Mortar Tower (BTD5)

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Mortar Tower

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Launches explosive mortar shells to a single targeted spot.

Targets a specific bit of ground anywhere on the screen. Launches explosive mortar shells to that spot. Useful for placing far away from the track to make room for other towers.

Cost	$640 — Easy $750 — Medium $810 — Hard $900 — Impoppable

The Mortar Tower is a tower in Bloons TD 5. It is unlocked at Rank 17.

It creates explosions onto a specified location, albeit with some randomness of where each explosion lands. Each shot does 1 damage and pops many Bloons.

Upgrades

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Path 1

Increased Accuracy Total XP to unlock: 200
	Makes your mortar shots more accurate. Easy Medium Hard Impoppable $170 $200 $215 $240

Bigger Blast Total XP to unlock: 1,612
	Heavy ordinance delivers a bigger explosion radius. Easy Medium Hard Impoppable $510 $600 $650 $720

Bloon Buster Total XP to unlock: 5,962
	Smash through 2 layers of bloons at once! Easy Medium Hard Impoppable $680 $800 $865 $960

The Big One Total XP to unlock: 26,081
	Devastating explosions each pop 3 layers of bloon. Easy Medium Hard Impoppable $8,500 $10,000 $10,800 $12,000

Path 2

Rapid Reload Total XP to unlock: 650
	Increase the attack speed of the Mortar. Easy Medium Hard Impoppable $215 $250 $270 $300

Burny Stuff Total XP to unlock: 2,637
	Pops additional bloons 2 seconds after impact. Easy Medium Hard Impoppable $425 $500 $540 $600

Signal Flare Total XP to unlock: 9,687
	Camo Bloons popped by flares permanently lose their camo. Easy Medium Hard Impoppable $425 $500 $540 $600

Artillery Battery Total XP to unlock: 39,131
	Ability: immobilizes and bombards the entire screen for 5 seconds. Easy Medium Hard Impoppable $7,650 $9,000 $9,720 $10,800

Path 1

Increased Accuracy Total XP to unlock: 200
	Makes your mortar shots more accurate. Easy Medium Hard $170 $200 $215

Bigger Blast Total XP to unlock: 1,612
	Heavy ordinance delivers a bigger explosion radius. Easy Medium Hard $510 $600 $650

Bloon Buster Total XP to unlock: 5,962
	Bloon Buster Mortars smash through 2 layers of bloons at once! Easy Medium Hard $680 $800 $865

The Big One Total XP to unlock: 17,387
	Devastatingly large explosions, and each pops through 5 layers of bloon. Easy Medium Hard $8,500 $10,000 $10,800

Path 2

Rapid Reload Total XP to unlock: 650
	Increase the attack speed of the Mortar. Easy Medium Hard $215 $250 $270

Burny Stuff Total XP to unlock: 2,637
	A touch of Monkey napalm pops additional bloons every 2 seconds after impact for 6 seconds. Easy Medium Hard $425 $500 $540

Signal Flare Total XP to unlock: 9,687
	Camo Bloons popped by this tower permanently lose their camo status, and can be attacked by towers without camo detection. Easy Medium Hard $425 $500 $540

Artillery Battery Total XP to unlock: 26,087
	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. Easy Medium Hard $7,650 $9,000 $9,720

Path 1

Increased Accuracy Total XP to unlock: 200
	Makes your mortar shots more accurate. Easy Medium Hard $170 $200 $215

Bigger Blast Total XP to unlock: 1,612
	Heavy ordinance delivers a bigger explosion radius. Easy Medium Hard $510 $600 $650

Bloon Buster Total XP to unlock: 5,962
	Bloon Buster Mortars smash through 2 layers of bloons at once! Easy Medium Hard $680 $800 $865

The Big One Total XP to unlock: 17,387
	Devastatingly large explosions, and each pops through 5 layers of bloon. Easy Medium Hard $8,500 $10,000 $10,800

Path 2

Rapid Reload Total XP to unlock: 650
	Increase the attack speed of the Mortar. Easy Medium Hard $215 $250 $270

Burny Stuff Total XP to unlock: 2,637
	A touch of Monkey napalm pops additional bloons every 2 seconds after impact for 6 seconds. Easy Medium Hard $425 $500 $540

Signal Flare Total XP to unlock: 9,687
	Camo Bloons popped by this tower permanently lose their camo status, and can be attacked by towers without camo detection. Easy Medium Hard $425 $500 $540

Artillery Battery Total XP to unlock: 26,087
	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. Easy Medium Hard $7,650 $9,000 $9,720

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Assets

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  Mobile / console portrait
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  Mobile portrait (pre-2.0)
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  Mobile / console icon
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  Flash / Deluxe portrait
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  Flash / Deluxe icon

In other languages

Language	Name / description	Notes
Arabic	برج الهاون يرمي قذائف هاون شديدة الانفجار على موضع مستهدف واحد.	—
Danish	Mortértårn Affyrer eksplosive mortérgranater mod et enkelt mål.	—
German	Mörser turm Feuert eine Mörsergranate auf eine anvisierte Stelle.	—
Spanish	Torre con mortero Lanza proyectiles de mortero explosivo a un solo lugar al que apunta.	—
Finnish	Mörssäri torni Laukaisee räjähtävän mörssärinammuksen kohteeksi valittuun pisteeseen.	—
French	Tour de mortiers Lance des obus de mortier explosifs sur un seul endroit ciblé.	—
Italian	Torre mortaio È in grado di lanciare colpi di mortaio esplosivi verso un singolo bersaglio.	—
Japanese	迫撃砲タワー 爆破型迫撃砲シェルを一箇所の標的スポットにめがけて発射する。	—
Korean	박격포 타워 단일 목표 지점에 폭발성 박격포를 발사합니다.	—
Norwegian	Mortertårn Skyter eksplosive granater på et målrettet punkt.	—
Portuguese (Brazil)	Torre Morteiro Lança capsulas de morteiro explosivas a um ponto alvo.	—
Russian	Мортира Стреляет взрывчатыми снарядами в указанное место.	—
Swedish	Granatkastartorn Skjuter explosiva granater mot en enda utvald punkt.	—
Turkish	Havan Hedeflenen tek bir noktaya patlayıcı havan mermileri fırlatır.	—