Semi-Automatic (BTD6)

For other uses, see Semi-Automatic (disambiguation).

Semi-Automatic

	Attacks 3x as fast!

Tower		Path	Tier
Sniper Monkey		3	3

XP cost	2,750
Cash cost	$2,295 — Easy $2,700 — Medium $2,915 — Hard $3,240 — Impoppable

← Even Faster Firing

Full Auto Rifle →

Semi-Automatic is the Sniper Monkey's path 3 tier 3 upgrade in Bloons TD 6. It reduces the Sniper Monkey's attack cooldown by ~66.67%, effectively tripling its attack speed. With this upgrade, Sniper Monkey shoots ~6.12× faster than if it had no upgrades.

Stats

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

This data was last updated for: version 55.1

Tower
Display range 20 units Footprint radius 6 units Targeting options First Last Close Strong

Attack
Cooldown 0.2597s Offset (X, Y, Z) -1.62, 16.75, 11 Targeting Depends on targeting option Targeting range ∞ units Filters Cannot target Camo
Projectile Pierce 5 Damage 2 Damage type Sharp Lifespan 0.1s Radius 0 units Filters Cannot hit Camo Can only hit the target

1-0-3

Attack
Offset (X, Y, Z) -1.62, 16.75, 11 ↓ -1.62, 16.01, 11
Projectile Damage 2 → 4 Damage type Sharp → Normal

2-0-3

Attack
Projectile Damage 4 → 7

0-1-3

Attack
Offset (X, Y, Z) -1.62, 16.75, 11 ↓ -1.62, 17.63, 11 Filters Can now target Camo
Projectile Damage to Camo +2 Filters Can now hit Camo

0-2-3

Attack
Shrapnel Count 5 Angle 45° Pierce 2 Damage 1 Damage to Camo +2 Damage type Sharp Speed 160 units/s Lifespan 0.2s Radius 0.2 units

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
0-0-3	$3,355	$3,950	$4,265	$4,740	$2,349	$2,765	$2,986	$3,318
1-0-3	$3,650	$4,300	$4,645	$5,160	$2,555	$3,010	$3,252	$3,612
2-0-3	$4,755	$5,600	$6,050	$6,720	$3,329	$3,920	$4,235	$4,704
0-1-3	$3,565	$4,200	$4,535	$5,040	$2,496	$2,940	$3,175	$3,528
0-2-3	$3,945	$4,650	$5,020	$5,580	$2,762	$3,255	$3,514	$3,906

Strategy

Semi-Automatic's two crosspaths serve very different roles. Both crosspaths are concentrated versions of lower-tier Snipers, with its much higher attack speed significantly improving reliability. 0-2-3 is geared towards popping groups of bloons, provided it faces against them, while 2-0-3 offers accurate single-target damage.

0-2-3 is a decent tower for the early mid-game, dealing good and well-rounded damage on maps where it can be placed to shoot Bloons while they travel toward it (such as Infernal). However, it falls apart on maps where such placements are not available, such as Bloody Puddles and #Ouch. The 0-2-3 Semi-Automatic pairs very well with a 3-2-0 Berserker Brew, which grants much-needed damage, pierce, and attack speed.

The 2-0-3 Semi-Automatic is tailored towards mid-game MOABs. However, it struggles against groups of MOABs, making it not optimal for this purpose. While the 2-0-3 Semi-Automatic can be used against early-game Lead Bloons and Zebra Bloons, it is too expensive and struggles immensely to Round 36.

Update history

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

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Version 20.0

“

This tower felt like it’s strength too heavily required the xx2 upgrade, and that this harmed crosspath choices. So we increased the base attack rate while nerfing the increase from these upgrades. This is a slight overall buff — Update notes

”

•  Fire rate increased ― 0.26s → 0.2597s

Version 28.0

0-2-3

•  Shrapnel: Pierce reduced ― 3 → 2 (undocumented)

Version 34.0

“

All paths of the Sniper Monkey are really starting to show strong use in different cases, and we’re quite happy with this, although bottom path feels like it relies a little too heavily on the top-end upgrades for such an overall cheap path, we are shifting a small amount of price out from the T3 into the T5 — Update notes

”

•  Upgrade cost reduced ― $3,500 → $3,000

Version 41.0

“

Sniper Monkey has some very powerful upgrades but also many poor stepping stones. We felt this tower needed a big price shuffle all around, pushing down the cost of many underwhelming upgrades but returning this back into stronger upgrades. — Update notes

”

•  Upgrade cost reduced ― $3,000 → $2,900
  •  Overall cost is unchanged (due to cost changes for previous tiers)

Version 50.0

•  Upgrade cost reduced ― $2,900 → $2,700

Gallery

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

Screenshots

• 
  Semi-Automatic with no crosspath
• 
  Semi-Automatic with 013 crosspath
• 
  Semi-Automatic with 023 crosspath
• 
  Semi-Automatic with 103 crosspath
• 
  Semi-Automatic with 203 crosspath

Assets

• 
  Portrait
• 
  Upgrade icon
• 
  Insta Monkey icon

Trivia

• Internally, this upgrade also increases the pierce of the main attack from 1 to 5, but it has no effect because the bullet ignores all Bloons except the target.
• Its portrait has a similar pose to the BTD5 Night Vision Goggles.

In other languages

Language	Name / Description	Notes
Arabic	نصف - آلي هجمات مضاعفة ×3 بأسرع ما يمكن!	—
Danish	Semiautomatisk Angriber 3x så hurtigt!	—
German	Semi-Automatisch Greift 3-mal so schnell an!	—
Spanish	Semiautomática ¡Ataca el triple de rápido!	—
Spanish (LA)	Semiautomática ¡Ataca el triple de rápido!	—
Finnish	Puoliautomaattinen Hyökkää 3x nopeammin!	—
French	Semi-automatique Attaque 3 fois plus vite !	—
Italian	Semiautomatico Attacca 3 volte più rapidamente.	—
Japanese	セミオートマチック 三倍速攻撃！	—
Korean	반자동 공격 속도가 3배 증가합니다!	—
Dutch	Halfautomatisch Valt 3 x sneller aan!	—
Norwegian	Halv-automatisk Angriper 3x så fort!	—
Polish	Półautomat Atakuje 3x szybciej!	—
Portuguese (Brazil)	Semiautomática Ataca 3x mais rápido!	—
Russian	Полуавтомат Атакует втрое быстрее!	—
Swedish	Halvautomatisk Attackerar 3 gånger så snabbt!	—
Thai	เซมิออโต้ โจมตีเร็วขึ้นเป็น 3 เท่า!	—
Turkish	Yarı Otomatik 3 kat hızlı saldırır!	—
Chinese (simplified)	半自动 3倍速度攻击！	—
Chinese (traditional)	半自動 攻擊速度3x！	—
This list was last updated for: version 43.1