Disney Tsum Tsum - November 2016 Villains Event

The event (finally) started this morning!! So far most of the main missions (the ones necessary to clear the bosses) I've seen are pretty easy. A few of the ones to get to treasure boxes are a bit trickier, but still easier than bingo missions! Each of the bosses gives you mini-missions (e.g. make a 4 chain, make a 5 combo) during each play. Each mini-mission pops up as soon as you finish the previous one, during the same play, and you take down the boss's "HP" based on how many mini-missions you clear.

Here are the maps with numbers added for reference. I'll update the list of missions for each as I clear more of them. Nov 23 edit: finally cleared them all and updated everything! Missions only become available when you've cleared the preceding one.

Door 1: Evil Queen
Snow White gives bonuses (e.g. some % bonus of tsums cleared, a few extra combos counted toward your score, etc.). Despite having Snow White, I ended up using Donald (skill level 1) for the combo missions and Rattle Bones Pluto (skill level 3) for most of the other ones because the bonus wasn't enough to offset the loss from using a MyTsum that didn't work as well.

Mission 1: Create a 15 combo in 1 play
Mission 2: Clear 1,000 Tsum Tsum in total
Mission 3: Clear 6 Magical Bubbles in 1 play
Mission 4: Earn 1,400 coins in total
Mission 5: Activate skills 5 times in 1 play
Mission 6: Clear the Evil Queen's missions! This is the only mission I found Snow White to be helpful for (she gives a 50% bonus on the HP per mission you take down).
Mission 7: Create an 80 combo in 1 play
Mission 8: Activate skills 24 times in total. Reward: Premium Ticket
Mission 9: Make a 25 chain in 1 play (this one was tricky. I used Dale, used the skill twice without clearing all the Chip's, and tried again until I got a lucky run)
Mission 10: Enter fever 25 times in total
Mission 11: Create a 100 combo in 1 play
Mission 12: Clear 3,000 Tsum Tsum in total. Reward: Skill Ticket




Door 2: Ursula
Ariel gives bonuses, but I only used her for the "boss battle" against Ursula.

Mission 13: Enter fever 3 times in 1 play
Mission 14: Make a 12 chain in 1 play
Mission 15: Clear 80 MyTsum in 1 play
Mission 16: Clear 8 Magical Bubbles in 1 play
Mission 17: Earn 350 coins in 1 play
Mission 18: Clear 10 Big Tsum Tsum in total
Mission 19: Clear 2 Time Bubbles in 1 play (I used Genie skill level 2, as one of his skills makes random bubbles including special ones)
Mission 20: Beat Ursula! I used Ariel
Mission 21: Activate skills 4 times in 1 play
Mission 22: Create an 85 combo in 1 play
Mission 23: Clear 500 Tsum Tsum in 1 play
Mission 24: Earn 4,000 coins in total. Reward: Premium Ticket
Mission 25: Earn 50,000,000 points in total
Mission 26: Clear 20 Big Tsum Tsum in total
Mission 27: Clear 100 Magical Bubbles in total
Mission 28: Clear 30 Time Bubbles in total Reward: Skill Ticket? (unconfirmed as I haven't cleared this yet)

Door 3: Maleficent Dragon
Princess Aurora gives bonuses. I don't have her but cleared through the boss anyway with Donald and Rattle Bones Pluto.

Mission 29: Clear 1 Star Bubbles in 1 play
Mission 30: Earn 1,000 EXP in total
Mission 31: Clear 3 Big Tsum Tsum in 1 play
Mission 32: Make a 20 chain in 1 play
Mission 33: Create a 65 combo in 1 play
Mission 34: Clear 10 Magical Bubbles in 1 play
Mission 35: Enter fever 5 times in 1 play
Mission 36: Clear Maleficent Dragon's missions!
Mission 37: Clear 3 Time Bubbles in 1 play (I used Genie for this)
Mission 38: Activate skills 20 times in total
Mission 39: Create a 90 combo
Mission 40: Earn 1,000 coins in 1 play
Mission 41: Earn 10,000,000 points in total
Mission 42: Earn 3,000,000 points in 1 play
Mission 43: Clear 10 Coin Bubbles in total
Mission 44: Create a 150 combo in 1 play
Mission 45: Make a 40 chain in 1 play
Mission 46: Earn 30,000 coins in total

Disney Tsum Tsum - Mission Bingo 2

Description of all missions is available on the wikia page. I started this card right after getting Donald.

The wikia also gives some tips on how to clear each mission. Here's my guide to the trickier (non-grinding) missions based on the tsums I have right now -- I'll update it as I complete missions with what worked/didn't.

Mission 3: Create a 130 combo.
Just got Donald so trying this now. So far my best is 110, but much better than pre-Donald ~90 combos! Hopefully this will also clear Mission 24 along the way (but maybe not...)
Was able to get this after 2 or 3 tries with Donald. Didn't clear Mission 24 though.

Mission 5: Use a Tsum Tsum that makes Magical Bubbles 6 times in 1 play.
Eligible tsums are Horn Hat Mickey, Marie, and Miss Bunny. I don't have any yet

Mission 6: Call a sweetheart and earn 750,000 points in 1 play.
Did this with Cat Hat Minnie, took a couple of tries but not too hard.

Mission 10: Use a tail-swishing skill 5 times in 1 play.
Don't have any of these Tsums yet (Tigger, Cheshire Cat, or Mater) :(

Mission 11: Create a 15 chain in 1 play
Pretty easy with Dale or Ghost Dale.

Mission 12: Use a Tsum Tsum with eyelashes to create a 12 chain.
Used Cat Hat Minnie, not too hard. Tinker Bell is also recommended but I got her after clearing it already.

Mission 12: Clear 500 Tsums using a Tsum from the "Toy Story" series in 1 play.
Don't have any Toy Story tsums yet :(

Mission 13: Reduce Tsum Tsum to 3 kinds 5 times in 1 play (use items and skills).
Don't have Zero, Pascal, or Randall yet :(

Mission 14: Use a skill that calls a friend 6 times in 1 play.
Trying with Dale but haven't gotten this mission yet

Mission 15: Clear 100 Toy Story Tsum Tsum in 1 play
No luck yet. Don't have any Toy Story tsums to force them to appear

Mission 20: Use a Pixar Tsum Tsum to earn 800,000 points in 1 play.
Pixar tsums are listed here -- I don't have any yet

Mission 21: Use a skill that stops time 6 times in 1 play.
Eligible tsums are Pooh, Bumblebee Pooh, Yoda, and White Rabbit. I don't have any yet

Mission 25: Use a canine Tsum Tsum to earn 900,000 points in 1 play.
Easy with maxed Rattle Bones Pluto (from Halloween 2016 event)

Disney Tsum Tsum - Mission Bingo 7

Description of all missions is available on the wikia page. This is the second card I did (so the first one after card 1) because I don't have Donald yet, and wanted to try to get him for all the long combos on the other cards.

The wikia also gives some tips on how to clear each mission. Here's my guide to the trickier (non-grinding) missions based on the tsums I have right now -- I'll update it as I complete missions with what worked/didn't.

Mission 3: Get 7 Fever Modes using a girl Tsum in 1 play.

Mission 5: Earn 900 coins using a Tsum with the initial "P" in 1 play.
Rattle Bones Pluto!! (my highest coin earner anyway)

Mission 7: Create an 18 or greater chain using a princess Tsum.
Only have one princess (Snow White) so hoping to get another princess soon (her skill is useless for this one)

Mission 8: Use your skill 12 times using a center burst skill Tsum in 1 play.
Trying with Thumper but haven't gotten it yet (so far 8 max)

Mission 9: Get 8 Fever Modes using a boy Tsum in 1 play.
???


Mission 10: Earn exactly 230 coins using a Tsum with white hands.
The only two eligible tsums I have are Mickey and Cat Hat Minnie. Haven't gotten this one yet.

Mission 11: Burst 7 Score Bubbles in 1 play.
Trying with Rattle Bones Pluto, probably will need to use some skills like 5->4 or +Time

Mission 12: Clear 500 Tsums using a Tsum from the "Toy Story" series in 1 play.
Don't have any Toy Story tsums yet :(

Mission 13: Clear 11 large Tsums using a Tsum with the initial "B" in 1 play.
Don't have Baymax or any other B's yet :(

Mission 15: Burst 18 Magical Bubbles using a burst skill Tsum in 1 play.
Probably will try Rattle Bones Pluto. This one seems hard for me to get.

Mission 18: Get a 110 combo using a horizontal burst skill Tsum in 1 play.  
Probably will try Rattle Bones Pluto. This one seems almost impossible for me to get as my highest combo ever is 90 :(

Mission 20: Clear 130 white Tsums in 1 play.
Trying with Ghost Dale as his skill calls Ghost Chip (who is also white)

Mission 21: Earn 430 Exp using a Tsum with tied hair in 1 play.
Eligible tsums that I have right now are Genie and Tinker Bell. May try this later with the +Exp and +Time skills.
 Mission 24: Get a 90 combo using a green Tsum in 1 play.
Don't have any green tsums yet :(

Mission 25: Earn 1,500,000 points using a Tsum from the "Frozen" series in 1 play.
Don't have any Frozen tsums yet :(

Disney Tsum Tsum - Mission Bingo 1

Description of all missions is available on the wikia page

The wikia also gives some tips on how to clear each mission. Since I didn't have all the recommended tsums, here's what I did for the trickier ones.

Missions 5 and 19
No Donald yet :( I just grinded these out using Rattle Bones Pluto and saving bubbles for when I got stuck. Also tried a few times using Dale (using the row of summoned Chip's to make lots of little chains) but found that harder for me.

Mission 12
Since I don't have Minnie yet, I noticed that Minnie often came up when I was using Rattle Bones Pluto, so I used him with the 5->4 skill and got lucky that Minnie was one of the other tsums. I did this also with the +Score boost to clear Mission 8 at the same time and the +Time boost just in case (had free tickets for all the skills from another event).

Mission 13
Thumper is amazing! This allows you to clear Mission 10 at the same time.

Mission 15
Used Dale, took 1 try

Mission 23
Used Dale, took a few tries but was much easier than using Cat Hat Minnie (my other transforming tsum)

Mission 25
Did as recommended on the wikia. Only took one try.

Castle Clash - Heroes Expedition Guide

The latest patch for Android (ver 1.2.52) introduced a new gameplay mode called Heroes Expedition (HE). Here's the skinny on how it works... then see this post on the Warehouse and Merits for *why* you want to earn these rewards!

Short description: Send your heroes only (no regular troops) on raids on other players' bases, and instead of earning Gold and Mana you earn a new resource called "Merits" for clearing more than 50% of a base. These Merits can be spent at the Warehouse, a new building introduced in the same patch, on Shards, Exp, Skill Exp, and other desirable things (see my Warehouse and Merits guide for details on what is available and the best values in the shop!).

Battle Chances: One life per hero every day. Once the hero is killed in HE, it will not revive in HE until the next day (resets at midnight, server time). Heroes on cooldown are still usable in HE, and heroes dead in HE are still usable in raids, HBM, and everything else as usual.

How to Enter: Select the Arena. Expedition will be the right-most option that pops up, as in the screenshot below:

Once inside, you'll see a lobby screen similar to the level selection screen in HBM or HT, but this one resets daily so you have to start from R1 every day. Once you clear a level for the day, you can't go back to it (i.e. once you clear R1, you have to move on to R2. R1 will unlock again the next day).

From the lobby, select the highlighted level to get to the hero selection screen. A list of all of your heroes will be along the bottom. You can choose up to 15 heroes for each level. Heroes that die for the day will automatically be removed from your selection for the next level you enter, and can be replaced with other heroes if you have more.

The other thing to note from the hero selection screen is the "Max Rewards" listing on the right side. You earn Merits and HB for clearing levels. In the example above, getting 100% on the level would award you with 27 Merits and 140 HB.

Castle Clash Resources Guide

There are many types of resources in Castle Clash, with different ways to use, obtain, and lose each type. This guide contains a practical summary of each resource with the best way to use it and the most efficient way to get it. I have listed the resources in order of how important/scarce they are, which basically means resources near the top of the list are ones that you should carefully conserve because they can constrain your advancement.

Overall, gold and mana production tend to be useless, as these resources are not very useful in the mid to late game: since all the upgrades take so long to complete, you'll have much more gold and mana than you can use unless you use Gems to speed the process, which you shouldn't be doing because you should buy heroes instead.

Gems
Best use: buying heroes at the Hero Altar (cost is 150 gems per hero, but hero received is random)
Other uses: speeding up building construction, research, or unit recruitment
Best way to get: daily checklist
Other ways to get: achievements, in-app purchases, downloading free apps from the "Free Gems" section
Ways to lose: (none other than spending)

Honor Badges (HB)
Best use: leveling up heroes
Other uses: buying heroes at the Hero Altar
Best way to get: Arena (passive collection over time, plus 40 HB per win and 6 HB per loss)
Other ways to get: clearing dungeons, winning raids against other players, buying or earning through "Free Gems" certain numbers of Gems
Ways to lose: losing raids that you initiate against other players

Hero Shards (HS)
Best use: buying heroes at the Hero Altar (can choose which hero to hire, cost varies by hero)
Other uses: donating to guild fund
Best way to get: clearing dungeons (for farming HS, focus on skull dungeons - see this page for more details)
Other ways to get: buying or earning through "Free Gems" at least 230 Gems in one day (resets daily at midnight EST)
Ways to lose: (none other than spending)


Experience (EXP)
Best use: leveling up heroes - EXP split evenly among heroes that participate in a particular battle, even the ones who die
Other uses: (none)
Best way to get: winning raids against other players
Other ways to get: dungeons
Ways to lose: (none)

Gold
Best use: upgrading troops and heroes
Other uses: upgrading magic, upgrading walls, upgrading buildings, buying magic spells
Best way to get: raids against other players
Other ways to get: harvesting from gold mills, dungeons
Ways to lose: being attacked by other players

Mana
Best use: hiring troops
Other uses: upgrading buildings
Best way to get: raids against other players
Other ways to get: harvesting from mana mills, dungeons
Ways to lose: being attacked by other players