The Lode Mining puzzle is a variation on Harvesting in which you match 3+ pieces to crack boulders and release the precious minerals and items within.
How to play:
- Match 3 or more pieces to clear them.
- Just like Harvesting resources, if you match 4 or 5 pieces you will earn a ‘smiley face' piece. These can then be rematched for a special effect:
- A match-4 smiley face piece will clear an area 3x3, centered on the piece
- A match-5 smiley face will clear the entire row and column upon which the piece is located
- The goal of a Lode harvest is to Crack the boulder by clearing pieces next to it (or ‘through it’ in the case of the match-5 smiley face piece.)
- Boulders vary in size and strength:
- All boulders have to be ‘woken up’ with the first clear next to them
- Basic 3x3 boulders and 4x4 boulders have to be matched along all of each side (8 pieces perimeter for 3x3 or 12 for 4x4)
- ‘Tough’ boulders are dark and can only be cracked by a smiley face clear
Lode Mining is used in the village and on adventures. Resources typically gathered are:
- Stone
- Iron
- Minerals:
- Precious Minerals:
- Shards:
- Gems:
- Keys: