Fruit Pop Fiesta: Chains, Specials and Objectives

Connect neighboring fruit

Join at least three fruit of the same kind in any of eight directions, including diagonals. You cannot jump a gap or use a fruit twice. Drag and release, or select neighbors in order and select the final fruit again to submit.

An accepted chain spends one move on a move-limited level, regardless of length. Invalid or canceled selections spend none. Timed levels use a clock instead; Pause stops the ordinary game clock.

Choose where a special will appear

Even chain lengths from 6 to 10 create a horizontal stripe. Odd lengths from 7 to 11 create a vertical stripe, and 12 or more create a color bomb. The new special appears at the last selected fruit and may fall during refill.

Read the target before chasing a large clear

A level may ask for score, specific fruit, blocks, cages, ingredients or bombs. Only fruit directly selected in the chain count toward a requested fruit total. Extra fruit cleared by a stripe can earn points without satisfying that collection target.

Clear below an ingredient so it falls out through the lowest available slot. Damage solid obstacles with orthogonally adjacent clears; diagonal contact alone does not damage them. Countdown bombs must be cleared before accepted turns reduce their timers to zero.

Balance the target and star requirement

Non-score objectives also require at least one star. Each distinct cleared fruit earns 10 points, and creating a special adds 60. A long chain can be efficient, but a shorter chain that removes an urgent bomb may protect the whole attempt.

Relaxed doubles the base budget, Standard keeps it, and Challenge uses 80%, rounded down. There is no Undo. Restart replaces the current board, so inspect the objective and remaining budget before submitting.