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Monkeyopolis stands out in Boss Events due to its combination of money production, discounts, and bonuses to other income sources. Its main use case is in early game, as a "Miniopolis" bought during early Round 30's or after the Tier 1 Boss to boost the income of other income-producing towers as well as producing income at the same time. With the Monkeyopolis, the player may continue to buy cheaper Farms that produce extra income, in addition to using the increased cash-per-pop, especially from a [[Bloon Trap (BTD6)|Bloon Trap]] setup.

There are two types of Miniopolis: the basic Miniopolis, and the IMFopolis. Fundamentally, they both involve only one Farm sacrificed, but the setup is distinct. The basic Miniopolis sacrifices one unupgraded Farm and is easy to execute, while the IMFopolis makes use of [[IMF Loan (BTD6)|IMF Loan]]'s {{BTD6 mk|Bank Deposits}} and its loan ability to build into a stronger early game Monkeyopolis.

To execute the basic Miniopolis strategy with the most saving, do the following on a map with enough space for two or four Villages and a nearby Farm:

# Buy two or four 0-0-2 Villages near each other, buying one 0-0-2 at a time  

#* Use two Villages if planning to sell the Miniopolis again after up to 10 rounds, or four Villages if planning to keep the Miniopolis for longer<!-- Third and fourth village both save 200 on Miniopolis, which turns into -400 deficit when sold. The third village can discount the farm, but the fourth village is cheaper, so the two are about equal in deficit. It takes around 10 rounds for Marketplace farming near Monkeyopolis to triple that initial 200 savings and get rid of the later deficit. -->

# Place a Farm within range of as many Villages as possible

# Sell the other 0-0-2 Villages if needed, keeping one is useful if there is space nearby to place double-discounted farms later<!-- Second discount is more valuable than putting its sell cost into Marketplaces starting on round 34 all the way through 39, along with the 40s and 50s. This does depend on putting more income in range of both discounts, though, but the village also boosts Monkeyopolis range. -->

# While the Monkey Bank is collecting cash, buy 2-0-0 [[Greater Production (BTD6)|Greater Production]] Farms until 8 rounds pass from the initial Bank purchase

# Aim to keep depositing income into the IMF until reaching ~8,300. This will earn an extra 3,000 cash compared to not depositing

# After 3 rounds the IMF Loan ability should be ready to use and IMF Loan should have 12,000+ cash stored; withdraw that cash now

# Buy two or four 0-0-2 Villages near each other and buy Monkey Town. Make sure the village that becomes the Monkeyopolis is in range to sacrifice the IMF Loan.  

# Sell the other 0-0-2 Villages if needed, keeping one is useful if there is space nearby to place double-discounted farms later

The IMFopolis strategy is harder to pull off, but is able to add 1400 to the per-round income of the Miniopolis in return for having to pay off the loan. The IMF Loan is typically very weak without having money deposited while a loan is already active, but sacrificing it to the Monkeyopolis allows for full conversion of its price as opposed to selling it.

 

Later on, with the Monkey City buff and late game discount and farming options, Monkeyopolis loses cost efficiency compared to other options. However, a large "Mega-opolis" can still consolidate many farms into one tower, and requires no micro once set up compared to buffing [[Banana Research Facility (BTD6)|BRFs]] with [[Overclock (BTD6)|Overclock]]. Sacrifice 4-2-0 Farms for the highest value per Farm, and use range buffs such as [[Bounty Hunter]]'s Take Aim, the Village buff, and Overclock to sacrifice as many farms as possible. Buff it with a [[Monkey City (BTD6)|Monkey City]] after upgrading. Generally this Monkeyopolis is used either for competitive ranked Boss clears or as an alternative to spamming Overclock.