Dartling Gunner
Military
Dartling Gunner
DartlingGunner
Upgrades
Path 1
1. Focused Firing$300total $300Increases accuracy of the Dartling Gun.
2. Laser Shock$900total $1 200Laser tipped shots shock Bloons into popping again 1 second after being struck.
3. Laser Cannon$3 000total $4 200Rapidly fires much more powerful laser blasts that can pop Frozen Bloons, and deal increased MOAB damage.
4. Plasma Accelerator$11 750total $15 950Concentrates a powerful beam of energy to a single point.
5. Ray of Doom$75 000total $90 950Creates a solid line of annihilation. You can erase most Bloons at your leisure.
Path 2
1. Advanced Targeting$250total $250Allows Dartling Gunner to hit Camo Bloons.
2. Faster Barrel Spin$950total $1 200Makes gun fire much faster.
3. Hydra Rocket Pods$4 500total $5 700Shoots depleted bloontonium missiles that can damage all Bloon types and trigger multiple explosions.
4. Rocket Storm$5 000total $10 700Rocket Storm ability: Launches a powerful storm of rockets in a wide cone.
5. M.A.D$65 000total $75 700MOAB Assured Destroyer. Slower firing mega missiles deal extreme damage to MOAB-class Bloons.
Path 3
1. Faster Swivel$150total $150Barrel can swivel much faster.
2. Powerful Darts$1 200total $1 350Darts move faster, can pop frozen Bloons and can pop 3 Bloons each.
3. Buckshot$3 000total $4 350Shoots blasts of deadly buckshot instead of darts.
4. Bloon Area Denial System$12 000total $16 3504-barreled auto-cannon that can be set to attack automatically.
5. Bloon Exclusion Zone$58 000total $74 350Upgraded to 6 barrels and massively increased damage. Bloons are excluded from existence.
Abilities
| Ability | From | Cooldown | Effect | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 RocketStorm | 0-4-0: Rocket Storm | 45 s | radius 3 | |
 RocketStormMAD | 0-5-0: M.A.D | 45 s | radius 4 |
Crosspath
Pick the path tiers like in the game. Shown: the cost with all upgrades, attacks, cooldown, damage and pierce of every projectile, nested ones included (explosions, fragments).
Numbers by tier
| Tier | Range | Cooldown, s | Damage per shot | Pierce | Rough DPS | Cannot pop |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 000 | 20 | 0.2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | Lead Frozen |
| 100 | 20 | 0.2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | Lead Frozen |
| 200 | 20 | 0.2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | Lead Frozen |
| 300 | 20 | 0.2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | Lead Purple Glass |
| 400 | 20 | 0.2 | 1 | 50 | 5 | Purple Glass |
| 500 | 20 | 0.2 | 30 | 999 | 150 | – |
| 010 | 20 | 0.2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | Lead Frozen |
| 020 | 20 | 0.132 | 1 | 1 | 7.5758 | Lead Frozen |
| 030 | 20 | 0.132 | 2 | 6 | 15.1515 | – |
| 040 | 20 | 0.132 | 2 | 8 | 15.1515 | – |
| 050 | 20 | 0.396 | 3 | 8 | 7.5758 | – |
| 001 | 20 | 0.2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | Lead Frozen |
| 002 | 20 | 0.2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | Lead |
| 003 | 20 | 1.2 | 18 | 4 | 15 | Lead |
| 004 | 20 | 1.2 | 18 | 4 | 15 | Lead |
| 005 | 20 | 1.2 | 72 | 6 | 60 | Lead |
Knowledge
| Knowledge | Effect | Works from |
|---|---|---|
| Advanced Logistics | All Military Monkeys base costs reduced by 5%. | placement |
| Elite Military Training | All Military Monkeys get a one-off +1000xp and earn xp in-game 5% faster permanently. | placement |
| Emergency Unlock | Activated ability: unlocks locked Dartling Gunners and boosts their swivel speed for a short time. | placement |
| Gorgon Storm | Hydra Rocket Storm stuns damaged Bloons for a short time. | placement |
| Military Conscription | Purchase price of first Military Monkey each game is two thirds the normal. | placement |
Plus the ones every tower gets:
From game data: the tower model names the knowledge, or the knowledge names the tower or one of its upgrades. "Works from" lists the first tiers whose model has it.