Top 10 FAQ

• Game won't load on the computer.
• Game might not be loaded due to temporary error on Facebook API server, like when there's a sudden increase in number of people accessing to it. Please wait a little for such errors to get back to fine condition and check if you have most up-to-date Internet browser (Click to download latest version for Windows: Internet Explorer, Firefox, Google Chrome. For Mac OS: Safari, Firefox, Google Chrome). You may also try accessing through this link. If problem still occurs after a long while, contact us at support@purplekiwii.com and we'll troubleshoot. You can also visit Facebook Help Center for more help.

• The game freezes while playing.
• Update your flash to the latest version (Click to download for Windows: Internet Explorer, Firefox, Google Chrome. For Mac OS: Safari, Firefox, Google Chrome) or try playing on different browser. Please make sure to erase all caches, then the page will automatically download the newest version that was most recently patched.

• How do I get golden keys for the next episode?
• 1. One golden key is given every 12 hours.
  2. Buy keys at the shop with game coins or cash.
  3. Ask friends to send the key.

• How do we defeat the Boss monster?
• Match the monsters surrounding the Boss. When matched, those small monsters will burst and give damages to the Boss, the Boss will slowly lose its life. Or you can make specials like Horizontal/Vertical/Cross Bombs and Magic Hammer during play and combine them together to attack Boss remotely. Find out details at: http://purplekiwii.com/mb_rules.php?category=combinations
  
  

• How do you go up and down the floors in the tower?
• For Desktop
  You avatar will move to where you click on. To move floors, click anywhere in the tower, hold onto that click, and slide your mouse up and down to move to upper and lower floors. You can also make a click on a mini tower shown left side of the screen to move floors. You'll see the floor number when you place your mouse over this mini tower. Make a click over the tower to move to that floor.
  
  For Mobile
  Slide your finger over the floors to move up and down the floors. You can also tab on "<" sign at right middle side of the screen then whole Monster Tower will be shown. You'll be able to see which floor you're on and where your friends are. You can simply tab on the floor you want to move to.

• How do we use coin to buy items?
• Visit shop and check the price for each item. There will be coin and cash price listed. Click on buy button next to the coin price of the item you want.
  
  

• How do we make special bombs and Magic Hammer during the play?
• Special bombs are made when you match 4 or more monsters. They sometimes come out of Mystery-Mon (monster with a question mark on) when you match that Mystery-Mon with two or more same-color monsters. Details are on our homepage. http://purplekiwii.com/mb_rules.php
  
  
  
  

• I cannot ask or receive requests.
• Requests might not be able to sent or received due to unstable Facebook server condition. This is beyond our control so please try to wait a little moment until server gets back fine. Also, received gifts are stored in mailbox for only first 12 hours since its arrival. Or you may check your notification app setting. If you have checked not to get any notifications from Facebook Apps, no gifts can be delivered to your account. Take screenshot if possible and send the details to Facebook Help Center.

• Can't connect to Facebook login.
• The Facebook Login issue is due to recent changes made in privacy policy by Facebook.
  Because of this, users who have agreed to the previous policy can't log in right away.
  Instead, you can log into Facebook by following steps below and agreeing to the new policy:
  
  1. Open Facebook app and tap = Menu button
  2. Tap "Settings & Privacy" -> Account Settings
  3. Scroll down and choose "Apps" -> Logged in with Facebook
  4. Find all Monster Busters games you play in the list and choose all of them
  5. Tap "REMOVE" at the top right of the screen (it will NOT delete your progress in the games)
  6. Open Monster Busters app and connect to Facebook (you will need to agree that the app will receive your email, birthday info, etc)

• I'm using a Windows phone and I have problems with the game (Facebook login, no new episodes)
• Unfortunately it is no longer possible to connect with Facebook on Windows phones and no new episodes are being uploaded on Windows platform either due to Windows Phone Store shut down. We recommend you to switch to another available platform (PC (Facebook), android, iPhone, Kindle).
   
  As an option you can continue playing as a guest on your Windows device, we will transfer your progress from your Facebook account to your guest one, just reach us out at support@purplekiwii.com with your Facebook and guest user ID numbers (ID number is shown in your game profile) (or your Facebook name and login email info) and we will transfer your progress for you.

• ADOBE FLASH PLAYER ends on Dec 31, 2020

• Dear friends, as you already know Adobe Flash Player won't be supported in 2021. Although you won't be able to play Monster Busters games on your PC / laptops, our games will still be available on MOBILE.

  You can continue playing with your progress if you connect the game with the same Facebook account you have been using to play the games :)

  You can play Monster Busters on:

  iPhone/iPad: https://itunes.apple.com/app/monster-busters/id807996799
  Android Phone/Tablet: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details…
  Kindle Fire: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00IAQ3RJM

  Thanks a lot for your support throughout all the years!
  We're not saying bye yet!!! 

• App won't open on android / App crashes on Android
• Due to the issue with the update to the webview system app, Google Apps, including Gmail, Chrome, and its partner apps were unexpectedly forced to shut down on Android. 

   

  If the device has been affected by the issue, you can solve it in the following way.

   

  You can solve this issue by updating the Android system webview and Google Chrome. 

  
  For affected devices, Google Play will automatically update the app, and you may receive updates manually from Google Play for faster resolution.
  
  Some devices may not have web views preinstalled, in which case you only need to update chrome.
  If you want to manually update your Android system webview and Google Chrome right now, you can do the following::
  1. Launch the Play app.
  2. Search the Android system WebView.
  (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.webview)
  3. Select the "Update" option. If you do not see the "Update" option, you can skip this step.
  4. Update Google Chrome in the same way.
  (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.android.chrome)
  Caution: manually deleting webview updates is not recommended. This can lead to data loss for some apps.
  
  In rare cases, manual updates of web views or chrome on Android 10 or Android 11 may not be completed. In this case, you can use the procedure below to resolve the problem.
  1. Launch the "Settings" app on your device.
  2. "Apps and Alerts" (or "Apps") > "Google Play Store" > "Storage and Cache" (or "Storage") > "Discard Data"
  This procedure may disable some settings, such as the user's child protection function and automatic update settings. Please check these settings again after following this procedure.
  3. Again, update the web view and chrome through the manual update procedure in the paragraph above.

• How do I permanently delete my account?
• To request user data deletion,
  click here to visit our Help Center and submit a ticket, or contact us at: support@purplekiwii.com
  Please provide the title of the game and your user ID number which you can check in your game profile. 

  Your account and all associated data will be deleted within several days. 

• NOTICE: MAINTENANCE is FINISHED (Game is available now!)
   

• Please try the game again, everything should work without any issues now!

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  Dear players,

   

  The game will be undergoing maintenance for approximately 3 hours

  to upgrade the system and enhance your playing experience.

   

  Maintenance Time:

  09:10 am - 12:10 pm UTC +0

  (04:10 am - 07:10 am Eastern Time)

  *During this period, the game will be unavailable.

   

  Thank you for your understanding and cooperation!

Loading/Freezing

• Game won't load on the computer.
• Game might not be loaded due to temporary error on Facebook API server, like when there's a sudden increase in number of people accessing to it. Please wait a little for such errors to get back to fine condition and check if you have most up-to-date Internet browser (Click to download latest version for Windows: Internet Explorer, Firefox, Google Chrome. For Mac OS: Safari, Firefox, Google Chrome). You may also try accessing through this link. If problem still occurs after a long while, contact us at support@purplekiwii.com and we'll troubleshoot. You can also visit Facebook Help Center for more help.

• The game freezes while playing.
• Update your flash to the latest version (Click to download for Windows: Internet Explorer, Firefox, Google Chrome. For Mac OS: Safari, Firefox, Google Chrome) or try playing on different browser. Please make sure to erase all caches, then the page will automatically download the newest version that was most recently patched.

• ADOBE FLASH PLAYER ends on Dec 31, 2020

• Dear friends, as you already know Adobe Flash Player won't be supported in 2021. Although you won't be able to play Monster Busters games on your PC / laptops, our games will still be available on MOBILE.

  You can continue playing with your progress if you connect the game with the same Facebook account you have been using to play the games :)

  You can play Monster Busters on:

  iPhone/iPad: https://itunes.apple.com/app/monster-busters/id807996799
  Android Phone/Tablet: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details…
  Kindle Fire: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00IAQ3RJM

  Thanks a lot for your support throughout all the years!
  We're not saying bye yet!!! 

• App won't open on android / App crashes on Android
• Due to the issue with the update to the webview system app, Google Apps, including Gmail, Chrome, and its partner apps were unexpectedly forced to shut down on Android. 

   

  If the device has been affected by the issue, you can solve it in the following way.

   

  You can solve this issue by updating the Android system webview and Google Chrome. 

  
  For affected devices, Google Play will automatically update the app, and you may receive updates manually from Google Play for faster resolution.
  
  Some devices may not have web views preinstalled, in which case you only need to update chrome.
  If you want to manually update your Android system webview and Google Chrome right now, you can do the following::
  1. Launch the Play app.
  2. Search the Android system WebView.
  (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.webview)
  3. Select the "Update" option. If you do not see the "Update" option, you can skip this step.
  4. Update Google Chrome in the same way.
  (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.android.chrome)
  Caution: manually deleting webview updates is not recommended. This can lead to data loss for some apps.
  
  In rare cases, manual updates of web views or chrome on Android 10 or Android 11 may not be completed. In this case, you can use the procedure below to resolve the problem.
  1. Launch the "Settings" app on your device.
  2. "Apps and Alerts" (or "Apps") > "Google Play Store" > "Storage and Cache" (or "Storage") > "Discard Data"
  This procedure may disable some settings, such as the user's child protection function and automatic update settings. Please check these settings again after following this procedure.
  3. Again, update the web view and chrome through the manual update procedure in the paragraph above.

• NOTICE: MAINTENANCE is FINISHED (Game is available now!)
   

• Please try the game again, everything should work without any issues now!

  -----------OLD----------

  Dear players,

   

  The game will be undergoing maintenance for approximately 3 hours

  to upgrade the system and enhance your playing experience.

   

  Maintenance Time:

  09:10 am - 12:10 pm UTC +0

  (04:10 am - 07:10 am Eastern Time)

  *During this period, the game will be unavailable.

   

  Thank you for your understanding and cooperation!

Items

• What is life?
• You play the game with lives. Starting with 4, you'll lose one if you're not cleared with the stage. The maximum number of lives you can have in the beginning is 4, and one more slot will be added after the level-up. Buy the slot at the shop if you want to expand it before the level-up. You can have 7 slots to the max if you buy two more extras at the shop. One life is refilled every 30 minutes for free.
  
  

• What is unlimited lives/special life package?
• You can play games unlimited times with this special package. Choose between 1-day, 3-day, 7-day, and 30-day unlimited lives package, 7-day and 30-day package comes with unlimited golden keys also. The package can be bought at the shop under 'Unlimited Life' category.
  
  

• What is startup item?
• Startup items are the boosters you can be equipped with before beginning the stage. You can equip up to two different startup items, and chosen items will be randomly placed on the board.
  
  

• What is in-game item?
• In-game items are the boosters you can use anytime during the play. In-game items you own are shown at top side of the game page. Click on the item you'd like to use at the time you want.
  
  

• What is Hero Challenge?
• Hero Challenge is a special stage you can play after clearing specific stages with three stars. Specific stages are discriminated with crown symbol on its door. Bonus is given if you win this challenge.
  
  

• What is Hall of Fame?
• Hall of Fame shows the photo on last floor of each episode of your friends who played with the highest marks from that episode. The number of Hero Challenges cleared, stars earned, and scores will be measured for this ranking. You can see the first three high rankers when click on the Hall of Fame door.
  
  

• What are the stars for?
• You can earn 1 to 3 stars per cleared stage. When you collect certain amount of stars, you'll level up and get some bonuses.
  
  

• What are the monsters wandering in the tower?
• Hit the wandering monsters! Make a click on them, some of them will burst and turn into bonus coin.
  
  

• What is the camera icon showing at right bottom side while playing?
• Camera icon found at right bottom side of the game page can be used to take screeshot during the play. Click on the icon and share the picture on Facebook or save it to your computer. This is useful especially you want to share tips with your friends.
  
  

• What is the bubble?
• You can send gifts by clicking the bubbles found over avatars' heads. Free gifts that are most in your friends' needs will be sent to their mailbox.
  
  

• What is Revival Chance?
• You get Revival Chance the first time you're out of all your lives. Smash any wooden board you may win up to 3 extra lives. You have a total of 3 chances when you lost first two draws, so make a good choice to win free lives.
  
  

• What is Daily Stamp?
• You can get bonus coins everyday you're logged into our game. The bonus coins are getting bigger if you come to play our game everyday in a row. On your 7th day of visit in a row, you'll get big bonus coins.
  
  

• What is extra bonus for level?
• You can get more bonus scores every time you clear the stage. You're added with 50 or 100 points for each of your level, meaning higher the level you are, more extra scores you get at the end. You'll level up when you collect enough amount of stars you earn by clearing stages. Place mouse cursor on your profile picture at top side of the screen to see how many stars you need more for next level up.
  
  

• What is avatar showing up when last 5 moves are left during play?
• This avatar pops up to encourage and cheer you up when last 5 moves are left in playing stage.
  
  

• What are my friends avatars with 'invite' bubble?
• Those avatars are your Facebook friends who are not yet playing MonsterBusters yet. Click the 'invite' bubble over the head to invite them to the game. You'll get some coin by sending invitation.

Game play

• How do I get golden keys for the next episode?
• 1. One golden key is given every 12 hours.
  2. Buy keys at the shop with game coins or cash.
  3. Ask friends to send the key.

• How do you go up and down the floors in the tower?
• For Desktop
  You avatar will move to where you click on. To move floors, click anywhere in the tower, hold onto that click, and slide your mouse up and down to move to upper and lower floors. You can also make a click on a mini tower shown left side of the screen to move floors. You'll see the floor number when you place your mouse over this mini tower. Make a click over the tower to move to that floor.
  
  For Mobile
  Slide your finger over the floors to move up and down the floors. You can also tab on "<" sign at right middle side of the screen then whole Monster Tower will be shown. You'll be able to see which floor you're on and where your friends are. You can simply tab on the floor you want to move to.

• How do we climb up when no ladder is appearing?
• The ladder appears when you clear all stages on the same floor. There are 1-3 stages per floor, so make sure you cleared it all. If ladder still does not appear, contact us at support@purplekiwii.com.
  
  

• How do we use coin to buy items?
• Visit shop and check the price for each item. There will be coin and cash price listed. Click on buy button next to the coin price of the item you want.
  
  

• How do we refill lives?
• 1. One life is refilled every 30 minutes for free.
  2. Buy lives at the shop either with game coins or cash. Visit shop by clicking on shop icon found at top side of the game screen, or look for shops located on some floors in the tower.
  3. Ask friends to send you lives.
  
  

• Received gifts are gone, what happened?
• Gifts are stored for 12 hours. If the gift is past 12 hours since its arrival, it will be erased from the mailbox. (Note: If your heart slot is already full, the gifted heart will not be collected when you accept it. So use all hearts you already have then accept heart gift to play more)

• What is the mini tower and friends' profile pictures shown at left side of the screen for?
• For Desktop
  You will move to the floor your friend is staying when you click on his/her profile picture in the mini tower. If you want to move back to the floor you were on, click on your own profile picture. Your friends who are right behind and ahead of you, the ones on lowest and highest floor will be shown, and rest are randomly appeared in this mini tower.
  
  
  
  For Mobile
  You can tab on '<' sign at right middle side of the screen to see Monster Tower. Profile picture of your friends tell you where they are, you can tab anywhere in the tower to move to that floor.

• How do we invite friends to the game?
• For Desktop
  Click on the blue person-like icon found at top left side in the tower. Or you can click on 'invite' bubble over your friends avatars who are not yet playing MonsterBusters yet.
  
  
  
  For Mobile
  Tab on your friends avatar with the bubble over their heads where blue-person and plus sign icons are in. Invitation will be sent as soon as you tab on the avatar.

• How do we get more coins?
• You can get coins by clearing stages. Coins will be given everytime you earn new stars. If you're cleared with the stage and play it again, not the same amount you received when you cleared it first time but less amount will be given. Coins are also sometimes given out of little monsters wondering in the tower when you smash them and of blockers that have a life to kill when you eliminate them during play. You can also buy between 10,000~500,000 coins at the shop. You can get coins by clearing stages. Coins will be given everytime you earn new stars. If you're cleared with the stage and play it again, not the same amount you received when you cleared it first time but less amount will be given. Coins are also sometimes given out of little monsters wondering in the tower when you smash them and of blockers that have a life to kill when you eliminate them during play. You can also buy between 10,000~500,000 coins at the shop. You can get coins by clearing stages. Coins will be given everytime you earn new stars. If you're cleared with the stage and play it again, not the same amount you received when you cleared it first time but less amount will be given. Coins are also sometimes given out of little monsters wondering in the tower when you smash them and of blockers that have a life to kill when you eliminate them during play. You can also buy between 10,000~500,000 coins at the shop.

• How do we turn off sound?
• For Desktop
  There are four gray cloud-shape icons at top left side of the game screen. Click on the first one to turn on and off the sound.
  
  
  
  For Mobile
  Tab on up arrow(↑) icon at left down side of the tower screen. When a line of icons pops up, tab on second icon from top, the speaker icon, to turn on and off the sound.
  
  

• How do we turn off music?
• For Desktop
  There are four gray cloud-shape icons at top left side of the game screen. Click on the second cloud to turn on and off the music.
  
  
  
  For Mobile
  Tab on up arrow(↑) icon at left down side of the tower screen. When a line of icons pops up, tab on first icon from top, the musical note icon, to turn on and off the music.
  
  

• How do we switch to full screen?
• There are four gray cloud-shape icons at top left side of the game screen. Click on the third cloud to switch to full screen. It will switch back to window when you click it again.
  
  

• How do we hide friends' avatars?
• There are four gray cloud-shape icons at top left side of the game screen. Click on the last one to hide and show your friends' avatars.
  
  

• How can we give lives or items to friends?
• For Desktop
  Click on heart icon found at top left side of the tower screen, or click on bubbles over head of avatars walking around in the tower to send your friends lives and/or items.
  
  
  
  For Mobile
  Tab on up arrow(↑) icon at left down side of the tower screen. When a line of icons pops up, tab on third icon from top, the person-like icon, to help your friends. You can also tab on bubbles over your friend avatars heads in the tower to send lives or items.
  
  

• How do we change our avatar character?
• For Desktop
  1. Click on your own Facebook profile picture at the top right side of the screen, or just click on your avatar in the tower.
  2. Click 'change' button, you'll see four types of avatar.
  3. Choose the favorite one 4. Click 'Ok, I'm ready' button.
  
  
  
  For Mobile
  1. Click on your own avatar.
  2. Click 'change' button to see the different types of avatars.
  3. Choose your favorite one.
  4. Click 'Ok, I'm ready' button.

• How do we level up?
• For Desktop
  You will level up when you collect needed amount of stars for next level. To see how many stars you need more, click on the level symbol icon next to shop at top side of tower screen page or go to your profile.You will level up when you collect needed amount of stars for next level. To see how many stars you need more, click on the level symbol icon next to shop at top side of tower screen page or go to your profile.
  
  
  
  For Mobile
  Tab on your own avatar to see how many stars you need to collect more to level up.

• How do we equip startup item before the game begins?
• Click on the stage door, then the box will appear. You can equip with startup-items in this box before clicking 'play now' button.
  
  

• How do we use in-game items during play?
• Your in-game items will be shown at top side of the game playing screen. Click on the item at the moment you want to use it.
  
  

Mission

• How do we defeat the Boss monster?
• Match the monsters surrounding the Boss. When matched, those small monsters will burst and give damages to the Boss, the Boss will slowly lose its life. Or you can make specials like Horizontal/Vertical/Cross Bombs and Magic Hammer during play and combine them together to attack Boss remotely. Find out details at: http://purplekiwii.com/mb_rules.php?category=combinations
  
  

• How do we make special bombs and Magic Hammer during the play?
• Special bombs are made when you match 4 or more monsters. They sometimes come out of Mystery-Mon (monster with a question mark on) when you match that Mystery-Mon with two or more same-color monsters. Details are on our homepage. http://purplekiwii.com/mb_rules.php
  
  
  
  

• How do we find and go back to Hero Challenges I saved for later?
• Look for the stage doors with the crown symbol on. Make sure you have cleared that stage with three stars because Hero Challenge is only available after then.
  
  

• Not enough Gingerbreads are dropping. Where do they fall from and drop down to?
• Gingerbreads are randomly dropped during play from where sad-looking gingerbread mark is on. Gingerbreads only drop down to the bottom where happy-looking Gingerbread mark is on, otherwise they will not be saved. Keep trying until you save all Gingerbreads!

• What happens when I combine special bombs and/or Magic Hammer?
• You'll be able to clear more lines with this special combination. Please refer to the rule page on our homepage for details. http://purplekiwii.com/mb_rules.php
  
  

• I'm stuck on certain stage for too long. I can't seem to complete the mission.
• Ask us for tips at support@purplekiwii.com. or communicate with other MonsterBusters players at our Facebook Fan Page. You can also look for videos on YouTube loaded by some of our players.

• What is Secret Quest?
• Secret Quest is a whole new theme of play you can find another entertaining elements in the game. You can play these secret stages when you reach specific floor set in the tower. Each Secret Quest has different theme, you can achieve Quest mission and acquire a special badge.
  
  

Payment

• I bought the items and it doesn't show.
• Go to shop and look under startup and in-game categories. The number next to each item icon at top side shows how many of them you own.
  
  
  
  

• How do we check our Facebook payment methods?
• Go to Facebook settings -> Account Setting -> Payment. You can check your payment methods on manage section or go straight to https://secure.facebook.com/settings?tab=payments.
  
  

• I made purchase but did not receive any items, why?
• If payment went through properly, the receipt should be in your purchase history. Please send the receipt at support@purplekiwii.com. to troubleshoot the problem.How to view your recent purchases: https://www.facebook.com/help/220279601335568