Candy Crush Saga Level 3040 Tips and video

Hints and tips showing how to pass level 3040 Candy Crush Saga without boosters by Cookie
As predicted, the moves have been reduced to 25 now to collect all the chocolate.
Don't use two colourbombs together as this will clear all the chocolate and you need to leave some to grow, also hitting the spawner too many times will destroy it and you might need it to spawn some chocolate.
You are going to need to unlock the magic mixer and the locked candied as with less moves there won't be enough time to collect all the chocolate without the mixer spawning at least once to give you an extra 9 chocolates.
Clear as much chocolate as you can in the first few moves, then let it grow for a few moves, keep doing this and you will eventually have enough for the orders.
Avoid clearing all the chocolate from the bottom part of the board as this will prevent it from growing back again. The chocolate in the top couple of rows can't grow downwards if there are no candies for it to cover so you need the bottom chocolates to be left to grow.
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If the level you play is different from the one here it is because the developers have changed it since I played and I have no control over this. Please let me know in the comments and I will try to change it.

102 comments:

Anonymous said...

Don't use a double CB to start or destroy the Evil Spawner too early or you will never get enough chocolates and it will be game over. I used a check (tick) booster to increase my chocolate numbers. Indy

Bear with me said...

I agree with the above comment. I didn’t stop and consider so I used two cbs. It cleared the initial chocolate but I didn’t use a check mark so I had to be very careful to not destroy the spawned. Luckily, I was successful and managed to get the necessary amount of chocolate. I would suggest stripe wrap combos.

Unknown said...

up to 55 chocs now, and trying same as above comments, still to get past. x

Francisco Diego said...

And only 25 moves

Francisco Diego said...

I started with a wrap/stripe combo and disturbed with the first move the keys. Then I looked, not to disturb the spawner. 11 moves left.

Carol the elder said...

I blew up the spawner by mistake. I wish the evil spawner was that easy to get rid of when I wanted it gone! Anyway, I used my free gold bars to get extra moves so I could move on. I’m frozen in down here in Georgia and bored!

Anonymous said...

Ridiculous level..... posting for luck

Kat Murphy said...

I used a stripe/wrap combo to start, used the color bombs to collect keys, and carefully avoided blowing up the spawner. The spawner made plenty of chocolate to finish with about 8 moves remaining

Anonymous said...

A tale of bad start idea, but sticking it out to the end. I started with full space dash and knew from above not to use 2 CB, but I had a strip plus wrapped right in the center top. I thought - what would ot hurt to get the keyes on my first move. I got a giant cascade after the candies unlocked, nearly all the chocolate was cleared and the spawner exploded. I had about 10 chocolate left, most on one side of the board. I had used a checked candy, so although I didn’t think I could get to 55 chocolate - I played away from the chocolate and my lucky candy kept dropping to match on the conveyor and some how did stop the other chocolate from growing. I finished with 1 move left.

Gil said...

Forget the CB's frimthe SD/SS/MH and start with strip/wrap combo in the top middle.
The purpose of this combo move is:
1. Hit the 3 keys
2. Free the Evil
3. Open the top sides columns for candies to drop in.
4. Leave chocolates available to grow.
I believe this is the winning move as it was fairly easy for me after that.

Good Luck!

Anonymous said...

The check booster is not creating choc for me and the spawner bus keeps blowing up even if I keep well away. No her how to do this. Used 10 goes already

Anonymous said...

I think Gil has the right idea. Worked second time I tried it, but also used a check mark booster. JS

Emsa8 said...

Instead of 45 chocolates in 35 moves (which was really easy) its now 10 Lore chocolates in 10 less moves (55 chocolates in 25 moves). Best I managed were 7 chocolates left, because it's almost impossible NOT to hit the spawner and my spawners always explode before even spawning one single chocolate. I must work further on my timing... I assume a checked booster would help nicely, I just don't have one 😀

Emsa8 said...

Anonymus 18. Jan/16h22 is right - won a checked booster via daily spin and used it. Created 1 chocolate but no new checked candies came again. At least for me.

Emsa8 said...

GIL - THANK YOU. Your advice saved my day. Level is meanwhile leveled as hard and probably I would sit another day on it without your advice. Still it's difficult to build up enough chocolate... Fortunately the spawner spawned 1 time (= 8 chocolates) before he was destroyed.

Anonymous said...

Posting for luck

jackied said...

You guys must be brilliant... I can't come close!

jackied said...

I'm getting frustrated... I try and try to stay away from the spawner but it still gets blasted away! Help!

Grandma said...

Can't get anywhere near. POSTING FOR LUCK PLEASE

Rob said...

What do the initials mean?
No boosters needed, just a hammer at the end.

Anonymous said...

This level is not bad. I started with a wrapped-striped combo to get rid of the keys on the first move. It's real hard not to destroy the chocolate spawner, but if you do and don't have any more chocolate to spawn on the sides, knock out one of the top two chocolate squares on either side, and additional candy will fall down for the remaining chocolate square to cover. Try not to disturb it until it covers sufficient candy to reach what you need. Note that I had to use a hammer to knock out one of the chocolate squares to make the candy fall.

McT said...

Agreeing with all comments here...have 25 moves to get 55 chocolates....I cannot get enough chocolates to become visible to hit....and if I free the spawner, it becomes pretty useless because it gets hit on its own and blows up before it can spawn anything....I just don't understand how to get enough chocolates in the moves indicated....HELP!!! I'm open to your suggestions...

Addicted said...

Well that was an annoying level, the first level which was hindered if you had a full space dash! After I lost my helmet I started with just a CB and a tick booster. Wasted lots of lives trying to win it without any booster first.
Then took me just 3 goes with the 2 boosters to finally get through this blasted level. Must be the only time I've managed to blow up the spawners without even trying, just when I didn't want to. The tick booster was the trick for me. That and try not to remove the chocolate from the bottom so that it can grow but that's easier said then done.

Zenith said...

I've come quite close a few times (i.e. 5 chocolates left to collect) but still feels almost impossible without boosters.

I may just try with a tick booster and see if that gets me over the edge. Annoyed that I wasted boosters and used them in the wrong way the first time I played this level!

Anonymous said...

Posting for luck..

Anonymous said...

Has 'Cookie' got anything to say regarding this level going from 35 moves/45 chocolates to 25 moves/55 chocolates, or nothing to add as usual?

Anonymous said...

Crappy level pretty impossible not to break into chocolate on bottom tried check booster no help

Anonymous said...

SD - Space Dash
SS - Season Stocking
MH - Magic Helmet

Anonymous said...

posting for luck luck luck luck and more luck

Danielle said...

So far no luck....not even close to completing this level!!!!! Come on CC give us more moves.

Ruby said...

I have 55 chocolates. Need luck griwing enough

Anonymous said...

Impossible level....why reduce number of moves? Frustrated

Anonymous said...

Can't get the chocolate to grow very difficult level posting for luck.

Tigrrlily said...

Ridiculous amount of moves for this level. Posting for luck

Anonymous said...

So, are there any comments, or.....?

Unknown said...

need some luck again

Cath G said...

After this advice, did it first-time. I was doing it all wrong! I used a wrapped/striped booster and restarted the game until they appeared at the top therefore taking out the top chocolates and keys. After that just make sure you don't blow up the spawner!

Agnes Power said...

Posting for luck and a lucky board

MCT said...

My spawner never creates chocolate!! Please fix this level or send me a lucky board:)

Anonymous said...

This level is awful. It seems impossible. Posting for luck

Anonymous said...

Posting for luck please

Anonymous said...

Such a boring level.Posting a luck again

sue said...

Hi I am not getting anymore chocolate so this is imposable for me to pass this level I have tried all ways but the spawner wont make it.HELP

Kduck said...

It's true....spawner does not create chocolate! Needs to be fixed by King

Anonymous said...

impossible level. spawner does not create chocolate. CC please fix or lucky board.

Anonymous said...

Sigh, really just posting for luck because I can’t get anywhere close, whatever I do the spawner explodes, wish it did that normally when I’m trying to explode it!!

Anonymous said...

I don’t even come close to passing this level, there are never enough chocolates. I’m sad to think this the end of my CC run.

momma said...

Not even close. Giving it for awhile after tonight.

Anonymous said...

Harder and harder.

Sherri Page said...

Have been doing this level for what seems like forever. Posting for luck, please.

Anonymous said...

I beat and it didn't register it. Darn

J.J. said...

Posting for luck yet again .can't get close

Anonymous said...

Please can us help. Lucky board needed.

Anonymous said...

Posting for luck. Thanks

Jonah said...

Need lucky board

lorraine said...

This is impossible. No matter how carefull i be not to destroy the spawner too early they bloody thing just blows up too early ;(

Deb V. said...

Another boring, tedious level!

Anonymous said...

Thanks Gil. Had to use a coupla of a hand swaps to get the wrapped and striped together at the top. The first move destroyed the spawner and almost all of the chocolate but a few were saved. After that, it just took very careful playing.

Anonymous said...

Difficult! Can't get close.

Unknown said...

There is no skill to this game except the skill of knowing which boosters are more useful than others LOL. I no longer buy or use boosters. Eventually a lucky board will come and i take great delight in no longer being a funder of this game. Thats my only pleasure :D

Anonymous said...

Posting for luck.

Anonymous said...

Bored rigid with this level. I can feel my addiction to cc being cured by the minute. Can't really be bothered with it any more. Sad end.

Shay said...

Posting for luck, or maybe I’m just venting! Lol
No matter what I do, the candy starts moving around and dropping and then spawned blows up before I have enough chocolate

Anonymous said...

Posting for luck

Tou52 said...

Posting for luck

Debbie Holden said...

Lucky board please

Debbie Holden said...

Had enough of this crap game!

Anonymous said...

Really wish the spawner was this easy to blow up on other levels

Anonymous said...

Spawn doesn't create chocolate, no matter when the board is clear for it to do so.

Anonymous said...

Spawn doesn’t create enough chocolate...Help!

Anonymous said...

The spawned keeps blowing up!!!! Help!!

Anonymous said...

No fun...help!

Anonymous said...

Would appreciate a lucky board!

Anna said...

Posting for luck

barb W said...

What an absolute horror! Open the keys? Don't open the key, open the spawner? Don't open the spawner. No matter is you do open the spawner, it is going to blow up, so you might as well not bother. I'm ready to give this one up.

shelleyjim said...

Horrible level😡😡😡😡

shelleyjim said...

Been on this level for day 😡😡😡 ready to quit cc😡😡😡

Anonymous said...

I could use a prayer and a little help with this one!

Marielle said...

Just posting for a lucky board ......

Anonymous said...

Posting for a lucky board.

Anonymous said...

Good help.......keep resetting until you have a stripe wrapper combo in the top middle. Set it off, and it opens up the spawner. Let it grow chocolate 2 times, and then clear the chocolate.Good luck!!!!!

Flippenheck said...

Yikes...need a lot of luck please

Flippenheck said...

I just cannot fathom it...help please

Flippenheck said...

Finally...only way I see to get this is not to explode the spanner....which is damn hard to avoid.. .but finally accomplished... Yippee

Spin said...

Haha yeah !!!

Spin said...

Hate this level! 3 days now! Spawner keeps blowing up!

Spin said...

Sick of this level too!

KySunrise said...

Posting for luck! Help!!!

Anonymous said...

Just to be different! Didn't open the middle of the board at all. used the side chocolate only. careful not to lose all the bottom chocolate, and keep making a channel at the top if you get a chance. Make moves at the top whilst chocolate grows and then use whatever you've made to break it all down afterwards. It was close, but means no reliance on luck as much (ie blasted spawner blowing up all the time)

Catherin01 said...

Posting for luck ! Bored bored bored of this board !

Catherin01 said...

Help please !

Catherin01 said...

Help
Please
Lucy board ..
Possible
Level

Dolly Bluejay said...

Whoa!!! Was I lucky!!! Didn’t need to unlock a single key; NBU. Just able to destroy chocolate. Destroyed right side first. Left side kept spawning chocolate...let them multiply til there were enough. Pretty cool!!! Good Luck Crushers!! Fun gAme for me!! 🍀🎈😊

Dolly Bluejay said...

Yes!!! I was able to do this in a similar manner. Didn’t need to unlock a single key; this no need to deal with EVIL SPAWNER!! First time I tried doing keys; unlocked spawner but managed to destroy it also... fun level.. but prolly just lucky on my second try. Good Luck Crushers!!🍀🎉😊

Tammy Caison said...

My game hasn't spawned a single chocolate. The spawner doesnt produce them. 5 moves later still no more chocolate and a cascade knocked it out

Tammy Caison said...

Needing some luck!

Tammy Caison said...

Used a checkmark. Was still tricky but got it finally

Anônimo said...

Outro nível ridículo e nojento. Hora de deletar o CC.

Donna said...

Ha ha! I could see the smirking faces of coders on this level! Whereas the desired set up for almost every level is a high powered board with lots of boosters, it is the exact opposite on level 3040! Do as little damage as possible to avoid destroying the chocolate generator or wiping out chocolate at the bottom. Gently knock out chocolates on sides, use color bombs to eliminate colored keys to open the board. Don't go crazy until the chocolates left equal the numer you need to complete the game. Then you win! Thanks for the challenge, you tricksters!

Laura said...

I made the sprinkle combo error twice before I read the tips. I found this level much easier with a lucky candy (check) booster. Keep track of the number of chocolate on the board and play accordingly. Hope this helps.

Billie Girl said...

Posting for luck please

Hasina Haroon said...

Posting for luck plz