Level 15

Level 15 is the fifth level in Candy Factory and the 3rd ingredient level. To pass this level, you must collect 6 cherries in 18 moves or fewer. When you complete the level, Sugar Crush is activated and will score you additional points.

Difficulty
The main difficulty in this level is the low number of moves. In most levels, it can be quite difficult to bring down 6 cherries in only 18 moves. The board is short, so the path to the exits is shorter, but its small size can also make this harder because there is less room for matches and powerful effects. This means that you will be required to bring down one ingredient in two moves, otherwise you will have to bring two ingredients down at one time or one ingredient in one move. This is slightly easier with four colors, so there is a wider array of matches, cascades, and special candies. Ingredients from the side are difficult to bring down.

Tips

 * 1) Bring down the first ingredient as fast as possible so more will spawn.
 * 2) Try to not let the ingredient spawn on the sides. Side cherries are harder to bring down and may waste moves. It is recommended for the ingredients to spawn in the middle and its two surrounding, slightly shorter columns.
 * 3) Vertical striped candies, wrapped candies, and color bombs are ideal in this level. Because there are only four colors, making color bombs is easier, and it is more effective as it can remove 1/4 or more of all candies.
 * 4) Double wrapped combos are very helpful, as they can create a 5 * 5 blast two times while bring one (or even three) cherry down. A striped + wrapped combo is also powerful, but it has a more narrow range of hits, so you should get the double wrapped combo if you are left deciding which combo is better. However, if the double wrapped combo is on the very left side and the ingredient(s) are on the far right side, or vice versa, then a striped + wrapped combo is better. But this shouldn't happen, try to not let ingredients spawn in these far columns, as you were told to in Tip 2.
 * 5) If you have two vertical striped candies next to each other (not vertically, but horizontally), don't make a double striped combo. Activate them separately. Use a double striped combo only when it is helpful; sometimes there are better chances for more powerful combos.
 * 6) If there are two or three ingredients on the board, try a color bomb + striped candy combo. If there are three or more ingredients, then try a color bomb + color bomb combo when you have the chance, as there is not a lot of room for striped candies, and no blockers on the board. A color bomb + color bomb combo will help you pass the level much, much quicker. In most situations, it is fine to use a color bomb + wrapped candy combo.
 * 7) Playing from the bottom of the board is helpful because there are only four colors. However, this should only be done when there isn't any chance for helpful special candies and their combos. If you have only one move left and there is a match that will let you win, obviously do the match that will guarantee victory.
 * 8) For a higher score, do all this as fast as possible, for more striped candies to appear during sugar crush, unless you can activate a combo that will score you many points (especially double wrapped and color bomb + wrapped).

Ingredient Spawn Density: 2 Moves

If there are fewer than 1 ingredients on the screen, then the board spawns up to 1 ingredient when possible.

1 Star: 70,000 Points

2 Stars: 80,000 Points

3 Stars: 90,000 Points

Difficulty of Earning More Stars

 * The presence of four colors makes it easy to create special candies.
 * The ingredients are worth 60,000 points. Hence, an additional 20,000 points for two stars and an additional 30,000 points for three stars have to be earned through matching of candies, which is not that much considering there are only four colors.
 * The player is required to earn an additional 1,120 points per move for two stars and an additional 1,680 points per move for three stars.
 * Most attempts of this level will take about 12 moves to drop all seven ingredients.
 * 18 moves are limited in earning a huge amount of points due to sugar crush and the limiting of the number of special candies created via regular matches, as well as the board size. However, this point is less critical due to the low two and three-star target scores and the ease of creating special candies due to four candy colors.

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