Monkey Academy (tower)

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{{BTD6 tower info

| name = Monkey Academy

| description = Place of Monkey education and training. Grants powerful benefits for Military, Magic and Hero Monkeys. Generates a small amount of Hero XP every round.

| category = Support

|image=BTD6 001-MonkeyAcademy.png

|hide introduced=y

}}

The '''Monkey Academy''' is a scrapped [[Support]] [[tower]] in [[Bloons TD 6|''Bloons TD 6'']].

The '''Monkey Academy''' is a scrapped [[Support]] [[tower]] in [[Bloons TD 6|''Bloons TD 6'']]. Text for it and its upgrades and [[Monkey Knowledge (BTD6)|Monkey Knowledge]] have existed in the game's data since launch, but are unused.

~~The Monkey Academy~~ was intended to function similarly to the [[Monkey Village (BTD6)|Monkey Village]], except focusing on buffing [[Military]], [[Magic]] and [[Hero]] towers, additionally generating additional [[Hero#Experience|Hero XP]] at the end of every round. Its first upgrade path focused on Military towers, buffing aspects such as [[range]], "pops" (likely referring to [[pierce]]), [[damage]] and [[footprint]] with additional supportive function in the form of gaining [[Life|lives]] for [[Bloon|Bloons]] popped. Its second upgrade path focused on Magic towers, buffing their pierce and [[attack speed]] and giving most of them the ability to upgrade up to tier 2 on all paths without locking any. Its third upgrade path focused on Heroes, buffing their XP gain, range, and [[Activated Ability]] cooldowns, also being able to allow a second Hero to be placed.

It was intended to function similarly to the [[Monkey Village (BTD6)|Monkey Village]], except focusing on buffing [[Military]], [[Magic]] and [[Hero]] towers, additionally generating additional [[Hero#Experience|Hero XP]] at the end of every round. Its first upgrade path focused on Military towers, buffing aspects such as [[range]], "pops" (likely referring to [[pierce]]), [[damage]] and [[footprint]] with additional supportive function in the form of gaining [[Life|lives]] for [[Bloon|Bloons]] popped. Its second upgrade path focused on Magic towers, buffing their pierce and [[attack speed]] and giving most of them the ability to upgrade up to tier 2 on all paths without locking any. Its third upgrade path focused on Heroes, buffing their XP gain, range, and [[Activated Ability]] cooldowns, also being able to allow a second Hero to be placed.

In {{BTD6 version|36.0}}, an unused portrait of a 0-0-1 Monkey Academy was added to the game files. It was removed in {{BTD6 version|37.0}}.

== Upgrades ==

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|Allows you to get a second hero!

|}

==Unused functionality==

Although the Monkey Academy is not implemented in ''Bloons TD 6'', some features of the game check for towers with the ID <code>MonkeyAcademy</code> to apply special behavior.

*[[Berserker Brew (BTD6)|Berserker Brew]] and above cannot apply brews to towers with this ID.

*[[Benjamin (BTD6)|Benjamin]]'s Biohack cannot apply to towers with this ID.

*{{BTD6 mk|Flat Pack Buildings}} applies to towers with this ID.

== Known history ==

[[File:BTD6 001-MonkeyAcademy.png|thumb|Private Tuition portrait]]

[[File:BTD6 001-MonkeyAcademy.png|thumb|100px|Private Tuition portrait]]

In initial releases of the game, the Monkey Academy survived in the files through text descriptions of its upgrades. It is ~~unclear~~ why the Monkey Academy went unused, and when asked for comment, Ninja Kiwi stated it was "part of the original design, but [...] not part of our current thinking",<ref>[https://www.reddit.com/r/NinjaKiwiOfficial/comments/nrwuqy/whats_up_at_ninja_kiwi_4th_june_2021/?mobile=0&rdt=55507 "What's Up At Ninja Kiwi? - 4th June, 2021"]. ''Reddit''. Retrieved Tue, 18 Mar 2025.</ref> with them later confirming they had "moved away from" the tower concept.<ref>[https://www.reddit.com/r/NinjaKiwiOfficial/comments/u39p90/whats_up_at_ninja_kiwi_14th_april_2022/ "What's Up At Ninja Kiwi? - 14th April, 2022"]. ''Reddit''. Retrieved Tue, 20 May 2025.</ref>

Since initial releases of the game, the Monkey Academy has survived in the files through text descriptions of its upgrades. It is not completely clear why the Monkey Academy went unused, and when asked for comment, Ninja Kiwi stated it was "part of the original design, but [...] not part of our current thinking",<ref>[https://www.reddit.com/r/NinjaKiwiOfficial/comments/nrwuqy/whats_up_at_ninja_kiwi_4th_june_2021/?mobile=0&rdt=55507 "What's Up At Ninja Kiwi? - 4th June, 2021"]. ''Reddit''. Retrieved Tue, 18 Mar 2025.</ref> with them later confirming they had "moved away from" the tower concept<ref>[https://www.reddit.com/r/NinjaKiwiOfficial/comments/u39p90/whats_up_at_ninja_kiwi_14th_april_2022/ "What's Up At Ninja Kiwi? - 14th April, 2022"]. ''Reddit''. Retrieved Tue, 20 May 2025.</ref> and indicating it was scrapped at least partially due to its gameplay design being hard to balance.<ref>[https://www.reddit.com/r/NinjaKiwiOfficial/comments/1o2kxoc/whats_up_at_ninja_kiwi_10th_of_october_2025_blog/ "What's Up At Ninja Kiwi - 10th of October 2025 Blog"]. ''Reddit''. Retrieved Mon, 24 Nov 2025.</ref>

It is still unknown what the base tower was intended to look like, but the portrait for the Private Tuition upgrade surfaced in the files during [[Bloons TD 6 ~~v36~~.0|version 36.0]]. It is again ~~unclear~~ why it was added.

It is still unknown what the base tower was intended to look like, but the portrait for the Private Tuition upgrade surfaced in the files during [[Update history:Bloons TD 6/Version 36.0|version 36.0]]. It is again not clear why it was added.

There also existed two scrapped [[Monkey Knowledge (BTD6)|Monkey Knowledge]] upgrades specifically for this tower: Elite Tutors, which would have granted 15 more Hero XP every round, and Long Graduate, where the [[sub-tower]] spawned by the Academy Graduate ability would have lasted longer.

Notably, two upgrades for the [[Mermonkey (BTD6)|Mermonkey]] would have similarities to upgrades for the Monkey Academy. [[Echosense Network]] has a similar stacking range buff to Academic Network, while [[The Final Harmonic]] passively buffs Heroes' ability cooldowns and range, similar to the Heroic Presence and Heroic Academy upgrades.

Notably, two upgrades for the [[Mermonkey (BTD6)|Mermonkey]] would have similarities to upgrades for the Monkey Academy. [[Echosense Network]] has a similar stacking range buff to Academic Network, while [[The Final Harmonic]] passively buffs Heroes' ability cooldowns and range, similar to the Heroic Presence and Heroic Academy upgrades. Ninja Kiwi staff member Rohan Sharpe-Anforth would confirm the similarities were intentional through the Ninja Kiwi Discord, stating that some parts were salvaged from the Academy to make the Mermonkey.<ref>{{Cite|quote=But yea Mermonkey is Academy, as much as we wanted to save from it|author=Rohan Ninja Kiwi|url=https://discord.com/channels/187363008610041857/1339233070859157545/1341151314939220038|title=Ninja Kiwi Discord|publisher=Discord|retrieved=June 30 2025|date=February 17 2025}}</ref> Additionally, the ability to deploy multiple of the same Hero on one map would be reused in [[Frontier Legends|''Frontier Legends'']], albeit via Hero alts recruited at the Saloon.

== ~~Gallery~~ ==

~~{{Empty~~|~~needs~~ the ~~resurfaced 001 upgrade portrait~~, ~~if available}}~~

== References ==

~~[[Category:Towers in BTD6]]~~

[[Category:Unused content]]

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-{{Stub|its really, really rough}}{{BTD6 tower info
+{{for|other uses|Monkey Academy (disambiguation)}}
+{{BTD6 tower info
 | name = Monkey Academy
 | description = Place of Monkey education and training. Grants powerful benefits for Military, Magic and Hero Monkeys. Generates a small amount of Hero XP every round.
 | category = Support
+|image=BTD6 001-MonkeyAcademy.png
+|hide introduced=y
 }}
-The '''Monkey Academy''' is a scrapped [[Support]] [[tower]] in [[Bloons TD 6|''Bloons TD 6'']].
+The '''Monkey Academy''' is a scrapped [[Support]] [[tower]] in [[Bloons TD 6|''Bloons TD 6'']]. Text for it and its upgrades and [[Monkey Knowledge (BTD6)|Monkey Knowledge]] have existed in the game's data since launch, but are unused.
-The Monkey Academy was intended to function similarly to the [[Monkey Village (BTD6)|Monkey Village]], except focusing on buffing [[Military]], [[Magic]] and [[Hero]] towers, additionally generating additional [[Hero#Experience|Hero XP]] at the end of every round. Its first upgrade path focused on Military towers, buffing aspects such as [[range]], "pops" (likely referring to [[pierce]]), [[damage]] and [[footprint]] with additional supportive function in the form of gaining [[Life|lives]] for [[Bloon|Bloons]] popped. Its second upgrade path focused on Magic towers, buffing their pierce and [[attack speed]] and giving most of them the ability to upgrade up to tier 2 on all paths without locking any. Its third upgrade path focused on Heroes, buffing their XP gain, range, and [[Activated Ability]] cooldowns, also being able to allow a second Hero to be placed.
+It was intended to function similarly to the [[Monkey Village (BTD6)|Monkey Village]], except focusing on buffing [[Military]], [[Magic]] and [[Hero]] towers, additionally generating additional [[Hero#Experience|Hero XP]] at the end of every round. Its first upgrade path focused on Military towers, buffing aspects such as [[range]], "pops" (likely referring to [[pierce]]), [[damage]] and [[footprint]] with additional supportive function in the form of gaining [[Life|lives]] for [[Bloon|Bloons]] popped. Its second upgrade path focused on Magic towers, buffing their pierce and [[attack speed]] and giving most of them the ability to upgrade up to tier 2 on all paths without locking any. Its third upgrade path focused on Heroes, buffing their XP gain, range, and [[Activated Ability]] cooldowns, also being able to allow a second Hero to be placed.
+In {{BTD6 version|36.0}}, an unused portrait of a 0-0-1 Monkey Academy was added to the game files. It was removed in {{BTD6 version|37.0}}.
 == Upgrades ==
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 |Allows you to get a second hero!
 |}
+==Unused functionality==
+Although the Monkey Academy is not implemented in ''Bloons TD 6'', some features of the game check for towers with the ID <code>MonkeyAcademy</code> to apply special behavior.
+*[[Berserker Brew (BTD6)|Berserker Brew]] and above cannot apply brews to towers with this ID.
+*[[Benjamin (BTD6)|Benjamin]]'s Biohack cannot apply to towers with this ID.
+*{{BTD6 mk|Flat Pack Buildings}} applies to towers with this ID.
 == Known history ==
-[[File:BTD6 001-MonkeyAcademy.png|thumb|Private Tuition portrait]]
+[[File:BTD6 001-MonkeyAcademy.png|thumb|100px|Private Tuition portrait]]
-In initial releases of the game, the Monkey Academy survived in the files through text descriptions of its upgrades. It is unclear why the Monkey Academy went unused, and when asked for comment, Ninja Kiwi stated it was "part of the original design, but [...] not part of our current thinking",<ref>[https://www.reddit.com/r/NinjaKiwiOfficial/comments/nrwuqy/whats_up_at_ninja_kiwi_4th_june_2021/?mobile=0&rdt=55507 "What's Up At Ninja Kiwi? - 4th June, 2021"]. ''Reddit''. Retrieved Tue, 18 Mar 2025.</ref> with them later confirming they had "moved away from" the tower concept.<ref>[https://www.reddit.com/r/NinjaKiwiOfficial/comments/u39p90/whats_up_at_ninja_kiwi_14th_april_2022/ "What's Up At Ninja Kiwi? - 14th April, 2022"]. ''Reddit''. Retrieved Tue, 20 May 2025.</ref>
+Since initial releases of the game, the Monkey Academy has survived in the files through text descriptions of its upgrades. It is not completely clear why the Monkey Academy went unused, and when asked for comment, Ninja Kiwi stated it was "part of the original design, but [...] not part of our current thinking",<ref>[https://www.reddit.com/r/NinjaKiwiOfficial/comments/nrwuqy/whats_up_at_ninja_kiwi_4th_june_2021/?mobile=0&rdt=55507 "What's Up At Ninja Kiwi? - 4th June, 2021"]. ''Reddit''. Retrieved Tue, 18 Mar 2025.</ref> with them later confirming they had "moved away from" the tower concept<ref>[https://www.reddit.com/r/NinjaKiwiOfficial/comments/u39p90/whats_up_at_ninja_kiwi_14th_april_2022/ "What's Up At Ninja Kiwi? - 14th April, 2022"]. ''Reddit''. Retrieved Tue, 20 May 2025.</ref> and indicating it was scrapped at least partially due to its gameplay design being hard to balance.<ref>[https://www.reddit.com/r/NinjaKiwiOfficial/comments/1o2kxoc/whats_up_at_ninja_kiwi_10th_of_october_2025_blog/ "What's Up At Ninja Kiwi - 10th of October 2025 Blog"]. ''Reddit''. Retrieved Mon, 24 Nov 2025.</ref>
-It is still unknown what the base tower was intended to look like, but the portrait for the Private Tuition upgrade surfaced in the files during [[Bloons TD 6 v36.0|version 36.0]]. It is again unclear why it was added.
+It is still unknown what the base tower was intended to look like, but the portrait for the Private Tuition upgrade surfaced in the files during [[Update history:Bloons TD 6/Version 36.0|version 36.0]]. It is again not clear why it was added.
 There also existed two scrapped [[Monkey Knowledge (BTD6)|Monkey Knowledge]] upgrades specifically for this tower: Elite Tutors, which would have granted 15 more Hero XP every round, and Long Graduate, where the [[sub-tower]] spawned by the Academy Graduate ability would have lasted longer.
-Notably, two upgrades for the [[Mermonkey (BTD6)|Mermonkey]] would have similarities to upgrades for the Monkey Academy. [[Echosense Network]] has a similar stacking range buff to Academic Network, while [[The Final Harmonic]] passively buffs Heroes' ability cooldowns and range, similar to the Heroic Presence and Heroic Academy upgrades.
+Notably, two upgrades for the [[Mermonkey (BTD6)|Mermonkey]] would have similarities to upgrades for the Monkey Academy. [[Echosense Network]] has a similar stacking range buff to Academic Network, while [[The Final Harmonic]] passively buffs Heroes' ability cooldowns and range, similar to the Heroic Presence and Heroic Academy upgrades. Ninja Kiwi staff member Rohan Sharpe-Anforth would confirm the similarities were intentional through the Ninja Kiwi Discord, stating that some parts were salvaged from the Academy to make the Mermonkey.<ref>{{Cite|quote=But yea Mermonkey is Academy, as much as we wanted to save from it|author=Rohan Ninja Kiwi|url=https://discord.com/channels/187363008610041857/1339233070859157545/1341151314939220038|title=Ninja Kiwi Discord|publisher=Discord|retrieved=June 30 2025|date=February 17 2025}}</ref> Additionally, the ability to deploy multiple of the same Hero on one map would be reused in [[Frontier Legends|''Frontier Legends'']], albeit via Hero alts recruited at the Saloon.
-== Gallery ==
-{{Empty|needs the resurfaced 001 upgrade portrait, if available}}
 == References ==
-[[Category:Towers in BTD6]]
 [[Category:Unused content]]

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