Cupcake Circus

Reality	Dreamworld

Flash HTML5
Episode	13
World (Flash)	3
World (HTML5)	3
Levels	171-185
Characters	Clown
Champion title	[[Cupcake Showman]]
New features
Release date	- August 30, 2012  - January 7, 2013
Difficulty	Medium
Previous	Next

Cupcake Circus is the 13th episode in Candy Crush Saga and the first episode of World Three. This episode was released on August 30, 2012. The champion title for this episode is Cupcake Showman.

Story

Before episode:
The player encounters an acrobat dressed as a clown, who is desperate to find cotton candy for the children.
After episode:
Tiffi notices that the pink clouds are made of cotton candy. She borrows a balancing stick to reach it.

New things

• Four-layered icing () is introduced. (Brief Description: A blocker which requires 4 matches or hits to clear.)

Levels

File:171 Background.png

This episode contains levels 185-[[Level {{{3}}}|{{{3}}}]].

Cupcake Circus is a medium episode. It has three somewhat hard-hard levels: 180, 181, and 184, and one very hard level: 182. Overall, this episode is considered easier than the previous episode, Pastille Pyramid.

5	4

The easiest : Level 185

The hardest : Level 182

3	4	5
3	10	2

Sugar Drop levels
Level 174	Level 183	Level 185

This template does not update live, and is therefore deprecated. It is kept for historical significance.

Hexagon levels
Level 173	Level 180	Level 181	Level 182

 Difficulty code summary (details here)

None • Very Easy • Easy • Somewhat Easy • Medium • Somewhat Hard • Hard • Very Hard • Extremely Hard • Nearly Impossible • Variable

0	1	2	- 3  - 4	- 5  - 4	2	1	1	?	?	0

	Level	Type	Moves	Target score	Goal	Walkthrough	Remarks
	171		35	15,000	: 10	Candy Crush Saga Level 171	Introduction to
	172		10	10,000	: 1	Candy Crush Saga Level 172	This level has only one jelly, can be completed in one move
	173		40	80,000	: 30	Candy Crush Saga Level 173
	174		20	30,000	: 21	Candy Crush Saga Level 174
	175		40	40,000	: 2   : 2	Candy Crush Saga Level 175
	176		40	10,000	: 2	Candy Crush Saga Level 176
	177		Infinite	15,000	: 15,000 pts in 1 min	Candy Crush Saga Level 177
	178		50	60,000	: 18	Candy Crush Saga Level 178
	179		45	10,000	: 2	Candy Crush Saga Level 179
	180		35	45,000	: 2   : 1	Candy Crush Saga Level 180	Starts a triplet of hexagon levels
	181		50	20,000	: 2	Candy Crush Saga Level 181 Walkthrough
	182		Infinite	30,000	: 30,000 pts in 2 mins	Candy Crush Saga Level 182
	183		50	50,000	: 2	Candy Crush Saga Level 183 Tips & Tricks - Walkthrough 3 Stars 122K
	184		40	25,000	: 13	Candy Crush Saga - Level 184	Used to be the final level of Hell's Cluster.
	185		30	50,000	: 2	Candy Crush Saga Level 185

Gallery

• Story
• Levels
• Champion title
• Icon

Before story

After story

Level 171 - (Before candies settle)

Level 171 - (After candies settle)

Level 172 -

Level 173 -

Level 174 -

Level 175 -

Level 176 -

Level 177 -

Level 178 -

Level 179 -

Level 180 -

Level 181 -

Level 182 -

Level 183 -

Level 184 -

Level 185 -

Champion title

Episode icon

Trivia

• In Android and iOS, the silhouettes of Chocolate Barn and Minty Meadow can be seen in the background.
• This episode has the same pattern of timed levels as Lemonade Lake's (level 27 and level 32 compared with level 177 and level 182).
• Level 183 was difficult before it got nerfed. Hence, this episode used to have a Hell's Cluster from levels 180-184.
  • As of now, levels 180 to 182 remain to be a triplet of hexagon levels.
• This was formerly the hardest episode in the game.
• This episode contains the hardest timed level in the game currently.
• The release date of this episode coincides with "International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances".