Gardenscapes Walkthrough Guide. Tips, Secrets, Hints.

1. Wait to start a new day until you are low on energy. Gardenscapes: New Acres breaks down its garden building sim into many smaller tasks spread over multiple days. As the tasks are completed, the percentage line for the current day will be filled. By completing the last task for that day, you will reach 100%, receive a reward and be able to start the next day. Starting a new day will fully replenish your energy meter (up to a maximum of five lives), so it's best to wait until your life runs out to move on to the next day.

2. You can accumulate as many stars as you want. In order to complete garden tasks such as setting up benches, fixing the treehouse, etc., you need to spend stars. Stars are only earned by completing match-3 levels - one star per completed level. While you can spend stars as soon as you get them, since you will always have a task in your deck, you can also save them and complete multiple tasks in a row for a faster sense of progress. Technically you don't need to repair the garden at all - you can just play match-3 levels, earn stars, but then never use those stars to help Austin rebuild the estate, but where's the fun in that?

3. The "social media" aspects are just for fun.Austin will often post news or photos on his social network in the main menu. His friends/family/neighbors will reply to posts in the in-game newsfeed and add them as friends, add Austin as a friend, post updates of their own, etc. All this is just for fun and will give you more information about the characters. - If you're not interested in NPCs, you can ignore the social media part and just check your current gardening tasks in the "To Do" section of Austin's tablet menu. You do not need to be up to date with the news to continue updating the garden. If you see an orange dot, it means that a new message from one of the characters has appeared in the social network channel. (However, there is currently a bug where everything will be orange when you first open the game. If you open the news feed and exit, the orange dots should disappear.)

4. Gnomes move through match-3 levels. If you fail Match Level 3, which requires you to reveal the gnomes hidden in the grass, the next time you replay the level, the gnomes will not necessarily be in the same place. There is almost always more grass than gnomes, and gnomes can potentially be found under any patch of grass. So don't go out of your way to clear the same grass as last time - first rediscover the gnomes by clearing strategic areas of the board to figure out where they've gone. In the image above, level 91, you can see a small gnome in the upper left corner. However, on our next attempt at this level, there was no gnome in this location, but one in the lower right corner.
<And remember, you can see the gnomes through the thin grass. There are two levels of grass in the game: light green, very thick tiles and dark green, thin tiles. The lighter green tiles require clearing two puzzles, but they turn into darker greens after the first match. You can see the white gnomes through thin patches of dark green tiles; when trying to find them (through playback or otherwise), pick up the lighter green tiles once, and then see if they're on the bottom. It's kind of like a battleship: you have to see the gnome, know which direction it's facing, and even determine its size by looking at several dark green tiles next to each other.

5.If you want to buy coins, wait for the sale.Currently, only in-app purchases for consumable coin packs are available in the New Acres app. While the game can be played without making any purchases, coins accumulate slowly over the course of gaming activity, and buying more can help a lot on difficult levels. However, we do not recommend buying directly from the store. During the game, you will be offered a random sale of packs of coins - we usually receive an offer once or twice a week. The offer will appear in the garden and will be available through the "sale" icon for a limited time (usually about an hour). These sales are always much better than the app store, but even they vary in quality. Don't jump on the first sale you get; wait for a deal that is actually beneficial for you. The best sale we've seen is 12 coins plus three rainbow blasts for $000. We were also offered 0,99,

6. You don't always need to use the whole board.Many match-3 levels have goals that involve very specific items or areas of the board: find gnomes, grow flowers in flower boxes, clean up dirt, etc. If you can focus your efforts on a specific part of the board, do so. and don't worry about the rest. For example: don't try to clear every cell of grass, but focus only on those with gnomes at the bottom. Or don't try to fill every flower box: just grow flowers into a few specific ones and leave the others alone. In the image above, we didn't bother to clear the bottom drawers to get to the last two flower boxes as we already had access to the other four. Clearing paths to every item or corner of the board often just wastes moves and is a distraction. Focus on the goal of the level and the minimum number of items needed to reach it.
7. Don't waste money on speeding up gardening. Many of the more complex gardening tasks will cost time in addition to their stellar cost. For example, it will take 2 hours to restore a fountain in addition to 2 stars (twice for a total of 4 hours and 4 stars!). You can spend coins to bypass these time limits, but there is no reason to. Aside from the fact that you can't wait to see the fruits of your labor, there's no point in getting your garden assignment done as soon as possible. You can continue to play match-3 levels and accumulate stars for future tasks while the current task is completed. The only time this can be useful is if you're on your last assignment before a new day and want to move forward to fill your life. Otherwise, save your coins for bonuses.

8.Don't forget that you can change the decor in your garden at any time. When you first place a new element, if you need to choose a type or design, you can change that element at any time later. Just keep your finger on the item you want to change until the yellow arrow fills up and the options appear at the bottom of the screen. Items that you did not initially select cannot be changed (and by holding your finger on those items, you will be informed of this). Buying a new decor costs a few coins, but the cost is minimal - usually around 15 coins. So don't worry about your design choices initially; if you are tired of these benches, you can always change them.

9.Sign up for a free spin every day, even if you don't have time to play. The free spin is available every day at midnight (and will be available until you start spinning during that day) and guarantees either a small amount of coins or a free boost in your booster bank. If you don't have time to play but can take a minute to spin the wheel, this is an easy way to accumulate bonuses for harder levels.

10.Pay only for continuation if you know that you can win five more moves. If you fail the level, you will be prompted to continue playing for 900 coins. This continuation will add five moves to your move count and return you to the board once you have left it. We recommend buying a sequel only if you know for sure that you can complete the level in five moves; if you're looking for a lucky fall, don't buy it. There were numerous times when we bought a sequel thinking that we would get the last piece we needed to win, and that piece didn't show up. Also, you can't see the board when the continue window pops up, so pay attention to where you are when you're low on moves and make a plan if you can actually win with a continue.There is no way to play past levels. Like many map-based match-3 games, Gardenscapes: New Acres progresses level by level. However, unlike other match-3s, you will only have access to the current stage. You can only play the level you are currently on and cannot go back to previous stages; You will receive coins from a stage only after you complete it and move on to the next one.

11. But, in any case, you will not get a lot of coins from passing levels. Even with a very strong finish, when you have a lot of moves that give bonus coins, you rarely get more than 75 coins from the stage (50 is the base amount that you get only for finishing). Your coin income will mainly come from daily spins and bonuses earned from completing garden upgrade tasks (end days, rewards from neighbors, etc.). Sometimes you'll also be prompted to watch a trailer for Playrix games from the task list - they usually give around 100 coins for watching a 30-second video, so they're a decent compromise when accessed.

12.Explosive circuits charge the rainbow charge much faster. If you detonate the fireworks alone, it won't increase the rainbow meter by much. However, detonating a firework with another firework, bomb, etc. will add a lot more to the counter than detonating two explosives individually. It also saves moves since you don't use a separate move for each explosive. Whenever possible, it is usually advantageous to detonate the explosives in groups. The rainbow blast meter carries over after it's full, so if it's almost full and you fire a big blast, you fill the meter and the next blast starts as well (it's possible to get multiple rainbow blasts from one big blast chain here).

13. Swapping a rainbow explosion with explosives does not trigger a rainbow explosion. If you need to move the rainbow blast or want to fire the explosives first, you can swap them around without losing the rainbow blast. This is useful if your rainbow burst gets stuck in an odd location with no useful tiles nearby.

14. Explosives appear on the tile you just moved. When crafting large chains that will create explosives, keep in mind that the explosive boost will appear in place of the tile you just swapped - the rest of the tiles in the chain gather inside it to create the boost. If you have multiple directions that you can swap, try swapping tiles closer to where you want the explosive to spawn.

15. You can collect all the acorns on the board using the rainbow. Many of the early and mid stages require you to collect a certain number of acorns. Since acorns usually already exist on the board and don't need to fall like lemonade, one of the easiest ways to achieve these goals is to trade an acorn and a rainbow burst to collect every acorn on the screen.

16.Our standard match 3 tip: this tip rings true for most match 3 games, and it still holds true for New Acres as well: when all else fails, focus on playing matches near the bottom of the board to get more chains and new tiles to work with. Aim for big chains and explosions whenever possible. If you start with a small board with lots of obstacles, focus on opening up the board so you have more chips and thus more chain options. And finally, the luck of the chips will play a role in your success, so don't get discouraged by a bad draw. The next time you try a level, you can start with the TNT chain that's just waiting for you - there will always be bad days and good ones. Take a break and talk to Austin if the match-3 part isn't going well; enjoy the garden you have built.