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==''Bloons TD 5''==
==''Bloons TD 5''==
Activated Abilities were formally introduced in BTD5, and are obtained by upgrading towers to their path 2 tier 4 upgrade, with the exception of the [[Banana Farm (BTD5)|Banana Farm]]. Certain [[Special Agent|Special Agents]] can also have an ability.
Activated Abilities were formally introduced in BTD5, and are obtained by upgrading towers to their path 2 tier 4 upgrade, with the exception of the [[Banana Farm (BTD5)|Banana Farm]]. Certain [[Special Agent|Special Agents]] can also have an ability, and certain [[Specialty Building]]s allow all towers of a specific type to share an ability.


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Revision as of 02:50, 8 December 2025

Icons of many Activated Abilities on Bloons TD 6, abilities that are not currently available are shown in a darker color and with an orange circle that indicates remaining cooldown.

Activated Abilities are a game mechanic introduced in Bloons TD 5. These are special attacks or powerful effects that certain towers can perform after obtaining a certain upgrade and must be activated manually. After being used, the abilities go into a period of time where they cannot be used again known as ability cooldown (to differentiate it from attack cooldown), and once this time expires, the ability can be used again.

Mechanics

In most Bloons TD games where they appear, Activated Abilities share a common set of mechanics with very few exceptions, for particulars on a specific game check their corresponding section below.

  • All tower types have at least one Activated Ability, but is usually restricted to a specific upgrade, for example in games from the BTD5 generation, they are obtained from a path 2, tier 4 upgrade, meanwhile Heroes in the BTD6 generation gain an ability at Levels 3 and 10.
  • After purchasing the upgrade, the game will show an icon on the screen with an image corresponding to the ability, and to activate it, the player must click on the icon.
  • If the player has multiples of a tower which has an ability, each individual tower will be able to perform it independently from the rest, and the icon on the screen will show a number indicating the amount of uses that the player has available across all towers on the map.
  • After using an ability, the tower it belonged to will start a timer where it cannot be used again, this is known as an ability cooldown and its duration might be different for each individual ability. In the user interface, the icon will change slightly to indicate that it is not available and present some sort of graphic to indicate the remaining time until it is recharged.
  • When the upgrade is purchased, the ability may be instantly available or start in cooldown, for game balance reasons. Additionally, some abilities may or may not be activated during breaks between rounds.
  • Certain towers or game mechanics can provide buffs to decrease the amount of time needed to recharge an ability, but these are independent from the usual attack speed buffs. Most of these buffs are percentage-based.

Bloons TD 3 and Bloons TD 4

Although abilities were not formally introduced until the fifth entry of the series, a precursor of this mechanic is found in Bloons Tower Defense 3 by upgrading a Monkey Beacon into a Monkey Storm Beacon, and later in Bloons TD 4 by upgrading a Monkey Beacon into a Monkey Storm, which allows it to call a Super Monkey Storm on command by paying some cash.

Bloons TD 5

Activated Abilities were formally introduced in BTD5, and are obtained by upgrading towers to their path 2 tier 4 upgrade, with the exception of the Banana Farm. Certain Special Agents can also have an ability, and certain Specialty Buildings allow all towers of a specific type to share an ability.

Activated Abilities in Bloons TD 5
Tower Upgrade Description
Bloonchipper
Supa-Vac
Huge burst of suction power brings all nearby non-MOAB class bloons towards it and holds them there until they are sucked into the tower. Lasts 8 seconds.Huge burst of suction power brings all nearby non-MOAB class bloons towards it and holds them there until they are sucked into the tower. Lasts 8 seconds.
Bomb Tower
MOAB Assassin
Ability: deadly missile seeks the nearest MOAB and destroys it.MOAB Assassin Ability: super deadly missile seeks the nearest MOAB-class bloon and destroys it instantly. Does 1000 damage to ZOMG bloons instead of destroying them.
Boomerang Thrower
Turbo Charge
Ability: attacks incredibly fast for 10 seconds.Turbo Charge Ability: increase attack speed to hypersonic for 10 seconds.
Dart Monkey
Super Monkey Fan Club
Ability: up to 10 nearby dart monkeys go Super for 10 seconds.Super Monkey Fan Club Ability: Converts up to 10 nearby dart monkeys into Super Monkeys for 15 seconds
Dartling Gun
Bloon Area Denial System
Ability: shoots missiles toward the nearest 100 bloons on screen.The BADS covers a wide area with each shot. Enables the Rocket Storm Ability: Rocket Storm shoots out a missile towards the nearest 100 bloons on screen. Ouch.
Glue Gunner
Glue Striker
Ability: glues everything on the screen temporarily.Glue Strike Ability: glues all bloons on the screen.
Heli Pilot
Support Chinook
Abilities: drops med and cash crates, or can pick up and reposition most towers.
Ice Tower
Absolute Zero
Ability: freezes all bloons on screen temporarily.Absolute Zero Ability: freezes the entire screen of bloons for 4 seconds. Does not affect MOAB-class bloons.
Monkey Ace
Ground Zero
Ability: drops a devastating bomb that destroys all bloons and damages MOAB class.Drops a single devastating bomb that destroys all bloons on screen and heavily damages MOAB-class bloons.
Monkey Apprentice
Summon Phoenix
Ability: super powerful phoenix wreaks bloon havoc for 20 seconds.Summon Phoenix Ability: Creates a super powerful flying phoenix that flies around wreaking bloon havoc for 20 seconds.
Monkey Buccaneer
Monkey Pirates
Ability: grapples the nearest MOAB and brings it down.MOAB Takedown Ability: takes hold of the nearest MOAB-class bloon with a grappling hook and brings it down. ZOMG bloons are immune to this.
Monkey Engineer
Overclock
Ability: target tower becomes super powered for 60 seconds.Activated Ability: Overclock - target tower becomes super powered for 60 seconds.
Monkey Sub
First Strike Capability
Ability: a devastating missile strike on the largest bloon on screen. Destroys up to a ZOMG bloon in one go, or many lesser bloons.Activated Ability: First Strike Capability - a devastating missile strike on the largest bloon on screen destroys up to a ZOMG bloon in one go, or many lesser bloons. 60 second cooldown.
Monkey Village
MIB Call To Arms
Ability: increases attack speed, pierce, and range for towers in radius for 10 secondsCall to Arms Ability: Doubles the attack speed and popping power of all nearby towers for 10 seconds.
Mortar Tower
Artillery Battery
Ability: immobilizes and bombards the entire screen for 5 seconds.Shoots mortar shells 3x as fast. Pop And Awe Ability: bombards the screen for 5 seconds, popping every bloon 1 time per second, and immobilizes all bloons during that time. Does not affect MOAB-class bloons.
Ninja Monkey
Sabotage Supply Lines
Ability: Lasts for 15 seconds. During the sabotage, all new bloons are crippled to half speed.Sabotage Supply Lines Ability: Sabotage the bloons supply lines for 15 seconds. During the sabotage, all recently created and new bloons are crippled to half speed.
Sniper Monkey
Supply Drop
Ability: drops a crate full of cash.Supply Drop Ability: drops a crate full of cash.
Spike Factory
Spike Storm
Ability: Lays down a thick carpet of Spikes over the whole track.Lays down a thick carpet of spikes over the whole track.
Super Monkey
Technological Terror
Ability: destroys all bloons within short radius of tower - completely and utterly.Be proud of this Technological Terror you've constructed. Bloon Annihilation Ability: Destroys all bloons within short radius of tower, completely, and utterly. Does 1000 damage to MOAB-class bloons.
Tack Shooter
Blade Maelstrom
Ability: covers the area in a storm of blades.Blade Maelstrom Ability: covers the area in an unstoppable storm of blades.

Bloons TD Battles

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Bloons Monkey City

Activated Abilities re-appear with the same towers and upgrades as Bloons TD 5. On the Flash version of Bloons Monkey City, there also exists 2 additional abilities from Special Items, the Cuddly Bear and Anti Camo Dust, and more abilities from Special Missions like the Sticky Sap Plant and Shipwreck.

Note that on the Flash version, the Supply Drop ability is put on it's full cooldown after purchasing it, and on the desktop releases of the mobile version, there are no longer any hotkeys to activate abilities.

Activated Abilities in Bloons Monkey City
Tower Upgrade Description
Bloonchipper
Supa-Vac
Supa-vac pulls nearby bloons in then holds them near the tower for 8 seconds.
Bomb Shooter
MOAB Assassin
Ability: deadly missile seeks the nearest MOAB and destroys it.MOAB Assassin Ability: super deadly missile seeks the nearest MOAB-class bloon and destroys it instantly. Does 1000 damage to ZOMG bloons instead of destroying them.
Boomerang Thrower
Turbo Charge
Ability: attacks incredibly fast for 10 seconds.Turbo Charge Ability: increase attack speed to hypersonic for 10 seconds.
Dart Monkey
Super Monkey Fan Club
Ability: up to 10 nearby dart monkeys go Super for 10 seconds.Super Monkey Fan Club Ability: Converts up to 10 nearby dart monkeys into Super Monkeys for 15 seconds
Dartling Gun
Bloon Area Denial System
Ability: shoots missiles toward the nearest 100 bloons on screen.The BADS covers a wide area with each shot. Enables the Rocket Storm Ability: Rocket Storm shoots out a missile towards the nearest 100 bloons on screen. Ouch.
Glue Gunner
Glue Striker
Ability: glues everything on the screen temporarily.Glue Strike Ability: glues all bloons on the screen.
Heli Pilot
Support Chinook
Abilities: drops med and cash crates, or can pick up and reposition most monkeys.
Ice Monkey
Absolute Zero
Ability: freezes all bloons on screen temporarily.Absolute Zero Ability: freezes the entire screen of bloons for 4 seconds. Does not affect MOAB-class bloons.
Monkey Ace
Ground Zero
Ability: drops a devastating bomb that destroys all bloons and damages MOAB class.Ground Zero Ability: drops a single devastating bomb that destroys all bloons on screen except MOAB-class bloons.
Monkey Apprentice
Summon Phoenix
Ability: super powerful phoenix wreaks bloon havoc for 20 seconds.Summon Phoenix Ability: Creates a super powerful flying phoenix that flies around wreaking bloon havoc for 25 seconds.
Monkey Buccaneer
Monkey Pirates
Ability: grapples the nearest MOAB and brings it down.MOAB Takedown Ability: takes hold of the nearest MOAB-class bloon with a grappling hook and brings it down. ZOMG bloons are immune to this.
Monkey Engineer
Overclock
Ability: target monkey becomes super powered for 60 seconds.Activated Ability: Overclock - target tower becomes super powered for 60 seconds.
Monkey Sub
First Strike Capability
Missile Strike on largest bloon. Destroys up to a ZOMG in one go.
Monkey Village
MIB Call To Arms
Ability: Doubles the attack speed and pierce for monkeys in radius for 10 secondsCall to Arms Ability: Doubles the attack speed and popping power of all nearby towers for 10 seconds.
Mortar Monkey
Artillery Battery
Ability: immobilizes and bombards the entire screen for 5 seconds.Shoots mortar shells 3x as fast. Pop And Awe Ability: bombards the screen for 5 seconds, popping every bloon 1 time per second, and immobilizes all bloons during that time. Does not affect MOAB-class bloons.
Ninja Monkey
Sabotage Supply Lines
Ability: Lasts for 15 seconds. During the sabotage, all new bloons are crippled to half speed.Sabotage Supply Lines Ability: Sabotage the bloons supply lines for 15 seconds. During the sabotage, all new bloons are crippled to half speed.
Sniper Monkey
Supply Drop
Ability: drops a crate full of cash.Supply Drop Ability: drops a crate full of cash.
Spike Factory
Spike Storm
Ability: Lays down a thick carpet of Spikes over the whole track.Lays down a thick carpet of spikes over the whole track.
Super Monkey
Technological Terror
Ability: destroys all bloons within a short radius - completely and utterly.Be proud of this Technological Terror you've constructed. Bloon Annihilation Ability: Destroys all bloons within short radius of tower, completely, and utterly. Does 1000 damage to MOAB-class bloons.
Tack Shooter
Blade Maelstrom
Ability: covers the area in a storm of blades.Blade Maelstrom Ability: covers the area in an unstoppable storm of blades.

Bloons TD 6

Upgrade screen of the Dart Monkey in BTD6, upgrades that confer Activated Abilities are highlighted by a orange thunder symbol in the top right of the upgrade icon. In this case it only applies to the middle path on tiers 4 and 5.

In Bloons TD 6, activated abilities are usually obtained by upgrading towers into their middle path, usually on tiers 4 and 5, but a couple of tier 3 upgrades can also have abilities, also it is more common for towers to have more than one ability. Heroes on the other hand gain their abilities when they reach Level 3 and Level 10, but some of them also have a third ability at Level 7. Most abilities start with a third of its cooldown still remaining upon purchasing the upgrade.

For balance reasons, specially in competitive modes, some abilities may have restrictions on how often they can be used:

  • Have a limited amount of activations per round, this is specially evident on Cash-generating abilities.
  • Can only be activated in 3 minutes from the round start.
  • Needs to pay lives as a cost.
  • Cannot be used during the break between rounds.
  • Disabled during the penalty timer of Boss Bloon Events and Contested Territory Boss tiles.

Buffs that reduce the ability cooldowns stack additively, including the penalty from Blastapopoulos's passive abilities, but the cooldown can only be decreased by up to 70% from its normal amount (excluding challenge modifiers).

List of activated abilities on BTD6
Tower Upgrade Ability Effect Cooldown and restrictions
Dart Monkey Super Monkey Fan Club
Super Monkey Fan Club
Transforms itself and 9 other Dart Monkeys (with up to 2-4-2 upgrades) to Super Monkeys for 15s. 50s

16.67s initial

Plasma Monkey Fan Club
Plasma Monkey Fan Club
Transforms itself and 19 other Dart Monkeys (with up to 2-5-2 upgrades) to Super Monkeys with Plasma Blasts for 15s. 50s
Boomerang Monkey Turbo Charge
Turbo Charge
Attacks 7× as fast for 10s. 45s

15s initial

Perma Charge
Perma Charge
Increases damage of each boomerang by +8 for 15s. Replaces the previous ability as the attack speed increase is now permanent. 45s
Bomb Shooter MOAB Assassin
Assassinate MOAB
Launches a missile towards a MOAB-Class Bloons that deals 750 damage and 3 additional damage to other Bloons in the blast radius. 30s

10s initial

MOAB Eliminator
Assassinate MOAB
Damage increased to 4,500. 10s

0s initial

Ballistic Obliteration Missile Bunker
ISABM
Shoots a large missile that seeks a target Bloon creating small explosions 30s

30s initial

Tack Shooter Blade Maelstrom
Blade Maelstrom
Shoots a series of very high pierce blades in a spiral pattern that covers the entire map for 3s. 20s

6.67s initial

Super Maelstrom
Super Maelstrom
The ability now lasts for 9s, shoots twice as many blades in the same amount of time, and have increased pierce. 20s
Crucible of Steel and Flame
Maelstrom
Doubles the lifespan of its projectiles, increasing their range and gains an additional attack that shoots fire around it dealing damage to nearby Bloons, both effects last 9s. 20s

20s initial

Meteor Impact
Launches a meteor that upon impact deals 50,000 damage to its target and to every other Bloon in a large radius, then the meteor splits into 32 smaller fireballs that automatically seek other targets. 60s

60s initial

Ice Monkey Snowstorm
Snowstorm
Deals 1 damage to all Bloons on the screen and freezes the smaller ones for 6 seconds (3 seconds for White, Zebra and Camo Bloons), while also slows down MOAB-Class Bloons. 30s

10s initial

Absolute Zero
Snowstorm
Ability now applies the full effect to White, Zebra and Camo Bloons, slows down MOAB-Class Bloons even further and increases the attack speed of all Ice Monkeys in the map by 50% for 10s. 20s

0s initial

Glue Gunner Glue Strike
Glue Strike
Applies glue to all Bloons on the screen, slowing them down and making them take +2 damage from all attacks and effects for 11s. Lead and Frozen Bloons lose their immunities. 30s

10s initial

Glue Storm
Glue Storm
Glue is now applied constantly for 10s instead of only once. 40s
Desperado Deadeye
Take Aim
Targets one Monkey and increases its range by 25%, reduces the projectile spread by 50% grants Camo detection for 15s. 30s

10s initial

Bounty Hunter

Golden Justice

Take Aim
Range bonus increased to 50%, projectile spread reduced by 80% and now the affected tower can pop Black, White and Purple Bloons. 30s
Bounty Hunter
Marked to Pop
Quickly marks Bloons for 2s and then switches to an execution attack that quickly damages marked Bloons for 30 damage (before marked debuff) during 1s. Marked Bloons produce double cash when popped and take twice damage from Desperados. 45s

15s initial

Golden Justice
Marked to Pop
The damage from the execution attack is increased to 300. 45s
Sniper Monkey Supply Drop
Supply Drop
Creates a crate with $1,100 cash. If other Supply Drop abilities are available, they all will be used at the same time. 90s

90s initial

3 uses per round max

Cannot be used after 180s since round start

Elite Sniper
Supply Drop
Increases the cash to $3,000.
Monkey Sub First Strike Capability
First Strike
Launches a missile to the strongest Bloon on the screen, dealing 10,000 damage to it and 350 to other nearby Bloons. 60s

20s initial

Pre-emptive Strike
First Strike
Reduces the ability cooldown, increases damage to 20,000, and AoE damage to 1,000. 45s
Nautic Siege Core
Final Strike
Stops all attacks and starts a 15 second countdown, when it reaches 5 seconds, it launches 3 missiles into the air which targets the First, Strongest and Close Bloons, dealing 60,000 damage to the targets and other nearby Bloons, creates a large aftershock explosion which deals an additional 15,000 damage and stuns most Bloons for 15 seconds, and additionally leaves a radioactive fallout that damages Bloons that pass over it for 36 seconds. 240s

240s initial

Monkey Buccaneer Monkey Pirates
Takedown
Hooks a MOAB, BFB or DDT (if it has Camo detection) and takes it down, destroying it. 45s

15s iniital

Pirate Lord
Takedown
Upgrades to 6 hooks instead of 1, and can take down a ZOMG (using 3 hooks), hooked Bloons produce doubled cash compared to popping them normally. Cooldown reduced. 30s
Navarch of the Seas
Takedown
Single hook that can take down BADs (the Paragon will drag other MOAB-Class Bloons automatically with other hooks independent from the ability). 30s

30s initial 2 uses per round max

Monkey Ace Ground Zero
Ground Zero
Launches a bomb with that damages up to 2,000 Bloons on the entire map for 700 damage. 35s

11.67s initial

Tsar Bomba
Ground Zero
The explosion can now affect up to 5,000 Bloons and now deals 3,000 damage. Most Bloons that are not destroyed are stunned for 8s. 35s
Goliath Doomship
Carpet Bomb
Three planes fly over the screen dropping 8 bombs over a straight line defined by the player, dealing 30,000 damage and stuns surviving Bloons for 8s. 60s

60s initial

Heli Pilot Support Chinook
Reposition
Can change the position of most towers. 45s

15s iniital

Supply Crate
Drops a crate with $1,550 and 10 lives. 90s

90s initial

2 uses per round max

Cannot be used after 180s since round start

Special Poperations
Supply Crate
Increases the cash to $4,500 and the lives to 25.
Reposition
Cooldown reduced. 15s
Monkey Marine
Deploys a Monkey Marine sub-tower to a nearby place where the Heli Pilot is flying which quickly fires darts at the Bloons with a machine gun, it has a 30s lifespan. 25s

8.33s iniital

Door Gunner
It can target a tier 4 or lower tower to pick up with the helicopter, while aboard, the tower can keep attacking from the air. The tower can be drop off later, but while on use, the Heli Pilot cannot use the Reposition ability. Requires Door Gunner Door Gunner. Cooldown is shared with Reposition.
Mortar Monkey Artillery Battery
Bombardment
Attacks 4× as fast and increases the blast radius of its explosions by 15% during 8s. 60s

20s initial

Pop and Awe
Pop and Awe
Deals 20 damage per second to all Bloons on the screen and stuns most of them during 8 seconds. Replaces the previous ability due the attack speed increase being now permanent. 60s

20s initial

Dartling Gunner Rocket Storm
Rocket Storm
Sends a wave of 10 missiles every 0.5s during 7.5s that travel in a wave-like pattern which deal higher damage compared to its normal attack. 40s

13.33s initial

M.A.D
Rocket Storm
Missiles have increased pierce and deal much more damage to MOAB-Class and Ceramic Bloons. 40s

13.33s initial

All
Emergency Unlock
Switches all Dartling Gunners which are not on Normal / Follow Touch targeting to it and increases their rotation speed by 50% for 15s. Ability icon only shows if there are applicable Dartling Gunners and is not on cooldown. Requires Emergency Unlock Emergency Unlock. 15s

0s initial

Wizard Monkey Summon Phoenix
Summon Phoenix
Creates a Phoenix sub-tower that flies in a circle above the map that shoots fire every 0.1s to the Bloons on the screen, dealing 5 damage to it. The Phoenix has a lifespan of 20s. 45s

15s initial

Wizard Lord Phoenix
Summon Lord Phoenix
The Wizard transforms into the Lava Phoenix which attacks the Bloons with stronger flames and also spawns 8 Fireballs every second. Replaces the previous ability due the tower having a permanent Phoenix. 45s

15s initial

Magus Perfectus
Phoenix Explosion
Consumes all Mana to make its Phoenix explode in the place it is flying over causing a damage over time effect on the Bloons caught on the explosion which deals 2,500 damage every 0.5s during 30s. Additionally, it creates a Zombie Servant ZOMG per every 9,000 Mana spent that travels backwards on the track, damaging Bloons it touches, the ZOMG splits into 4 Zombie BFB if all its pierce is consumed or when it expires after 7 seconds. The Phoenix is regenerated after 10s. 40s

40s initial

Arcane Metamorphosis
The Paragon merges with its Phoenix, replacing the main attack of the Wizard with a much more powerful flamethrower that leaves walls of fire on the track. It consumes 4,000 mana per second until it runs out of Mana. 90s

90s initial

Super Monkey Tech Terror
Annihilation
Deals 2,600 damage to up to 2,000 Bloons on a large area around it. Every 3rd use of the ability increases the damage to 3,900. 45s

15s initial

The Anti-Bloon
Annihilation
Increases damage to 10,400 and every 3rd use it is increased to 15,600. Blast radius is increased and the cooldown is reduced. 30s
Dark Knight
Darkshift
Can change its own location to any valid location within its range.

This tower and its upgrades are the only bottom path monkeys with an ability.

20s

6.67s initial

Dark Champion

Legend of the Night

Darkshift
Can now move to any valid position on the entire map. 20s
Ninja Monkey Bloon Sabotage
Sabotage
Slows down most Bloons on the screen by 50% for 15s. 60s

20s initial

Grand Saboteur
Grand Sabotage
Increases Sabotage duration to 30s, and during its duration new MOAB-Class Bloons spawn with 25% less health and grants a buff to all Ninja Monkeys with the Shinobi Tactics upgrade, increasing their range and grating extra damage to MOAB-Class Bloons. 60s
Alchemist Transforming Tonic
Transformation
Converts the Alchemist into a monster with uses a very fast eye laser attack for 20s. 60s

20s initial

Total Transformation
Transformation
Now also affects 5 nearby tier 3 or lower Monkeys in addition to itself. 40s
Druid Jungle's Bounty
Jungle's Bounty
Produces $320 plus $130 for every farm in the Druid's range. 60s

60s initial

3 uses per round max

Cannot be used after 180s since round start

Spirit of the Forest Produces 25 lives and $1,280 plus $130 for every farm in the Druid's range.
Vine Rupture
Destroys all the track vines causing explosions dealing 150 damage to the Bloons that were over them and stuns most Bloons for 7s. Vines need time regrow after using this ability. Requires Vine Rupture Vine Rupture. 60s

20s initial

Mermonkey Arctic Knight
Ice Jet
Replaces its regular attack with ice balls that are fired every 0.1s during 3s, each ice ball deals 20 damage and freezes small Bloons for 1.5. The Ice Ball can hit Bloons multiple times and bounce off from obstacles and map borders and have a 10s lifespan. The attack can follow the Mermonkey's targeting or be directed to a specific point of the map. 45s

15s initial

Popseidon
Ice Jet
When the ability is activated it first summons a wave that deals 70 damage and freezes all Bloons on the screen before starting to launch ice balls, which now deal 30 damage and have a lifespan of 15s. 45s
Banana Farm IMF Loan
IMF Loan
Grants $9,000, but the player also receives the same amount of debt. After using the ability, they will only earn half cash from all sources and the rest is used to pay back the debt. 85s

85s initial

2 uses per round max

Cannot be used after 180s since round start

Monkey-Nomics
Monkey-Nomics
Grants $9,000, but the player doesn't get the debt anymore. Reduced cooldown. 60s

60s initial

2 uses per round max

Cannot be used after 180s since round start

Spike Factory Spike Storm

Carpet of Spikes

Spike Storm
Quickly launches spike piles all over the track every 0.04s during 2s. The spikes last from 9 to 11s. 50s

16.67s initial

Mega Massive Munitions Factory
Controlled Burst
Produces mines 4× as fast for 15s. 15s

15s initial

1 use per round max

Spikeageddon
Launches mines along the track length in approximately equally spaced intervals which explode dealing massive damage to the Bloons in a large area, leaving 3 smaller mines. If the ability is used again after recharging and there are still mines from the previous activation, the remaining mines will explode instead. 75s

75s initial

Monkey Village Call to Arms
Call to Arms
Increases the pierce and attack speed of all towers of the screen by +50% during 15s. 45s

15s initial

Homeland Defense
Homeland Defense
The pierce and attack speed bonus is increased to +100% and duration is increased to 20s. It cannot stack with Call to Arms and instead they override each other. 45s
Engineer Monkey Overclock
Overclock
Targets a Monkey, increasing its attack speed 67% (if used on a Banana Farm, it increases its production on the same amount, and on a Monkey Village, it increases its range by 25% instead). The duration depends on the tier of a tower: 60 seconds for Heroes and tier 3 and lower towers, 45s on tier 4 towers and 30s on tier 5 towers. 45s

15s initial

Ultraboost
Ultraboost
Grants a permanent 4% increase in attack speed (or banana production, 2.5% range increase on Villages), this benefit can stack a maximum of 10 times on the same tower. It also applies the regular Overclock effect on top which lasts 60s, regardless of the tower tier. 35s

35s initial

10 uses per round max

Master Builder
Mega Sentry
Deploys a powerful sentry to the selected location, these Paragon Sentries can deploy its own Sentries. The ability cycles between three diferent sentries, the Green Sentry Paragon emits a laser similar to Plasma Accelerator, the Red Sentry Paragon emits 4 streams of plasma and the Blue Sentry Paragon launches a missile that causes damage and explosions with each collision. After deploying the three Mega Sentries, the ability will circle back to the first Sentry, and if deployed again, the one that was already on the map will explode dealing massive damage to nearby Bloons. The color of the icon will change according to which Sentry will be deployed next. 20s

20s initial

Power Glove
Provides the Overclock buff to the selected tower for 60s on Heroes tier 3 towers, 45s on tier 4 and 30s for tier 5. Nearby towers to the target will also get the Overclock benefits for 15s. Cannot target itself but can affect other Paragons for 30s. 45s

45s initial

Beast Handler Tyrannosaurus Rex
Stomp
Deals 150 damage to up to 400 Bloons on a large area around the dinosaur and stuns most Bloons for a few seconds. 40s

13.33s initial

Giganotosaurus
Stomp
Stomp is now map-wide and can affect up to 600 Bloons and stuns them for longer. Cooldown reduced. 25s
Quincy Level 3
Rapid Shot
Attacks 3× as fast for 8s. 60s

20s initial

Level 10
Storm of Arrows
Drops a large number of arrows from the sky to a wide area centered around Quincy's targeting for 3 seconds. The arrows have a 5% chance of hitting a specific Bloon every 1/60 of a second, dealing 6 damage and +6 bonus damage to MOAB-Class Bloons. 70s

23.33s initial

Gwendolin Level 3
Cocktail of Fire
Gwen throws a molotov cocktail to a specific point of the track, creating a wall of fire that lasts 12s. 30s

10s initial

Level 10
Firestorm
Summons a firestorm that damages all Bloons on the screen and causes a damage over time effect to them for 8 seconds, while also applying her Heat it up buff to all towers in the map. 60s

20s initial

Striker Jones Level 3
Concussive Shell
Launches a powerful projectile towards the strongest Bloon in the screen, dealing damage and stunning Bloons upon impact. 16s

5.33s initial

Level 7
Target Focus
All Mortar Monkeys on the map switch its targeting to follow cursor/touch during 15 seconds. It also decreases their shot spread. 45s

15s initial

Level 10
Artillery Command
Instantly recharges the abilities of all Bomb Shooters and Mortar Monkeys in the map. 80s

26.67s initial

Obyn Greenfoot Level 3
Brambles
Creates a bunch of brambles in the track that damage Bloons in a similar way to a Spike Factory. If there are Bloons in Obyn's range the brambles will be created in front of them, otherwise, they will be put in a random point of the track. 30s

10s initial

Level 10
Wall of Trees
Creates some trees in a specific point inside of Obyn's range which capture Bloons that pass over them like a Bloon Trap, when the Wall reaches its maximum capacity, the trees disappear and will leave bananas that are worth twice the amount of cash that the player would have gotten if the captured Bloons were popped normally. 90s

30s initial

Rosalia Level 3
Scatter Missile
It launches a series of missiles from Rosalia's base to an area surrounding a Bloon based on Rosalia's targeting. The missiles explode upon falling, dealing damage to them and stunning small Bloons for a few seconds. 45s

15s initial

Level 7
Flight Boost
Rosalia flies above the entire map chasing Bloons (depending on her targeting) and attacking them with both laser and grenade weapons during 20s, and after that, Rosalia returns to her position. Also increases the flight speed of Ace Monkeys and Heli Pilots next to Rosalia's base by 30%. 45s

15s initial

Level 10
Kinetic charge
Launches a bomb towards a MOAB-Class Bloon following Rosalias' targetting, and attaches to it (and to its first children if popped) for 10s, until all MOAB layers are popped or after the Bloons it was attached to take enough damage whichever happens first. After that, the bomb detonates dealing heavy damage to nearby Bloons which is increased further the more damage was dealt to the Bloon it was attached to. 75s

25s initial

Captain Churchill Level 3
Armor Piercing Shells
Allows shells to damage Black Bloons (damage type is changed to Normal) and grants bonus damage to Ceramics for 9 seconds, the ability duration increased and additional 0.5s every time Churchill levels up. 30s

10s initial

Level 10
MOAB Barrage
Launches missiles towards the 10 strongest MOAB-Class Bloons on the screen and can hit them up to 16 times each, dealing heavy damage to them. 60s

20s initial

Benjamin Level 3
Biohack
Buffs the four closest towers to Benjamin, granting them +1 damage during 6s, after that, the towers won't be able to attack for 2s. 30s

10s initial

Level 10
Syphon Funding
For 10 seconds, most new Bloons will spawn with one less layer and generate twice as much cash when popped. 65s

21.67s initial

Pat Fusty Level 3
Rallying Roar
Towers in Pat Fusy's range gain +1 damage during 8s. 45s

15s initial

Level 10
Big Squeeze
Pat grabs and squeezes the biggest MOAB-Class Bloon in his range for 4 seconds and breaks the outer layer releasing back to the track their children which will be stunned for 3 seconds. 20s

6.67s initial

Ezili Level 3
Heartstopper
Prevents the layer regeneration of Regrow Bloons and allows any attack to damage Purple Bloons and Blastapopoulos for 10s. Both effects are map-wide. 45s

15s initial

Level 7
Sacrificial Totem
Creates a totem in a chosen location by paying 10 lives. Monkeys in the Totem's range have +1 pierce, +20% range, +25% projectile speed and a ~18% increase in attack speed. Wizard Monkeys receive +1 pierce and a ~5% increase in attack speed on top of the other benefits. The Totem lasts for 30s. 90s

30s initial

Level 10
MOAB Hex
Curses a MOAB-Class Bloon following Ezili's targeting (infinite range), causing a damage over time effect that deals 4% of the Bloon's health +1 damage every second lasting 25s, if the Bloon is destroyed by the curse it will spawn no children and the curse will jump to another MOAB-Class Bloon if the ability duration is not over. 60s

20s initial

Adora Level 3
The Long Arm of Light
Doubles Adora's pierce and range, increases the size of the Divine Bolts by 50% and allows them to pop Puprle Bloons. The ability lasts 10s. 45s

15s initial

Level 7
Blood Sacrifice
Targets a Monkey on the map and removes it from the game (like selling, but no cash is returned) to provide a buff to Adora and any Sun Avatar, Sun Temple or True Sun God on her range. Range is increased 10% and attack cooldown is reduced 10% with and additional 1% bonus for every $100 worth of value from the sacrificed tower. The buff lasts 10s and is capped to a value of $1,500 providing a 25% range / attack cooldown bonus. Adora also receives XP equal to 4 times the total cost of the sacrificed tower. 90s

30s initial

Level 10
Ball of Light
Spawns a ball of light that flies on a circular pattern over Adora, it shoots lasers to the Bloons following Adora's targeting but with infinite range, dealing 3 damage every 0.05 seconds and additional +3 damage to Fortified Bloons. The ball has a lifespan of 12s. 60s

20s initial

Etienne Level 3
Drone Swarm
Spawns four additional drones lasting 18.5s and increases 0.5s per Level. The drones' targeting is independent from Etienne, one targets Fist, other Last and the remaining two Strong. 80s

26.67s initial

Level 10
UCAV
Etienne's UAV fires volleys of 10 missiles towards the Bloons on the track ever 0.6s during 18s. Each missile deals 2 damage in a small area. The missiles target First. 90s

30s initial

Sauda Level 3
Leaping Sword
Sauda jumps towards a Bloon on the screen to attack it with both swords (follows Sauda's targeting with infinite range), dealing 20 damage upon impact to with +60 extra damage to MOAB-Class Bloons, then, a pair of swords will remain on the track, dealing 2 damage every 0.1s to the Bloons that pass over them. The swords will last 6.5s on the track. 80s

26.67s initial

Level 10
Sword Charge
Sauda charges with a large sword sweeping all tracks at the same time in reverse direction from the exit, dealing 30 damage to any Bloon she touches. 45s

15s initial

Admiral Brickell Level 3
Naval Tactics
All Monkey Buccaneers and Monkey Subs in Brickell's range (including herself) attack twice as fast for 8s. 50s

16.67s initial

Level 7
Blast Chain
Brickell's Sea Mines attacks twice as fast and also double their projectile speed for 10s. 45s

15s initial

Level 10
Mega Mine
Brickell deploys a large mine at any water location chosen by the player. When a MOAB-Class Bloon comes close to it, the mine will charge towards it and will explode on contact dealing 4,000 damage to any Bloon in the blast radius and stuns survivors for 5s. The mine will last for 150s or 4 rounds, whichever happens first. 60s

20s initial

Psi Level 3
Psychic Blast
Psi emits a pulse around it that stuns small Bloons for 6s and MOAB-Class Bloons for 1.5s. 40s

13.33s initial

Level 10
Psionic Scream
Psi targets up to 2,000 Bloons on the entire screen and has a 50% chance of destroying them with its Psionic Vibrations (also triggers Destructive Resonance) and 50% chance of pushing them back 100−200 units. 40s

13.33s initial

Corvus Level 3
Soul Harvest
Corvus emits a blast that deals 20 damage to Bloons close to him and restores 100 + 1 mana for every point of damage dealt. 40s

13.33s initial

8 uses per round max

Cannot be used after 180s since round start

Level 7
Spirit Walk
Teleports Corvus to any valid location in the map, chosen by the player. 20s

6.67s initial

Level 10
Dark Ritual
Creates an aura around Corvus that deals 1 damage (affected by its Haunt passive ability) to nearby Bloons every 0.2s for 10s. Restores 1 mana per every point of damage inflicted. 90s

30s initial

Silas Level 3
Frostbite
Silas can pop any type of Bloon and if he hits an already frozen Bloon, causes an explosion that deals more damage based on the amount of time of the frozen status. 30s

10s initial

Level 7
Frozen Cascade
Causes a blast around Silas and the 9 nearest Ice Monkeys that damages and freezes Bloons and deals more damage to already frozen Bloons. 60s

20s initial

Level 10
Frozen Burial
Freezes all Bloons on screen, dealing more damage to already frozen Bloons, then fills the map with Ice Walls. 90s

30s initial

Tech Bot
Link
Targets a tower in the map that has an ability, the bot then will continuously activate most abilities as soon they are ready. Does not apply
Battle Cat!
Transform
Transforms Cringer into the Battle Cat, grating camo detection, a more powerful attack that can knock back Bloons and inflicts a damage-over-time effect, removes immunities and strips Camo and Regrow properties from Bloons. The transformation lasts for 4 rounds and after that the tower disappears. Does not apply
Super Monkey Beacon Base
Beacon Storm
Call a Super Monkey Storm that deals 2,000 damage to all Bloons on the screen. 120s

0s initial

Charged Beacon
Beacon Storm
Can store up to 5 ability charges, 4 can be recharged instantly for Monkey Money 200 Monkey Money. 120s
Storm Tremors Causes a second storm 2s after the first one. The additional storm deals 1,000 damage.
Reverberation Causes a third storm 1s after the second one. Damage of the second storm increased to 3,000 and the third storm deals 4,500 damage.
Mini Stormcaller
Beacon Storm
Cooldown reduced to 60s, but damage reduced to 850. 60s
Rapid Recharge

Beacon of Legends

Cooldown reduced to 45s, damage still 850. 45s
High Impact
Beacon Storm
Damage increased to 3,000. 120s
Bewildering Storm Stuns most surviving Bloons for 10s.
Piercing Wind Damage and stun soaks through layers and each activation increases damage by 10%, can stack up to 100 times.
Notes:
  • This table is last updated for version 51.1.
  • Stats do not consider crosspaths, Monkey Knowledge, Beast Power, Hero Level or Paragon Degree.
  • If an initial cooldown is not specified it means it will be kept at the same amount of time as before the upgrade. In the case it changes between upgrades, the difference in time is added or subtracted from the current cooldown.
  • Paragons always start with full cooldown, with the appropriate amount of time according to their Degree.
  • "Most Bloons" usually means any Bloon, except BADs and Bosses.

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