Candy Crush Saga Level 5188 Tips and video

Hints and tips showing how to pass level 5188 Candy Crush Saga without boosters by Cookie
Level 5188 Candy Crush Saga is a dual task level, you have to collect all the ingredients and clear the jelly to complete the level. The ingredients will drop out of the exits as soon as the keys are collected so you can forget about them completely. 
If you want to pass this level without boosters you will have to clear as much jelly as possible in the top part of the board and unlock the locked licorice while you are waiting for the chocolate to eat the keys and unlock the board. Once the board is unlocked you will have very few moves left to clear the jelly.
Another method could be to use a colourbomb/stripe combo and hope that one of the stripes collects the keys, but this relies very much on luck as there is no guarantee that any stripe in the bottom row will be sideways.
It is possible to complete this level without boosters if you are patient and have a bit of luck in the final 4 moves, (I got down to needing one more move to clear the jelly) so if you have plenty of time and no boosters you can do it.
The video below was made using one colourbomb booster which landed beside a key.

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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 on our FB group and I will try to change it.

132 comments:

Sunny in Buffalo said...

Was able to set off a horizontal stripe in the bottom row first thing from timed boosters for a good start in getting the keys!

lmhutter said...

I just started this level today. I wasted two colorbombs plus a UFO without passing. I am wondering if the best thing to do is wait till I can get close and just buy extra moves.

It seems impossible without some $.

Hooked said...

Absolutely NOT possible without boosters, don't even waste your time trying. Spend eight hours almost straight and best I got was 4 to go.
Won boosters and success.. trust me extremely difficult.

Trina said...

Omg I can't see how I'm ever going to pass this level to start with it has my pet hate CHOCOLATE which is a nightmare as its blocking everything and making it impossible for me to make any special candies I've not got below needing 12 jellies to clear I really need help here possibly a lucky board soon 😡😡😡😡

moerlandsm@gmail.com said...

Why are they making these kind of level. The chance you get by finishing of is ZERO!! Need a lucky BOARD!

Dee said...

Let the chocolate grow to cover the keys while clearing the jelly on top.

pamccabr said...

Posting for luck

Df said...

CC lucky board please

? said...

Why not just start the game with 4 moves, since that is what you get once the keys are covered, and stop wasting our time? Ridiculous.

gidget said...

posting for luck

kk said...

posting for luck

Unknown said...

SOS por favor, nível chato, cansativo.

shoe said...

had a color bomb booster that started next to a key - cleared the keys in first move and was able to finish. = D

Aussie said...

Stupid level. You can't set much up in the limited space to be used in only four moves.

Aussie said...

Switch the far left two keys so you can swipe the left 3 keys together. Use all your boosters. Try to combine fish with wraps. That's how I passed.

Sharda said...

Help

ironman said...

i dont have any hand switch neither any booster to start the level so i guess thats the end of this game !

Martha A said...

Posting for lunch. Hardest one in a long time

Kristi said...

I don’t understand how you can win this in 4 moves. That’s all you pretty much get. Am I missing something? I don’t always have color boosters please help.

sheflys said...

Passed it in second try. Started with a color bomb and reset til it was in the bottom row. Paired it with a yellow key and keys were gone and board opened up in the first move.

Staystrong said...

Posting for luck! Impossible level!

Ness said...

Cant reset anymore!

Ness said...

I can't reset anymore

Ness said...

Impossible with 4 moves to clear and no boosters!
Suddenly not getting any colour bombs when that was all I was getting before!!!!

Ness said...

Boring...just give us 4 moves!

Flippenheck said...

Help please

EumQuidem said...

Passed it at last, after wasting hours as everbody else before the last 4 moves. Had not cleared much on this particular deal, when out of lives. I just saw I had 1 unused wrapped candy and a possible color bomb next to it, given an impossible 1 extra move.
Then the miracle: got offer to watch an ad, and a spinnnig whell after that gave me 15 more lives. I cleared the board in 2 extra moves: color bomb first, and then color + wrapped did the rest. But yeah, stupid level. Only Extreme luck can help! PS: player name 'Divine!'

Maiga said...

Posting for luck

TTUBJ said...

This is the one that may get me to give up this game. No fun and very boring

Crusher said...

Yes...no matter if you clear the board, when they drop, only 4 moves. I guess I'll have to wait for a colorball or horizontal to appear at the bottom and clear the keys. I had an hour with a stripe/ wrap and colorball and they never shoeed up at the bottom. I like a challange, but hate just waiting for a lucky board. No skill involved with that.

Crusher said...

Thanks...I'll try that when I get some boosters.

Eliza h said...

I’m finding this impossible. 4 moves to clear the board with no opportunities to make any special candies? Do they want everyone to quit?!?

Tineke said...

Ik ga stoppen dit is.niet normaal, vreselijk niveau, doodnerveus wordt je hiervan belachelijk, HELP ME AUB!!!!

Najwa Alameddine Abu Hamze said...

Time to relax!!no way to pass this level,boaring level need a lucky board please

Unknown said...

Super impossible board.... need a lucky board, for sure!

sam said...

PFL, that's what it will take

Catzfish said...

Keep hope alive...

cw said...

Candy Crush Saga level 5188 is impossible. Always eft with 4 moves clear the bottom. The tutorial is unreal as you will never get a board as it appears. Due to Covid-19 I have been at this level for 2 or 3 days being a senior with no other pastime. I am pretty good as I have reached this level but this 5188 is too difficult and the designer needs to try this again. Please encourage us to stay home during these difficult times. A good board would help or free boosters would me much appreciated.

C.w.

cw said...

Candy Crush Saga level 5188 is impossible. Always eft with 4 moves clear the bottom. The tutorial is unreal as you will never get a board as it appears. Due to Covid-19 I have been at this level for 2 or 3 days being a senior with no other pastime. I am pretty good as I have reached this level but this 5188 is too difficult and the designer needs to try this again. Please encourage us to stay home during these difficult times. A good board would help or free boosters would me much appreciated. Second request. Requested yesterday. Played all day today never received a lucky board. Posting for LUCK once more. Pease help.

C.W.

Jonah said...

Posting for luck again please

Jonah said...

4 moves to clear what's left?!? Not a chance!

cookie56 said...

Posting for luck.

Jonah said...

3 moves now to clear what's left. Is this. Joke or just a level to tempt people to buy boosters?

Fraggy said...

I have no boosters. Please send me a lucky board. Feeling a bit hopeless. 🍀🍀🍀🍀

Fraggy said...

Thankyou for 24hrs of free lives for lockdown. Unfortunately, I am stuck on the most tedious level in the history of the game without any boosters and therefore don’t benefit, please free me from the torment of this level.

Fraggy said...

Well, I have tried replaying level 606 20 times to see if that’s how people get so many boosters, I didn’t get anything, what am I doing wrong? Will I ever get off this level? Can it be done with no boosters? How long will we be in lockdown? Is this level addling my brain? 🙏🏻

MiMi said...

Help please!

MiMi said...

This is ridiculous!!!!

Fraggy said...

I have spent hours on this level. Waste all the moves to get to final 4 moves in the vain hope I might receive a lucky board. I have never felt this annoyed by any level before, please get me off so I can take advantage of the free lives. Please.

Fraggy said...

Thankyou, no boosters, just a tantrum required.

Czar said...

It’s now more about boosters or extra moves which I truly hate and there are too many of these levels. Don’t forget throw in very few moves and many obstacles to make it hard. Simple recipe really. Very few enjoyable though challenging levels. Candy Crush has lost the plot. Can’t blame them really it’s already thousands of levels they have created and they have run out of good ideas.

Nay said...

Impossible! Wondering if I had enough hammers to get rid of the keys right away if that would help? Looks like I'll be stuck awhile so hopefully will be able to collect some...

Unknown said...

Imposible level, help me please!

Me said...

Worst and most annoying level I’ve ever encountered... basically you’ve four moves to clear the board at the end!!

Me said...

This level is shown as a ‘hard level’
I’ve got through ones that are listed ‘nightmarishly hard levels’ quicker than this!!
I like a challenge but this is ridiculous, you need half a dozen hammers to destroy the keys at the bottom before you start in order to have any hope of winning!!

JanG said...

Posting for luck

JanG said...

I had 30 minutes of a free color bomb. When it started next to a key, I switched them. Then I was able to clear the board.

Candy crusher said...

Omg. I see why so many comments. Impossible without colorbomb next to key at bottom. Never happens!!! Boring level with no chance of winning. Posting for luck

Karin said...

Posting for luck, impossible level!

Lalit said...

PFl pls. Looking hope.

Lalit said...

Just completed with 2 hammer booster oh god.

Lalit said...

Don't loose hope be patient like me get luck play and ply all the 👍💯

Deb V. said...

Posting for luck!

Suzie Meara said...

This is a ridiculous level!! Posting for a lucky board!!

Unknown said...

My gracious this level is sooooo difficult!!! Nowhere close to passing it for a week now!!

Missy said...

Crazy! So hard!

Anonymous said...

By a total stroke of luck, I got two wrapped candies when all the keys were gone and the cherries dropped, but only one move left. I had to use a hand switch to get them together, but it worked!! Thank you baby Jesus!

Teachangel01@gmail.com said...

Just don't see how to do this without extra moves!

Laura said...

Oh, yeah. Then you have 3 moves left.

Laura said...

Hope you are way past this level now! Good luck!

Laura said...

Hmmm...I only have 3 moves left once the board opens up.

Laura said...

When you have a hand swap, move the last key on the left inward and combine the three keys. The other keys are quickly covered by the chocolate and the board opens. It was easy after that. Used no other boosters. Good luck everyone.

Laura said...

See comment 10/2/20 for probably the least painful way to pass 5188.

Unknown said...

Brilliant tip Laura on 2nd October 2020 thank you so much! X

Crushed said...

Posting for luck

Momm said...

All you need is luck!! Please

SVA said...

Sooooo basically 4-6 moves to clear the jelly since getting the keys is a total waiting game. I used a color bomb hoping it would be at the bottom, but no, it was in a place where it was useless and couldn’t be used. Thanks!!

Shunga said...

What a stupid idiotical level! Really just 4 moves! I quit! AGAIN

Winegums said...

This is a scam game. Everyone should quit and find a game that is more challenging and fun.

Sher said...

Does everyone but me have the ability to win boosters by watching an ad? I have never had that opportunity

Evelyn said...

Posting for luck and free spins

R.Sulahian said...

Posting for luck, help please....

Anônimo said...

Este jogo é uma fraude, apenas comércio, venda de reforços, movimentos extras e barras de ouro. Já foi um jogo divertido, não é mais. Tem jogos melhores e inteligentes. Adeus.

tonytones said...

is that video and this level a joke? So i needt wait to get a color bomb and hope it spawns next to a key before i can cohave any chance of getting this done?

Icooper said...

Not a favorite. Pfl.

Jo said...

You've done it this time. Impossible not enough moves nowhere to go no wonder there are so many complaints Just a waste of time really.

Tina said...

posting for luck

Jo said...

I dont believe this level can be done. If I get a colour bomb it goes outside the grid so I cant get to it and its useless all i am doing is shuffling around getting nowhere
Not enough moves absolutely impossible. This could be it for me

Unknown said...

Ooooh 🤩🤩
Wt a lucky, unrealistic, rare to fine board to start with !! 👆😍😍

Ggs said...

posting for luck

Linda Maitan said...

Posting for luck

Jo said...

Après 50 vies de perdues 😡, il me reste presque toujours 4 déplacements après que le chocolat soit effacé, niveau très très difficile 😥, pu capable, je quitte 😢 bye bye Cc

freecaroljoy said...

Oh come on. I have not seen a color bomb and then you show it right there in the bottom. This is impossible. Come on, I am always coming up to a harder one as you change it in your favor. I just wait till the 4 ahead of me pay and move on, then I suddenly get a wonderful awesome win. Not really that much fun anymore. I get nothing on this one until I have 4 chances Absolutely impossible.

Deefenbäker said...

I'm booster barren!!!
Such an infuriating level. As someone said earlier, why not just shorten the board and start with 4 moves. It's just time wasting.
I can clear the first lot of jelly no trouble but by the time the keys are finally eaten by chocolate there's no opportunity to make special candies that will help. What a life wasting level.....and that's game lives and deefenbaker life as well.
Just waiting it out for a so called lucky board! Don't lose your sanity guys.

meliana said...

It means no need strategy to pass this level? Only depend on lucky board? It also means no need to buy boosters if it depands on how lucky i am ?

bonita said...

Normally I write praise to Cookie for tips & video--now I am calling BS. Not any help, Cookie, when your color bomb booster opens the board--I call that a LUCKY BOARD --NOT Skill. Then rotten evil techs from CC King double the Jellies ---like the level isn't hard enough. Time for GREEDY Pig CC King to give players FREE moves & more boosters--forces players to BUY BUY BUY--time for PLAYERS to tell KING BYE BYE BYE.

Jan said...

Need help,please!!!

J.Alison said...

This is a total money grab. The 2 times I used a color bomb, they placed them on the outside of the board so they weren't able to hit anything. A complete waste of boosters. I'll just have to play until I get a lucky board.

mamta said...

Pfl

mamta said...

HORRENDOUS LEVEL!! GIVE THE LUCKY BOARD U STUPID KING!!😠😠 I WILL UNINSTALL THIS STUPID GAME!!

Kat said...

If you can get a vertical stripe to take out the second layer of chocolate before it starts spawning, it will only spawn the first layer of chocolate which opens up the upper board a lot earlier.

TrickyTricky said...

Luck pls

Jillysox said...

I think this really is the end for me, ridiculous level, you end up with four moves which is nowhere near enough to clear the board, I have no boosters and refuse to buy any so thank you and goodbye, it’s been a blast but all good things must come to an end.

mrsviggins said...

where's the comment from oct 2nd 2020, that some say has a good tip

Maru said...

I need a lucky board Mr King

Happy said...

This game continues to rely on a lucky board used to be more fun on lower levels

Happy said...

So tired of this level. 4 moves to clear the board. Impossible without booster or xtra turns. This is Kings way of making money. Please I need a lucky board

Sue said...

Posting for lucky board please impossible to clear the board with 4 moves

Sue said...

Posting again for lucky board played over and over HELP!!!!!!!

Sue said...

Omg get me out of here, third post for lucky board getting nowhere

Sue said...

Posting for lucky board played over and over and over need to move on help

Sue said...

Really no help ??????? I've been here way tooooo long help please

mw5 said...

Use hand switch & move last key to the right, match the 3 keys & you get a lot more moves to clear jelly.
I had to use gold bars I had to buy more moves, but was worth it. Tip originally from Laura on 10-3-2020

Stkluchini@gmail.com said...

PFL...

Ggk said...

Posting for a lucky board please. ☘️☘️

DD said...

This is absolutely impossible! I never have more than 4 or 5 moves left after the chocolate takes over the keys! Help!

Marwanjo said...

A hundred players on this level? Where are they? Look at the comments and you know enough! To sad for words. This game lost all reality and fun. So players, play this game as fill-up like I do. Get and collect free boosters everyday without playing. Play is waisting your time.

Marwanjo said...

Let me laugh, most comments 2 years ago? How sick is CC?

Marwanjo said...

Why waisting time on this level of cc? There are much better and more fun to play. That’s the trouble about CC. They think they are still number one. Glad to hear they are less than zero. Worst game in most games as I heard.

Marwanjo said...

DONE with CC. 👎👎👎👎👎good luck with the few players you have. Not interest in a hopeless game.

Lb said...

Posting for a lucky board please!! I've wasted all 20 moves in no timle every morning than have to wait for more lives. What a waste of time!! I need a lucky board! Good luck everyone! Stay healthy stay safe!

Rute Lima said...

I have a lot of time and have no boosters. But I need to win the 10 gold bars, so I have ti win the run. And this will bê possible call only with a very very very lucky board.

Rute Lima said...

2 days after i keep trying to beat this level without my golden bars. Ridiculous, its not a matter of skill, only lucky. I had 3 extra moves now and didnt make difference. Not satisfied.

ITZIK said...

Send me luck 🤞

Unknown said...

When I try to us color Bomb the game puts it behind a fence and I can never activate it. This might be the round that makes me delete this game. It is impossible.

Julllie said...

Ridiculous. Please send me a lucky board

Candy Thompson said...

TOO Stressful now!

pkinbergeaauk said...

Ok so guess I have to wait to get a stripe in the bottom and hammer it to get the keys because you can’t get the jellies in 4 moves.

Gckline said...

I used a hand switch to get the two far left yellow keys next to each other than moved the third one from the left to make a match of three. The chocolate then covered the keys to the right and I had plenty of moves to collect the jelly.

Rena said...

Help. I need a lucky board!

BDgirl said...

Posting for a lucky board. This level is impossible. Horribly designed. Very frustrated. If a lucky board doesnt come soon, this might be the end of the game for me. This is supposed to be fun.

pkinbergeaauk said...

Impossible!