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Not to be confused with Rainbow Candy.
Chameleon candy blue

The Chameleon Candy is sneaky. It changes candy color with each turn.

—Splash text

Chameleon candy red

Chameleon Candy (also known as Alternating Candy or Rainbow Candy) was one of the secondary elements in Candy Crush Saga, formerly introduced in level 306 in the 22nd episode, Savory Shores. These candies would change their colour after each move that is made, and would alternate between two colours.

They were easy to tell apart from normal candies as they had a small pink aura around them and a rainbow swept across them every few seconds.

Many players considered chameleon candies annoying as they could take away a possible match, therefore, having to make a match elsewhere to get the candies to change back. Other users complained that the flashing candies caused dizziness and headaches.

In April 2021, Chameleon Candies have been removed from all levels along with Mystery Candies, as the Community Manager stated that these elements were out of date and "would not be greenlit if we were to introduce them as completely new elements" [1]. Although Mystery Candies now returned as a Power Pop activation, these eggs will never reveal an unfavourable outcome; Chameleon Candies were effectively removed from the game.

As of September 2022, the splash text still makes reference to Chameleon Candies, over 5000 levels since their retirement.

Occurrence[]

Chameleon candy once first appeared in level 306. Nowadays, no levels contain chameleon candies nor chameleon candy cannons.

They were a rare sight, only appearing very rarely. Many episodes didn't have any levels with rainbow candies at all. There were tens of (or even hundreds of) levels without rainbow candies, but every now and again they would make a one-off appearance. There are no levels with chameleon candies, as they were phased out from January 2021.

Chameleon candies were often found behind marmalade, liquorice locks or sugar chests. They still changed colour every move even when behind any of these blockers.

It could also come out of a mystery candy, but such an outcome was considerably uncommon.

Trivia[]

  • There was never a chameleon special candy or sugar drop. Therefore, chameleon candies only occurred in the regular form.
  • Although chameleon candy is also known as a rainbow candy, it is not multi-coloured. It toggled between two colours.
    • This nickname likely surfaced because of the rainbow that appears on top of chameleon candies.
    • There is now a candy type that has the official name "Rainbow Candy".
  • While the initial board, if already settled, does not have an auto match, after the first move, the chameleon candies would change colour and may have caused unexpected matches.
    • It was possible to form any special candies in this method. There is a report that five locked/marmalade-covered candies formed five colour bombs in this fashion, though it's possibly a glitch.
  • Chameleon candy cannons were introduced in level 2198.
  • This is one of the elements which has never been required as part of a candy order.
  • Chameleon candies had the tile map code 033.
  • In level 1809, before it was redesigned, yellow chameleon candies appeared on a board where said colour doesn't spawn, due to redesigning. However, non-spawning colour chameleon candies were not officially introduced, due to their removal.
  • The first level they were introduced in was level 306 before all chameleon candies were removed from most levels between 306-399, and most other levels.
  • No chameleon candies appeared in all of the 7000s. Like mystery candies, these have now been removed from game.
    • In an update on 21 January 2021, chameleon candies were removed from most levels, similar to mystery candies. From version 1.201, released in late April 2021, these were removed entirely from the game.
    • On mobile, chameleon candies existed for 7 years, 363 days, just two days shy of 8 years.
  • They have never appeared encased in liquorice curls, liquorice fences, order locks, or sour skulls. They have also never appeared in rainbow rapids levels (ironically).
  • According to a post on King Community, chameleon candies (along with mystery candies) will officially be discontinued in the near future, which has now happened.
  • The last level where chameleon candies could appear was Level 6835 (and even then, only from candy cannons). Said level was released in April 2020, a whole year before they were removed.
  • Despite being introduced three months later than mystery candies, their last official appearance was three months earlier than the last official appearance of mystery candies (even though both were removed at the same time).

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