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For the booster, see UFO (booster).
UFO

UFO is one of the special candies and secondary elements in Candy Crush Saga. Additional UFOs can be summoned via the UFO booster. It's officially introduced in the 58th episode, Gummy Galaxy. Due to redesigning, level 133 is the first level with the UFO.

Appearances[]

For the list of levels with this element, see here.

Properties[]

  • The UFO can be activated by switching it with any adjacent candy, or via the effects of special candies. However, it cannot be switched with liquorice swirls or ingredients.
  • The UFO's action is as follows:
    • The UFO lifts off and hovers above the board.
    • It shoots wrapped candies into three squares at random, even if these contain blockers.
    • Then it flies off the board and the three wrapped candies are activated.
  • When the UFO is activated by swapping it with another candy, that candy is removed. A layer of jelly is consequently removed from the two squares occupied by the UFO and by the candy. If the UFO is swapped with a special candy, no special effects are produced. Simply, the special candy is activated, then the UFO is activated. If the candy being swapped creates a colour match, that match is ignored: only the single candy is removed. (This behaviour is distinct from that of a colour bomb, where the candy switched with it can also form part of a colour match. It is closer to a coconut wheel, however.)
  • If you swap a UFO with a wrapped candy, the UFO will create 3 wrapped candies that will not only do a 3×3 blast, but will also clear the candies in the rows or columns that they blast in. This depends on which direction the UFO and Wrapped Candy were swapped in. It is similar to the effect of a Striped+Wrapped combination.
    • If you swap a UFO with another one, or with a coconut wheel, both will activate. In the latter case, the UFO will shoot 6 wrapped candies.
  • If multiple UFOs are triggered at the same time, they are activated one by one.
  • If there is a UFO left on the board when the player completes the level, it automatically activates during sugar crush.
  • In Jelly levels, UFOs have a higher priority of shooting near the jellies.
    • It has a higher chance of shooting near blockers as well.
  • Level 1375 was an example of a level that was harder due to the UFO being unable to turn liquorice swirls into wrapped candies. However, this isn't the case anymore. It is unknown if any other blockers that were previously immune to the UFO will become vulnerable to the UFO after an update or if there will be blockers that will never be affected by the UFO.
  • The UFO can be used to trigger the voice multiple times on the same move. If multiple UFOs are triggered on a move, the voice will activate when cascades end for one UFO, before the next UFO in the stack is activated. A notable example of this happens in level 1476.

Platform differences[]

Flash version[]

UFO spinning
  • The UFOs lift off when activated and then shoot wrapped candies after the cascade.
  • The UFO will fly away at the same time those wrapped candies explode.
  • If there is a candy bomb with timer at 1 before a UFO is activated, the bomb will explode before the UFO lifts off, so that the player loses the game.
  • UFOs are immune to chocolate.

HTML5 version[]

UFO mobile spinning
  • The UFOs start spinning when activated then lift off one at a time.
  • Newly created wrapped candies will only explode after the UFO leaves.
  • Before UFO leaves, if any of the wrapped candies gets matched, it will explode first before others do. This will cause an additional cascade phase (and possibly additional sugar drop).
  • Candy bombs only explode after all consequences (including UFO) have ended.
  • UFOs are not immune to chocolate. Be careful in levels such as level 876, 2624, and 2989.
    • However, you don't have to be careful in level 846, since you'll activate the UFO in your first move anyway.

Trivia[]

  • This special candy is no longer a UFO. It is now an IFO, since the function of this candy is to replace three random tiles with wrapped candies upon being switched. If it lands on a blocker, it will instantly clear the blocker as well.
    • On the other hand, this element was featured as a glitch present just before the official release of this element. It was prematurely seen by Leethax users a while before it was released. These used to spawn in empty spaces only when Leethax was in use and did not do anything, simply disappearing when they were matched. At that time, the function and information of this element was largely unknown, and at that time it was a UFO.
  • The UFO appears to be based on the popular flying saucer candy sold in real life.
  • The UFO is the only special candy that cannot be created using matches or boosters. Using the corresponding booster summons a UFO and is the same as activating a UFO on the board.
  • UFOs appear in marmalade, as well as liquorice locks in their official debut episode. They appear in sugar chests in Coco Crossroads. Also, they make their debut appearance in a timed level in Mount Chocolympus. Note that all the while the UFO is charging up and activating the timer will still be counting down.
  • It is the only element in the game that can turn blockers into special candies, different from liquorice shells, blockers which itself become special candies (colour bombs) after being destroyed.
    • If it targets a locked object (candy or chocolate), it will turn the object below into wrapped candy while keeping the lock. Then, before the wrapped candy explodes, the lock will be shaken off.
  • It is the second feature in the game which can strike candies purely at random when activated, the first being the toffee tornado, until they were removed. Ironically, the UFO unofficially appeared in earlier levels because of the removal of the toffee tornado.
  • After the removal of extra moves candies, UFOs are currently the last special candy in chronological order.
  • UFOs have the tilemap code 061.
  • UFOs can turn candies hidden behind marmalade, liquorice locks, sugar coats, and crystal candies into wrapped candies and activate them, destroying (or at least damaging) the encasing blocker in the process). However, they can't do this with sugar chests, order locks, or skull pedestals.
  • UFOs cannot transform the following blockers into wrapped candies:
    • Any encasing blocker (some can have the candy encased in them turned into a wrapped candy, as mentioned above, others can't).
    • Any indestructible blocker.
    • Both types of curls.
    • Cake Bomb
    • Liquorice Shell
    • Magic Mixer
    • Bonbon Blitz
    • Jelly Jar
    • Candy Cobra
    • Wonderful Wrapper (presumably, given that it takes up more than one tile)
  • In March 2022, the UFO was given an update. The new UFO is much faster and has colourful lights emitting from it when activated. Though the tutorial message says "Check out a faster version of the UFO booster in action", UFOs that appear on the board behave the same way when they are activated as the UFO booster does when it's used. See here for the tutorial: youtube.com/watch?v=KHEKloon0YY.
  • While the UFO can't be added to the candy mix at the start of a level like the other candies can, it could still be classed as a booster candy, given that it can be summoned by its corresponding booster.
  • In March 2022, the UFO booster was given an update. The new UFO is much faster and has colourful lights emitting from it when activated. Though the tutorial message says "Check out a faster version of the UFO booster in action", UFOs that appear on the board behave the same way when they are activated as the UFO booster does when it's used. See here for the tutorial: [1].

Notable levels[]

Gallery[]

Please note that the element is no longer a UFO. It is an IFO, an identified flying object with a beneficial purpose on levels.

Please note that the element is no longer a UFO. It is an IFO, an identified flying object with a beneficial purpose on levels.

Please note that the element is no longer a UFO. It is an IFO, an identified flying object with a beneficial purpose on levels.

At that time, the object was a UFO. All images here took place before or just after the time this element was released, and can only be seen using third-party tools. The function of this element was unknown, and was revealed by a glitch.

Candy Crush Saga special candies
HTML5 and Flash Special candies
Striped2 (trans) Wrapped2 (trans) Colour Bomb new Jelly Fish Blue CoconutWheel Lucky Candy Yellow Frog2 UFO spinning
Removed
Extra Moves Candy Purple candy timed
Candy Crush Saga secondary elements
HTML5 and Flash
Teleporter3 Dispenser new Conveyor (trans) Conveyor portal green Candykey6 Frog2 UFO spinning
Discontinued
Mystery Green Candy Chameleon candy green Extra Moves Candy
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