Level 956

Difficulty

 * The presence of four colours makes it easier to create special candies.
 * The sugar chests contain two colour bombs and eight extra time candies. However, sugar keys must be collected in order to access these. The sugar keys are spawned every few moves; they are not present on the starting board.
 * The top and bottom half of the board are separate and spawn candies separately. This limits the player's ability to set up special candies, or to produce massive cascades.
 * When the sugar drop feature is active on this level, large cascades cause a sugar drop to spawn, wasting some time. However, it only happens on web version. On mobile, there is no sugar drop feature in this level, so that makes the level easier.
 * The creation and collection of additional colour bombs, as well as many additional extra-time candies is essential in order to earn the points required to pass the level.
 * The sugar keys usually spawn at the upper part of the board.
 * The player is required to earn at least 4,460 points per second.

Strategy

 * You need to do a lot of moves fast so that you can have the sugar keys drop. However, cascades in the beginning are very important because they produce the extra time candies you need. Therefore, doing quick low points moves will almost guarantee a lost.
 * Create as many special candies as you can. Colour bombs are useful.
 * If sugar drops are active and interfering with your ability to complete the level, try to collect all the rewards through the older sugar drop levels, so that you can play this level during the cool-down period, without sugar drops.

Trivia

 * It's considered a hard level from the makers of Candy Crush, as you can see on the map. But it's actually easy-medium.
 * This is the fourth timed level that has four colours. The other three are levels 252, 701 and 725.
 * This is the second timed level which has sugar chests. The first is level 725 and the third is level 1068.
 * The board kind of looks like a chest if you look at it closely.
 * This is one of very few levels that is easier on mobile than PC.