Stuck Zone

A stuck zone is a certain location on the board where a cherry or a hazelnut in an Ingredients level cannot be dropped via simple matches under the ingredient itself, and must be moved left or right to continue its path to the exit. They can escape from a stuck zone by simple candy matches, or with the help of a conveyor belt, as shown in the example level below.



During gameplay, stuck zones are considered a nuisance for players as they not only delay you from dropping the ingredients, but they also require the correct technique in moving them if conveyor belts are absent. Thus, if the player does not master the correct technique in switching ingredients from one lane to another, it would be almost impossible for a player to pass such level.

Stuck zones are mostly present above unused tiles (they could also appear at the bottom of the board, but only if the ingredient exits are absent there.) or unremovable blockers like chocolate spawners, but not all squares above such blockers are considered stuck zones. In fact, lanes with teleporters or ingredient exits are not stuck zones. If it is possible for a candy to slide from one lane to another without using the technique stated above, then that lane isn't a stuck zone either.

There are also stuck zones which, when an ingredient reaches it, is impossible to make progress as even candy matches cannot free it from the stuck zone. In such conditions, the level cannot be completed unless you use a Free Switch booster and are normally known as "Dead Zones". Such dead zones mostly appear at peninsulas that even the ingredient itself cannot be switched into it by candy matches itself, but instead by the candy sliding mechanics. One example is Level 137.

More levels with Stuck Zones

 * Level 72
 * Level 74
 * Level 78
 * Level 90
 * Level 92
 * Level 95
 * Level 117
 * Level 137
 * Level 158
 * Level 164
 * Level 238
 * Level 242
 * Level 315
 * Level 409
 * Level 413
 * Level 445
 * Level 537
 * Level 586
 * Level 637
 * Level 644
 * Level 645
 * Level 660
 * Level 671
 * Level 684
 * Level 691
 * Level 742
 * Level 757
 * Level 849