Ice Monkey (BTD6)

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Ice Monkey

Pops and freezes nearby Bloons for a short time. Frozen Bloons are immune to sharp damage. Can't freeze White, Zebra or Lead Bloons. Can be placed on land and water.

Unlock method(s)	Choose at levels 2–6
Category	Primary
Cost	$340 — Easy $400 — Medium $430 — Hard $480 — Impoppable
Hotkey	T
Introduced	Launch

The Ice Monkey is a Primary tower in Bloons TD 6. It attacks in a 20-radius circle around it, freezing Bloons up to a pierce cap (40 at base tier) within its short range for 1.5s, as well as damaging them, with an attack cooldown of 2.4s. It has no targeting options, since it will either attack or not attack. When not upgraded to Tier 3 or higher, ceramic freeze duration is reduced by half. By default, it cannot target or affect MOAB-class Bloons. It can be placed on both land and water.

It can be upgraded to cause extra damage to Bloons, freeze more effectively, or use a powerful cryo cannon.

Upgrades

Path 1

Permafrost XP cost: 160
	Bloons move slowly even after thawing out. Easy Medium Hard Impoppable $125 $150 $160 $180

Cold Snap XP cost: 500
	Can freeze and pop Lead and Camo Bloons. Easy Medium Hard Impoppable $295 $350 $380 $420

Ice Shards XP cost: 2,500
	Removes Camo and Regrow properties when damaging Bloons. Razor sharp shards fly out when Frozen Bloons pop. Easy Medium Hard Impoppable $1,275 $1,500 $1,620 $1,800

Embrittlement XP cost: 8,250
	Can hit MOAB-class Bloons. All hit Bloons become brittle, taking extra damage while frozen, and losing Lead immunity for a short time. Easy Medium Hard Impoppable $1,955 $2,300 $2,485 $2,760

Super Brittle XP cost: 25,000
	Bloons take huge damage while frozen, while Ice Shards rip through Ceramic Bloons like paper! Easy Medium Hard Impoppable $23,800 $28,000 $30,240 $33,600

Path 2

Enhanced Freeze XP cost: 160
	Attacks faster and freezes for longer. Easy Medium Hard Impoppable $170 $200 $215 $240

Deep Freeze XP cost: 500
	Increases pierce, freezes an extra layer and freeze lasts longer. Easy Medium Hard Impoppable $255 $300 $325 $360

Arctic Wind XP cost: 2,500
	Gains a super cold aura that slows Bloons and freezes water nearby. Easy Medium Hard Impoppable $2,335 $2,750 $2,970 $3,300

Snowstorm XP cost: 8,500
	Snowstorm Ability: Freezes all regular Bloons on screen, briefly freezes White, Zebra, and Camo, and slows MOAB-class. Easy Medium Hard Impoppable $3,400 $4,000 $4,320 $4,800

Absolute Zero XP cost: 27,500
	Each attack freezes all Bloons everywhere for a short time. Snowstorm freezes all Bloon types for even longer while greatly increasing attack speed of all Ice Monkeys for the duration. Easy Medium Hard Impoppable $17,850 $21,000 $22,680 $25,200

Path 3

Larger Radius XP cost: 160
	Larger freeze area. Easy Medium Hard Impoppable $125 $150 $160 $180

Re-Freeze XP cost: 500
	Can re-freeze Bloons that are already frozen. Easy Medium Hard Impoppable $170 $200 $215 $240

Cryo Cannon XP cost: 2,500
	Rapidly shoots smaller ice bombs over longer range. Easy Medium Hard Impoppable $1,615 $1,900 $2,050 $2,280

Icicles XP cost: 9,000
	Does bonus damage to MOAB-Class Bloons. Frozen Bloons grow sharp icicles that can pop Bloons that touch them. Easy Medium Hard Impoppable $2,335 $2,750 $2,970 $3,300

Icicle Impale XP cost: 30,000
	Shoots huge icicle spikes that do huge damage to MOAB-Class Bloons and freezes them. Easy Medium Hard Impoppable $25,500 $30,000 $32,400 $36,000

Paragon

Herald of Everfrost XP cost: 750,000
	As the eternal frost descends and cold reigns supreme, even the baddest of Bloons are helpless against its icy grasp. Easy Medium Hard Impoppable $255,000 $300,000 $324,000 $360,000

Stats

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

This data was last updated for: version 55.1

Tower
Display range 20 units Footprint radius 6 units Targeting options Close

Attack
Cooldown 2.4s Offset (X, Y, Z) 0, 0, 7 Targeting Depends on targeting option Targeting range 20 units Filters Cannot target Camo Cannot target MOAB-Class Cannot target frozen Bloons
Projectile Pierce 40 Damage 1 Damage type Cold Lifespan 0.05s Radius 20 units Filters Ignores Lead if its damage type cannot damage it Cannot hit Camo Cannot hit MOAB-Class Cannot hit frozen Bloons Ignores blockers Freeze Multiplier ×0 Duration 1.5s Layers 2

Related Monkey Knowledge

This list does not include Monkey Knowledge that affects all Primary towers.

Monkey Knowledge	Cost	Prerequisites	Introduced
Icy Chill Freeze radius slightly increased.	Free	5 invested Hard Tacks	Launch
So... Cold... Ice Monkey's Permafrost upgrade slows by 60%.	250	8 invested Icy Chill	Launch
Big Cryo Blast Cryo Cannon gets increased blast radius.	500	10 invested So... Cold...	Launch
Hypothermia Snowstorm freezes Bloons for longer.	500	10 invested So... Cold...	Launch

Rogue Legends

Starter parties with Ice Monkeys

Item	Insta Monkey 1	Insta Monkey 2	Artifact
Silas	0-2-0 Ice Monkey	0-0-2 Engineer Monkey	Esoteric Elementalist Rare
Fusty the Snowman	2-0-0 Ice Monkey	0-2-0 Mermonkey	Frosted Tips Legendary
Sleigh Churchill	2-0-0 Ice Monkey	2-0-0 Engineer Monkey	Abundant Choices Rare
Jiangshi Sauda	0-0-2 Wizard Monkey	0-2-0 Ice Monkey	Home Brew Alchemy Legendary

Artifacts that add Ice Monkeys

Artifact	Common	Rare	Legendary
Dazing Frostburn	1-0-1 Ice Monkey	1-0-2 Ice Monkey	0-0-2 Ice Monkey

Artifacts that affect Ice Monkeys

This list does not include Artifacts that affect all Primary towers.

Artifact	Common effect	Rare effect	Legendary effect
Dazing Frostburn	Ice Monkeys stun non-MOAB Bloons and burn 2 damage a second for 5 seconds. Adds a 1-0-1 Ice Monkey to your Party	Ice Monkeys stun non-MOAB Bloons and burn 4 damage a second for 5 seconds. Adds a 1-0-2 Ice Monkey to your Party	Ice Monkeys stun non-MOAB Bloons and burn 8 damage a second for 5 seconds. Adds a 0-0-2 Ice Monkey to your Party
Fish Nova	Tier 3 and higher Bomb Shooter, Mortar, Ice Monkey, Glue Gunner & Banana Farm attacks have a chance to release swarms of fish each dealing 1 damage to 2 Bloons	Tier 3 and higher Bomb Shooter, Mortar, Ice Monkey, Glue Gunner & Banana Farm attacks have a chance to release swarms of fish each dealing 2 damage to 3 Bloons	Tier 3 and higher Bomb Shooter, Mortar, Ice Monkey, Glue Gunner & Banana Farm attacks have a chance to release swarms of fish each dealing 4 damage to 4 Bloons

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
0-0-0	$340	$400	$430	$480	$238	$280	$301	$336
1-0-0	$465	$550	$590	$660	$326	$385	$413	$462
1-1-0	$635	$750	$805	$900	$445	$525	$564	$630
1-0-1	$590	$700	$750	$840	$413	$490	$525	$588
0-1-0	$510	$600	$645	$720	$357	$420	$452	$504
0-1-1	$635	$750	$805	$900	$445	$525	$564	$630
0-0-1	$465	$550	$590	$660	$326	$385	$413	$462
2-0-0	$760	$900	$970	$1,080	$532	$630	$679	$756
2-1-0	$930	$1,100	$1,185	$1,320	$651	$770	$830	$924
2-2-0	$1,185	$1,400	$1,510	$1,680	$830	$980	$1,057	$1,176
2-0-1	$885	$1,050	$1,130	$1,260	$620	$735	$791	$882
2-0-2	$1,055	$1,250	$1,345	$1,500	$739	$875	$942	$1,050
0-2-0	$765	$900	$970	$1,080	$536	$630	$679	$756
1-2-0	$890	$1,050	$1,130	$1,260	$623	$735	$791	$882
0-2-1	$890	$1,050	$1,130	$1,260	$623	$735	$791	$882
0-2-2	$1,060	$1,250	$1,345	$1,500	$742	$875	$942	$1,050
0-0-2	$635	$750	$805	$900	$445	$525	$564	$630
1-0-2	$760	$900	$965	$1,080	$532	$630	$676	$756
0-1-2	$805	$950	$1,020	$1,140	$564	$665	$714	$798
3-0-0	$2,035	$2,400	$2,590	$2,880	$1,425	$1,680	$1,813	$2,016
3-1-0	$2,205	$2,600	$2,805	$3,120	$1,544	$1,820	$1,964	$2,184
3-2-0	$2,460	$2,900	$3,130	$3,480	$1,722	$2,030	$2,191	$2,436
3-0-1	$2,160	$2,550	$2,750	$3,060	$1,512	$1,785	$1,925	$2,142
3-0-2	$2,330	$2,750	$2,965	$3,300	$1,631	$1,925	$2,076	$2,310
0-3-0	$3,100	$3,650	$3,940	$4,380	$2,170	$2,555	$2,758	$3,066
1-3-0	$3,225	$3,800	$4,100	$4,560	$2,258	$2,660	$2,870	$3,192
2-3-0	$3,520	$4,150	$4,480	$4,980	$2,464	$2,905	$3,136	$3,486
0-3-1	$3,225	$3,800	$4,100	$4,560	$2,258	$2,660	$2,870	$3,192
0-3-2	$3,395	$4,000	$4,315	$4,800	$2,377	$2,800	$3,021	$3,360
0-0-3	$2,250	$2,650	$2,855	$3,180	$1,575	$1,855	$1,999	$2,226
1-0-3	$2,375	$2,800	$3,015	$3,360	$1,663	$1,960	$2,111	$2,352
2-0-3	$2,670	$3,150	$3,395	$3,780	$1,869	$2,205	$2,377	$2,646
0-1-3	$2,420	$2,850	$3,070	$3,420	$1,694	$1,995	$2,149	$2,394
0-2-3	$2,675	$3,150	$3,395	$3,780	$1,873	$2,205	$2,377	$2,646
4-0-0	$3,990	$4,700	$5,075	$5,640	$2,793	$3,290	$3,553	$3,948
4-1-0	$4,160	$4,900	$5,290	$5,880	$2,912	$3,430	$3,703	$4,116
4-2-0	$4,415	$5,200	$5,615	$6,240	$3,091	$3,640	$3,931	$4,368
4-0-1	$4,115	$4,850	$5,235	$5,820	$2,881	$3,395	$3,665	$4,074
4-0-2	$4,285	$5,050	$5,450	$6,060	$3,000	$3,535	$3,815	$4,242
0-4-0	$6,500	$7,650	$8,260	$9,180	$4,550	$5,355	$5,782	$6,426
1-4-0	$6,625	$7,800	$8,420	$9,360	$4,638	$5,460	$5,894	$6,552
2-4-0	$6,920	$8,150	$8,800	$9,780	$4,844	$5,705	$6,160	$6,846
0-4-1	$6,625	$7,800	$8,420	$9,360	$4,638	$5,460	$5,894	$6,552
0-4-2	$6,795	$8,000	$8,635	$9,600	$4,757	$5,600	$6,045	$6,720
0-0-4	$4,585	$5,400	$5,825	$6,480	$3,210	$3,780	$4,078	$4,536
1-0-4	$4,710	$5,550	$5,985	$6,660	$3,297	$3,885	$4,190	$4,662
2-0-4	$5,005	$5,900	$6,365	$7,080	$3,504	$4,130	$4,456	$4,956
0-1-4	$4,755	$5,600	$6,040	$6,720	$3,329	$3,920	$4,228	$4,704
0-2-4	$5,010	$5,900	$6,365	$7,080	$3,507	$4,130	$4,456	$4,956
5-0-0	$27,790	$32,700	$35,315	$39,240	$19,453	$22,890	$24,721	$27,468
5-1-0	$27,960	$32,900	$35,530	$39,480	$19,572	$23,030	$24,871	$27,636
5-2-0	$28,215	$33,200	$35,855	$39,840	$19,751	$23,240	$25,099	$27,888
5-0-1	$27,915	$32,850	$35,475	$39,420	$19,541	$22,995	$24,833	$27,594
5-0-2	$28,085	$33,050	$35,690	$39,660	$19,660	$23,135	$24,983	$27,762
0-5-0	$24,350	$28,650	$30,940	$34,380	$17,045	$20,055	$21,658	$24,066
1-5-0	$24,475	$28,800	$31,100	$34,560	$17,133	$20,160	$21,770	$24,192
2-5-0	$24,770	$29,150	$31,480	$34,980	$17,339	$20,405	$22,036	$24,486
0-5-1	$24,475	$28,800	$31,100	$34,560	$17,133	$20,160	$21,770	$24,192
0-5-2	$24,645	$29,000	$31,315	$34,800	$17,252	$20,300	$21,921	$24,360
0-0-5	$30,085	$35,400	$38,225	$42,480	$21,060	$24,780	$26,758	$29,736
1-0-5	$30,210	$35,550	$38,385	$42,660	$21,147	$24,885	$26,870	$29,862
2-0-5	$30,505	$35,900	$38,765	$43,080	$21,354	$25,130	$27,136	$30,156
0-1-5	$30,255	$35,600	$38,440	$42,720	$21,179	$24,920	$26,908	$29,904
0-2-5	$30,510	$35,900	$38,765	$43,080	$21,357	$25,130	$27,136	$30,156

Strategy

For more in-depth strategies, see Strategy:Ice Monkey (BTD6).

Although Ice Monkeys tend to have a high pierce, they are best used for their slowing and freezing utility.

Be cautious of pairing ice monkeys near monkeys that cannot harm frozen without the proper upgrades. Path 1, 4th upgrade (Embrittlement and Super Brittle) negates this.

022 Ice Monkeys can take out all non-special bloons, including the first golden bloon.

For late game, 5-2-0 is the best all around for damage and support. 0-2-5 is the highest damage, except for BADs. It can solo DDTs with camo detection from another source (e.g. a -2- Monkey Village). 0-5-2 provides the greatest support, slowing or freezing up to 300 bloons for other monkeys to attack.

Update history

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

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Version 2.0

•  Pierce increased ― 30 → 40

Version 8.0

•  Can now pop Lead Bloons when buffed by Acidic Mixture Dip (bug fix)

Version 34.0

“

Ice Monkey base pierce is too high, very easily countering large numbers of strong Bloons early, mid or late in the game for small investment, leading to very low tiers of ice monkey (below t3) being highly effective spam options over upgrading your ice. We are reworking some of this base pierce to require crosspath investment [...]
— Update notes

”

•  Pierce reduced ― 40 → 30 (extra pierce moved to Deep Freeze crosspath)

Version 37.0

“

Lowest tiers of ice monkey are far too effective for their cost against ceramics, with this scaling well all the way to round 100, we feel like ice duration against ceramics needs to be reduced to counter this but for now this reduction will only apply until T3.
— Update notes

”

•  Freeze duration: reduced by 50% on ceramics
  • Note: Tier 3s and above unaffected

Version 39.0

“

We’re happier with more recent freeze changes succeeding in some of the intentions of older nerfs, given the base tower value in races being hit far more than intended we’re going back over the pierce for Ice Monkey base & middle crosspath.
— Update notes

”

•  Pierce increased ― 30 → 40

Version 49.0

“

Someone’s been teaching the Ice Monkey some new tricks because now they can be placed on either Land or Water! However you’ll still need Arctic Wind to support other towers on water. Ice Monkey value is limited at low levels where quick & spaced Bloons are the main trouble, so the cost for many low tier upgrades is moving up to higher tiers instead.
— Update notes

”

•  Cost reduced ― $500 → $400
•  Can now be placed on water
• Description changed ― Pops and freezes nearby Bloons for a short time. Frozen Bloons are immune to sharp damage. Can't freeze White, Zebra or Lead Bloons. → Pops and freezes nearby Bloons for a short time. Frozen Bloons are immune to sharp damage. Can't freeze White, Zebra or Lead Bloons. Can be placed on land and water.

Cosmetic items

Item	Category	Unlock method(s)	Introduced
Ice Monkey Snowman Pet	Monkeys — Pets	Trophy Store —  120, Pets Fan Pack (IAP)	Version 29.0

Gallery

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

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Assets

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  Portrait
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  Insta Monkey icon

In other languages

This section was last updated for: version 49.2

Language	Text	Notes
Arabic	القرد الثلجي	—
Danish	Is-abe	—
German	Eisaffe	—
Spanish	Mono glacial	—
Spanish (Latin America)	Mono glacial	—
Finnish	Jääapina	—
French	Singe de glace	—
Italian	Scimmia di ghiaccio	—
Japanese	アイスモンキー	—
Korean	얼음 원숭이	—
Dutch	IJsaap	—
Norwegian	Is-ape	—
Polish	Lodowa małpka	—
Portuguese (Brazil)	Macaco de Gelo	—
Russian	Ледяная обезьяна	—
Swedish	Isapa	—
Thai	ลิงน้ำแข็ง	—
Turkish	Buz Maymunu	—
Chinese (simplified)	冰猴	—
Chinese (traditional)	冰猴	—

Language	Text	Notes
Arabic	يمكن فرقعة البالونات القريبة وتجميدها لفترة زمنية قصيرة. البالونات المجمدة محصنة ضد الأضرار الحادة. يتعذر تجميد البالونات البيضاء أو المخططة أبيض في أسود أو المصنوعة من الرصاص. يمكن وضعه على اليابس أو في المياه.	—
Danish	Springer og fryser kortvarigt bloons i nærheden. Frosne bloons er immune overfor skade fra skarpe skud. Kan ikke fryse hvide, zebra- eller bly-bloons. Kan placeres på land og vand.	—
German	Lässt Bloons in der Nähe platzen und friert sie für kurze Zeit ein. Eis-Bloons sind gegen Schaden durch scharfe Gegenstände immun. Kann Weiße, Zebra- oder Blei-Bloons nicht einfrieren. Kann auf Land und im Wasser platziert werden.	—
Spanish	Explota y congela a los bloons cercanos durante un periodo corto de tiempo. Los bloons congelados son inmunes al daño afilado. No congela bloons blancos, cebras ni de plomo. Puede colocarse en tierra y en agua.	—
Spanish (Latin America)	Explota y congela a los bloons cercanos durante un periodo corto de tiempo. Los bloons congelados son inmunes al daño afilado. No congela bloons blancos, cebras ni emplomados. Se coloca en tierra y agua.	—
Finnish	Poksauttaa ja jäädyttää lähellä olevat bloonit hetkeksi. Jäätyneet bloonit ovat immuuneja teräville ammuksille. Valkoisia, seepra- tai lyijyblooneja ei voi jäädyttää. Voidaan asettaa maalle tai veteen.	—
French	Fait éclater et gèle les Bloons à proximité pendant une courte durée. Les Bloons gelés sont immunisés contre les dégâts perforants. Ne peut geler les Bloons blancs, zébrés et en plomb. Peut être placé sur la terre ferme ou sur l'eau.	—
Italian	Fa scoppiare e congela per un breve lasso di tempo i bloon vicini. I bloon congelati sono immuni al danno da oggetti affilati. I bloon bianchi, zebrati o di piombo sono immuni. Si può posizionare su terra o acqua.	—
Japanese	短期間、付近のブルーンを割って凍らせる。凍結ブルーンに、尖ったものによるダメージが効かなくなる。白、ゼブラ、鉛ブルーンは凍結できない。陸地と水の両方に配置可能。	—
Korean	잠시 동안 주변의 풍선을 터트리고 얼립니다. 얼린 풍선은 뾰족한 공격에 면역 상태가 됩니다. 하얀 풍선, 줄무늬 풍선, 납 풍선은 얼릴 수 없습니다. 지상에도 배치할 수 있고 수중에도 배치할 수 있습니다	—
Dutch	Knalt en bevriest Bloons in de buurt voor een korte tijd. Bevroren Bloons zijn immuun voor scherpe schade. Kan geen Witte, Zebra- of Loden Bloons bevriezen. Kan op land en in water worden geplaatst.	—
Norwegian	Popper og fryser bloons i en kort periode. Frosne bloons er immune mot stikkskader. Kan ikke fryse hvite bloons, sebra- eller bly-bloons. Kan plasseres på land og vann.	—
Polish	Przekłuwa i zamraża na chwilę pobliskie blony. Zamrożone blony są odporne na ostrą broń. Nie można zamrozić białych, pasiastych i ołowianych blonów. Można umieścić na ziemi i na wodzie.	—
Portuguese (Brazil)	Estoura e congela Bloons próximos por um momento. Bloons congelados ficam imunes a dano perfurante. Não congela Bloons Brancos, Zebras ou de Chumbo. Pode ser colocado na terra ou na água.	—
Russian	Ненадолго взрывает и замораживает шары поблизости. На замороженные шары перестают действовать острые предметы. Белые, свинцовые и зеброшары нельзя заморозить. Можно разместить на земле и воде.	—
Swedish	Smäller och fryser Bloons i närheten en kort stund. Frusna Bloons är immuna mot vass skada. Kan inte frysa Vita, Zebra- eller Blybloons. Kan placeras på land och vatten.	—
Thai	เจาะและแช่แข็งลูกโป่งที่อยู่ใกล้เคียงเป็นระยะเวลาสั้นๆ ลูกโป่งที่ถูกแช่แข็งจะไม่ได้รับดาเมจแหลมคม ไม่สามารถแช่แข็งลูกโป่งสีขาว ลูกโป่งม้าลาย และลูกโป่งตะกั่ว สามารถวางบนดินหรือน้ำก็ได้	—
Turkish	Bloon'ları patlatır ve yakındakileri kısa süreliğine dondurur. Donmuş Bloon'lar keskin hasara karşı dayanıklıdır. Beyaz, Zebra veya Kurşun Bloon'lar dondurulamaz. Karaya ve suya yerleştirilebilir.	—
Chinese (simplified)	短时间内冻结周围的气球。被冰冻的气球无法被利器击破。对白气球、斑马气球和铅气球无效。可在陆地与水域部署。	—
Chinese (traditional)	打破並短時間凍住周圍氣球。冰凍氣球不受尖銳傷害。不能凍住白色，斑馬或鉛氣球。可放置於陸地和水面上。	—