Dragon Merge

"Merge Products to get higher level Products, then Deliver Orders to get Star Points to reach milestone rewards!"

## Description

While you explore the island, every 2 or 3 energy spent for clearing each resource, you get 1 Basic Product. You can also get other Basic Products by completing Board Order, 20 of them, or completing an entire Helicopter Order, 200 of them, in the home island. After gaining Basic Products, you can merge them and then deliver Merged Products to get Star Points. The Star Points let you get the rewards at the end of the minigame.

This minigame usually is active for 6 to 7 days and you compete with other players and clubs. You enter the ranking after you delivery the first Merged Product and then you compete with a group of 15 players. You can also see the global ranking, with all the players of the world, and the ranking of your club in the global ranking for clubs, if you are a member of one.

The rewards are usually gems, gold, energy, fertilizers, watering can, lightning tickets, enhancements and decorations, and depend on how many Star Points you gained while playing. At the end of the minigame you can also gain extra rewards depending on the ranking in your group of players and on the club ranking.

### Playboard

The playboard looks like the image on the side and comprises the following sections:

* The main playboard which has:
	+ Locked spaces highlighted in pink - to unlock, you have to merge with the product in the cell. You will gain a Merged Product of higher level, but in doing so you will have to fill a contract that has an unfavorable ratio of Star Points gained per Basic Products used.
	+ Unlocked spaces where you can move new Products into or other Products already on the board.
* The Delivery Area which has three products that can be delivered. If you want to deliver a product you can tap on "deliver", if you want to trash the order, you can tap on the red recycle bin.
* A Rubbish Can in which you can throw away any unlocked products on the board - 'but why would you?'
* A timer for how long is left to play the game
* A counter for your current Star Points
* A bowl of basic products:
	+ As you earn basic products, the number shown here will go up
	+ Press the bowl and all empty spaces in your playboard will fill with Basic Products: you will merge them and then you can scatter other Basic Products.

A series of tabs down the left hand side of the board:

* 1st (controller): where you can access the playboard.
* 2nd (chest): this is where you can find your rewards. As of now, there have been two rewards systems used before and after April 2021:
	+ *Treasure chests*: you earn prizes as Star Points increase and at the end of the game, clicking on these will give you your prizes.
	+ *Dragon Merge Pass*: you earn prizes as Star Points increase, but you can get them during the event. The rewards are of two kinds:
		- *Normal Rewards*: they consist mainly of energy, gold, a few gems, some boosters and some decoration.
		- *Gold Merge Pass Rewards*: they can be obtained only after buying the Gold Pass with real money. They are the same as the normal rewards, but with increased quantity and quality.
* 3rd (podium): where you are ranked in the group you are playing against (determined randomly by the game).
* 4th (globe): where you are ranked in the world against all players in the game.
* 5th (trophy): where your club is ranked in the world against all clubs in the game.

## How To Play

1. Get Basic Products to merge:
	* Spending 2/3 energy for clearing obstacles in every kind of island gives you 1 Basic Product
	* Finishing a Helicopter Order completely gives you 200 Basic Products
	* Finishing 1 Board Order gives you 20 Basic Products
2. Review what you need to make:
	* There are 3 items listed on the right side of the game board, they detail:
		+ The Merged Product desired: if you press the question mark, it will show at what stage the product is and what fruit it is merged from.
		+ The number of Star Points you'll get.
		+ The Deliver button - grey if you don't have any, Green if there is a product to use (also adds a green tick when ready to deliver)
		+ A trash icon: if you press this, the Desired Product will go away and you will have to wait 60 minutes to get a new option (or pay 11 gems)
3. Merge the Basic Products:
	* If there is more than one product, press and select it
	* Hold your finger/mouse down and move the product to the second matching product
	* "Hey, Presto!" it will merge into a new, upgraded product
	* At first you will only have lemons and strawberries as Basic Products. When reaching 2000 Star Points you get the chocolate and at 4500 Star Points the kiwis will be available. (In May 2021 run, you start with chocolate and kiwi and you get strawberries and lemons after reaching enough Star Points)
4. Unlock enough squares on the playboard to play more easily:
	* Produce a product that matches the one in the locked square you want to unlock.
	* Merge the product created with the one in the locked square.
	* Use the new product to deliver an order. Note that a Merged Product formed after unlocking the square, requires half of the Basic Products, so the ratio Star Points per Basic Products increases and can even be more convenient.
5. Deliver Merged Products to complete the orders and get Star Points to get to the top of the ranking.

### Dessert Merge Specifics

As you can see from the table below, you get more "bang for your buck" or better returns on the lower stage items. Since November 2021, the Star Points per number of basic changed from fractions to 1 for all the Merged Products.

For each basic product, there are 9 stages that the product goes through, as shown in the pictures below.

Lemon ProductsStrawberry ProductsChocolate ProductsKiwi Products

### Gem Merge Specifics

The gem version of the merge has better point costs, it is the same points per basic item no matter what level is completed.

For each basic product, there are 9 stages that the product goes through, as shown in the pictures below.

Green GemsOrange GemsRed GemsPurple Gems

## Tips and Tricks

* Delete the higher stage delivery requests - the return is not worth the effort:
	+ You can deliver higher stage delivery requests only with the purpose to unlock new squares, when the rewarded Star Points are worth the effort.
	+ If you have a higher stage delivery, you can just trash it and wait for a better order or skip the waiting time with gems.
* You don't have to unlock all the squares, you can usually get enough space to manage without unlocking and wasting your products.

## Pics

Here are some images of all the tabs of the minigame playboard:

Main PlayboardTreasure ChestsDragon Merge PassPackage to buy the Gold Merge PassRank in GroupRank in WorldClub Rank in World

Here are the images from the tutorial:

Basic Products on boardMerging productsDeleting productsDelivering productsGetting Star Points for the rewardsAdding Basic ProductsWhere to find Basic Products

## Dates Run

* 2021/03/20 02:00 - 2021/03/26 02:00 UTC
* 2021/04/16 02:00 - 2021/04/23 02:00 UTC (changed treasure chests to dragon merge pass)
* 2021/05/21 02:00 - 2021/05/28 02:00 UTC
* 2021/07/09 02:00 - 2021/07/16 02:00 UTC (first occurrence of Gemstone Dragon Merge)
* 2021/08/20 02:00 - 2021/08/27 02:00 UTC (Gemstone Merge)
* 2021/11/05 02:00 - 2021/11/12 02:00 UTC (Dessert Merge with new star points)
* 2021/12/17 02:00 - 2021/12/24 02:00 UTC (Dessert Merge)