Monkey Buccaneer (BMC)

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Monkey Buccaneer

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	Shoots a single, heavy dart that can pop up to 5 bloons each. Water only.

	Monkey Buccaneers can only be placed on water. Shoots a single, heavy dart that can pop up to 5 bloons each.

Cost	$525 (Multiplatform version) $500 (Flash version)
Hotkey	D
Favoured on	Lake Terrain
Restricted on	—

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Description	Monkey Buccaneers can only be placed on water but have fast firing weapons with high pierce. Powerful upgrades include: Grape Shot, Crows Nest, Destroyer, Monkey Pirates.
Strengths	Great range; rapid fire
Weaknesses	Lead bloons, water placement
Occupies	Port
Upgrades	—

The Monkey Buccaneer is a tower in Bloons Monkey City. It is available to unlock after the player reaches City Level 5.

Monkey Buccaneer is only placeable on water, a trait shared by Monkey Sub. Its main attack is a large dart that pops up to 5 Bloons each. It can pop all visible Bloons except frozen and Lead Bloon. It can be upgraded to shoot grapes and cannonballs, attack significantly quickly, or switch to aircraft-based area denial.

Upgrades

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Path 1

Faster Shooting Cost: $400
	Shoots its big darts faster.

Longer Cannons Cost: $180
	Much longer range.

Destroyer Cost: $2,200
	Attacks super duper fast!

Aircraft Carrier Cost: $15,000
	Launches fast strafing Monkey Ace pilots.

Path 2

Grape Shot Cost: $500
	Adds a spray of 4 sharp grapes.

Crows Nest Cost: $250
	Allows the Buccaneer to hit camo bloons.

Cannon Ship Cost: $1,200
	Adds a powerful, independently firing cannon to the Buccaneer.

Monkey Pirates Cost: $4,500
	Ability: grapples the nearest MOAB and brings it down.

Path 1

Faster Shooting Cost: $400
	Shoots faster.

Longer Cannons Cost: $180
	Much longer range.

Destroyer Cost: $2,200
	Attacks super duper fast!

Aircraft Carrier Cost: $15,000
	Rapidly launches Monkey Ace pilots that strafe the area with darts.

Path 2

Grape Shot Cost: $500
	Sprays out a blast of 4 sharp grapes for additional poppage.

Crow's Nest Cost: $250
	Allows the Buccaneer to detect and target camo bloons. Does not grant detection to other towers.

Cannon Ship Cost: $1,200
	Adds a powerful, independently firing cannon to the Buccaneer.

Monkey Pirates Cost: $4,500
	MOAB Takedown Ability: takes hold of the nearest MOAB-class bloon with a grappling hook and brings it down. ZOMG bloons are immune to this.

Monkey Knowledge

Level	Mobile description	Flash description
1	Base cost and all upgrade costs are 2% cheaper	Base cost and all upgrade costs 2% cheaper
2	Grape Shot fires 1 more grape	+1 grape from Grape Shot attack
3	Attack speed increased by 5%	5% increased attack speed
4	Monkey Pirates upgrade costs $500 less than normal	Monkey Pirates cost reduced by 500
5	Longer Cannons grant 5% extra range	Longer Cannons grant 5% extra range
6	Base cost and all upgrade costs are 4% cheaper	Base cost and all upgrade costs 4% cheaper
7	Grape Shot fires 2 more grapes	+2 grape from Grape Shot attack
8	Attack speed increased by 10%	10% increased attack speed
9	Monkey Pirates upgrade costs $1000 less than normal	Monkey Pirates cost reduced by 1000
10	Longer Cannons grant 10% extra range	Longer Cannons grant 10% extra range
11	Base cost and all upgrade costs are 6% cheaper	Base cost and all upgrade costs 6% cheaper
12	Grape Shot fires 3 more grapes	+3 grape from Grape Shot attack
13	Attack speed increased by 15%	15% increased attack speed
14	Monkey Pirates upgrade costs $1500 less than normal	Monkey Pirates cost reduced by 1500
15	Longer Cannons grant 15% extra range	Longer Cannons grant 15% extra range

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Gallery

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Assets

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  Mobile portrait
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  Mobile icon
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  Flash version portrait
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  Flash version icon

Trivia

• Every portrait for the Monkey Buccaneer and its upgrades has been changed significantly in the multiplatform version of BMC, updating the water waves underneath each boat or ship.