Career · 50 stages
Reach the target tile to clear a stage and unlock the next. Each target is twice the last.
80 → 160 → 320 → 640 → …
- Every new stage, replay or restart begins on a fresh 4×4 board with two 5/10 tiles and zero score.
- Stages 1–5 allow new tiles of 5 or 10. Clearing stage 5 unlocks 20 as a possible new tile from stage 6; clearing stage 6 unlocks 40 from stage 7. Each later clear unlocks exactly one higher value for the following stage.
- The stage reward raises your new-tile limit; it does not give you larger starting tiles. Every stage begins with a range of 5 and 10. Higher values still need to be earned by merging and clearing the lowest value in your range. You can merge above the new-tile limit to reach the target.
- Only up to three consecutive new-tile values can appear. The range advances after its lowest value is fully cleared and higher values are earned. A retired value does not return during that run, including after a phone call or reopening the app. Undo restores the preceding board and range.
- In iPhone/iPad version 1.9, reach 81,920 to earn a 5×5 board automatically. Your tiles and score come with you. New stages start on 4×4 and earn that space again.
- Career 1.9 earns 6×6 at 5,242,880 and 7×7 at 335,544,320. Each later milestone is 64 times the previous one, up to 11×11. Existing larger saved boards keep their size. Earlier releases and other platforms retain their previous Career milestones; Survival, Race the Clock and No Going Back Here still expand first at 10,240 and then at eight-times-higher milestones. A blocked board ends the attempt.
- Every successful move adds one new tile, even after a large merge.