Striker's Adventure

Striker's Adventure is an Adventure in Bloons Card Storm, introduced in version 4.0. It consists of a single campaign, Striker's Battleground, a roguelike mode where the player plays through a series of randomized matches while collecting cards to build their deck between matches and items and potions to apply modifiers. This campaign is available to all players, but most features and rewards are only accessible to players who purchase the Striker Adventure, Striker Mega Bundle, or Lead Storm Mega Bundle from the store.
Gameplay
The player begins a run by choosing a starter deck and three regular Supply Crates. Each run has twelve stages, each with a random opponent, map, and modifier. Beating the opponent of the stage earns rewards and progresses the player to the next stage, while losing to the opponent causes the player to lose one life. The player has three lives and loses the run if they run out, though some opponents reward a item when defeated that restores one life. The player wins by completing all twelve stages.
Starter decks
All Heroes have one deck unlocked by default and two additional decks unlocked by accomplishing certain tasks within this Adventure. If the player has not purchased Striker's Adventure, they can only use Unpredictable Arrows. Otherwise, the player can use any Hero, even ones they do not own.
Supply Crates
Supply Crates contain three random drops that the player can choose one of. There are three types of Supply Crates.
| Contains cards. Choosing a card adds it to the player's deck. The player can obtain multiple copies of the same card, including Unique cards. Cards exclusive to Heroes other than the player's selected Hero do not appear. | |
| Contains items. The player cannot obtain more than one copy of an item at a time. | |
| Contains potions. If the player already has two potions upon opening one of these crates, they are given the option to either skip choosing a potion or discard a potion from the Supplies menu. |
Items
Items apply passive modifiers to each match. The player can hold up to four items at a time, but it is impossible to have more than three in a single run.
| Icon | Text | Notes |
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| Ammo Cache Monkeys have +1 ammo but take 1 extra turn to reload |
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| Bloon Speederator When you play a Bloon reduce its Health by 30 and its delay by 1 |
Does not apply to bloons spawned by a source other than their Bloon card (e.g. Rad Bloon spawned by Rad Bloon Time! or Undead Bloon spawned by Necromancer). Bloons summoned with 0 health are instantly destroyed. | |
| Sharpening Stone Primary Monkeys have +25 ATK |
Only affects the player's Monkeys. | |
| Creepy Idol Your Opponent's first 4 Bloons that enter play have Delay increased by 1 |
Includes Storm bloons. | |
| Jar of Pickles Monkeys have +35 ATK but take 1 extra turn to reload |
Only affects the player's Monkeys. | |
| Quincy Action Figure Start the game with a Quincy Action Figure in play |
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| Hero's Cape First Dart Monkey you play becomes a Super Monkey |
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| Rapid Reload Ratchet Your Monkeys reload 1 turn faster, minimum 1 |
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| Miniature Workshop Start each battle with an extra card in hand |
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| Obstacle Course Champ Medal Start each battle with +100 Max Health |
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| Golden Idol The first card you play each turn costs 3 less |
Affects Powers that cost Bloontonium. Only discounts one use of cards with multiple charges. Cannot reduce costs below 0. Does not reduce the amount of Gold returned from using Favored Trade on a Monkey card. | |
| Bloon Strengthenor Your Bloons have +50 Health but you do not summon Storm Bloons |
Your Bloons get a Health buff on-play that sets the bloon's Health to 50 more than its base Health. If the player also has Bloon Speederator, the Bloon Strengthenor buff will be +80 instead of +50, resulting in the bloon having +50 Health and -1 Delay compared to its unmodified stats. | |
| Bloon Sniper The first Bloon your opponent plays each battle is destroyed |
Includes Storm Bloons. Deals damage equal to the Bloon's current Health instead of destroying it, which triggers both On Damaged and On Popped effects. If the opponent has a Ceramic Glazing Kiln, it will give +25 Health to the sniped Bloon after the snipe happens, resulting in the Bloon not dying. Passive Awesomeness from a Camo Pattern Bloon will not save the sniped Bloon from dying, but Passive Awesomeness from Zee Jay will. | |
| This is my little brother When you play a Large Bloon, add a 1 charge Red Bloon into your hand |
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| Clearance Power cards in your hand get 1 gold cheaper at the start of your turn, minimum 1 |
Does not activate at the start of turn 1. Does not affect Powers that cost Bloontonium. | |
| Barrel Of Monkeys[sic] At the start of the game, add a Barrel of Monkeys to your hand |
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| Call In Support[sic] At the start of your turn, add a random Power card to your hand |
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| Miner's Pickaxe At the start of your turn gain 1 Bloontonium |
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Potions
Potions can be consumed by the player at any time during a match to activate their effects. The player can hold up to 2 potions at a time and can discard potions from the Supplies menu at any time. If the player consumes a potion, but loses the match, it returns to their inventory.
Stages
Opponents
Bootcamp / Advanced Training / Veteran
The opponents of stages 1–3, 5–7, and 9–11 are Bloons wearing helmets, which function like Heroes. The helmet determines the name of the opponent and its two abilities. The color can be Red, Blue, Green, Yellow, Rainbow, or Ceramic, which determines the deck it uses. For the Military Bloon and Moustache Bloon, the color also determines which Bloons spawn from their passive abilities.
These opponents can have any of the following modifiers:
- Opponent starts with 100 Shield (Bootcamp)
- Opponent starts with 200 Shield (Advanced Training)
- Opponent starts with 300 Shield (Veteran)
- Opponent starts with +100 Health (Bootcamp)
- Opponent starts with +200 Health (Advanced Training)
- Opponent starts with +300 Health (Veteran)
- Opponent starts with 2 Gold
- Opponent starts with a Red Bloon
- Opponent starts with +1 Economy
- Opponent starts with a Boomerang Monkey
- Opponent starts with a Bomb Shooter
- Opponent starts with a Blue Bloon
- Opponent starts with 5 Bloontonium
Hero (stage 4)
Stage 4 is against Quincy. There are three versions, each with a different deck and modifier.
| Name | Modifier |
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| Alpha Quincy | Starts with +3 Gold and adds a Ceramic Bloon to hand |
| Beta Quincy | Starts with +6 Bloontonium |
| Gamma Quincy | Starts with 4 Red Bloons in play |
Hero (stage 8)
Stage 8 is against one of the following Heroes. Each Hero has a unique deck and modifier.
| Name | Modifier |
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| Gwendolin | Starts with a Burny Stuff Mortar in play and adds an Extreme Heat to hand |
| Obyn Greenfoot | Starts with 200 Shield and a Nature's Clarity in hand |
| Amelia the Amazing | Starts with 2 Double Red Bloons in play and +7 Bloontonium |
| Adora, High Priestess | Starts with 5 Dart Monkeys on board |
| Zee Jay | Adds Swarm Blue Bloon to hand |
Final Battle
Stage 12 is against a Lead Bloon version of one of the previous Bloon Heroes with a unique name and modifier. Striker Bloons and Le'Moustachio can spawn Lead Bloons from their passive abilities.
| Name | Opponent | Modifier |
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| Striker Bloons | Military Bloon | Heroes' max HP becomes 100 |
| Le'Moustachio | Moustache Bloon | Replace every 4th card in the players' deck with a Bomb |
| Lead, No Cap | Shako Bloon | Lead, No Cap replaces their hand with Lead Bloons. They cost 1 gold. |
| Imperator Leadius | Legionnaire Bloon | All cards in the players' deck cost 1 more. All of Imperator's cards cost 1 less. |
| Alpha Squad Lead-er | Infantry Bloon | Replace the players' hand with Supply Drops. Add 10 Bombs to the players' deck. |
| Invisi-lead | Camo Pattern Bloon | Invisi-lead is invulnerable every 2nd turn. Add 10 Bombs to the players' deck. |
Missions
Missions are Feats obtainable only by playing this Adventure. All players can earn progress towards Missions, but only players who have purchased the full version can claim the rewards.
| Text | Rewards | Notes |
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| What a Bargain! Play 50 Powers that cost 0 in Striker's Battleground |
500 Universal Tokens | — |
| Keep Poppin' Pop 1000 Bloons in Striker's Battleground |
500 Universal Tokens | — |
| Proven Recruit Beat Striker's Battleground once |
Lead Storm Card Pack ×1 | — |
| Call That a Challenge? Beat all 6 Final Battles in Striker's Battleground |
Lead Storm Card Pack ×2 | — |
| Master Sniper Snipe 100 Bloons using the Bloon Sniper |
500 Universal Tokens | — |
| No Additives Necessary Beat Striker's Battleground without using a Potion |
Classic Card Pack ×2 | — |
| Sour Pickle Face Reload 200 Monkeys while having the Jar of Pickles equipped |
500 Universal Tokens | — |
| Monkey Idol Win using the Golden Idol, Creepy Idol or Quincy Action Figure |
Quincy Action Figure ×2 | — |
| Battleground Veteran Beat Striker's Battleground with 4 different Heroes |
Lead Storm Card Pack ×2 | — |
Strategy
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Striker's Adventure involves some degree of luck and sufficient knowledge of all of the cards. Throughout the Adventure, choose a balanced amount of Bloons, Monkeys, and Powers, as the randomness of new cards may not often suit a pure deck archetype, and try to pick cards that will help in the long-term, such as group-popping Monkeys, cheap but efficient Bloons, and defensive Powers. Most Ultra Rares, especially The Eternal, ARBITR, and Total Transformation Monkey are impactful throughout the run, but not always better than less rare cards. Depending on the Hero picked and its starting party, adapt the strategy to suit the Hero better. Additionally, certain items are very impactful, especially Sharpening Stone (increased Attack Power of Primaries) and Creepy Idol (reduced enemy aggro).
For the final opponent, the strategy varies compared to the previous opponents. Continue defying their AI by wasting their cards too soon while you flawlessly defend against their rushes, however, watch out for additional gimmicks:
- Striker Bloons: Defense is much more important. Bringing more Monkeys is more important than greeding and rushing the opponent. Drain their resources early on, and pile the pressure later in the game.
- Le'Moustachio: 1/4 of the entire deck becomes unusable, substituted by Bombs. Avoid relying entirely on one card as the sole wincon. Heals are an important addition to the deck, but focus more at surviving against leaks while rushing.
- Lead, No Cap: Armor Piercing Monkeys will be helpful against this opponent, as most of their deck will consist of Armored Bloons, especially Lead Bloons and Lead Coating Bloons.
- Imperator Leadius: Early-game is much harder. With certain items such as Creepy Idol, defending won't be so difficult, and later on the game the +1 Gold cost for all cards becomes almost not impactful. Avoid entirely relying on cards with multiple charges.
- Alpha Squad Lead-er: Plenty of healing is important against this opponent.
- Invisi-lead: Time the Bloons such that they leak at every odd turn (e.g. send a Yellow Bloon at an even turn, leaking at an odd turn). Versus the Bombs, have backup options to heal the Hero.
Update history
- Sharpening Stone no longer increases the Attack Power of the opponent's Monkeys
- Berserker Brew no longer displays the "On Play" keyword (bug fix)
- Battleground Veteran mission now correctly tracks one win per hero (bug fix)
- Progress towards unlocking Obyn’s Druidic Rituals and Gwen’s Hazardous Materials decks are now properly tracked (bug fix)
- Adora's #Cursed deck now displays the correct unlock requirements instead of "Grant 500 total Shield to friendly Bloons" (bug fix)
- Switched the names of Obyn's second and third decks (undocumented)
- Golden Idol now correctly grants a discount when the player's hand is full at the start of a turn (bug fix)
- Bloon Strengthenor no longer reduces the value of buffs from other sources
- Sharpened Darts Lab no longer causes the game to crash with Hero's Cape in Striker's Adventure (bug fix)
- Descriptions of the Sharpening Stone, Jar of Pickles, Berserker Brew, Shako Bloon and Infantry Bloon's passive abilities, and unlock condition for Forbidden Sorcery now use the abbreviation "ATK" instead of "AP"
- Description of Berserker Brew now capitalizes "Temporary Ammo"
- Added new items and potions to Striker's Battleground
- New Potions: Bloon Juice, Future Visions, Pocket Rocket
- New Items: Call in Support, Barrel of Monkeys, Miner’s Axe
- Bloon Sniper will now actually pop a Bloon even if that Bloon was affected by an On Play heal/buff such as ZJ's Passive Enhancements or Ceramic Glazing Kiln.
- Golden Idol's buff now wears off after playing a Power card.
- Players no longer receive an Item at the start of an adventure. (bug)
- Striker's Adventure now grants a Starter Item at the start of the campaign again (bug fix)
Gallery
Screenshots
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Intro
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Locked deck
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Inventory with items
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Using a potion
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Max potions warning
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Example of a battle against Shako Ceramic Bloon
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Battle modifiers
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Victory
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A Gamma Quincy using the "Good Luck" emote in Striker's Adventure
Assets
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Small campaign icon
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Large campaign icon
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Tab icon
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Background art
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Supplies icon
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Missions icon
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Mission icon
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Star icon
Opponent Bloons
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Red Bloon
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Red Bloon
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Blue Bloon
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Blue Bloon
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Green Bloon
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Green Bloon
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Yellow Bloon
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Yellow Bloon
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Rainbow Bloon
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Rainbow Bloon
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Ceramic Bloon
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Ceramic Bloon
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Lead Bloon
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Lead Bloon
In other languages
| Language | Text | Notes |
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| Danish | Angribers eventyr | — |
| German | Strikers Abenteuer | — |
| Spanish (Latin America) | Aventura de Striker | — |
| French | Aventure de Striker | — |
| Italian | Avventura di Striker | — |
| Japanese | ストライカーアドベンチャー | — |
| Korean | 스트라이커의 모험 | — |
| Norwegian | Strikers eventyr | — |
| Polish | Przygoda Strikera | — |
| Portuguese (Brazil) | Aventura do Striker | — |
| Russian | Приключение Ударника | — |
| Swedish | Strikers Äventyr | — |
| Chinese (traditional) | 先鋒冒險 | — |
| Language | Text | Notes |
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| Danish | Angribers slagmark | — |
| German | Strikers Schlachtfeld | — |
| Spanish (Latin America) | Campo de batalla de Striker | — |
| French | Champ de bataille de Striker | — |
| Italian | Campo di battaglia di Striker | — |
| Japanese | ストライカーの戦場 | — |
| Korean | 스트라이커의 전장 | — |
| Norwegian | Strikers slagmark | — |
| Polish | Pole bitwy Strikera | — |
| Portuguese (Brazil) | Campo de Batalha do Striker | — |
| Russian | Поле боя Ударника | — |
| Swedish | Strikers Slagfält | — |
| Chinese (traditional) | 先鋒戰場 | — |
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