bmcm hard mode changes:
- removed monkey knowledge (attempting to open mk packs crashes the game)
- all cash per pop reduced by half
- difficulty of far tiles increased dramatically
- all moab class bloons now have 100% hp instead of 66%
- restored ddts actual immunities
- removed almost all cases of projectile duplication
- ddts and moab/bfb clusters now spawn on standard tiles
- camos and regrows show up earlier and more frequently
- all building wait times reduced to 1/4
- bank capacity and power buildings yield increased by about 20%,
- added more tiers to farms and banks
- slightly more rewards from leveling up
- reduced red hot spikes and monkey boosts costs and effects
- added new special items cuddly bear and anti camo dust
- increased explosion radius of all explosives
- wattle trees now bans road items and only gives a free boomer every 5 rounds with bfbs max
- tranquil glade can now spawn bfbs and no extra starting cash
- glacier now spawns bfbs
- shipwreck now also sets boat and sub prices to 125% with bfbs max
- sticky sap plant now slows less and spawns up to bfbs but cash per pop increased to 50% from 33%
- consecrated grounds now starts at round 20 with 40k cash and can spawn zomgs
- moab graveyard is a lot faster with 25k starting cash
- heli crash can now spawn moabs and the heli costs 3k upgraded to 2/2
- sub alliance now starts later and spawns 1 zomg on round 10, 3 on round 12, 5 on round 14 and 7 on round 15, all sub upgrades unlocked and increased starting cash by 2000 but increased broken sub price to 10000 as well as having 4/4 upgrades
- shipwreck now gives ninja scrolls
- tranquil glade now gives anti camo dust
- moab graveyard now gives cuddly bear
- base subs now have 2 pierce
- 1-0 sub increases pierce by 2 and also effects airburst, price raised to 400
- 0-1 sub now costs 500
- 0-2 sub airbursts now have 2 pierce and costs 900,
- 0-3 sub ballistic moab and ceramic damage doubled
- 0-4 sub price reduced to 16000
- 4-0 sub now decamos and damages faster but now has a pierce cap
- 0-1 boat now has 5 grapes but grape pierce reduced to 1
- 3-0 boat now increases attack speed of both darts and grapes, and shoots double grapes, price increased to 3500
- 4-0 boat now keeps its destroyer attack, and attack speed of ace attacks reduced but pierce massively increased, price reduced to 12000
- 0-3 boat cannon now emits 3 pierce frags on hit
- 0-4 boat price reduced to 4000
- base glue now soaks through 3 layers
- 0-1 glue now also increases pierce by 1 and price increased to 350
- 3-0 glue price reduced to 2200
- 4-0 glue can now hit all non zomg bloons, with slightly faster attack speed and price reduced to 10000
- 0-2 glue splatter pierce increased to 9, price reduced to 1700
- 0-3 glue price reduced to 2700
- 0-4 glue price reduced to 4000
- base ice tower now only has a 60 pierce cap
- 1-0 ice increases pierce to 80, cost increased to 300
- 2-0 ice price increased to 500
- 3-0 wind slow reduced to 33%, pierce increased to 150, cost reduced to 6000
- 4-0 ice now has infinite pierce, can pop whites/zebras, and cost increased to 7000
- 0-1 ice cost increased to 160
- 0-3 ice now only releases 3 shards per bloon frozen
- 0-4 ice price increased to 3500
- base ace dart pattern and odss now starts at 0 degrees
- base ace now costs 850 and pierce reduced to 4
- 1-0 ace now increases attack speed more, and now costs 800
- 2-0 ace now increases pierce by 4
- 3-0 ace seeking massively improved, and cost increased to 2600
- 4-0 ace bombs now have 2 pierce, but only do 1 damage, darts now seek and deal 2 damage, price reduced to 16000
- 0-1 ace pineapples explode 0.5 seconds faster
- 0-3 ace pierce reduced to 8 from 15, and increased projectile speed
- 0-4 ace ability damage increased to 500 and ability cooldown increased to 60 seconds
- base banana farm now gives 4 bananas worth 30 each
- 1-0 farm price increased to 500 and gives 2 more bananas
- 2-0 farm price decreased to 600 and gives 2 more bananas
- 3-0 farm price increased to 3500 and gives 20 bananas total
- 4-0 farm crate income reduced to 300 and crate count increased to 8
- 0-1 farm costs 250 and increases duration by a additional 5 seconds
- 0-2 farm now costs 900 and decreased multiplier to 1.25
- base dart now has 2 pierce and fires slower
- 0-1 dart now increases attack speed instead of pierce
- 0-2 dart now increases attack speed as well, price increased to 220
- 0-3 dart now costs 400
- 0-4 dart gets even faster attack speed and costs 7000
- 2-0 dart now costs 200
- 3-0 dart now has 30 pierce and attacks a lttle faster
- 1-0 ninja price increased to 350
- 2-0 ninja price increased to 400
- 3-0 ninja price increased to 1000, and no longer increases distraction chance
- 4-0 ninja price increased to 3250
- 0-1 ninja price increased to 300
- 0-2 ninja price increased to 500
- 0-3 ninja now also increases pierce and distraction chance of shurikens
- 0-4 ninja price increased to 5000 and increases pierce and distraction chance even more with addtional range and attack speed
- base spac attack speed increased but duration reduced
- 1-0 spac reduced to 650
- 2-0 spac cost reduced to 400
- 3-0 spac spikes per pile increased to 25, spikes persist through rounds, and price increased to 2600
- 4-0 spac mines have smaller hitboxes, more napalm damage, and more attack speed from crosspaths, cost reduced to 12000
- 0-2 spac cost reduced to 1050
- 0-3 spac now properly has increased attack speed
- 0-4 spac ability spikes duration increased, and moab damage changed to match shredr spikes
- base dartling cost reduced to 800
- 1-0 dartling focuses firing more
- 2-0 dartling now costs 1300 and fires faster
- 3-0 dartling now fires faster and gets more pierce
- 4-0 dartling does 8x more damage and cost reduced to 50000
- 0-1 dartling pierce bonus increased to 3 and cost increased to 800
- 0-4 dartling cost reduced to 18000 and rocket storm now has piercing rockets

v1.1 changes:
- monkey boost now properly effects all towers on screen
- monkey boost visuals now last the proper amount of time
- 3-0 and 0-3 dartling actually work again
- upgrade buildings now properly have the 1/4 build time
- slightly increased cash per pop at early rounds
- reduced spike lifespan on 3-0 and 4-0 spac
- all tiles should now give a additional 3 bloonstones
- cash starve now gives even less cash per pop
- special missions now give the proper special items
- base sniper now attacks slightly faster
- 2-0 sniper cost decreased to 1400
- 3-0 sniper damage increased to 20 and cost decreased to 3000
- 4-0 sniper stun length increased to 3 seconds and also now has a 10 dps dot, cost decreased to 9500
- 0-2 sniper now also increases attack speed and costs 700
- 0-4 sniper now gives 750-1500 per crate
- base boomerang pierce increased to 4
- 1-0 boomerang price increased to 300
- 2-0 boomerang increases pierce by 6 and now costs 350
- 3-0 boomerang cost reduced to 1000 and richochet bouncing improved
- 4-0 boomerang now has 3 glaives that spin much faster
- 0-3 boomerang cost reduced to 1200
- 0-4 boomerang cost increased to 5000 and ability grants +1 damage
- base heli pierce increased by 1 and attack speed reduced, price reduced to 1300
- 1-0 heli price increased to 800
- 2-0 heli price decreased to 200
- 3-0 heli rotors now have more pierce and gives more attack speed to all other weapons
- 4-0 heli rockets damage increased by 1, price reduced to 14500
- 0-1 heli increases speed even more, price reduced to 300
- 0-2 heli price reduced to 350
- 0-3 heli blows back twice as fast
- 0-4 heli blows back twice as much, redeploy cooldown reduced to 45 seconds, price reduced to 11000
- base mortar is more accurate
- 2-0 mortar now increases pierce to 50
- 3-0 mortar no longer increases blast radius
- 4-0 mortar now deals 6 damage and cost reduced to 8000
- 0-1 mortar cost increased to 300
- 0-2 mortar cost increased to 600 and burny stuff only damages every 3 seconds
- 0-3 mortar cost increased to 750
- 0-4 mortar now stuns bfbs for 4 seconds and zomgs for 2 seconds, applies a stronger napalm, and price increased to 15000

v1.2 changes:
- added 2 new special items for the phase crystal and consecrated grounds missions
- phase crystal now actually has double bloon speed instead of 150%
- 2000 city cash is now rarer in chest rewards
- base supermonkey cost reduced to 2500
- reduced all super monkeys attack speed
- 1-0 super is now only 1 projectile with 2 pierce, cost reduced to 2500
- 2-0 super now doubles speed on all attacks except 4-0
- 3-0 super pierce reduced to 10, price increased to 18500
- 4-0 super now properly deals multilayerdamage and certian sacrifices now correctly apply
- 0-3 super now has 4 pierce
- 0-4 super ability range doubled and can now hit camo, increased plasma pierce
- base wizard price reduced to 450
- 1-0 wizard now increases pierce by 6 and also effects 0-3
- 2-0 wizard lightning jumps a additional time with more pierce
- 3-0 wizard tornado pierce increased
- 4-0 wizard tornado pierce and size increased, cost decreased to 8000
- 0-1 wizard price reduced to 200
- 0-3 wizard speed increased slightly and price reduced to 2500
- 0-4 wizard now spawns a second phoenix, phoenix damage tripled, cost increased to 6000
- 3-0 bomb price increased to 1200
- 4-0 bomb price decreased to 3600
- 0-2 bomb now gives more additional attack speed
- 0-3 bomb now does 12x moab damage
- 0-4 bomb ability now does 1000 damage

v1.3 changes:
- increased ddt hp to 400
- red hot spikes now only pop 10 bloons
- removed all cases of mib increasing damage to certian types of bloons
- base glue now only soaks 2 layers
- 1-0 glue now only soaks 6 layers
- 3-0 glue now soaks infinite layers
- 0-3 glue now slows by 60%
- changes also apply to sticky sap plant
- 3-0 boomerang pierce cut in half
- 4-0 boomerang cost increased to 13000
- 0-3 ice can no longer be pierce buffed
- 3-0 ice now has a pierce cap on the slow
- 1-0 ninja speed increase reduced by 20%
- 0-1 dartling price increased to 900
- 0-3 bomb cost increased to 1100
- base bloonchipper price increased to 800, attack speed slightly reduced, can no longer suck up ceramics
- 2-0 bloonchipper can now suck up ceramics, cost increased to 500
- 4-0 bloonchipper cost increased to 14000
- 0-3 bloonchipper now attacks much faster, cost reduced to 3000
- 0-4 bloonchipper can now suck up moabs and bfbs, cost increased to 12000
- 3-0 tack now gets bonus attack speed
- 4-0 tack now does 2 layers of damage
- 0-3 tack now no longer gets a attack speed increase, but now has 5 pierce, cost reduced to 650
- 0-4 tack cost increased to 3000, ability blades pierce reduced to 10
- 2-0 engi cost increased to 500, sentry spawning speed increased by 25%
- 3-0 engi now has infinite pierce on the foam and they no longer act like spike piles
- 4-0 engi cost increased to 4500
- 0-1 engi now actually has 9 inch nails
- 0-2 engi now only increases range of the main attack, cost decreased to 350
- 0-3 engi speed increase increased, cost increased to 650
- 0-4 engi cost decreased to 9500
- base village now gives range instead of discount, cost reduced to 1000
- 1-0 village now reduces cost, and increases village range, cost increased to 800
- 3-0 village cost reduced to 9000
- 4-0 village now only reduces cooldowns by 20%, and the lightning actually jumps
- 0-1 village cost increased to 1000
- 0-2 village cost decreased to 1800
- 0-3 village cost increased to 6500
- 0-4 village cost decreased to 20000, and the ability properly effects full range

v1.4 changes:
- level cap increased to 50
- added a familiar face
- farmers are now purchasable with city cash and bloonstones
- all tier 3+ upgrades now need bloonstones as well
- 4-0 tack now works again
- 4-0 heli no longer ridiculously increases attack speed of quad darts
- added a 15th round to bloonprint hideout
- added a bunch of new restrictions
- favored now only discounts towers by 10%
- fixed a ton of descriptions
- 0-3 boat now increases pierce of all attacks
- 0-2 dartling cost reduced to 800
- 4-0 tack damage increased to 3 and cost increased to 4000
- 0-2 engi now increases pierce of sentries
- 0-4 engi now spawns super sentries
- 4-0 village greatly improved energy attack, cost increased to 15000
- 2-0 wizard pierce slightly reduced
- 4-0 wizard lightning now has faster attack speed and can remove regrow
- 0-3 wizard gets 1 less pierce from 1-0
- 2-0 glue price increased to 350
- 0-1 glue price increased to 400
- 0-4 boat increases attack speed of all attacks

v1.4.1 changes:
- anti materials gun lab now requires moab graveyard
- energy concentration cells now requires moab graveyard
- giant funnel foundry now requires moab graveyard
- zero point energy machine now requires glacier
- archives of knowledge now requires tranquil glade
- all mvm buildings now have the proper 1/4 build time

v1.5 changes:
- storeitems.json no longer exists
- revenge stick rework
- added better explosion sprites
- added new ct tiers to accomadate for higher levels
- messed with the round generator some more
- cash drops now only give 20% starting cash
- reduced chance of standard and fast and furious, increased chance of cluster chaos
- dragons breath and phoenix projectile range increased dramatically
- improved seeking of a lot of things
- reduced 3-x boat grape attack speed
- base boat pierce reduced by 1
- reduced phoenix attack speed
- phoenix now always targets first
- phoenix now always spawns around the wizard
- 2-0 heli rework
- 0-1 ace now drops pineapples 2x faster
- swapped some banana farm sprites around
- 0-3 ace now has upgraded pineapples, cost increased to 4000
- 0-4 tack ability pierce increased to 25, duration increased by 50%
- 3-0 village cash per pop bonus reduced to 35%
- 0-3 farm capacity increased to 7000
- 4-0 sniper now deals 40 layers of damage
- 0-4 sniper increases attack speed even further
- 2-0 super attack speed increased slightly
- all supers now have slight projectile deviation
- 3-0 ninja price reduced to 900
- 4-0 ninja price reduced to 3000
- 4-0 ice slow increased
- 4-0 engi traps can now be moused over to collect, price reduced to 4000
- 4-0 engi now has a delay after a trap collects before it can place another
- 0-4 super price increased to 27500
- farmers can now collect bloon traps
- sentries should no longer block placement
- 4-0 super tier 5 glue sacrifice can now glue moab class bloons
- glue should no longer be able to accidently hit zomgs
- 0-4 ace pineapple damage increased to 10
- 0-4 dart can no longer effect 3-0 or 4-0 dart
- 0-4 dart base attack no longer works when ability is active
- 0-4 dart ability attack pierce increased to 4
- 0-3 ice ice shard pierce increased to 2
- 0-3 and 0-4 dartling now airburst on impact
- 4-0 dartling damage reduced from 4 to 3
- 0-4 farm price increased to 8500

v1.5.1 changes:
- 2-0 heli actually works with 2-3
- heli now has pursuit on base
- added a few more restrictions
- 4-0 spac explosion damage reduced from 4 to 3
- 0-4 sub rework
- 4-0 glue price increased to 12500
- 0-3 and 0-4 dartling attack speed reduced, and no longer airbursts for every single bloon hit

v1.6 changes:
- nearly all special buildings now require certian terrain
- all buildings now fill the entire tile
- removed buying decor and quests related to it
- removed the tutorial
- added some new loading splash text
- can now use all city walls
- bloon research build times corrected
- increased rewards of certian special missions
- glacier difficulty increased
- global tile difficulty increased
- added a 4th round to MOAB graveyard
- tranquil glade can now spawn ddts
- you can now only build 1 farmer every 10 levels
- 0-4 farm now requires a special building
- 3-0 village cash bonus reduced to 20%
- 0-3 boomerang sprite fixed
- moab class bloons now should display the correct damage phases
- 4-0 boomerang rotation speed reduced
- 3-0 ninja pierce increased by 1
- 2-0 sniper cost reduced to 900
- 3-0 sniper cost reduced to 2200
- 0-2 sniper cost reduced to 600
- 0-3 sniper cost reduced to 2500
- 4-0 spac price increased to 13000
- 3-0 glue price increased to 2400
- 0-2 glue price reduced to 1500
- 2-0 wizard number of jumps reduced
- 0-3 wizard price increased to 3000
- 4-0 ice cost increased to 8500
- 4-0 heli cost increased to 16500
- 0-4 chipper cooldown increased to 60 seconds
- 0-3 chipper speed bonus increased to 10x
- 0-3 boomerang price increased to 1400, moab damage increased by 1
- 4-0 dart and 0-3 bomb now do the correct amount of damage to each respective bloon type again
- 2-3 bomb frags now do 2x moab damage
- 2-0 bomb price increased to 350
- 4-0 dartling attack speed slightly reduced



v1.7 changes:
- 3 new rare special items
- even more description changes
- lead bloons now have 3 hp on the outer layer
- ceramic bloons now have 15 hp on the outer layer
- portable dart monkey rework
- ninja scrolls rework
- x-3 glue can once again soak through infinite layers
- x-4 glue ability now increases moab damage of all towers on screen by 1 and decreases attack speed by 15% for 8 seconds
- glue gunner upgrade building is now gated behind sticky sap plant
- sticky sap plant cash per pop reduction reduced to 66%
- 4-x dartling damage increased from 3 to 8, attack speed reduced from 0.02 to 0.06, price increased to 60000
- 0-4 dartling darts per airburst increased from 3 to 5
- arcane tome special item now only grants seeking tornados to 4-x wizards
- farmers now cost $500 to place ingame
- x-4 wizard phoenix attack speed reduced from 0.06 to 0.08
- 4-x village energy attack damage reduced from 3 to 2
- 0-0 wizard base attacks can no longer damage leads, seeking bolt attack speed reduced from 2.8 to 3.2, magic bolt pierce increased from 2 to 3
- 3-0 dart monkey projectile size and speed increased
- 4-0 dart monkey multilayer damage increased from 1 to 2, but reduced pierce from 100 to 60
- large sniper rework promoting micro and grouped damage
- 0-4 sniper cost reduced from 12000 to 10000
- 0-3 sniper cost increased from 2500 to 3200
- 0-0 sniper cost increased from 350 to 400
- 1-0 sniper cost increased from 350 to 450
- 2-0 sniper cost increased from 900 to 1100
- 3-0 sniper cost increased from 2200 to 2700
- x-3 and x-4 banana farm rework, featuring a new ability
- 4-0 glue no longer slows down bloons or moabs, dot ticks twice as fast
- 0-0 ninja price increased from 500 to 600


v1.7.1 changes:
- ninja scrolls special item now correctly only buffs ninja monkeys
- exploding pineapples now do 3 damage to leads, ceramics, and moabs
- 4-0 heli machine gun damage increased from 1 to 2
- 0-4 heli redeploy ability cooldown reduced from 45 to 20 seconds
- 0-4 glue now properly inherits the soak buff from 0-3
- heli rescue mission now properly gives you a 2-2 heli pilot


v1.7.2 changes:
- removed some uncompletable quests
- 0-0 sniper pierce increased from 3 to 4
- 0-3 sniper pierce increased from 7 to 10
- 2-0 heli chaingun attack pierce reduced from 3 to 2
- 2-0 heli chaingun range reduced to match quad darts range
- 3-0 heli price increased from 1750 to 2250
- 4-0 heli price increased from 16500 to 19000
- 0-3 ninja price increased from 2750 to 3000
- 0-0 boat price decreased from 525 to 450
- 0-1 boat price increased from 500 to 600



v1.8 changes:
- reduced timers of everything above 1 day to 1 day
- cash cuts before round 10 increased from 72% to 68%, cash cuts before round 14 increased from 66% to 60%, cash cuts after round 26 reduced from 3.3% to 5%
- moved around the unlock levels and city cash costs of a lot of tier 3+ upgrades and special buildings
- increased exp rewards for upgrading high tier banks and farms
- all upgrade descriptions now include the upgrade name
- reduced rewards of replaying certain special missions
- glacier cash per pop reduced from 50% to 35%, starting cash bonus reduced from 1000 to 500
- sub alliance mission starting cash bonus reduced from 2000 to 0, 1-1 subs are now 1-2 subs, zomgs can also spawn naturally
- bloonprint hideout now has a additional round with leads, spacing of round 10 reduced by 50%, round 15 now has 2 moabs
- heli crash now starts on round 5 and can spawn bfbs
- banana replicator now increases capacity of the first farm by 500
- portable dart monkeys price reduction reduced from -50 to -25
- bottle rocket now increases range of all bomb towers by 15%
- enchanted boomerang now also gives +1 pierce to tacks, aces, supers, and dartlings
- cuddly bear special item no longer displays as a portal artifact when viewed in the special items menu
- anti camo dust cooldown time increased from 45 to 60
- all full screen effects can now apply to bloons in tunnels
- all area of effect based attacks can now be pierce buffed
- 0-0 ice placement radius reduced from 8 to 6, can now be placed on water
- 2-0 ice is now permafrost, price increased from 160 to 550
- 4-0 ice now makes moabs take double damage, price increased from 8500 to 25000
- 0-1 ice is now snap freeze
- 0-3 ice price increased from 2000 to 2500
- 0-4 ice price increased from 3500 to 4500
- 0-3 farm now has a massive penalty to cash per pop
- 0-4 farm ability damage reduced from 1000 to 700
- 0-3 ace no longer increases attack speed of darts
- 0-4 ace cooldown reduced from 60 to 45
- 3-0 boat price increased from 3500 to 3750
- 0-3 boat cannon now can apply napalm and has increased projectile speed, frags can now damage all bloon types, price increased from 1200 to 1900
- 0-4 boat price increased from 4000 to 4500
- 0-0 dartling pierce increased from 1 to 2, speed reduced from 0.2 to 0.35, 3-0+ unaffected
- 4-0 dartling price increased to 65000
- 3-0 dart price decreased from 500 to 400
- 0-3 dart attack speed reduced from 0.36 to 0.46, price increased from 400 to 550
- 3-0 spike factory price increased from 2600 to 3500
- 1-0 and 0-1 spike factory prices swapped
- 0-0 glue slowdown reduced from 50% to 66%
- 2-0 glue price increased from 350 to 500
- 0-1 glue price increased from 400 to 450
- 0-2 glue slowdown increased from 66% to 50%
- 1-2 sub crosspath now only gives +1 pierce to airbursts instead of +2
- 0-0 heli pierce reduced from 3 to 2
- 1-0 heli price increased from 800 to 900
- 2-0 heli price increased from 1200 to 1700
- 3-0 heli price increased from 2250 to 2500 and now also increases pierce of quad darts by 1
- 4-0 heli price increased from 19000 to 37800
- 0-3 heli price reduced from 2500 to 2000
- 0-0 sniper piercing shot replaced with actual shrapnel, shrapnel does 40% damage to single targets
- 2-0 sniper standard shot damage increased from 7 to 8, shrapnel damage decreased from 4 to 3
- 3-0 sniper shrapnel damage decreased from 12 to 10
- 4-0 sniper standard shots make the target take double damage, price increased from 9500 to 16500
- 0-3 sniper shrapnel pierce decreased from 10 to 4
- 0-4 sniper attack speed reduced, ability now always gives 1500 per crate
- 3-0 bomb secondary explosions pierce reduced from 40 to 30
- 4-0 bomb now does 3 damage to moabs, ceramics and leads, price increased from 3600 to 4750
- 0-4 bomb now does 18 damage to moabs with the explosion and 4 with frags, frag pierce increased by 1, price increased to 4000, ability no longer benefits from pierce buffs
- 3-0 boomerang pierce increased from 50 to 85, seeking improved, speed increased from 1.22 to 1, price increased from 1000 to 2600
- huge bloonchipper rework based on btd5 expansion, 0-4 unaffected
- 0-1 village price increased from 1000 to 1500
- 0-2 village price reduced from 1800 to 1600
- 0-3 village price increased from 6500 to 8500
- all mortars now gain blast radius from range buffs
- 1-0 mortar is now bigger blasts, price reduced from 600 to 500
- 2-0 mortar is now bloon buster, price reduced from 800 to 700
- 3-0 mortar now allows the mortar to pop black bloons, deal increased damage to moabs and ceramics, and briefly stuns targets
- 4-0 mortar now massively increases bonus damage to moabs and stun duration, base damage increased from 6 to 8, price increased from 8000 to 12000
- 0-4 mortar now also makes blimps take double damage for 5 seconds