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Technical Support > How to Play Tractor Beams

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1. By katie Aardman Staff Sep 2nd 2010

   The Aim of the Game
   
   The aim of Tractor Beams is to complete as many rounds as possible.
   The more rounds you complete the higher your score.
   Can you get to the top of our world-wide leaderboard?
   
   The Combo Buttons
   
   You complete a round when you have pressed all of the "combo buttons" in the combo panel:
   
   
   
   The "combo buttons" are the round ones with names like "4 the same", "Any pair" or "3+ Timmy".
   
   A "Red" button means you haven't used that combo yet.
   A "Green" button means you can use that combo right now.
   A "Grey" button means you've already used that combo.
   
   Starting the Round
   When a round starts 5 random characters from Shaun the Sheep will "beam" into play.
   
   
   Our 5 random characters
   
   In the picture above (from left to right) there are 3 Farmer characters, 1 Shaun and 1 Shirley.
   
   (Not sure who all the characters are? Here is a handy guide!)
   
   Using the "New Beam" button
   
   Because we want the highest score possible, we want to see if we can do better than just getting 3 Farmers. So we're going to discard the "Shaun" and "Shirley" characters and swap them for new ones.
   
   To do this click once on each character you want to replace. They will go dark to indicate you're going to get rid of them. It looks like this:
   
   
   The 2 characters we're going to replace are dark
   
   (If you make a mistake just click the character again to keep them - only dark characters are replaced)
   
   Now click the "New Beam" button:
   
   
   
   Two new characters will beam down to replace Shaun and Shirley:
   
   Our 2 replacement characters
   ( Note: You can beam in new characters up to 2 times per go )
   
   Yay! 2 Timmy characters have beamed in!
   
   This is good because it makes the "2+3" combo button active for us:
   
   The 2+3 Combo button is worth lots of points!
   
   This is a difficult combo to get and is worth 100 points, so we click it.
   
   Once you've clicked a Combo button
   Providing that wasn't the last combo button, all of the characters will now be replaced with new ones, and your "Beams" counter will reset.
   
   You then go through the same process again, only this time you cannot select the combo button previously used.
   
   The key to winning the round is picking carefully which combos to use, and when (see Hints and Tips below)
   
   How Scoring works
   The characters are worth different points:
   
   The Farmer - 1 point
   The Naughty Pigs - 2 points
   Shirley - 3 points
   Timmy - 4 points
   Bitzer - 5 points
   Shaun - 6 points
   
   
   So if you had 3 "Timmy" characters and click the "3+ Timmy" combo button you will get 12 points (3 x 4)
   
   However for every EXTRA character you get 100 points each. So if you had 4 x Timmy characters and you clicked the "3+ Timmy" combo button then you'd get 112 points. If you had 5 Timmys you'd get 212 points. Remembering this is the key to really high scores.
   
   Some combo buttons always give you the same points regardless of which characters you use to make them:
   
   Any Combo - 25 points
   Any Pair - 25 points
   2+3 the Same - 100 points
   None the Same - 150 points
   4 the Same - 200 points
   5 the Same - 300 points
   
   When you finish a round your remaining score is added to your total. So it's in your interest to finish quickly!
   
   Bonus Round
   If you manage to reach 500 points in a single round then you will activate the "Bonus".
   
   This means that even if you fail to get all of the combos out in the round then you will play another round regardless. That is what the Bonus does.
   
   If you can get another 500 points on your next round the bonus will activate again. So it's a vital way to keep on going.
   
   Keep Playing Until ...
   You keep playing until there are no more "combo" buttons available for you to click, or you run out of time.
   
   If you have not activated the "Bonus" then the game ends.
   
   Hints and Tips
   
   There is more to this game than pure luck of the draw! The following hints should help you:
   
   1) Save the "Any Pair" and "Any Combo" buttons until the very end if you can. Use these as "wildcard" combos. For example the "Any Combo" button will always be active, because it literally means "any combination of characters" - so save it for when you desperately need it.
   
   2) Sometimes it's worth a gamble - if you had already used your "Pigs" combo but you then roll 4 "pigs", sometimes it is worth trying to see if you can make it "5 pigs" just to get the "5 the same" combo out.
   
   3) If you get 2 sets of 2 characters (for example you get 2 x Timmy and 2 x Shaun) then it's always worth replacing the 5th character to see if you can get the "2+3" combo - because it's a tricky one to get!
   
   4) Try and get the lower combos out first and then work on the characters. It's quite easy to get the "3+" combos, but it's much harder to get the "4/5 the same" ones, so focus on those first.
   
   5) Don't forget the "None the same" combo! If you have got an almost totally unique set of characters then try replacing the duplicates to try and get the "None the same" combo.
   
   Click here to play Tractor Beams!

2. By Jum Sep 2nd 2010

   Thanks for helping Greenieleenie!

3. By gudiya Sep 5th 2010

   THANKS 4 D INFORMATION
   

4. By Sheeba Sep 15th 2010

   hi there it's so hard to read the information

5. By Sheeba Sep 15th 2010

   hello

6. By sashaaaa Oct 5th 2010

   

   :wicked:

7. By lukek Nov 2nd 2010

   If you get Shaun you get 6 points?? NO WAY!

8. By Shaun and the Ewe Dec 21st 2010

   Off topic.

9. By EmY2010 Feb 16th 2011

   
10. By ahmedly Feb 17th 2011

    ok i will try to win

11. By iroka Mar 29th 2011

    
    

    thank's

12. By cat flap Apr 13th 2011

    

    :shaun6::stsgoat:shaun3:::stscat:shaun7::::bitzer1:stschicken:thanks for the help!!!

13. By Annavarze May 22nd 2011

    thx for the information

14. By faldyif Jun 19th 2011

    thank you

15. By 31 to 55 Jun 26th 2011

    nice katy

16. By 474547 Jun 29th 2011

    thank you LOL

17. By repunzel Jul 8th 2011

    lol i dun understandd

18. By repunzel Jul 8th 2011

    its soo easyy ! ! ! !
    

19. By Jackylew Oct 2nd 2011

    

    :pig3::glass:pig1:es::pl::stschickenain::s:stschicken:urprise::sad::monkey::pig3::cryin:farmer:g::shaun6:shaun6:::wicked:::bitzer1:farmer:::glasses:stsgoa:timmy1:t::bigsmile::shau:plain:n6::ang:surprise:el::timmy1:monkey:::beamin:shaun7:g:crying:::shaun6:kiss:::stschicken:

20. By Raashna Oct 12th 2011

    COOOOOOOLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

21. By nanbella Dec 17th 2011

    
22. By sinderella Jan 14th 2012

    

    :stsbitzer:
    thank you for help
    

23. By sheep all 2 days ago

    you know it's too big and it's difficult . i love shaun the sheep

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