Gamma-ray burst

A thick red line pulses brighter and faster, then a blazing beam fires along it. Balls in the beam are lost, but 30% of the bricks it passes get a prize: a gem, an extra shot, or a bomb that blows up the bricks around it.

From level: 275
Levels: 38
Options: 7
Price: Tier 3

On this page5 parts

How it works
In detail: how each part reacts
Tip
In real space
Customise the Gamma-ray burst: 7 options

How it works

A gamma-ray burst from far away. First a thick red line pulses across the board, brighter and faster, for a second and a half.

Effect on your game: Then a beam fires along the line: balls in it are lost. 30% of the bricks it passes get a prize: gold bricks drop a gem, green bricks marked +1 give you an extra shot when broken, and bomb bricks (red glow) go off at the first hit and break every brick around them. Dodge the beam, then grab the prizes.

In detail: how each part reacts

A line across the whole board, roughly level or upright and tilted up to about 30°. A few seconds in, it flashes as a warning for 1.5 s, then the beam fires for half a second. The next one comes 5.5–9 s later.
Its clock runs while you aim too. Every ball within about half a brick of the beam when it fires is lost (it costs points).
When it fires, 30% of the bricks along the line get a prize: half of them gold (drops a gem), a quarter green +1 (an extra shot when broken), a quarter bomb (goes off at the first hit and breaks the 3×3 around it). At most 6 gem prizes per stage.
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.
Long warning (Tame): flashes for 2.5 s. Thin beam (Tame): half as wide. Lucky burst (Twist): 45% of the bricks get prizes.

Tip

Dodge the beam when the line flashes, then go for the prizes it leaves: gold bricks drop gems, green +1 bricks give an extra shot, and bomb bricks blow up their neighbours.

In real space

Gamma-ray bursts are the most energetic explosions known, flashes from collapsing giant stars or merging neutron stars. Read about it on Wikipedia ↗

Customise the Gamma-ray burst: 7 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
Warning
Long warning Tame	The red line flashes 1 s longer before the beam.	◆ 20 this stage ◆ 60 this level ◆ 200 for 24 h ⭐ 80 for 7 days ⭐ 200 forever (Mastery)
Beam
Thin beam Tame	Beam half as wide: fewer balls lost.	◆ 20 this stage ◆ 60 this level ◆ 200 for 24 h ⭐ 80 for 7 days ⭐ 200 forever (Mastery)
Prizes
Lucky burst Twist	Prizes on 45% of the bricks it passes (gem prizes stay capped).	◆ 36 this stage ◆ 108 this level ◆ 360 for 24 h ⭐ 140 for 7 days ⭐ 200 forever (Mastery)
Colour / skin
Gold Skin	Looks only. Works in every mode.	⭐ 25 for 7 days ⭐ 75 forever free 1-level try
Ruby Skin	Looks only. Works in every mode.	⭐ 25 for 7 days ⭐ 75 forever free 1-level try
Emerald Skin	Looks only. Works in every mode.	⭐ 25 for 7 days ⭐ 75 forever free 1-level try
Sapphire Skin	Looks only. Works in every mode.	⭐ 25 for 7 days ⭐ 75 forever free 1-level try