Sniper Monkey (Battles 2)

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Sniper Monkey
Can shoot Bloons it can see anywhere on the screen with a long-range rifle, and pops 2 layers off Bloons hit by it.
Category Military Cost $300 Introduced Launch

The Sniper Monkey is a Military tower in Bloons TD Battles 2.

The Sniper Monkey attacks by shooting at Bloons with its rifle from any distance, dealing 2 damage. Rather than shooting a projectile, its shots deal damage to the target instantly. Each shot deals 2 damage to the target, but it cannot pop Lead Bloons or frozen Bloons, and it cannot detect Camo Bloons (unless it has camo detection such as Night Vision Goggles). It has a moderately slow attack speed (attacks every 1.35 seconds) and can only hit one Bloon at a time.

Upgrades

Path 1

Full Metal Jacket Cost: $250
	Shots pop through 4 layers of bloon, and both bullets and shrapnel can pop Lead and Frozen Bloons.

Large Calibre Cost: $750
	Shots can pop through 7 layers of bloon.

Deadly Precision Cost: $2,800
	30 damage per shot, plus bonus damage to ceramics.

Maim MOAB Cost: $5,000
	Immobilizes MOAB class bloons for a short time.

Cripple MOAB Cost: $34,000
	Crippled MOABs are immobilized for longer and take extra damage from all other attacks.

Path 2

Night Vision Goggles Cost: $200
	Allows Sniper to detect and do an additional 1 damage to Camo bloons.

Shrapnel Shot Cost: $300
	Damaged bloons spray out a cone of sharp shrapnel.

Bouncing Bullet Cost: $2,600
	Shots bounce to new targets up to 5 times.

Supply Drop Cost: $5,800
	Supply Drop Ability: drops a crate full of cash. Regular attack also damages Lead Bloons and increases Shrapnel popping power.

Elite Sniper Cost: $14,000
	Supply drop gives much more cash and activates Supply Drop for other snipers. Grants Elite targeting prio and faster reload to all snipers.

Path 3

Fast Firing Cost: $300
	Shoots faster than normal.

Even Faster Firing Cost: $300
	Shoots even faster!

Semi-Automatic Cost: $2,100
	Attacks 3x as fast!

Full Auto Rifle Cost: $3,800
	Fully automatic weapon with incredible popping power.

Elite Defender Cost: $14,500
	An escaping bloon or a lost life gives this Sniper 4x attack speed for a short time in retaliation. Also attacks faster the further the Bloons are along the track.

Strategy

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For more in-depth strategies, see Strategy:Sniper Monkey (Battles 2).

This section was last updated for: version 4.13

Popular loadouts

Boomer-Farm-Sniper Boomer-Ninja-Sniper Dart-Farm-Sniper Sub-Ice-Sniper

Sniper Monkey has a rather weak position across all stages of the game, as despite its single-target role it struggles to chip down individual Bloons enough for its cost without substantial other defense. Its early-game is also one of the worst out of all towers in the game, due to its minimal pierce, as well as struggling to all Tight rushes while having minimal late-game damage alone due to a severe lack of pierce and single-target damage. As a result, it is more of a supporting tower to add to loadouts, having the option for alt eco via Supply Drop and Elite Sniper, as well as reliable blimp stuns for the early 20s via Maim MOAB.

Setting on Strong is usually preferred when using the Sniper, to single out the stronger Bloons.

Some Heroes that work well with Snipers include DJ Benjammin' (efficient income generation) and Smudge Catt Ezili.

Update history

For a complete list of Sniper Monkey changes, see Update history:Sniper Monkey (Battles 2).

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Version 3.2

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Sniper Monkey also lacks early game efficiency, being most used for its tier 3/4/5 upgrades way past the early game. Additionally, Sniper hasn’t been particularly prevalent in highest arenas recently, so we have made quite a few price cuts to the early upgrades to encourage Sniper to be used more and to potentially provide some more use cases for it in the early game.
— Update notes

”

•  Cost reduced ― $350 → $250

Version 4.1

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Since it’s hard to get much use out of Sniper in the early game, we’re giving it some simple early game buffs and improvements to crosspathing.
— Update notes

”

•  Cost reduced ― $250 → $200

Version 4.2.1 (OTA update 2)

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We were a little too successful in trying to increase the popularity of the Sniper Monkey as it is now the single most used tower in the game, surpassing even the Banana Farm. Sniper's popularity is due to it's versatility as an income source that also excels with both group popping through its shrapnel shot and at single targets with its high damage.
— Update notes

”

•  Cost increased ― $200 → $300

Version 4.12 (OTA update 1)

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Sniper is providing too much value for its low cost and money making ability. We are lowering its base attack speed to weaken its damage output to compensate.
— Update notes

”

•  Attack cooldown increased ― 1.35s → 1.45s (attack speed reduced by 6.9%)

Version 4.13

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Sniper is picked more often purely because it comes with efficient cash generation, so we are changing that to spread its effectiveness across all three of its paths
— Update notes

”

•  Attack cooldown reduced ― 1.45s → 1.35s (attack speed increased by 7.41%)

Strategy

For more in-depth strategies, see Strategy:Sniper Monkey (Battles 2).

Popular loadouts

Boomer-Farm-Sniper Boomer-Ninja-Sniper Dart-Farm-Sniper Sub-Ice-Sniper

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Cosmetic items

Monkey Mastery

Icon	Text	Category	Cost
	Covert Placement Did that bush just move?	Placement Animation	600 75,000
	Night Vision No Bloon can hide.	Emote	160 20,000
	Sniper Beret The height of military fashion.	Bloon Decal	200 30,000
	Laser Sights Always find their target.	Trail Effect	450 60,000
	Take the Shot They won't know what hit 'em.	Avatar Icon	300 40,000
	Binoculars Looking for trouble.	Idle Animation	450 60,000
	Named Sniper Monkeys Name your Sniper Monkeys.	Custom Names	300 40,000
	Aerial Extraction Time to bug out!	Sell Animation	240 30,000
	Golden Gun Each bullet is inscribed with the name of a bloon.	Weapon Skin	450 60,000

Monkey Prestige

Icon	Text
	Prestige Sniper Monkey Badge Show off the prestige level of your monkey with a special in-game badge.
	Prestige Sniper Monkey Portraits Exclusive animated in-game portraits to give this monkey some extra flair.
	Sniper Monkey Prestige Banner Display your mastery of this monkey on your profile.
	Sniper Monkey Prestige Avatar A real statement for your profile.
	Bullet Casings Drag Effect Your monkeys arrive on the battlefield with some swagger!
	Golden Sniper Monkeys Your monkeys glow with the light of achievement.
	Sniper Commander Display your mastery of this monkey with an exclusive title.

Customization

Item	Category	Unlock method(s)	Introduced
Binoculars	Idle Animation	Sniper Monkey Mastery	Launch
Rifle Maintenance	Idle Animation	Season XXXV	Version 4.8
Named Sniper Monkeys	Custom Names	Sniper Monkey Mastery	Launch
Covert Placement	Placement Animation	Sniper Monkey Mastery	Launch
Aerial Extraction	Sell Animation	Sniper Monkey Mastery	Launch
Paintballs	Trail Effect	Season XXII, Daily Offers	Version 4.1.2
Laser Sights	Trail Effect	Sniper Monkey Mastery	Launch
Golden Gun	Weapon Skin	Sniper Monkey Mastery	Launch
Suspicious Package	Weapon Skin	Holiday 2024 event	Version 4.4

Gallery

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

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In other languages

Language	Name / Description	Notes
Danish	Snigskytte-abe Kan skyde bloons, den kan se, hvor som helst på skærmen med en langtrækkende riffe, og springer 2 bloons-lag.	—
German	Scharfschützenaffe Schießt mit einem Ferngewehr auf Bloons an beliebigen Orten auf dem Bildschirm und lässt 2 getroffene Bloonschichten platzen.	—
Spanish	Mono francotirador Dispara a los bloons que ve en cualquier lugar de la pantalla con un rifle de largo alcance y revienta 2 capas de los que reciben el impacto.	—
Finnish	Tarkka-ampuja Voi ampua näkemiään blooneja pitkän kantaman kiväärillä mistä tahansa ruudulta ja poksauttaa blooneista 2 kerrosta pois.	—
French	Singe sniper Peut tirer sur tous les Bloons qui apparaissent à l’écran à l’aide d’un fusil à longue portée, et faire éclater 2 couches des Bloons qu’il atteint.	—
Italian	Scimmia cecchino Può sparare ai bloon che vede ovunque sullo schermo con un fucile a lungo raggio. I suoi colpi provocano lo scoppio di 2 strati di bloon.	—
Japanese	スナイパーモンキー 長距離ライフルで、画面上に見える範囲のブルーンを撃つことができ、当たればブルーンの二層分を割る。	—
Korean	저격 원숭이 화면 어디에 있든 눈에 보이는 풍선을 원거리 소총으로 쏘며, 명중하면 풍선을 2겹 터트립니다.	—
Dutch	Sniperaap Kan met een langeafstandsgeweer op alle op het scherm zichtbare bloons schieten en knalt 2 lagen van geraakte bloons.	—
Norwegian	Snikskytterape Kan skyte bloons den kan se overalt på skjermen med en rifle med lang rekkevidde, og kan poppe 2 lag av bloonen skudd for skudd.	—
Portuguese (Brazil)	Macaco Atirador Pode atirar contra Bloons que possam ser vistos em qualquer ponto da tela com um rifle e retira duas camadas de Bloons atingidos.	—
Russian	Обезьяна-снайпер Может стрелять по шарам, которые видит где угодно на экране, из дальнобойной винтовки и пробивает 2 слоя шаров при попадании.	—
Swedish	Prickskyttsapa Kan skjuta synliga Bloons var som helst på skärmen med långdistansgevär och smäller bort 2 lager från Bloons som träffas.	—
Turkish	Nişancı Maymun Uzun menzilli tüfekle ekranın herhangi bir yerinde görebildiği Bloon’ları vurabilir ve onunla vurulan Bloon’ların 2 katmanını patlatır.	—
Chinese (traditional)	狙擊手猴 可以使用長射程步槍射擊螢幕上可看到的任意位置的氣球，每次命中可擊破氣球2層氣球。	—
Last updated: version 4.0.1