Cupcake Circus

Reality	Dreamworld

Episode	13
World (Flash)	3
World (HTML5)	3
Levels	171-185
Characters	Clown
Champion title	[[Cupcake Showman]]
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Release date	August 30, 2012
Difficulty	Medium
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Cupcake Circus is the 13^th episode of Candy Crush Saga and the first episode of World Three. This episode was released August 30, 2012. The champion title for this episode is Cupcake Showman.

Due to the number of levels which are hard to earn three stars, it is available to be voted as the hardest episode in the game to earn three stars for all or most of the levels.

Story

Before episode:
The player encounters an acrobat dressed as a clown, who is desperate to find cotton candy for the children.
After episode:
Tiffi notices that the pink clouds are made of cotton candy. She borrows a balancing stick to reach it.

New things

• Four-layered Icing () is introduced. (Brief Description: A blocker which requires 4 matches or hits to clear.)

Levels

This episode contains levels 171-185.

• Easiest level: Level 171
• Hardest level: Level 182

Cupcake Circus has three somewhat hard-hard levels: 180, 181, and 184, and one very hard level: 182. Overall, this episode is considered easier than the last episode, Pastille Pyramid.

There are 5 jelly levels , 4 ingredients levels , 4 candy order levels , and 2 timed levels .

 Difficulty code summary (details here)

None • Very Easy • Easy • Somewhat Easy • Medium • Somewhat Hard • Hard • Very Hard • Extremely Hard • Nearly Impossible • Variable

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	Level	Type	Moves	Target score	Goal	Walkthrough	Remarks
	171		35	15,000	: 10	Candy Crush Saga Level 171	Introduction to
	172		10	10,000	: 1	Candy Crush Saga Level 172	This level has only one jelly, can be completed in one move
	173		40	80,000	: 30	Candy Crush Saga Level 173
	174		20	30,000	: 21	Candy Crush Saga Level 174
	175		40	40,000	: 2   : 2	Candy Crush Saga Level 175
	176		40	10,000	: 2	Candy Crush Saga Level 176
	177		Infinite	15,000	: 15,000 pts in 1 min	Candy Crush Saga Level 177
	178		50	60,000	: 18	Candy Crush Saga Level 178
	179		45	10,000	: 2	Candy Crush Saga Level 179
	180		35	45,000	: 2   : 1	Candy Crush Saga Level 180
	181		50	20,000	: 2	Candy Crush Saga Level 181 Walkthrough
	182		Infinite	30,000	: 30,000 pts in 2 mins	Candy Crush Saga Level 182
	183		50	50,000	: 2	Candy Crush Saga Level 183 Tips & Tricks - Walkthrough 3 Stars 122K
	184		40	25,000	: 13	Candy Crush Saga - Level 184	Used to be the final level of Hell's Cluster.
	185		30	50,000	: 2	Candy Crush Saga Level 185

Gallery

Before story

After story

Level 171 - (Before candies settle)

Level 171 - (After candies settle)

Level 172 -

Level 173 -

Level 174 -

Level 175 -

Level 176 -

Level 177 -

Level 178 -

Level 179 -

Level 180 -

Level 181 -

Level 182 -

Level 183 -

Level 184 -

Level 185 -

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Map on Facebook

Champion title

Trivia

• This episode does not have alliteration. The first letter of both words is the same, but pronounced as "Kupkaik Serkus".
• In Android and iOS, the silhouettes of Chocolate Barn and Minty Meadow can be seen in the background.
• This episode has the same pattern of timed levels as Lemonade Lake's (level 27 and level 32 compared with level 177 and level 182).
• Level 183 was difficult before it got nerfed. Hence, this episode used to have a Hell's Cluster from levels 180-184.
• This was formerly the hardest episode in the game.
• This episode contains the hardest timed level in the game currently.
• So far, this is the only episode in which the hardest level is a timed one (182).