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Hey Christina, as far as I know it should go up till level 1242.
Double check both for updates for your iPad and your apps and do a restart too (I think this clears cache on your iPad).
On here http://petrescuesaga.com/help/en it says you should at least have an iPad2 and use iOS 6.0 on it.