Crunchy Courtyard

Crunchy Courtyard is the 46th episode of Candy Crush Saga and is the fourth episode of World Eight. This episode was released on September 3, 2014. The champion title for this episode is Nutty Knight.

Story
Before episode: A jousting knight is on a rocking horse and can't move. After episode: Tiffi pops on two coconut wheels and suddenly the jousting knight zooms around the courtyard.

New things

 * Technically, nothing new is added. However, in level 677, special candies can be seen behind liquorice locks for the very first time. Previously, when special candies were behind locks, the lock would behave just like marmalade until an update would come, replacing the lock with marmalade. However, the locks in level 677 are required to be broken just like normal liquorice locks.

Levels

 * Easiest level: Level 666
 * Hardest level: Level 677

Crunchy Courtyard contains levels 666-680. This episode continues the unfortunate trend of having no moves levels or timed levels, just like the past episode. As a result, there is an increase in jelly levels. Ingredients levels are in abundance, unlike the past two episodes.

This episode has several hard-very hard levels like 667, 670, 671, 672, 673, 674, and 679, and worst of all, 677, which was one of the hardest levels in the whole game before it was nerfed. Because of this level and the other hard levels, this episode is considered a hard episode, but it's slightly easier than the previous episode, Fizzy Falls.

There are 7 jelly levels, 4 candy order levels , and 4 ingredient levels.

Trivia

 * This episode has alliteration.
 * This is the 3rd Episode which there was no text in the story.
 * This is the fifth time an episode's name shares a word with another episode name in Reality, with Crunchy Castle. The first time was with Candy Town, Candy Factory, Candy Clouds and Candy Kaiju, second time with Chocolate Mountains and Chocolate Barn, third time with Jelly Jungle and Jelly Wagon, and fourth with Wafer Wharf and Wafer Windmill. If the Dreamworld series are added in as well, it will be a total of eight times (adding Sleepy Slopes and Sleepy Sunrise, Funky Factory and Funky Fortress, and Bonkers Bakery and Blooming Bakery).
 * This episode has no timed and moves levels as they are absent once again.
 * This episode continues the trend of having cake bombs.
 * This episode continues the trend of not having Jelly levels as an episode finale and levels that end in 0 be Jelly levels.
 * This episode breaks the trend of having no levels that have 51 moves or higher.
 * This episode contains a hell's cluster, which consists of levels 670-674.