Bloons TD Battles Boat Mortar Farm Strategy Guide

To run the Boat Mortar Farm (BMF) strategy effectively in Bloons TD Battles, open on water maps with a single Monkey Buccaneer, minimize defensive spending to scale Banana Farms early, and deploy a 0-3 Signal Flare Mortar Monkey by Round 12 to remove camo. Because this loadout lacks late-game stall mechanics like Ice Monkey or high raw damage like Super Monkey, you must neutralize mid-game blimps using 0-4 Monkey Pirates and sell farms to counter-rush between Rounds 22 and 26.

Early-Game Setup and Farm Sequencing

BMF relies on holding the line with minimal defense so you can build and upgrade Banana Farms immediately:

1. Round 1: Place a 0-0 Monkey Buccaneer along a long water straight or curve where its darts travel down the track line (such as on Battle River or Hydro Dam).
2. Rounds 2 to 4: Upgrade the Buccaneer to 0-1 Grape Shots to clear grouped blue and green Bloons without leaking. Send grouped reds and blues to build eco while dropping your first Banana Farm.
3. Farm Progression: Upgrade your initial plot to 1-0 and then 2-0. Delay buying 0-2 Double Shot on your Buccaneer until spaced yellows arrive on Round 6 or grouped pinks arrive on Round 8.
4. Round 10 Milestone: Keeping defense minimal allows you to establish a second Banana Farm or upgrade the first into a 3-0 Banana Plantation before Round 10. When facing anti-eco loadouts like COBRA, stay on 2-0 Farms to keep liquid cash available for punishing Round 10 Bloon Adjustment rushes.

Mid-Game Decamo and Defense Upgrades

Because the Monkey Buccaneer cannot naturally detect camo in this build, purchasing a 0-3 Signal Flare Mortar Monkey by Round 12 is mandatory. Place the Mortar Monkey on any available land tile and manually set its targeting reticle over a natural track chokepoint or intersection ahead of your Buccaneers. This removes camo properties before the bloons enter your fleet's range.

If the opponent sends a dense Round 13 Regrow Rainbow rush, add a 0-3 Cannon Ship to clear the cluster with explosive damage. Against spaced leads or fast single bloons, place or upgrade to a 3-2 Destroyer instead. On split-track maps, micro the Mortar reticle between the active lanes to ensure no camo bloons bypass the blast radius.

Defending Round 18 and Round 20 Blimp Rushes

Buying raw damage to pop early MOAB-class bloons drains your farm economy. Instead, upgrade a Buccaneer to a 0-4 Monkey Pirates to handle blimps via its active ability:

• Round 18 MOAB: Wait until the blimp enters the Buccaneer's range, then activate the hook ability. It instantly removes the entire MOAB shell along with all four Ceramics inside.
• Round 20 BFB: Hook the BFB shell immediately. The outer layer is pulled, dropping four MOABs onto the track. Your 0-3 Cannon Ships and 0-3 Mortar will clean up the inner Ceramics once the MOAB shells break.
• Multiple Blimps: If the opponent sends consecutive MOABs while your hook is cooling down, activate a Tower Boost to empower your Destroyer and Cannon Ship defense.

Late-Game Farm Selling and Counter-Rush Execution

BMF falls behind in hyper-dense late-game rounds against strategies running Super Monkey or Ice Monkey. Aim to force an endgame between Rounds 22 and 26 by converting farm investments into an overwhelming offensive push:

1. Watch Opponent Cash: Launch your attack when the opponent commits heavy cash to high-tier farms (such as 4-2 Banana Republics) or expensive defense, leaving their liquid funds low.
2. Liquidate Farms: Sell secondary Banana Farms to generate an immediate pool of 8,000 to 15,000 cash.
3. Send Layered Rushes: Send a Fast-Cooldown BFB or ZOMG on Round 22 or 24, layered with grouped fast-cooldown Ceramics directly underneath.
4. Use Hook-Sell-Rebuy Micro: If the opponent attempts a simultaneous counter-rush with MOABs or BFBs, activate your 0-4 Monkey Pirates hook, immediately sell the boat, rebuy a new 0-4 Buccaneer, and activate the fresh hook instantly to defend while your rush hits their side.