Cannon Tower

Description

Short range but high damage, this tower's shells explode on impact.

Building Information

The Cannon Tower is one of the two beginning towers (the other being the Sniper Tower) a player will build in the early stages of the game. It specializes in firing explosive shells that will deal splash damage to all monsters within the explosion's range. Cannon Towers are very strong against big groups of weak monsters, such as Pokey. They can take down the group in a matter of seconds. However, Cannon Towers also have a short range and a low damage output to single monsters. It requires support from other towers that can take down high health monsters.

Later in the game, Cannon Towers may sem to become obsolete in favor of the Laser Tower's higher damage output. Despite this, the Laser Tower can be completely outranged by a D.A.V.E. with Level 3 Rockets. Therefore, Cannon Towers can stil serve a role in defending your base.

Attack
Land	Air
Splash	Unable
Ammo
Gray Pellets

Upgrade Progression

Fortifications

Level	Resources Needed			Building time
	Twigs	Pebbles	Putty
1	50,000	37,500	12,500	2h 15m
2	250,000	187,500	62,500	6h 45m
3	1,250,000	937,500	312,500	20h 15m
4	6,250,000	4,687,500	1,562,500	2d

Upgrades

Structure Level	Resources Needed			Upgrade Time	Repair Time	Resources Recycled			Range	Damage Per Shot	Explosion Range	HP	Town Hall Level
	Twigs	Pebbles	Putty			Twigs	Pebbles	Putty
1	2,000	1,500	500	30s		1,000	750	250	160	20	30	6,000	1
2	10,000	7,500	2,500	15m		6,000	4,500	1,500	170	40	35	9,000	2
3	50,000	37,500	12,500	45m		31,000	23,250	7,750	180	60	40	12,600	3
4	250,000	187,500	62,500	2h 15m		156,000	117,000	39,000	190	80	45	17,640	4
5	1,250,000	937,500	312,500	6h 45m	55m	781,000	585,750	195,250	200	100	50	26,460
6	6,250,000	4,687,500	1,562,500	20h 15m		3,906,000	2,929,500	976,500	210	120	55	34,400	5
7	9,375,000	7,000,000	1,562,500	2d		8,593,500	6,429,500	1,757,750	220	140	60	45,000	6
8	14,000,000	10,500,000	1,562,500	3d		15,593,500	11,679,500	2,539,000	230	160	65	58,000	7
9	21,000,000	15,800,000	1,562,500	4d		26,093,500	19,579,500	3,320,250	240	180	70	75,500	8
10	31,600,000	23,700,000	1,562,500	5d 12h		41,893,500	31,429,500	4,101,500	250	200	75	98,200

Building Progression

Structure Level	Normal	Damaged	Destroyed
1 ~ 10

Trivia

• In the Alpha stages of Backyard Monsters, Cannon Towers were called Splash Towers.
• At Levels 1-6, it can't reach a D.A.V.E with Level 3 Rockets, making it important to upgrade the Cannon Towers for them to be effective at all.
• The Blast Tower is the Inferno counterpart of the Cannon Tower.
• Even though the Cannon Tower is facing up, it can still fire like the Sniper Tower.
• The Cannon Tower will seem to deal more damage to a group of monsters. This is not true, as the number that comes up is the total amount of damage the Cannon Tower has dealt to the group of monsters, not to each monster.
• Although the description says:short range,but high damage, It does not have high damage against 1 monster.