| Banana Republic | |
|---|---|
 | |
|
Upgraded from |
|
|
Upgrade # |
3 on path 1 |
|
Price |
BTD4: $2125 (Easy), $2500 (Medium), $2700 (Hard) |
|
Price With Previous Upgrades |
BTD4: $4335 (Easy), $5100 (Medium), $5505 (Hard) |
|
Official Description |
Generates 25 bananas every round! (flash) |
Banana Republic (BTD5) is the third upgrade for Banana Farm. It produces 25 bananas instead of 13, equating to $500 per round. It appears in Bloons Tower Defense 4, Bloons TD 4 Expansion, Bloons Tower Defense 5 and Bloons Tower Defense 5 Deluxe.
Appearance
BTD4
Banana Republic is the first upgrade of the Banana Farm to have a different layout. While the first and second upgrades have a hut and a field, the Banana Republic turns that hut and field into a much bigger house, kind of looking like a state house. There is another field in front of the building, with there being 4 banana trees instead of 6. There is also a small path leading from the door of the building. Last of all, there is a flag on the right side of the field, with colors of yellow, green, black, and red.
BTD5
Banana Farm icon in BMC
Banana Republic In Bloons Tower Defense 5 Flash
Banana Republic in BTD5 Mobile
It also appears different from the lower tier-1 and tier-2 upgrades. If the player upgrades a Banana Plantation to a Banana Republic, the large crate containing the banana palms is replaced by an orange building with a banana palm at the side and a fictional Banana Republic flag. This looks different in the mobile versions of BTD5 and Bloons Monkey City, which is instead a white building with a Spanish-style roof including two banana palms in front of it.
The fictional Banana Republic flag is instead a flag of yellow, green, black, green and yellow with vertical stripes, plus a banana bunch in the center of the flag.
Strategy
Being the predecessor to the most powerful Banana Farm upgrade (at least in Path 1), a Banana Republic should be purchased as early as possible. However, in tracks with more space for placing Farms, more Banana Plantations should be purchased instead, being the most cost-efficient non-tier 4 upgrade.
Bloons TD Battles History
- 4.6
Banana Republic produces more bananas per round (13→15).
Trivia
- There is actually a real-life clothing store called Banana Republic.
- Banana republic is a pejorative term for a typically Latin American country politically unstable, submissive and often a rich country with a corrupt and oppressive ruler. Its economy is largely dependent on the export of a single product of limited resources, such as bananas.
- It's more efficient to get 2 Banana Plantations as opposed to a single Banana Republic, because two Banana Plantations are cheaper and give more cash too (2 Banana Plantations cost $5400 and give $520 per round ($560 on Mobile), while 1 Banana Republic costs $5900 and gives $500 per round ($520 on mobile).
- In Bloons TD Battles however, 2 Banana Plantations cost $5900 and give $840 every round, while 1 Banana Republic costs $6150 and gives $900 per round. 2 plantations will break even in ~7.02 rounds while 1 Banana Republic breaks even after 6.83 rounds. This means in Bloons TD Battles, 1 republic is more efficient than 2 plantations.
- The flash version of banana republic produces 25 bananas while the mobile version only produces 13.
- This is because in mobile, there are half the amount of bananas, but they are worth double the money.
- The flash version of appearance have one tree and the mobile version appearance have two trees.
- In BMC, banana plantations are very very good as they produce a lot of cash in one round and you can get back all the cash in one round!
See also
Template:Bloons TD upgrades