5,000 → $4,000).
  • BUFF Sun God price decreased ($16,500 → $13,500).
4.6
It's awesome, powerful and super, but is very rarely used outwith Bananza/Mega Boost game modes, so we've decreased some prices to hopefully make it more viable without the special Club rules.
~ "BTD Battles Update 4.6 Balance Changes"
  • BUFF Tower price decreased ($3,500 → $3,000).
  • BUFF Super Range price decreased ($1,000 → $800).
  • BUFF Epic Range price decreased ($1,500 → $1,200).
6.11
  • BUFF Tower price decreased ($3,000 → $2,500).
  • BUFF Super Range price decreased ($800 → $700).
  • BUFF Epic Range price decreased ($1,200 → $1,000).
  • BUFF Plasma Blasts price decreased ($4,000 → $3,000).
6.9
  • BUFF Technological Terror cost reduced ($25,000 -> $20,000)
  • BUFF Technological Terror with Laser Blasts now applies to Tech Terror's plasma attacks
6.11
  • BUFF Super Monkey price decreased ($3,000 -> $2,500)
  • BUFF Super Range price decreased ($800 -> $700)
  • BUFF Epic Range cost decreased ($1200 -> $1000)
  • BUFF Plasma Blasts cost decreased ($4000 -> $3000)
6.12
  • BUFF Epic Range now gives +1 pierce
6.17
  • BUFF Super Monkey price decreased ($2,500 -> $2,000)
  • BUFF Laser Blasts price decreased ($3,000 -> $2,500)
  • BUFF Plasma Blasts price decreased ($3,000 -> $2,000)
  • NERF Robo Monkey price increased ($9,000 -> $11,000)
6.18
  • BUFF Super Monkey price decreased ($2,000 -> $1,800)

In Bloons Monkey City[]

The Super Monkey's population is increased by building Super Monkey Villas, and its upgrades can be researched by building Super Enhancements. Its tier 3 upgrades require building the Altar of Sun and Biomech Enhancements, respectively, while its tier 4 upgrades require building the Temple Complex and Advanced Rocket Lab, respectively, in order to be researched.

It is not favored on any terrain, but it is restricted on Desert Terrain and High Desert Terrain.

It costs $3,500 normally, or $3,780 on Hardcore Mode.

Special Items[]

BMCF-DarkTempleIdol-Icon
Dark Temple Idol
OBTAINED FROM: Random Treasure Chest

Description: The holder of this sacred idol transforms all Monkey God Temples into Temples of the Vengeful Monkey.
Effect:
Flash version: Permanently replaces the Temple of the Monkey God upgrade with the Temple of the Vengeful Monkey upgrade. No gameplay differences are known; appears to be cosmetic only.
Mobile/PC version: Grants the Temple of the Monkey God an Activated Ability that transforms it into the Temple of the Vengeful Monkey for 10 seconds. While transformed, the Temple gains 50% more range, double attack speed and pierce, and fires two sun beams at a time instead of one. Has a cooldown of 60 seconds.

Monkey Knowledge[]

1 Base attack range increase by 5% 6 Base attack range increase by 10% 11 Base attack range increase by 15%
2 Laser blasts cost reduced by 300 7 Laser blasts cost reduced by 400 12 Laser blasts cost reduced by 500
3 Sun God cost reduced by 500 8 Sun God cost reduced by 750 13 Sun God cost reduced by 1000
4 Cooldown on annihilation ability reduced by 1 second 9 Cooldown on annihilation ability reduced by 2 seconds 14 Cooldown on annihilation ability reduced by 3 seconds
5 Temple sacrifice uses +10% more worth of each contributing Monkey 10 Temple sacrifice uses +20% more worth of each contributing Monkey 15 Temple sacrifice uses +30% more worth of each contributing Monkey

Strategies[]

Main article: Super Monkey (BTD5)/Strategies

Quotes[]

Pinnacles of monkey philosophy and technology, Super Monkeys have epic attacks designed to take out MOABs. Powerful upgrades include: Plasma Blasts, Epic Range, Sun Avatar, and Robo Monkey.
~ BMC Flash description of the Super Monkey summary
Throws darts bloon-meltingly fast.
~ BMC Steam tower description of the Super Monkey

Audio[]

When upgrading into TOTMG in BTD5 Flash, BTDB Flash, and BMC Flash:

When activating Technological Terror ability in BTD5 Flash, BTDB Flash, and BMC Flash:

Gallery[]

Trivia[]

  • In BTD5, the 3rd upgrade on either path for the Super Monkey makes him lose his cape.
  • In BTD5, if the Robo-Monkey upgrade is bought before the laser or plasma upgrade, the Robo-Monkey will shoot regular darts out of both of its arms. However, these darts can pop lead bloons.
  • Super Monkeys seem to have a little footprint but actually, its footprint is a bit larger. Placing another Super Monkey nearby seems to have a little gap with the first one.
  • in the files of btd5 a "sidekick monkey" could be seen this could be interpreted as the super monkeys seen in the Super Monkey Fan Club's version of the super monkey instead of turning into super monkeys themselves