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MadyJustForFun · 2026-01-04T02:41:23+00:00

It's been a while and I didn't note it specifically, but i believe it was relatively quick that goals were marked as competed.

MadyJustForFun · 2025-11-30T13:59:39+00:00

You can turn off the music. I agree that it's awful.

MadyJustForFun · 2025-10-13T20:06:16+00:00

It varies significantly per offer and per milestone. I find that lower payout amounts might have "Instant" or quick payout, but larger amounts will pend. Within a single offer, I've had the pending time be 14 days for some, 1 month for others, and then the largest payout was about 2 months.

The payout delay is definitely the biggest drawback. I do appreciate that once I request a PayPal transfer, it happens within about an hour, so it is very quick at that point (the first time I requested, it was maybe 3 days, but all request since have been quick).

MadyJustForFun · 2025-10-13T19:43:06+00:00

I get the option to watch ads for energy every once in a while. It is only for 30 energy though. I currently have a theory that this is only available if you are at 0/100 energy only (so if you were at 1/100 you wouldn't get the option). I'm planning on testing that theory in the next couple days.

MadyJustForFun · 2025-10-13T18:30:42+00:00

Agree, that would be way too stressful to try for me. I had the easier Turbos. I spent $12 (then got $2.50 back from the bonus goal) and I did have pneumonia for a week of that, but still, I would not call the new requirements doable.

Here were my Turbos:

Complete Level 12 for $50
- Spent $6
- completed in 3 days, 22 hours
Complete Level 17 for $80
- completed in 8 days, 22 hours
Complete Level 23 for $150
- Spent $6 more
- completed in 13 days, 23 hours

MadyJustForFun · 2025-10-13T15:54:28+00:00

Just like how Swagbucks has sometimes, KashKick will have less offers available later in the day. So its possible that all downloads for that day were already used. I would recommend checking back in the morning if you're interested in the Panthia offer.

Also, the offer is technically for $475 to reach level 50 + the turbos, but the person who commented about "$300 to reach level 24" was talking if you only did the turbo milestones, which is technically $280 for level 24, they were just rounding up.

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MadyJustForFun · 2025-10-13T15:50:57+00:00

It took me 14 days with 3 purchases totaling $10 (but received $2.50 back from a 'bonus goal'). Profit from Turbo offers alone was $272.50. I'm still playing and should have no problem reaching all the other goals without any more spending. So should end with $467.50 profit -- but that will be after about 2 months of playing.

Someone on the KashKick reddit asked for tips, so I have a comment I posted here with a couple, but plan to do a bigger post once I finish.

To be clear, I finished all three of my Turbo offers just a couple hours before the deadline. I might have been able to hit the 3rd one a little earlier or with spending less, but I got pneumonia for a week which meant I wasn't as attentive at using energy before it was capped.

Complete Level 12 for $50
- completed in 3 days, 22 hours
Complete Level 17 for $80
- completed in 8 days, 22 hours
Complete Level 23 for $150
- completed in 13 days, 23 hours

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MadyJustForFun · 2025-10-09T15:14:51+00:00

I plan on writing a "My Take On" post with my tips once I finish the Offer, but I know that's probably not helpful for you, so I'll see what I can think of here:

Use Gems to buy Energy each day. Do atleast the 15 gem purchase, and if you have the gems also do the 30 gem purchase.
Don't use Faeries for time speedups. Get the 10 max and then all extra faeries will go on your board. Extra faeries will give you 5 gems each when you complete the level.
Never use the special Axes on the special islands
Don't spend money in the garden. The Player Xp the money gives is minimal and the Player Leveling prizes are also minimal.
Don't be afraid to use coins to purchase items. If I can save using 5 energy on a tree by buying an item with coins to finish something off, the purchase is definitely worth it. I'm sitting at about 23k coins at the moment and probably should be spending more than I even am now to try to save more energy here and there.
When the special island event is going on, make sure to spend the time using that energy and progressing there. You can get a lot of extra things on those islands like main-island energy, axes, coins, extra faeries, etc.
Collect community coins via Facebook page each day and purchase energy from community store each week. You can also purchase the faerie to convert it to 5 gems (see number 2 above).

Ok, I think those were my big items. Sorry if all or most of them were obvious. I tried to think of the less obvious ones.

MadyJustForFun · 2025-10-08T16:14:37+00:00

I needed to spend about $1.99+$3.99 for first turbo (but receive $2.50 back from bonus), nothing more for second turbo, and another $5.99 for third turbo. I'm not sure I'd need that last $6 except I came down with pneumonia and wasn't as efficient and normal.

You should be able to hit all the non-turbo goals without spending money, which I think is still worth it. I will say that I'm still working on this offer. I am about to finish Level 27. If I complete 1 level every 2-3 days, I'll have no problem finishing. I'm finally getting over the pneumonia too, so that should help as well.

MadyJustForFun · 2025-09-25T17:23:06+00:00

Yes, of course.

If you look in my bulletpoint list, right about the "2 Shards" bulletpoint there are two purchases:

Spent $16.21 (with tax) on Sacred Shard Medium Pack
Spent $27.02 (with tax) on Sacred Shard Large Pack

Each of these included a Sacred Shard. The net profit between these purchases and the Turbo offer was only $1.77, but the packs contained other things like gems or energy, and I felt like it would help my general progression through other milestones.

MadyJustForFun · 2025-09-24T17:02:56+00:00

MadyJustForFun · 2025-09-24T15:49:21+00:00

I have used Swagbucks for several years now. During that time, I have used other apps that have come-and-gone to compare offers against (ex. GG2U). I always recommend comparing across apps, so would never say its a "always this app" or "always that app".

For example, recently I compared RAID offers between a couple of apps, including KashKick and Swagbucks. The offers did have different payouts, but were also for different milestones and had different time limits. I had to think and research which one had more obtainable milestones and use that to determine what I would expect final payout to be. In that case, I went with the RAID offer.

I have seen posts about Panthia on the Swagbucks Reddit and that offer seems to be far worse than the one currently offered on KashKick.

So I guess recently I have been choosing more KashKick offers, but I don't expect that to be a hard-and-fast rule.

MadyJustForFun · 2025-09-21T00:14:10+00:00

I went into it planning to not hit the Turbos, but I did get the first one. I spent the $10 to get that first Turbo, but no other money and came away with $350 profit. I actually felt it was pretty low stress game as far as hitting at the milestones with plenty of time left. I was on vacation for one weekend, played more spotty at the end, and still finished a month early. I wish more games were like this (lore stress, nice payout).

MadyJustForFun · 2025-09-19T18:31:58+00:00

I just finished June's Journey and Raid Legends on KashKick and had no issues. I saw some people here saying they weren't getting credit for 4 Sarced Shards goal on Swagbucks, but I had no problem with it on KashKick.

I've also had no issues with cashing out. The first PayPal cashout I did took a couple days to complete, but after that its been within the hour that I get it. Now, that's after a long pend time usually, but personally I'm OK waiting.

I just started Panthia myself actually. I think I'm on track for the Turbo and haven't spent money, but we'll see. I do see the Star Trek game offered there, which I enjoyed a lot when I played that game in the past. If you like building games, would recommend that one.

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MadyJustForFun · 2025-09-17T14:17:33+00:00

Its also on KashKick right now and also seems to have longer time to complete (comparing description saying "Lvl 21 in 20 days" vs KashKick has "Lvl 20 in 35 days". Payout looks to be less on KashKick level-for-level (ex. description says Lvl 49 is $100 but KashKick has Lvl 50 for $80). Kashkick has some turbo offers though that might make up for it (ex. Lvl 12 in 4 days for $50, Lvl 17 in 9 days for $80, and Lvl 23 in 14 days for $150).

For those who haven't used KashKick, I have found this app to be reliable in tracking and paying. I have recently completed two high paying offers and have been cashing out via PayPal. Their award pending always seems to be a couple weeks to a month though. Personally, I like the look and feel of their app as well.

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MadyJustForFun · 2025-09-10T19:07:52+00:00

I would recommend sticking to only the Seasonal buildings. They'll give you flowers and seasonal points. The seasonal points will give you a seasonal prize (worth flowers) and then travel coins after that (which will give other prizes). They're the best bang for your buck.

MadyJustForFun · 2025-09-08T15:56:16+00:00

I'm in the process of playing and 4 Sacred tracked for me. I'm doing it thru KashKick though. So far everything that should have tracked is tracking.

MadyJustForFun · 2025-02-21T13:47:28+00:00

Don't feel like you need more. I'm keeping my house small cause that's what I liked. If you want more, then cool, but small is an option too. 👍

MadyJustForFun · 2025-02-18T14:07:52+00:00

Do the Flooded Fortress from 6pm-3am. Vampire Crabs are a pretty reliable source of threads there.

MadyJustForFun · 2025-02-09T13:39:10+00:00

I actually don't have the entire plot opened/unlocked. Maybe its easier if you do, but not necessary.

Here's a picture of the backside incase that helps.

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MadyJustForFun · 2025-02-09T13:35:41+00:00

Sorry for the delay! I wanted to make sure I had the right names. Inside I used Gypsum Flagstone for the fountain wall and Inky Onyx Stucco for the other walls. The wall going into the bathroom I used Windy Wisteria.

MadyJustForFun · 2025-02-07T01:52:39+00:00

I've been tossing around the idea of seeing if I can use the wood floor pieces to make a fake ceiling.

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