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4 new tracks including the EXTREME Tar Pits and 2 Daily Challenge Vaults have just been added to Bloons TD 5! From Beginner to Extreme, two of them available in Co-op mode, there's a bunch of new content to fill up time over the Christmas break.
~ Ninja Kiwi's description

Tar Pits is an Extreme track in Bloons TD 5. It is unlocked at Rank 60 in the Flash version, or Rank 50 in other versions.

Overview[]

Tar Pits consists of five circular pits of tar, all surrounding a large body of water. Each path starts from within a tunnel, circles one of the pits, and exits into the same tunnel, creating five short, disconnected paths across the map.

In the Flash version, the Bloons alternate between taking the paths clockwise and anticlockwise every other round, and towers can be placed inside the tar. In the Mobile version, the Bloons only take the path clockwise and towers cannot be placed inside the tar.

Many players see Tar Pits as the most difficult official map and many think if it were added to BTD6 it would instantly be considered the hardest or even incompletable on C.H.I.M.P.S from its severely short tracks, it was insanely difficult to even beat Tar Pits on impoppable for most players trying to 100% complete the game.

Rewards[]

Rewards Easy Medium Hard
Awesome Points* 150 300 600
Experience Points ??? ??? ??

* - Only awarded in BTD5

BTD5 Mobile Token rewards:

Easy:Token5 (?)

Medium:Token6 (?)

Hard:Token8 (?)

Impoppable:Token9 (?)

Achievements[]

Name Awesome Points Image
Tar Pits Bronze AwesomeIcon150 Tar Pits Bronze
Tar Pits Silver AwesomeIcon300 Tar Pits Silver
Tar Pits Gold AwesomeIcon600 Tar Pits Gold

Differences between the Flash and Mobile versions[]

NERF Towers cannot be placed inside the tar pits.

Change The path does not alternate between going clockwise and going anticlockwise.

BUFF Tar Pits is unlocked earlier (Rank 60 —> 50).

BUFF (As with other Extreme Tracks) Tar Pits can now allow saved progress.

Strategy[]

Main article: Tar Pits/Strategies

Gallery[]

Trivia[]

Tarpit BSM2M

A formation similar to Tar Pits in Helium Heights

  • This is arguably the hardest track in the entire series due to its high number of short paths. In the Mobile version, it is even harder due to the fact that towers cannot be placed inside the tar.
  • This track makes a cameo in the background of stages in Helium Heights in Bloons Supermonkey 2 Mobile.
  • One of the developers said that this map was almost impossible to complete NAPS on Hard difficulty.
    • Technically speaking, it is possible to complete the track on Hard NAPS by using free towers from Quests, as the original definition of the challenge does not take free towers into account. However, it has never been completed without free towers.
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