The appearance of new Fiends seems to be random, and begin appearing at level 21, "Frozen Hills". Collect nine keys and use them all at once on the same set of boxes. When a new character becomes available, it will occupy one of the boxes. Other boxes will contain gems and meteor mites. The rescue sequence becomes available when you complete a level for the first time. Note: You cannot leave the rescue screen until you have used all your keys. If you want to save your keys and use them all at once, do not enter the rescue screen. Save your diamonds for use on rescues. Because Fiend appearance during a rescue is random, it may require a few attempts. Diamonds can be used to purchase extra keys that will help you find Fiends faster. After obtaining one Fiend in each color, consider starting to use diamonds for upgrades.
Diamonds
Connect to Facebook to earn 30 Diamonds, as well as the ability to get free energy from your friends.
Elements
Make matches with tiles that are the same as your Fiends element to create more damage. Doing this will also fill the power meter, eventually allowing your Fiends to use their special item.
Free Gems
Logging into Facebook or tweeting about the game is an easy way to gain free gems.
Layout
When a level that has a lot of logs or twigs, start by removing them to be able to fill it and access all possible pieces. Some obstacles require more than one match to break (snow, ooze tiles, crates, etc.). You can use bombs to remove those types of obstacles instantly. The large black bombs will only blow up if you use a Fiends Bomb ability near them. Blowing it up will destroy every tile. You are allowed to keep all items collected during a level, win or lose. If there is no way for you to win, use all remaining moves to collect as many items as possible. Choosing Fiends with the Bomb ability is often helpful. Bomb Fiends have higher attack levels and the bombs can help complete tasks such as collecting diamonds and opening crates. Bomb abilities can be used from any part of a chain. When you detonate a bomb tile, the final tile in the chain will be where the bomb is detonated. This allows you to control where a bomb explodes by making your chain longer or shorter. The areas that will be detonated by the bomb will be surrounded with dotted white circles. This also results in different amounts of damage because the bomb can destroy different tiles depending on its location. Select Fiends with the Converter ability only if you require over 50 colored tiles. Converters change tiles to their color permanently. Tap on a Converter to view which adjacent tiles will be changed to its color. If there is wall is in the way or you choose to not collect every converted tile, they will remain changed after the Converter is gone. Be careful when using Converters because it can result in breaking chains of other nearby colors.
Matches
Try to create longest possible matches, even if they are not the matching elements for your Fiends. By removing them you will increase the chances of removing blocking elements from the board, as well as create room to make potentially better matches with the elements of your Fiends. Make matches near diamonds to collect them.
Restore energy
Instead of waiting for your energy to be restored, advance the time on your device by three hours. Afterwards, set the time back to its correct value.
Slugs
Kill slugs as quickly as possible by creating large combos with the characters who have an attack power that is strong against their stat. Characters have certain colors: Temper is green, Howie is blue, Tantrum is red, Kwincy is yellow, and Brittle is purple. Matches of the same color (for example, green leaves for Temper) will result in increased damage. Start knocking every color except for the strongest one to set up a large combo that will result in lots of damage. While drawing a line between tiles to search for matches, the amount of damage that will be done to the slug will be displayed over its head and will be subtracted from its current HP. Use this to determine the best moves when trying to kill a slug. If there is left-over damage after a slug is killed, it will carry over to the next enemy that appears, unless it is immune to that type of damage. This type of overkill increases the chance of rewards such as meteor mites.
Time Cheat
Advance the time on your device by three hours if you do not want to wait for your energy to be restored. Remember to set the time back to it's correct value afterwards.
Upgrades
The little monsters collected during game play will allow you to level up your Fiends. Upgrade whenever possible to increase their stats and the damage they are capable of when matches are made with tiles of their element.
Various Gameplay Tips
Tip 1: Instead of waiting for your energy to be restored, advance the time on your device by three hours. Afterwards, set the time back to its correct value.
Tip 2: When a level that has a lot of logs or twigs, start by removing them to be able to fill it and access all possible pieces. Some obstacles require more than one match to break (snow, ooze tiles, crates, etc.). You can use bombs to remove those types of obstacles instantly. The large black bombs will only blow up if you use a Fiends Bomb ability near them. Blowing it up will destroy every tile.
Tip 3: You are allowed to keep all items collected during a level, win or lose. If there is no way for you to win, use all remaining moves to collect as many items as possible.
Tip 4: Choosing Fiends with the Bomb ability is often helpful. Bomb Fiends have higher attack levels and the bombs can help complete tasks such as collecting diamonds and opening crates. Bomb abilities can be used from any part of a chain. When you detonate a bomb tile, the final tile in the chain will be where the bomb is detonated. This allows you to control where a bomb explodes by making your chain longer or shorter. The areas that will be detonated by the bomb will be surrounded with dotted white circles. This also results in different amounts of damage because the bomb can destroy different tiles depending on its location.
Tip 5: Select Fiends with the Converter ability only if you require over 50 colored tiles. Converters change tiles to their color permanently. Tap on a Converter to view which adjacent tiles will be changed to its color. If there is wall is in the way or you choose to not collect every converted tile, they will remain changed after the Converter is gone. Be careful when using Converters because it can result in breaking chains of other nearby colors.
Tip 6: Try to create longest possible matches, even if they are not the matching elements for your Fiends. By removing them you will increase the chances of removing blocking elements from the board, as well as create room to make potentially better matches with the elements of your Fiends.
Tip 7: Make matches near diamonds to collect them.
Tip 8: Kill slugs as quickly as possible by creating large combos with the characters who have an attack power that is strong against their stat. Characters have certain colors: Temper is green, Howie is blue, Tantrum is red, Kwincy is yellow, and Brittle is purple. Matches of the same color (for example, green leaves for Temper) will result in increased damage. Start knocking every color except for the strongest one to set up a large combo that will result in lots of damage.
Tip 9: While drawing a line between tiles to search for matches, the amount of damage that will be done to the slug will be displayed over its head and will be subtracted from its current HP. Use this to determine the best moves when trying to kill a slug.
Tip 10: If there is left-over damage after a slug is killed, it will carry over to the next enemy that appears, unless it is immune to that type of damage. This type of overkill increases the chance of rewards such as meteor mites.
Tip 11: Make matches with tiles that are the same as your Fiends element to create more damage. Doing this will also fill the power meter, eventually allowing your Fiends to use their special item.
Tip 12: The little monsters collected during game play will allow you to level up your Fiends. Upgrade whenever possible to increase their stats and the damage they are capable of when matches are made with tiles of their element.
Tip 13: The appearance of new Fiends seems to be random, and begin appearing at level 21, "Frozen Hills".
Tip 14: Collect nine keys and use them all at once on the same set of boxes. When a new character becomes available, it will occupy one of the boxes. Other boxes will contain gems and meteor mites. The rescue sequence becomes available when you complete a level for the first time. Note: You cannot leave the rescue screen until you have used all your keys. If you want to save your keys and use them all at once, do not enter the rescue screen.
Tip 15: Save your diamonds for use on rescues. Because Fiend appearance during a rescue is random, it may require a few attempts. Diamonds can be used to purchase extra keys that will help you find Fiends faster. After obtaining one Fiend in each color, consider starting to use diamonds for upgrades.
Tip 16: Connect to Facebook to earn 30 Diamonds, as well as the ability to get free energy from your friends.