Gumball Machine Questions

itsEmma · December 2023

Hi everyone! I've tried to figure out how these new 'machines' operate, but keep losing count so I wondered if anyone has worked out; How many gumballs do they give out each time they're hit/how many in each machine? How many times do you hit one before it's destroyed? Do they change in anyway after each 'hit' ? They look the same to me but maybe I'm missing something!

It's so hard to keep track of them when they're part of an order level, but, maybe that's the idea... Unlike with frosting, bubble gum and the magic mixer, they don't seem to change until they blow up! Any insights would be really great, many thanks!

José_Savelkoul · March 15

Here's info I just found:

Hitting a gumball machine will spawn one gumball, which will then be counted towards the gumball order. The gumball machine remains on the board until all gumball orders have been collected, then it disappears.

snakegore999 · March 16

Gumball machines do not alter the board in any way when struck. They are simply blockers that must be hit from anywhere a certain number of times to dispense the indicated number of gumballs. Once the total number of hits on these machines exceeds the amount indicated in the objective at the start of the level, all gumball machines disappear for the rest of the level attempt because you don't need them anymore at that point.

itsEmma · March 16

Hi @José_Savelkoul and @snakegore999, many thanks for taking the time to explain how they work!

I initially thought they were like magic mixers that needed hitting to destroy them and the trick being not to destroy them too early before reaching the order.

Now I see, like you've both said, the idea is actually to fulfil the gumball order first so that they disappear and open up the board, for example, for a dragon to drop.

The in-game tutorial didn't really explain them so what you've both said is really helpful!

Many thanks,

Emma

brodysmommie · September 4

Love the answers, and haven't looked for the objective number, but will now!

Thx.

brodysmommie · September 4

Holy bubble gum Candy Man. I didn't understand the objective before. Thank you for the info and hope other's do too.

BeckyMaconaghy · October 19

In reading all of these I'm still unsure of how many times you have to hit them before they explode.

christinewupp · October 19

https://community.king.com/en/candy-crush-saga/discussion/comment/3177850#Comment_3177850

The count of how many hits you need is shown as the order at the top of the screen in each gumball level. Each hit this count goes down. When it reaches zero they all disappear.

This screenshot is of a gumball machine level:

So the order here is 159. To illustrate I am making the move to match the three blues on the right, which hits just the two gumball machines, to the left and below the bottom blue in the match. So the count has gone down by two, to 157.

If I now smash the two yellow striped candies together I hit the whole middle column and the jelly jar explodes as well, which also hits the gumball machines around it, so this move has a much bigger impact, it moves the count down by 16.

I hope this illustrates how the gumball count goes down. Like most blockers the best impact is to hit them with special candies and combos, especially wrap/stripe combo. When the count goes to zero all the gumball machines disappear from the board. I hope this helps.

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