Happy Halloween! Candy Rush v1.0.0 is live

Candy Rush is officially out, just in time for the spookiest night of the year. Here are some of the highlights of the day 1 release.

Five arcs, five bosses

• Fight through Gumdrop Grove, Molten Caramel, Peppermint Crater, Licorice Crypt and Taffy Dunes.
• Every arc ends in its own boss with its own arena and a full attack script. Telegraphed charges, slams, rings and summons, all readable before they land.
• Halloween special: Licorice Crypt is our cemetery arc. Bring a flashlight.

Pick your path on the run map

• Room types: Combat, Minibosses, Survival, Hunt the Targets and Smash & Grab.
• Smash & Grab: break everything you can before time runs out, then choose gold or chests. The timer turns red, yellow, green and blue as you earn more chests.
• Survival: when the clock runs out, spawns stop but the leftovers stay, so finish the fight and walk out on your own terms.
• The Shop is now a bonus inside rooms. Buy and sell abilities, with a clear price breakdown.
• No two visits play the same: wave sizes and pacing vary every time you enter a room.

Builds, blessings and keepsakes

• 12 Blessings to shape your run.
• Keepsakes: unlock them by playing, see exactly how to unlock each one, and equip one before a run. A "Keepsake Unlocked!" toast tells you when you earn one.
• Achievements unlock the moment you earn them, with their icon on the toast.
• Rolling Stone: hits five times harder, keeps pace with you, rolls back to you if it gets lost off screen, and adds more stones as it levels.
• Meteor aims for the biggest crowd (and the breakables).
• Evolutions now need both of their parts at max level. Chest slots no ability can fill pay out gold instead.

Scores and the Weekly Challenge

• A new results screen with a full score breakdown, star ratings and a finish-time bonus.
• The Weekly Challenge and its leaderboard are live. Everyone plays the same seed, and the best run of the week wins.

Quality of life

• A brand-new How To Play guide, offered on your first launch.
• Full controller support across every menu, and the game pauses when it loses focus or the Steam overlay opens.
• Silhouette options for players, enemies and drops, so nothing gets lost behind the scenery.
• Bigger, clearer text on Steam Deck.
• Smoother play when the screen fills up with enemies.
• Progress saves when you buy something, and quitting to the menu keeps the gold you earned.
• 18 languages, with clearer outlined Chinese text on cards and proper right-to-left Arabic.

Thank you for playing! Found a bug or have an idea? Tell us in the Discussions. Happy Halloween, and save some candy for the crypt.