Free to play, fair with ads
- No ads in the middle of a round.
- A short ad break between rounds now and then, never more often than every few minutes.
- Videos are always your choice, and you always know what you get for watching.
- The daily challenge never interrupts you.
A challenge
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A small favour
Help make the levels better?
Koi Garden can send anonymous play stats: which levels you start and finish, your scores and which rewards you choose. It helps us fix levels that are too hard.
- No name, e-mail or advertising ID. Just a random number made on this phone.
- Nothing is sold or used for ads.
- You can turn it off any time in Settings.
Level 1
Reach 150 points
20 piecesHow stars work
Stars: 1 for the goal, more for a high score. Every piece left adds 20 points at the end. Extra pieces from a video give 1 star at most.
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Level 1 complete
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Out of pieces
So close
How to play
Three ways to clear
Row
Column
3×3 square
- Drag a piece onto the board. Tap it to turn it.
- Fill a row, column or 3×3 square and it clears.
- Clear more at once, or clear again soon after, for bigger points.
- Keep space free: the round ends when no piece fits.
Want to know more? Tap a topic.
Points and combos
- Each stone you place gives 1 point.
- Clearing 1 line gives 10, 2 at once give 40, 3 at once give 90.
- Combo: clear again within 3 moves and your points multiply.
- Harmony: fill a 3×3 square with one colour for +100. Squares close to done glow green, or gold if they are still one colour.
Journey levels
- Each level has a goal and a set number of pieces.
- Golden koi stones are freed when their line or square clears.
- Stones with a gold ring are the ones the goal asks you to clear.
- Ice (blue frost with a snowflake) needs two clears: one to break it, one to remove the stone. A joker koi takes it in one go.
- Pieces left over give bonus points and stars. Taking 10 extra pieces from a video gives 1 star at most.
- Every fifth level is hard and gives double pearls. Each of the first 15 levels you finish adds a koi to your pond.
- Bamboo (from chapter 2) grows into an empty spot next to it after a few moves without a clear. Every clear resets the count.
- Lotus flowers (from chapter 3) float on empty spots. Clear a line over one to collect it.
- Each chapter has 15 levels. Finishing one gives 100 pearls and opens the next, and the journey goes on for as long as you play.
Endless and Daily
- Endless: the higher your score, the bigger the pieces. From 800 points a rock falls into the pond every 8 moves.
- Daily: everyone gets the same board and the same 30 pieces. Your first try counts for your streak. Hint, undo and swap are off.
- Missed a day? Save your streak with pearls or a short video, once a week.
Hint, undo and swap
- Hint shows a good spot and turns the piece for you.
- Undo takes back your last move, twice per round.
- Swap gives you two new pieces.
- Hint and swap cost pearls, or a short video.
Joker koi
- Clear 2 lines in one move: Arrow Koi, clears its row and column.
- Reach combo ×3: Ripple Koi, clears a 5×5 area.
- Clear 3 lines or a Harmony square: Rainbow Koi, clears every stone in the colour it lands next to.
- Drag a joker onto any empty cell. While you drag, the board shows what it will clear. Tap a joker to see a small example. You can hold three. Unused jokers give 50 points each when you win a level.
Win streak
- Win Journey levels in a row to build a win streak.
- 1 win in a row: the next level starts with an Arrow Koi. 3 in a row: an Arrow and a Ripple Koi. 5 in a row: a Rainbow Koi too.
- A streak shield (60 pearls, where you buy jokers) keeps your streak through one lost level.
- Losing a level takes the streak down one step: from 5 to 3, from 3 to 1, from 1 to none. Keep going with a video or pearls and win, and it is saved.
Pond tasks
- Three small tasks each day, in any mode. New ones arrive at midnight.
- Finish all three to open a bamboo basket with pearls and a joker for your next Journey level.
- Clear the whole board at once for Still water: +150 points.
Board & stones
- Pick a board and a kind of stone with the brush on the home screen, or in Settings.
- Cherry Blossom opens at 30 stars and Glazed Ceramic at 15. Jade Temple and Gemstones cost 300 pearls each.
- More boards and stones are for pearls: Bamboo Mat, Snow Garden, Koi Pond and Starry Night, and Hinoki Wood, Marble, Sea Glass and Blue Porcelain stones.
- Moon Lacquer and Lanterns open with a 14-day Daily streak or a win streak of 5.
- Every colour keeps its own stone shape in every style.
Weekly festivals
- A new festival starts every Monday: Lantern Festival, Moon Viewing, Sakura Week and Firefly Night take turns.
- Each counts a different kind of move, in every mode. Its goals give pearls, and the last one brings the festival’s own koi.
- After a big move, a lantern, moonbeam, petal or firefly floats up from the board. Tap it for more.
- Missed a festival koi? The same festival comes back four weeks later.
Surprises in the pond
- Now and then a lucky golden koi glides over the board. Tap it for pearls.
- A dragonfly may land on an empty spot. Cover it with a stone within five moves for pearls.
- Tap the water around the board and the koi dart away.
- None of them change your score, so every level stays fair.
Settings
Make it yours
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Remove ads
One purchase removes the banner and the ad breaks between rounds, for good. Videos for rewards stay, and you choose when to watch.
Start over
Start again from level 1?
Your levels, stars, pearls, koi collection, Daily streak and best score are cleared. Your settings and ad-free purchase stay. This cannot be undone.
Koi collection
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New levels, Daily streaks and festivals bring new koi.
This week
Lantern Festival
Clear lines in any mode to light lanterns. A Harmony square lights three.
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Daily streak
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Save your streak?
You missed yesterday’s Daily. Save your streak and keep going from today.
You can save a streak once a week.
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Mind break · 3 breaths
Get ready
Records
Your best
Endless
Daily
Weekly challenge
Journey
Endless
How do you want to play?
Play until no piece fits. Each way keeps its own best score.
No moves left
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Daily
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Daily reminder
Never miss a calm round
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Preview. The real app sends this as a push notification, and only on days you have not played the daily yet.
7-day streak
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A rare koi joins your pond
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Pond tasks
Today’s tasks
Tester tools
Jump ahead
Only for testing. Changes the progress on this device.
Joker koi
Arrow Koi
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Joker koi
Bring a joker
Rewarded video
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