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Recent changes in Candy Crush (May 2026)

christinewupp

Though I'm no longer actively testing anything I've made some incidental observations I'd like to share here.

Maybe others would like to share anything they have noticed that has recently changed in the game.

This is what I have noted recently:

The game has become much more ads centred.

Ads can no longer be avoided: I clicked "reject all" in the personalised ads privacy settings, but I still get bombarded with ads. Because I rejected all in my game all ads I see are for other games from the app store. So anyone wishing to be rid of those ads that send you to their websites might like to try doing the same. But my ads are still as annoying and long and they send me to the app store each time instead of websites.
Ads have become longer (I guess King get more income from longer ads)
Ads are no longer automatically lost after making a purchase with real money. This will of course be very popular with players and may be a reason we see so few complaints of the ads nature recently (less work for the moderators and the community bots and fewer new players coming to our community as a result)
Rewards from watching ads vary for each level, but seem to offer exactly what is needed to achieve a certain pre-determined outcome that the app algorithm has programmed for us (which will vary between players in a bespoke manner).

I have three accounts left and all three are seeing ads. One newish account at level 500 hasn't got them (yet).

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Deal_One

@christinewupp I am noticing some changes also. Has nothing to do with ads though. One feature i like is the auto roll on the dice event.

Alienscar

It's barely more than we would normally get from the Daily Treat Machine

That's because you play every day and probably have a Treat Machine at full capacity. Mine is at 2 days so I don't get anywhere near a two hour timed Colour Bomb.

The two hour timed starting booster is an illusion of a "welcome back" gift.

I found it really helpful as the last seven levels including the Jurassic level go better using boosters.

It's easy enough for any returning player to gain timed starting boosters through the first chocolate box.

True, but 15 minutes is not as helpful as two hours

christinewupp

It's not really a useful "welcome back" offer @Alienscar : It's barely more than we would normally get from the Daily Treat Machine. A colour bomb pre level booster will not be enough to help pass many skull levels in 2026. I meant true welcome back gifts like we used to get: e.g. 15 extra moves to finish the first level, followed by extra moves for the following levels as well, that is one such gift that springs to mind. The two hour timed starting booster is an illusion of a "welcome back" gift. It's easy enough for any returning player to gain timed starting boosters through the first chocolate box. This only takes a few minutes of replaying old levels (or trying to pass the first new level).

__MULLIGANACEOUS__

It is great news to hear that ads are back for paying players. No more piggy bank nightmares.

Alienscar

The app did not offer me a "welcome back" gift like it used to do.

And yet I didn't open my game for three days and received this @christinewupp

First time that has happened in my game for such a short break.

christinewupp

I made another incidental finding today when logging into a disused account after one month (in order to claim my monthly Winter Cup gold prize):

The app did not offer me a "welcome back" gift like it used to do.

However: Although I had an empty inventory and was determined to spend no gold I was able to get back to success easily and made 317 gold from playing two episodes. I calculated that it could have been 350 gold if I had watched more ads.

This is how:

the first level of the episode was passable after the third attempt, which offered me timed starting boosters from the train offer
I gained further starting boosters automatically from chocolate boxes, making it easy to play two episodes with timed colour bombs
As it was weekend I saw Elite Candy Royale, Elite Episode Race and Super Charger due to my long absence
payout for Candy Royale was generous (260 gold)
all levels were passable on a first attempt with the timed starting boosters and by watching ads. Though I did pay gold bars twice to keep my win streak I think it would probably have been possible to keep a win streak just by watching all the ads that were offered
The game gave me an additional gold boost by adding a delicious dash amount of gold to the races (I had lost a previous race so was not on Champions race)

I am wondering if the 350 gold, made up mostly of the Candy Royale prize, served as a "welcome back" gift to get me back on my feet (The app seemed oblivious to the fact I had over 6000 gold in the account).

I think we are all now playing the same basic algorithms. There seems to be much less variety between accounts in the events or level difficulty. The structure of the app is becoming more and more simplified (still!). This can be exploited if you are clever enough.

Comments

Deal_One

@christinewupp I am noticing some changes also. Has nothing to do with ads though. One feature i like is the auto roll on the dice event.

Alienscar

It's barely more than we would normally get from the Daily Treat Machine

That's because you play every day and probably have a Treat Machine at full capacity. Mine is at 2 days so I don't get anywhere near a two hour timed Colour Bomb.

The two hour timed starting booster is an illusion of a "welcome back" gift.

I found it really helpful as the last seven levels including the Jurassic level go better using boosters.

It's easy enough for any returning player to gain timed starting boosters through the first chocolate box.

True, but 15 minutes is not as helpful as two hours

christinewupp

__MULLIGANACEOUS__

It is great news to hear that ads are back for paying players. No more piggy bank nightmares.

Alienscar

The app did not offer me a "welcome back" gift like it used to do.

And yet I didn't open my game for three days and received this @christinewupp

First time that has happened in my game for such a short break.

christinewupp

I made another incidental finding today when logging into a disused account after one month (in order to claim my monthly Winter Cup gold prize):

The app did not offer me a "welcome back" gift like it used to do.

This is how:

the first level of the episode was passable after the third attempt, which offered me timed starting boosters from the train offer
I gained further starting boosters automatically from chocolate boxes, making it easy to play two episodes with timed colour bombs
As it was weekend I saw Elite Candy Royale, Elite Episode Race and Super Charger due to my long absence
payout for Candy Royale was generous (260 gold)
all levels were passable on a first attempt with the timed starting boosters and by watching ads. Though I did pay gold bars twice to keep my win streak I think it would probably have been possible to keep a win streak just by watching all the ads that were offered
The game gave me an additional gold boost by adding a delicious dash amount of gold to the races (I had lost a previous race so was not on Champions race)