Blocks are the most common elements in Diamond Digger Saga. They prevent the flow of water and are destroyed when combos are made, either on them or beside them (once or multiple times). They take up a square (1x1 tile).
There are many different types of blocks, each having different properties, so a player has to deal with each one differently. Some are easier to deal with, some are harder.
List of blocks[]
Blocker Name | First appearance | Unique properties | Overall Threat | |
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Ground block | Episode 1 Level 1 |
This is the most common block. It can be destroyed by combining diamonds that are positioned ON the ground block once. | None | |
Broken stone | Broken Stone is a thicker ground block. It can also be called "Two-layered ground block". It can be destroyed just as ground blocks, but you need to combine diamonds twice in order to break it. | Very low | ||
Stone | Stone is the thickest ground block. It can also be called "Three-layered ground block". It can be destroyed just as ground blocks, but you need to combine diamonds three times in order to break it. | Low | ||
Steel | Steel blocks prevent the flow of water and the fall of diamonds. They can be destroyed only with Dynamite. A few levels require that certain steel blocks are destroyed to free fireflies or open the exit to the next board. In these levels the Magic Orb will offer the required Dynamite (e.g. Level 291). | Extremely high | ||
Mud block | Episode 2 Level 11 |
This is a common block in the game. It can be destroyed by combining diamonds that are positioned BESIDE the ground block once. Thick mud block is very similar to thin mud block. It can also be destroyed by combining diamonds that are positioned BESIDE the ground block, but as it's THICKER, a player must do it twice! |
Very low to Somewhat high | |
Frozen block | Episode 3 Level 26 Empty |
These are similar to mud blocks. They can be destroyed by combining nearby diamonds once.
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Very low | |
Purple block | Episode 4 Level 41 |
Purple block prevents the flow of water and no diamonds on these blocks can be combined. These blocks cannot be destroyed, and therefore they can be very irritating. The only way to destroy them is by using a dynamite or a shovel. However, purple blocks are hollow for diamonds, so if you match a combo under these blocks, diamonds can easily fall through them. | High | |
Lava block | Episode 7 Level 91 |
Lava Block prevents the flow of water and the fall of diamonds. Before destroying them completely, you need to cool them down by bringing the flow of water to them. They can be pretty irritating because, as long as they haven't been cooled down with water, they reproduce themselves throughout a level board.
Once you have cooled them down with water, they behave like broken stones and are destroyed by two combos on them. So, to destroy them:
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Very high | |
Frozen ninja | Episode 10 Level 151 |
Frozen ninja prevents the flow of water and the fall of diamonds. They can be destroyed by one diamond combo nearby. However, they explode afterward and make a 3x3 square around them frozen - they change diamonds in this square into frozen blocks. Due to this fact, they can be very irritating. | Medium | |
Angry rock | Episode 13 Level 211 |
Angry rock, comparing how it's activated, is very similar to a frozen ninja. Just as ninja block, it's destroyed and "triggered" by one combo nearby. Once triggered, it explodes and transforms a 4-way path in + shape into Broken Stones. Due to the fact that it can block the flow of water even if you've cleared the way already and that it makes a lot of broken stones at once, this block can be considered very irritating. | Somewhat high | |
Mud bee bomb | Episode 14 Level 231 |
Mud Bomb is a special block in Diamond Digger Saga. It blocks the fall of diamonds but doesn't block the flow of water. It has a count number at the top right corner. It represents how many moves are left until the bomb explodes. Each move, the number reduces by one. When the count reaches zero, the bomb explodes and does the following:
However, you can prevent the explosion. To do this, you need to bring the flow of water to the mud bomb, before it explodes. Once "watered", a mud bomb simply disappears. |
Very high | |
Mud ninja | Episode 18 Level 311 |
Mud ninja is pretty similar to regular frozen ninja. Both are triggered by a matched combo nearby. The difference is that frozen ninja blocks make a 3x3 square around them frozen blocks, and mud ninjas change (correspondingly) 3x3 square around them thin mud blocks. | Extremely high | |
Angry ice | Episode 19 Level 331 |
Angry ice is pretty similar to angry rock (see above). Both are triggered by a matched combo nearby. The difference is, that angry rock change all the tiles in + shape into stones, and angry ice change (correspondingly) all the tiles in + shape around them into frozen blocks.
Note that missiles and color bursts resist the freeze of angry ice. |
Medium | |
Chameleon | Episode 20 Level 351 |
Chameleons are a very specific block. The chameleon is sleeping 45 degrees clockwise from standing up. They are something completely new, totally different to all of the other blocks. These are the main characteristics of chameleons that you need to know. There are two types of chameleons:
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High | |
Lava bee bomb | Unofficial Official |
Lava bomb is a special type of bomb in Diamond Digger Saga. It blocks the fall of diamonds but doesn't block the flow of water. It has a count number at the top right corner. It represents how many moves are left until the bomb explodes. Each move, the number reduces by one. When the count reaches zero, the bomb explodes and does the following:
However, you can prevent the explosion. To do this, you need to bring the flow of water to the lava bomb, before it explodes. Once "watered", a lava bomb simply disappears. |
Extremely high | |
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Angry mud is pretty similar to angry rock (see above). Both are triggered by a matched combo nearby. The difference is, that angry rock changes all the tiles in + shape into stones, and angry mud changes (correspondingly) all the tiles in + shape around them into thin mud blocks. This blocker was removed in April 2015. | Very high |
Toy blocks[]
Blocker Name | First appearance | Unique properties | |
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Ground block | Episode 2 Level 12 |
Starts with the first toy level Can be used as part of a water toy block. | |
Broken stone | Episode 2 Level 22 |
Two hits per block Occasionally shown on board, sometimes on water toy blocks. | |
Stone | Episode 3 Level 32 |
Occasionally used on water toy blocks or shown on board Three hits per block | |
Thin mud block | Episode 2 Level 15 |
Starts with the first toy level Can be used as part of a water toy block. | |
Thick mud block | Episode 2 Level 15 |
Two hits next to this block and it was a toy Can be used as part of a water toy block. | |
Lava block | Episode 7 Level 92 |
If a lava block is next to the toy, the toy may be swallowed by lava. If the lava is watered, this it turned into a toy on broken stone. | |
Water toy block | Unofficial Official |
Water toy block appears only on Toy levels. It can be treated like 'Toys cage'. It can be destroyed by three hits besides the water toy block. In that way, it can be explained like a 'three-layered mud block'. Once destroyed, it releases a certain amount of toys. They fly across the whole board, and logically, they land on tiles afterward. See below[1] |
Gold-striped blocks[]
There is a variant of all types of ground blocks with golden stripes. They give additional points when removed. 100, 500 or 2,000 points.
Name | |
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Gold-striped ground block | |
Gold-striped broken stone | |
Gold-striped stone | |
Gold-striped thin mud block | |
Gold-striped thick mud block | |
Gold-striped lava block | |
Gold-striped cooled-down lava block |
Diggy blocks[]
Blocker Name | First appearance | Unique properties | Overall Threat | |
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Diggy block | Episode 9 Level 131 |
Diggy blocks prevent the flow of water and the fall of diamonds. They are similar to mud blocks (they are destroyed by the number of combos nearby), but they have more thicknesses and they give a lot more points. They can appear in non-score levels after level 1010.
These are the types of diggy blocks; when hit, they give a musical notation, depending on the layer: See below[2] |
Very low to High |
Notes[]
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- If a toy lands on a ground block, it becomes a blue ground block.
- If a toy lands on a broken stone, it becomes a blue broken stone.
- If a toy lands on a stone, it becomes a blue stone.
- If a toy lands on a thin mud block, it becomes a blue thin mud block.
- If a toy lands on a thick mud block, it becomes a blue thick mud block.
- If a toy lands on a frozen block, a blue ground block appears underneath it.
- If a toy lands on a lava block, it becomes a blue lava block and can be treated like blue broken stone, once cooled down.
- If a toy lands on a frozen ninja, it's triggered, it explodes and freeze diamonds. The toy becomes a blue ground block and is positioned in the square the ninja block has frozen.
- If a toy lands on a tile WITHOUT blocks, but also WITHOUT water, it becomes a blue ground block.
- If a toy lands on a tile without blocks, and with water on it, it automatically collects itself.
- A toy CANNOT land on diggy blocks!
- A toy will not land on purple blocks (see level 562, first board).
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Appearance How many combos nearby to be destroyed How many points does a hit nearby give 5 1,000 points 4 1,000 points 3 1,000 points 2 1,000 points 1 3,000 points