The Mystic Puzzland
Picross meets jigsaw puzzles.
The Mystic Puzzland combines picross and jigsaw puzzles. Each picture is split into four parts - A, B, C and D - and every part is its own nonogram: use the numbers on the rows and columns to work out which squares to fill. Every square on the board is drawn as a little jigsaw piece, so the runs you fill lock together.
Game overview
What is The Mystic Puzzland?
Each part you finish is added to a small preview of the whole picture, and solving all four completes it. There are 700 stages in 36 themed episodes, and every tenth stage unlocks a full color jigsaw picture you can play with 25, 64 or 100 pieces.
At a glance
- Read the row and column numbers to find which squares are filled.
- Solve parts A, B, C and D of a picture one by one.
- Complete all four parts to reveal the whole picture.
- Unlock jigsaw pictures along the way and play them with 25, 64 or 100 pieces.
One picture, four puzzles
Every stage in The Mystic Puzzland hides one picture, and you do not solve it all at once. The picture is cut into four quarters, A, B, C and D, and each quarter is its own nonogram, also known as picross or griddlers. You solve them in order. The finished quarters are stacked in a small preview at the top left, so you watch the picture come together piece by piece, and its name stays a question mark until the last quarter is done.
The rules are the classic ones. The numbers beside each row and above each column tell you the lengths of the runs of filled squares in that line, in order, with at least one empty square between runs. Use them to work out which squares must be filled and which must stay empty. The first stages ease you in with small pictures, starting at 6 by 6 and growing step by step. From stage 46 on every picture is 20 by 20, so each quarter is a 10 by 10 puzzle.
The board looks different from a plain grid. Every square is drawn as a little jigsaw piece, with knobs and gaps that lock together as you fill a run, and each episode paints its pieces in its own color, such as green, purple, red or blue.
Controls and mistakes
Choose the check button to fill squares or the X button to mark squares that must stay empty.
Tap a square, or drag along a row or column to fill or mark several squares in one move.
Tap an X again to remove it. Once a line is complete, its numbers turn grey.
The pause button sits next to the two mode buttons.
Filling is checked the moment you do it. A correct square locks in place. A wrong one is marked with a little face and costs you a crystal ball. You have five crystal balls for the whole stage, shared across all four quarters, and on stage 1 they are not used up at all. If you lose the last one you can continue with three more for gold, or end the stage. X marks are never checked, so marking freely costs you nothing.
Episodes, wands and items
There are 700 stages in 36 themed episodes. The first two episodes have 10 stages each and the rest have 20. Themes run from Shapes, Zodiac and Bug's Life through Dessert Time, Farm Animals, Sea Animals and The Universe to Camping, Valentine's Day and Halloween. A few squares in every quarter are revealed at the start, which gives you a foothold in larger puzzles.
Starting a stage uses one magic wand, and clearing it gives the wand back. You can hold five wands, and one returns every 30 minutes. Five items unlock along the way, between stages 5 and 15: the Potion reveals one square, the Row Broom and the Column Broom reveal a full row or column, the Stone reveals a 3x3 area, and the Random Viewer reveals three random squares.
Jigsaw puzzles
Every tenth stage unlocks a new picture in the Jigsaw Puzzle book, 70 in all. These are full color cartoon illustrations that match the episode themes, separate from the nonogram pictures. Each one can be played with 25, 64 or 100 pieces. Every size is unlocked with puzzle pieces, the currency you collect by uncovering pieces hidden in the squares of each tenth stage, or buy with gold. Drag a piece close to its spot and it snaps in. Pieces do not need rotating, and your progress is saved as you go.
Tips for your first stages
In a 10 square line, a 7 always covers the middle four squares wherever it sits. Look for numbers longer than half the line first and fill the overlap.
They are never checked, so they cost nothing. Crossing out squares that must be empty makes the remaining runs much easier to place.
Every wrong fill costs a crystal ball, and the five balls must last through all four quarters. If you are guessing, switch to X or look at a different line.
Quarter D is where a stage is won or lost. A Row Broom or a Stone used there can save a run of crystal balls.
They hide the puzzle pieces you need to unlock bigger jigsaws, and you only receive them when the stage is cleared.
Why players come back
Features
- Picross and jigsaw puzzles in one game
- Squares drawn as jigsaw pieces, in a different color for each episode
- 700 stages in 36 themed episodes, playable offline
- Available on the App Store, Google Play and Amazon
Common questions
Frequently asked questions
Is The Mystic Puzzland free?
Yes. It is free to download and play. It shows ads and offers optional gold packs and wand refills, and every stage can be cleared without paying.
Is it the same game as Griddlers & Nonogram Puzzles?
Yes. On Google Play the game is listed under search friendly names such as Griddlers & Nonogram Puzzles, and on your home screen it appears as Puzzland.
Can I play offline?
Yes. The stages are built into the app, and if the game cannot reach our server it keeps going with the data on your device and syncs later.
Can I choose which quarter to solve first?
No. The quarters always come in order, A, B, C and then D, and the next one opens as soon as the previous one is complete. Quitting partway costs the wand you used to start the stage.
Which languages are supported?
The game is available in eight languages: English, Korean, Japanese, Chinese, German, French, Spanish and Portuguese.
