Awesome New Stuff

• Jukebox added - You can now play your favorite tracks on any map
• New Gwendolin Skin - Harlegwen
• New Beginner Map: Candy Falls. I've heard tell that what you imagine sometimes comes true
• Brand New Monkey Knowledge:
• Ambush Tech - Allows Tech Bots to set a location for Bloons to enter before triggering their linked abilities
• Door Gunner - Allows x5x Heli to pick up a T4 or below tower to attack from the Heli
• Vine Rupture - Allows x5x Druid to detonate its vines setting off lots of small 150 damage explosions across the track which stun for 10 seconds

Key Features

• Rules popup added to challenges to show more details on what rules are changing
• Added a short pause before the victory screen pops up
• Added a once per update Patch Notes popup

Some things we are aware of already

• Jukebox currently has no skip option, but we plan to look into this
• Co-op resyncing has been improved, it should run faster now but you may notice rounds ‘prematurely ending’ with Bloons on screen being removed if you are caught in a desync
• Monkey Bank’s collection buttons moved
• Removing obstacles on spillway currently shows some white squares
• Some daily challenge rules display far too many decimal places

Bug Fixes & General Changes

• Round hints can be dismissed again
• Resolved some issues with the slider for path restrictions in the Challenge Editor
• Resolved some translation issues
• The ‘Continue’ popup will no longer close from mis-tapping inside the box
• Resolved a crash that could occur when loading cloud data
• Co-op stat “Bloons Popped” has been changed to “Pop Count”
• Added some messaging and UI to indicate tower restrictions in challenges
• Resolved some server sided issues that had started causing problems on all versions
• Updated messages for incompatible lobby versions
• Co-op resync should now be less obvious
• Collection event should visually show correct values on the co-op menu now
• ‘Small’ upgrade panels fixed, for towers with no upgrades
• Resolved a rare crash when quitting from a game
• Optimised light beam effects across many maps
• Android Back Button should again work on the main menu
• Reduced memory spike during co-op resync to lessen crashes when this occurs
• Placing Insta Monkey towers should no longer leave gaps in the Powers menu UI
• Removed Freeplay speed cap
• The Greatest Challenge achievement no longer only records creations
• Powers no longer count as towers for the tracking of some achievement purposes
• Monkey Knowledge Mana Shield description updated
• Monkey Knowledge Military Conscription reduced from 50% to 33%
• Resolved a crash when removing obstacles and restarting
• Resolved a rare issue with removable assets becoming stuck on screen after restarting
• Added an arrow from Empowered Heroes to Weak Point which was not previously visible

Bomb Shooter

• x2x Missile Launcher description updated to reflect previous changes
• 025 Bomb Shooter now fires a Missile asset

Tack Shooter

• 4xx Ring of Fire asset updated
• 5xx Inferno Ring asset updated

Ice Monkey

• x3x Ice Monkey resolved numerous specific crashes
• x3x Ice Monkey resolved numerous inconsistencies with redeploy and selling

Glue Gunner

• x5x Glue Storm description updated to reflect previous changes

Sniper Monkey

• x5x Elite Targeting Priority should correctly prioritise again

Monkey Sub

• 4xx Bloontonium Reactor buff icon issues resolved
• x1x Barbed Darts description updated to reflect previous changes

Monkey Buccaneer

• 5xx Flagship resolved an issue where towers fell through the platforms
• 520 Flagship had a rare crash resolved when placing next to a 250 Village
• x2x Hot Shot fire asset updated
• 015 Trade Empire no longer loses the 005 damage buff

Mortar Monkey

• xx2 Burny Stuff should no longer gain MIB buff icon from any distance
• xx5 Blooncineration fire assets updated

Wizard Monkey

• x2x Wall of Fire asset updated
• x3x Dragon’s Breath fire asset updated
• x4+x Phoenix fire asset updated
• x5x Wizard Lord Phoenix should no longer count as 2 towers
• xx5 Prince of Darkness no longer rotates

Super Monkey

• 5xx After selling a Dark Temple the x55 supers should now be purchasable again

Druid

• xx2 Heart of Vengeance druid description updated for clarification and also to reflect previous changes

Monkey Village

• 000 Village fire asset updated
• x2x Rader Scanner should no longer block the Energizer from applying buff icons
• 5/x/x Slingshot now rotates correctly again

Engineer

• 1xx Sentries no longer gain camo detection when a save is loaded
• 1xx Sentry Placement will no longer ignore ‘smart placement’ if the Engineer cannot reach the track

Gwendolin

• Cocktail of Fire asset updated
• Firestorm asset updated
• Heat it Up asset updated

Captain Churchill

• Fixed projectile ejection point location

Benjamin

• Now gives a Bank Hack buff icon to banks

Ezili

• Now gives a Sacrificial Totem buff icon from her totem

Pat Fusty

• Level 10 ability is no longer affected by Overclock

Adora

• Joan of Arc Skin now lifts her sword more
• Joan of Arc Skin now has fire trails from the main attack

Desktop Version

• Added more visible resolution choices to the options
• Some minor UI tweaks for powers/sandbox to fit better
• Temple popup no longer stacks with hotkey presses
• Chromebook specific UI changes made to allow window resizing as well as desktop style placement modes

Balance Changes

Boomerang Monkey

• 3xx Glaive Bounce pattern improved
• 5xx Glaive Lord main ricochet now leaves fragments in the first Bloon hit which slowly slash it apart dealing 150 damage over 15 seconds. This can stack multiple times
• xx5 MOAB Domination applies a brief stun of 0.25s on the MOAB Glaive before knocking back

Tack Shooter

• 5xx Inferno Ring Meteor attack now creates an explosion on impact with pierce 10, radius 18, 50 damage, this also applies a DoT of 50 damage per second for 4 seconds.

Ice Monkey

• 1xx Permafrost can now apply to MOABs from any T5 Ice Monkey
• 3xx Ice Shards range increased from 20 to 25
• 4xx Embrittlement now gains camo detection
• 4xx Embrittlement now also removes camo & regrow properties from anything hit
• x5x Absolute Zero attack and ability freeze +2 additional layers
• x5x Absolute Zero when ability is active all Ice Monkeys gain +50% attack speed

Glue Gunner

• x4x Glue Strike’s ability now also causes glued Bloons to take +1 damage

Sniper Monkey

• x2x Shrapnel Shot reworked to eject in a 45 deg arc instead of 360
• x2x Shrapnel Shot now produces shrapnel once upon every attack
• 3+20 Crosspathing now increases the damage of Shrapnel

Monkey Buccaneer

• 210 Double Shot now fires twice as many Grapes
• x4x Monkey Pirates now fires 3 cannonballs instead of 1

Monkey Ace

• 3xx Fighter Plane missile rate reduced from 3 to 4 seconds
• 3xx Fighter Plane missile pierce increased from 1 to 3
• 3xx Fighter Plane missile damage reduced 25 -> 18
• 4xx Fighter Plane missile rate reduced from 1.5 to 2 seconds
• 4xx Fighter Plane missile pierce increased from 1 to 4
• 5xx Fighter Plane missile rate reduced from 1.5 to 2 seconds
• 5xx Fighter Plane missile pierce increased from 1 to 5

Heli Pilot

• 000 Heli Pilot price increased from $1500 to $1600

Mortar Monkey

• x3x Heavy Shells now deals additional damage to ‘Stunned’ Bloons +2
• x5x Pop and Awe now deals additional damage to ‘Stunned’ Bloons +10

Super Monkey

• xx3 Dark Knight gains the ‘Darkshift’ ability, allowing it to teleport anywhere within its radius
• xx4 Dark Champion gains an upgraded ‘Darkshift’ ability, allowing it to teleport anywhere on the map

Alchemist

• x3x Unstable Concoction’s %damage increase now scales until round 150

Banana Farm

• xx4 Central Market’s 10% income buff to merchantmen now stacks up to 10 times

Monkey Village

• When placing a village, towers that are in its radius will now highlight
• 4xx Primary Mentoring now reduces ability cooldowns of primary monkeys in radius by 10%
• 4xx Primary Mentoring now adds +5 range to primary towers in range.
• xx4 Monkey City now increases all income generated from towers within radius by +10%

Obyn Greenfoot

• Level 10 Wall of Trees hitbox increased so it can overlap at intersections