This is the place to discuss everything about the new puzzle event.
Rewards can be seen in the game. Just click on "see next rewards" in the top left corner and scroll through the rows. To see the missions you have to click on "missions" in the bottom right corner. Good luck.

Thanks for jumping in but as a heads up as soon as Bettina creates the official event topic, i will be closing all others to keep tge conversation in one place.

EDIT: I moved all the comments from @DragonLove topic to keep the conversation related to the event in one location so you might see some disconnect with the earlier comments.

@nynaevelan ... thanks for the heads up! perfectly understandable; will work on my patience knowing that eventually the thread will go live ... apologies.

@dragonlove said in Puzzle Island-Valentine's Day:

@nynaevelan ... thanks for the heads up! perfectly understandable; will work on my patience knowing that eventually the thread will go live ... apologies.

No you all can chat here, once it is created I can move over all comments except the original one...

I have obtained Heart, Love Potion, and 120 Live Potion Orbs. I am happy so far but it will likely start demanding more pretty soon. I want Cupcake and Brown Haired but I don’t know. Big Heart would be nice but we almost definitely wont get close looking at previous puzzles.

I got Heart, Love Potion, and the first keys chest. Then I stopped making moves - I'm not wasting them getting orbs for a thoroughly unremarkable, effectively two-element, VR. I'll let the orbs expire, then use the saved-up moves on getting more actual dragons.

Now on to puzzle business, it looks like they have given us a good amount of temp quests for this one, and only one of them has a dragon requirement so you should be able to use at least 3 of the 4 in the node missions.

With that said my goal is only the top list of rewards,I already have Nirvana so I will not be actively trying to get very far in the Dragon Rescue. I will try to go as far as I can to get some joker orbs.

Oh I forgot to add this one has a lot of dragons that I want so I purchased 550 or 500 moves, whichever it is for $13.99. So far I got Love Potion w/the orbs and Cupcake. I am hoping I can make it to at least Health Potion, I am not holding my breath for Big Heart though I do want that one too. And although I was not going for them I have collected all the key chests on the second level of rewards. I have all the other dragons so any that I get are more for my storage collection.

Got Heart and Love Potion...working on Free Spirit; so far, so good for requirements...not ridiculous amounts needed or impossible tasks to complete, although 12-16hr Dark/Ice breed is a time sucker

@Nynaevelan Since you bought moves, are the amounts for Cupcake high?

@_thespacebeing_ said in Puzzle Island: Valentine’s Day FEB 8 - FEB 18:

@Nynaevelan Since you bought moves, are the amounts for Cupcake high?

Sorry I didn't write them down but they were either the high 200s or maybe 300. That one is the one that used up most of my moves. Sorry I forgot to take screen shots of them.

I plan on getting Cupcake, no matter the cost! (within reason of course) I am going to stop playing for now and just collect moves until the Love Potion orbs fall off the prize track, so that I don't have to waste moves on them.

Cupcake is 250/250.

@_thespacebeing_ ... am there now; 250 Orange and 250 Purple ... wish it were 125/150 each 🥺

...AND... just noticed it’s TIMED...ugh!! (pretty sure it ain’t gonna happen for free; guess i’ll hoard moves til time’s up and go for Brown Haired instead)

Cupcake isn’t timed - the orbs after it are.

@scott-clark ... ty ty ... now that I’m wearing my readers ... I can see that

Well I still need about 125-150 orange and purple to get my Cupcake, but I'm out of moves for now. Not too nervous because there's still 8 whole days left. If I haven't gotten it in 4 days, then I'll worry!

edit - Got some more moves and used them all, now I'm at 65 orange and 101 purple.

Still needing 170 Orange / 205 Purple for Cupcake and stuck at:
Breed 3 Sea/Ice (9hr each) - 10moves
Breed 2 Electric/Flame (9hr each) - 10 moves
Breed 1 Nature/Terra (7hr each) - 6 moves
3 Quests (all sitting at 3hr 30min wait each)
... next free move 2hr 11min

Taking back what I originally said about requirements not being ridiculous so far ...

Breeds should only require 1 item since many breed requirements take hours to complete ... ditto with Hatch requirements. 27hrs to get 10 moves towards a 500 piece dragon is a bit absurd ... impossible to achieve in 8 days ...

I am still on free spirit, and I guess my level 2 hatchery is to blame. I have used some spare gems to skip extreme requirements to get moves for surprisingly little effort such as 10 moves for 10,000 Gold.

@_thespacebeing_ ... I’ve considered using gems but when I see 4/5 gems for only 10 moves or 3 gems for 5/6 moves and know those few moves aren’t getting me that much closer to the 107 Orange / 152 Purple I need yet, I’d rather hang on to my gems until I’m down to 1 Orange / 1 Purple and 1 hour of game left where I might actually have a real chance to get those last 2 pieces using my precious few gems

Health Potion = 300 purple/300 orange

Big Heart = 1000 purple/1000 orange

...just in case you were aiming for them.

Got my Cupcake! I can die happy.

Brown-Haired Dragon is 90 orange and 90 purple.

@nynaevelan ... ... 1000 / 1000 ?!?!! ... scratch’n that one from any “possible” dragon acqusitions this puzzle island ...

@nynaevelan said in Puzzle Island: Valentine’s Day FEB 8 - FEB 18:

Health Potion = 300 purple/300 orange

Big Heart = 1000 purple/1000 orange

...just in case you were aiming for them.

@ratless ... -0- Orange / 62 Purple to go; I cannot die happy yet ... ... need more gold collections for moves though ; keep getting 3 Quests and multiple long hour breeds ... ugh!!

UPDATE...got Cupcake today..HOORAY!! Now, I too, can die happy...LOL

Are all the movie theater rewards timed, I just noticed I only have 10 movie theater orbs but I thought I finished more from that row?

OMG!!! Will the Light/Something breeds never stop?? ... ugh What happened to the gold collections for moves??

3 Quests required and only have1 active to work with; 8hr waits
1 Nature/Light breed
2 Pure/Light breed
1 Nature/Light hatch...am waiting for that first breed to hatch

PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE SP ... more gold or food collections and less long hour breeds/hatches ... PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE!! tyvm

@dragonlove said in Puzzle Island: Valentine’s Day FEB 8 - FEB 18:

OMG!!! Will the Light/Something breeds never stop?? ... ugh What happened to the gold collections for moves??

3 Quests required and only have1 active to work with; 8hr waits
1 Nature/Light breed
2 Pure/Light breed
1 Nature/Light hatch...am waiting for that first breed to hatch

PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE SP ... more gold or food collections and less long hour breeds/hatches ... PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE!! tyvm

I am in the same boat, my mission completions have come to a standstill.

@nynaevelan ... sorry to hear you’re in the same boat ... thought SP was listening when they had the 10 Flame/Terra breeds, but ... then came the long hour breeds again ... shall we have a bowl of ice cream while we wait?

@dragonlove said in Puzzle Island: Valentine’s Day FEB 8 - FEB 18:

@nynaevelan ... sorry to hear you’re in the same boat ... thought SP was listening when they had the 10 Flame/Terra breeds, but ... then came the long hour breeds again ... shall we have a bowl of ice cream while we wait?

Yes, cookie dough, cookies and cream or rocky road??

@nynaevelan ... certainly! a scoop of each ... and more when we’ve eaten all that!! LOL

And looks like I’m gonna need a LOT of ice cream! One of my tasks is breed 2 Pure/Light ... first 9hr breed netted an Pure, this breed is a 5hr wait which should net Archangel. The breed that will net the needed Zen will be 32hrs for 1 task of the 2 needed to get 10 moves; 64hrs for a single task is rather ridiculous ... and the minimum 64hrs for the 2 breeds is if a Zen is netted back to back which obviously is not happening for me ... ugh

(I refuse to use 6 gems to skip a 10 moves task...even if it’s a ridiculous task such as breed 2 Pure/Light!)

Busting out the Cherry Garcia ice cream ...

@dragonlove said in Puzzle Island: Valentine’s Day FEB 8 - FEB 18:

@nynaevelan ... certainly! a scoop of each ... and more when we’ve eaten all that!! LOL

And looks like I’m gonna need a LOT of ice cream! One of my tasks is breed 2 Pure/Light ... first 9hr breed netted an Archangel, this breed is a 5hr wait which should net Archangel. The breed that will net the needed Zen will be 32hrs for 1 task of the 2 needed to get 10 moves; 64hrs for a single task is rather ridiculous ... and the minimum 64hrs for the 2 breeds is if a Zen is netted back to back which obviously is not happening for me ... ugh

(I refuse to use 6 gems to skip a 10 moves task...even if it’s a ridiculous task such as breed 2 Pure/Light!)

Busting out the Cherry Garcia ice cream ...

... and after all that breedings you will get hatching tasks but the hatchery is full.

@dragonlove said in Puzzle Island: Valentine’s Day FEB 8 - FEB 18:

@nynaevelan ... certainly! a scoop of each ... and more when we’ve eaten all that!! LOL

And looks like I’m gonna need a LOT of ice cream! One of my tasks is breed 2 Pure/Light ... first 9hr breed netted an Archangel, this breed is a 5hr wait which should net Archangel. The breed that will net the needed Zen will be 32hrs for 1 task of the 2 needed to get 10 moves; 64hrs for a single task is rather ridiculous ... and the minimum 64hrs for the 2 breeds is if a Zen is netted back to back which obviously is not happening for me ... ugh

(I refuse to use 6 gems to skip a 10 moves task...even if it’s a ridiculous task such as breed 2 Pure/Light!)

Busting out the Cherry Garcia ice cream ...

I refuse to even bother breeding them, I need a lot oif cream, I am washing my hands of this event.

@bettina-löffler ... true that!!!

@nynaevelan ... someone at SP surely needs to rethink Puzzle Islands ... concept is pretty good, actual play is awful!

@nynaevelan ... OMG!!!! ... fainting ... just finished the Archangel breed and hit rebreed ... showing a 32hr breed!!! Thought for sure it would be another Pure or another Archangel! Zen is in the Tree ... then will still need to hatch it for another 40hr wait ... all for only 10 moves ... oh, the torture!!!!!

@dragonlove
Mmmm Cherry Garcia. Lovely. I wish they had that flavour where I live in Ireland but I settle for Phish Food. I'll have to locate some while I'm back over this summer!
I despise all these breed hatch tasks. It slows everything down. But maybe that's the point, we aren't supposed to get everything easily for free.
I'm just going to plug along slowly getting what I can for free. I won't spend gems on this event, I dislike the puzzle islands.

@susan-mclaughlin ... CG is my most favorite flavor; hope you’re able to enjoy some of/when you’re out ‘n about as it truly is delish!

Hatch 2 with War and Light. AKA Elfic, a 32-hr breed/40-hr hatch. Three days for one task, even hitting them both on the first try and having two slots available for it.

Seriously, who had such poor judgement as to think that was even a little bit reasonable?

@scott-clark ... makes ya wonder if anyone at SP plays this game, eh?

@dragonlove said in Puzzle Island: Valentine’s Day FEB 8 - FEB 18:

@scott-clark ... makes ya wonder if anyone at SP plays this game, eh?

...or thinks.

@nynaevelan ... truer yet!! LOL

I mean, if the requirements didn’t scale so hard too, so that the 10 moves that yields might get you something, that would be one thing. But when they go up to 1000/1000? Combining making it MUCH harder to get moves with making rewards require MANY more moves is ludicrous. Those effects MULTIPLY, so the aggregate effect is hugely enhanced. Big Heart is probably, in terms of effort required, 10 times the entire rest of that reward line. If not more. Does anyone at all at SP think about this kind of thing?

Micro transactions are fine for players who don’t play as much that want the dragons we play hard to earn and get. That’s a level playing field. But when micro transactions are exploiting the grinders who play multiple hours a day and you still have no choice but to pay up or sit out, that’s doing a disservice to your die hard fan base. I’m usually willing to pay monetarily for the dragons I must have. But now the most rare dragons aren’t that strong because they cannot be empowered. And you have to pay for the top dragon in every event and now they are running multiple events at a time. When will there be a level playing field. Your either rich or your a hacker. The try hard are failing. The ones who love this game so much are the ones left weeping. I know micro transactions are a necessary evils. But I can’t keep up.

I have got lucky a few times and got breeding missions that turn into hatching missions for the same combination.

Much of what I’ve brought up in this thread I’ve also taken the opportunity to put into the recent survey; have actually taken/submitted the survey 3 times so far to bring up the things that frustrate me when playing ... hopefully many of us are doing the same ... and more importantly, hopefully SP will actually read and act upon the suggestions/recommendations

@scott-clark said in Puzzle Island: Valentine’s Day FEB 8 - FEB 18:

Hatch 2 with War and Light. AKA Elfic, a 32-hr breed/40-hr hatch. Three days for one task, even hitting them both on the first try and having two slots available for it.

Seriously, who had such poor judgement as to think that was even a little bit reasonable?

Beyond that, the game's giving me every impression that they've either turned off that breed or made it much harder! I'm 0:8 on my Elfic attempts thus far, when it's supposed to be about a 50% chance.

TBH other than the terra/flame combos I have not done any of the breeding missions, andvonly the hatching ones that I have available in storage. It is not worth it to clog my hatchery.

@nynaevelan I may be a wee bit too stubborn to take that approach. Or maybe a lot. Even though it's probably better overall.

I have my Cupcake. I may squeeze in a Brown Haired. The breeding event will tide me through the rest of this event, along with the Maze with it. I already have Sweetest, so after getting Dimensional I will start my attempts. Until then- I’ll join you for Ice Cream.

I hope you are checking your dragon eggs in storage for the hatching tasks. Like if you need to hatch dark and nature egg check storage for one and pop into hatchery. It'll save many hours. And the lower rarity eggs hatch faster than legendaries.