Angry Birds: Bird Island

Angry Birds: Bird Island is a Create-Your-Own Town like game.

Plot
Red has finally had it with the pigs. He’s tired of hearing their snorting laughter, he’s tired of getting his eggs taken from them, he’s especially tired of King Pig. So Red left with the eggs to find a new place to live that was pig free. He found a very empty Island. Well, not fully empty, it was just in poor shape. Red found a small birdhouse in the middle of the Island. He thought he could spruce it up a bit, so he did. Red actually found some potential in the Island, so he did what he could to spread the word to his bird friends. Let’s hope the pigs don’t find out!

Beginning Tutorial
The game begins after a short animated version of the plot above. You tap on Red’s birdhouse, and he pops out. He begins talking about the basics of the game, like currency, resources, and feathers (will be explained individually in this article later). Once you do his tutorial quests (buying a resource station, leveling Red up with feathers, collecting resources from the station, etc.) you’ll earn experience, enough experience to level up to Level 2. Red suggests that Chuck should come. Once you buy Chuck’s house and place it somewhere on the island, Red will ask if you want to spend a crystal to speed up the building. You don’t have to do this. Once Chuck comes, a cutscene begins with Red and Chuck. Then you get to name your Island and make your user (so you can get into the arena and stuff) After that, the tutorial ends.

Main Gameplay
The game works similarly to most Create-Your-Own Town games. As you progress through the game, you will learn more about how to expand your island, such as removing things that are in the way, like roots, rocks, and other random objects. The more space you clear, the more island you can unlock and the more birds you can place. The main focus of the game is to collect birds and complete story quests that the birds give you. Completing story quests will gain you more experience and currency. As you level up, you will unlock more birds, more story quests, earn rewards, and unlock new features.

New Locations
(Under Construction) Starting around Level 20, you will gain access to the Plane. This unlocks different areas for you to build and clean up, but unlike the main area, the new areas have a few more features of their own. All of the areas are taken over by pigs, and occasionally as you expand in those areas you will run into groups of pigs. They prevent you from expanding any further in that direction and you can’t use currency to get rid of them. The way to get rid of them is through classic Angry Birds fashion. Each group of pigs requires a certain group of birds to use (mostly level reward birds). And from there, you play the normal Angry Birds. If you win, you will be rewarded with Egg Coins or Gold Bars, And the pigs disappear from the map. Here are a list of the different places you can visit:

The Main Island

New Chirpy

The Gold Mine

Deep Space

Golden Island

Each place has it’s own little minigame as well other than just the pig popping fun we all are used to. For example, The Gold Mine features a little game with Garretto. A game which also relies on quests. For example, Garretto starts at the top of the ground and there is a missions tab. Doing a mission will give you drills, which are needed to dig through the ground. Occasionally you will find Gold Bars, Pig Groups, or you might find TriviaBird 1000, who will give you a trivia question based on an event that happened in the Angel Birds franchise. Answer correctly, and he’ll give you drills. Answer wrong, and you will have to go through another pig group. Some hints to TriviaBird’s questions can be found while exploring the underground as well, and found ones will appear in a hints bar. You can’t look at then when near TriviaBird though, so best if you pay attention to them!

Golden Island has a little game as well, and you’ll find them by expanding the area. You will occasionally find parts to a hang glider. There are 6 parts scattered around the area. If you find them all, you’ll unlock a new minigame. Hang Gliding. Using your mobile device you control the bird by tilting it. Your goal is to pass trough the hoops while avoiding pigs on balloons. If you hit one, the game ends. On Golden Island you’ll also find Golden Eggs, which are used either to sell for 100 Gold Bars, or they can be used to summon the Mighty Eagle during area pig battles, basically skipping the level. Golden Eggs are very hard to find.

Currency
There are 4 types of currency in the game (unless you decide to buy things with actual money): Egg Coins, Feathers, Gold Bars, and Crystals. They can be used an earned in various different ways.

Egg Coins
Egg Coins are the most common form of currency. They can be earned from lots of things. They’re given as rewards for completing most quests, given as prizes in all versions of Pig Fan’s Wheel of Fortune, rewarded for leveling up, collected from birdhouses, given as a reward for playing minigames, given as streak rewards in the arena, given as rewards for leveling up birds, or they can be found hidden all over the island. They have quite a few uses as well. They can be used to purchase birds and buildings, used to purchase decorations, used to purchase bird costumes, used to make more space on the Island, and can be used to remove things in the way.

Feathers
Feathers are an uncommon form of currency but they don’t have a whole lot of uses. They can be easily gotten though, through special quests, the Wheel Of Fortune, a reward for leveling up, and can be given as a streak reward in the arena. Feathers only have two uses. One is to level up your owned birds. The higher the level of your birds, the stronger they will be in the arena and the more feathers you have to use to level them. Feathers can also be used to buy items to boost your birds.

Gold Bars
Gold Bars are a rare form of currency and are mainly used for more exclusive things. They aren’t as easy to collect as Egg Coins or Feathers, but there are still a few ways to get them. They can be given as a reward for quests, a level up reward, a prize from the Wheel of Fortune, can be given as a minigame reward, a streak reward in the arena, or they can be given as a reward to the top 10 players at the end of an arena tournament. Gold Bars can be used to speed up the building time on Egg Coin or Level Reward houses or speed up the removal process of the objects in the way. Gold Bars can also be used to buy birdhouses and decorations, to skip quest wait times, to spin the Special Wheel of Fortune, to re-spin the Regular Wheel Of Fortune, to buy bird costumes, or to make more space on the island. In the store, Gold Bars can be exchanged for Egg Coins.

Crystals
Crystals are the most valuable form of currency. There are ways to get them and they are mainly used for exclusive things and events. Crystals can be received from the Special Wheel of Foutune, special quests, (sometimes) can be received from more expensive buildings, can be given as a minigame reward, and as a arena tournament reward for the top 3 players. Crystals can be used to re-spin the Special and Event Wheels of Fortune. They can also be used to buy birds and decorations, can be used to speed up building times on more expensive buildings, can be used to speed up removal times on larger objects, can be used to fill up energy, and can be used to buy exclusive bird costumes.

Quests
Quests are little missions that are given to you throughout the game. They are mainly given by the main flock, but for some quests they are given by other birds.

Story Quests
Story Quests are the quests that help you progress through the game. They usually consist of buying buildings, playing minigames with certain birds, removing a certain amount of objects, spending resources and coins, etc. Sometimes there will be some quests where you need to insert certain birds into a quest (Like for example, the quest says it need Red, Chuck, and The Blues. There would be three empty slots with their names next to them. You tap them and then insert the birds in the slots. Then you press some sort of go button and then you have to wait a certain amount of time. Something like High School Story). Every time you complete a story quest, you gain experience and receive either Egg Coins or Gold Bars. Sometimes you can receive other rewards as well, like resources and wheel tickets.

General Quests
General Quests are usually given alongside story quests. They aren’t really special. They’re kinda the same as story quests, but they’re more useful for stocking up on currency and resources and they don’t give experience.

Special/Event Quests
Special and Event Quests are quests that usually appear when a new update comes to the game, and in the Event Quests’ case, they are limited. They are usually given by other birds. Special Quests usually revolve around updates, like the arena update. Those quests usually talk about doing certain things that relate to the new update. Event Quests revolve around a certain event, usually seasonal. They usually revolve around buying certain items or participating in arena events. Completing these kinds of quests will grant more valuable rewards, such as Gold Bars, Crystals, and Posters (used to spin the event Wheels of Fourtune).

Wheel of Fortune
The Wheel Of Fortune is spotted near the Bird Shop. The Wheel Of Foutune is hosted by Pig Fan. In the Wheel Of Fortune, you spin for currency, resources, and other stuff. Usually, there are 2 different Wheels of Foutune. The Regular one, and the Special one. During events, there is a Limited wheel called the Event wheel.

Regular Wheel
The Regular Wheel can be spun for 300 Egg Coins. It usually consists of Egg Coins, Feathers, Resources, Decorations, And Gold Bars. To re-spin it, you need to spend 2 gold Bars. The more you spin, the higher the respin price goes.

Special Wheel
The Special Wheel can be spun for 100 Gold Bars. It usually consists of Egg Coins, Gold Bars, Crystals, Birds, Feathers, Decorations, And Resources. The birds received through the wheel change every day. During events, there is a chance to pick up posters from the wheel. To re-spin it you need to spend 10 crystals. The more you spin, the higher the respin price goes.

Event Wheel
The Event Wheel Only appears during events. It can be spun for 50 posters. It usually consists of Egg Coins, Gold Bars, Crystals, Feathers, And Event Birds. To re-spin it you need to spend 10 more Posters. Unlike the other wheels, the Event Wheel can only be spun twice.

Resources and Items
Resources are very easy items to get. They can be collected through quests, wheels, and Resource Generating Buildings. They have a few uses. They can be spent for quests, or can be used to make boosting items for the birds.

Resources
These are a list of all of the resources that can be collected:

Sunflower Seeds

Water

Fresh Berries

Spicy Sauce

Gold

Small Leaf

Wind

Mega Fruit

Magic Dust

Pepper

Items
(Under Construction) Items can be made by fusing together different resources. Giving an item to a bird will give them a boost in the arena. Here is the list of all the items:

Chili = Pepper+Spicy Sauce (Boosts Damage Points by 45%)

Swiftness Wing = Small Leaf+Wind (The bird goes 30% faster)

Fruit Punch = Water+Fresh Berries (Boosts Damage Points by 20%)

Super Seeds = Sunflower Seeds+Mega Fruit (The bird will appear bigger than usual in the arena)

How The Birds Work
The Birds are more than just residents on your Island, they actually are quite important! They serve lots of purposes in the game.

General Gameplay
As mentioned before, birds can announce or partake in quests, but they can do more than that in the main game. The birds (the ones you own) will be seen wandering around the island, doing idle animations, or interacting with certain birds (again if you have them). Birds usually interact with birds who are either from their flock, their universe, or just if they have a special relationship with them. If you tap on the birds, they will give you a little present (usually an egg coin or a resource).

Minigames
If you tap on a bird’s house or their picture in the Bird Catalogue, you’ll enter their character page,nowhere you can do a few things with them. One of them is the option to play minigames with the birds. There are 5 minigames that you can play with the birds:

Bird Art (Color in a picture in the lines. The more accurate the picture, the more points you get)

Catch (Swipe a ball to the bird and they will catch it. The more you play, the faster the ball goes. If you miss it, the speed resets. The game goes on for one minute)

Balloon Pop (You are tasked to pop a certain color of balloon. Popping any other color is fine, but avoid the pig balloons or else the game ends)

Protect The Nest! (You are guarding the eggs from the pigs. Swipe at the pigs to knock them away. If a pig touches the nest, the game ends)

Bust A Move (Colorful stars fall down on the side. You need to tap them before they hit the red bar. Tapping on them will make your bird dance. If three stars hit the red bar, the game ends)

Some birds are given a boost in certain games which will increase the number of points (For example, Willow has a boost in Bird Art). The more points you get, the bigger the rewards.

You can play up to 3 games with the same bird until they go on cooldown. When they are on cooldown you have to wait an hour until you can play with them again.

Leveling Up
Birds require feathers to level up. Leveling up birds will make them more powerful in the arena. They will score more damage points and in some birds cases, their abilities will get buffed.

Bird Costumes
Bird Costumes usually come around during Events. They can be purchased for Egg Coins, Gold Bars, or Crystals. Bird Costumes can either boost a bird’s status (speed, strength, point boost, etc.) or give then a new ability entirely.

Bird Collections
Bird Collections consist of a certain group of birds that give a buff in the arena if all the birds are used. Completing Bird Collections can reward you with Egg Coins And Gold Bars. Here are some of the Collections.

The Original Flock (Red, Chuck, The Blues, Matilda, Bomb)

The Stella Flock (Stella, Willow, Poppy, Dahlia, Luca, Gale)

Aya’s Flock (Aya, September, Bungle, Wave, Patch, Chaitalee)

Best Birdy Buddies (Bubbles, Hal)

Pop Idols (Mindy, Carol, Nadine)

Hatchlings (The Blues, Bubbles, Luca, Breezey, Rainy)

Don’t Be Shy (Willow, Candlehead)

They Came From Space (Frost, Bungle, Blaser)

The Arena
The Arena is the perfect place to duke it out with other people who play the game. It works kinda like Angry Birds 2’s Arena, but with a few extra things. You can only take 8 birds with you into the arena (if you have 8 or more birds, otherwise you take as many as you have). Then the normal endless structure destroying begins until nobody has anything left to shoot. You can win all sorts of streak rewards and big rewards for being in the top!

Leagues
There are 10 possible leagues that you can get in. You advance in leagues by being in the top 3 and get demoted by being in the bottom 3:

Dirt (made for beginners)

Glass

Wood

Stone

Bronze

Silver

Gold

Emerald

Diamond

Rainbow (the highest possible one)

The higher the league, the more valuable the rewards.

Tournaments
Every 2 weeks there is a new tournament. These tournaments are named after a color. Any bird of that color is boosted, while another color of bird gets nerfed. It’s always random to what color gets nerfed.

Red Tournament

Blue Tournament

Yellow Tournament

White Tournament

Black Tournament

Green Tournament

Orange Tournament

Pink Tournament

Purple Tournament

Grey Tournament

Brown Tournament

Rainbow Tournament (all birds are boosted)

Energy
Energy is like your entering ticket to battle in the arena. You have 10 Energy to start with. When you use it all up, you can either wait 5 hours for it to refill, or you can spend 100 crystals to fill it. Sometimes you’ll find a random gift that’ll give you unlimited energy (for a limited amount of time).

Events
Events are limited time events that usually stick around for about 3 weeks. During events, there will be special items that can be collected, like posters. But the biggest draw of the events are the exclusive Event Birds and/or costumes. Here is a list of the events.

Ham O Ween

Magic Day

Seasons Greedings

Hogs And Kisses

Candyland

Easter

Super Birds

Summer Pignic

Sports

Birds on Tour

Hello Fall

The Birds Themselves
(Under Construction) These are all the birds in the game. They are sorted through how you can get them.

Free Birds
These are all the birds that are free to place on the island. Most of them Are Player Level Up Rewards.

Birds That Cost Egg Coins
These are all the birds that cost Egg Coins.

Birds That Cost Gold Bars
These are all the birds that cost Gold Bars.

Birds That Cost Crystals
These are all the birds that cost Crystals.

Birds That Can Only Be Received Through The Special Wheel
These are birds that can only be won as prizes through the Special Wheel of Fortune.

Event Birds
These are birds that can only be earned through the Event Wheel of Fortune.

Costumes
(Under Construction) These are all the bird costumes, their boosts, and what events they appear in