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Game Guide: Panthia

Offer Complete: I used the full 45 days to reach Chapter 9-2 (Island 34). I had only 3 hours left on the offer and made a final purchase on the last day, which secured a payout of $ 54.77 – $ 14.91 = $39.86 for my time spent. I think I would have needed either another week of game time or more spending to reach the $50 reward at Chapter 10-3.


Step into the Panthia merging world, where magical dreams find endless possibilities! Guided by magical fairies and cute pets, embark on a journey to discover a hidden and enchanting island of magic. Unleash magical powers.

Reward: 294.77 USD
Time Limit: 30 Days
(1st Week Goal worth 15 USD)
Purchase: Optional
Ads: No Interstitial ads. Ads on for long timers, and free items.
The award will pend for 10 days
Must be installing Panthia for the first time to receive SB.

Start the Offer: https://www.swagbucks.com/games/apps/1667536/panthia?rb=69384823

Important Points

  • There is a 1st-week goal to reach Island 17 and earn $15.
  • This offer may be completed with a guest account; however, game data will not be saved. If you encounter a bug and reinstall, all progress will be lost.

Tip

30 Free Community Coins are available on Facebook weekly. You don’t need a Facebook account to get the coins.
Free items will float over the island intermittently.
Keep an eye out for yellow
sparkles!

Warning: Be careful on Facebook, over 20 bot accounts are masquerading as the official Panthia page. They also follow the official page and impersonate the developer in comments. The scam appears to be getting players to complete affiliate offers (like Swagbucks, ironically) in exchange for rewards.


  1. Important Points
    1. Energy
    2. Coins
      1. Coin Shop
        1. Premium Purchases
        2. Gift Codes
    3. Game Progression
      1. Merging Blocks
      2. Game Ads
        1. Timers
    4. Events
      1. Card Collecting
      2. July 4th
      3. Bunny Rally
      4. Fairy’s Cup
      5. Master Digger
      6. Pikoko’s Leisure Time
      7. Fruit Fusion
    5. Wonderful Flower
    6. Achievements

Energy

You can exchange Community Coins from the link on Facebook to purchase Energy up to 3 times each week.

Completing tasks in active Events will reward Energy. Leveling up and moving to new islands will also reward Energy.

Energy regenerates at a rate of 1 point every 2.5 minutes (24 points per hour). So, you can be offline for 4 hours and 9.6 minutes. Beyond 4ish hours, you’ll be wasting Energy. Time your breaks (sleep) accordingly.

Purchasing Energy costs 15 gems for 100; this cost increases to 30 and 60. I never went past 2 refills per day on any map.

Gems
Gem Fragment = Merge 3 or more
Gem = 1
Several Gems = 3
A Few Gems = 9
= 27

Coins

Coins
Coin Pieces = Merge 3 or more
Copper Fairy Coin = 3
Silver Fairy Coin = 9
Gold Fairy Coin = 27
Super Fairy Coin = 81
Shiny Fairy Coin = 243
Magic Fairy Coin = 729
Fairy Coin = 2187

When you clear a map, all remaining unused items will be converted into coins. Coins left on the map will be converted at the above valuations. Gems will be added to your total at the above valuations as well.

So you don’t lose anything by not collecting before finishing a map stage. However, I would consider combining all possible items if there is an ongoing event that rewards repeated combinations.

Coin Shop

Coins can be spent on items from the shop or used to purchase upgrades to the Garden. On the panel where you use Stars, tap on COIN. Each upgrade will provide 50 EXP. This is a convenient way to earn level-up rewards as you approach a milestone.

You may watch an ad to receive a free item from the Specials and Object tabs each day.

Premium Purchases

I made a purchase to fulfil one of the offer goals. I spent 4.99 USD on a discounted pack. It included 200 Energy, 110 Gems, and a Magnet.

The next month, I bought a 2.99 (150 Energy + 100 Energy Bonus, 30 Gems, and a Timer) pack to clear a map before heading to bed.

Lastly, with 3 hours left on the clock, I bought a $6.99 pack that included several freebies in a chain. I not only used the 350 Energy the pack offered, but I also spent 150 Gems on 200 Energy in refills just to clear the last section of a map.

In hindsight, if I had only bought the 4.99 pack, I would have run out of Energy and been forced to buy another pack. The 6.99 chained pack (170 Energy and 150 Gems) with freebies is worth more than the 4.99 pack (200 Energy, 110 Gems, 1 Magnet).

Gift Codes

On July 31st, 2025, the publisher released the code MERGE4FUN.

No expiration time was mentioned in the post.

Game Progression

We play the merging game to collect Stars, which can be used to upgrade the house and adjoining property. Using Stars will generate EXP points, which will increase your player level.

Each level up includes some extra Coins, Energy, and Gems.

It took me 2 days to reach Island 3. I don’t think it will be possible to get to island 17 within a week without spending money, and even then, it would be expensive. (I reached Island 13 on my 7th day of play).

On day 12, I managed to finish Chapter 4 (Island 16). This is the stage you have to beat in 7 days to get the bonus SB.

Starting on the 15th day of play, I stopped receiving the option to watch an ad to get energy. I don’t know what caused it, but the option just isn’t appearing when I tap on energy now.

Chapter 5, Island 4, was really long. One of the items you need to merge is a red panda. Starting at stage 3, the red panda requires Sun Magic Staves to rank up, and there are 7 stages in total. I needed 37 staves altogether. It was grueling and took 3 days to finish.

Merging Blocks

If you merge 3, you will only get 1 resulting item, and merging six gives 2. But if you merge in multiples of 5, you get a bonus item. So, when combining items, it is best to do it in multiples of 5 (10, 15, 20, etc.).

Combining enough Wands will generate a fairy, which can be used to quickly build any structure on the map. The fairy and other premium items have capacity limits. Excess items will be placed directly on the field.

Fairy = 10
Magnet = 15
Axe = Never had more than 3
Magic Stone = Only available through purchases

Game Ads

You can watch an ad to reduce the timer by 15 minutes. There is a limit to how often it presents you with the skip option.

Server reset was at Noon PST. All ad watch opportunities reset, and the publisher posted a new Community Coin link on their FB page.

NSFW Ads
There were also some adult dating and hook-up apps, as well as localized ads for feminine hygiene products and dental services. These ads referenced businesses in a neighboring county.
There were also ads featuring children’s cartoon characters that had been “aged up” using AI to make them alluring. Each included a disclaimer saying the characters were all in their “adult form.”
There were also some adult dating and hook-up apps, and some localized ads, including feminine hygiene products and dental services. These ads referenced businesses in a neighboring county.
One ad in particular was especially cringe (DopaAI). It encouraged users to upload photos of two people, with the AI generating a video of the two individuals kissing. The ad showed a clip of a couple kissing.

The app is rated Teen, and there is no disclaimer about the content of the app, which is mostly user-generated.

However, the splash screen upon installation is entirely explicit. A fully naked woman engaged in sexual intercourse, including penetration. Both male and female gentilia are distinctly visible.

Several more images and videos are displayed down the page. There are functions for uploading pictures of girls and women for the AI to “undress,” with examples being provided. Another function will generate a bukkake of any image uploaded.
Timers

You can also use a fairy to skip timers. The fairy is the final stage for those pink wands.

In the shop, you can watch an ad for two freebies. An object and some currency, typically.

Sometimes, a free item will fly overhead that looks like a movie director’s slate. This is also an ad.

TIP: Timers may continue to count down while you are watching an ad. If there are countdown timers on multiple items, it is possible that after viewing an ad, you will lose the other items.

Events

In addition to weekly events, there are separate islands that last 24 hours. These can be a source of additional Coins and Gems, and they use their own set of Energy, so you don’t waste the home map (blue) Energy by playing on them.

Some events will feature a leaderboard and prizes, depending on the finishing rank.

TIP: When merging, the game will prioritize normal blocks over event-flagged blocks. If you have 4 items (3 normal and 1 with an event marker) and you merge them together, the game will only merge the normal items and omit the event item.

Card Collecting

Neon Lights, the card-collecting game, ran for 60 days and included an exchange shop with premium Special items (fairy, magnets, wands, etc.). I saved 500 points to get a card pack, but I didn’t get anything good.

I would suggest using your points on fairies or water drops. Big prizes are paid out for reaching 30, 72, and 108 unique cards collected.

After the season ends, a new 60-day event begins. Summer Sports is the next seasonal event.

July 4th

When I started playing, the 4th of July (American Independence Day) event was active. The events each have different themes, but the rewards are mostly the same. Garden decor included red, white, and blue-themed ornaments. These were purely cosmetic additions.

Bunny Rally

This is a short 8-hour event. Look for little carrot icons on the objects in your field. If you merge these blocks, you will earn points for the event.

The carrot sizes differ, and bigger carrots will provide more points. You can see your position and possible prize on the leaderboard. The higher the level of the item, the more carrots it can potentially have.

Fairy’s Cup

The Fairy’s Cup is a 36-hour event where you earn points for spending Energy and Gems. The point breakdown is 1 for each Energy and 5 for every Gem.

Master Digger

Pretty straightforward game, you get pickaxes and clear tiles of the board to find fossils. Clearing the map rewards static prizes. I tried screenshotting the piece locations, but they change between games. There are 6 stages to the event, and I only ever made it to the 5th stage prize, which was a piñata of Energy.

Pikoko’s Leisure Time

There is a puzzle piece hunting game with 3 puzzles to complete. The final reward, though, came days after the offer was completed, so I didn’t get much out of it. There was some Energy for clearing each individual puzzle.

Fruit Fusion

This is a mini version of the main map. The controls are simplified, we only merge blocks of 3 items. When you merge, the blocks morph into a single higher tier block.

This was a good map to gain Gems, Energy, and Coins. The stages are easy to clear and don’t take much thinking.

Wonderful Flower

The first flower requires 20 Wonderful Pieces (water drops) to complete the first stage. There are 3 stages before the flower blooms completely. Between stages, there is a 20-minute break for building. The second and third stages cost 30 and 40 drops, respectively.

After the first intro, flowers come, mushrooms, and other flowers, which need many more water drops to complete. The rewards do increase, but not by much.

Tip: Starting construction of the flower just before placing the final structures for a map will cause the flower to be instantly completed when you start the next map. You can skip the 20-minute construction.

You will receive rewards for completing each stage. They are not great; however, there is no way to throw away the water drops, so they will clog up your board if you don’t use the flower.

You can temporarily move the flower bubble to the side of the screen (over the water) when starting a new map.

There are multiple flower spots in the garden. After you complete a bloom, a new flower bud will be provided. Water drops can be bought in the Coin Shop (Specials) near the end of the list.

FlowerReward
Mini (20 Water)
Small (30 Water)
Growing (40 Water)
MushroomReward
Mini Mushroom15 Energy
Small Mushroom100 Coins
Growing Mushroom1 Fairy
Great Mushroom 200 Coins
Enchanted Mushroom300 Coins
Wonderful Mushroom (70 Water)2k Coins, 5 Gems, 1 Magnet
TulipReward
Tulip Sprout (30 Water)20 Energy
Tulip Bud150 Coins
Mini Tulip1 Fairy
Great Tulip (50 Water)300 Coins
Enchanted Tulip (70 Water)400 Coins
Wonderful Tulip3k Coins, 5 Gems, 1 Magnet

After completing the Tulip, we get a garden set starting with the Cala Lily. A new item is needed to complete the flower. Now we are collecting Sunshine and Waterdrops.

You will get lots of unused Water before you get all of the Sunshine needed to make the upgrade. You can swap for Suneshines in the card trading exchange.

GardenReward
Calla Lily Sprout (15 Water, 10 Sunshine)25 Energy
Calla Lily Bud (25 Water, 15 Sunshine)200 Coins
Mini Calla Lily (35 Water, 25 Sunshine)1 Fairy
Great Calla Lily (45 Water, 30 Sunshine)400 Coins
Enchanted Calla Lily (55 Water, 35 Sunshine)Unknown

Achievements

55 possible Achievements can be completed, and each will provide a reward to players. Rewards generally include Gems and Coins, but may also include special avatars and frames.

Tapping on the 3 bars in the top-right of the screen will open a sub-menu which includes the list of achievements. There are too many to list here if you include the stages.

Battle Night

Update December 2024: I occasionally run play tests to see whether offer terms are achievable. In a recent playtest, I managed to get 15 Orange heroes in 40 days.

MyPoints was referenced for this offer; however, it is currently (as of July 2025) only available through InboxDollars.

Of the advertised 251 USD, it should be possible to earn 100 USD through goal completions.

Additionally, there are two reimbursed purchases totaling 30 USD. Taxes or VAT may increase the purchase cost.

  1. The Offer
  2. VIP Cost
  3. Strategy
  4. Game Codes
  5. Friends
  6. Lineup
  7. Camps (Evolve)
  8. B.C.P.D (Police)
  9. Mart (Shop)
  10. Events
  11. Gear
  12. Halidoms

The Offer

Finish the following events within 45 days to receive up to 251.11 USD.

  • Must be a new user of Battle Night.
  • Must finish requirements within 45 days to earn Points.
  • The award will pend for 31 days

InboxDollars does not provide direct links. You may navigate to the site to begin the offer. If you do not have an account, here is my referral link.

https://www.inboxdollars.com?rb=111005361

The purchases are optional; however, they are reimbursed and will set you on your way, so I would suggest spending the money.

Both purchases can be made on the first day. This is especially useful for the “Month Card.”

The VIP 4 goal requires you to spend $79.95 (if you also buy the Premium Pass) or $ 109.94 if you buy only Diamonds.

I advise against either option. The reward for reaching VIP 4 is not worth the cost. I also do not believe it is possible to get a Red Hero in the allotted time of this offer.

You would need to be extremely lucky and obtain multiple copies of a single premium hero through all your gacha pulls and events.

Please refer to the chart below for VIP pricing.

Month Card (4.99)
Premium Pass (29.99)

VIP Cost

LevelPoint NeededPrice (USD)
1254.99
27514.98
315029.99
430059.98
550099.99
6800159.97
71,500299.97
83,000599.94
97,0001,399.86
1012,0002,399.76
1120,0003,999.60
1230,0005,999.40
1340,0007,999.20
1450,0009,999.00
Total Cost of VIP165,30033,066.63
Points are not Cumulative

Strategy

The heroes you will be dealing with for this offer come in 4 colors: Green, Blue, Purple, and Orange.

The “12 and 15” Orange Hero requirements for this offer may be difficult to achieve without an obvious focus on specific heroes.

Make sure you finish all steps of your Daily Quests and also collect each of the Online rewards in the control panel. The Hire coins you receive from these activities will be useful for the Hiring Events.

Game Codes

The following codes were available on social media and worked for me as of August 15th, 2024. You can check Instagram, Discord, or Facebook for new codes.

Code (Case-Sensitive)Reward
Happy4th (valid until Nov 30th)10 Senior Hire Coins and 1k Diamonds
BNCyber1k Diamonds
Th7771k Diamonds
Th77771k Diamonds
BN2024HNY10 Senior Hire Coins and 500 Diamonds

To redeem the codes you need to tap on the Heart icon on your Player Info screen.

Friends

A game function includes a friends list with other players on your server. You can request people to add you to their list in the World chat.

Each day, you may send and receive flowers. The free flowers are Blue and provide a small number of points for exchange in the Mart. Purple flowers require Diamonds and give a larger amount of points for exchange.

Some players will only add friends who promise to send Purple flowers.

Lineup

My team changed quite a bit during the first week of play. I mostly placed higher-quality heroes in the front and blue/green in the back. However, this was not a proper lineup for battle.

After gaining access to PvP battles, I was able to observe better synergies with heroes and which ones had the best survivability. I also checked some YouTube videos on the game and found that some of the early game heroes were very good for PvE and PvP combat.

Kratos, Harpe, Charlotte, Fino, A-Zhao, and Arae.

My Tank is Kratos, and the Off-Tank is Harpe. The middle is occupied by Charlotte and Fino. The back row has A-Zhao and Arae.

Both Kratos and Charlotte have self-healing abilities. Kratos has a very high defense, which pairs with the healing to make for an excellent tank.

Kratos and Arae are acquired through Senior hires most often. Harpe is a reward from logging in on Day 5, Day 7, and the Trials. Charlotte is the 4th reward from the Perfect Hire event after spending 20 Coins. A-Zhao comes with a beginner’s event and some early purchases.

Early to Mid Game: Around level 70, the above lineup started to fail at PvE, and so I rearranged the group and replaced some members. I kept Fino for his group buff effect in battle. New members of my lineup include Charlotte and Phoebe.

BackMiddleFront
A-ZhaoHarpeCharlotte
PhoebeFinoKratos

Charlotte has a more frequent self-healing ability compared to Kratos, and she also has a chance to stun enemies. Phoebe is a Crowd-Control type Warrior; she has a primary attack that can stun enemies. I found it pairs well with Charlotte’s Stun ability.

Both Charlotte and Phoebe can be evolved to Orange, and so this works well for the offer.

Camps (Evolve)

The game includes characters from 6 factions (called Camps), each Camp will have a Blue hero you will want to keep as a required ingredient to form an Orange hero.

It is important to note that of the Blue heroes that you get from Rookie/Senior hires, only those listed below in the “Fodder For” column can be evolved to Orange.

You may get “lucky” and pull a Purple hero that also has an Orange or Red version; however, you will still need 2 more copies of that hero and then 5 extra Purples from the same camp to complete the Evolution.

To make an Orange, you will need two Purple copies of the hero, plus 2 Purples from the same camp, and two random Purples. A total of six Purple heroes are needed to make an Orange from the first set of heroes listed below.

To make an Orange from the advanced heroes listed below, you will need three copies of the original, three copies of the fodder, and two Purples from the same camp.

Check your Mart and Exchange Shops every day for the copies you need. Save up Perfect Hire coins, General and Royal tokens, and Bullets for the weekly events.

Check to see how much you need to use to reach a milestone, and then stop there and save the rest until the next event. We have 6 weeks to complete the offer.

NameCampRarityFodder For
HeloiseMachineBluePoll
LeahTamerBluePhoebe
MayneMartialBlueA-Zhao*
CamillaNatureBlueKratos
EvelynnFallenBlueDreyfus
DariaHackerBlueSamuel
HarpeNatureBlue/Purple/OrangeHarpe*
TigerMartialBlue/PurpleWassily
AraeTamerBlue/PurpleNymeria
NaomiMachineBlue/PurpleGilbert
LyseNatureBlue/PurpleRaphael
GrinborthFallenBlue/PurpleArngreene
AttisFallenBlue/PurpleMisteltein
GassolHackerBlue/PurpleBeamon
FinoHackerBlue/PurpleSayung
Blues to Keep

*Harpe and Zhao may be the easiest to get to Orange because the tutorial and tasks provide copies of these heroes. Some of the early game purchases will also provide more copies.

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A recycling function is available on the Backstreet Map that will allow you to dismantle your unwanted Green and Blue heroes in exchange for resources to upgrade the keepers.

B.C.P.D (Police)

You can unlock 4 tasks daily, with additional uses available with VIP status. Tasks can be refreshed using Bullets or Diamonds. Police Badges will open a new task after completing the currently available tasks. Each task will require heroes from different Camps, varying Star and Quality ranks, and each hero can only be assigned to a single mission at a time. Your score during the Bounty Event will be based on the number of completed tasks.

Mart (Shop)

You can purchase items from the Mart using Gems and occasionally Gold. Many additional shops will become available as you increase in level and unlock the Arena and similar features.

If you see Senior or Rookie Hire Coin, I would advise you to purchase these. The Hero fragments only need to be bought if they correspond with one of the heroes on the Camp chart provided.

Sometimes you will encounter discounted prices on items either in the Mart or on the Chapter Stages. Always buy items that are available for Gold.

Please consult the chart below for item values.

ItemOriginal Cost
Basic Hire
Senior Hire250 D (60 FP)
Perfect Hire1,200 D
General Poker50 D (30 FP for 2) [250 AP for 2]
Royal Poker
Orange Blueprint3,000 D
Blue Fragment800 D
D= Diamond, FP= Friend, AP= Arena

Events

The in-game events last a week and run monthly on a set cycle.

Bounty > Perfect Hire > Arcade + Dawn Event

You can save unused items from the events for the next time around. We have 6 weeks to complete the offer terms, so you will get a chance to use them again.

Specifically, we are looking for Perfect Hire Coins and Blue/Purple Fragments for select heroes. Consult the chart for the names of your upgrade materials.

The Arcade

Rookie Hire

Perfect Hire

You will want to save up your Perfect Hire coins. In the events panel, you will receive rewards for completing sets of hires. See pictures for details. I had 20 coins available when the event started.

Dawn Commission

You need to reach level 50 before completing tasks for this event. As you play, you will receive Dawn Cinema Tickets, which can be used to refresh commissions at the Dawn Cinema.

You can complete 5 missions each day, and using a filmstrip will unlock an extra play. You get more points from Purple missions, so keep refreshing to get purples and complete them. You can also give yourself a handicap in exchange for a % increase in rewards.

The Dawn Commission Shop includes Fragments for Purple heroes for 70k points.

Bounty Event

Complete bounty tasks at the B.C.P.D. to earn points to redeem.

You’ll want to keep refreshing the available tasks until a Purple one shows up. We need to complete 30 Purple tasks to receive 2 Blue copies of Charlotte. We will also get 16 Senior Hires, 1 Perfect Hire, and 1,200 Diamonds.

We need to earn 264 points in the Bounty Event to spend in the Bounty Store. This is enough to purchase all of the Hire Coins, Purple Fragments, Poker Chips, and Energy Orbs.

Gear

Using the Workshop on the Backstreet Map, you can craft gear for your heroes. Part of the tutorial will include instructions on how to manage this function.

Halidoms

These become available to heroes level 45 and above. They are an additional form of equipment that adds extra enhancements to your hero’s stats. The Halidoms come in different Quality levels of Green, Blue, Purple, Orange, and Red. Upgrade materials can be acquired from the Chapter Missions.

County Story: Merge & Cooking

This title is offered on Swagbucks for $365.50 and $414.23 on MyPoints. The terms now state a 30-day time limit. When I completed the offer at a lower reward level ($231.67), I had a 45-day limit.

Swagbucks Terms
MyPoints Terms

A standard merging game, County Story is food-themed. Your character has just had her wedding fall through and has decided to restore her family’s cafe/restaurant.

The gameplay is restricted to a single game board. Events have screens and do not affect objects on the main board. Events will supply additional resources such as Energy, Food, Gold, or Gems.

Tip: put Benny’s dog house away in the fridge and don’t bother merging this item. The dog house task and subsequent tasks are intended to slow down the player’s progress through the game. The rewards provided for completing these tasks are very small and they do not improve over time.

You will advance through the game by accruing experience points from completed customer orders. No other task in the game will provide experience points. Gold coins are awarded for completing orders. The coins are then used to complete upgrades to the cafe.

Completing a full bar of tasks will move the story to the next day. Your player level will eventually decouple from the game day to some degree. Some tasks will allow you to choose decorations for your cafe. The building continues to grow in size throughout gameplay.

I purchased the monthly membership to get daily bonuses. I also purchased the VIP access, but I did encounter issues with that which I mentioned later.

Most items can be merged with the final tier displaying a yellow star. For chests, the higher the tier the better the reward upon opening. I would suggest saving your chests in the storage until you have enough to merge to the max tier before opening.

Each day you may claim an Energy chest and a Daily Gift (S). If you save the Daily Gift, it can be merged into either a Medium (2 days) or Large (4 days). The rewards from the Large chest are quite ample and in my opinion worth the wait.

I found the storage area to be a bit too small to be useful given all the objects that you have on the board. I would suggest spending the Gems to unlock 2 extra slots.

Warning: the VIP Fridge can only be unlocked for a limited period. The slots are only valid for the currently active seasonal event. They will go away regardless of how recently you purchased the VIP Pass. If you buy it on the last day, then you will have less than 24 hours of VIP Fridge access.

Tips:

  • Completed Paint sets can be freed from bubbles by watching an ad
  • Once a day you may collect up to 12 Energy in the Event Center menu
  • 20 Energy points may be claimed by watching an ad every 10 minutes on alternating days. On alternate days, you can only watch ads to open bubbles. This resets at midnight.
  • If you watch an ad for Energy, you cannot open a bubble for another 10 minutes and vice versa.

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Seaside Escape

Kryphos has changed almost beyond recognition in the last five years, and fallen celebrity Rowan needs your help to turn things around. Come and join us, and get lost in the world of Seaside Escape!

Terms

Reach the listed goals within 60 days to earn Up to 7,705 SB! (77.05 USD)

Direct link to offer: https://www.swagbucks.com/offer?oid=24669&rb=69384823

  • Must be installing Seaside Escape for the first time to receive SB.
  • Must complete events within 60 days of installing to receive SB.
  • In-app purchases and upgrades are available.
  • Award will pend for 10 days

Strategy

This title is a Merging game from the same developers as Gossip Harbor. It is similar to Alices Adventure.

There are rotating Events every week. A photo scrapbook will provide rewards for completed collections.

How you manage your playing space will be an important factor to consider. We will not have an Inventory function to manage space, and only five producers can be left active at a time.

We have been given a healthy 60 days to complete this game and the rewards have been structured without requiring purchases. Keep in mind though that reaching level 40 will only net us 10 USD.

The true value of this offer will be going beyond this point.

Leveling

Your Dock has seven levels and is the main entryway to the island map. This is where you will interact primarily.

Completing orders for goods from producers will earn you EXP to raise your level.

Tips & Tricks

Check the official Facebook page for energy giveaways.

VioletMarbles (Reddit)

Game Guide: Mecha Domination

For centuries, this world has been plagued by wars and massacres, until you, a valiant commander emerge.”

Got a new Build & Battle title available through Swagbucks for $61.25 in total rewards. (This is a low reward. Best wait until it doubles or triples in value).

We do have an advantage though. This title is actually from the same developer as Puzzles and Conquest, Survival, and Chaos.

Level 30 is the end game and we are not likely to reach that stage within the 30-day time limit on this offer. The level 26 stage may be possible, but will likely require the spending objectives to be completed.

It is a play on the post-apocalyptic, State of Survival style games but instead of zombies, you have these Dinosaurs with robotic parts. It looks like someone in development really liked Transformers: Beast Wars.

There are two purchases required for the full prize. The current valuation for this offer is low, and it would probably be better to wait for a better reward tier list. The final two goals are $30 and the purchases are $20, so you will only get $11.25 from this offer if you don’t spend money on it.

So we know what to expect to some degree.

Warning!

There are AI bots actively trying to scam players into stopping this game. This is discussed on both the Facebook and Discord channels for the game. Some of the Alliance Leaders you encounter in the game will be bots.

If your Alliance leader says you need to add them on Discord to stay in the Alliance, this is a scam. The bot will send you a faked screenshot of server maintenance taking 15 days to complete. It will then try to get you to play a different game. The bot uses AI and may seem like a real person.

Offer Terms

  • Must be a new user of the app to earn SB.
  • Reach all levels listed below within 30 days of installation to earn Up to 6,125 SB.
  • The award will pend for 10 days

Direct link to offer: https://www.swagbucks.com/offer?oid=24262&rb=69384823

Goals

GoalReward
Install0 SB
Reach City Hall Level 525 SB
Reach City Hall Level 950 SB
Reach City Hall Level 12100 SB
Buy the HQ Level-Up Pack within 24 hours after Level 12 500 SB
Reach City Hall Level 15 150 SB
Buy First Top-up Deluxe Gift 1,500 SB
Reach City Hall Level 18300 SB
Reach City Hall Level 20500 SB
Reach City Hall Level 261,000 SB
Reach City Hall Level 302,000 SB
Total6,125 SB
Offer Goals
  1. Warning!
  2. Offer Terms
  3. Goals
  4. Strategy
  5. Alliances
  6. Player
  7. Heroes
  8. Upgrading Dinosaurs
  9. HQ Upgrade Requirements
  10. Town Layout
  11. Airship
  12. Codes
  13. Bugs
  14. Final Result

Strategy

We have limited time to reach our goal, so we will want to stock up on resources and speed boosts. You can find these items in the Shop and other menus throughout the game.

Resources can be gathered by your troops on the World Map or by attacking other players. It may be a good idea to get some 8-hr Shields for the Killing event that usually takes place in these games.

You can spend Diamonds (premium currency) to buy resources for cheap in the VIP shop. I saved my first initial 8,000 Diamonds and used them to unlock the Advanced Supply Pack. This will pay me back my Diamonds over a week and I get various other items as a bonus.

I used maybe 4,000 Diamonds to upgrade my VIP rank to 2 for the extra economic bonuses and access to additional VIP Shop items. I was able to buy some VIP Points in the Alliance Shop.

Unfortunately, you don’t get VIP time extension items without paying money or Diamonds. There is a free boost, so you will have maybe 3 days of VIP.

I would suggest saving up to get the 30 days of VIP.

EffectCost (Diamonds)
24h VIP600
7d VIP3,600
30d VIP12,000
VIP Activation Costs

2nd Builder: To unlock the second building queue you can either make a purchase in the shop for 4.99 USD or you can spend Diamonds to “rent” the extra slot for 48 hours for 1,200 Diamonds.

Alliances

As with any multiplayer game, you will benefit from joining an Alliance and taking part in group activities. You can get some construction timer discounts from fellow members as well as free items from everyone completing daily tasks. In addition, there are many Alliance-based events to take part in.

The Alliance Glory tab will include some prizes that become available as your members complete their goals. Gold buttons on your taskbar (bottom-right) are shortcuts to Alliance functions such as Help, Building, and Battles.

Player

In addition to setting your Avatar image, you can change your character model. This is purely ascetic and will not affect gameplay. In the Settings panel, you can disable notifications, enter game codes, and access your game achievements.

Stamina: Your bar will display as full at 200 points of Stamina. Each day you can get a refill of 80 points from the Airship building. There is no maximum or cap on the amount of Stamina you can accrue. The highest amount of Stamina I reached was 620 points.

Commander Gear: At HQ level 22 you gain access to crafting and equipping gear for your commander. Six pieces of gear can be made and equipped. They boost the stats of your combat troops.

Heroes

Unlike the other games in this genre, we do not have people as heroes, instead we get mecha dinosaurs. The game uses a merging mechanic to upgrade the dinos to higher tiers (colors). You will mostly capture dinosaurs on the world map and then use the copies to upgrade your main unit.

Dinosaurs have both Exploratory and Military bonuses that will impact your city and armies. These can be upgraded with Skill Manuals.

Capturing is always a success up through level 7 beasts, but starting at level 8 you will need to use a “net” item with a varying success rate. These can be collected by completing your Daily Tasks. Level 8 and higher beasts are likely to be Blue or Purple rarity.

Tip: The Sickleclaw has a Passive ability that increases construction speed. At max rank, you get 15% off. You will want to hunt the Sickleclaw to get extra copies for upgrading.

Pyodra can increase Research speed by a maximum of 20%.

Caesar is only available in Advanced Hunt or through purchases. You may find Caesar on the World Map, however capturing it requires a Beast Lab at level 20.

Upgrading Dinosaurs

The process is pretty straightforward. Your dinosaurs start as Green and you will need three (3) additional green copies to upgrade the dino to Blue. Once you hit Blue you just need an extra Blue to make a Purple. To upgrade a Purple, you need four (4) more Purple copies.

This will get you your first Orange dinosaur. My first orange beast was the Dune Crawler. An early game event gives you a bunch of Purple copies.

CORRECTION: After 9 Orange pips, the cost increases to 2 Orange copies per pip, for a total cost of 15 Orange copies to reach Red.

BaseUpgradeQuick Alter
4x Green1x Blue40x Green = Orange
2x Blue1x Purple10x Blue = Orange
5x Purple1x Orange45x Purple = Orange (1* T3)
15x Orange1x Red45x Orange = Red2

Each completed Star (*) represents an increase in the dinosaur’s stats.

If you consistently complete your daily capture task, you can likely upgrade 1-2 dinosaurs up to Red during this offer. But it is not necessary to complete the deal.

HQ Upgrade Requirements

I skipped the Tutorial levels for the following chart. I forgot to screenshot some levels. My building time numbers may differ some from yours based on timer reductions from bonuses.

A player in chat lamented that the upgrade time from HQ 22 to 23 was almost 8 days!

Note: I was not scrolling down on the upgrade screen, so the list is missing the Oil amounts for levels 12 through 19.

My construction Speed bonuses increased over time, and I received a 50% boost at level 22. This took 3.5 days off the timer.

LevelBuildingsResourcesTime (Approx.)
7Alliance Hall 648k Food/Water00:16:19
8Rider Grounds and Beast Lab 9131k Food/Water01:27:15
9
10Rider Grounds and Beast Lab 9482k Food/Water07:24:57
11
12Beast Lab 111.96M Food/Water and 67.2K Steel10:34:58
13
14Rider Grounds and Beast Lab 132.97M Food/Water and 216K Steel15:41:36
15Ranged Ground and Beast Lab 144.62M Food/Water and 458K Steel19:07:58
16Research Institute and Beast Lab 156.6M Food/Water and 867K Steel1d 01:10:49
17Fighter Grounds and Beast Lab 169.68M Food/Water and 1.76M Steel1d 09:36:07
18Rider Grounds and Beast Lab 1713.5M Food/Water and 2.64M Steel1d 19:41:32
19Ranged Grounds and Beast Lab 1817.8M Food/Water and 3.63M Steel2d 08:00:58
20Research Institute and Beast Lab 1923.1M Food/Water, 5.17M Steel, and 887K Oil3d 05:49:09
21Fighter Grounds and Beast Lab 2029.9M Food/Water, 7.15M Steel, and 1.54M Oil3d 23:53:15
22Rider Grounds and Beast Lab 2138.1M Food/Water, 9.79M Steel, and 2.53M Oil5d 12:47:20
23Ranged Grounds and Beast Lab 2249.3M Food/Water, 13.8M Steel, and 4.07M Oil7d 12:22:02
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HQ Leveling Requirements (up to Level 23)
  • The Headquarters Level-Up Pack will display on-screen after finishing the HQ 12 upgrade. If you close the window, you can reopen it by tapping the countdown timer on the right side of the screen just below the Events button.
  • The Deluxe First Top-Up is priced at $19.99, but we only get back $15. I decided not to buy it.

Town Layout

I found another player using this layout, so I did my best to copy the design. It is much easier to upgrade the resource buildings with this layout.

Airship

You can collect 80 Stamina points from the Airship facility each day. Additionally, the facility will provide 5-minute speedups periodically throughout the day. I placed it near the center of my base to make it easier to select and see.

Each day you may also claim a Secret Crate bonus by entering the correct code. The Airship should give you the code in the dialog, but this is not always noticed. Your best option is to check the World Chat log to find the code or ask other players in your Alliance.

Codes

You can find codes for the game both on the official Facebook page and their Discord server. There are links to both in-game.

To enter them just tap on your Avatar and then go to Settings and “Gift Code.”

If you are playing on iOS, you will need to use their code redemption website since the Apple Store no longer allows apps to include code redemption options in-game.

The following codes were active when I started playing (July 2024).

Codes are Case Sensitive
MCDBEER2024
DC15KFANS
DC20KFANS
DC25KFANS
FB50KFANS
FB60KFANS
FB70KFANS
FATHERS2024
Mother’s Day and Children’s Day codes are Expired
They said an 80k Facebook Fans code would be released
Mecha Domination Codes

If you have access to either Facebook or Discord you should make sure you enter all of their contests on those platforms. You will need your UID which can be found in your settings.

The rewards can be useful when completing offers. I know for Sea of Conquest the Facebook rewards came in really handy near the end of that offer.

Bugs

There are a few UI bugs, most notably that the Military and Exploratory categories are backward. You’ll also notice the chat window does not separate the text, so you will see World Chat and Alliance Chat on the same screen.

Final Result

I was partway through the upgrade to HQ level 23 when the offer expired. I did not make any purchases. I earned a total of 11.25 USD for my time. Not really worth the 30 days I spent working on the offer but perhaps you will do better or maybe they will raise the reward.

Goblins Wood: Lumber Tycoon

Updated 8/03/25: New offer terms and goal achievements. The reward increased to 4,046 USD, and the time limit is extended to 60 days.

Update August: An Update to the guide is in progress.

We have another Tycoon offer from the same developer* as Gold and Goblins.

Are you ready for a new addictive mining simulator game – Goblins Wood: Lumber Tycoon?

Link to offer: https://www.swagbucks.com/games/apps/1163704/goblins-wood?rb=69384823

Terms

Join this exciting idle merge adventure and enjoy a lot of challenging levels! Reach the listed levels to earn up to 404,620 SB!*

We are given 60 days to clear 100 levels in this Tycoon game. Reaching level 35 is worth $12.24 or $14.24 if you complete the purchase goal.

The rewards have been balanced since the last update to this offer. The level 90 goal was altered to be $200 instead of $266. The difference in value has been distributed among the lesser goals.

  • Must be installing Goblins Wood for the first time to receive SB.
  • Must complete events within 60 days of installing to receive SB.
  • In-app purchases and upgrades are available.
  • The award will pend for 10 days

My Experience: I played in 2024 when the reward was less than 100 dollars.

I only reached level 35, which took 25 days. I had caught the flu early on in the offer and was bedridden to the point where I could not even play games.

Whether or not the lost 5 days would have been enough to reach the next goal is difficult to say. I earned $14.50, including a reimbursed purchase. Not really worth the time invested.

With the new goals and values, I think this offer is worth attempting.


Strategy

I think a key point to these Tycoon-type games is how you set up your workers for the periods when you will be idling or offline.

Generally, when you are getting ready for bed, this is a good time to set your Goblins to work on a particularly stubborn tree. Somewhere in the 6-10 hour range.

Any other blocks of your day where you will not have ready access to your goblin workforce should also be delineated in the same manner.

Events

During regular gameplay, when you have run into a slowdown or a lull in lumber clearance rates, this is a good time to switch over to whichever Event map is currently active.

As with the Gold variety of Goblins, Lumber also runs Event maps concurrently with your main field for this offer. You should definitely take advantage of these events for the rewards they provide.

I would suggest saving your premium currency to use exclusively in Events.

The higher your ranking in the event, the greater the rewards from the Leaderboard, which can be substantial, and more than you would get from spending on the main map.

Ads

I know they are irritating, but you need to watch them, every single one of them. You can set your phone down or walk away if you need to, but run those ads.

The boosts from watching ads can include big chunks of resources or even fully leveled Goblin workers. This will make a huge difference in the speed of clearing a map.

We have 90 maps to clear, so any boost will be of benefit in the long run.

Tips

As far as I know, there are no codes available in this game.

I have been unable to locate a Facebook page for the game or any other social media presence other than a YouTube video they released.

There is already a popular woodcraft business called “Goblin Wood” on Facebook.


*

It’s a different company; however, these games are often licensed out to publishers on a contract basis.

This is why you often see mobile games getting re-released by different businesses in the App Store.

Epic Summoners

I don’t think this game is offered on Swagbucks anymore. It was one of the first game offers I tried back in 2020 when I first started using the platform.

I don’t recall enough about the game to write a guide. I do remember it used merging mechanics similar to AFK Arena. I liked the character designs. Chibi is cute.

Age of Coins: Master of Spins

Organise attacks, spin the wheel, raid your friends, and develop your epoch! Install Age of Coins and unlock the listed epochs within 30 days to earn Up to 42,530 SB!*

Direct link to offer: https://www.swagbucks.com/offer?oid=23025&rb=69384823

  • SB will appear as Pending for 7 days after completing each event.
  • Must be installing the app for the first time.
  • Must unlock each Epoch within 30 days of install.
  • Award will pend for 7 days

No Guide

I played until Epoch 11, but when I went to check my progress on the Swagbucks website, I found that the offer had not been tracked properly.

The ‘Install’ didn’t get tracked so I had to give up on this offer.

I had sent the offer to my phone as a text, which usually works, but when I tried to play the game it said it needed a Facebook account to connect to. I didn’t have one and had to make an account.

I think this is where the tracking was lost.

There was a ‘guest’ login method I could have used, in hindsight, I should have used that method instead.

It’s just some bad luck is all. I wish you prosperity in completing this offer.

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