Crash Site

Crash Site is a Special Mission that involves saving a Heli Pilot from bloons. This mission is very similar to the Submarine Alliance mission: Same as the Broken 2/4 Sub, the broken Heli Pilot is at the middle. Paths go towards the Heli Pilot in 2 paths. You can either defend the Heli Pilot or repair it to use as a free tower. Repairing costs $1000, so players can pretty much get it on the first round. The highest bloon rank is the Ceramic Bloon and there are 17 rounds.

Strategies

Walkthrough by Cutterfish12345

I started on Level 14 or 15 (I don't exactly remember the level) and with no extra cash, insta-monkeys or other stuff. This is how I did it:

• Free the Heli Pilot by spending $1000 and place it on the undefended entrance. Don't forget to select the option 'Follow Touch'.
• Put 1 Monkey Engineer at the entrance of one track and try to upgrade it to 1/X. (Use Ninja Monkey if you don't have the Engineer)
• Then put another Engineer at the other start and try to upgrade it to 1/X.
• Put two Wizards near the Engineer to take care of those pesky Lead bloons.
• Upgrade the Heli Pilot to X/2 to take care of those pesky Camo bloons. (Upgrade it to 2/X instead if you have Ninja Monkey)
• Place two Glue Gunners near the Wizards and upgrade them to 2/X.
• After that upgrade the Heli Pilot to 2/2 and select the option 'Pursuit'.
• To deal with those major pain in the neck Camo-Lead bloons, upgrade the Wizard to X/2.
• Now the fundamentals are covered, do whatever you want, you'll probably be at Round 10.

Strategy by SuperBlastem

My strategy: I started with 90 lives. Not sure what level that is. I had 2-2 of 8 ninjas, 8 dart guys, 5 boomers, and 1 bomb. I didn't use boosts of any kind.

• I fixed the helicopter with follow touch.
• I put down what I could. If I could afford it, ninja. Otherwise, dart guy.
• I spammed all the 0-0 monkeys over the rounds with the bomb to strong to pop lead. I just want to point out that 0-0 monkey squads are too underestimated.
• I upgraded all the towers to max. There are no limits on heli guy. Get HIM to 3-0, then 3-2.
• Use 4 continues on the first ceramic round which gives you decent cash.
• The best part: sell everything and get...APACHE DARTSHIP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Set it to pursuit
• Enjoy the win! I was cackling for minutes.

Kiwinovice some number i forgot's strategy (intermediate strategy)

i started with $1650 and i placed two 2-0 monkey engineers on the sides of the heli pilot

then when i got enough money i got two more to make a box around the pilot

then i got two 2-2 monkey apprentices behind the 2nd layer of the top swirl and the bottom swirl

then i fixed the pilot and upgraded him to 3-2

and then i completely upgraded the engineers

and then i won.

Raccoon316's Method:

follow what i did, and the heli pilot is yours:

1.) DO NOT fix the heli pilot for the first few rounds, instead, get a dart monkey at both entrances of the track, and make sure to get a sniper to 1/2

2.) continue to place dart monkeys, and ninja monkeys around the heli

3.) get about 3 more snipers, and the heli pilot is now yours!

this worked well for me, i had somewhere around 75-50 lives left...

Strategy by Anonymous 1

Whenever the highest ranking bloon isn't a blimp, spamming 2-3 Dart and 2-2 Wizard almost always works.

Strategy by Anonymous 2

First get 2 enhanced eyesight triple dart monkeys in the front and back, lets say oh! what are you gonna do with lead? put 1 corrosive glue (or bloon dissolver or if your darn rich), then lets say a regrow ceramic comes place a lightning bolt and monkey sense (just incase) and then repair the heli pilot and get quad dart and downdraft now you are done

Strategy by Epical

Spam triple darts as much as you could with 2 wizards to take care of the leads. Don't repair heli, because a heli is worth as much as a triple dart and its popping power is worse. Spam them near the two entrances and you're done.

Strategy by snej

I started out with 2 monkey engineers, either side of the crashed heli. I got both of them to 1/0 as soon as i could.

I placed another engineer below the crashed heli when i could afford it, and upgraded that to 1/0.

Then i placed a 1/2 apprentice beside that 3rd engi, to pop the lead that comes in the early rounds and to get camos.

After this, I placed another engineer above the heli, and got all of the engies to 2/0 asap.

Then i placed about 3 or so dart monkeys in the area below the heli, got them all to 2/0 as soon as i could, and worked my way towards 2/3.

I then got 2/1 on the engineers.

Then I got ~7 2/3 dart monkeys bunched up near the others, and placed a 1/0 bomb shooter on the left below the crashed heli. --I set this to strong--

After that I pretty much invested for the heli repair, and got it to 2/2. I don't think the heli really mattered that much, but i had spare cash.

The only round you should lose lives on is the first camo spam, because the apprentice cant keep up. if you'd like, add a couple ninjas near the heli.

**Edit from a thankful reader: Two ninjas near the heli are kind of essential. That first camo spam will nearly kill you without them. Add them after you put down the apprentice.**

Strategy by kurtfan5468

This strategy was the first ever special terrain tile I've completed. I was level 13, with 1550 starting cash and 80 lives. I also had no other tier 3s except for the triple darts on the dart monkey.

You're gonna need the following towers and upgrades to do this:

• 6 Dart Monkeys (2-3)
• 2 Sniper Monkeys (1-1)
• 2 Spike Factories (1-1)

You do not need the Heli Pilot. You can buy him if you feel like you're struggling or if you just want to spend your extra cash.

Steps:

Get 2 dart monkeys. Put them on the starting entrances of the track and make sure to upgrade them both to 0-3. You do not need to change their targeting whatsoever. Repeat this process until the end of round 5. You should have four 0-3 darts by this point if you're saving correctly.

At the end of round 5, put a sniper anywhere on the map and upgrade it to 1-0. Set it's targeting to STRONG so it will seek out the leads that round 6 has to offer. Get an additional sniper when you can, and opt to get them both upgraded to 1-1. Then, replace your remaining two dart monkeys and get them fully upgraded. Make sure you have these darts upgraded to 2-3 so you can deal with the camo bloons that round 9 has to offer.

After both your dart monkeys and snipers have been placed down, get your factories going near the heli pilot. Do not upgrade your first spike factory until you get the other. Once both have been placed down, use your remaining money to get them up to 1-1.

After this is done, you're going to be good for the rest of the rounds. Rounds like 12, 15, and 17 will be pretty sketchy due to the weird blending with rainbows and leads, but your snipers and darts will be able to take them down with ease. The spike factories are there for the sake of cleanup.

And that's it! I did suffer some lives, but for the most part if you're using your money correctly this won't be too difficult. I'll also post my round images here too.

Gallery

A captured Crash Site tile

Uncaptured tile

Damaged Heli-Pilot icon

Trivia

• After players defeat this mission, a hole will still be visible where the Heli Pilot crashed.
• Players can upgrade the Heli Pilot to any upgrade in this mission.
• A map with the same name is found in SAS 4, added with the Contracts update.
• A special mission in Bloons Tower Defense 5, Protect Monkey Town, has a similar map.
• This mission is one of the easiest Special Missions that involves the BMC-Mobile-exclusive towers.
• There is a very rare bug which will cause the bought Heli Pilot to move at hyperspeed, making the mission very easy. However, there is a chance of the game crashing afterwards.
• Peculiarly, the Heli Pilot can be seen smiling at the Crash Site tile despite having crashed his helicopter.