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Arcane Cascade
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Arcane Cascade

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What is Arcane Cascade?

Arcane Cascade is a match-3 puzzle on a 6x6 board of charms. You swap two neighbouring charms to line up three or more, and chain reactions score extra as new charms fall into place. Every one of the 30 boards gives you a fixed number of moves to hit a goal: reach a spell score, break all the frosted squares, or collect a set number of one charm. If your moves run out first, you try the board again.

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Genre
Puzzle
Players
1 (single player)
Session length
Under 5 min
Platform
Web browser
Devices
Desktop, Tablet, Mobile
Price
Free
Sign-up
Not required

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How to play

  1. Open a board from your spellbook. The side panel shows the goal (spell score, frost to break, or a charm to collect) and how many moves you have left.
  2. Swap two touching charms. The swap only goes through if it lines up three or more of the same charm in a row or column; otherwise nothing moves and no move is spent.
  3. Matched charms vanish, new ones fall in, and any fresh lines they form clear on their own. Each wave of a cascade scores more per charm than the one before.
  4. Line up four to create an arrow charm that sweeps its whole row or column when it is next cleared. Line up five or more for a magic pumpkin: swap it with any charm to clear every charm of that colour.
  5. On frost boards, clear the charm sitting on a frosted square to break its ice. On collect boards, match the charm type shown in the target panel.
  6. Reach the goal before the moves hit zero to win and unlock the next board. If no swap is possible, the board reshuffles for free.

Controls

Click or tap a charm, then a neighbour
Swap the two charms
Drag or swipe a charm toward a neighbour
Swap it in that direction
Arrow keys
Move the focus around the board
Enter or Space
Select the focused charm, then select a neighbour to swap
H or the Hint button
Mark a swap that works
P or Esc
Pause (Esc first drops a selected charm)
R
Restart the current board

Tips

  • Only moves are limited. There is no clock, so take time to look for the swap that sets off a chain.
  • Cascades pay off: each charm cleared in a later wave is worth more than in the first, so a swap that triggers a chain beats several single matches.
  • Make a four or five early. Arrow charms and pumpkins clear many charms in one move, which helps score, frost and collect goals alike.
  • For three stars, finish within the par shown on screen (20 to 24 moves) and do not use a hint. Two stars cover up to four moves over par.

Arcane Cascade FAQ

How many boards are there?

There are 30 boards in 10 worlds of three. Boards 1 to 10 ask for a spell score, boards 11 to 20 for breaking frost, and boards 21 to 30 for collecting a particular charm. Each board unlocks after you win the previous one.

Does using a hint cost anything?

You can use the hint as often as you like, but a board finished after using a hint can earn at most two stars.

What happens if I swap two charms that do not make a match?

The game rejects the swap, shakes the board and spends no move.

Is my progress saved?

Yes. The game saves automatically, including which boards you have unlocked, your stars and best scores, and your sound and music settings.

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