CHIMPS

CHIMPS (short for No Continues, Hearts lost, Income, Monkey Knowledge, Powers or Selling) is a game mode in Bloons TD 6. In standard play, it is played on Hard difficulty. In singleplayer, it can only be played on a map after completing it on Impoppable. Like Impoppable, it starts on round 6 and ends after round 100. This mode applies a number of restrictions:

• The player starts with one life and cannot gain any more (except in Odyssey mode), similar to Impoppable.
• Continues are disabled. The option to continue is replaced with "Retry Last Round", similar to the Challenge Editor.
• Hero Boosters are disabled.
• Powers (including Insta Monkeys) are disabled.
• Monkey Knowledge does not apply.
• All sources of cash except starting cash, cash per pop, and end-of-round cash are disabled. Map gimmicks that generate cashback (e.g. Three Mines 'Round) are not disabled.
  • Bloon Traps, XXXL Traps, and Obyn Greenfoot's Wall of Trees only generate the amount of money that would have been gained by popping the bloons normally.
  • Banana Farms are disabled (even if enabled in the Challenge Editor).
  • Double Cash Mode has no effect.
• Towers cannot be sold normally. If a tower is forcibly sold through other means, such as using a Support Chinook to relocate a supporting Arctic Wind or Lord of the Abyss, it returns $0. Note that sacrifices, such as Adora's Blood Sacrifice, are not considered selling.
  • Most sub-towers cannot be sold, but there are a few exceptions: Champion Sentries, Geraldo's Level 18+ Creepy Idol, and Special Poperations's Marine.
• Fast Track Mode is not applied.

Medals

There are two versions of the CHIMPS medal: the red version, which is earned by completing the map on CHIMPS at all, and the black version, which is earned in addition to the red version by completing the game in one session without exiting the game or using the "Retry Last Round" option. If the player only earns the red version, the black version can still be unlocked by replaying the map on CHIMPS and meeting the condition. In Co-op, the red CHIMPS medal is earned if the player quits and re-joins the game later; this doesn't affect the type of CHIMPS medal the other participants earn, so it's possible for players to get different CHIMPS medals from each other even if they played the same match. The map thumbnail doesn't show the red version if the black version is owned, but both are shown on the profile.

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  Hard - CHIMPS
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  Co-op - Hard - CHIMPS

Strategy

For more in-depth strategies, see Strategy:CHIMPS.

This section was last updated for: version 51.2

CHIMPS is significantly more difficult than most other game modes, especially when going for a black border for a map without guides, as it makes all cash-generating towers, such as Monkey Town, Rubber to Gold, Merchantman, and the hero Benjamin, useless. It is important to not put down too many low-tier towers in the early-game and mid-game only for them to become useless later on. Instead, focus on a few strong towers with support as well. The hero, too, is extremely important, as they have 100 rounds to level up and gain massive attack and/or support capabilities to become by far the most valuable tower on the screen.

Earning the red CHIMPS badge is not too difficult to earn, and sometimes easier than Impoppable because there's less worry about accidental leaking due to Retry Last Round giving second chances for free. The real challenge is completing without Retry Last Round — always pre-plan a consistently working strategy for all stages of the game, especially on harder maps.

Related achievements

	Bloons Master Beat 1 map in CHIMPS mode Reward(s):  250,  1

5	Superior Bloons Master Beat 5 maps in CHIMPS mode Reward(s):  1,000,  2

15	Ultimate Bloons Master Beat 15 maps in CHIMPS mode Reward(s):  2,000,  4

2	2TC Complete a game in CHIMPS Difficulty with only 2 monkey towers Reward(s):  2,  0-4-0 Wizard Monkey

$40K	Josh's Constant B-B-Beat any Expert map on CHIMPS with $40,870 or more spent on 1 Spike Factory Reward(s):  0-0-3 Spike Factory

2M	2 MegaPops Complete a game of CHIMPS with more than 2 million damage dealt by one tower Reward(s):  ×1,  ×1

	Axis of Havoc Have one of each T5 sniper in one game of CHIMPS Reward(s):  ×2,  ×2

	No Harvest Beat Cornfield on CHIMPS without removing any corn Reward(s):  400

Quotes

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The true test of a BTD master. No Continues, Hearts lost, Income, Monkey Knowledge, Powers or Selling. — Pop-up text

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Update history

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Version 38.0

• Restarting a CHIMPS or Impoppable game no longer prevents the player from reopening the eye on Polyphemus (bug fix)

Version 41.0

• Now has a "Retry Last Round" option upon defeat in singleplayer