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→Discount percentage buffs: all these years of discount Village investments... WASTED! But really, this thing can't discount any rogue tower placed. Also, could anyone verify the right wording here?
 
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{{stub|Elaborate history of the Discount, specific interactions related to Discount, and some more basic mechanics of Discount}}
[[file:BTD6_MapBuffIconVillagexx1.png|thumb|Buff icon for Monkey Business in ''BTD6'', representing discount]]
[[file:BTD6_MapBuffIconVillagexx1.png|thumb|Buff icon for Monkey Business in BTD6, representing Discount]]
'''Discount''' is a game mechanic in the {{Series|Bloons TD}}, which by definition is the reduction in the cost of towers and/or upgrades. Certain discounts can be the full amount. Most sources of discounts require a tower to be within range to gain the benefit.
'''Discount''' is a statistic representing the ability to reduce the cost of towers and/or upgrades. Discounts can even make upgrades become free. Most sources of discounts require a tower to be within range to gain the benefit. [[Paragon]] upgrades are immune to discounts from all sources, including map-specific gimmicks.
 
The new cost after discount depends on the game's rounding system.
 
== History ==
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Starting in [[Bloons Tower Defense 2|''Bloons Tower Defense 2'']], the [[Easy]] difficulty reduces the costs of towers and upgrades by a set percentage as compared to the base amount. This cost reduction is applied before all other discounts. Starting from [[Bloons TD 4|''Bloons TD 4'']], [[Medium]] has a 100% price, which strangely enough is 102% in ''Bloons Tower Defense 2'' and [[Bloons Tower Defense 3|''Bloons TD 3'']].
 
Discount buffs were introduced in [[Bloons TD 5|''Bloons TD 5'']] with the [[Monkey Village (BTD5)|Monkey Village]], which reduces the cost of towers and upgrades purchased in its range by 10%. ''BTD5'' also introduced [[Specialty Buildings]] which discounts a specific type of tower by 5%, and increases the cost of a different tower by 5%.
 
== ''Bloons TD 6'' ==
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[[Bloons TD 6|''Bloons TD 6'']] introduced many more discount sources. Some of these apply a percentage change in cost, while others apply a flat decrease. Many discount sources only apply to certain towers or upgrades. Placement and upgrade costs, aside from purchasing [[Hero]] levels (which rounds to the nearest 1), are always rounded to a multiple of 5.
 
=== Discount percentage buffs ===
In ''BTD6,'' buffs to discount percentage stack additively with each other. For example, [[Monkey Business (BTD6)|Monkey Business]] and discount tiles on [[One Two Tree]] both increase discount by 10%. Therefore when a purchase is affected by both, its costs are reduced by 20%.
 
If a discount percentage is 100% or higher on a tower or upgrade, it may be obtained for free; [[Primary Mentoring (BTD6)|Primary Mentoring]] for Tier 1 upgrades of Primary Monkeys and [[Monkey City (BTD6)|Monkey City]]'s free Dart Monkeys are examples of this. Unless otherwise stated, multiple towers granting identical discount percentage buffs do not stack.
 
[[Paragon]] upgrades and [[Geraldo's Shop]] items cannot be discounted by these buffs. Purchasing Hero levels cannot be discounted by these buffs, except for {{BTD6 mk|Scholarships}}. In ''[[Rogue Legends]]'', party members cannot have their placement cost discounted.
 
{| class="wikitable"
|+Sources of discount percentage buffs in ''BTD6''
!Source
!Percentage
!Affected towers and upgrades
!Notes
|-
! colspan="4" |Towers
|-
|[[Monkey Business (BTD6)|Monkey Business]]
|10% (or 12% with {{BTD6 mk|Insider Trades}})
|All tower placements, upgrades up to tier 3
|
|-
|[[Monkey Commerce (BTD6)|Monkey Commerce]]
|5%
|All tower placements, upgrades up to tier 3
|Stacks additively up to 3 times on the same tower.
|-
|[[Primary Mentoring (BTD6)|Primary Mentoring]]
|100%
|Tier 1 [[Primary]] upgrades
|
|-
|[[Primary Expertise (BTD6)|Primary Expertise]]
|100%
|Tier 1 and 2 [[Primary]] upgrades
|-
|[[Monkey City (BTD6)|Monkey City]]
|100%
|Placement of the next [[Dart Monkey (BTD6)|Dart Monkey]].
|Can stack additively, with no limit to the number of free Dart Monkeys. Prioritizes over {{BTD6 mk|Bonus Monkey!}}.
|-
| rowspan="2" |[[Sun Temple (BTD6)|Sun Temple]]
|10%
|All tower placements and upgrades
|Requires $15,001 – $20,000 in Support sacrifices.
|-
|20%
|All tower placements and upgrades
|Requires $40,001 or more in Support sacrifices.
|-
| rowspan="2" |[[True Sun God (BTD6)|True Sun God]]
|10%
|All tower placements and upgrades
|Requires $15,001 – $20,000 in Support sacrifices.
|-
|20%
|All tower placements and upgrades
|Requires $40,001 or more in Support sacrifices.
|-
| rowspan="2" |[[Rosalia (BTD6)|Rosalia]]
|10%
|[[Monkey Ace (BTD6)|Monkey Ace]] and [[Heli Pilot (BTD6)|Heli Pilot]] placements and upgrades
|Requires level 6+.
|-
|30%
|[[The Anti-Bloon (BTD6)|The Anti-Bloon]] upgrade
|Requires level 20.
|-
|[[Silas (BTD6)|Silas]]
|25%
|Tier 5 upgrades for [[Ice Monkey (BTD6)|Ice Monkey]]
|Requires level 13+.
|-
! colspan="4" |Maps
|-
|[[One Two Tree]]
|10%
|All tower placements and upgrades
|On tiles labelled with [[File:BTD6_MapBuffIconVillagexx1.png|x20px]]
|-
|[[Polyphemus]]
|15%
|All tower placements and upgrades
|Inside the eye
|-
! colspan="4" |Monkey Knowledge
|-
|{{BTD6 mk|Come On Everybody!}}
|5%
|All [[Primary]] upgrades
|Only applied when all Primary towers are tier 3 or 4.
|-
|{{BTD6 mk|Bonus Glue Gunner}}
|100%
|Placement of the first [[Glue Gunner (BTD6)|Glue Gunner]]
|Cannot be used if the free [[Dart Monkey (BTD6)|Dart Monkey]] provided by {{BTD6 mk|Bonus Monkey!}} was placed.
|-
|{{BTD6 mk|Bonus Monkey!}}
|100%
|Placement of the first [[Dart Monkey (BTD6)|Dart Monkey]]
|Cannot be used if the free [[Glue Gunner (BTD6)|Glue Gunner]] provided by {{BTD6 mk|Bonus Glue Gunner}} was placed.
|-
|{{BTD6 mk|Military Conscription}}
|33%
|Placement of the first [[Military]] tower
|
|-
|{{BTD6 mk|Advanced Logistics}}
|5%
|[[Military]] tower placements
|
|-
|{{BTD6 mk|Flat Pack Buildings}}
|2%
|[[Banana Farm (BTD6)|Banana Farm]] and [[Monkey Village (BTD6)|Monkey Village]] placements
|
|-
|{{BTD6 mk|Scholarships}}
|10%
|[[Hero]] levels
|Only discount in this table to affect Hero levels.
|-
|{{BTD6 mk|Hero Favors}}
|10%
|[[Hero]] placements
|
|}
Discount buffs from different Sun Temples can stack if they are different amounts. For example, towers receive a 30% discount percentage if they are in range of a Sun Temple with $2,000 in Support sacrifices, and another Sun Temple with $50,000 in Support sacrifices.
 
=== Price percentage adjustments ===
Some discounts apply by changing the base cost of towers and upgrades, rather than applying a buff. Unlike buffs, these stack multiplicatively with discount percentage buffs and with each other. They can affect the prices of [[Paragon]] upgrades, [[Geraldo's Shop]] items, and [[Hero]] levels.
{| class="wikitable"
|+Sources of price percentage adjustments
!Source
!Percentage
!Notes
|-
|[[Easy]]
|85%
|Relative to [[Medium]].
|-
|[[Hard]]
|108%
|Relative to [[Medium]].
|-
|[[Impoppable (BTD6)|Impoppable]]
|120%
|Relative to [[Medium]].
|-
|{{BTD6 mk|Aeronautic Subsidy}}
|90%
|Only applies to tier 5 [[Monkey Ace (BTD6)|Monkey Ace]] upgrades.
|}
In Custom Challenges, the Impoppable property overrides the price adjustments by the game difficulty.
 
=== Flat price reductions ===
Some [[Monkey Knowledge (BTD6)|Monkey Knowledge]] upgrades reduce the cost of specific towers or upgrades by a flat amount. These price reductions apply after adjustments from game difficulty, but before discount percentage buffs.
{| class="wikitable"
|+Sources of flat price reductions
!Source
!Amount
!Affected towers and upgrades
|-
|{{BTD6 mk|Cheap 'Rangs}}
|$50
|[[Boomerang Monkey (BTD6)|Boomerang Monkey]] placement
|-
|{{BTD6 mk|Budget Clusters}}
|$100
|[[Cluster Bombs (BTD6)|Cluster Bombs]] upgrade
|-
|{{BTD6 mk|Cheaper Solution}}
|$1,000
|[[Bloon Liquefier (BTD6)|Bloon Liquefier]] upgrade
|-
|{{BTD6 mk|Cheaper Maiming}}
|$1,000
|[[Maim MOAB (BTD6)|Maim MOAB]] upgrade
|-
|{{BTD6 mk|Budget Battery}}
|$600
|[[Artillery Battery (BTD6)|Artillery Battery]] upgrade
|-
|{{BTD6 mk|Magic Tricks}}
|$25
|[[Guided Magic (BTD6)|Guided Magic]] and [[Intense Magic (BTD6)|Intense Magic]] upgrade
|-
|{{BTD6 mk|Cheaper Doubles}}
|$100
|[[Double Shot (BTD6) (Ninja Monkey)|Double Shot]] upgrade
|-
|{{BTD6 mk|Warm Oak}}
|$100
|[[Heart of Oak (BTD6)|Heart of Oak]] upgrade
|-
|{{BTD6 mk|First Last Line of Defense}}
|$150
|First [[Spike Factory (BTD6)|Spike Factory]] placement
|-
|{{BTD6 mk|Farm Subsidy}}
|$100
|First [[Banana Farm (BTD6)|Banana Farm]] placement
|-
|{{BTD6 mk|Hi-Value Mines}}
|$1,500
|[[Spiked Mines (BTD6)|Spiked Mines]] upgrade
|}
 
==''Bloons TD Battles 2''==
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[[Bloons TD Battles 2|''Bloons TD Battles 2'']] has a similar variety of discount sources as BTD6, but with certain new sources. Rules for determining discounts is the same as in BTD6; rounding placement and upgrade costs to a multiple of 5, with exception of Heroes which round to the nearest 1, and discount sources may apply flat or percentage buffs that may affect certain types of tower.