This is another Merge Activity. Players need to be aware of the value of purchasing the VIP Pass! Rewards obtained by having this cannot be obtained elsewhere. Each time there is an Activity like this, I make this point clear. Every day now in Global Chat there are players begging for Peanut Butter Popcorn. The gear that allows you to produce that was a VIP reward from an activity like this one.
Note that both the Peacock Toy Gear and Peanut Butter Popcorn Gear are available this week in tbe Weekly Deal tab of the Market for 10 RC each.
Note: there are two different kind of Stars. One is the type that determines your Level and these resemble gems. They represent Experience. The other type is yellow and used in the shop in the lower right corner to buy items.
I have included a list both of significant Regular Rewards and VIP Rewards below.
The final Reward for the ordinary path is a Mermaid Crown Princess that gives a Blue Box. The final VIP Reward is a premium Animal in the form of a Pelican who eats Yellow Croaker and produces Deep Sea Fish Oil.
The essence of this game is to merge items to create better items and to clear objects to obtain other objects. By creating specific new superior objects, you unlock more areas on the map.
The first new area is unlocked when you create the Baby Mermaid. Each of the higher Mermaids in the chain will unlock a new area through the Mermaid Crown Princess. After that, you will need a Level 7 Royal Pearl Shell, then a Level 7 Seaweed Patch, and finally a Level 7 Octopus. The areas must be unlocked in order.
N.B. Tip!!! Note that the Octopus items are the rarest and are obtained most often from the ship part obstacles. I find them on the second clearing effort that requires 8 Stamina.
The activity runs on Stamina. This refreshes over time or can be purchased. In any given day, the first purchase giving 90 Stamina costs 1000 coins. The second purchase giving 90 Stamina costs 1 RC. The third purchase of 90 Stamina costs 2 RC.
You can merge three of a kind to create a higher level item but if you merge five instead, you receive a bonus higher level item. Reasons to merge three are to clear spaces on the map or to create the first item needed to unlock a new area.
Note that the Mermaid Roe are generated when you merge objects and they can be merged to create a Baby Mermaid.
Further Stamina is required actually to create a Mermaid and that process is also on a timer.
Chains: To unlock the last few areas, you need a Level 7 item from one of the various chains. It is possible that every gane is different, but the last area requires a Level 7 Octopus and that is the only Level 7 item that still eludes me. In general, the Octopus items appear to be rare at least in my game. I am at Level 9, but cannot manage that merge yet.
All chains are listed in a Book called the Magic Gallery. Unlocking a new item in a Chain gives Stamina Rewards.
Here are the chains:
Mermaids:
Level 1: Mermaid Roe
Level 2: Baby Mermaid
Level 3: Toddler Mermaid
Level 4: Teenage Mermaid
Level 5: Adult Mermaid
Level 6: Mermaid Crown Princess
Level 7: Mermaid Queen
Level 8: Mermaid Elder (10 Stamina Reward)
Pearl Objects:
Level 1: Seed Pearl
Level 2: Closed Pearl Shell
Level 3: Half-Open Pearl Shell
Level 4: Open Pearl Shell
Level 5: Pink Pearl Shell (5 Stamina Reward)
Level 6: Gold-Edged Pearl Shell (1000 Coins)
Level 7: Royal Pearl Shell*
*Unlocks a new area
Seaweed:
Level 1: Seaweed Seed
Level 2: Seaweed Sprout (5 Stamina reward)
Level 3: Seeweed Seedling (5 Stamina)
Level 4: Mature Seaweed (1000 Coins)
Level 5: Seaweed Stalks (500 Coins) (or 5 Stamina)
Level 6: Seaweed Bush
Octopus:
Level 1: Octopus Roe
Level 2: Octopus Baby (5 Stamina Reward)
Level 3: Juvenile Octopus (10 Stamina)
Level 4: Young Octopus (500 Coins)
Level 5: Adult Octopus
Magic Star:
Level 1: Magic Star Sprout
Level 2: Magic Star Sapling (1000 Coins)
Level 3: Magic Star Tree (10 Stamina)
Level 4: Magic Star Grove (This object has been in all the Merge games and produces the Stars that you can use for Farm Aids in the shop. The Grove is on a timer and drops the Stars on two spaces to be collected.) (5 Stamina)
Coral Chest:
Small Coral Chest (5 Stamina)
Medium Coral Chest
Large Coral Chest (500 Coin or 10 Stamina Reward)
Shipwreck Chest:
Small Shipwreck Chest (5 Stamina)
Medium Shipwreck Chest
Large Shipwreck Chest (5 Stamina)
Coins:
Several Coins
A Bunch of Coins (5 Stamina Reward)
A Pile of Coins (10 Stamina)
Note: after unlocking all three items, I no longer save or bother to merge them. They are registered in the book and that is sufficient. The Pile of Coins is worth 20000 Coins.
I think the rewards when you unlock a new item in the Magic Gallery are in fact random. They cqn be 5 Stamina, 10 Stamina, 500 Coins, 1000 Coins)
THE WAY TO RAISE YOUR LEVEL IS TO CREATE MERMAIDS. It is this that awards the Experience Stars that allow you to increase your Magical Wonderland Level and claim the Rewards. This menu is on the top left of the screen.
At the bottom left is the Gallery where you can see the items you have unlocked in each chain.
On the bottom right is the shop, the Magic Store. Here you can buy items for Coins and RC. You can refresh the items or wait until reset to refresh automatically.
In the second tab, you can spend the Stars you collect with the Magic Grove. Randomly, you may find a gear or Machine Mastery ticket here.
Level increases and rewards for those:
When you reach Level 1, you obtain 60 Stamina
Level 2: Obtain 60 Stamina
Level 3: 60 Stamina
Level 4: 70 Stamina
Level 5: 70 Stamina
Level 6: 80 Stamina
Level 7: 80 Stamina
Level 8:
Level 9:
Level 10: 3 RC
PLEASE NOTE THAT ALTHOUGH THE STAR TOTALS STATE THAT LEVEL 10 IS REACHED WITH 25000 EXPERIENCE STARS, THE CREATION OF ONE ELDER MERMAID TODAY, WITH MY TOTAL AT 1925 EXPERIENCE STARS ADVANCED ME TO LEVEL 10, GIVING ME 3 RC AND THE TWO FINAL REWARDS WHILE THE BAR STILL READS 1925/25000.
Level increase requirements:
For Level 2: 45 Experience Stars
For Level 3: 200 Experience Stars
For Level 4: 500 Experience Stars
For Level 5: 1500 Experience Stars
For Level 6: 3000 Experience Stars
For Level 7: 6000 Experience Stars
For Level 8: 12000 Experience Stars
For Level 9: 18000 Experience Stars
For Level 10: 25000 Experience Stars
Here is a list of the significant Rewards with their required Levels:
Regular Rewards:
Level 7: Mermaid Crown Princess Avatar
Level 8: Deep Sea Avatar Frame
Level 9: Flip Flop Machine Mastery Ticket
Level 10: Mermaid Crown Princess Decoration
VIP Rewards:
Level 9: Cauliflower Kimchi Gear Token
Level 10: Pelican (Animal)
Incidentally, the Stamina cost increases to create higher level Mermaids. 10 Stamina for Mermaid Crown Princess and 15 minutes. 25 Stamina to create an Elder Mermaid and takes an hour
