Camo Detection (2024)

Camo Detection (also referred to as camo detection) is the ability for a tower to target and affect Camo Bloons. This attack property first appeared in Bloons TD 4, where the Camo Bloon made its debut. Camo detection also applies to towers that grant camo detection to nearby towers, the primary example being the Radar Scanner (Sonar Beacon in BTD4), which appears in all main series where Camo Bloons appear. Bloons Wiki depicts attacks that affect camo with this icon: , depicted as a Camo Green Bloon from Bloons TD 6, as that is the only Camo Bloon that spawns at Round 24, the earliest camo bloons begin to appear.

Most towers have some method of affecting Camo Bloons; they may have a camo detection upgrade to allow them to detect and combat Camo Bloons directly (e.g. Enhanced Eyesight, Night Vision Goggles, Quincy Level 5+), or indirectly (e.g. Cleansing Foam, BTD6 Glaive Lord, Glue Strike, Glue Storm), may have innate camo detection (e.g. Ninja Monkey, Ezili, Spike Factory), or they may indirectly affect Camo Bloons by a normally unorthodox method (e.g. Inferno Ring's meteor, which can target camo but strangely only the meteor balls themselves affect and damage camo). Some may even have none at all, with examples being the Alchemist, Striker Jones, Pat Fusty, Adora and Rosalia. In Bloons TD 4, all towers can affect camos even without being able to target them directly, but starting from Bloons TD 5 the tower must be able to detect camo directly in order to pop them.

Camo detection is separate from standard Damage Elements, and it is emphasized by how Admiral Brickell provides Normal damage without the camo detection between levels five through seven.

Countering Camo Bloons[]

Camo Detection in the Bloons TD 4 Generation[]

If another tower targets a Bloon and a Camo Bloon gets in the way, the Camo Bloon will be popped. If a tower with piercing projectiles targets a Bloon in front of a Camo Bloon, both will be popped. Usually, all you need is one set of Road Spikes or a Pineapple to set off a chain reaction. Camo RBE: 11 (BTD4), same speed as a blue.

The following towers and upgrades allow the tower and/or nearby towers to detect Camo Bloons:

Tower	Upgrade	Notes
Monkey Beacon	Sonar Beacon (Upgrade #3)	Allows detection to all nearby towers. The Monkey Storm Beacon destroys all bloons including camo bloons.
Monkey Ace	No upgrade required	Spy Plane (Upgrade #2) allows all towers near the ace to detect Camo Bloons.
Monkey Buccaneer	Crow's Nest (Upgrade #2)	Allows detection to all towers within its range (including itself).
Monkey Apprentice	Crystal Ball (Premium Upgrade)	Crystal Ball costs 10 and also increases the Monkey Apprentice's attack range in addition to allowing Camo detection.
Dartling Gun	No upgrade required	Can pop camos anywhere unupgraded.
Spike Factory	No upgrade required	Pops any bloons (except for leads when it doesn't have the 3rd upgrade) that run over its spikes on the track.
Road Spikes	N/A	Pops any bloons, except for leads, that run over the spikes on the track. One pile in BTD4 will pop all of the camo, even though its RBE is 11, and a single Road Spike pile will eliminate all except 1 bloon off the Camo Bloon.
Pineapple	N/A	Pops any bloons, including Camo, that get caught in blast radius. 1 damage only.
Mortar Tower	No upgrade required	Can pop camos anywhere unupgraded.

Camo Detection in the Bloons TD 5 Generation[]

In the BTD5 Generation, Camo becomes a Bloon property: therefore their RBE can be from 1 to 104 unlike in BTD4. If a tower cannot see camo bloons, its projectiles will go straight through them without doing any damage to them. A camo bloon can also be Regrowth at the same time, making them very dangerous if you do not prepare, like in round 82. As for dealing with Lead Bloons with camo, please also consult to Lead-Popping Power. DDTs are released in Bloons Monkey City (including Flash and Mobile versions, though the Mobile version of DDTs lack lead or black properties).

The following towers and upgrades allow the tower and/or nearby towers to detect and also target Camo Bloons:

Camo Detection in the Bloons TD 6 Generation[]

In the BTD6 Generation, the methods for Camo Detection are similar to BTD5. Several upgrades that help detect Camo are also available in BTD6, including the Radar Scanner upgrade. Alongside this, many more options are available to detect Camo, with nearly every tower having some way to combat Camo. Somehow, Glaive Lord in Bloons TD 6 can no longer detect Camo, though Camo Bloons can become popped by its rotating glaives.

The only tower to have no camo detection whatsoever is Alchemist. The only heroes to have no camo detection whatsoever are Striker Jones, Pat Fusty, Adora, and Rosalia.

In addition to these lists of towers and their upgrades with camo detection, many camo-detecting upgrades gain access to the Camo Prioritization target priority, and the list of those can be found on here.

Note: When countering Reality Warper Phayze, a Boss Bloon with highly resistant Camo properties, take note that its Radar Jam lasts for 12 seconds and occurs every 24 seconds, resulting in half downtime for all camo-seeing external buffs and Phayze becomes immune to decamo for the duration of Radar Jam.

Tower	Upgrade	Notes
Dart Monkey	Enhanced Eyesight (Path 3, Upgrade 2)	Dart Monkeys will also get a bit more range with this upgrade. This upgrade plus Juggernaut can pop Camo Leads, the only cheap effective way that can be done by a Dart Monkey without enhancements. Crossbow Master can also pop Camo Leads, and it is more reliable at popping DDTs than the former option. Plasma Monkey Fan Club with this upgrade can pop camo leads but not camo purples (if activated).
Boomerang Monkey	Glaive Lord (Path 1, Upgrade 5)	Only rotating glaives pop camo, including Camo Lead if given Red Hot Rangs. Does not detect camo itself though. Not viable camo detection due to cost. Turbo Charge and Perma Charge require the Bionic Augmentation MK to let their activated abilities give them camo detection.
Bomb Shooter	Bomb Blitz (Path 3, Upgrade 5)	Only works when a bloon leaks. Even so, there is a 40-second cooldown before this special ability can be activated again. In addition, this passive ability can only be used once per round. Not viable camo detection especially on Impoppable Difficulty or CHIMPS.
Tack Shooter	Inferno Ring (Path 1, Upgrade 5)	Meteor attack can target Camo Bloons, but it is highly unreliable because the meteor attack is very slow and only has 1 pierce, yet the meteor’s explosion cannot damage Camos. Not viable camo detection due to unreliability and very high cost. This upgrade is not recommended for popping DDTs and camo leads.
Ice Monkey	Cold Snap (Path 1, Upgrade 2), Snowstorm (Path 2, Upgrade 4)	Cold Snap detects camo, while Embrittlement and Super Brittle remove Camo properties from all bloons (including DDTs) hit by their blasts. Snowstorm ability can deal one damage to all bloons, including camo bloons. Will also freeze any non-lead camo bloon type, including Camo Whites and Camo Zebras, as well as damage all except bloons with Lead properties. Cannot damage or freeze Camo Leads or DDTs without Cold Snap or a source of lead-popping such as Acidic Mixture Dip.
Glue Gunner	Glue Strike (Path 2, Upgrade 4)	Ability can glue all bloons including camo bloons. Requires Corrosive Glue to damage Camo Bloons via Glue Gunner, as well as let Glue Strike target DDTs.
Sniper Monkey	Night Vision Goggles (Path 2, Upgrade 1)	Allows the Sniper to detect camo and deal an additional +2 damage to them. Must add Full Metal Jacket (or upgrade to Supply Drop) to pop Camo Leads and damage DDTs. Adding Shrapnel Shot with Full Metal Jacket can also allow the shrapnel pieces to pop Camo Leads and damage DDTs.
Monkey Sub	Submerge and Support (Path 1, Upgrade 3), First Strike Capability (Path 2, Upgrade 4)	Removes the camo property from all bloons in its range. Also possible to detect camo using Advanced Intel (Path 1, Upgrade 2), but there must be at least one other camo-detecting tower in range of the map's track to target camo bloons. The dart itself can seek camos. Recommended to upgrade to Reactor to not only pop camos but also be able to more easily catch faster camo bloons like Camo Pinks with its faster pulses. First Strike Capability's ability can be used to hit camo bloons, if the camo bloons are the strongest on the map; both the on-hit and the splash can affect them. Pre-Emptive Strike's passive ability can hit DDTs even if they are invisible.
Monkey Buccaneer	Crow's Nest (Path 3, Upgrade 2)	Allows Buccaneer to detect Camo Bloons. Requires Hot Shot or Carrier Flagship to pop Camo Leads, with Carrier Flagship being a reliable option against DDTs. Buying Cannon Ship with Crow's Nest allows for greater reliability versus grouped Camo Bloons. Monkey Pirates require Crow's Nest to hook DDTs.
Monkey Ace	Spy Plane (Path 2, Upgrade 2)	Allows the Monkey Ace to see camo. Can pop Camo Leads with this upgrade, but the pineapples are highly unreliable (even with Monkey Knowledge). Bomber Ace or a Spectre with Spy Plane is more reliable against Camo Leads. Ground Zero ability or a 5-2-0 Sky Shredder is required to naturally affect DDTs.
Heli Pilot	IFR (Path 2, Upgrade 2)	Allows the Heli Pilot to see camo. Cannot pop Camo Lead without Razor Rotors, Apache Dartship, Apache Prime, Special Poperations' Marine, or MOAB Shove's homing missiles. Technically, Razor Rotors can damage DDTs, but it is impractical; Apache Prime with Monkey Intelligence Bureau or Level 5+ Striker Jones should be used to reliably pop DDTs with Path 1.
Mortar Monkey	Signal Flare (Path 3, Upgrade 3)	Allows the Mortar Monkey to pop Camo & remove Camo property from affected Bloons. Can decamo any bloon type, including explosion-immune, including DDTs. Not reliable against faster camo bloons like Camo Pinks due to slow firing speed, although Rapid Reload may ease this partially.
Dartling Gunner	Advanced Targeting (Path 2, Upgrade 1)	Unlike in BTD5, the Dartling Gunner in BTD6 requires a camo detection upgrade to pop camo. The Advanced Targeting upgrade will allow the Dartling Gunner to pop camo. Cannot pop Camo Lead and DDTs without Hydra Rocket Pods or Plasma Accelerator. Bear in mind that Laser Cannon and Plasma Accelerator both cannot pop Camo Purples without Monkey Intelligence Bureau, though Ray of Doom can.
Wizard Monkey	Monkey Sense (Path 3, Upgrade 2), and Archmage (Path 1, Upgrade 5)	Monkey Sense allows the Wizard to pop camo bloons. Shimmer can remove the camo property from the Bloons. Must be under influence of Monkey Village with Monkey Intelligence Bureau to pop Camo Purple, though a Necromancer: Unpopped Army can be used to pop Camo Purples provided another bloon was popped within close range. Must also have Fireball, Arcane Spike, or Necromancer to pop Camo Leads. Archmage also utilizes the Shimmer effect, although it is recommended to have Monkey Sense to have the arcane magic reliably pop the camo bloons.
Ninja Monkey	No upgrade needed	Naturally detects camo regardless of upgrades. Needs Flash Bomb to pop camo leads, and Sticky Bomb to hit DDTs efficiently. Can remove the camo property from the Bloons damaged by the Ninja with Counter-Espionage (Path 2, Upgrade 2).
Super Monkey	Ultravision (Path 3, Upgrade 2), Tech Terror (Path 2, Upgrade 4)	Ultravision allows the Super Monkey to see Camo on its regular attacks, but cannot pop Camo Lead or DDTs without Plasma Blasts (Path 1, Upgrade 2), Tech Terror and The Anti-Bloon (Path 2, Upgrades 4 and 5) or Dark Champion and Legend of the Night (Path 3, Upgrades 4 and 5). Do note that using Laser Blasts (Path 1, Upgrade 1) or Tech Terror does leave Camo Purple impossible to pop without being under the influence of a Monkey Intelligence Bureau, or being upgraded to Dark Champion, The Anti-Bloon, Sun Temple, or Sun Avatar with the appropriate MK. Tech Terror's ability (and Anti-Bloon's ability by extension) can pop Camo by default including Camo Purples, though it is somewhat unreliable.
Druid	Superstorm (Path 1, Upgrade 5), Spirit of the Forest (Path 2, Upgrade 5)	Not viable camo detection due to their high costs. Requires Superstorm or a 1-5-0 (or 2-5-0) Spirit of the Forest to pop Camo Lead and damage DDTs. Druids can detect Camo if nearby a Level 8+ Obyn.
Spike Factory	No upgrade needed	Already pops camo even without upgrades. Requires White Hot Spikes to pop Camo Leads. Although Spike Factory pops camo, it does not count as camo range according to Advanced Intel.
Monkey Village	Radar Scanner (Path 2, Upgrade 2) and Primary Expertise (Path 1, Upgrade 5)	Radar Scanner allows every tower in its range to pop Camo Bloons. Primary Expertise can pop Camo Bloons itself even without Radar Scanner. An interesting note is that any Village with the Radar Scanner upgrade will count as camo range according to Advanced Intel.
Engineer Monkey	Cleansing Foam (Path 2, Upgrade 3)	Allows the Engineer Monkey to remove Camo and Regrow properties from bloons that pass through the foam, including from DDTs. However, the Engineer Monkey cannot naturally detect Camo, and requires foam to remove the Camo properties first. The foam also pops Camo Leads but deals zero DDT damage. Countering DDTs with Engineers requires Cleansing Foam to decamo DDTs and Sentry Champion (Path 1, Upgrade 5) to counter the DDTs stripped of camo properties.
Beast Handler	Horned Owl (Path 3, Upgrade 2) Tyrannosaurus Rex (Path 2, Upgrade 4)	Only birds starting from Horned Owl have innate Camo detection. Crosspaths don’t affect other beasts or the Beast Handler itself, requiring external Camo detection to target and pop Camo. Camo Leads can only be popped by Pouākai (Path 3, Upgrade 5) or Tyrannosaurus Rex's Stomp ability (Path 2, Upgrade 4) if using Beast Handlers alone.
Quincy	Level 5+	Allows Quincy to see Camo Bloons. Is able to pop camo leads starting from Level 7, with his explosive arrows on every 3rd shot, but unreliable unless leveled up further. Cannot damage DDTs without Monkey Intelligence Bureau or Acidic Mixture Dip.
Gwendolin	Level 3+	co*cktail of Fire and Firestorm ability can pop Camos and Camo Lead. Cannot pop Camo Purple without influence of Monkey Village with Monkey Intelligence Bureau, until she reaches Level 16+. Gwendolin herself cannot detect camo without abilities unless a Radar Scanner is nearby her.
Obyn Greenfoot	Level 3+ (himself) Level 8+ (druids nearby)	Obyn can use Brambles ability that can pop Camo. Level 10 Wall of Trees ability or Level 16+ Brambles ability is required to pop Camo Lead. Wall of Trees can swallow DDTs if its capacity doesn't overflow. Level 16+ Brambles ability can damage DDTs without needing a Monkey Intelligence Bureau. Obyn himself cannot detect camo without abilities, unless a Radar Scanner is nearby him. Starting from Level 8, all Druids in range can detect and pop Camo Bloons.
Captain Churchill	Level 6+	Churchill can pop Camo Lead naturally at Level 6 and has little trouble with Camo Black, but must activate Armor Piercing Shells or have an Monkey Intelligence Bureau to pop DDTs. Can also hit DDTs with MOAB Barrage.
Benjamin	Level 10+ (or Level 18+ without abilities)	Level 10+ Benjamin's Syphon Funding can downgrade Camo Bloons, but this attack is extremely ability-dependent and can never fully pop them. Level 18+ allows DDTs to be syphoned too. Benjamin's Level 18 description states that it can hit DDTs. But Level 18 also allows Benjamin's Trojan to hit camo bloons. This is unreliable however, because you can only naturally get Level 18 after Round 80, where the only camo bloons are on Rounds 90 and 95, which are the DDT Rounds. Plus, on Rounds 93 and 99, there are MOABs and Fortified BFBs in the way. Round 95 has a total of 630 camos, 500 Camo Purples, 100 Camo leads, 30 DDTs.
Ezili	Level 1+	Ezili can naturally see and attack Camo Bloons (including DDTs), and can also strip all special properties of Bloons up to Ceramic Bloons starting from Level 9. In addition, her Sacrificial Totem ability can grant Camo detection to all towers in the totem's radius for a few rounds. Camo Purple cannot be popped or stripped of properties without use of her Heartstopper ability, which temporarily stops Purple properties.
Admiral Brickell	Level 7+	Allows her to pop Camo Bloons. On Level 8, her Naval Tactics ability temporarily allows all water towers near her to be able to hit Camo Bloons and damage all bloon types. Her pistol attack cannot damage DDTs without MIB or Naval Tactics, but her Sea Mines can starting from Level 15, and the same level can allow her mines to also remove the Camo property from Camo Bloons, including DDTs.
Etienne	Level 5+	Level 5 gives Etienne himself Camo detection. Starting from Level 8, Etienne grants Camo detection to all towers on the map, like a global Radar Scanner.
Sauda	Level 1+	Naturally pops camo by default. Requires abilities to pop Camo Lead, or just Lead Bloons in general. Her main attack cannot damage Camo Lead until she reaches Level 13+.
Psi	Level 1+	Naturally pops camo by default. Can stun any bloon within Psi's Psychic Blast ability's blast radius, including Camo Purple, but no damage. Cannot pop Leads including Camo Lead until Level 6+, as they cannot target them then, and the same goes for Camo Ceramics, Camo Purple, and any DDTs (whether or not invisible or visible) until Psi reaches their respective levels: Level 7+, Level 11+, and Level 20.
Geraldo	Level 1+ (Nails) Level 3+ (Potion)	Geraldo himself has no camo detection at all. However, he has a potion that can be purchased to temporarily give camo detection to anyone for a limited number of rounds, including himself. Does not have a self-synergizing Camo Lead option until at least Level 8. At Level 1, his only camo detection is his Stack of Old Nails, which act like pre-BTD6 Road Spikes. His Killer Rabbit and Genie Bottle's genie both automatically detect camo, both of which can pop Camo Leads. Gerry's Fire spirit needs a camo-detecting tower to detect camo. Nail Mine's explosion can pop Camo Lead but not damage DDTs, although the minuscule burn does ignite and damage DDTs, but the spikes of Nail Mine do pop all bloon types including DDTs.
Corvus	Level 4+	Corvus has only two ways of handling Camo Bloons, and are only accessible via spells: Soul Barrier (Level 4+), and Vision (Level 5+). Soul Barrier can tank Camo Bloons, while Vision grants camo detection and decamos any bloon type.
Road Spikes	N/A	Pops any bloon, including Camo Lead and DDTs. Costs 50 to purchase groups of five Road Spikes. Each set of Road Spikes has one stack of 20 spikes (21 with proper MK). Cannot be used when Powers are disabled. If the Pre-Game Prep MK is active, one set of permanent Road Spikes is placed at each exit for free after starting a new game, including when Powers is disabled.
Super Monkey Storm	N/A	Destroys all normal Bloons on screen and deals heavy damage to all MOAB-class Bloons on screen, regardless of type. Costs 100 to use once. Cannot be used when Powers are disabled.
Camo Trap	N/A	Decamos any bloon type, including DDTs (though they consume more pierce). Costs 50 to use one trap with 500 capacity (600 with proper MK). Cannot be used when Powers are disabled.
Paragons	N/A	All Paragons gain natural camo detection and pop any bloon type with all of their attacks. This also includes sub-towers such as Navarch of the Seas' aircraft and Master Builder's Mega Sentries. A few major exceptions include Master Builder's Mini Sentries.

Camo Detection in Bloons Adventure Time TD[]

• As in other Bloons games, one of the only innately camo-detecting 'towers' is the Ninja Monkey. BATTD provides an adaptation of the BTD Ninja in the form of the non-speaking Sai the Shadow.

Upgrades can be purchased for certain characters and allies to enable camo detection. Characters that don't need to achieve certain 'Star Levels' (the BATTD parallel to character experience levels) to unlock camo detection are:

• Princess Bubblegum (with Super Intelligence), can indirectly deal damage to Camo Bloons and cover them in gum by splashing
• Ice King (with Wizard Eyes) from the Adventure Time universe
• Max (with Enhanced Range) (a Triple Darts Dart Monkey variant),
• Sam (with Wizardly Wisdom) (a Wizard Monkey variant),
• Captain Cassie (with Crows Nest, can grant her nearby allies camo detect as well) (a Cannon Ship Monkey Buccaneer variant),
• Commander Cassie (with Enhanced Tactical Radar) (a Destroyer Monkey Buccaneer variant).
• C4 Charlie (a Bomb Shooter hybrid) has an upgrade to enable a Signal Flare ability that will strip all modifiers (including camo) from all bloons on the field.
• Flame Princess (from Adventure Time) can unlock personal camo detection, via her Heat Sense upgrade, from her third star level.
• Hunter Marceline can give camo detection to herself, but needs to suck the soul of a camo bloon via at least Soul Sucking to do so.

Characters that don't have personalized potentials for camo detection:

• Finn, Dungeon Finn, Jake, Supermonkey, Juggernaut Max, Marceline
• Tuxedo Jake (cannot give camo detection to characters either despite specializing heavily in support)
• C4 Charlie (anything but the Signal Flare ability)
• Warrior Bubblegum (who seemingly have for the sake of gameplay options forgotten her camo detection potentials)

Allies with camo-detection

• Banana Man via his X-Ray Scope upgrade and Huntress Wizard via her Hunter's Instinct upgrade.
• Clarence, Dirt Beer Guy, Super Fans, can
• Dr. Monkey (strips regular but not DDT camo),
• Hunson Abadeer (strips regular and DDT camo),
• Monkey Apprentice (without upgrades, apparently)
• Banana Guards, Banana Air Corps and Hot Dog Knights can pop camo bloons that touch them.
• Party God can be upgraded to summon miniature clones of himself (Party Crashers upgrade) and a shockwave ability (Off The Hook upgrade); only his clones and shockwaves can hit camo, not his main laser attack (but it is his only way of popping lead, so he cannot pop camo lead).

BATTD includes a number of Trinkets that relate to countering Camo Bloons.

• The Uncommon Horsey Soap distributes regular bloon-only decamo-ing foam along sections of the track that are within the range of the equipped character, similar to the Cleansing Foam upgrade in the BTD series.
• Elder Plop's Scepter slimes on the track, can hit camo
• the Super Rare Anti-Camo Dust removes camo from all bloons, just like its BMC Flash counterpart.

Trinkets that enable camo-detection include:

• the Super Rare Night Vision X-Ray Goggles
• the Epic Dragon Eyes (also extra damage to them)
• Glasses of Nerdicon (+9 range),
• the Martian Exclusive Martian Tracking Device (+8 range).

There are some powers that can combat or help the towers combat camo bloons.

• Many ability-based offensive powers that target bloons independently can affect camo.
• The Most Perfect Sandwich That Has Ever Existed grants all towers camo detection.

Camo Detection in Bloons Pop![]

Most attacks require the Camo Bloons to flicker into visibility in order for them to affect Camo Bloons. However, there are some that naturally can pop Camo regardless of camo flickering. Monkeys and Heroes who lack camo detection will cause the screen to display flickering Camo Bloons, provided there are Camo Bloons on screen, while those that do have camo detection will leave the Camo Bloons visible at all times. Switching to and from any monkey/hero slot can determine its ability to detect Camo Bloons.

Monkeys

Monkey	Camo?	Notes
Dart Monkey		Requires the Camo Bloons to flicker into visibility in order to hit Camo Bloons. Does not affect Camo Leads.
Bomb Shooter		Requires the Camo Bloons to flicker into visibility in order to hit Camo Bloons. Does not affect Camo Blacks or Camo Zebras.
Boomerang Monkey		Requires the Camo Bloons to flicker into visibility in order to hit Camo Bloons. Does not affect Camo Leads.
Super Monkey		Requires the Camo Bloons to flicker into visibility in order to hit Camo Bloons. Does not affect Camo Leads.
Acid Gunner		Requires the Camo Bloons to flicker into visibility in order to hit Camo Bloons. However, visible Camo Bloons hit by acid will never turn invisible until the acid wears off.
Ice Monkey		Requires the Camo Bloons to flicker into visibility in order to hit Camo Bloons. However, visible Camo Bloons hit by freeze will never turn invisible. Cannot affect Camo Whites or Camo Zebras.
Ninja Monkey		Can hit Camo Bloons regardless of camo visibility. Cannot damage Camo Leads.
Sniper Monkey		Can hit Camo Bloons regardless of camo visibility. Can damage any bloon type.
Mortar Monkey		Requires the Camo Bloons to flicker into visibility. Can decamo affected Camo Bloons. Explosion does not affect Camo Blacks or Camo Zebras, but Mega Mortar Monkey's napalm can. Mega Mortar Monkey's napalm doesn't affect Camo Purples.
Wizard Monkey		Requires the Camo Bloons to flicker into visibility in order to hit Camo Bloons. Does not affect Camo Purples.

Heroes

Monkey	Camo?	Notes
Quincy		Can hit Camo Bloons regardless of camo visibility. Does not damage Camo Leads.
Gwendolin		Requires the Camo Bloons to flicker into visibility in order to hit Camo Bloons. Does not affect Camo Purples.
Obyn Greenfoot		Can hit Camo Bloons regardless of camo visibility. Does not damage Camo Purples.
Striker Jones		Can hit Camo Bloons regardless of camo visibility. His shells cannot pop Camo Blacks or Camo Zebras, but can pop them via contact with himself.
Adora		Requires the Camo Bloons to flicker into visibility in order to hit Camo Bloons. Does not affect Camo Purples.
Captain Churchill		Can hit Camo Bloons regardless of camo visibility. His shells themselves can pierce through any bloon type including Camo Blacks and Camo Zebras but the shell explosions do not pop Camo Blacks or Camo Zebras. Churchill himself rolling on bloons can pop any bloon type except Leads, including Camo Leads.

Powerups

Monkey	Camo?	Notes
Maelstrom		Requires the Camo Bloons to flicker into visibility in order to hit Camo Bloons. Cannot damage Camo Leads.
Spiked Ball Storm		Can hit Camo Bloons regardless of camo visibility. Cannot damage Camo Leads.
Ballistic Missile		Requires the Camo Bloons to flicker into visibility in order to hit Camo Bloons. Cannot damage Camo Blacks or Camo Zebras.
Lightning Storm		Requires the Camo Bloons to flicker into visibility in order to hit Camo Bloons. Cannot damage Camo Purples.
Monkey Ace		Can hit Camo Bloons regardless of camo visibility. Cannot damage Camo Blacks or Camo Zebras.
Phoenix		Can hit Camo Bloons regardless of camo visibility. Cannot damage Camo Purples.
Pop and Awe		Requires the Camo Bloons to flicker into visibility in order to hit Camo Bloons. Cannot damage Camo Blacks or Camo Zebras.
Radar		Strips camo properties from all Camo Bloons currently on screen. Camo Bloons that are further down the screen will still retain camo properties, however.
Super Monkey Storm		Can hit Camo Bloons regardless of camo visibility. Can damage any bloon type.
The Anti-Bloon		Can hit Camo Bloons regardless of camo visibility. Can damage any bloon type.

Camo Detection in Bloons TD Battles 2[]

Camo detection methods in Bloons TD Battles 2 are fairly similar compared to in Bloons TD 6. However, some key notes about camo detection include:

• Relentless Glue and Super Glue have camo detection.
• Many more internally camo-detecting towers (e.g. Cold Snap, Superstorm) gain the Camo Prioritization targeting priority.
• Summon Phoenix and Wizard Lord Phoenix sub-towers (i.e. the Phoenix and Lava Phoenix) always detects Camo regardless of Wizard crosspaths.
• Monkey Pirates and Pirate Lord abilities always can target DDTs regardless of Buccaneer crosspaths.
• Adora's Long Arm of Light temporarily allows her to detect Camo Bloons directly. Ball of Light has natural Camo detection.
• Acid Pool's acid pools detect Camos.
• Obyn Greenfoot does not have a Level 8+ camo-detecting buff for nearby Druids.

The only towers to have no camo detection at all in this game are Alchemist, Striker Jones, Biker Bones, Pat Fusty, and Snowpat. Adora, on the other hand, does not lack direct camo detection. This includes Hero Alts of the aforementioned heroes.

History of Camo Detection[]

Bloons TD 4[]

When the Camo Bloon was first introduced, it was a separate bloon in itself. All towers can pop camo as long as one attack hits a Camo Bloon, and even popping one can let off a chain reaction of popping Camo Bloons. There are camo-related upgrades via Crow's Nest and Spy Plane upgrades, as well as Sonar Beacon as the pre-BTD5 Radar Scanner. Camo detection is hardly a necessity in that game due to how easy it is to counter, especially because even planting one load of Road Spikes can trigger a large chain reaction.

Bloons TD 5[]

Camo Bloons now are a property and not a separate type of bloon. In addition, the tower must detect camo itself to pop them, rather than merely letting an attack hit a camo. This makes Camo Bloons more dangerous than its BTD4 counterparts.

The Ninja Monkey, Spike Factory, and Dartling Gun can detect camo bloons by default. Many more towers gain a camo detection upgrade. Radar Scanner appears, granting camo detection to all towers within range, but is much more expensive than its BTD4 Sonar Beacon upgrade counterpart. And lastly, certain towers can decamo bloons, which allows bloons to be stripped of camo properties.

Bloons TD 6[]

The Camo Bloon property returns. Many more upgrades receive camo upgrades and certain towers now receive the option to decamo with certain upgrades. However, since crosspathing is locked out to up to 2 of 3 upgrade paths in this game, sometimes the crosspath that grants camo detection is locked out entirely for certain upgrade crosspaths.

The Radar Scanner upgrade for the Monkey Village returns in BTD6. Again, it can make all monkeys its range be able to detect Camo Bloons. Monkeys under the influence of Radar Scanner now gain related icon buffs to indicate the added external camo detection. It is not the only one to do so in this game, as Etienne and Geraldo's See Invisibility Potion can do this too.

The Dartling Gunner lost its default camo detection from BTD5, now requiring Advanced Targeting to hit camos.

There are four known instances of an update adjusting direct camo detection:

• Version 17.0 buffed both Embrittlement and Super Brittle to let them detect camo bloons and strip camo properties.
• Version 17.1, on the other hand, stripped Sky Shredder of its innate camo detection.
• Version 28.0 buffed Cold Snap (formerly Metal Freeze) and Ice Shards to have innate camo detection.
• Version 30.0 added Bionic Augmentation, which gives Turbo Charge and Perma Charge with camo detection whenever ability is active.

Version 28.0 gave some camo-detecting upgrades plus the Ninja Monkey with the Camo Prioritization target option, which gives those upgrades a bit more of a camo specialization. This was followed in Version 37.0 with the first upgrade-specific interaction with Camo Prioritization, the 2-0-3 Cryo Cannon and above upgrades, likely in an effort to enhance 2-0-5's viability.

Version 38.0 gave UCAV innate Camo detection to add value versus Phayze’s stealing of Camo buffs, while the natural Camo detection of all acid blobs is removed. Summon Phoenix’s natural Camo detection was also removed without Monkey Sense.

Version 41.0 removed another instance of innate Camo detection, this time hitting the abilities of the Monkey Pirates and Pirate Lord to no longer innately target DDTs.

Version 43.0 introduced Obyn Greenfoot's granting of camo detection to nearby Druids but not himself getting direct camo detection.

Bloons TD Battles 2[]

In Bloons TD Battles 2, camo detection methods were fairly similar to BTD6 during Version 28.0, except Cold Snap (or Metal Freeze at the time) didn't detect camo until buffed to do so.

The following are camo detectors that were gained in later updates:

• Cold Snap: 1.0.6
• Relentless Glue: 1.5.0
• Acid Pool: 3.2

Version 1.7.0 introduced Camo Prioritization for a wider variety of camo-detecting towers than in BTD6.

Because Bloons TD Battles 2 is a convergently evolved game that initially derived mostly from BTD6 Version 28.0, certain towers still retain their innate camo detection. Summon Phoenix and Wizard Lord Phoenix still retain innate camo detection for the Phoenix and Lava Phoenix, and likewise for Monkey Pirates and Pirate Lord abilities targeting DDTs.

Notes[]

Trivia[]

• According to Ninja Kiwi's 23rd June 2023 blog, camo detection requires a lot of training, study, and research to gain full awareness of countering Camo Bloons.