Cannon Ship (BTD6)

For other uses, see Cannon Ship (disambiguation).

Cannon Ship

Adds a powerful cannon that shoots out powerful bombs.

Tower	Monkey Buccaneer — Path 2 — Tier 3
XP cost	2,700
Cash cost	$765 — Easy $900 — Medium $970 — Hard $1,080 — Impoppable

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Monkey Pirates →

Cannon Ship is the Monkey Buccaneer's path 2 tier 3 upgrade in Bloons TD 6. This upgrade replaces its dart attack with bombs that explode on contact, dealing damage in an area and spawning 8 sharp frags that fly in all directions, and it increases the damage of its Grape Shot from 1 to 3. The bomb attack has a 30% longer cooldown (meaning its attack speed is ~23% slower), can damage up to 20 Bloons at a time with the explosion (30 with Long Range), does 2 Explosion-type damage. Its frags can each pop 1 Bloon (2 with Long Range), their pierce and damage cannot be buffed, and do not hit the same Bloon that the cannonball collided onto.

Stats

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

This data was last updated for: version 55.1

Tower
Display range 60 units Footprint radius 8 units Targeting options First Last Close Strong

Grape attack
Copies of this attack 2 Cooldown 1.3s Offset (X, Y, Z) 12, 0, 8.6 (main) -12, 0, 8.5 (alt) Targeting Depends on targeting option Targeting range 60 units Filters Cannot target Camo
Projectile Count 5 Angle 90° Pierce 1 Damage 3 Damage type Fire Speed 200 units/s Lifespan 0.5s Radius 2 units Filters Cannot hit Camo Damage over time Damage 2 Damage type Fire Duration 3.1s Interval 1.5s Layers ∞

Bomb attack
Copies of this attack 2 Cooldown 1.3s Offset (X, Y, Z) 12, 0, 8.6 (main) -12, 0, 8.5 (alt) Targeting Depends on targeting option Targeting range 60 units Filters Cannot target Camo
Projectile Pierce 1 Max pierce 1 Speed 200 units/s Lifespan 0.6s Radius 5 units Filters Cannot hit Camo Frag Count 8 Angle 360° Pierce 1 Max pierce 1 Damage 1 Damage type Sharp Speed 300 units/s Lifespan 0.1667s Radius 2 units Filters Cannot hit Camo Explosion Pierce 28 Damage 2 Damage type Explosion Lifespan 0.05s Radius 40 units Filters Cannot hit Camo Ignores blockers

1-3-0

Grape attack
Cooldown 1.3s → 0.975s

Bomb attack
Cooldown 1.3s → 0.975s

2-3-0

Grape attack
Projectile Count 5 → 6

0-3-1

Tower
Display range 60 units → 71 units

Grape attack
Targeting range 60 units → 71 units
Projectile Pierce 1 → 2 Speed 200 units/s → 250 units/s

Bomb attack
Targeting range 60 units → 71 units
Projectile Speed 200 units/s → 250 units/s Frag Pierce 1 → 2 Max pierce 1 → 2 Explosion Pierce 28 → 35

0-3-2

Grape attack
Filters Can now target Camo
Projectile Filters Can now hit Camo

Bomb attack
Filters Can now target Camo
Projectile Filters Can now hit Camo Frag Filters Can now hit Camo Explosion Filters Can now hit Camo

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
0-3-0	$2,000	$2,350	$2,535	$2,820	$1,400	$1,645	$1,775	$1,974
1-3-0	$2,235	$2,625	$2,830	$3,150	$1,565	$1,838	$1,981	$2,205
2-3-0	$2,595	$3,050	$3,290	$3,660	$1,817	$2,135	$2,303	$2,562
0-3-1	$2,170	$2,550	$2,750	$3,060	$1,519	$1,785	$1,925	$2,142
0-3-2	$2,470	$2,900	$3,130	$3,480	$1,729	$2,030	$2,191	$2,436

Strategy

This section was last updated for: version 55.2

Cannon Ship is a relatively cost-effective early group-popping option, being a cheaper alternative for Destroyer (mainly for CT Least Cash/Tiers, and Boss Rush if needing to deal Boss damage and defend simultaneously). The bombs deal plenty of damage to groups, and grapes deal improved single-target damage. However, its lack of single-target damage makes it somewhat weak to Ceramic Bloons and MOAB-Class Bloons. Like most Buccaneers, it's recommended to position Cannon Ship such that it attacks from both sides. Try to place it closer to the track so its grapes and bombs hit reliably, as its lack of darts makes it more prone to missing spaced Bloons.

Faster Shooting is recommended in most situations for general gameplay and stronger single-target damage, while Long Range is preferred in Race scenarios for increased grape and frag pierce. Double Shot is generally unnecessary due to only adding 1 grape, and Crow's Nest is recommended if innate Camo detection is desired.

Update history

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

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Version 17.0

2-3-0

•  Grape Shot: Now fires 10 grapes at a time instead of 5 (11 instead of 6 with Big Bunch)

Version 28.0

“

Bottom crosspath feels behind compared to others here, so in addition to the new Camo Prioritization filter Longer Range on this path will now also grant bonus pierce.
— Update notes

”

0-3-1, 0-3-2

•  Long Range now increases the pierce of grapes by 1

Version 36.0

“

We’ve realized that the 130 crosspath just hasn’t even been working for cannons, so we wanted to correct this so that people get all that they pay for with that crosspath, however middle path buccaneer at higher tiers has been overperforming significantly so in addition to this attack speed buff we have also balanced back out that difference in the opposite direction with a damage reduction.
— Update notes

”

•  DoT: Damage per tick increased ― 1 → 2

1-3-0, 2-3-0

•  Faster Shooting now reduces attack cooldown of the bomb attack by 25%

Version 37.0

“

Reworking Grape Shot crosspathing as it gains far too much crosspath value by T2 but then is lacking in purpose at higher tiers, double shot will only work as one extra grape however Destroyer will now apply its full attack rate buff to the grapes and Flagship will equip aspects of Grape Shot on the mini planes.
— Update notes

”

2-3-0

•  Double Shot adds fewer projectiles to the grape attack ― +5 → +1

Version 38.0

“

Small tweaks to Buccaneer’s Long Range upgrade to improve its additional pierce benefit for a number of attacks.
— Update notes

”

0-3-1, 0-3-2

•  Long Range now grants +7 pierce to cannonball explosions
•  Long Range now grants +1 pierce to cannonball frags

Version 41.0

“

As noted earlier, Middle Path was identified as not having weakness to justify the power and is seeing changes related to that.
— Update notes

”

•  Frag: No longer hits the same Bloon as the initial bomb

Version 42.0

“

Middle path buccaneer continues to attack with its initial 1 damage projectile that never gets upgraded but the Cannons are very much intended to be a ‘replacement’ upgrade to this main attack, so we are finally disabling that dart along with improving the damage of grapes for the T3 & T4 on this path so the lower tiers can save into Pirate Lord better.
— Update notes

”

•  Grape attack: Damage increased ― 1 → 2
•  No longer has the main dart attack from previous tiers

Version 43.0

•  Overall cost reduced by $100 (due to cost changes for previous tiers)

Version 44.0

•  Explosion: damage increased ― 1 → 2
  • Note: Does not carry over to Monkey Pirates or Pirate Lord
•  Grape: damage increased ― 2 → 3

Version 56.0

“

Grape Shot's attack delay is slightly increased, and Cannon Ship explosion pierce is shifting more heavily into its bottom crosspath. These changes carry upward to tone down scaling power on Pirate Lord.
— Update notes

”

•  Cannonball explosion: Pierce decreased ― 28 → 20
  • Note: Stacks with 0-X-1 Long Range crosspath ― 35 → 30
•  Grape Shot: Attack cooldown increased ― 1.3s → 1.35s (attack speed reduced by 3.7%)
  • Note: Stacks with 1-X-0 Faster Shooting crosspath ― 0.975s → 1.0125s

Gallery

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

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Assets

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  Portrait
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  Upgrade icon
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  Insta Monkey icon

Trivia

• Oddly, upgrading a Cannon Ship to 1-3-0 also changes the color of its barrels' rims. This is likely an oversight as only the x-x-1 upgrade changes this aspect.

In other languages

Language	Name / Description	Notes
Arabic	سفينة مدفع إضافة مدفع قوي من شأنه إطلاق قنابل قوية.	—
Danish	Kanonskib Tilføjer en kraftig kanon som skyder med kraftige bomber.	—
German	Kanonenschiff Fügt eine mächtige Kanone hinzu, die starke Bomben verschießt.	—
Spanish	Barco cañonero Agrega un cañón potente que dispara bombas poderosas.	—
Spanish (LA)	Barco cañonero Agrega un cañón potente que dispara bombas poderosas.	—
Finnish	Tykkialus Lisää voimakkaan kanuunan, joka ampuu voimakkaita pommeja.	—
French	Bombardier Ajoute un canon puissant qui tire des bombes puissantes.	—
Italian	Nave cannoniera Aggiunge un potente cannone in grado di sparare bombe dall'elevato potere distruttivo.	—
Japanese	大砲船 パワフルな爆弾を発射するパワフルな大砲を追加する。	—
Korean	대포 함선 위력적인 폭탄을 발사하는 강력한 대포를 추가합니다.	—
Dutch	Kanonnenschip Voegt een krachtig kanon toe dat krachtige bommen afschiet.	—
Norwegian	Kanonskip Legger til en kraftig kanon som skyter ut kraftige bomber.	—
Polish	Statek artyleryjski Dodaje potężne działo, które strzela potężnymi bombami.	—
Portuguese (Brazil)	Navio Canhão Adiciona um poderoso canhão que dispara poderosas bombas.	—
Russian	Корабельная пушка Добавляет мощную пушку, стреляющую крупными бомбами.	—
Swedish	Kanonskepp Lägger till en kraftfull kanon som skjuter kraftfulla bomber.	—
Thai	เรือปืนใหญ่ เพิ่มปืนใหญ่อันทรงพลังที่ยิงระเบิดอันรุนแรงออกมา	—
Turkish	Top Gemisi Güçlü bombalar atan kuvvetli bir top ekler.	—
Chinese (simplified)	炮船 增加强力大炮，可发射强力炸弹。	—
Chinese (traditional)	大砲船 增加強大的大砲，可射出強大的炸彈。	—
This list was last updated for: version 43.1