149. And it really sucks the fun out of playing the game. But when you finally get through being stuck at a level (all free, have not spent a dime on this game) you want to yell WOOO and do a cartwheel.

Level 445 now.

Um....say you've got a smart phone, a tablet, and a laptop. The game does not sync with each device, so you've got 15 lives. I also heard about changing the clock on your device to get more lives, but I'm not "that" addicted to keep playing. It's gotten to the point where I'm hoping I have no lives left now.

I only play on my tablet. My smartphone is too small to play it.

Oh, so that's what chocolate does...

...and now this game has ruined chocolate.

If their next release is Sex Crush Saga, I quit.

I play, and like others up there have never spent a penny on it. I am stuck on a level now, and this may be the best thing to make me quit. (since I won't spend money to get by this level).

But then I found this secondary branch off the map - this new land called Dreamworld.

It is a lot like the regular Candy Crush route, but with the added challenge that there is a need to keep a balance between two colours or risk tipping the owl off his roost. That I can understand.

But what I don't understand, and what I am hoping for help on, is what makes the owl do his "Moonstruck". This is the power flight when the owl flies (without falling) and he destroys a lot of candy and really helps the level. But I can't understand how to help this happen sooner. Did I miss an instruction at some point?

Help?

I think it is point based. When the little moon he is sitting on fills up with yellow he flies.

The problem is things that tend to bust a lot of candy at a time also can unbalance your color to color ratio and tip him off.

thanks. That was my understanding also. I wondered if the yellow fills more when he is balanced or unbalanced, or if the balance colours had more impact on the growing yellow. I have not figured out the pattern yet.

Some sites say it is based on moves, but I sure I've had it go early when I get a lot of candy busted.

My guess, just from a programming ease, would be it's just off the same count as the score rather than having a differential based on which random colors are on the ends, but they could have been more fancy with it.

The irony of this being the stage which makes me quit the game has not been lost.

The files themselves, however, are going to be scattered binary dust fragments in about twelve seconds.

"The irony of this being the stage which makes me quit the game has not been lost."

and...

A certain Agent 86 was known for a famous quote:

"Missed it by that much!"

LAST EDITED ON 01-17-14 AT 11:18 AM (EST)

I now suspect the game company is reading this thread: I gave the level one final pre-deletion shot and made it by that much, getting a 'random' arrangement which allowed me to open a pair of locks immediately and then 'randomly' dropping the setup for a pair of color bombs which cleared out the deadwood, allowing the win.

That's a lot of hacking just to get a shot at ninety-nine cents.

ETA: Inevitably, there is a Candy Crush Saga wiki, which rates the various boards and provides hints for getting past them, along with video walkthroughs. I just consulted them for the first time and found a 'Hard' rating on L86. Comforting. As for their recommended strategy, I quote:

"Make as many vertical striped candies as possible, and do not hesitate to break liquorice and locked candies. Color bomb + striped combo is a huge help, and so is colour bomb + wrapped because it reduces the amount of colors, which makes the level easier. Wrapped candies alone are also good for tackling the liquorice directly. It is very important to tackle from both sides, as bottom corner jellies can become a problem.

The real strategy for this level, however, is to play it enough times so that sufficient opportunities for wrapped & striped candies come up. Without these useful combos, it is unlikely to complete this level on most given tries, and it will take several attempts for blind luck to favor upon you. Aside from the obvious tactics previously mentioned, color bomb + color bomb instantly clears all the liquorice, but it is very unlikely to happen. This level is all about just luck of the draw and get the color bomb + color bomb combo."

In other words, just keep spinning the reels and maybe you'll see a jackpot.

Gave up on Candy Crush a long time ago, wasn't enjoying it any more.

Can you get HotShot?

It's Peggle, but now with 1460 levels!

Very entertaining

*searches*

Not by that name from the Kindle app store. I have yet to try buying anything off iTunes for this tablet, mostly from fear of making something explode.

The Luddite in me is very confused. Angry Birds (in its various incarnations) is my high-water mark.

I ran into a Kindle issue -- one where the Mayday call ultimately provided this solution: just hit the Reset To Factory Defaults button and all will fix itself. Which it did.

It also wiped out all game progress, forever. Along with some music which I'd purchased from another site. One which wouldn't let me download it twice without a second purchase. Anything Amazon reinstalled with purchase remembered -- but all activity within an app, including Amazon ones, was lost.

Annoyed.

I have an I-pad and had a problem with it. When I called Apple for help they had me reset the network settings and it worked and does save everything I had on here. I would also be very annoyed if I lost all my stuff and progress like you did. I've had to reset it like that a couple of times. Don't know if that would help on your kindle or not.

What caused the issue?

Happened yesterday. I now have access to the Dreamworld levels and the code installed the once-daily free booster wheel on site, so I can take the spin without needing Facebook. Helpful. Doesn't change my having been stuck on the same level for a week, but maybe after two weeks of spins...

Does it ever land on anything other than Coconut Wheel and Jelly Fish?

I keep getting the chocolate bomb and the lollipop.

thanks Agman!

*consults wiki*

A nominee for one of the hardest levels in the entire game.

Well, then.

Yep, this one was super-hard. Finally beat it after about 200 plays.

Paraphrasing the wiki on how to beat this level.

1. Spin the free booster wheel once per day.
2. Build up twenty-eight lollipop hammers.
3. Break all the icing and move on.

So about one year of spins.

Sounds plausible.

(It's ranked as one of the worst levels in the entire game.)

This level is just plain aggravating. The funny thing is I caught up with my sister, she's been at 181 for a couple of weeks. Would love to get past it first. Heh heh.

And I quote
"This is probably the single most hardest level in the game."

Tribe's Capital Retrieval and Prison Services.

At least for some reason it isn't annoying by the third time I played it.