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a few BMC related ones

• That DDTs do not have the Lead or Black properties in the Mobile version of Bloons Monkey City?
• ...That in Bloons Monkey City, Submerge and Support, Signal Flare, and IFR are not considered camo upgrades and can be researched without Camo Countermeasures?

Planterror (talk) 02:11, 16 November 2024 (UTC)

more facts

• ...that in Bloons Monkey City, Bloons TD 6, and Bloons Pop!, the clock face on the Monkey Town Hall changes with the device's time?
• ...that the tower XP requirement for the Life Experience achievement is 2²⁹ divided by 100?
• ...that in Bloons TD 6, Ice Monkeys aren't affected by overheat from Blastapopoulos? (add on to the Glacial Trail fact maybe)
• ...that in Bloons Adventure Time TD, the Dagger of Chilled Glass also grants Purple-popping and Black-popping to its user?
• ...that the Arcane Master in Bloons Card Storm can receive damage buffs for all of its projectiles?
• ...that a Monkey (and any cards it conjures) that is stolen by Expert Negotiator in Bloons Card Storm retains the card back of its original owner?

hubianzhen 06:26, 22 November 2024 (UTC)

Hero-specific interactions

Interactions that require use of certain heroes to notice. Kingamer1010 (talk) 22:41, 4 December 2024 (UTC)

Can you clarify this by providing some examples that could be put on the DYK list? --Planterror (talk) 23:38, 4 December 2024 (UTC)

That when Fateweaver Adora { include link } was introduced in Battles 2 { include link }, her Level 10 Ability Chains of Fate { include link } used to be able to pop an infinite amount of RBE while it was activated? Kingamer_1010 (talk) 20:56, 2 June 2025 (UTC)

about BTD6 and Bloons Pop features

• That some features of Bloons TD 6, including Teams, Contested Territory, and the concept of the Mermonkey were first introduced in Bloons Pop?

Planterror (talk) 22:59, 4 December 2024 (UTC)

submission

...that in Bloons TD 6, the Sun Temple and True Sun God's Insta Monkey can be placed on water, the track, and even areas without solid land?

2k7x (talk) 00:43, 9 December 2024 (UTC) 2k7x (talk) 00:43, 9 December 2024 (UTC)

Some more

• ...that in Bloons TD 3's ports, Jungle Drums does not actually do anything?
• ...that in Bloons Supermonkey 2, there is an internal mechanic called energy that distributes damage based on RBE, somewhat like a Spike Factory?
• ...that in the Flash version of Bloons Tower Defense 3, Tack Shooters have 8 pierce, and that Blade Shooter does not actually increase pierce, instead increasing projectile size?
• ...that in the endless mine of the mobile version of Bloons Supermonkey 2, the player has lives?
• ...that in Bloons Adventure Time TD, Dungeon Finn's Inferno and Warrior Bubblegum's Gumball Guardian scales off attack speed?
• ...that the Bee Keeper was added in an update for the mobile version of Bloons TD 4 shortly after the launch of the Flash version of Bloons TD 5?
• ...that in Flash version of Bloons Monkey City, players can still friend players by logging in through here, then adding players through their profile?

DesArch (talk) 20:15, 30 December 2024 (UTC)

Blade Shooter in BTD3 also reduces cooldown by 5 frames. Not adding the part about the old NK login system since it requires you to write the links to other profiles in a specific way in order for it to work, and lives in endless mine is easy to observe. po●la●vux 12:06, 3 January 2025 (UTC)

I mentioned I saw this in hemi's video but not sure if it'll work as a dyk but eh

• ...That before Version 28.0 of BTD6, Race Event tiebreakers favored eastern timezones due to an accidental doubling in the time calculations?

Planterror (talk) 05:24, 3 January 2025 (UTC)

Weird oversight on BTD5 Steam

• ...That on the Steam version of BTD5, players can use the mouse's scroll wheel to look at the previous and next random mission in the list?

Planterror (talk) 21:06, 31 January 2025 (UTC)

• • I changed it to "PC releases of Bloons TD 5" because it also works in the Kartridge version (and probably also the App Store macOS version, but I don't have a way to check). po●la●vux 15:44, 6 February 2025 (UTC)

fun tidbit that could be considered, leaning a bit on the "numbers" side but the tack one also got accepted for being interesting enough

• ...That Striker Jones has Camo detection in Bloons Pop?

Planterror (talk) 16:01, 3 March 2025 (UTC)

This is the kind of fact that's easy to observe just by playing the game. The tack one is a bit different since it's an outlier among the entire BTD series and it's hard to observe exactly how much pierce it has just from playing, whereas this fact would really only be interesting to people who haven't played Bloons Pop. po●la●vux 20:19, 4 March 2025 (UTC)

Some BTD5 Flash differences that are notable but not obvious

• ...That Six Feet's track has a different track direction between the multiplatform version and Flash version of Bloons TD 5?
• ...That the Super Monkey cannot receive the Jungle Drums buff on the Flash version of Bloons TD 5?
• ...That Sniper Monkeys can naturally pop Frozen and Lead Bloons in the Flash version of Bloons TD 5?
• ...That the Tech Tree Wallpaper from Bloons TD 5 Deluxe was never updated to account for price re-balances during it's update cycle?

And as a bonus but not relevant to this thread in specific:

• ...That Sprockets (BMC) does not actually buff its sentries in the multiplatform version of Bloons Monkey City?

Planterror (talk) 16:15, 28 May 2025 (UTC)

EDIT May 29 2025: Added another one. --Planterror (talk) 15:23, 29 May 2025 (UTC)

Voice actor Quincy

• Did you know that Quincy's voice actor is shared with C4 Charlie?
• Did you know that Pat Fusty's voice actor is shared with Striker Jones, as well as Supermonkey from Bloons Adventure Time TD?

Wording could be improved but I just noticed these and believed they'd be interesting. (Unlike some useless 69 jokes like the Impoppable costs of Sprockets and Crossbow in BTD6 or the Medium cost of an old Aircraft Carrier upgrade) Qwertyxp2000 (talk) 02:08, 16 June 2025 (UTC)

Remove or reword: Arcane Master Buff

The Arcane Master used to have the unique property of it's other attacks being buffable, but when they made Splash Damage a keyword, all other towers with it now also apply attack buffs to the splash damage, so this isn't really special anymore. Planterror (talk) 00:44, 15 July 2025 (UTC)

Some BTD6 version history trivia

• ...That Polyphemus was nerfed from being one of the more challenging intermediate maps to one of the easier ones?
• ...That Triple Shot was unchanged for the first 46 versions of BTD6?
• ...That Rubber to Gold can de-camo DDTs?

Vinesthemonkey (talk) 22:31, 25 July 2025 (UTC)

The first one is too subjective to be treated as a fact. I'm not sure about the second one, it's not that unusual for upgrades in BTD6 to go a long time without any direct changes. I'm pretty sure the third one is false. po●la●vux 04:43, 19 August 2025 (UTC)

Rubber to Gold cannot de-camo DDTs. Planterror (talk) 04:41, 19 August 2025 (UTC)

Some BTDB2 version history trivia

...That Unstable concoction is the first upgrade that got buffed outside of bug fixes in BTDB2 version 1.0.2 Emil (talk) 14:05, 11 August 2025 (UTC)

speedrunning community knows this one too well

...That the Autostart feature in the multiplatform version of Bloons TD 5 has a small artificial delay between rounds? Planterror (talk) 16:37, 15 August 2025 (UTC)

more bmc stuff mostly jank

...That on the Flash version of Bloons Monkey City, the player can only place down free Dart Monkeys if they have at least 1 Dart Monkey Hall built?

...That the Flash version of Bloons Monkey City had an unused track for a scrapped third city called Ice Lands?

...That in the Monkeys From Space event on the multiplatform version of Bloons Monkey City, abducted Buildings on Volcano or Cave Terrain also award Bloonstones when recaptured?

...That on the multiplatform version of Bloons Monkey City, The Bigger Blast upgrade does not actually do anything?

...hat on the multiplatform version of Bloons Monkey City, the player can build infinite Windmills and Watermills after City level 35? Planterror (talk) 22:30, 11 September 2025 (UTC)

I haven't added the fact about windmills and watermills yet because I think that's easy to observe just by reaching level 35, but maybe it's not that obvious since the game never directly tells you about it? Would like to have more opinions on this. Polavux (talk) 05:09, 26 September 2025 (UTC)

Update toCard Back DYK

This applies to all cards that "steal" monkeys and Bloons, which now includes Bloon Redirect. Planterror (talk) 03:56, 26 September 2025 (UTC)

remove this now that they patched the bug

• ...that Sun Temple Insta Monkeys can be placed on water, the track, and even on open air on maps like Infernal and Sanctuary?

51.0 removed this function Planterror (talk) 13:11, 16 October 2025 (UTC)

qwerty and planterror told me this one is interesting

...that in Frontier Legends Sheriff can be sacrificed by a Sun Temple or True Sun God (for no effect) but not by Adora's Blood Sacrifice? Drgoku282 (talk) 05:11, 27 December 2025 (UTC)

potentially notable spriting difference between versions

• ...That in the multiplatform version of Bloons TD 5, the Monkey Sub upgraded to Airburst Darts and Barbed Darts has a unique sprite, but the Flash version does not?

Planterror (talk) 02:05, 25 April 2026 (UTC)

Wanderer Nomad portrait change

• ...that Wanderer and Nomad incorrectly had gloves on their portraits before version 51.0 of Bloons TD 6?

Hubianzhen (talk) 19:34, 10 May 2026 (UTC)

we noticed, ninja kiwi.

...That Version 55.0 of Bloons TD 6 contained a new artifact for Gentlemonkey Gadgeteer which was quickly removed due to being unfinished? Planterror (talk) 05:28, 9 June 2026 (UTC)