Extra Burny Stuff

Extra Burny Stuff is a third-row Military knowledge that makes the Mortar Monkey's burn damage tick faster. Napalm from Burny Stuff and Blooncineration deals its damage-over-time 0.25 seconds more often. It needs 4 Knowledge Points spent in the Military tree but has no parent knowledge. It costs one point, no Monkey Money, and unlocks Paint Stripper. It was added in version 6.

How it changes the game

Burny Stuff (x-x-2 Mortar Monkey) leaves burning napalm on bloons hit by its shells. Faster ticks mean the same burn deals its damage sooner, and in some cases more ticks fit into the burn duration:

• Burny Stuff on low tiers: napalm ticks every 1.0 seconds instead of every 1.25 seconds. The number of ticks over the burn stays at three, so the gain is mostly speed: bloons die closer to where the shell landed.
• Shell Shock and above with Burny Stuff (3-x-2 and higher): these burns tick every 0.375 seconds instead of 0.625 seconds, which gives five ticks instead of three over the shorter burn. That is a real damage increase.
• Blooncineration (x-x-5): its napalm ticks every 0.5 seconds instead of 0.75 seconds, raising the ticks over its burn from six to seven.

The knowledge only changes tick timing. It does not change damage per tick, burn duration, blast radius or which bloons the Mortar can damage. Mortar Monkeys without Burny Stuff are unaffected.

Is it worth it?

Priority: situational. For top-path Mortar builds with Burny Stuff as a crosspath, such as 4-0-2 The Big One or 5-0-2 The Biggest One, it is a meaningful damage boost. For other players the effect is small, and the knowledge mostly serves as the way to Paint Stripper and Budget Battery.

Because it has no parent, Extra Burny Stuff is also a convenient filler point once you have 4 Military points, which helps reach the 8 and 14 point thresholds for deeper rows. Version 28 reduced its original 0.5 second bonus to 0.25 seconds when Burny Stuff itself was reworked.

Where it works

Extra Burny Stuff is active wherever Monkey Knowledge is enabled, including Military Only, Impoppable and freeplay. It is disabled in CHIMPS and in challenges that switch knowledge off.

Frequently asked questions

What does Extra Burny Stuff do?

It makes Mortar Monkey napalm from Burny Stuff and Blooncineration tick 0.25 seconds faster.

How often does Burny Stuff tick with the knowledge?

Every 1.0 seconds instead of 1.25 on basic builds, and every 0.375 seconds instead of 0.625 on Shell Shock and above.

Does Extra Burny Stuff need another knowledge first?

No. It only needs 4 points spent in the Military tree.

Does it affect Blooncineration?

Yes. Blooncineration's napalm ticks every 0.5 seconds instead of 0.75.

What does Extra Burny Stuff unlock?

Paint Stripper, which leads to Budget Battery.