The Big One (BMC)

For other uses, see The Big One (disambiguation).

The Big One

MultiplatformFlash

Devastating explosions each pop 5 layers of bloon.

Devastatingly large explosions, and each pops through 5 layers of bloon.

Tower	Mortar Monkey — Path 1 — Tier 4
Cash cost	$10,000
Research
Requirements	City Level 20 Super-Bomb Research Centre built
Cost	22,500 (Multiplatform version)  22,500  50 (Flash version)
Time	3 days
XP given	1,100

← Bloon Buster

The Big One is the Mortar Monkey's path 1 tier 4 upgrade in Bloons Monkey City. It increases the Mortar Monkey's damage from 2 to 5, reduces its attack cooldown from 2.1 seconds to 1.8 seconds (effectively increasing its attack speed by roughly 16.7%), increases its pierce from 40 to 100, and allows it to damage Black Bloons. In the multiplatform version, it does not increase its blast radius due to an oversight involving changes made to its parameters when Monkey Knowledge was added to the game. In the Flash version, it correctly increases its blast radius by roughly 53%.

Monkey Knowledge Ranks 5, 10, and 15 for the Mortar Monkey increases Big One's damage by +1, +2, and +3, respectively.

Stats

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Costs and sell values

Note: this list does not factor in Monkey Knowledge or other discounts.

Tiers	Mobile version		Flash version
	Cost	Sell value	Cost	Sell value
4-0	$12,350	$9,880	$12,350	$9,880
4-1	$12,600	$10,080	$12,600	$10,080
4-2	$13,100	$10,480	$13,100	$10,480

Strategy

The Big One has a high cost compared to other options, and it relies on Monkey Knowledge and a map that favors the large blast radius (such as maps like Rose and [[[Grass Terrain#Yoyo|Yoyo]]), but it is still viable for greatly assisting cleanup of hordes of Ceramic Bloons and below.

On the multiplatform version, due to the bugged range it is not worth it as ceramics leave the radius before they can be hit twice to fully pop.

It's recommended to buy Rapid Reload to improve its consistency. Burny Stuff also provides bonus damage during the downtime between shots, which can often finish off weaker Bloons that leave the blast radius.

As Big One is the most expensive Mortar Monkey, it can be used to fulfill the Bomb/Mortar sacrifices for Temple Of The Monkey God, preferably undiscounted to ensure its maximum value is consumed.