All told, this game is still more complicated than your average King-created Match 3 title, given the space RPG elements included, though at the end of the day, it all boils down to matching three of the same pieces or more. Want to finish more puzzles and get further in the game? Check out the our collection of Anno 2205: Asteroid Miner tips, tricks and hints that can help you complete more stages and keep moving forward.
This is a vintage Match 3 technique that also applies in Anno 2205. When matching asteroids, you should always go for the longest possible match. Longer matches mean higher bonuses, and if you make your match long enough, you could get up to a 100 percent bonus. If you’re trying to destroy all the asteroids or collect so many elements, long matches will definitely be your best friend. Look at the board carefully and plan things out; visualize how one match could affect the pieces above it. Take stock of these things as you try to match more than just three identical pieces.
On some of the matches, you may want to ignore one of the element types just so you can allow that specific type of element to appear more frequently on your board, thus making it much easier for you to match far more than three pieces, and get bigger bonuses. And speaking of bonuses, here’s a bonus tip – try matching one or two element types so you can fill the board out with the pieces you need.
If some levels are frustrating you, then go ahead and repeat them as often as you want, as no one series of drops per level is the same. Again, you want to look long and hard at the board before you start trying to solve it, so you can come up with a sound strategy and make more matches, not to mention longer ones.
As we said, drones are this game’s equivalent of power-ups or special pieces, and you’ll get them when you make long matches. But unlike in other Match 3 games, you can move the drones you create. That means it’s up to you to decide where to place them; typically, you want to place drones in areas where you could potentially take out a lot of pieces. Also be sure you’re regularly upgrading your drones with iridium.