Animated Puzzles Star
14 Achievements
1,000
15-20h
Xbox One
I do this daily
Get a medal in Daily challenges
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How to unlock the I do this daily achievement in Animated Puzzles Star - Definitive Guide
RadicalSniper99
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After reading Raven's guide, I figured that although it's correct, I wanted to describe the puzzle types and how to approach them. A lot of it feels unfair or impossible at times and can easily lead to frustration. Here is what I've found and the best ideas I have.
There a 4 puzzle types in the Daily Challenges. You can separate them based on the puzzle picture:
1) Border - You are given a blank puzzle and all the border pieces. You need to place a bunch of them onto the board. It appears you need to complete half the border (one long and one short edge).
2) Checkers - Half the pieces are on the board in a checker pattern. You are given a single piece at a time to fill into the puzzle. It might be around 10 pieces to place to complete.
3) Full Puzzle - You are given all the pieces and need to begin to build the puzzle from scratch. This also appears to be about 10 pieces to complete the challenge.
4) 5 Puzzle Piece Combo - You are given one piece on the board and have to place pieces that attach to the current block. You are given one piece at a time.
In terms of the puzzle types, I feel the difficulty going from easiest to hardest is:
Easiest - 5 Puzzle Piece
Border
Checker
Hardest - Full Puzzle
Additionally, there are 3 banner colors to indicate the difficulty:
Red - Hard
Yellow - Medium
Green - Easy
The color of the puzzle just means that the puzzle is more subdivided and you need to place more pieces correctly in order to pass. You are given 5 "lives" with 25 seconds to place a piece. Here are the general and specific strategies I've found so far.
General
- Use the eye button in the bottom right corner. This pauses the clock and gives you time to analyze the piece you're going to place. This might not help in some of the puzzles with the large open sky, but a lot of times you might be able to find the exact spot of the piece you are given.
- The pieces are already oriented the correct direction. You don't have to rotate them at all.
- For the single piece at a time puzzles, you are not given the same pieces every time. You could easily get better piece selection to make your next try easier. I've purposely failed a few times just to come back to a much more advantageous set.
- Consider not placing a known piece immediately. Fully use your 25 seconds to plan out your next move or two. I know I already mentioned the corners, but these give you about 1.5 minutes of time to look at other pieces and figure out what to do next.
- As mentioned by QuickMythril, a lot of the puzzles actual have some simple animations occurring in them. If you follow the movements, you might be able to find the right spot for puzzles that look so similar across it.
- Additionally by QuickMythril, it was mentioned to try all the puzzles as part of the campaign before attempting this. It's a decent idea since it gives you time to get used to each of the puzzles and learn some of the layouts.
Puzzle Specific
- Border: The corner pieces are your best friend. They are obvious so you could place a corner right before the time runs out while trying to figure out the next piece to continue building you border.
- Checkers: The discoloration of the placed pieces can make matching a real pain. I can't stress trying to get a good starting piece or two to open up the board to you.
- 5 Puzzle Piece: Just focus on the area you have already and where the new one appears to fit. Focus on the full picture as much as you need to simplify things.
- Full Puzzle: Work from the edges. Aim for the feature-full areas that start in a corner. Since there are a lot of pieces to look at, consider dragging the panel out wider where the pieces are stored. Scrolling through the set takes a lot of extra time.
Lucky Guessing: For the full puzzle challenges, I have tried to place a really easy area by guessing the location. While you could go all out measuring, if you have decent spacial reasoning, you can place the piece in a couple guesses. Sometimes this can make those full puzzles and have a real easy time the rest of the way.
There a 4 puzzle types in the Daily Challenges. You can separate them based on the puzzle picture:
1) Border - You are given a blank puzzle and all the border pieces. You need to place a bunch of them onto the board. It appears you need to complete half the border (one long and one short edge).
2) Checkers - Half the pieces are on the board in a checker pattern. You are given a single piece at a time to fill into the puzzle. It might be around 10 pieces to place to complete.
3) Full Puzzle - You are given all the pieces and need to begin to build the puzzle from scratch. This also appears to be about 10 pieces to complete the challenge.
4) 5 Puzzle Piece Combo - You are given one piece on the board and have to place pieces that attach to the current block. You are given one piece at a time.
In terms of the puzzle types, I feel the difficulty going from easiest to hardest is:
Easiest - 5 Puzzle Piece
Border
Checker
Hardest - Full Puzzle
Additionally, there are 3 banner colors to indicate the difficulty:
Red - Hard
Yellow - Medium
Green - Easy
The color of the puzzle just means that the puzzle is more subdivided and you need to place more pieces correctly in order to pass. You are given 5 "lives" with 25 seconds to place a piece. Here are the general and specific strategies I've found so far.
General
- Use the eye button in the bottom right corner. This pauses the clock and gives you time to analyze the piece you're going to place. This might not help in some of the puzzles with the large open sky, but a lot of times you might be able to find the exact spot of the piece you are given.
- The pieces are already oriented the correct direction. You don't have to rotate them at all.
- For the single piece at a time puzzles, you are not given the same pieces every time. You could easily get better piece selection to make your next try easier. I've purposely failed a few times just to come back to a much more advantageous set.
- Consider not placing a known piece immediately. Fully use your 25 seconds to plan out your next move or two. I know I already mentioned the corners, but these give you about 1.5 minutes of time to look at other pieces and figure out what to do next.
- As mentioned by QuickMythril, a lot of the puzzles actual have some simple animations occurring in them. If you follow the movements, you might be able to find the right spot for puzzles that look so similar across it.
- Additionally by QuickMythril, it was mentioned to try all the puzzles as part of the campaign before attempting this. It's a decent idea since it gives you time to get used to each of the puzzles and learn some of the layouts.
Puzzle Specific
- Border: The corner pieces are your best friend. They are obvious so you could place a corner right before the time runs out while trying to figure out the next piece to continue building you border.
- Checkers: The discoloration of the placed pieces can make matching a real pain. I can't stress trying to get a good starting piece or two to open up the board to you.
- 5 Puzzle Piece: Just focus on the area you have already and where the new one appears to fit. Focus on the full picture as much as you need to simplify things.
- Full Puzzle: Work from the edges. Aim for the feature-full areas that start in a corner. Since there are a lot of pieces to look at, consider dragging the panel out wider where the pieces are stored. Scrolling through the set takes a lot of extra time.
Lucky Guessing: For the full puzzle challenges, I have tried to place a really easy area by guessing the location. While you could go all out measuring, if you have decent spacial reasoning, you can place the piece in a couple guesses. Sometimes this can make those full puzzles and have a real easy time the rest of the way.
4 Comments
I was going to write a solution for this also, but you covered most of it. i'd suggest adding that sometimes (like the dandelions, or the house from tier 1) when you have solid blue sky, just to wait a bit for the animated things to move around to indicate where the pieces go. also I think it's a lot easier once you have completed the "campaign" as you will be more familiar with the puzzles. there were certain ones that I always did the same sections. I think for the full puzzles you only need to add in 10 pieces. also perhaps add this solution for the diamond challenge, as the only solution there is nowhere near as comprehensive as this one. thanks for writing this, it should be very helpful,
By QuickMythril on 19 Dec 2016 20:27
Thanks for the tips about the moving items. I have been using it quite a bit as well. Glad you mentioned it.
By RadicalSniper99 on 19 Dec 2016 20:33
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All you have to do are 18 Daily Quests. You dont need to wait 9 Days because you can switch to the last days and make all this Quest at one Day.
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This is only true if you do the 18 across 9 days, even if the days are not consecutive. You get an extra bonus for completing all of the quest for a day, so if you do 18 across as many days, you don't get this medal. You need to complete somewhere around 24+.
By SmactSilly on 31 Aug 2017 02:05
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Super easy way to clear the "full" puzzles in Daily challenges: simply place a corner piece, pick it up, place it again... Rinse and repeat and you should meet the requirements in 5-10 seconds.
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Super tip thanks
By Northern Lass on 02 Aug 2017 21:18
What an awesome find. Also, to pick it up and place it again, all that is required is to click the piece. You don't have to drag it anywhere.
By napoearth on 30 Oct 2017 03:11
