Guide

Beginner's guide – Monkey Wave

New to Monkey Wave? Learn how tapping, fruit, bosses, abilities and player levels work, and what to unlock first.

Beginner's guide – Monkey Wave

The goal

Monkeys come for your bananas. Tap a monkey to hurt it; most monkeys need one tap, tougher ones need more. When all your fruit is gone, the game is over.

Know your monkeys

Bosses

In Survival a boss battle starts every 50 points. Your first boss is the Gorilla Boss: in the tutorial you beat it with the Freeze ability.

Abilities

You start with Freeze. Emergency Drop unlocks at player level 8, Lightning at 14 and Overgrowth at 23. From level 20 you can take two abilities into Survival and Boss Rush. Spend your coins on upgrades: every ability goes up to level 25.

Level up

The coins you earn at the end of a game also count as XP. New player levels unlock new maps: Forest at 7, Flower Valley at 12 and Ruins at 19. Boss Rush unlocks at 10. See Player levels and rewards for the full list.

Tasks and events

From level 2 you get Daily Tasks and Events, and from level 5 the Merchant and the Bounty. They give Bamboo, coins, FruitBoxes and MonkeyBoxes. Read more in Daily tasks, bounties and events.

Play Monkey Wave

Monkey Wave is available on Steam, iOS and Android.