Special variants of towers called Heroes have been added in BTD6 and BTDB2. Starting from Bloons TD 5, Sub-Towers have been introduced, originating from a particular tower type with special stats that can be inherited from their parent. Each game adds more towers than the previous one. In the first Bloons TD game, there were 5 towers: the Dart Monkey, Tack Shooter, Super Monkey, Ice Tower and Bomb Tower.

Many of the towers are either monkeys, units maintained by a monkey, or units owned by a monkey, with the exception of Tack Shooter, Bomb Tower, Ice Tower (between BTD1 to BTD4), and Banana Farm (unless upgraded to Monkey Bank or above, or Marketplace or above). Each tower contains upgrades that boost the power of itself and/or other towers. All towers are unique, with increasing power generally accompanied by increasing cost. Throughout the Bloons TD series, every tower except the Banana Farm can attack bloons without upgrades ( Monkey Village can attack with the High Energy Beacon and Primary Expertise upgrades). However, there are special types of tower that have different requirements for unlocking and placement, such as Special Agents and placeable Powers (which cost Monkey Money), as well as Heroes (which automatically level up and become stronger every round) and Sub-Towers (descendants of parent towers). These units are often referred as just 'towers'. Unless specified by special challenge rules, there is no limit to how many of these infantry units can be placed, although most towers each occupy a footprint that consumes space. Most types of towers are infantry units that cost in-game cash. Towers are the essential elements of the Bloons TD series, encompassing the entirety of a player's defenses, each tower contributing in the battle to beat the Bloons throughout the games. Tower defense is about what towers you use and where you put them.Īll four BTD6 tower classes represented by towers on Encrypted: Primary ( Dart Monkey), Military ( Sniper Monkey), Magic ( Wizard Monkey), and Support ( Engineer Monkey).Ī Tower (or Monkey in BTD6 and BTDB2) is a unit that helps the player fight off (or at least contribute to forces against) Bloons.

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