🌟 Candy Crush Saga All Stars 2026 – Official Tournament Overview 🌟

wander full

Can I get the badge please

@christinewupp I think I have to nitpick again 🤭🤭🤭

⭐ Final Knockouts

Round 1

Start: 09:00 EDT – 26 March 2026
End: 03:00 EDT – 30 March 2026

Round 2

Start: 09:00 EDT – 1 April 2026
End: 03:00 EDT – 4 April 2026

@QueenB I think you should amend the above information, Stage 4 has 96 hours not 90 and Stage 5 has 72 hours not 66 by the T&C.

As every blue candy counts and every hour matters, especially in the latter Stage. If a player lives in the UK, would she have 97 hours in the Stage 4? Then she could adjust her device one hour faster for summer time while Stage 4 is in progress.

Or she should adjust her summer time after Stage 4 closing, otherwise she would give up ONE HOUR to the USA players.

Which one is your official answer for players who live in the UK, Europe? @QueenB

janicka1967

hi please advise I probably made a mistake at the beginning by clicking on allstar I don't want to qualify for any competition I take the game as fun

johamilton

Oh my, here we go again! Be sure everyone gets some sleep. Rooting for everyone. Good luck 🤩

https://community.king.com/en/candy-crush-saga/discussion/comment/3492917#Comment_3492917

You are misleading by the countdown, because the minute is not shown in the screen at this moment 😆

The minute will be shown at the last day and the second will be shown at the last hour as well😆

This kind of countdown has been used in chocolate box, Weekly Contest, etc.

When you look at your Pin Collection, it shows week and day only at this moment, do you think it will disappear at the moment you look after the day expired? The hour, minute and second are not shown at this moment but they are still exist.😆

https://community.king.com/en/candy-crush-saga/discussion/comment/3492975#Comment_3492975

You need to save these 6 multipliers for the entire game. There will be no new set of multipliers in the next round. If you use all 6 now, you have none left for any of the remaining rounds, all the way through the final round. That is why it is necessary to save them as long as possible if you want a chance to make it to live finals. Ideally you use none of them until round 6.

I'm not sure if I have the correct information about the 6 multipliers we'll receive in each elimination round. Will we receive them in every elimination round, or do I need to save these 6 multipliers for the entire game? In other words, is this the only multiplier we'll use in separate games across all the elimination rounds?

PrettyBubbles

Hi am currently top of the first round 🥳💓

It might not count minutes, only full hours. Take a check what the clock says just before it turns 2pm, such as at 13.59h. If it still says 1 day plus 17hours, then I'd still guess it's a 7am finish.

Just took this at 1pm UK showing clock countdown as 1 day plus 17 hours which is 6am on Monday 🤔. Maybe it is confused by clock changes 😂. Hopefully clearer after US goes to EDT time. You are definitely right about not using a token in the qualifiers. Good luck 🤞

@QueenB Im having issues with my wheel spin, it doesn't work right.

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It's stuck and keeps flashing

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@QueenB Im having issues with my wheel spin, it doesn't work right.

It's stuck and keeps flashing

teeweiping

Good luck to all who participate!

https://community.king.com/en/candy-crush-saga/discussion/comment/3492724#Comment_3492724

This is odd @Cecie : According to Google 3am EDT equals 7am GMT. As QueenB said we should look at the clock inside the event. It tells me 1 day and 22hours. That is a bit vague, but I would think it must be 7am UK time? It's confusing because the Americans put their clocks back an hour on Sunday and we do this at the end of March.

Whatever time this finishes, it's a matter of setting the alarm clock for the later rounds. I won't bother in the qualifier. If I'm out I'm out because I'm not going to spend any tokens in the first round.

Strangely the events start using EST time but finish at EDT times!! Given the final is in London was hoping they would use GMT times and finish at 12pm like the weekly contest 🤞

II'm In 2nd place in qualifier

Hello @boneca123 : Each round is separate and blue candies collected in the earlier rounds do NOT count towards the winning total at the end.

Blue candy counts start off again at zero for each new round.

The blue candies collected do NOT add up.

King will not share with us any information on how many players there are nor how many leaderboards there are.

We have calculated from previous All Stars that at least 10 million players take part. There are six stages. Each stage gets harder to get past. In the last three stages one player per leaderboard goes through to the next stage, so the "Final knockout rounds" will be brutal and very hard to win.

The last round: There may be more than ten leaderboards this year. We simply do not know and King don't tell us.

The overall ten winners will have to be amongst the highest scorers in the final round and will be picked by King. This means that a player who wins their final leaderboard does not automatically win to go to London.

You must read the Terms and Conditions carefully and make sure you understand them.

Do not "invest" any money into the event if:

if you are not a crusher you who can play at a speed of four episodes per hour or
if you have already spent any of your tokens or
if you won't be able to crush for the full 24 hour period of the final (Tuesday 7th to Wednesday 8th just after Easter) or
if you can't afford to waste money on this: The eventual outcome even for players who meet the above criteria is like a lottery. There are many more good players than there are places in the live final.

Candy Crush All Stars is a kind of lottery only the best players can win.

Are you sure it is 6am not 7am?🤔

https://community.king.com/en/candy-crush-saga/discussion/comment/3492541#Comment_3492541

According to the Terms and Conditions, if this situation happens, the TOP TEN SCORERS will be picked from Stage 6 among all leaderboards . This means you should not slow your pace even though you have a Big lead in your own leaderboard.

Or if you are the second place in your own leaderboard, you should also not slow your pace. The highest scorer of second place among all leaderboards would be the standby in Live Finals in the UK. Ingrid is the second place winner in All Stars 2025 and she was the Standby based on she is the highest scorer of second place among all Stage 6 leaderboards.

boneca123

If there are more than ten groups with more than ten finalists, will the selection be based on the quality of candies collected? Will they add up everything collected during the tournament, or only what is collected in the last round of the third part of the final?

The event will finish at 6am UK time according to the countdown on my CCS?

From previous tournaments. Not around this weekend so will try qualifying on Monday 🤞

mamicia

Good luck to everyone playing🤩

https://community.king.com/en/candy-crush-saga/discussion/comment/3492359#Comment_3492359

That's odd. There should be no one on your All Stars leaderboard from India, since players from India are not allowed to compete according to the Terms and Conditions. Are you looking at a different leaderboard, like the weekly race or episode race?

There will be NO accounts from India this time @Cecie ! India don't take part in All Stars.

I always seem to be matched with accounts from India which overtake me during the night!!! Will have to set alarm for morning 😂. Good luck and hope you Crush the event 🤞

All the rounds finish at 8/9am Europe time, that is not too bad. All you have to do is get up early to make sure you can crush for that last hour or two. In fact I think it's the people in America who are disadvantaged as the event finishes in the middle of their night. There are no players in India during All Stars, they don't even see the event @Cecie

Racoon7

Good luck to everyone playing 🍀

Please could you let me know why the event stages don’t finish at the same time they start? The time zones for different countries really affect the leaderboards. This is even more of an impact with the new multiplier! The event times heavily favour accounts in India unless people in Europe aren’t supposed to sleep 🥱

Princess_Jessica

I'm gonna cheer everyone on ♥️

Good luck to you playing 👏

Comments

wander full

Can I get the badge please

@christinewupp I think I have to nitpick again 🤭🤭🤭

⭐ Final Knockouts

Round 1

Start: 09:00 EDT – 26 March 2026
End: 03:00 EDT – 30 March 2026

Round 2

Start: 09:00 EDT – 1 April 2026
End: 03:00 EDT – 4 April 2026

@QueenB I think you should amend the above information, Stage 4 has 96 hours not 90 and Stage 5 has 72 hours not 66 by the T&C.

Or she should adjust her summer time after Stage 4 closing, otherwise she would give up ONE HOUR to the USA players.

Which one is your official answer for players who live in the UK, Europe? @QueenB

janicka1967

hi please advise I probably made a mistake at the beginning by clicking on allstar I don't want to qualify for any competition I take the game as fun

johamilton

Oh my, here we go again! Be sure everyone gets some sleep. Rooting for everyone. Good luck 🤩

https://community.king.com/en/candy-crush-saga/discussion/comment/3492917#Comment_3492917

You are misleading by the countdown, because the minute is not shown in the screen at this moment 😆

The minute will be shown at the last day and the second will be shown at the last hour as well😆

This kind of countdown has been used in chocolate box, Weekly Contest, etc.

https://community.king.com/en/candy-crush-saga/discussion/comment/3492975#Comment_3492975

PrettyBubbles

Hi am currently top of the first round 🥳💓

It might not count minutes, only full hours. Take a check what the clock says just before it turns 2pm, such as at 13.59h. If it still says 1 day plus 17hours, then I'd still guess it's a 7am finish.

@QueenB Im having issues with my wheel spin, it doesn't work right.

It's stuck and keeps flashing

@QueenB Im having issues with my wheel spin, it doesn't work right.

It's stuck and keeps flashing

teeweiping

Good luck to all who participate!

https://community.king.com/en/candy-crush-saga/discussion/comment/3492724#Comment_3492724

Strangely the events start using EST time but finish at EDT times!! Given the final is in London was hoping they would use GMT times and finish at 12pm like the weekly contest 🤞

II'm In 2nd place in qualifier

Hello @boneca123 : Each round is separate and blue candies collected in the earlier rounds do NOT count towards the winning total at the end.

Blue candy counts start off again at zero for each new round.

The blue candies collected do NOT add up.

King will not share with us any information on how many players there are nor how many leaderboards there are.

The last round: There may be more than ten leaderboards this year. We simply do not know and King don't tell us.

You must read the Terms and Conditions carefully and make sure you understand them.

Do not "invest" any money into the event if:

if you are not a crusher you who can play at a speed of four episodes per hour or
if you have already spent any of your tokens or
if you won't be able to crush for the full 24 hour period of the final (Tuesday 7th to Wednesday 8th just after Easter) or
if you can't afford to waste money on this: The eventual outcome even for players who meet the above criteria is like a lottery. There are many more good players than there are places in the live final.

Candy Crush All Stars is a kind of lottery only the best players can win.

Are you sure it is 6am not 7am?🤔

https://community.king.com/en/candy-crush-saga/discussion/comment/3492541#Comment_3492541

boneca123

The event will finish at 6am UK time according to the countdown on my CCS?

From previous tournaments. Not around this weekend so will try qualifying on Monday 🤞

mamicia

Good luck to everyone playing🤩

https://community.king.com/en/candy-crush-saga/discussion/comment/3492359#Comment_3492359

There will be NO accounts from India this time @Cecie ! India don't take part in All Stars.

I always seem to be matched with accounts from India which overtake me during the night!!! Will have to set alarm for morning 😂. Good luck and hope you Crush the event 🤞

Racoon7

Good luck to everyone playing 🍀