Ninja Monkey (BTD6)

Ninja Monkey iterations: BTD5 • Battles • BSM2 • BMC • BTD6 • Bloons Pop! • Battles 2 • BCS

Ninja Monkey
Stealthy and fast Monkey that throws bladed shurikens to pop the Bloons. Can target Camo Bloons.
Unlock method(s) Choose at levels 15, 16, 17, 19 or 20 Category Magic Cost $340 — Easy $400 — Medium $430 — Hard $480 — Impoppable Hotkey D Introduced Launch

The Ninja Monkey is a Magic tower in Bloons TD 6. It attacks by throwing shurikens and can detect Camo Bloons, even without upgrades. Shurikens cannot pop Lead Bloons or Frozen Bloons (except with Hot Magic enabled). Each shuriken is thrown every 0.62 seconds and pops up to 2 Bloons.

It can be upgraded to throw many shurikens at once, add support like removing camo property, boosting other Ninjas and slowing down Bloons, or throw explosives.

Upgrades

Path 1

Ninja Discipline XP cost: 150
	Increases attack speed. Easy Medium Hard Impoppable $295 $350 $380 $420

Sharp Shurikens XP cost: 550
	Shurikens can pop 4 Bloons each. Easy Medium Hard Impoppable $295 $350 $380 $420

Double Shot XP cost: 2,000
	Throws 2 shurikens at once. Easy Medium Hard Impoppable $765 $900 $970 $1,080

Bloonjitsu XP cost: 16,000
	Throws 5 shurikens at once! Easy Medium Hard Impoppable $2,335 $2,750 $2,970 $3,300

Grandmaster Ninja XP cost: 50,000
	Throws incredibly fast, 8 shurikens per shot! Easy Medium Hard Impoppable $29,750 $35,000 $37,800 $42,000

Path 2

Distraction XP cost: 200
	Some Bloons will become distracted and move backwards. Easy Medium Hard Impoppable $210 $250 $270 $300

Counter-Espionage XP cost: 600
	Ninja attacks can strip camo from Bloons they damage. Easy Medium Hard Impoppable $340 $400 $430 $480

Shinobi Tactics XP cost: 2,000
	Increases attack speed and pierce of nearby Ninjas. Stacks 20 times. Easy Medium Hard Impoppable $1,020 $1,200 $1,295 $1,440

Bloon Sabotage XP cost: 14,000
	Sabotage ability: Lasts 15 seconds. During the sabotage, all Bloons move at half speed. Easy Medium Hard Impoppable $4,420 $5,200 $5,615 $6,240

Grand Saboteur XP cost: 35,000
	Ability duration is longer and buffs Shinobi while active, and MOAB-Class Bloons spawn with less health during the sabotage. Easy Medium Hard Impoppable $18,700 $22,000 $23,760 $26,400

Path 3

Seeking Shuriken XP cost: 140
	Increases attack range and shurikens will seek out and pop Bloons automatically. Easy Medium Hard Impoppable $255 $300 $325 $360

Caltrops XP cost: 500
	Throws out spiked caltrops onto the track nearby. Easy Medium Hard Impoppable $380 $450 $485 $540

Flash Bomb XP cost: 2,500
	Combination attack! Alternates flash bombs that stun many Bloons and shuriken deal increased damage to stunned targets. Easy Medium Hard Impoppable $1,910 $2,250 $2,430 $2,700

Sticky Bomb XP cost: 15,500
	Throws powerful timed charges at MOAB-Class Bloons. Easy Medium Hard Impoppable $4,250 $5,000 $5,400 $6,000

Master Bomber XP cost: 37,500
	One Monkey MOAB demolition machine. Easy Medium Hard Impoppable $34,000 $40,000 $43,200 $48,000

Paragon

Ascended Shadow XP cost: 500,000
	The complete assassin package for dealing with any Bloon threat. Easy Medium Hard Impoppable $425,000 $500,000 $540,000 $600,000

Stats

For a complete list of Ninja Monkey stats, see Stats:Ninja Monkey (BTD6).

This data was last updated for: version 55.1

Tower
Display range 40 units Footprint radius 6 units Targeting options First Last Close Strong Camo Prioritization

Attack
Cooldown 0.62s Offset (X, Y, Z) -2.25, 10.71, 4.56 Targeting Depends on targeting option Targeting range 40 units
Projectile Pierce 2 Damage 1 Damage type Sharp Speed 300 units/s Lifespan 0.62s Radius 3 units

Related Monkey Knowledge

This list does not include Monkey Knowledge that affects all Magic towers.

Monkey Knowledge	Cost	Prerequisites	Introduced
Cheaper Doubles Ninja Double Shot cost reduced by 100.	Free	SUPER Range	Launch
Lingering Magic Longer projectile lifespan for Wizard Monkey, Super Monkey, Ninja Monkey, and Druid.	Free	—	Launch
Diversion Tactics Increased chance to distract Bloons from Distraction upgrade.	Free	4 invested Cheaper Doubles	Launch
Deadly Tranquility Bloonjitsu and Grandmaster Ninja get an extra shuriken per throw.	500	8 invested Diversion Tactics	Launch

Rogue Legends

Starter parties with Ninja Monkeys

Item	Insta Monkey 1	Insta Monkey 2	Artifact
Striker Jones	0-1-0 Ninja Monkey	0-2-0 Mortar Monkey	Malicious Mauling Common
Psi	1-0-0 Ninja Monkey	0-2-0 Desperado	Ability Stacking Legendary
Dan D'Monke	0-0-2 Ninja Monkey	0-0-2 Monkey Village	Extra Change Rare
Joan of Arc Adora	0-0-2 Ninja Monkey	0-0-1 Boomerang Monkey	Heroic Edge Common
Mountain Guardian	2-0-0 Ninja Monkey	2-0-0 Druid	Pure Damage Common
Voidora	2-0-0 Ninja Monkey	2-0-0 Wizard Monkey	Enchanted Rebuttal Legendary
Kaiju Pat	0-2-0 Beast Handler	0-2-0 Ninja Monkey	Duckageddon Legendary
Dreamstate Psi	0-2-0 Ninja Monkey	0-0-2 Druid	Dream Teams Common
Prince Adam	0-0-2 Ninja Monkey	0-0-2 Monkey Village	Summon Battle Cat Legendary

Artifacts that add Ninja Monkeys

Artifact	Common	Rare	Legendary
Swiftest To Business	1-0-1 Ninja Monkey	2-0-1 Ninja Monkey	2-0-0 Ninja Monkey

Artifacts that affect Ninja Monkeys

This list does not include Artifacts that affect all Magic towers.

Artifact	Common effect	Rare effect	Legendary effect
Dream Teams	Monkey Subs, Ninja Monkeys, Druids, Wizards, and Beast Handlers attack speed and ability cooldowns are 11% faster, get 20% more range, and placement cooldown reduced 1 round(s)	Monkey Subs, Ninja Monkeys, Druids, Wizards, and Beast Handlers attack speed and ability cooldowns are 11% faster, get 25% more range, and placement cooldown reduced 1 round(s)	Monkey Subs, Ninja Monkeys, Druids, Wizards, and Beast Handlers attack speed and ability cooldowns are 11% faster, get 35% more range, and placement cooldown reduced 2 round(s)
Swiftest To Business	Ninja Monkeys tier 3 or higher have 20% faster projectile speed, attack speed and ability cooldowns are 25% faster, and placement cooldown reduced 1 round(s). Adds a 1-0-1 Ninja Monkey to your Party	Ninja Monkeys tier 3 or higher have 25% faster projectile speed, attack speed and ability cooldowns are 33% faster, and placement cooldown reduced 1 round(s). Adds a 2-0-1 Ninja Monkey to your Party	Ninja Monkeys tier 3 or higher have 40% faster projectile speed, attack speed and ability cooldowns are 66% faster, and placement cooldown reduced 2 round(s). Adds a 2-0-0 Ninja Monkey to your Party

Costs and sell values

Note: this list does not factor in Monkey Knowledge or other discounts.

Tiers	Total cost				Sell value
	Easy	Medium	Hard	Impoppable	Easy	Medium	Hard	Impoppable
0-0-0	$340	$400	$430	$480	$238	$280	$301	$336
1-0-0	$635	$750	$810	$900	$445	$525	$567	$630
1-1-0	$845	$1,000	$1,080	$1,200	$592	$700	$756	$840
1-0-1	$890	$1,050	$1,135	$1,260	$623	$735	$795	$882
0-1-0	$550	$650	$700	$780	$385	$455	$490	$546
0-1-1	$805	$950	$1,025	$1,140	$564	$665	$718	$798
0-0-1	$595	$700	$755	$840	$417	$490	$529	$588
2-0-0	$930	$1,100	$1,190	$1,320	$651	$770	$833	$924
2-1-0	$1,140	$1,350	$1,460	$1,620	$798	$945	$1,022	$1,134
2-2-0	$1,480	$1,750	$1,890	$2,100	$1,036	$1,225	$1,323	$1,470
2-0-1	$1,185	$1,400	$1,515	$1,680	$830	$980	$1,061	$1,176
2-0-2	$1,565	$1,850	$2,000	$2,220	$1,096	$1,295	$1,400	$1,554
0-2-0	$890	$1,050	$1,130	$1,260	$623	$735	$791	$882
1-2-0	$1,185	$1,400	$1,510	$1,680	$830	$980	$1,057	$1,176
0-2-1	$1,145	$1,350	$1,455	$1,620	$802	$945	$1,019	$1,134
0-2-2	$1,525	$1,800	$1,940	$2,160	$1,068	$1,260	$1,358	$1,512
0-0-2	$975	$1,150	$1,240	$1,380	$683	$805	$868	$966
1-0-2	$1,270	$1,500	$1,620	$1,800	$889	$1,050	$1,134	$1,260
0-1-2	$1,185	$1,400	$1,510	$1,680	$830	$980	$1,057	$1,176
3-0-0	$1,695	$2,000	$2,160	$2,400	$1,187	$1,400	$1,512	$1,680
3-1-0	$1,905	$2,250	$2,430	$2,700	$1,334	$1,575	$1,701	$1,890
3-2-0	$2,245	$2,650	$2,860	$3,180	$1,572	$1,855	$2,002	$2,226
3-0-1	$1,950	$2,300	$2,485	$2,760	$1,365	$1,610	$1,740	$1,932
3-0-2	$2,330	$2,750	$2,970	$3,300	$1,631	$1,925	$2,079	$2,310
0-3-0	$1,910	$2,250	$2,425	$2,700	$1,337	$1,575	$1,698	$1,890
1-3-0	$2,205	$2,600	$2,805	$3,120	$1,544	$1,820	$1,964	$2,184
2-3-0	$2,500	$2,950	$3,185	$3,540	$1,750	$2,065	$2,230	$2,478
0-3-1	$2,165	$2,550	$2,750	$3,060	$1,516	$1,785	$1,925	$2,142
0-3-2	$2,545	$3,000	$3,235	$3,600	$1,782	$2,100	$2,265	$2,520
0-0-3	$2,885	$3,400	$3,670	$4,080	$2,020	$2,380	$2,569	$2,856
1-0-3	$3,180	$3,750	$4,050	$4,500	$2,226	$2,625	$2,835	$3,150
2-0-3	$3,475	$4,100	$4,430	$4,920	$2,433	$2,870	$3,101	$3,444
0-1-3	$3,095	$3,650	$3,940	$4,380	$2,167	$2,555	$2,758	$3,066
0-2-3	$3,435	$4,050	$4,370	$4,860	$2,405	$2,835	$3,059	$3,402
4-0-0	$4,030	$4,750	$5,130	$5,700	$2,821	$3,325	$3,591	$3,990
4-1-0	$4,240	$5,000	$5,400	$6,000	$2,968	$3,500	$3,780	$4,200
4-2-0	$4,580	$5,400	$5,830	$6,480	$3,206	$3,780	$4,081	$4,536
4-0-1	$4,285	$5,050	$5,455	$6,060	$3,000	$3,535	$3,819	$4,242
4-0-2	$4,665	$5,500	$5,940	$6,600	$3,266	$3,850	$4,158	$4,620
0-4-0	$6,330	$7,450	$8,040	$8,940	$4,431	$5,215	$5,628	$6,258
1-4-0	$6,625	$7,800	$8,420	$9,360	$4,638	$5,460	$5,894	$6,552
2-4-0	$6,920	$8,150	$8,800	$9,780	$4,844	$5,705	$6,160	$6,846
0-4-1	$6,585	$7,750	$8,365	$9,300	$4,610	$5,425	$5,856	$6,510
0-4-2	$6,965	$8,200	$8,850	$9,840	$4,876	$5,740	$6,195	$6,888
0-0-4	$7,135	$8,400	$9,070	$10,080	$4,995	$5,880	$6,349	$7,056
1-0-4	$7,430	$8,750	$9,450	$10,500	$5,201	$6,125	$6,615	$7,350
2-0-4	$7,725	$9,100	$9,830	$10,920	$5,408	$6,370	$6,881	$7,644
0-1-4	$7,345	$8,650	$9,340	$10,380	$5,142	$6,055	$6,538	$7,266
0-2-4	$7,685	$9,050	$9,770	$10,860	$5,380	$6,335	$6,839	$7,602
5-0-0	$33,780	$39,750	$42,930	$47,700	$23,646	$27,825	$30,051	$33,390
5-1-0	$33,990	$40,000	$43,200	$48,000	$23,793	$28,000	$30,240	$33,600
5-2-0	$34,330	$40,400	$43,630	$48,480	$24,031	$28,280	$30,541	$33,936
5-0-1	$34,035	$40,050	$43,255	$48,060	$23,825	$28,035	$30,279	$33,642
5-0-2	$34,415	$40,500	$43,740	$48,600	$24,091	$28,350	$30,618	$34,020
0-5-0	$25,030	$29,450	$31,800	$35,340	$17,521	$20,615	$22,260	$24,738
1-5-0	$25,325	$29,800	$32,180	$35,760	$17,728	$20,860	$22,526	$25,032
2-5-0	$25,620	$30,150	$32,560	$36,180	$17,934	$21,105	$22,792	$25,326
0-5-1	$25,285	$29,750	$32,125	$35,700	$17,700	$20,825	$22,488	$24,990
0-5-2	$25,665	$30,200	$32,610	$36,240	$17,966	$21,140	$22,827	$25,368
0-0-5	$41,135	$48,400	$52,270	$58,080	$28,795	$33,880	$36,589	$40,656
1-0-5	$41,430	$48,750	$52,650	$58,500	$29,001	$34,125	$36,855	$40,950
2-0-5	$41,725	$49,100	$53,030	$58,920	$29,208	$34,370	$37,121	$41,244
0-1-5	$41,345	$48,650	$52,540	$58,380	$28,942	$34,055	$36,778	$40,866
0-2-5	$41,685	$49,050	$52,970	$58,860	$29,180	$34,335	$37,079	$41,202

Strategy

For more in-depth strategies, see Strategy:Ninja Monkey (BTD6).

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At base, the Ninja Monkey costs twice as much as a Dart Monkey, in return for slightly more range and 1.5x the attack speed. While not as powerful or as flexible as a triple Dart start, a Ninja + Dart start can handle starting on many maps, up to the around half of advanced maps, and this can help with building into a Ninja-centric strategy in early game and mid-game. A solo Ninja start is strong on Spillway as well, having enough range from the center to handle early rounds on CHIMPS.

The top and bottom paths focus on damage, while the middle path focuses on support. Shinobi Tactics is a very important buff for Ninjas in mid-game and late game, and are particularly critical for top path Ninja due to its reliance on buffs. Outside of Ninja-centric strategies, the main Ninja upgrade used is Bloon Sabotage for its global slowdown effect, which is particularly powerful against DDTs.

The top and middle Ninjas are also incredibly powerful in deep Freeplay and against Bosses, taking advantage of its many projectiles, particularly with buffs such as Permanent Brew to maximize damage and pierce, as well as blimp debuffs such as Cripple MOAB.

Update history

For a complete list of Ninja Monkey changes, see Update history:Ninja Monkey (BTD6).

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Version 11.0

•  "[S]hould no longer be able to occasionally shoot with an infinite range in specific setups" (bug fix)

Version 28.0

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As ninja is the ‘Camo Specialist’ and has been since inception, it is the only tower that will unlock Camo Prioritization on the base tower. — Update notes

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•  Camo Prioritization filter added

Version 43.0

“

While a great early game option, Ninja generally struggles with dominant crosspathing choices and also has relatively poor base tower value. Without going into every single change, T3s onward remain relatively unchanged with a lot of prices below T3 being moved around from less favorable crosspaths into better/higher tier upgrades. — Update notes

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•  Cost reduced ― $500 → $400
•  Shuriken: Attack cooldown reduced ― 0.7s → 0.62s

Cosmetic items

Item	Category	Unlock method(s)	Introduced
Ninja Monkey Kiwi Pet	Monkeys — Pets	Trophy Store —  100, Pets Fan Pack (IAP)	Version 24.0
Ninja Monkey Snowflakes Projectile	Monkeys — Projectiles	Trophy Store —  50	Version 34.0

Gallery

For more Ninja Monkey images, see Gallery:Ninja Monkey.

Screenshots

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Assets

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  Portrait
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  Insta Monkey icon

In other languages

This section was last updated for: version 49.2

Name

Language	Text	Notes
Arabic	قرد النينجا	—
Danish	Ninja-abe	—
German	Ninja-Affe	—
Spanish	Mono ninja	—
Spanish (Latin America)	Mono ninja	—
Finnish	Ninja-apina	—
French	Singe ninja	—
Italian	Scimmia ninja	—
Japanese	忍者モンキー	—
Korean	닌자 원숭이	—
Dutch	Ninja-aap	—
Norwegian	Ninja ape	—
Polish	Małpka ninja	—
Portuguese (Brazil)	Macaco Ninja	—
Russian	Обезьяна- ниндзя	—
Swedish	Apninja	—
Thai	ลิงนินจา	—
Turkish	Ninja Maymun	—
Chinese (simplified)	忍者猴	—
Chinese (traditional)	忍者猴	—

Description

Language	Text	Notes
Arabic	القرد الخفي والسريع الذي يرمي شوريكين شفافة لفرقعة البالونات، وبإمكانه استهداف بالونات الكامو.	—
Danish	Snigende og hurtig abe, som kaster ninjastjerner der springer bloons. Kan angribe camo-bloons.	—
German	Verstohlener und schneller Affe, der Shuriken wirft, um die Bloons zum Platzen zu bringen. Kann auch Tarn-Bloons treffen.	—
Spanish	Mono sigiloso y veloz que arroja shuriken para explotar a los bloons. Puede dispararles a los camufloons.	—
Spanish (Latin America)	Mono sigiloso y veloz que arroja shuriken para explotar a los bloons. Puede dispararles a los camufloons.	—
Finnish	Piileskelevä ja nopea apina, joka viskoo teräviä shurikeneja blooneihin. Voi ampua maastokuvioituja blooneja.	—
French	Singe furtif et rapide qui lance des shurikens à lames pour faire éclater les Bloons. Peut cibler les Bloons camouflés.	—
Italian	È una scimmia furtiva e veloce capace di lanciare affilati shuriken che fanno scoppiare i bloon. È in grado di colpire i bloon mimetizzati.	—
Japanese	ブルーンを割る刃つき手裏剣を投げる、素早いステルスモンキー。カモフラージュブルーンを標的にできる。	—
Korean	은신술에 능하고 몸놀림이 재빠른 원숭이로, 뾰족한 표창을 던져 풍선을 터트립니다. 캐모 풍선을 공격할 수 있습니다.	—
Dutch	Sluipende en snelle aap die vlijmscherpe shurikens gooit om Bloons te laten knallen. Kan Gecamoufleerde Bloons onder vuur nemen.	—
Norwegian	Snikende og rask ape som kaster skarpe kastestjerner for å poppe bloons. Kan ta kamuflasjebloons.	—
Polish	Zwinna i szybka małpka, która ciska w blony ostrymi shurikenami. Może celować w kamuflażowe blony.	—
Portuguese (Brazil)	Macaco rápido e furtivo que lança estrelinhas afiadas para estourar Bloons. Pode atingir Bloons Camuflados.	—
Russian	Скрытная и быстрая обезьяна, стреляющая по шарам острыми сюрикенами. Способна поражать камуфлированные шары.	—
Swedish	Svårupptäckt och snabb apa som kastar vassa shurikens som smäller Bloons. Kan smälla Kamo-Bloons.	—
Thai	ลิงลอบเร้นผู้ว่องไว ขว้างชูริเคนแหลมคมเพื่อเจาะลูกโป่ง สามารถเล็งลูกโป่งลายพรางได้	—
Turkish	Bloon’ları patlatmak için bıçaklı Ninja yıldızları fırlatan sinsi ve hızlı Maymun. Kamuflajlı Bloon’ları hedefleyebilir.	—
Chinese (simplified)	身手矫捷的猴子可投掷锋利的手里剑来击破气球。可攻击迷彩气球。	—
Chinese (traditional)	隱身快猴拋出開刃手裡劍來打破氣球。可以瞄準偽裝氣球。	—