The best strategy for Poached Eggs level 3-9 is to loft the first Red bird into the top-right wooden blocks, causing them to fall onto a few of the pigs below. Then fire the next Red bird into the upper half of the main tower, causing it to fall rightward onto the remaining pigs. The score in the video below is 76,120.
Version 2022:
78k
1st r/b- To the second horizontal blocks which should eliminate the last 4 pigs.
2nd r/b- To the wood block above the ice block.
Took me a while to realize it is the second horizontal block from the top. Also, had better luck hitting the second wood block above the ice block. Improved from my previous <74K.
I am very curious about this level. I play on G+ and max amount of points with 2 bird shot is 80.000. When i achieved 79.900, only thing that remained was one cracked wood.
Obviously, 80k+ scores are with 1 bird shot, and there are several of them on leader board.
Can someone please post their method how they did it.
You may not be aware that the walkthroughs for these old levels were originally posted with several levels in a single walkthrough. The old walkthroughs and the comments are at the end of the walkthroughs. Go back to PE main walkthrough page and select last page (7 I think). Someone mentions getting 80+K with NO birds, i.e., sometimes the level is unstable and collapses without and birds being shot.
Hey I didn’t know that about old walkthroughs and comments still here! Cool thankz mnlva that’s good to know;)sdry I mixed up your mame texting not good :(
Exactly, just repeat and repeat, the tower will eventually collapse by its own.
Only top pig was left, 2 birs left for +20K. You dont have to wait more than 5-10 seconds too see if the tower is shaking.
Thanks @emider !!!! I finally got over 80k !!! I just kept resetting till the tower was swaying noticeably and waited till it either stopped which I then threw some birds at it :-) or fell – for quite some time, only 3-4 bricks would fall from the top… finally though the whole thing fell and left only the top pig and the blocks and dice above the ice piece.. one red bird and poof! 82k yeay!!!!!
It’s true… reset until the tower has a noticeable sway, then cross your fingers. (-:
Curses, my tower went to the left lol
Finally got fall to right, score 83850, easy to recognise other ‘birders’ when you pass them in the street, we all lean to the right
AMslimfordy’s video worked well.
Could not get the entire stack to fall to the right. Top blocks did.
My score of 77400 was achieved with out the collapse but I noticed it swaying and wanting to tip over but it finally settled. So instead of hitting it at the second horizontal plank from the top, which is where I was hitting it before with scores over 75500…I aimed first red bird at the point where I could tell if it was going to collapse, that’s where it falls from. This would be the second horizontal plank from the bottom. This caused the whole thing to fall right and crumble down taking all pigs but the very top one with it. Second red bird to the vertical wood plank above glass at top right. Now I just need it to collapse so i can get 80K+ ;-)
Finally the same thing happened to me!! Exept I had the 2nd bird ready to fling and had to hold him in position until the tower FINALLY FELL!! My flingin finger will never be the same!! But it was worth it!!
I love the LOD challenges. So far since I found them very educational and I have enjoyed tremendoudly trying to improve my score on my own and with my fellow flingers here at ABN.
This level however has a huge discrepancy in the scores and what seems possible. I have had the debris down to almost nil and it seems that there is no way that a score of 80k is possible as the level is CURRENTLY set up unless it’s one bird and I cannot fathom that possible shot.
I think that the max score after two birds and all structure destroyed would be at the very most 79k. and the best scores from today seem to support that. I am curious if anyone has a different take or opinion.
Was there some difference in the past that allowed for higher scores? I read back through the walkthrough thread and there was several mentions of no bird scores due the tower flling on it’s own.
I would humbly and respectfully request that levels that have glitches and unstable physics be excluded from the LOD challenges if at all possble.
@swelld this level definitely can be done with one bird. If you restart it enough times, eventually the wooden structure will collapse on its own to the right, taking out most of the pigs with it. I had this happen twice this evening. Both times I had just the top pig left. The first time I blew the first shot and missed the pig! The second time I got it for a score of 83k. The higher scores could be zero birders, or maybe they just had more destruction from the collapse. Bottom line: keep restarting until the wooden tower collapses on its own.
@swellD I will attempt to honor that request the best I can. This is actually the first unstable level I have chosen. I’m sure I will let one slip through every once in a while. However, it’s kind of fun to see how many people have the patience to actually read the walkthrough pages and wait for the collapse.
@rdnzlrips82 and @swellD…You may not have to “wait” for the collapse…see below ;-)
I’m not sure if it’s the level that’s unstable or if it’s the obstinate players who just won’t quit until the darned thing falls that are unstable. ;)
83750 I really appreaciate all that the Nest has to offer, and it’s free which is amazing. I realize that you cannot fix anything that rovio makes a mistake on. I just like the idea of the challenge in it’s closest to pure form instead of quirks and chance that the flinger can’t influence. I was able to finally after ( and I am not kidding here) about 600-700 restarts to have the tower fall totally to the right. At best only a few would tumble 1 out of 10 tries and never in a consistant way.
Just let me express again my thanks for helping keep the game fresh with a wonderful way to challenge ourselves!
@swelld. I can see both sides of this issue. Aside from the fact that I benefitted from it today (trust me, I rarely benefit from the collapsing levels), I suspect this isn’t a “mistake” in Rovio’s part. They could obviously program the game so that structures don’t shift and sway. I’m sure it’s intentional, and it adds another variable to the game.
I don’t like waiting for them either, and I was lucky that I didn’t have to wait long this morning. Sometimes we get lucky, sometimes we don’t.
And, no, I didn’t think the scores near 100K are possible. On the challenge page, these have been flagged, the score from the current #1 was already removed once (and the player is most definitely not “cool” in my view).
@swellD and @doctonynyc..I don’t like the self collapsing levels either because I don’t have the patience…which is why if my tower didn’t sway after a few seconds, I went ahead and sent the first red bird in to “disturb” the tower with the falling wood and dice..this way you don’t have to “wait”, LOL!!! Except a few seconds after first bird to see if it did the trick. Congrats on your scores guys!!!
I concur!
@HallieGinSB thanks for the confirmtion of what I suspected. I would have to say though that the top score of 100k seems just unlikely even for a no birder but heck who knows.
I just got a one birdie for a 83560 score and here’s how it ended up playing out:
I have restarted the level a few times, hoping for the collapse but only had a partial once with not much destruction. So I reset it again a few more times with nothing swaying so I sent first red bird to hit the bottom #6 dice pretty low. They tumbled down, got some piggies including the top two and one of the dice bumped the wood tower but I din’t think much of it cause it was still standing. Then I noticed it started to sway so I waited a few seconds and the top three pieces fell first and I thought, Wow..that’s it!…But then I noticed it started to seperate some more from where the second horizontal plank from the bottom is. A second or two later, it did seperate and fell rightward taking out the remaining piggies. Here’s a screenshot…63560 plus two K Bonus birdies ;-)
http://angrybir.de/M8hIeY
Congrats @lesleyg. A much more proactive way to earn a top score! How do you think those 90k scores were achieved? Same as your method or maybe they are zero birders?
@hallieginsb, Thank you ;-) That’s a good question but if you notice in my screenshot, I don’t think I had enough wood left to account for 7K damage, so maybe a zero birdie? It’s hard to say though…sometimes the remaining debris can be deceiving!
Congats @lesleyg, great score. I only had a total collapse once out of about 200 tries, but old Helmet Pig was left smirking at me. Had partial collapse of the top few blocks several times – once they actually collapsed to the left. After the top few fell, I aimed high to the wood over the ice & got a bit lucky I guess as the falling dice & wood nudged the tower, which was really leaning, and caused the rest to collapse taking out the rest of the pigs. I’ve managed this twice & come close several times, so I guess there’s a bit of the L-factor at play.
Thank you @karen68 ;-) I have yet to have a total collapse! I have had the top three blocks fall though as you did and once to the left like you said. I think a total collapse will yield the higher scores but as you know if you can get some debris from your first bird to hit the tower just right then 80K+ scores are doable. It’s interesting as yours was already leaning when the tumbling debris caused the tower to fall where as mine was not moving at all. Like you said, I think it’s the “L” factor at play again ;-)
@lesleyg, after the top blocks fell due to the tower swaying, several times the tower was left with a decided lean to the right, like it wanted to fall but couldn’t. It was leaning so much, it was one of hie AB moments where you look at the screen & think, how can this structure possibly still be standing?
@doctonynyc, pre-caffiene? Very impressive. Nice score.
Okay, I just got exceptionally lucky!
The caffeine hasn’t completely kicked in yet, and I started going through the process of resetting and waiting. After waiting for 15-20 seconds, if the tower wasn’t moving, I took my first shot at the tower to practice hitting the point @lesleyg describes. I wasn’t having much luck with either the tower moving (let alone falling) OR hitting the shot right. Then I reset and, because the I’m still waiting for the coffee to kick in, forgot to wait and pulled back on the slingshot. Before letting go, I noticed the tower was actually moving and so I waited with my finger held firmly on the screen. To my surprise, the tower fell, but because I was zoomed in and had the slingshot pulled back, I couldn’t actually see all the damage. I also couldn’t see the top blocks and dice, or what remained. I basically took a blind shot, and hit the wood perfectly to bring down both blocks and the dice hitting the last pig.
Not a bad way to start the day!
After about 5 restarts the tower started swaying..so I put phone down. When I came back the 2 bottom piggies were gone but tower still standing..of course I messed up the shot.. oh well at least there’s hope:)
It didn’t take as long as I thought it might, @kathy. I spent less than ten minutes doing the “reset” thing.
Nice job @doctonynyc!!! That’s a heck of a blind caffiene-less shot, lol!!!Atleast you can be happy knowing even though you got the total collapse… and already had your bird in motion, it sounds like you would have still needed that one bird anyway to get the last piggy that the falling dice and debris took out? So basically it sounds like from your post and others that even though you get a total collapse you probably still need one bird to kill the top pig probably because the way it collapses, it seems to miss the top pig? I didn’t play too much after my post but have yet to get a collapse with out the dice or debris disturbing the tower which only works when it wants to, lol ;-)
I think that’s true, @lesleyg. The one bird is needed at least most of the time.
Tiny correction, I didn’t have the bird in motion, just pulled back in the slingshot while I waited. Then it was a blind shot because I was zoomed in all the way.
Thanks! I was pretty excited.
@AngryAdvisor that is exactly the way that I got my score. I could never get so lucky to have the tower do all of the work so used the dice to help it along. Very glad to put this one behind me!
Well done @lesleyg @karen68 & @doctonynyc on getting over 80k I’m struggling to beat my original 77k. Usually don’t have patience for the unstable games but reading your posts have encouraged me to stick with it. So I’m gonna give it a shot & try to get a one birdie! Either that or an @kathy “whine” might work!!
Thanks, @jlz-666. See my reply to Kathy above. It didn’t take as long as I expected. I don’t usually have the patience for it either!
Thanks @jlz-666, just keep at it. Everyone is right, it doesn’t take hours to accomplish. You can see it start to sway a few seconds in, so after about 10 sec you can usually tell if you have to reset. I broke 80k without total collapse on its own so even if only the top few fall, try taking a shot.
82470 with partial collaspe..then I shot red up high..the. the whole thing came tumbling..I should have waited..this was only after about 7 minutes :)
Should have said @JLZ666 :) for post above timeline :) I usually don’t have patience either that’s why I took the shot lol..
Well done @kathy! Lol! I’m so annoyed i can’t even keep the thread going!! *deep breath* try again!
I was just gonna say breathe…deep breath..@JLZ666
o.k I start right off the bat..shoot. a bird..then reset..then I counted my resets..about 5-6 waiting only a fews seconds for sway..usually it starts swaying..around 6..and since I’m impatient..I put screen timeout on 2 minutes ..o.l
Then after it starts swaying put phone down..do something else. Even if screen times out..go back hhot play button ..not restart..and see if there’s any score..don’t touch screen. If no score. Start over;) hope this helps;)
Srry for bad typing..I hope you understood that ..
Thanks @jzl-666!!! I hope you give it another go and get over 80K! As I said above…don’t worry about waiting for the collapse…I had better luck “causing” the collpase lol…Good Luck ;-)
oopsie..meant @jlz-666, sorry
Urgh! Wish I was blessed with patience cos this has been 1-2hr of frustration:( have had considerable wobble but at the most 2 blocks have fallen then I fluffed the shot! Another 10mins then I’m done! Any luck @kathy?
srry @JLZ666 sed my post above and below..lol. somehow my reply went awry..
Also watch out for the backwards collapse if the top block falls to the left..reset..;)
Well…that’s all folks! The piggies won today:( never mind,my morning bacon sandwich will taste so much better!!
My God @kathy we’re all over the place!! Also I’ve got Internet probs so posts aren’t sending immediately. Thanx for the detailed strat above. I’ll give it a go tomorrow,can’t stand they’re smug green faces anymore today!!
@JLZ666 my phone just started giving me headache again.also..I am going to take a break..maybe later;) wish I coulda helped srry..we are all over the. Place lol..
Actually @kathy what’re you serving in the pub? Think I need one!!
come on in. @JLZ666. I ordered us a drink;)
Arghhh I’m so mad..I just had total collapse..but all the wood was. On king pigs head..I couldn’t break through.. wasted the birds..:(…
FYI for those that haven’t or don’t use the self destruct mode, the maximum amount of point tht seems to be available is right at 79k. And after about 4 hours of resets, I can tell you that if ot’s gonna tumble, you are going to see the movement right away. It has NEVER started to move, stop and then move again later. Nor has it moved later if it didn’t do so immediately. I apparently have waaaay to much time on my hands to be healthy as well
Hey @swelld…I just saw this post of yours here and I was wondering when you finally got the total collapse and your current score..was it a zero birdie or did you need to send one in after the collapse?
@AngryAdvisor lol I already replied above but I got some lean of the tower to the right. It stopped so I sent the red bird up top to the dice and it finished the job. BTW I had pretty close to max destruction with two birds and discounting the ones that included the falling tower was probably in the top five. If anyone else wants to max that score the first shot angle I used was at the junction of the ice plank and wooden one. I found that I could quite consistantly knock the dice and one wooden block down into the pit as well as the redbird. this would invariably kill all pigs save the third down and helmeted pig. I have even one birded this level that way but had a paltry score of around 65K.
Thanks to everybody who takes time to post their hints, tips, strategies and whines. It is much appreciated!
The top 2 and to a degree, number 3 seem a bit high. Wondering if those are AB Facebook players.
Guess I should mention the scores of 98k, 96k and 90k. The first 2 are quite a bit higher than the rest. (although looking again, I see there are 3 90k)
Maybe they just got extremely lucky on a zero birder? Although the 98 and 96 still seem to high IMO.
The admins have been asked to check into these.
The feeling is that they are not valid, since the players have only entered these scores, or others that are extremely high.
Thanks @playdbird, The top 2 sure seem too high, and being stuck at 76k and never having a full collapse, in my opinion, the 90ks seem a bit high but if the admins says they are ok, i’ll take their word at it.
Let me just assure everyone that current #4 is valid! I’m kidding, of course.
Having got a one birder with virtually no debris, 90s seem high unless is was a no bird solution. The problem is, I can’t see the tower falling and getting the top pig–blocks can’t fall up, except maybe in AB Space.
@doctonynyc, you’re referring to the #4 improvement right? Seems totally legit to me.
Yes, that’s what I meant, @sparty83
I agree the scores are quite possibly facebook ones. There’s now only half an hour left plus there’s something wrong with the Challenge page – you have to log in again to access it. I hope this is fixed in time for @doctonynyc. I believe he is the current Leader.
Thanks, @chicadee! Even if it’s not fixed, I’m proud of my accomplishment today.
BTW, I just opened the challenge page with no problem.
I don’t know if it will help, I took a screenshot and put it in my album. BL said some things are archived – may be it can be fixed and he can send you a screenshot of the “correct” Challenge Leaderboard.
I’ll log out now and us my CCleaner and see if that helps re the Challenge page showing I’m not logged in.
Congratulations on winning the Challenge.
^ that was supposed to say “use” my CCleaner. It worked – Challenge page now showing I’m logged in.
Thanks again, @chicadee. I took a screenshot of it right as it ended, so I have it, too. Im pretty sure that I read somewhere that these aren’t archived. Still, it was great to have some luck with it! On to the next challenge, and I really have room to improve on it!
I am very pleased that conversation about this level finally started, and thank you all for sharing your strategies.
Please note that this is for Google+, not sure is it different on other platforms.
This level is a mind blower for me. From previous posts, I can see how most of shooters did it, and scores are manageable.
Just to make it clear, after hundreds of attempts, I can say the following:
Total destruction on this level is 70.200 + 3 birds = 100.200
Max. with 3 birds = 70.200
Max. with 2 birds = 80.200
Max. with 1 bird = abt 89.000 maybe less, because it’s inpossible to destroy all
Max. with 0 birds = can’t be, because tower can’t reach top pig, and cubes and wood above pigs never fall by them self.
My 79.900 is with 2 birds, with i managed to destroy all (70.200).
Problem is that on G+, tower almost newer collapse on right side, and if it does, after many restarts, only thing that falls are top two rows.
This is one of those levels that irritate and fray one’s nerves to the point of sheer madness, I’ve had so many 1-Birders that give the crappiest score of any other 1-Birder in any other level, of course when I do get a good start then some lousy Pig decides to ruin it all by not dying when he should. I’ve been slowly raising my score on this one, but it seems as if the Nordic Gods wish me to suffer through each increase until I explode.
I just revisited this level to try and improve my ranking here. It seems like any scores above 80k must have had that unstable collapse involved. I’m to impatient to wait for this to happen so I will have to settle with my current high score.
I’m not sure if my preferred method has been mentioned before as I haven’t read all the comments above. My preferred method is just a reversed version of the video. Use the first bird to take down the tower, make sure it totally collapses but it doesn’t have to be a perfect shot. This is why you do it reversed, the second shot gets the upper pigs and also scores extra points by the falling stuff into the already collapsed tower. My best score of 77900 left very little debris after 2 birds. I don’t see very many more points left. Above average scores are very repeatable with 2 birds.
does the tower collapse on the latest of versions? Let me know if anybody has gotten it to happen lately! I certainly haven’t!
You guys got very high scores! My score is 54070 with only 1 star!