Monkey Ace (BTD6)

Monkey Ace

Flies above the ground shooting volleys of high-pierce darts.

Category	Military
Cost	$680 — Easy $800 — Medium $865 — Hard $960 — Impoppable With Advanced Logistics: $645 — Easy $760 — Medium $820 — Hard $910 — Impoppable With Military Conscription: $455 — Easy $535 — Medium $580 — Hard $645 — Impoppable With Advanced Logistics and Military Conscription: $420 — Easy $495 — Medium $535 — Hard $595 — Impoppable
Hotkey	`V`
Introduced	Launch

The Monkey Ace is a Military tower in Bloons TD 6. It can be unlocked at levels 7 through 12.

The Monkey Ace is a plane that flies over the track and periodically spits out a burst of eight darts, each aimed at a fixed 45 degrees apart. Rather than targeting options, the player can choose the path the plane flies around its landing strip, including a circle, an infinity symbol, a vertical infinity symbol, and a figure-eight. Upgrades and Monkey Knowledge can add additional flight paths. By default, the Monkey Ace cannot pop lead or frozen balloons, or detect camo. Rosalia can provide price discounts to Monkey Aces within her radius.

It can be upgraded to shoot many more darts and anti MOAB-class Bloon missiles, drop small and huge bombs on the ground, or fire streams of darts and bombs directly at the Bloons.

Mechanics

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Movement

In BTD6, the camera is tilted 30 degrees from the vertical, resulting in the vertical dimension being squashed. All ace movement in this section will be in reference to an un-squashed coordinate system (i.e. the "Circle" path being an actual circle).

Takeoff

Upon placement of the monkey ace, the monkey ace initially travels horizontally by 30 units (the radius of the circle targeting is 80 units)^[1] as given by this expression:

$x (t) = 30 t^{2.5}$

where $t$ is measured in seconds.

On-path movement

While on the path, the ace moves at a speed of 1 unit per frame (with the exception of Fighter Plane, Dart Storm, and Sky Shredder, which moves at 1.25 units per frame). "frame" in this context refers to exactly 1/60th of a second, and not an in-game frame which may vary in length. As all 3 paths (Circle, Figure Eight, Figure Infinite) have a total path length of $160 π$ units, this yields a period of $\frac{8 π}{3} \approx 8.3776$ seconds

Off-path movement

When the ace is not on the path that its targeting is set to, it will attempt to chase the target point of the path. This is an imaginary point on the path that travels at the same speed as the ace when on the path. These target points start moving when the ace is placed and does not stop.

The ace has an off-path speed 1.2 times greater than its on-path speed^[1]. It also has a limited turning speed of $\frac{π}{30}$ radians per frame

When the ace is within 1 unit of the target point, regardless of direction, it will snap onto the path. This can cause sudden direction changes.

Upgrades

Path 1

Rapid Fire

XP cost: 160

Shoots faster than normal.

Easy	Medium	Hard	Impoppable
$380	$450	$485	$540

Lots More Darts

XP cost: 750

Shoots 12 darts at a time.

Easy	Medium	Hard	Impoppable
$465	$550	$595	$660

Fighter Plane

XP cost: 2,700

Flies fast and launches anti-MOAB missiles.

Easy	Medium	Hard	Impoppable
$850	$1,000	$1,080	$1,200

Operation: Dart Storm

XP cost: 8,000

Shoots 16 darts per volley, and twice as fast.

Easy	Medium	Hard	Impoppable
$2,805	$3,300	$3,565	$3,960

Sky Shredder

XP cost: 35,000

The Bloons will wish they had never come.

Easy	Medium	Hard	Impoppable
$36,125	$42,500	$45,900	$51,000

Path 2

Exploding Pineapple

XP cost: 120

Drops pineapples to the ground that explode violently after a few seconds. Ace's explosive attacks are improved.

Easy	Medium	Hard	Impoppable
$170	$200	$215	$240

Spy Plane

XP cost: 600

Allows Monkey Ace to hit Camo Bloons and do more damage to them.

Easy	Medium	Hard	Impoppable
$295	$350	$380	$420

Bomber Ace

XP cost: 2,500

Drops a line of bombs when crossing the Bloon track.

Easy	Medium	Hard	Impoppable
$765	$900	$970	$1,080

Ground Zero

XP cost: 15,000

Bomb damage increased significantly. Ground Zero Ability: Drops a huge bomb that destroys most things on screen.

Easy	Medium	Hard	Impoppable
$13,600	$16,000	$17,280	$19,200

Tsar Bomba

XP cost: 30,000

A very, very large bomb. Someone put a stop to this craziness!

Easy	Medium	Hard	Impoppable
$22,100	$26,000	$28,080	$31,200

Path 3

Sharper Darts

XP cost: 160

Darts can pop 8 Bloons each.

Easy	Medium	Hard	Impoppable
$425	$500	$540	$600

Centered Path

XP cost: 600

New central flight path for maximum map coverage.

Easy	Medium	Hard	Impoppable
$465	$550	$595	$660

Neva-Miss Targeting

XP cost: 3,000

Darts automatically seek out and pop Bloons by themselves.

Easy	Medium	Hard	Impoppable
$2,165	$2,550	$2,755	$3,060

Spectre

XP cost: 19,000

Rapidly fires darts and bombs, dominating most Bloon types easily.

Easy	Medium	Hard	Impoppable
$19,890	$23,400	$25,270	$28,080

Flying Fortress

XP cost: 45,000

This is a BIG plane.

Easy	Medium	Hard	Impoppable
$76,500	$90,000	$97,200	$108,000

Paragon

Goliath Doomship

XP cost: 1,000,000

A flying shadow of darkness spells Bloon obliteration.

Easy	Medium	Hard	Impoppable
$765,000	$900,000	$972,000	$1,080,000

Stats

Tower

Display range	22 units
Movement speed	60 units/s
Targeting options	Circle Figure Infinite Figure Eight

Attack

Cooldown	1.68s
Offset (X, Y, Z)	0, 11, -3.6
Targeting range	22 units

Ignores blockers Can fire without a target

Main projectile

Count	8
Angle	360°
Pierce	5
Damage	1
Damage type	Sharp
Speed	120 units/s
Lifespan	1.4s
Radius	3 units
Filters	Cannot hit Camo

Ignores blockers

Related Monkey Knowledge

A list of Monkey Knowledge that are specific to the Monkey Ace. Does not include Monkey Knowledge that are specific to the Military class or all towers. Template:BTD6 mk list by name

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Starter parties with Monkey Aces

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Item	Insta Monkey 1	Insta Monkey 2	Artifact
Sauda	0-0-2 Monkey Ace	0-0-2 Glue Gunner	Sticky Situation Legendary
Sentai Churchill	1-0-0 Monkey Ace	1-0-0 Mortar Monkey	Squadron Together Strong Common
Benjammin DJ	0-0-2 Monkey Ace	0-2-0 Druid	Starting Strong Legendary
ETn	0-0-2 Monkey Ace	2-0-0 Dartling Gunner	Wacky Wibbly Wavey Common
Red Sauda	0-0-2 Monkey Ace	0-0-2 Glue Gunner	Sticky Situation Legendary

Artifacts that add Monkey Aces

Artifact	Common	Rare	Legendary
Pincushion Flyby	0-1-1 Monkey Ace	0-1-2 Monkey Ace	0-0-2 Monkey Ace

Artifacts that affect Monkey Aces

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Costs and sell values

Tiers	Total cost				Sell value
Tiers	Easy	Medium	Hard	Impoppable	Easy	Medium	Hard	Impoppable
0-0-0	$680	$800	$865	$960	$476	$560	$606	$672
1-0-0	$1,060	$1,250	$1,350	$1,500	$742	$875	$945	$1,050
1-1-0	$1,230	$1,450	$1,565	$1,740	$861	$1,015	$1,096	$1,218
1-0-1	$1,485	$1,750	$1,890	$2,100	$1,040	$1,225	$1,323	$1,470
0-1-0	$850	$1,000	$1,080	$1,200	$595	$700	$756	$840
0-1-1	$1,275	$1,500	$1,620	$1,800	$893	$1,050	$1,134	$1,260
0-0-1	$1,105	$1,300	$1,405	$1,560	$774	$910	$984	$1,092
2-0-0	$1,525	$1,800	$1,945	$2,160	$1,068	$1,260	$1,362	$1,512
2-1-0	$1,695	$2,000	$2,160	$2,400	$1,187	$1,400	$1,512	$1,680
2-2-0	$1,990	$2,350	$2,540	$2,820	$1,393	$1,645	$1,778	$1,974
2-0-1	$1,950	$2,300	$2,485	$2,760	$1,365	$1,610	$1,740	$1,932
2-0-2	$2,415	$2,850	$3,080	$3,420	$1,691	$1,995	$2,156	$2,394
0-2-0	$1,145	$1,350	$1,460	$1,620	$802	$945	$1,022	$1,134
1-2-0	$1,525	$1,800	$1,945	$2,160	$1,068	$1,260	$1,362	$1,512
0-2-1	$1,570	$1,850	$2,000	$2,220	$1,099	$1,295	$1,400	$1,554
0-2-2	$2,035	$2,400	$2,595	$2,880	$1,425	$1,680	$1,817	$2,016
0-0-2	$1,570	$1,850	$2,000	$2,220	$1,099	$1,295	$1,400	$1,554
1-0-2	$1,950	$2,300	$2,485	$2,760	$1,365	$1,610	$1,740	$1,932
0-1-2	$1,740	$2,050	$2,215	$2,460	$1,218	$1,435	$1,551	$1,722
3-0-0	$2,375	$2,800	$3,025	$3,360	$1,663	$1,960	$2,118	$2,352
3-1-0	$2,545	$3,000	$3,240	$3,600	$1,782	$2,100	$2,268	$2,520
3-2-0	$2,840	$3,350	$3,620	$4,020	$1,988	$2,345	$2,534	$2,814
3-0-1	$2,800	$3,300	$3,565	$3,960	$1,960	$2,310	$2,496	$2,772
3-0-2	$3,265	$3,850	$4,160	$4,620	$2,286	$2,695	$2,912	$3,234
0-3-0	$1,910	$2,250	$2,430	$2,700	$1,337	$1,575	$1,701	$1,890
1-3-0	$2,290	$2,700	$2,915	$3,240	$1,603	$1,890	$2,041	$2,268
2-3-0	$2,755	$3,250	$3,510	$3,900	$1,929	$2,275	$2,457	$2,730
0-3-1	$2,335	$2,750	$2,970	$3,300	$1,635	$1,925	$2,079	$2,310
0-3-2	$2,800	$3,300	$3,565	$3,960	$1,960	$2,310	$2,496	$2,772
0-0-3	$3,735	$4,400	$4,755	$5,280	$2,615	$3,080	$3,329	$3,696
1-0-3	$4,115	$4,850	$5,240	$5,820	$2,881	$3,395	$3,668	$4,074
2-0-3	$4,580	$5,400	$5,835	$6,480	$3,206	$3,780	$4,085	$4,536
0-1-3	$3,905	$4,600	$4,970	$5,520	$2,734	$3,220	$3,479	$3,864
0-2-3	$4,200	$4,950	$5,350	$5,940	$2,940	$3,465	$3,745	$4,158
4-0-0	$5,180	$6,100	$6,590	$7,320	$3,626	$4,270	$4,613	$5,124
4-1-0	$5,350	$6,300	$6,805	$7,560	$3,745	$4,410	$4,764	$5,292
4-2-0	$5,645	$6,650	$7,185	$7,980	$3,952	$4,655	$5,030	$5,586
4-0-1	$5,605	$6,600	$7,130	$7,920	$3,924	$4,620	$4,991	$5,544
4-0-2	$6,070	$7,150	$7,725	$8,580	$4,249	$5,005	$5,408	$6,006
0-4-0	$15,510	$18,250	$19,710	$21,900	$10,857	$12,775	$13,797	$15,330
1-4-0	$15,890	$18,700	$20,195	$22,440	$11,123	$13,090	$14,137	$15,708
2-4-0	$16,355	$19,250	$20,790	$23,100	$11,449	$13,475	$14,553	$16,170
0-4-1	$15,935	$18,750	$20,250	$22,500	$11,155	$13,125	$14,175	$15,750
0-4-2	$16,400	$19,300	$20,845	$23,160	$11,480	$13,510	$14,592	$16,212
0-0-4	$23,625	$27,800	$30,025	$33,360	$16,538	$19,460	$21,018	$23,352
1-0-4	$24,005	$28,250	$30,510	$33,900	$16,804	$19,775	$21,357	$23,730
2-0-4	$24,470	$28,800	$31,105	$34,560	$17,129	$20,160	$21,774	$24,192
0-1-4	$23,795	$28,000	$30,240	$33,600	$16,657	$19,600	$21,168	$23,520
0-2-4	$24,090	$28,350	$30,620	$34,020	$16,863	$19,845	$21,434	$23,814
5-0-0	$41,305	$48,600	$52,490	$58,320	$28,914	$34,020	$36,743	$40,824
5-1-0	$41,475	$48,800	$52,705	$58,560	$29,033	$34,160	$36,894	$40,992
5-2-0	$41,770	$49,150	$53,085	$58,980	$29,239	$34,405	$37,160	$41,286
5-0-1	$41,730	$49,100	$53,030	$58,920	$29,211	$34,370	$37,121	$41,244
5-0-2	$42,195	$49,650	$53,625	$59,580	$29,537	$34,755	$37,538	$41,706
0-5-0	$37,610	$44,250	$47,790	$53,100	$26,327	$30,975	$33,453	$37,170
1-5-0	$37,990	$44,700	$48,275	$53,640	$26,593	$31,290	$33,793	$37,548
2-5-0	$38,455	$45,250	$48,870	$54,300	$26,919	$31,675	$34,209	$38,010
0-5-1	$38,035	$44,750	$48,330	$53,700	$26,625	$31,325	$33,831	$37,590
0-5-2	$38,500	$45,300	$48,925	$54,360	$26,950	$31,710	$34,248	$38,052
0-0-5	$100,125	$117,800	$127,225	$141,360	$70,088	$82,460	$89,058	$98,952
1-0-5	$100,505	$118,250	$127,710	$141,900	$70,354	$82,775	$89,397	$99,330
2-0-5	$100,970	$118,800	$128,305	$142,560	$70,679	$83,160	$89,814	$99,792
0-1-5	$100,295	$118,000	$127,440	$141,600	$70,207	$82,600	$89,208	$99,120
0-2-5	$100,590	$118,350	$127,820	$142,020	$70,413	$82,845	$89,474	$99,414

Strategy

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The Monkey Ace has very high potential damage, but usually wastes most of its shots away from Bloons, and outside of Neva-Miss Targeting and above, has no way to chase and pop leaking bloons. However, the Ace's position can be microed to spend more time near bloons and on the track, improving its damage. This uses the path tracking mechanics of the Ace to the player's advantage, as the target points for each path update at the same rate. Each Ace flight path has its own target point updating simultaneously, so a player can change the Ace's flight path to one that puts the targeting point closer to the track, cycling through flight paths to keep the Ace near the track for as long as possible. Because this is done based on the tracking points in the flight paths, this is done at a rhythm matching how long it takes the Ace to complete one rotation. Despite this, Ace Micro is widely ignored in casual play as it requires precise timing and being too hands on, mainly preferring to use Wingmonkey as an alternative.

Due to ignoring obstacles, Monkey Aces can be useful in all maps. Top path's Dart Storm and Sky Shredder deal high MOAB-class damage and is receptive to buffs for their darts. Bomber Aces and above are very strong in Race Events due to their high pierce and damage output when properly controlled. Neva-Miss Targeting and Spectre are generally friendly to casual players, however they are typically not cost-efficient compared to similarly priced options, though Flying Fortress is always a strong late-game option and does a lot of Boss damage on all map formats.

Changes from Bloons TD 5

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Version 23.0

“

Monkey Ace was never intended to be a great starting tower and instead come into power at mid- and high-tier upgrades, but since the base tower feels lacking to new players (and some of us old timers) we decided to rework low tier power into the base tower.
— Update notes

”

Base Monkey Ace attack cooldown reduced ― 2.1s → 1.68s
Dart projectile size increased ― 2 → 3

Version 30.0

Reverse flight pattern added

Cosmetic items

Item	Category	Unlock method(s)	Introduced
Monkey Ace Bone Darts	Monkeys — Projectiles	Trophy Store — 25, Prime Gaming drop 9	Version 21.0
Monkey Ace Dragonfly Pet	Monkeys — Pets	Trophy Store — 120, Pets Fan Pack (IAP)	Version 33.0

Gallery

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Assets

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In other languages

Name
Language	Text	Notes
Arabic	القرد الطيار	—
Danish	Pilot-abe	—
German	Affenfliegerass	—
Spanish	Mono as	—
Spanish (Latin America)	Mono as	—
Finnish	Lentäjä-ässä	—
French	Singe pilote d’élite	—
Italian	Scimmia asso	—
Japanese	エースモンキー	—
Korean	에이스 원숭이	—
Dutch	Apenpiloot	—
Norwegian	Ape-ess	—
Polish	Małpka pilot	—
Portuguese (Brazil)	Macaco Ás	—
Russian	Обезьяна-ас	—
Swedish	Pilotapa	—
Thai	ลิงเครื่องบิน	—
Turkish	Pilot Maymun	—
Chinese (simplified)	皇家飞行员	—
Chinese (traditional)	王牌猴子	—

Description
Language	Text	Notes
Arabic	يقوم بالتحليق فوق الأرض وإطلاق وابل من السهام الخارقة عالية الثقب.	—
Danish	Flyver over jorden og affyrer byger af dartpile med høj gennemslagskraft.	—
German	Fliegt über dem Boden und verschießt Salven von Pfeilen mit hoher Durchschlagskraft.	—
Spanish	Vuela mientras dispara voleas de dardos muy perforantes.	—
Spanish (Latin America)	Vuela mientras dispara voleas de dardos muy perforantes.	—
Finnish	Lentää ilmojen halki ampuen tehokkaasti lävistävien tikkojen ryöppyjä.	—
French	Vole au-dessus du sol en lançant des salves de fléchettes à haut pouvoir perforant.	—
Italian	Vola sopra al terreno sparando scariche di freccette molto appuntite.	—
Japanese	地面の上を飛びながら、貫通度の高いダーツを一斉発射する。	—
Korean	지상 위를 날며 관통력이 높은 다트를 한꺼번에 여럿씩 발사합니다.	—
Dutch	Vliegt boven de grond en schiet salvo's pijltjes met veel doorboring af.	—
Norwegian	Flyr over bakken og skyter skuddsalver med dartpiler med god gjennomtrengning.	—
Polish	Lata nad ziemią i strzela seriami rzutek o dobrym przebiciu.	—
Portuguese (Brazil)	Voa sobre o chão disparando rajadas de dardos altamente perfurantes.	—
Russian	Летает над землёй, стреляя дротиками с высокой пробивной способностью.	—
Swedish	Flyger över marken och skjuter pilsalvor med högt genomslag.	—
Thai	บินเหนือพื้นดินและยิงลูกดอกที่โจมตีศัตรูได้หลายตัว	—
Turkish	Yerden yüksekte uçarak yüksek delici ok yağmuruna tutar.	—
Chinese (simplified)	在上空盘旋发射高穿透飞镖。	—
Chinese (traditional)	高於地面飛行，射出一排高穿透力飛鏢。	—

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 hemidemisemipresent, How the monkey ace ACTUALLY works (BTD6), https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ErPHx-S1K9w

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Monkey Ace in Bloons TD 6

Path 1	Rapid Fire • Lots More Darts • Fighter Plane • Operation: Dart Storm • Sky Shredder
Path 2	Exploding Pineapple • Spy Plane • Bomber Ace • Ground Zero • Tsar Bomba
Path 3	Sharper Darts • Centered Path • Neva-Miss Targeting • Spectre • Flying Fortress
Paragon	Goliath Doomship

Stats • Strategies • Update history

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Towers in Bloons TD 6

Primary	Dart Monkey • Boomerang Monkey • Bomb Shooter • Tack Shooter • Ice Monkey • Glue Gunner • Desperado
Military	Sniper Monkey • Monkey Sub • Monkey Buccaneer • Monkey Ace • Heli Pilot • Mortar Monkey • Dartling Gunner
Magic	Wizard Monkey • Super Monkey • Ninja Monkey • Alchemist • Druid • Mermonkey
Support	Banana Farm • Spike Factory • Monkey Village • Engineer Monkey • Beast Handler
Heroes	Quincy • Gwendolin • Striker Jones • Obyn Greenfoot • Captain Churchill • Benjamin • Ezili • Pat Fusty • Adora • Admiral Brickell • Etienne • Sauda • Psi • Geraldo • Corvus • Rosalia • Silas • Dan D'Monke • Sheriff^{[Frontier Legends exclusive]}
Items	Battle Cat! • Banana Farmer (Banana Farmer Pro) • Cave Monkey • Dungeon Statue • Energizing Totem • Hype Boost Monkey • Myrkul • Pontoon • Portable Lake • Super Monkey Beacon • Tech Bot (Tech Bot Prime)

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Monkey Aces

Gameplay iterations	BTD4 • BTD5 • Battles • BMC • BTD6 • Bloons Pop! • Battles 2
Similar entities	Dart Ace • R/C Plane • Sidewinder Ace • Squadron
Related items	Ace Bloon • Bombs Away

Gallery

[movement_mech-1] 1.0 ^1.1 hemidemisemipresent, How the monkey ace ACTUALLY works (BTD6), https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ErPHx-S1K9w

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Monkey Ace (BTD6)

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