Level 187... Timed fire level (1:35 min) with one lock & chain area. There are 2 rows of flames at the bottom but a row of jewels that are locked up is on top of the flames, so the flames won't spread until you unlock that row. There are 2 different colors that you have to clear 75 of each color jewel before the chain will unlock. After you unlock, fire will spread quickly!
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here's a pic of level 187
i dont think my fingers stopped moving for a second in this level when i passed it. made a lot of blasters and bombs and combined them whenever i could. as soon as the chain unlocks, be ready for the fire to spread and get a quick handle of it so it doesn't become wildfire. whenever i play these levels with the lock and chain, i remind myself what colors need to be targeted as i'm playing so i don't have to keep looking down to the locked area. so for this example, i was repeating "green and yellow" in my head... lol. and sometimes the colors switch up from round to round so be mindful of that. this level got my heart pounding! haha. another side note: i got my gold stolen from a level in serpent sanctuary because of my overzealous swiping... was pretty mad because the extra time on the clock wasn't going to help me pass the level anyways. wish it could've happened on a level that i need that extra second :'(
and here is level 188
obviously horizontal blasters will have be used here... but on my first try i didn't even unlock the bottom 2 chains. not enough moves! i tried making matches that were closer to the bottom so that when the jewels dropped they could make some bonus matches as they fell into place. still wasn't enough... need to try it some more to form a better strategy.
passed level 188! so in these fire levels, you don't necessarily have to **** the snakes or get unlock the lock & chain portions as long as you extinguish all of the fire. i passed level 188 without unlocking the bottom row. just used some good ol fashioned blasters and bombs to get me through. with 30 moves, i don't even see how i can possibly unlock the 100 aqua without making some blasters/bombs or perhaps diamond.
level 189...
these pictures go from bottom to top. so a summary of the level, there are a bunch of lock & chains with varying #s of each jewel color to clear out and 2 snake heads. take note of the lock & chain box of 75 blue jewels that is centered inside the square snake. so since this is a moves level, you don't want to just hastily swipe or else you'll waste moves. looking at the 2nd picture, as soon as you clear the first couple rows of the brick (and lock & chain portions), the screen will stop around the area of what is pictured, but it'll also include the square lock & chain 75 blue jewel inside the snake. so from the start of the level what you should be focusing on is getting rid of blue jewels (or whatever color happens to be inside that box for your particular round) to bring that # down so that you can unlock that area. you also need to **** the first snake head, BUT after you **** the 1st snake head the body will still remain since there is a 2nd snake head attached to it. so the board will not move down until you **** the snake head AND unlock that 75 blue jewel area so that you can blast the brick that is inside it.
here is a pic of what i am talking about:
so for the board to move down, once you unlock the blue jewel area inside the snake, you need to blast it at least once. you also have to dig the brick on the sides too (obviously). then once you get towards the bottom, hopefully you have enough moves to clear out the rest of the brick and unlock whichever lock & chains that are in your way from digging.
level 190...
this is a timed glass level with lock & chains. pay special attention to the lock & chain box in the center, it has the highest # of jewels that you have to clear out. in this example it is red, and with each round the jewel may change color, so take note of the color at the start of each round. your main focus is to clear out jewels of that color, in this case red. as you are swiping frantically, the lock & chain portions with the lowest # will unlock and will open up the board more, so the board will open from the center where it is 10 and 20 jewels to the outer corners on the diagonal. still working on this level, pretty hard to get close to unlocking the center box. gotta move really fast!! special jewels are also always good on this level.
OH! another tip for level 189, if you see that the snake heads have the same color eyes, let's say they're both red. when you arrive at the first snake and you have an opportunity to use a diamond to get rid of it and you swipe the diamond with a red jewel, ONLY the snake head that is visible on the board will disappear. the 2nd snake head won't die, because it's not on the screen yet. just an FYI for those who think you might be able to **** 2 snakes with 1 diamond
These are amazing tips, Aileeniweeni! I was kinda wondering how the lock & chain looked on a digging level. Thanks for the pics--and the excellent, helpful strategy! Can't wait to try some of these new features (but gonna have to...)
np! sounds like you've been tearing through a bunch of levels lately, so i have a feeling you'll be here sooner than you thinkOriginally Posted by Phaedrakiki
These are amazing tips, Aileeniweeni! I was kinda wondering how the lock & chain looked on a digging level. Thanks for the pics--and the excellent, helpful strategy! Can't wait to try some of these new features (but gonna have to...
level 191... timed digging level with lock & chain and snakes.
from bottom to top:
only tried this level a couple times and i haven't gotten close to the bottom yet. the screen will start slightly higher than what is shown in picture 2, and only the red jewels with count of 20 will be shown on the screen. so to get the board to move down, you have to clear out 20 red jewels. and then it moves to the next portion which is blue, so a total of 40 blue jewels need to be cleared out. since this is a digging level it is somewhat important to make sure you are focusing on what is currently on the screen so that you can move down. but of course the lock & chain at the very bottom have the highest count. but throughout the level you will be chipping away at those bottom #s. energy is recharging
yay passed 191 and 192! the way i passed level 191 is... i followed what i wrote above about focusing on each segment by targeting the color in each segment of lock & chain so that the screen would move down. And then when i got to the very bottom as shown in picture #1 in the post above ^ ... i didn't get rid of all the snakes because i was pressed for time BUT i managed to get rid of the two pieces of brick that is wedged in between the snakes on the last 2 rows right above the goal line. so if you can't make any matches or blasters to **** the snakes, don't worry just try to focus on digging on those last 2 brick pieces. so you probably will need a blaster to get the last row of brick since a snake is blocking it, but it's possible to pass this level without ****ing all the snakes.
Level 192... a glass moves level with lock & chain
so there is a U-shaped lock & chain that will only unlock once you clear out 200 jewels of each color. once you unlock it, it will reveal white blocks underneath which have glass underneath that. breaking all the glass on the main board will be very easy. try to make matches towards the bottom so that when jewels fall down they will create more matches and possibly some special jewels. this level is all about creating those multi-matches and using special jewels and diamonds and combos to clear out a bunch of jewels in one swipe. this level is really really fun! took me a few tries but each time was a pleasure
Yuck, I just finished a timed fire/L&C level on the last island, and now here's another starting this one! Level 187 has 16 flames to extinguish in 1:50 (5 JC's used.) I've played 3 times. First time I did lots of combos in succession, which wiped-out all the unchained fire. But time was almost up when the L&C unlocked, and the fire spread so fast. The other attempts, I didn't put the fire out or unlock the L&C. There's not much time (although it's 15 seconds more than when 187's photo was posted.) Guess I'll need the luck I had at the beginning of my first try, just faster! This will take awhile. The flames are super-speedy! I'm gonna need even better luck with combos (how?), and faster fingers--otherwise it's impossible to open the locks fast enough to put the fire out!
Yay, passed 187! I had a very lucky round--got 4 or 5 diamonds. Only used 1 in a combo w/blaster, but the others still helped a lot! Also swapped 2 bombs right near the bottom just as the lock & chain (L&C) opened & released the fire. It wiped out all but one flame. It had a match right next to it, luckily! Whoo-hoo!!! So happy to be done with it. The only strategy I used on this level was move fast, swipe constantly, and make as many special jewels & combos as you can. Yay, on to a moves level (so happy...)
Level 188: Put out 10 fire in 40 moves (increased 10 from Aileeni's photo/post.) Only 4 JC's used, so it's quite easy to make special jewels! Tried it once and it's very fun! Got pretty close...can't wait to try again!
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