Monopoly GO Blocks Boutique Cozy Comforts album, themed around fall and cozy holidays, creates a warm and inviting atmosphere. The new mini-game introduced this season perfectly complements the fall content in Monopoly GO: Blocks Boutique.
Unlike typical gameplay like sniping your friends’ buildings in Shutdown or finding like-minded friends to stand on the podium together in Partner event, the core gameplay of Blocks Boutique event is similar to a Tetris-like game. You can help the café owner create new drinks for customers and display them in the virtual boutique to earn extra Monopoly GO dice and sticker packs.
This new mini-game changes the original game pace, allowing players to acquire extra resources and complete Cozy Comforts sticker album faster. If you’re interested in this Blocks Boutique event, this complete event guide from IGGM might be helpful.
How Does Blocks Boutique Work?
In Blocks Boutique event, your primary goal is to help Cynthia and create new drink recipes for her coffee shop. But don’t get the wrong idea, this isn’t a game where you directly make the drinks; the key is combining the ingredients needed for the recipes.
Each drink recipe requires a certain number of ingredients. The main way to collect these ingredients is by completing rows and columns in the puzzle grid, clearing obstacles in the crafting process.
When you’re crafting a drink in Blocks Boutique, you’ll see an 8×8 square grid with some pre-placed blocks and empty spaces waiting to be filled. Below the grid are three puzzle pieces consisting of different numbers of blocks; you need to select one and drag it to the empty grid spaces on the screen.
It’s worth noting that some blocks hide different drink ingredients, either in the grid you started in or in the shape of the block you’re about to place. As you place blocks, you have the opportunity to eliminate an entire row or column, causing the ingredients to fall out.
Once you’ve collected all the ingredients needed for the current level’s drink recipe, the drink is complete. The completed drinks will be added to the boutique’s window display. Completing puzzles and crafting items will earn you rewards, and you can also earn extra prizes if you collect an entire row or column of items in the boutique’s window display, including tons of dice, sticker packs, and valuable collectibles.
As Cozy Comforts season progresses, every opportunity to collect a sticker pack is precious, not to mention the purple sticker packs rewarded in Blocks Boutique often bring you incredibly rare 5-star stickers! That might just be the last piece to complete your sticker collection.
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Event Tips
To win Blocks Boutique event, blindly stacking blocks and a bit of luck won’t do; you’ll need some strategy.
Pay Attention To Block Shapes
As we mentioned before, the mechanics of this mini-game are quite similar to the familiar Tetris. However, the biggest difference is that Tetris allows players to continuously change the orientation of incoming blocks to increase the chances of them fitting into empty areas of the grid, while Blocks Boutique does not support this.
Yes, the shape and orientation of the blocks provided in Blocks Boutique are fixed; you cannot rotate them. Therefore, the ways you can place blocks and complete the recipe are quite limited. This means you must plan your next move carefully to avoid getting stuck.
Planning The Optimal Route
In addition, please note that you cannot place blocks indefinitely. Each move consumes Blocks Boutique Tokens, so to avoid wasting any tokens, you should try to collect the ingredients needed for the current drink in the fewest potential moves.
Fortunately, here’s a helpful tip to quickly see all the placeable areas on the grid. When you drag a block and try to move it on the grid, if it can be placed, the grid will highlight it in green; otherwise, it will highlight it in red.
Focus On Collecting Drink Ingredients
It’s worth noting that when eliminating blocks, don’t obsess over filling all empty areas for a super clear. Pay attention to the amount of ingredients needed for each drink and eliminate them accordingly.
Sometimes, completing a drink recipe only requires a small amount of ingredients. So, when you see a row or column with the required ingredients and are close to completion, focus all your efforts on eliminating them to advance to the next stage as quickly as possible.
Collect Event Tokens
Finally, if you’re running out of moves, you must actively participate in all current activities to collect Blocks Boutique tokens. The easiest way to collect tokens is by utilizing the free gifts that unlock every eight hours in the in-game store, and the daily Quick Wins.
However, if you have a lot of dice, you can also participate in all banner events and tournaments during the Blocks Boutique activation period. These event milestones will provide you with a large number of extra tokens.
In addition, you can also earn cash, dice, and other rewards by collecting Monopoly Go cards and completing sticker sets. This is the main motivation to keep participating in events and gain extra moves.
Rewards
As you complete each drink recipe in Blocks Boutique, you’ll earn sticker packs and dice as rewards, and your completed drinks will be displayed in a 6×6 grid showcase. When your drinks complete a row or column in the showcase, you can win the grand prize, which typically includes a rare token skin, 1500 dice rolls, and a purple sticker pack.
Additionally, when you complete your seventh drink recipe in the Blocks grid, a special gift box will appear in the blocks you placed, displayed in red. Similarly, clearing a row or column containing the gift box will unlock its rewards, including extra rolls, a large amount of cash, and event tokens, among others.
In short, Blocks Boutique event is highly playable; even after winning the grand prize, you can continue playing and still have opportunities to earn rewards. IGGM believes this event is definitely a great opportunity to relax amidst your busy banner events. So head over as soon as the event is active!
