Bloons Tower Defense 3
- Genre Board games
- Players 1
- Session 10 min
- Price Free
- Updated
The third Bloons Tower Defense is where the series stopped being a single map. Before anything else you choose one of eight tracks from a grid: a looping sand path on grass, a muddy trail across cracked brown earth, a blue maze, a white snow course, a pink candy-like board, a red one, a green spiral and a grey city of right angles. Then you pick Easy, Med or Hard. On Easy you begin with 650 money and 100 lives. The shop on the right, called Buy Stuff, holds twelve icons. Eight are towers: Dart Monkey for 215, Tack Shooter, Boomerang, Spike-o-pult, Cannon, Ice Ball, Monkey Beacon and Super Monkey for 3400. Three are track items you drop straight on the path, Road Spikes for 25, Monkey Glue for 30 and a Pineapple for 20 that explodes after a moment. The twelfth is a question mark labelled Top Secret. Round 1 sends a column of red bloons; each that escapes costs a life, each popped one pays.
| Click a shop icon | Pick up a tower or item; hover first to read its cost and description |
|---|---|
| Click the map | Place it. Towers go on open ground, spikes, glue and pineapples go on the track |
| Esc | Cancel the item you are holding |
| Click a placed tower | Show its range, its two upgrades, the pop count, target priority and the sell price |
| Start Round | Send the next wave of bloons |
How to play Bloons Tower Defense 3
- Choose a track from the eight on the first screen, then a difficulty.
- Hover over the shop icons to read prices. With 650 money, two Dart Monkeys or one Dart Monkey plus spikes is a typical opening.
- Place towers on open ground beside the path, where their grey range circle covers as much track as possible.
- Press Start Round. Bloons follow the track; your towers fire at anything in range.
- Spend the money from each round on new towers or on the upgrades shown when you click one. The game ends when lives reach zero.
Tips
- On the brown track the path doubles back on itself near the top centre. A Dart Monkey there covers two stretches at once.
- Upgrades are cheap early: Long Range Darts cost 75 and Piercing Darts 120 on a Dart Monkey, less than a second tower.
- Road Spikes pop ten bloons and then wear out, and they vanish at the end of the round, so lay them only when a wave is coming.
- Set Target Priority on a tower if it keeps shooting at the wrong bloons; the default is First.
Questions about Bloons Tower Defense 3
How is BTD3 different from the first two Bloons Tower Defense games?
You choose among eight tracks instead of playing one map, and the shop grows to twelve entries, among them the Spike-o-pult, the Monkey Beacon, the Pineapple and a locked Top Secret slot.
How many lives and how much money do I start with?
On Easy, 650 money and 100 lives. Every bloon that reaches the end of the track removes lives.
Why can I not place a tower somewhere?
Towers need open ground off the track, while spikes, glue and pineapples go on it. The range circle turns red where the item cannot go. Press Esc to drop it.
Can I play Bloons Tower Defense 3 on a phone or tablet?
Everything is done with taps on icons and the map, so a tablet can work. The shop icons are small, though, and a mouse is more precise.
