How to play Merge Orchard

How to play Merge Orchard

Roll one lane to its wall: a swipe moves a single row or column of the 5x5 orchard toward the wall your finger points at, and nothing else moves. Every level gives you one order, such as “Grow a Plum” or “Grow 2 Cherries”, and a budget of moves.

Controls

Drag along a row or column to preview what will merge, then release to roll. Or tap a fruit and use the arrows around the board; on a computer the arrow keys work too. Illegal swipes cost nothing.

Rules

Fruit that collide merge into the next fruit: Seed, Sprout, Berry, Cherry, Plum, Apple, Pear, Melon, Sunfruit. A newborn fruit pulls in every twin it touches for a rising Chain. The Next fruit, shown three deep, grows at the back of the lane you rolled. The ordered fruit goes into the basket at once. The queue is fixed, so a retry replays the same puzzle.

Seasons and twists

Spring teaches the roll. Summer adds rocks that stop a roll and split a lane in two. Autumn adds weeds that clear only when a fruit is born beside them. Winter adds frosted fruit that thaw the same way. After level 60 an Endless Orchard opens.

Stars

Finish with moves to spare: one star for clearing the level, two for a spare move, three for finishing with the margin shown on the star row. Your stars are saved on your device.

Tips

Look two or three rolls ahead and plan where the Next fruit will land. Twins separated by a rock can still meet across it by rolling the other way. An optional ad gives five more moves once per attempt.