Final knockout rounds explained (in case you are confused by the rules)

https://community.king.com/en/candy-crush-saga/discussion/comment/3309383#Comment_3309383

I am afraid if you are in a non-participating country you cannot play All Stars. The event will not show up in the app if you load the game while you are present in the wrong country.

MrsZefi

What I need to do because I am traveling abroad this weekend to country which is not part of competition! Can I still play?

https://community.king.com/en/candy-crush-saga/discussion/comment/3306641#Comment_3306641

Yes!

Have a look at T&C's

You will get away with it for now but they will have a look at your acc if you make it to stage 6.

https://community.king.com/en/candy-crush-saga/discussion/comment/3306641#Comment_3306641

Changing the time manually (not the time zone) may cause your game data to be corrupted, making some events unplayable. Please avoid changing the time setting on your device.

ellepeez

https://community.king.com/en/candy-crush-saga/discussion/comment/3306178#Comment_3306178

Does reloading lives by temporarily changing the time (like during normal gameplay) count as cheating?

https://community.king.com/en/candy-crush-saga/discussion/comment/3306409#Comment_3306409

I don't know of course, only King know, but to me yes this looks correct. I think that's how I recall it was last year. So far the rounds have been the same they were in 2024. And yes, there are 20 players per leaderboard in the 1st final knockout rounds being played now.

https://community.king.com/en/candy-crush-saga/discussion/comment/3306022#Comment_3306022

If this is the case:

Final Knockout 1: 1M / 20 = 50K quarterfinalists
Final Knockout 2: 50K / 50 = 1K semifinalists
Final Knockout 3: 1K / 100 = 10 finalists

Am I correct?

https://community.king.com/en/candy-crush-saga/discussion/comment/3306170#Comment_3306170

You have misunderstood. Of course each winner is going on to the next stage. All Stars is NOT a lottery. Read my explanations again! Only in the final round King will do some vetting: They will make sure the 10 finalists are honest players who did not use cheats and players who can actually travel to the live finals, as stated in the Terms and Conditions.

happycandyface

How can somebody win every stage and still not make it to the live final? Seems crazy to think you win every stage to then be entered into a lottery. Very misleading competition.

QueenB

https://community.king.com/en/candy-crush-saga/discussion/comment/3306032#Comment_3306032

Thanks so much for laying this out so clearly Christine 🙌

Your breakdown of the Final Knockout rounds is spot on and matches the official schedule, including the durations.

Super helpful for clearing up the confusion 💫🍬

Please note that I will myself be competing in the final knockouts and at the same time have some personal issues going on, so I won't be around to answer further question. Anyone feel free to direct players to this thread.

Good luck to you all here in the Community! Let's hope one of us will make it this time.

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As always Christine, great sensible advice !

10K USD is not worth your life savings guys!

There seems to be a lot of confusion about dates and length of the rounds. This is the timing of the three final knockout rounds:

Final Knockout Round 1:

Thursday April 10th to Monday April 14th.

Duration: 90 hours

Final knockout round 2:

Thursday April 17th to Easter Monday April 21st

Duration: 90 hours

Final knockout round 3:

Saturday 26th to Sunday 27th April

Duration: 24 hours

The first three rounds were qualifying rounds with small leaderboards of just 10 players. In the first two rounds/stages half of all players qualified. In stage 3 almost a third of all remaining players qualified.

There were also some 2nd chance rounds, so I reckon that about 10% of all competitors are still in the competition. That is a lot of players!

To get to the live finals we need to pass through three more rounds and each one will be harder than the previous round because:

The opponents will be stronger with each round, as more and more weaker players leave the competition
The leaderboards will be larger
only the first placed player will qualify to play in the next round

King do not want us to know how many players are left in the competition nor how many leaderboards there are.

If the event is similar to last year, then there are about one million players in Final knockout round 1, and these will be reduced to 1000 players starting final knockout round 3. Final knockout round 2 is somewhere in the middle with tens of thousands of players.

To get to the live finals players will have to:

be fast: you need to be able to score at a rate of 160,000-200,000 purple per hour to stand a chance in final knockout round 3
be lucky: you need to not come across an equally strong player in all three final knockout rounds, since only one per leaderboard will qualify
be picked by King at the end of final knockout round 3. You will not automatically get to the live finals if you finish top of the leaderboard in final knockout round 3. King will pick the live finalists and anyone without valid travel documents or who has violated any of the terms and conditions will lose out and King will pick the next placed player to invite.

Please read the Terms and Conditions!

Comments

https://community.king.com/en/candy-crush-saga/discussion/comment/3309383#Comment_3309383

I am afraid if you are in a non-participating country you cannot play All Stars. The event will not show up in the app if you load the game while you are present in the wrong country.

MrsZefi

What I need to do because I am traveling abroad this weekend to country which is not part of competition! Can I still play?

https://community.king.com/en/candy-crush-saga/discussion/comment/3306641#Comment_3306641

Yes!

Have a look at T&C's

You will get away with it for now but they will have a look at your acc if you make it to stage 6.

https://community.king.com/en/candy-crush-saga/discussion/comment/3306641#Comment_3306641

Changing the time manually (not the time zone) may cause your game data to be corrupted, making some events unplayable. Please avoid changing the time setting on your device.

ellepeez

https://community.king.com/en/candy-crush-saga/discussion/comment/3306178#Comment_3306178

Does reloading lives by temporarily changing the time (like during normal gameplay) count as cheating?

https://community.king.com/en/candy-crush-saga/discussion/comment/3306409#Comment_3306409

https://community.king.com/en/candy-crush-saga/discussion/comment/3306022#Comment_3306022

If this is the case:

Final Knockout 1: 1M / 20 = 50K quarterfinalists
Final Knockout 2: 50K / 50 = 1K semifinalists
Final Knockout 3: 1K / 100 = 10 finalists

Am I correct?

https://community.king.com/en/candy-crush-saga/discussion/comment/3306170#Comment_3306170

happycandyface

How can somebody win every stage and still not make it to the live final? Seems crazy to think you win every stage to then be entered into a lottery. Very misleading competition.

QueenB

https://community.king.com/en/candy-crush-saga/discussion/comment/3306032#Comment_3306032

Thanks so much for laying this out so clearly Christine 🙌

Your breakdown of the Final Knockout rounds is spot on and matches the official schedule, including the durations.

Super helpful for clearing up the confusion 💫🍬

Good luck to you all here in the Community! Let's hope one of us will make it this time.

Screenshot_20250409_205942_Candy Crush Saga.jpg

As always Christine, great sensible advice !

10K USD is not worth your life savings guys!

There seems to be a lot of confusion about dates and length of the rounds. This is the timing of the three final knockout rounds:

Final Knockout Round 1:

Thursday April 10th to Monday April 14th.

Duration: 90 hours

Final knockout round 2:

Thursday April 17th to Easter Monday April 21st

Duration: 90 hours

Final knockout round 3:

Saturday 26th to Sunday 27th April

Duration: 24 hours