Camo detection

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Camo detection is a mechanic in the Bloons TD series and Bloons Pop!, first appearing in Bloons TD 4. In the Bloons TD series, it is a property of an attack that determines whether or not it can target and/or hit Camo Bloons. In Bloons Pop!, it determines whether or not Camo Bloons are always visible to a Monkey while in play.

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Camo detection determines whether or not an attack can target Camo Bloons. If an attack lacks Camo detection and requires a target in order to fire, it will not aim and/or shoot at Camo Bloons within its targeting range. While towers that possess Camo detection are usually also capable of dealing damage to Camo Bloons, the ability to target Camo Bloons with an attack and the ability for their projectiles to hit Camo Bloons are separate properties. It is possible for a tower to have one but not the other.

• Some attacks can hit Camo Bloons without having Camo detection. For example, in Bloons TD 6 and Bloons TD Battles 2, the Spike Factory's spikes can hit Camo Bloons, but the attack that launches its spikes is not treated as having Camo detection. This means Monkey Subs with Advanced Intel can't target Camo Bloons in its radius, and Gerry's Fire in BTD6 can't target or hit Camo Bloons if used on it. In Bloons TD 4, all attacks that lack Camo detection behave this way.
• Some attacks may target Camo Bloons but be unable to hit them with their projectiles. Unlike the former case, this seems to be considered unintended behavior. For example, in version 22.0 of BTD6, Dartling Gunners possessed Camo detection and allowed Monkey Subs with Advanced Intel to target Camo Bloons inside their small display range, even though the Dartling Gunner's projectiles could not hit Camo without Advanced Targeting, which was "fixed" in version 23.0 by removing its Camo detection. This behavior can still be seen in the Projectile-Go-Round Quest in BTD6, where attacks that possess Camo detection can fire projectiles from towers that cannot hit Camo Bloons; these attacks do not allow these projectiles to hit Camo Bloons.

List of towers with Camo detection

Bloons TD 4

All attacks in this game can hit Camo Bloons. This only lists towers that can target Camo Bloons without a Camo detection buff. The Monkey Ace, Mortar Tower, Dartling Gun, and Spike Factory are not listed because their attacks do not target Bloons, even though they can still hit Camo Bloons.

Towers with Camo detection

Tower	Notes
Monkey Buccaneer	Requires Crow's Nest
Monkey Apprentice	Requires Crystal Ball
Monkey Beacon	Requires Monkey Storm

Towers that grant Camo detection buffs

Tower	Notes
Monkey Buccaneer	Requires Crow's Nest
Monkey Ace	Requires Spy Plane
Monkey Beacon	Requires Sonar Beacon

Bloons TD 5

Towers and Special Agents with Camo detection

Tower	Upgrades	Notes
Dart Monkey	Requires  Enhanced Eyesight	~
Sniper Monkey	Requires  Night Vision Goggles	~
Boomerang Thrower	Requires  Glaive Lord	~
Ninja Monkey	No upgrades needed	~
Ice Tower	No upgrades needed	Requires a Level 4 Ice Fortress. Will also decamo all Frozen Bloons
Monkey Buccaneer	Requires  Crows Nest	Alternatively, a Level 3 Pirate Cove allows the Monkey Buccaneer to not require any upgrades to see Camo Bloons
Monkey Ace	Requires  Spy Plane	~
Super Monkey	Requires  Temple Of The Monkey God	Alternatively, a Level 3 Super Monkey Lair allows the Super Monkey to not require any upgrades to see Camo Bloons
Monkey Apprentice	Requires  Monkey Sense	~
Monkey Village	Requires  Radar Scanner	~
Mortar Tower	Requires  Signal Flare	Will also decamo any Bloons hit
Dartling Gun	No upgrades needed	~
Spike Factory	No upgrades needed	~
Heli Pilot	Requires  Enhanced IFR Instruments	~
Angry Squirrel	No upgrades needed	For Normal, must leak a Bloon to see Camo Bloons. For Pro, either must leak a Bloon to see Camo Bloons or have attacked 50 times.
Meerkat Spy	No upgrades needed	~
Ninja Kiwi	No upgrades needed	~

Towers and Special Agents that can hit Camo Bloons but don't have Camo detection

Tower	Upgrades	Notes
Bomb Tower	Requires  MOAB Assassin	Only MOAB Assassin ability
Ice Tower	Requires  Absolute Zero	Only Absolute Zero ability
Glue Gunner	Requires  Glue Striker	Only Glue Striker ability
Super Monkey	Requires  Technological Terror	Only Technological Terror ability
Monkey Engineer	Requires  Cleansing Foam	Only the Foam. Will also Decamo
Bloonchipper	Requires  Supa-Vac	Only the Supa-Vac ability
Monkey Sub	Requires  Advanced Intel	Can only target Camo Bloons in the range of other tower with detection
	Requires  First Strike Capability	Only First Strike Ability
	Can remove Camo with  Submerge and Support
Bloonberry Bush		~
Super Monkey Storm		~
Bloonsday Device		~

Towers and objects that grant Camo detection to other towers

Tower	Upgrades	Target
Monkey Buccaneer	Requires  Crows Nest	Also requires a Level 3 Pirate Cove. Towers in range
Monkey Village	Requires  Radar Scanner	Towers in range
Meerkat Spy		Towers in range

Bloons TD Battles

Flash version of Bloons TD Battles

Towers with Camo detection

Tower	Upgrades	Notes
Dart Monkey	Requires  Enhanced Eyesight	~
Sniper Monkey	Requires  Night Vision Goggles	~
Boomerang Thrower	Requires  Glaive Lord	~
Ninja Monkey	No upgrades needed	~
Monkey Buccaneer	Requires  Crows Nest
Monkey Ace	Requires  Spy Plane	~
Super Monkey	Requires  Temple Of The Monkey God
Monkey Apprentice	Requires  Monkey Sense	~
Monkey Village	Requires  Radar Scanner	~
Mortar Tower	Requires  Signal Flare	Will also decamo any Bloons hit
Dartling Gun	No upgrades needed	~
Spike Factory	No upgrades needed	~

Towers that can hit Camo Bloons but don't have Camo detection

Tower	Upgrades	Notes
Bomb Tower	Requires  MOAB Assassin	Only MOAB Assassin ability
Ice Tower	Requires  Absolute Zero	Only Absolute Zero ability
Glue Gunner	Requires  Glue Striker	Only Glue Striker ability

Towers and objects that grant Camo detection to other towers

Tower	Upgrades	Target
Monkey Village	Requires  Radar Scanner	Towers in range

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Bloons Monkey City

Towers and Special Items with Camo detection

Tower	Upgrades	Notes
Dart Monkey	Requires  Enhanced Eyesight	~
Sniper Monkey	Requires  Night Vision Goggles	~
Boomerang Thrower	Requires  Glaive Lord	~
Ninja Monkey	No upgrades needed	~
Monkey Buccaneer	Requires  Crows Nest	~
Monkey Ace	Requires  Spy Plane	~
Super Monkey	Requires  Temple Of The Monkey God	~
Monkey Apprentice	Requires  Monkey Sense	~
Monkey Village	Requires  Radar Scanner	~
Mortar Monkey	Requires  Signal Flare	Will also decamo any Bloons hit
Dartling Gun	No upgrades needed	~
Spike Factory	No upgrades needed	~
Heli Pilot	Requires  Enhanced IFR Instruments	~
Monkey Engineer	Requires  Sentry Gun	Only the sentries. Also requires Level 3 Monkey Engineer Monkey Knowledge
Golden Egg Scrambler	Requires Golden Egg Scrambler Special Item	First Camo Bloon that leaks.

Towers and Special Items that can hit Camo Bloons but don't have Camo detection

Tower	Upgrades	Notes
Bomb Shooter	Requires  MOAB Assassin	Only MOAB Assassin ability
Ice Monkey	Requires  Absolute Zero	Only Absolute Zero ability
Glue Gunner	Requires  Glue Striker	Only Glue Striker ability
Super Monkey	Requires  Technological Terror	Only Technological Terror ability
Monkey Engineer	Requires  Cleansing Foam	Only the Foam. Will also Decamo
Bloonchipper	Requires  Supa-Vac	Only the Supa-Vac ability
Monkey Sub	Requires  Advanced Intel	Can only target Camo Bloons in the range of other tower with detection
	Requires  First Strike Capability	Only First Strike Ability
	Requires  Submerge and Support	Will decamo any Bloons hit
Anti Camo Dust	Requires Anti Camo Dust Special Item	Will decamo all Bloons on screen

Towers and objects that grant Camo detection to other towers

Tower	Upgrades	Target
Monkey Village	Requires  Radar Scanner	Towers in range

Bloons TD 6

Towers and Powers with Camo detection

Tower	Upgrades
Dart Monkey	Requires  Enhanced Eyesight
Boomerang Monkey	Requires  Glaive Dominus
	Requires  Turbo Charge. Only while the  Bionic Augmentation Monkey Knowledge is enabled and the Turbo Charge or  Perma Charge ability is active
Ice Monkey	Requires  Cold Snap
	Can remove Camo with  Ice Shards
Desperado	Requires  Eagle Eye
Sniper Monkey	Requires  Night Vision Goggles
Monkey Buccaneer	Requires  Crow's Nest
Monkey Ace	Requires  Spy Plane
Heli Pilot	Requires  IFR
Mortar Monkey	Requires and can remove Camo with  Signal Flare
Dartling Gunner	Requires  Advanced Targeting
Wizard Monkey	Requires  Monkey Sense
	Can remove Camo with  Shimmer
Super Monkey	Requires  Ultravision
Ninja Monkey	No upgrade required
	Can remove Camo with  Counter-Espionage
Druid	Requires  Monarch of Storms
Mermonkey	Requires  Echosense Precision
Monkey Village	Requires  Radar Scanner
Engineer Monkey	Requires  Master Builder
Beast Handler	Requires  Horned Owl
Transformed Monkey	Only if the original tower has Camo detection, except Ninjas
Quincy	Requires Level 5+
Captain Churchill	Requires Level 6+
Ezili	Any Level. Can remove Camo from non-blimps with Level 7+, but needs Level 16+ to remove DDT Camo.
Etienne	Requires Level 5+
Sauda	Any Level
Admiral Brickell	Requires Level 7+
Psi	Any Level
Geraldo	Only Genie Bottle
Corvus	Only while casting Vision, will also remove Camo
Silas	Any Level
Battle Cat!	Only after transforming, will also remove Camo

Towers and Powers that can hit Camo Bloons but don't have Camo detection

Tower	Upgrades	Notes
Boomerang Monkey	Requires  Glaive Lord	Only Orbital Glaives attack
Bomb Shooter	Requires  Bomb Blitz	Only Bomb Storm ability
Ice Monkey	Requires  Snowstorm	Only Snowstorm ability
Glue Gunner	Requires  Glue Strike	Only Glue Strike ability
Monkey Sub	Requires  Advanced Intel	Can only target Camo Bloons in the range of other tower with detection
	Requires  First Strike Capability	Only First Strike Ability and Pre-emptive missile
	Can remove Camo with  Submerge and Support
Mortar Monkey	Requires  Pop and Awe	Only Pop and Awe ability
Wizard Monkey	Can remove Camo with  Archmage
Super Monkey	Requires  Tech Terror	Only Annihilation ability
Druid	Requires  Spirit of the Forest	Only with the thorns on the track
Spike Factory	No upgrade required
Monkey Village	Requires  Primary Expertise
Engineer Monkey	Can remove Camo with  Cleansing Foam
Beast Handler	Requires  Tyrannosaurus Rex	Only Stomp ability
Gwendolin	Level 3+	Only Cocktail of Fire and Firestorm abilities
Obyn Greenfoot	Level 3+	Only Brambles and Wall of Trees abilities
Benjamin	Level 18+
Geraldo	Level 1+	Stack of Old Nails,Tube of Amaz-o-Glue and Pet Rabbit items. Bottle of 'Gerry's Fire' Hot Sauce only works if the selected tower has Camo detection
Sword of Protection
Super Monkey Storm
Road Spikes
Glue Trap
Camo Trap		Will remove Camo
MOAB Mine
Super Monkey Beacon		Only Beacon Storm ability
Myrkul (Encrypted map)		Both Aura and Hooks
Dungeon Statue (Dark Dungeons map)

Environmental objects with Camo detection

Map	Object(s)	Notes
Lotus Island	Lotus petals	Does not damage Camo, only stuns them
Scrapyard	Compressor	Does not target MOAB-class
Dark Dungeons	Spike traps

Towers and objects that grant Camo detection to other towers

Tower	Upgrades	Target
Desperado	Requires  Deadeye	Selected Tower with the Take Aim ability
Ninja Monkey	Requires  Ascended Shadow	All Towers in the map, including Paragons
Monkey Village	Requires  Radar Scanner	Towers in range
Obyn Greenfoot	Requires Level 8+	Druids in range
Ezili	Requires Level 7+	Towers in the range of the Sacrificial Totem
Admiral Brickell	Requires Level 8+	Towers placed on water in her range during the duration of the Naval Tactics ability, at Level 19+ becomes global for all aquatic Towers
Etienne	Requires Level 8+	All Towers in the map
Geraldo	Requires Level 3+	Selected Tower with See Invisibility Potion, can target himself
Polyphemus (Map)		Towers placed in the eye-shaped pool
Essence Of Phayze (Artifact)		Tier 4 or higher Towers and Level 15+ Heroes
General's Disposition (Artifact)		Towers placed in the range of a Hero
One Monkey Army (Artifact)		Heroes
Perceptive Crow		Towers placed in the range of a Monkey Buccaneer with the Crow's Nest upgrade

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Detect
Can target Camo Bloons normally Applies to Monkeys Introduced Version 6.0

Detect is an effect keyword that allows Monkeys to target Camo Bloons with their attacks even if the opponent controls non-Camo Bloons. All Ninja-type Monkeys have Detect. Additionally, Radar Scanner Village grants Detect to adjacent Monkeys.

In other languages

Language	Text	Notes
Danish	Opdag	—
German	Aufdecken	—
Spanish (Latin America)	Detectar	—
French	Détecter	—
Italian	Rileva	—
Japanese	検出	—
Korean	탐지	—
Norwegian	Oppdag	—
Polish	Wykryj	—
Portuguese (Brazil)	Detectar	—
Russian	Обнаружение	—
Swedish	Upptäck	—
Chinese (traditional)	偵測	—