Carry the light. Read the threat.
Slide to merge your light on a 4×4 board, strike the Gloom before their timers crack it, and keep the Hearth alive. Every slide changes the board.
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Small board. Consequential choices.
A familiar merge puzzle, with something pushing back.
Slide equal Bearers together to merge them into a stronger rank. Leave yourself room for the next move.
Glooms hold their ground and count down. Strike with enough strength, before the timers fracture the board.
Choose relics to change a difficult board. Break the Eclipse, rebuild, and face the next one.
Swipe on a touch screen. Use arrow keys or WASD on a keyboard. Direction buttons are available in the game menu.
A choice when you need one
Choose one of two relics at each phase. Hold two types, stack extra charges, and use them without spending a slide.
Frost pauses Gloom timers for five slides. Make space to think, then make your move.
Tide clears every Fracture and automatically destroys the most urgent ordinary Gloom. The Eclipse is unaffected.
Unmake removes a tile you choose, even the Eclipse. Change your mind before you commit.
Choosing a duplicate adds a charge. Choosing a third type replaces your oldest stack; the choice shows what you will lose.
| Relic | Effect |
|---|---|
| Ember | Raise one Bearer a rank. Clear the Fractures beside it. |
| Frost | Gloom timers stop for your next five slides. |
| Tide | Automatically destroy the most urgent ordinary Gloom. Clear every Fracture. The Eclipse is unaffected. |
| Bulwark | Your next weak strike costs no Hearth. The Bearer is still lost. |
| Root | Stop the next three Fractures. |
| Prism | Your next merge scores twice as much. |
| Dawnstrike | Destroy all ordinary Glooms. The Eclipse is unaffected. |
| Quell | Drop every Gloom one tier. Shadows vanish. The Eclipse takes one damage. |
| Aegis | Absorb the next two damage to the Hearth, except Collapse. |
| Unmake | Choose any tile to remove, even a Bearer or Eclipse. Cancel freely. |
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