Episode Race While Offline

jason313

Hello, everyone! I've experienced an oddity with Candy Crush Saga's Episode Race. I've realized that an episode lasts for a total of fifteen levels. However, what I believe happened in my case was that I was offline by the time I finished level 275 (at the last level of an episode), and upon logging into the game this morning (I was on level 279), I received the 5 Gold for winning second place notification (which I thought was the previous episode ending) and the button above the map screen that shows your race status, it said, "Complete level 279 to start the race." Upon winning the level, the new episode began and I had started the episode at level 280 while the other four players started on the normal level 276. I was confused as to why the race began at level 280.

At first I thought it was a glitch that the episode after level 275 suddenly cut short at level 279, but then I began to suspect that my device had disconnected from the internet (since I play on a tablet and use Wi-Fi) before finishing the previous episode and that's why I was able to start ahead of the other players in the new episode. Sometimes I "X" out of menus and notifications without really reading their content, which is why I don't remember if I received the notification after beating level 275. Normally I knew that the game will not hand you the Gold pieces until you connect to the internet again, but I thought the race itself and its status (first place, second place) began in the background of the program despite no internet connection. I noticed that when I connected to the internet again, not only am I able to view the status of the race, but the race itself also began on the same level I reconnected.

How does the Episode Race work while offline? If I begin an episode but finish it off while offline, does it still keep track of my race status by the time I finish?

Freddy_

@jason313 Hi and welcome, As far as i am aware if you played offline you would only get the progress you got when reconnecting. So say you finish a race and were off line when you reconnect and it logs you progress if two players had completed online then you would get 3rd as you would be 3rd to register to the server. Never really tried playing episode race offline but that is my understanding of it

Thank you

Werner_Cichy

https://community.king.com/en/candy-crush-saga/discussion/326659/episode-race-while-offline

If you are offline, no status can be transferred. But there is a possibility that the other players will finish the race before you. Then there is no gold. It is random.