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Overview[]

The Monkey Buccaneer is the second of the two water towers in BTDX, firing heavy darts that pop up to 5 bloons at once. Costs $600.

Upgrades[]

Monkey Buccaneer
Grape Shot
Four additional grapes are shot out
$450
Tier 1
Tier 1
Total cost: $1,050
Unlock the challenge for this tower by unlocking 5L (Pirate Captain).

Complete the challenge to unlock 3S (Dreadnought).

Faster Shooting
Adds a crows nest, which detects camo
$350
Tier 2
Tier 2
Total cost: $1,400
Swashbucklers
Ground Infantry
$900
Tier 3L
Tier 3L
Total cost: $2,300
Destroyer
Shoots very fast
$2,200
Tier 3M
Tier 3M
Total cost: $3,600
Cannon Ship
Better than a normal cannon
$1,250
Tier 3R
Tier 3R
Total cost: $2,650
Dreadnought
Shoots flaming hot lead with acceleration
$2,400
Tier 3S
Tier 3S
Total cost: $3,800
Rank 26
x3

Monkey Pirates
Pirates use a cutlass and a Musket
$1,800
Tier 4L
Tier 4L
Total cost: $4,100
Rank 26
x4

Supreme Battleship
Shoots fast and furiously
$4,700
Tier 4M
Tier 4M
Total cost: $8,300
Rank 26
x3

Harpoon
Pops any regular bloon in one hit
$2,700
Tier 4R
Tier 4R
Total cost: $5,350
Rank 26
x15

Cursed Ship
The souls of the popped drift towards the ship
$6,000
Tier 4S
Tier 4S
Total cost: $9,800
Rank 50
x7

Pirate Captain
Gives a morale boost to pirates
$3,500
Tier 5L
Tier 5L
Total cost: $7,600
Rank 50
x11

Aircraft Carrier
Planes fly around and release a storm of darts
$14,000
Tier 5M
Tier 5M
Total cost: $22,300
Rank 50
x9

MOAB Takedown
Takes down the most dangerous MOABs single handedly
$8,100
Tier 5R
Tier 5R
Total cost: $13,450
Rank 50
x25

Ghost Ship
Flying Dutchman
$18,000
Tier 5S
Tier 5S
Total cost: $27,800

Total to fully unlock: 77

Tips[]

  • Can pop camo with all upgrades tier 2 and up.
  • Can pop lead with all stacked upgrades, and the cannons and harpoons from all right upgrades.
  • Can damage HTAs with all stacked upgrades, the swords of the ground troops for all left upgrades, and the bombs and harpoons from all right upgrades.
  • Swashbuckler infantry wield swords, attacking bloons with melee attacks. Place the Buccaneer near the path to use the infantry more effectively.
  • The ability for 5R can't damage shields and ignores non-MOAB-class bloons.
  • The stacked path spawns additional Swashbuckler infantry that use the same projectile as the main tower instead of wielding swords.
  • The minion and "soul" attacks from all stacked upgrades, as well as the main attack from 5S, can penetrate shields.

Advantages/Disadvantages[]

Advantages[]

  • High stats all around.
  • Can pop camo with all upgrades after tier 1.
  • Can spawn Swashbuckler support, which have very useful melee attacks.
  • Middle Path has similar power to a Super Monkey.
  • M5 has high, full map damage.
  • Right and Stacked paths can pop camo lead.
  • Ghost Ship does high damage to all bloons in the soul attack's radius.
  • All paths can deal some form of spread damage, whether through Swashbucklers, cannonballs or more grapes.

Disadvantages[]

  • Must be placed in water.
  • Middle and Stack paths are expensive.
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