Hotkey

Hotkeys are keys on the keyboard that perform certain actions such as selecting some Tower or activating Abilities. In the Bloons TD series, hotkeys exist in the Flash and desktop versions of Bloons TD 4, Bloons TD 5, Bloons TD Battles, Bloons Monkey City, Bloons TD 6, Bloons Adventure Time TD, and Bloons TD Battles 2.

Bloons TD 4 (Flash) / Bloons TD 4 Expansion

Towers

Key	Function
W	Monkey Apprentice
E	Monkey Glue
R	Boomerang Thrower
T	Tack Shooter
U	Monkey Buccaneer
I	Ice Tower
P	Pineapple
A	Monkey Ace
S	Super Monkey
D	Dart Monkey
F	Banana Farm
G	Glue Gunner
K	Road Spikes
B	Bomb Tower
N	Monkey Beacon
M	Mortar Tower

Gameplay

Key	Function
Backspace	Sell
Escape	Deselect tower

Bloons TD 5

Flash version

Towers

Key	Function
Q	Dart Monkey
W	Tack Shooter
E	Sniper Monkey
R	Boomerang Thrower
T	Ninja Monkey
Y	Bomb Tower
A	Ice Tower
S	Glue Gunner
D	Monkey Buccaneer
F	Monkey Ace
G	Super Monkey
H	Monkey Apprentice
J	Monkey Sub
Z	Road Spikes
X	Exploding Pineapple
C	Monkey Village
V	Banana Farm
B	Mortar Tower
N	Dartling Gun
M	Spike Factory

Gameplay

Key	Function
Space	Start round / Toggle Fast Forward
Backspace	Sell
,	Upgrade on path 1
.	Upgrade on path 2
Enter	Open chat
Escape	Deselect tower

Sandbox

Key	Function
1	Send Red Bloon
2	Send Blue Bloon
3	Send Green Bloon
4	Send Yellow Bloon
5	Send Pink Bloon
6	Send Black Bloon
7	Send White Bloon
8	Send Lead Bloon
9	Send Zebra Bloon
0	Send Rainbow Bloon
U	Send Ceramic Bloon
I	Send MOAB
O	Send BFB
P	Send ZOMG

Deluxe

Towers

Key	Function
Q	Dart Monkey
W	Tack Shooter
E	Sniper Monkey
R	Boomerang Thrower
T	Ninja Monkey
Y	Bomb Tower
A	Ice Tower
S	Glue Gunner
D	Monkey Buccaneer
F	Monkey Ace
G	Super Monkey
H	Monkey Apprentice
L	Monkey Engineer
;	Bloonchipper
Z	Road Spikes
X	Exploding Pineapple
C	Monkey Village
V	Banana Farm
B	Mortar Tower
N	Dartling Gun
M	Spike Factory

Gameplay

Key	Function
Space	Start round / Toggle Fast Forward
Backspace	Sell
,	Upgrade on path 1
.	Upgrade on path 2
Escape	Deselect tower

Sandbox

Key	Function
1	Send Red Bloon
2	Send Blue Bloon
3	Send Green Bloon
4	Send Yellow Bloon
5	Send Pink Bloon
6	Send Black Bloon
7	Send White Bloon
8	Send Lead Bloon
9	Send Zebra Bloon
0	Send Rainbow Bloon
U	Send Ceramic Bloon
I	Send MOAB
O	Send BFB
P	Send ZOMG

PC version

Towers

Key	Function
Q	Dart Monkey
W	Tack Shooter
E	Sniper Monkey
R	Boomerang Thrower
T	Ninja Monkey
Y	Bomb Tower
A	Ice Tower
S	Glue Gunner
D	Monkey Buccaneer
F	Monkey Ace
G	Super Monkey
H	Monkey Apprentice
J	Heli Pilot
K	Monkey Sub
L	Monkey Engineer
;	Bloonchipper
Z	Road Spikes
X	Exploding Pineapple
C	Monkey Village
V	Banana Farm
B	Mortar Tower
N	Dartling Gun
M	Spike Factory

Gameplay

Key	Function
Space	Start round / Toggle Fast Forward and Auto Start
Backspace	Sell
,	Upgrade on path 1
.	Upgrade on path 2
Tab	Change targeting option (right)
Escape	Deselect tower

Sandbox

Key	Function
1	Send Red Bloon
2	Send Blue Bloon
3	Send Green Bloon
4	Send Yellow Bloon
5	Send Pink Bloon
6	Send Black Bloon
7	Send White Bloon
8	Send Lead Bloon
9	Send Zebra Bloon
0	Send Rainbow Bloon
U	Send Ceramic Bloon
I	Send MOAB
O	Send BFB
P	Send ZOMG

Bloons TD Battles

PC version

Key	Function
1	Tower in slot 1
2	Tower in slot 2
3	Tower in slot 3
4	Tower in slot 4
5	Power in slot 1
6	Power in slot 2
7	Power in slot 3
Shift	Place multiple towers
,	Upgrade path 1
.	Upgrade path 2
Backspace	Sell selected tower
Tab	Change targeting option (right)
Escape	Close menu

Flash version

Gameplay

Key	Function
Shift	Place multiple towers
,	Upgrade path 1
.	Upgrade path 2
Backspace	Sell selected tower
Enter	Open chat
Escape	Unselect tower, close chat

Towers

Key	Function
Q	Dart Monkey
W	Tack Shooter
E	Sniper Monkey
R	Boomerang Thrower
T	Ninja Monkey
Y	Bomb Tower
A	Ice Tower
S	Glue Gunner
D	Monkey Buccaneer
F	Monkey Ace
G	Super Monkey
H	Monkey Apprentice
C	Monkey Village
V	Banana Farm
B	Mortar Tower
N	Dartling Gun
M	Spike Factory

Bloon sends (Assault)

Key	Function
1	Send grouped Red
Shift + 1	Send spaced Blue
2	Send grouped Blue
Shift + 2	Send spaced Pink
3	Send grouped Green
Shift + 3	Send spaced Black
4	Send grouped Yellow
Shift + 4	Send spaced White
5	Send grouped Pink
Shift + 5	Send spaced Lead
6	Send grouped White
Shift + 6	Send spaced Zebra
7	Send grouped Black
Shift + 7	Send spaced Rainbow
8	Send grouped Zebra
Shift + 8	Send grouped Rainbow
9	Send grouped Lead
Shift + 9	Send Ceramic
0	Send fast Ceramic
Shift + 0	Send MOAB
O	Send fast MOAB
Shift + O	Send BFB
P	Send fast BFB
Shift + P	Send ZOMG
-	Toggle Regrow
=	Toggle Camo

Income boosts (Defend)

Key	Function
1	Small Income Boost
2	Medium Income Boost
3	Large Income Boost
4	Huge Income Boost

Bloons Monkey City

PC version

Outside of the city view, hotkeys are only usable when the controls are set to "Click & Drop" in the options menu.

Monkeys

Key	Function
Q	Dart Monkey
W	Tack Shooter
E	Sniper Monkey
R	Boomerang Thrower
T	Ninja Monkey
Y	Bomb Shooter
U	Banana Farmer
A	Ice Monkey
S	Glue Gunner
D	Monkey Buccaneer
F	Monkey Ace
G	Super Monkey
H	Monkey Apprentice
J	Heli Pilot
K	Monkey Sub
L	Monkey Engineer
;	Bloonchipper
Z	Road Spikes
X	Exploding Pineapple
C	Monkey Village
V	Banana Farm
B	Mortar Monkey
N	Dartling Gun
M	Spike Factory

Gameplay

Key	Function
Backspace	Sell
Space	Start round / Toggle Fast Forward and Auto Start
,	Upgrade on path 1
.	Upgrade on path 2
Tab	Change targeting option (right)
Escape	Pause (closes all panels)

City

Key	Function
Z	Hide UI
W or Up / Numpad 8	Pan view up
S or Down / Numpad 4	Pan view down
A or Left / Numpad 6	Pan view left
D or Right / Numpad 2	Pan view right
Scroll up	Zoom in
Scroll down	Zoom in
Escape	Quit game

Flash version

Towers

Key	Function
Q	Dart Monkey
W	Tack Shooter
E	Sniper Monkey
R	Boomerang Thrower
T	Ninja Monkey
Y	Bomb Shooter
A	Ice Monkey
S	Glue Gunner
D	Monkey Buccaneer
F	Monkey Ace
G	Super Monkey
H	Monkey Apprentice
L	Monkey Engineer
Z	Road Spikes
X	Exploding Pineapple
C	Monkey Village
V	Banana Farm
B	Mortar Monkey
N	Dartling Gun
M	Spike Factory

Gameplay

Key	Function
Backspace	Sell
Space	Start round / Toggle Fast Forward
,	Upgrade on path 1
.	Upgrade on path 2
Escape	Deselect tower

City

Key	Function
Up / Numpad 8	Pan view up
Down / Numpad 4	Pan view down
Left / Numpad 6	Pan view left
Right / Numpad 2	Pan view right

Upgrade research menu

Key	Function
C	Monkey Town Hall
Q / R	Monkey Academy
T	Ninja Dojo
A	Cryo Lab
E / N	Gun Training Hall
S	Glue Factory
F	Aeronautics Laboratory
W / M	Spike Production Building
D	Ship's Foundry
Y / B	Ordnance and Munitions Support
L	Engineering School
H	School of Wizardry
V	Micro Agriculture Development Building
G	Super Enhancements

Bloons TD 6

The player can remap most hotkeys from the settings menu. Mermonkey and Desperado do not have default hotkeys and have to be manually set by the player.

Monkeys

Key	Function
Q	Dart Monkey
W	Boomerang Monkey
E	Bomb Shooter
R	Tack Shooter
T	Ice Monkey
Y	Glue Gunner
Z	Sniper Monkey
X	Monkey Sub
C	Monkey Buccaneer
V	Monkey Ace
B	Heli Pilot
N	Mortar Monkey
M	Dartling Gunner
A	Wizard Monkey
S	Super Monkey
D	Ninja Monkey
F	Alchemist
G	Druid
H	Banana Farm
J	Spike Factory
K	Monkey Village
L	Engineer Monkey
I	Beast Handler
U	Hero
, or Numpad 1	Upgrade on path 1 / level up Hero
. or Numpad 2	Upgrade on path 2 / level up Hero
/ or Numpad 3	Upgrade on Path 3 / level up Hero
Tab	Change targeting option (right)
Ctrl + Tab	Change targeting option (left)
PageDown	Monkey Special 1 (Camo Prioritization, Switch Hands, etc.)
PageUp	Monkey Special 2 (if applicable)

Gameplay

Key	Function
Backspace	Sell
Space	Start round / Fast Forward
Shift + Spacebar	Send next round (races)
`	Pause (closes all panels)
1-=	Activated Ability in slots 1 – 12
Shift + 1	Road Spikes
Shift + 2	MOAB Mine
Shift + 3	Glue Trap
Shift + 4	Camo Trap
Shift + 5	Banana Farmer
Shift + 6	Tech Bot
Shift + 7	Energizing Totem
Shift + 8	Pontoon
Shift + 9	Portable Lake
Shift + 0	Super Monkey Storm
Shift + -	Monkey Boost
Shift + =	Thrive
Shift + [	Time Stop
Shift + ]	Cash Drop
Ctrl + C	Copy

Sandbox

Key	Function
Ctrl + 1	Send Red Bloon
Ctrl + 2	Send Blue Bloon
Ctrl + 3	Send Green Bloon
Ctrl + 4	Send Yellow Bloon
Ctrl + 5	Send Pink Bloon
Ctrl + 6	Send Black Bloon
Ctrl + 7	Send Purple Bloon
Ctrl + 8	Send White Bloon
Ctrl + 9	Send Lead Bloon
Ctrl + 0	Send Zebra Bloon
Ctrl + -	Send Rainbow Bloon
Ctrl + A	Send Ceramic Bloon
Ctrl + O	Send MOAB
Ctrl + P	Send BFB
Ctrl + [	Send ZOMG
Ctrl + ]	Send DDT
Ctrl + \	Send BAD
Ctrl + `	Send Test Bloon

Advanced Hotkeys

Introduced in v42.0, advanced hotkeys have more specific functions and are unassigned by default.

Label	Function
Merge Beast	Activates the "Merge Beast" button in the Beast Handler's upgrade panel
Quick Restart	Opens "Restart" menu if it is available
Clear Bloons	Activates the "Clear Bloons" button in Sandbox mode
Clear Towers	Activates the "Clear Towers" button in Sandbox mode
Reset Cooldowns	Activates the "Reset Cooldowns" button in Sandbox mode
Reset Damage	Activates the "Reset Damage" button in Sandbox mode
Set Cash	Opens the "Set Cash" menu in Sandbox mode
Set Health	Opens the "Set Health" menu in Sandbox mode
Tower Panel Inventory 1 – 16	Selects items in the corresponding slot (left to right, top to bottom) in Geraldo's Shop and Corvus's Spellbook

Non-configurable hotkeys

Key	Function
Esc	Pauses the game, closes the current menu or panel
Enter	Closes pop-ups with a green "OK" button

Bloons Adventure Time TD

Key	Action
QWERT / NM,./	Purchase upgrades in slots 1-5 on the selected character's upgrade menu
I	Open/close highlighted tower's upgrade tree
Backspace / Delete	Sell selected tower
1–8	Activate powers in slots 1-8
Spacebar	Start round / Fast Forward
Tab	Change targeting options Lemonhope / Banana Air Corps: select target BMO: collect balance
Esc	Pause / deselect / exit

Bloons TD Battles 2

Towers

Key	Function
Q	Place Hero
W	Place tower in slot 1
E	Place tower in slot 2
R	Place tower in slot 3
,	Upgrade on path 1 / level up Hero
.	Upgrade on path 2 / level up Hero
/	Upgrade on path 3 / level up Hero
Tab	Change targeting option to the right
Ctrl + Tab	Change targeting option to the left
Escape	Cancel/deselect
Enter	Confirm

Bloons

Key	Function
Z	Regrow
X	Camo
C	Fortified
A	Bloon send in slot 1
S	Bloon send in slot 2
D	Bloon send in slot 3
F	Bloon send in slot 4
G	Bloon send in slot 5
H	Bloon send in slot 6
J	Bloon send in slot 7
K	Bloon send in slot 8
L	Bloon send in slot 9
;	Bloon send in slot 10

Abilities

Key	Function
Space	Tower Boost
Ctrl + Space	Bloon Boost
1–0	Activate Ability in slots 1–10

Emotes

Key	Function
Ctrl + Q	Text Emote in slot 1
Ctrl + W	Text Emote in slot 2
Ctrl + E	Text Emote in slot 3
Ctrl + R	Text Emote in slot 4
Ctrl + T	Text Emote in slot 5
Ctrl + Y	Text Emote in slot 6
Ctrl + U	Text Emote in slot 7
Ctrl + I	Text Emote in slot 8
Ctrl + 1–0	Emote in slots 1–10

Trivia

• In the Flash version of Bloons 2, as well as Bloons 2 Christmas Expansion and Bloons 2 Spring Fling, the M key is supposed to function as a hotkey for activating Max Power, but it does not work due to a coding error.