Candy Crush Saga Level 4003 Tips and video

Hints and tips showing how to pass level 4003 Candy Crush Saga without boosters by Cookie
You have to score 450,000 to complete the level and you now only have 14 moves to do it.
In order to get the points needed in so few moves you will need to get bombs dropping from the dispensers at the bottom of the board, these are blocked by locked licorice and clearing the cake will unlock them. 
Work on making stripes and stripe/wrap combos to fire into the cake and clear it as soon as possible. Once the locked licorice is unlocked you will get countdown bombs dropping through into the main part of the board. Clear these bombs with colourbombs for the best scores.
The moves have been reduced to only 14 which makes this a very hard level and at the time of writing and also the portals at the bottom are not working so it is impossible to make a new video. I will post a video that is the best I can find, the score needed is achieved in 14 moves but if the portals are not fixed this is going to be impossible.
The level has been updated and here is the latest video made without boosters by Lisa.



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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.

104 comments:

Anonymous said...

When I first got to this level it had been changed to 14 moves to score 550000. Even with 17 moves & full booster bot boosters didn't get close. Only managed it when score was reduced to 450000 & more moves provided, even then had to use lollipop hammers to get rid of cake and switches to help create colour bombs. Portals don't work, get blocked by liquorice & only 2 bombs at a time. Come on King, it's a game, it's meant to be fun not a cryptic nightmare- we're not trying out for Mensa.

Unknown said...

Io non riesco a capire perché creano problemi!!!! Non è più un passatempo rilassante il livello 4003 è impossibile!!!! 550000 punti poi le bombe non scendono anche dopo che ho rotto la torta!!!! Aiuto!!!!! Come posso fare???? Grazie per le eventuali risposte. Bengiu

LynnKaiser07 said...

Mensa...lol. I am feeling quite helpless, even with boosters, extra moves and SD I can’t come close. Ideas anyone? Thanks

LynnKaiser07 said...

I’ve tried everything! I am thinking this is impossible! Posting for luck.

Anonymous said...

This is so dang irritating. I cleared all of the licorice above the cake and used a stripe/wrap combo and it did not phase the cake at all. What the heck!!!! Utterly ridiculous!!!!! Absolutely no more. I have done. I will go play hopscotch before I come back to this game again. I have more stress from this NON-FUN game than I do at work.

Goodbye and good luck!!

Jan said...

Really really impossible. 550.000 points. Posting for luck. Pleas help me

PuzzleForFun said...

Not possible until the portals are fixed. Notice that the open portals at the top do not lineup with the bomb locations at the bottom. The intent was to drop the bombs into the play area and clear them to make the points. This is shown in every video but on the vids the portals line up. They no longer do and the bombs no longer drop. Until fixed we will not pass this level UNLESS we simply use boosters to hit the bombs over and over and even then I don’t know that it will b enough points and I’m not wasting my boosters to find out.

Jan said...

I wil have to stop. That bad. Do not go bevond 250.000 points. CC help me please

Anonymous said...

You can pass this on sheer luck even with just 14 moves. After many tries, I score 560,000 without using any boosters. There are only 3 colors on the board and the cascades keep on creating color bombs, stripes, and wraps that keep exploding. The cake bomb was not even destroyed and the bombs did not come out but I was still able to get the points to pass this level.

Anonymous said...

Absolutely impossible to pass with the amount of moves given and the fact that the portals do not line up

Anonymous said...

Ok after bitching that this level was impassable—I passed! Through no skill on my part I was able to blow up one of the spawners and the cake—that did the trick—cascades took care of the rest. Blowing up the spawner was key I believe.

Unknown said...

KING!!!!! I am done playing your game.
This level is absolutely ridiculous.

Anonymous said...

Lots of comments... Must be hard to pass.
Posting for luck.
Roger75.

Unknown said...

Ms. Cookie's advice worked for me. Started with full BOT, got CBs together, blasted it. Opened up the licorice, and went after the cake, but also using the CB to hit bombs...raked up a huge score
Surprisingly, CBs kept popping up all the time, got 15 of them.
It must be a luck board I guess

Carol the elder said...

This can be done if you have the space dash. I started with a double CB and two moves later was able to get a count down bomb dropping. Combos are easy to make to hit the count down bombs and color bombs also are easy to make. Concentrate on hitting the color of the two count down bombs. They don't have to drop through the portals. I did not clear the cake and only late in the game cleared one spawner. Finished first try with 605,000 points.

cool50 said...

I agree. Bean stalk gave me wheel also. Got a lucky board and scored more than 1200000

Ann said...

There must be something wrong with the portals because none of the bombs come to the playing section. I only get the two at the bottom no matter how many times I’ve played. Impossible to get the score without bombs.

Donna said...

I was able to pass it with 2 colorbombs paired on my first moves and lots of cascades. Obviously a lucky board!

Anonymous said...

This level is very hard. Not enough moves. Posting for luck!!

Gerda said...

I have already for a few days 14 moves and 550.000 as target!
No ports working!
Lately King is doing crazy things with Candy Crush!
Could be that my fun is almost over!!! I think
they like it that people will stop playig Candy Crush, I suppose they want us to play the new Candy Games!!

Sunny in Buffalo said...

Just got it! Lucky to have full build a bot and reset ability. Started with CB CB combo. Portals didn't line up but in the end I spun and got 15 extra moves which helped but also hurt since bombs have countdown of 6. Scored twice the points needed, happily moving on!

Anonymous said...

WHY DON'T YOU HELP US, AFTER STOCK OVER A WEEK???

Carol the elder said...

Concentrate on hitting the count down bombs by matching the sprinkle with their colors or making other combos to hit them. You do not need to have them drop through the portals. See my post above 29 November at 18;44

Anonymous said...

wow there is a problem with this level and I think King owes be a few boosters. No bombs at all came down into the portals. I played on my computer , my android and an app and all 3 had the same problem. Please fix it.

Anonymous said...

Well I said I was giving up at 4000 and as you can see I haven't!
4002 it is then...... crazy level with glitches! Haha!

COOLpurples said...

Yep...I think it's time to stop now too. This level is IMPOSSIBLE as is and completely unfair. I even used lollipop hammers and that didn't help. Gonna (try) to stop playing at least from this level on unless I find that they change things to be better and like before when we all had the space dash or Mort's Helmet practically every day, and Rami, etc. and boards that actually were passable with or without boosters!!

Laura said...

So done with this

Unknown said...

Ok, with a lot of luck (although it didn't seem like it at first), I started with full SD plus extra CB & strip/wrap combo, swapped two CB's together, and got the cake to clear shortly after but then ran out of moves. Spun the wheel and got an extra 15 moves then had a bomb explode 2 moves later (Doh!), as I was getting close to the first star I used gold bars to get 5 moves which not only reset the bombs, but it also added the 5 moves I bought to the 14 i still had left before the bomb exploded. This gave me enough time and moves to get 3 stars and a score of just over 970,000. This was also my first attempt at this level, and if it wasn't for reading everyone's comments here before I played it, I may well have not done the all the extras first time round, glad I did, thanks everyone.

Anonymous said...

I had no boosters, no SD, I just tried it to see if they fixed the game, nope The portals not there and only 1 bomb came on the board. I had only 14 moves and 550,000 target points. I got it. The board just blew up with tons of CB and I got the score. Shocker. I guess just keep giving it a try.

GOOD LUCK

Unknown said...

King getting more stupid ! Just goes to show that the people in your world you’re playing against are not real ! Just went back to level 1 to get some boosters & I was no 1 with 35000 .. now someone has got 94508334 .. yeah seriously!! On level 1 !!! The same person has popped up a few times now with radiculous scores !!

Anonymous said...

Maintenant c'est 550000 avec 14 mouvement impossible changez s'il vous plait

Anonymous said...

Les portails ne sont pas réparés

VIVIEN said...

Done on 3rd try full bot then 2cb together a few CB dropped so was lucky got score with few moves left 😀

Michel said...

Impossible de passer ce niveau 555000 points avec seulement 14 mouvements et les portails ne fonctionnent pas les bombes ne tombent pas corrigez svp

anonymous said...

You can only pass this level if King wants you to. It is 100% based on luck.

Unknown said...

Impossible to score 550000. The portals not functioning. Tried everything but couldn't pass

Anonymous said...

Portals not working. Can this be fixed, or will I never pass this level?

Tox said...

Pfl. Stupid, hard level, this and previous episodes are a nightmare

Anonymous said...

Portals don’t work. No bombs drop through. Fix it King. Gawd this game has gone to the dogs.

Naz said...

Posting for luck

Anonymous said...

WTF. Not coming anywhere close. Have had full bot with two extra CBS and still nothing. How long till the lucky board comes to me? Getting tired of this level. Please Cookie help!

Anonymous said...

I’m glad I came here before I start the level. At least I know I don’t need to destroy cake to win. Posting for a luck too.

Anonymous said...

Started with no booster but made lots of special candies that I could mix with cb. But in the end I was still about 4000 points short. I grit my teeth and bought an extra moves. Less than $2. once in a while for game I love is ok, isn’t it? I can’t remember last time I bought an extra moves. So I declare I’m justified.

HFP said...

I must have had the lucky board, but you still have to know how to play it. You need to open the two squares on the very bottom to get to the bombs. Not many colors so I had a lot of CBs generated. Don’t match CB with a stripe or wrap, mix with a single color of one of the bombs. I had multiple CBs, and was able to preserve them by matching with a single color. Matching with a stripe/ wrap blows up the other CBs and does not give many points. Good luck!

Anonymous said...

Posting for luck

pamccabr said...

Posting for luck

Anonymous said...

945,000 points..posting for luck

Giorgio said...

Forget cake and licorice, work on colourbombs/wrapped and with a Lucky board you'll pass the level.
Passed in 9 moves with a colourbomb and a wrapped one.

Anonymous said...

Ma sei ancora lì a giocare a questa solenne idiozia? Io sono artivato a 4000 e ho mollato. É un gioco fatto solo per fare soldi alle spalle dei gonzi che vogliono andare avanti a tutti i costi! Lascia perdere, in rete cidono giochi molto più belli!

Anonymous said...

The only thing you have to do is to uninstall this stupid game which is done only to try to steal your money!!!!

Sab said...

Posting for luck. Been at it for many days and not even close. Guess it’s possible but haven’t been able to do it!!!!

junec81 said...

This level stinks. I played it now for days and don’t get close even with destroying the cake. The booms don’t come down the portholes. Once the cake is destroyed it fills up with blockers and the spawns no matter how many times I hit them they didn’t blow up. King is taking all of the fun of playing this game. Please help and fix this game.

Anonymous said...

The bombs don't drop into the main board on my Android. So the maximum number of bombs i get at a time is only two, making this level impossible. Obviously the QC team of King is sleeping on the job.

Tou52 said...

Posting for luck

Tou52 said...

This level is just a waste of time. Not enough moves for a 550000 score, and the lower portals don't work anymore. Usually, the bombs would go through the portals and move up with the candy but now, they just stay put so we only have two at a time.

I'm taking a break for now, and just waiting for the level to be fixed.

This is quite a dissapointment...to have played five years to reach level 4000, and have levels that are now always difficult is not motivating. at all. I really expected to have fun for a while...but nope...

Anonymous said...

Posting for luck

Anonymous said...

Don’t give uo. You CAN DO THIS even without bombs dropping. Just keep hitting the two bombs with CBs. Any cascade could help by creating and triggering CBs. It will still be a lucky board, but I got 900,000 and 3 stars.

Still Here said...

This is a nightmare level.

Anonymous said...

Posting for luck

Still Here said...

501760 without any boosters lady and gentlemen. Purely luck of course but I still felt so frustrated when I ran out of moves.

Rich said...

Delighted to say, you can win this level, with some luck, and don't have to clear either of the spawners or the cake. Just a lucky board.

Anonymous said...

My target is 550000 with only 17 moves. Help🍀

Anonymous said...

Posting for luck

Anonymous said...

Didn't pass until I followed the tip to match color bombs to bomb bombs, even one game when I must have gotten a dozen color bombs

Ciaran said...

This has been glitched for over a week. It’s absolutely ridiculous. I’m done

Anonymous said...

If we hit the licorice with Stripe/Wrap or Stripe another licorice falls into the space. The bombs are inside Locked Licorice so it takes lots of moves to get through the horizontal line of licorice and the locked ones at the bottom. This one seems impossible even if there were many more moves.
Posting for Luck.

Anonymous said...

Frustrating! I've tried everything and can only get to 510000; 550000 with only 14 moves seems impossible 👿🍀

Anonymous said...

Begint echt irritant te worden de niveaus van nu. Selecteer is niet leuk meer. Wat doet CC eraan ? Niets. Helpppp lucky bord please.

Monorma said...

With portals not working it's very difficult to achieve the score. You need much luck in order to get it with the cascades. King, please fix it. Game should make fun. This level is ridiculous as in it's current status.
In the meanwhile, posting for luck.

Emsa8 said...

? A wrap does not hit anything and does not give you many points? I think you mean cb+Stripe which is in fact helpful ?? (just tried it with your advice for fun and it really does not lead to anywhere)

Emsa8 said...

You need patience and definitively no boosters as it's a cascade-luck thing. Tried to do many combos to hit the cake an destroy one spawner ... and many, many CBs came through cascades... Had 40 times nothing, 41th time 670K

Emsa8 said...

After I won, went back to try sth and suddenly its 850 K in 14 moves and or 530K 😳 unbelievable (and extremely difficult)

Raangle5 said...

Still frustrated! Impossible to get 550000 even with additional moves. Help 😩🍀

Tou52 said...

Posting for luck

Anonymous said...

Posting for luck AGAIN!!! Come on king fix this disgraceful level

Tou52 said...

Everybody, I suggest every single one of us completely stop trying this level until it has been fixed.

Who knows, it might promt King to wake up and fire fire developers :)

Tou52 said...

I started with two color balls. Then, before making any move, I used hammers to blast the licorice opening up the time bombs. It took 4 hammer in all. With my two color bombs already in place, I used them with the color of time bombs. More color balls kept appearing, and the rest is history.

It is still a horrible level and I'm glad I can move forward.

Good luck everybody, King will surely make it easier soon.

Jan said...

Posting for luck

Anonymous said...

Started 2 cb, full bot. . Passed first time. Goodness only knows how.

Anonymous said...

Was Working to complete this damn chapter.... but this level is impossible don’t thinking I’ll be able to complete it..... think it’s time to bug out I’m done with this bs King keeps dishing out.... they have lost their minds I’m done being frustrated over a damn game....

Monorma said...

It's a matter of a lucky board. Since King didn't activate the portals, I collected a whole booster Xmas sock playing 6 times an easy level in order to have a good start and 3 additional moves. So I had lots of cascades and colour bombs that I matched with the color of the bombs provided by the dispensers. Score 650000.

Anonymous said...

Vreselijk dit level niet te doen. Ik stop ermee, krijg er de kriebels van. DAAAAAG CC, ik give up

Anonymous said...

On the video, the bombs drop Into the main area. I have yet to have even 1 bomb drop. I only get the two at the bottom and their replacements when I hit them.. Even with getting multiple CB's, the highest score I could get was about 300,000. Nowhere near the 550,000 needed.
I'll give it a while and then only play when I'm waiting on hold. Enough. Should have quit at 4000.

Anonymous said...

Well aren’t you special, lol.

Anonymous said...

Posting for luck! If my bombs droppped onto the main board i might get higher points too! Its been weeks, fix this level so that we all have the same chance!!! Anne

Anna said...

I blew up the board and was 10,000 short of getting score. Posting for lucky board

Anonymous said...

Now just maybe I had a lucky board. I managed to do this on the third attempt. It was realatively easy to make chocolate bombs and switch these together which cleared the cake quite quickly. After that I made chocolate bombs and swiped them with a countdown bomb. As I say maybe I was lucky. Good luck and happy Xmas.

jannie said...

Passed 1st time with all boosters and won 5 moves on the wheel spin, so maybe this level is now fixed or i was very lucky.

RealConserve said...

Passed second try. Don’t worry about the cake. Just hit the bombs

donna said...

posting for luck

Anonymous said...

I have 16 moves to get 550 thou and the video shows 19 to get 350 thou...very annoying...posting for luck

Catherin01 said...

Come on King this is broken sort out the
Portals !!! Waiting for. Lucky board is ridiculous not fun

Catherin01 said...

Bored bored lucky board please

Anonymous said...

obviously posting x luck

Marylou said...

Come on King. Give us a break.

Anonymous said...

Easy level . Disagree with the Cookie Monster . Forget about the cake . It doesn’t have to be cleared . Just make colour bombs and you will get the points needed .

joy said...

You are absolutely right! No need to clear the cake or licorice or the evil spawners. I tried that way initially but it was not possible. Then I focused on creating color bombs and switch with one candy to get rid of one color. Then more color bombs will form. I didn't use any boosters and made enough points to pass, after playing several times. I actually found this level quite fun to play.

kcyeow said...

Yes, don't bother about clearing the cake. Just concentrate on making chocolate bombs and switch them with countdown bombs from the cascades. O got through with 941520 points.

Sue said...

Wasted two hammers before reading this. Was going to use my free party explosion but thought I’d ck here first. Good thing I didn’t. Will try again.

Sue said...

........but the required ttl is back up to 550,000 and moves to 16. Yeah!!!

Unknown said...

Please send me a lucky board!

Unknown said...

Necesito ayuda ...mucha ayuda por favor ,publicó para la suerte !!!

Anônimo said...

Efetivamente tem jogos melhores e inteligentes. Não vou perder meu tempo com este jogo manipulado e ridículo. Hora de excluir o CC. Sorte para quem fica.

Shystar said...

Posting for luck please