Magnetar

A powerful magnetic star that flips every couple of seconds between hurling balls away (+) and whipping them in (−), bending their path hard.

From level: 145
Levels: 187
Options: 9
Price: Tier 2

On this page5 parts

How it works
In detail: how each part reacts
Tip
In real space
Customise the Magnetar: 9 options

How it works

A powerful magnetic star whose rings show its pull. It flips every couple of seconds: red + pushes, blue − pulls.

Effect on your game: Its field reaches more than three bricks out and bends balls hard. Pushing, it hurls them away from the bricks around it; pulling, it whips them round itself, so the same aim can go two completely different ways.

In detail: how each part reacts

Core: about a third of a brick; a ball that hits it just bounces off. Its field reaches 3.3 bricks.
Inside the field balls curve hard, much harder close in. Only their direction changes, not their speed or damage.
Red + pushes balls away from it; blue − pulls them in and whips them round. It flips every 2.2 s, even while you aim.
Any ball that comes within about 2.5 bricks counts as a magnetar assist.
It never moves and can't be destroyed; bombs, lasers and rockets don't affect it.
Slow flip (Tame): flips every 4.4 s. Locked push or Locked pull (Twists): it stays + or − for the whole stage.
Weak field (Tame): 40% less reach and force. Super field (Challenge): 40% more of both.

Tip

Watch the sign. Pushing (+) throws balls away from the bricks around it; pulling (−) whips them round it. The same aim can go two ways, so fire on the phase that helps.

In real space

A magnetar is a neutron star with the strongest magnetic field known, up to a thousand trillion times stronger than Earth's. Read about it on Wikipedia ↗

Customise the Magnetar: 9 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
Flip timing
Slow flip Tame	Flips every 4 s instead of 2 s.	◆ 15 this stage ◆ 45 this level ◆ 150 for 24 h ⭐ 60 for 7 days ⭐ 160 forever (Mastery)
Polarity
Locked: push Twist	Always pushes balls away for the stage (you choose).	◆ 18 this stage ◆ 54 this level ◆ 180 for 24 h ⭐ 70 for 7 days ⭐ 190 forever (Mastery)
Locked: pull Twist	Always pulls balls in for the stage.	◆ 18 this stage ◆ 54 this level ◆ 180 for 24 h ⭐ 70 for 7 days ⭐ 190 forever (Mastery)
Strength
Weak field Tame	Reaches 40% less far.	◆ 15 this stage ◆ 45 this level ◆ 150 for 24 h ⭐ 60 for 7 days ⭐ 160 forever (Mastery)
Super field Challenge	Reaches 40% further. Free, with bonus points.	Free · +10% points
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