Fire meteor

Burns up any ball it touches. It flies straight through bricks without damaging them.

From level: 40
Levels: 308
Options: 8
Price: Tier 2

On this page5 parts

How it works
In detail: how each part reacts
Tip
In real space
Customise the Fire meteor: 8 options

How it works

A burning meteor drifting across the board while balls are flying.

Effect on your game: Any ball that touches it burns up and is lost. It flies straight through bricks without damaging them, so it never helps you.

In detail: how each part reacts

Size and speed like a meteor: 0.34–0.48 bricks across, about 1.6–2.6 bricks a second. It only moves during a shot and stays out of the bottom 3 rows.
It flies straight through bricks without damaging them.
Any ball that touches it is burned and lost for the shot, and each burned ball costs points ("Burned by fire meteor").
It can't be destroyed. A bomb blast, laser beam or rocket that hits it while it holds balls makes it fire them all out at once (as when it's full) and drop a gem, once per stage.
Cooled (Tame): balls bounce off it like a normal meteor instead of burning, and it's drawn wrapped in blue ice. As a Mastery it saves about 30% of the balls that touch it.
Small (Tame): 30% smaller. Slow burn (Tame): 40% slower. Blazing (Challenge): twice as fast.

Tip

Every ball it burns costs points. Fire when it's far from your aim line, or buy the Cooled Tame: balls then bounce off it instead of burning.

In real space

A bolide, or fireball, is an exceptionally bright meteor that burns fiercely as it tears through the atmosphere, sometimes exploding in a flash. Read about it on Wikipedia ↗

Customise the Fire meteor: 8 options

Open it from the level card (the hazards row, then this hazard), from the Hazard guide in ⚙ Settings, or from the out-of-shots card. How customising works.

Option	What it does	Price
Speed
Slow burn Tame	Flies 40% slower and leaves a gap you can aim through.	◆ 11 this stage ◆ 34 this level ◆ 113 for 24 h ⭐ 50 for 7 days ⭐ 120 forever (Mastery)
Blazing Challenge	Twice as fast. Free, with bonus points.	Free · +10% points
Burn
Cooled Tame	Balls bounce off instead of burning up.	◆ 23 this stage ◆ 68 this level ◆ 225 for 24 h ⭐ 90 for 7 days ⭐ 200 forever (Mastery)
Size
Small Tame	30% smaller.	◆ 11 this stage ◆ 34 this level ◆ 113 for 24 h ⭐ 50 for 7 days ⭐ 120 forever (Mastery)
Colour / skin
Gold Skin	Looks only. Works in every mode.	⭐ 20 for 7 days ⭐ 60 forever free 1-level try
Ruby Skin	Looks only. Works in every mode.	⭐ 20 for 7 days ⭐ 60 forever free 1-level try
Emerald Skin	Looks only. Works in every mode.	⭐ 20 for 7 days ⭐ 60 forever free 1-level try
Sapphire Skin	Looks only. Works in every mode.	⭐ 20 for 7 days ⭐ 60 forever free 1-level try