Mortar Monkey

Military

Difficulty

Mortar Monkey

MortarMonkey

Launches an exploding mortar shell to a fixed location anywhere on the screen.

$600cost

30range

11footprint radius

Militarycategory

Upgrades

Path 1

1. Bigger Blast$300total $300
Bigger shells deliver a bigger blast radius.
2. Bloon Buster$500total $800
Smash through 3 layers of Bloons at once!
3. Shell Shock$825total $1 625
Blast shockwave stuns Bloons at impact, pops bloons in a wider area, and increases Burny Stuff damage.
4. The Big One$7 000total $8 625
Devastating explosions pop 10 layers. Increases Burny Stuff damage further.
5. The Biggest One$36 000total $44 625
Blasts deeply through Bloons and layers over a huge area, plus powerful Burny Stuff damage.

Path 2

1. Faster Reload$400total $400
Increases the attack speed of the Mortar.
2. Rapid Reload$500total $900
Even faster reload.
3. Heavy Shells$900total $1 800
Heavy shells do extra damage to Ceramic, Lead, Fortified, MOABs, and stunned Bloons. Attacks faster and can also pop Black Bloons.
4. Artillery Battery$6 500total $8 300
Bombardment Ability: Unleashes a rapid fire attack in a slightly wider area. Upgrades to 3 barrels for incredibly fast attacks.
5. Pop and Awe$38 000total $46 300
Pop and Awe has permanent rapid attack speed. Pop and Awe Ability: rains explosions over the whole screen, damaging Bloons and stunning them periodically.

Path 3

1. Increased Accuracy$200total $200
Makes the shots more accurate, enough to hit Camo Bloons!
2. Burny Stuff$400total $600
Damaged Bloons are set ablaze momentarily with each hit.
3. Signal Flare$1 100total $1 700
Camo Bloons popped by flares lose their camouflage permanently.
4. Shattering Shells$9 500total $11 200
Shattering shells strip special Bloon properties off all but the biggest bloons. Burny stuff melts through 5 layers with each shot and burns MOAB-class Bloons for extra damage.
5. Blooncineration$40 000total $51 200
Superhot burny stuff that incinerates MOAB-Class Bloons with ease.

Abilities

Ability	From	Cooldown	Effect	Description
Bombardment	0-4-0: Artillery Battery	60 s	speed-up ×0.25
Pop And Awe	0-5-0: Pop and Awe	60 s	radius 9 999 999; damage 20	Empty

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).

Path 1

Path 2

Path 3

Numbers by tier

Tier	Range	Cooldown, s	Damage per shot	Pierce	Rough DPS	Cannot pop
000	30	2	2	25	1	Black
100	30	2	2	45	1	Black
200	30	2	3	45	1.5	Black
300	30	2	3	45	1.5	Black
400	30	2	10	85	5	Black
500	30	2	25	200	12.5	Black
010	30	1.5	2	25	1.3333	Black
020	30	1.08	2	25	1.8519	Black
030	30	0.81	2	25	2.4691	–
040	30	0.27	2	25	7.4074	–
050	30	0.0675	2	25	29.6296	–
001	30	2	2	25	1	Black
002	30	2	2	25	1	Black
003	30	2	2	25	1	Black
004	30	2	2	25	1	Black
005	30	2	2	25	1	–

Knowledge

Knowledge	Effect	Works from
Advanced Logistics	All Military Monkeys base costs reduced by 5%.	placement
Military Conscription	Purchase price of first Military Monkey each game is two thirds the normal.	placement
Extra Burny Stuff	Burny Stuff pops every second.	0-0-2
Paint Stripper	Mortar shattering shells removes Fortification from DDT Bloons.	0-0-3
Budget Battery	Artillery Battery cost reduced by 600.	0-4-0

Plus the ones every tower gets:

Better Sell Deals Global Ability Cooldowns Monkey Education Veteran Monkey Training

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.