Learn how puzzle tiles, obstacles, and match-3 mechanics work in Cradle of Empires. This guide explains how to clear each obstacle and complete its objective.

Puzzle Tiles:

Tiles Match chips over the tablets to destroy them.

Obstacles:

	Box Break the box by matching the chips next to it.
	Gold Nuggets Time to bring wealth to the City! Make a match of chips near the ground to collect gold
	Pyramid Drop the Pyramid to the bottom edge of the board to collect it.
	Rope Untie the ropes by matching the tied-up chip.
	Idol Statue To make an idol statue, make a three-in-a-row combo next to a wood workpiece.
	Oil jug Make a match next to the oil jug to collect the oil drops. Don't spill any!
	Vase Make a match next to the vases to get rid of defective items.  The pottery needs no bad reputation!
	Scarab Chest What secrets the Scarab Chest hides? To find out, make a match of the key chips and the nearest Chest will open!
	Stained Glass Make a match next to the layout to turn it into a beautiful Stained Glass.
	Basket of Wool Make a match next to the basket and it will be filled with the wool. To collect the wool, combine the chips next to it.
	Straw Toy Turn a straw bundle into a cute toy. To do this, make 2 matches next to it
	Carpet There's something hidden under the carpet! Complete the tasks indicated on the carpet to remove it!
	Portal Chips that fall into the teleporter come out of the other one.
	Wall You can’t move chips across the walls, but you can make combos across them!
	Energy core Fill the Core with the energy of the Ancients! Detonate boosters and collect pieces near the mechanism to unleash a powerful surge of energy!
	Ivy Ivy quickly spreads around its bush, as well as on its own! Create combos and detonate nearby boosters to clear out all the ivy!
	Akhet Bird Create combinations next to the paper, fold the birds and send them to Akhet - the place of sunrise.
	Candle To collect a Сandle, you need to light it. Make combinations next to the сandleholder, but remember that the Сandle may go out
	Ice Cube Brrr! The chips are frozen, but still sliding! Move and create combinations with the chips under the ice to clear it!
	Firework Light the big firework, a couple of combos next to it will be enough!
	Barrel Break the barrel by combining chips next to its ceiling or bottom.
	The Old Column To break The Old Column, drop a chip on it from a height of 3 or more tiles.
	Pearl Box Make a match next to an open Pearl Box to collect Pearls. Don't yawn, the Boxes close quickly
	Peony bush Collect chips next to the bush to grow beautiful flowers!
	Spellbound Bas-Relief We need something more helpful for this plate! Make a bomb chip and blow up the nearby plate!
	Cobblestone You won’t break this pebble so easily. But a booster can do it! Just bring it closer. Boom!
	Fire To put out fires or coals, make three in a row next to them. Careful! Smoldering coals can flare up again!
	Crocodile Make combos of identical eggs to breed a crocodile.
	River The river has a flow along which it moves chips each turn.
	Celestial Scroll What do these Celestial Scrolls say? Make a match next to a Scroll to roll it up and give it to someone who can read it.
	Revolving mechanism Time for puzzles! Restore the mechanism: collect the nearby chips and rotate its parts!
	Gift Only the most stubborn are worthy of gifts! Collect chips next to it until it opens up!
	The Pharaoh's Treasure Treasures are buried underground! Clear the earth to uncover them.
	Thieving mouse The thieving mouse isn't afraid of three-in-a-row combinations. Clear the field from the grass, and it'll have nowhere to hide.
	Menes’s Bomb To break Menes’s bomb, make a three-in-a-row next to it. Attention: bombs may drop from the top and they must be destroyed before the counter reaches 0, otherwise the level will be failed!
	Ice Mushroom The Ice Mushroom gets angry as it grows. Destroy it by making a three-in-a-row next to it, otherwise it will freeze the surrounding cells.
	Bone Spikes Bone spikes block the chip after a move. Be patient and you will be able to destroy the bone block when it is open.
	Mummy To destroy a mummy, match three-in-a-row next to it. Destroy the mummy or it will explode and make tiles around itself.
	Menes's Fire To put out Menes's fire, make a three-in-a-row combo next to it. If you don't put out the fire in time, three new cells will start to burn.
	Muffin You can only destroy a muffin from one side. To remove the muffin, make a three-in-a-row next to a cherry.
	Ice Obelisk The obelisk freezes nearby chips every move.