Bejeweled Stars is the latest in the classic match-three Bejeweled series by PopCap, now a division of Electronic Arts. This series predates Candy Crush by a long time, and the retro early-2000s style graphics reflect this, but the game has been brought into the modern era with new features and strategies. Read on for some tips and tricks for Bejeweled Stars!
Like in most match-three games, you have five lives at any one time, and if you lose a level, you lose a life. Each life takes only 20 minutes to regenerate, but if you go to the date and time settings and set the time ahead, you will regain your lives. For a full restore, set the time ahead by an hour and 40 minutes when you lose all of your lives.
After you do this and then go to the game to verify your hearts, go to the date and time again and set the time back to normal on your phone. Do this and you will still have all of the lives that you got by setting the time ahead. You can do this trick as many times as you want to get free lives so that you can keep playing for as long as you want.
Clear four gems in a row to get a flame gem, which acts as a bomb. Clear four of them in a box pattern to unlock another special gem. Clear five in a row to make a rainbow gem appear that clears out all of the same color. Mix any of the two special gems together for special effects which clear out most of the board.
This game, unlike most games of the genre, lets you craft powers by using the power lab. You can make powers by using the power lab at any time in the middle of the game, and then either do the time cheat, pay coins to finish it quickly, or wait it out. Keep in mind the gems that you need for various powers, and focus on those when you play if you need to.
Connect the game to Facebook for a number of reasons, including the fact that you and your friends can send gifts back and forth. If none of your friends play this game or want to be invited to play this game, look for people in the review section of the App Store and Google Play who want to be added, or post add me requests in the comment section here.