Flock Favorites

Flock Favorites
Episode card
Overview
Game	Angry Birds
Release date	July 22, 2014 (first 15 levels) June 23, 2015 (final 15 levels)
Statistics
Episode number	11
Number of levels	30
Episode order
Previous episode	Short Fuse
Next episode	Bird Island

Flock Favorites is the 11th episode of the original Angry Birds. It initially released as a 15-level chapter in July 2014, before being expanded with 15 more levels in June 2015. Marketed as the beginning of a revolution of the series, Flock Favorites is a bonus episode whose levels represent earlier episodes in the game voted for by fans, such as Mine and Dine and Red's Mighty Feathers. It features no new noteworthy mechanics, but does re-introduce gimmicks exclusive to past chapters.

Gameplay and overview

Angry Birds - Flock Favorites Episode Gameplay Trailer

The trailer for Flock Favorites

Flock Favorites contains 30 levels, evenly distributed among "themes" 29 and 30. Levels 1 through 15 are thus called "29-1" to "29-15", and the same mindset applies to the subsequent levels. Theme 29 released on July 22, 2014, for the 4.2.0 update for the Android and iOS versions of the game; the episode was never introduced to PC or Mac, as these versions were later discontinued in November. Flock Favorites was promoted by Rovio as the first of three major releases comprising a "revolution" of the Angry Birds franchise. The 5.1.0 update finalized the chapter with theme 30 on June 23, 2015. Despite being released as the 11th chapter, after the episodes were reordered in the 7.8.7 update, in December 2017, Flock Favorites became the third chapter, between Mighty Hoax and Danger Above.

The episode's levels are set in earlier chapters, which were selected by fans through vote. With the exceptions of Mighty Hoax, The Big Setup, Ham 'Em High, and Birdday Party, every major episode at the time is represented in at least three levels. Whenever possible, levels feature elements from their corresponding episodes: for instance, the Danger Above-inspired levels predominantly feature balloons (although these are now dynamic objects, like in Birdday Party), while the Bad Piggies and Red's Mighty Feathers-themed levels incorporate vehicles inspired by Bad Piggies, and the latter also features Mighty Feathers Red.

The way earlier chapters are represented is as follows:

Episodes represented in Flock Favorites

Level	Episode homaged	Level	Episode homaged
29-1	Surf and Turf	30-1	Danger Above
29-2	Poached Eggs	30-2	Mine and Dine
29-3	Surf and Turf	30-3	Surf and Turf
29-4	Poached Eggs	30-4	Bad Piggies
29-5	Danger Above	30-5	Mine and Dine
29-6	Mine and Dine	30-6	Danger Above
29-7	Mine and Dine	30-7	Danger Above
29-8	Surf and Turf	30-8	Short Fuse
29-9	Bad Piggies	30-9	Short Fuse
29-10	Bad Piggies	30-10	Red's Mighty Feathers
29-11	Short Fuse	30-11	Bad Piggies
29-12	Red's Mighty Feathers	30-12	Bad Piggies
29-13	Short Fuse	30-13	Red's Mighty Feathers
29-14	Red's Mighty Feathers	30-14	Surf and Turf
29-15	Bad Piggies	30-15	Poached Eggs

Finishing the episode nets the player with an electric fan as a trophy.

Theme 29

Image	Level	3-star score	3-star tips	Mighty Eagle tips
	29-1	90,000	Chuck should be flung towards the hollow wooden block behind the TNT. This collapses the tower both ways and clears the level.	The player should open up the pit to the left of the tower. Lobbing the sardine into this pit should feather the level.
	29-2	114,000	The Blues should be aimed towards the glass blocks at the top of the middle tower, splitting late to pop the Corporal Pig there and weaken the glass pane covering the TNT block in the center-left. With some luck, the tower should collapse both ways and destroy the other structures.	Simply aiming the canned sardine towards the middle tower should feather the level.
	29-3	73,000	The player should launch Matilda in an upward angle, dropping her egg late to let her hit the beach ball in the center. Of the many possible outcomes, the ideal is that the far-right structure collapses and most pigs in the center are popped. Then Stella can aim straight towards the leftmost structure and blow bubbles on impact.	This level can be feathered by simply flinging the sardine in an upward angle and towards the second pig.
	29-4	83,000	The first Red should target the rectangular glass block supporting the top floor of the first structure, clearing the left half of the level and weakening the glass pane nearby. The next Red should strike the left leg of the far-right structure, bringing it down. With some luck, enough points will be netted for three stars.	The player should detonate the TNT of the first structure and rest the sardine somewhere around the area of the leftmost pig. This makes the Mighty Eagle destroy the second building and, with luck, nets a feather.
	29-5	80,000	Stella should fly towards the roof of the middle building, lifting the local blocks to clear most of the level. Bubbles can then finish off the remaining pigs.	The player should destroy the car on the right, then rest the sardine on the pool of glass.
	29-6	101,000	The first Chuck should aim towards the legs of the first structure and the plank that covers the first gap. This gives the second Chuck a clear shot towards the boulder atop the middle building, which with a precise hit will take down the remaining pigs and detonate the TNT at the bottom.	The player should clear as much of the first and middle buildings as they can. They should also destroy the plank that covers the first gap, through which they can lob the sardines to take out the rest.
	29-7	125,000	Chuck should target the second pig, destroying key supports that will bring down the entire left half of the level. It also exposes the TNT cart, which a Red can push into the right half.	Simply aiming the sardine towards the Corporal Pig should feather the level.
	29-8	120,000	The first Red should be lobbed towards the leftmost pig. By hitting the top half, Terence can easily level the main structure and pop most pigs. If needed, the second Red may be used.	The player should use Terence as suggested on the left, then land the sardine in the pool of glass.
	29-9	80,000	A straight shot lets Chuck cut all ropes; the falling blocks will de-estabilize and destroy the passing cart. A little spaceship will suddenly fall from the sky, although Bomb can easily take it down.	The player should follow the 3-star tips, resulting in an accumulation of debris in the middle that the Mighty Eagle can clear.
	29-10	90,000	The first batch of Blues should be aimed at the first bouncy balloon, splitting early so two of the birds cut the ropes of the floating vehicles. The outcome varies but most of the level should be taken out for one or two more trios of Blues to finish off.	The player should repeat the first Blues shot, then fling the sardine can into the pit beneath the two leftmost pigs.
	29-11	170,000	The player should use the first Matilda's egg to propel her towards the boulder above, dropping an orange potion on a group of pigs below which clears almost the entire level. The other birds may be used for clean-up.	Simply following the tips on the left, then clearing debris with the Mighty Eagle, should feather the level.
	29-12	88,000	Matilda should be launched straight towards the pillar in the top, without using her ability. This clears the top half and most of the bottom half of the level. Hal should then be launched straight ahead, slightly downwards, to fly through the suction cups and take out the bottom-right pigs.	The player should follow the Matilda shot from the left, and launch the sardine can in a similar fashion as Hal, landing in the bottom-right of the level.
	29-13	130,000	The player should loft Matilda in an upward angle, using her egg both to detonate the first TNT block and to make her smash the pipe holding the highest tower. This clears the left half of the level. Hal should then be launched backwards and upwards, boomeranging soon after towards the tunnel in the far right, detonating the TNT crate there and popping the bottom-right pigs.	The player should repeat the Matilda shot from the 3-star tips, then fling the sardine towards the bottom-right quadrant of the level to make the Mighty Eagle clear that area.
	29-14	128,000	Chuck should fly straight through the leftmost pig, demolishing the first structure. Through an upward shot, Bubbles can inflate to the right of the pigs on the floating island, taking out most of the right half of the level. The remaining birds may be used for clean-up.	The player should fully demolish the first bullding, allowing for the canned sardine to rest on the pile of boulders beneath.
	29-15	145,000	The player should aim the first Bomb towards the enclosed pig in the top-middle tower. His explosion should clear that structure and most pigs to its left. Matilda should then use her egg to smash the stone pillar in the top-middle, now exposed, to de-estabilize that area and drop rubble onto King Pig's vehicle. The second Bomb can finish the remaining pigs off.	The sardine can should be launched downwards, sliding towards the leftmost pig.

Theme 30

These levels were initially all part of theme 29 as well, labeled "29-16" to "29-30". A later update changed this and split them into their own theme.

Image	Level	3-star score	3-star tips	Mighty Eagle tips
	30-1	110,000	Stella should be launched towards the top-left pig in the first bottom structure, causing her bubbles to damage most of the level. The first Chuck can then take out the second and third bottom structures, Red can pop the balloons up high, and the second Chuck can destroy the rightmost building.	All the player has to do is fling the canned sardines into the gap directly behind the slingshot.
	30-2	84,000	The player should do a precise shot of Chuck where he flies through the crystals, ropes, and stalagmites at the top right, usually popping all pigs as a result.	This level can be feathered by destroying the top-right crystals and detonating the TNT in the far left with the Chucks, then landing the sardine can around the leftmost pig.
	30-3	104,000	With a precise upward launch, Matilda can fall to the right of the middle tower and drop her egg there, causing her to fly towards the top-right tower and cause boulders to roll down into the pigs, popping most of them. By knocking down the leftmost tower, Red and the Blues can out down the remaining pigs.	The player should use Matilda as suggested on the left, then use the other birds and the Mighty Eagle to clear out as much rubble as possible.
	30-4	140,000	Terence should slam the top-left building, while Bomb should explode around the bottom-left building, and Chuck should detonate the TNT in the top right for extra points. The actions of any of these birds usually lead to the middle and bottom-right structures collapsing.	Repeating the 3-star tips usually results in an accumulation of debris in the center that the Mighty Eagle can destroy.
	30-5	90,000	The first Bomb should target the second pair of stalagmites, exploding between the second and third pillars to clear most of the level. The other two Bombs can then be used both to pop the remaining pigs and to score extra points.	The player should use a Bomb to clear the tip of the first pillar, allowing the canned sardine to rest on the plank where the second pig is on.
	30-6	98,000	One Red should pop the top-left balloon, ultimately crashing into the second tower, which will crumble and also de-estabilize the third one. Another Red should aim straight for the bottom-left balloon, destroying the support of the first tower in the process.	The sardine can should be lobbed in an upward angle, falling into the pit between the first two towers.
	30-7	75,000	One Chuck should fly through the two highest balloons; the second pig will drop onto the one directly below him, popping both, while Chuck will also take down the rightmost platform. The other Chuck can pop the other balloons.	Simply following the 3-star tips leaves little debris for the Mighty Eagle to clear.
	30-8	163,000	The Blues should aim for the leftmost crystal and the gas canister in the center. With a lot of luck, the latter will trigger a chain reaction that pops all pigs and nets three stars.	The player should repeat the shot on the 3-star tips, but they can now use the remaining batches of Blues to clear debris, then finish off with the Mighty Eagle.
	30-9	180,000	The first Chuck should aim for the tip of the bottom-right pipes, causing the balloon there to explode at the top-right pipes, tripling the local pigs. The second Chuck should then fly through the tip of the top-left pipes. Depending on the outcome, the final Chuck may also be used.	With a precise upward shot, a Chuck can hit the blue potion at the top-right, tripling two or the three pigs there. Another Chuck can also drop the boulders in the top-middle. Resting a sardine can in the bottom-middle after this should feather the level.
	30-10	123,000	The player should launch the first Terence towards the top of the top-middle structure. Depending on the damage, the first Mighty Feathers Red and second Terence may be used to pop the remaining pigs.	After repeating the first Terence fling, the player can land the sardine over the pit in the middle of the level.
	30-11	126,000	The Blues should be launched towards the wheel on the top-left structure; with a well-timed split, two of the Blues will knock it down, while another will cause the top-right boulders to fall. With some luck, this destroys the bridge in the middle, and with more luck, the pigs in the far-right. Stella should then be launched straight towards the leftmost structure, lifting its blocks with her bubbles to push the car to its right, which should fall into the pit in the middle unless there are pebbles blocking it.	The player should bring down the boulders in the top-left and right, creating a pile of debris in the middle that the Mighty Eagle can destroy by also demolishing the leftmost building and positioning the sardine there.
	30-12	60,000	This level can be finished by using two Chucks to detonate the leftmost and bottom-right TNT boxes respectively, and aiming another towards the highest Corporal Pig, causing his cart to fall and crush the pigs beneath.	The player should fully destroy the first building, then land the sardine around the middle, where the Mighty Eagle will clear the rightmost structure.
	30-13	84,000	Hal should be lobbed in a high arc, letting him hit the middle TNT from the right and triggering a shower of wooden blocks.	By aiming the sardine can towards the top propeller of the bottom-left craft, the player can position it in a way that usually feathers the level.
	30-14	55,000	The first Red should target the beach ball on the third pig, causing it to bounce off and take down the far-right structure and pop all pigs but the leftmost one, which the second Red can pop by pushing the "umbrella" to his left.	The player should use all three Reds to clear as much of the far-left as possible, then rest the canned sardine on the glass pool.
	30-15	170,000	The first Bomb should be flung in an upward angle to explode in the area of the second Corporal Pig, clearing the left sector of the level. The first Matilda can then weaken the middle for the second Bomb to detonate around King Pig, eliminating that section as well. Both remaining Matildas can finish off the rightmost pigs.	By exploding a Bomb at the bottom of the leftmost tower, the player can land a sardine beneath the second Corporal, causing mass destruction with the Mighty Eagle and feathering this level.

Gallery

Promotional

The announcement image of the episode

Image promoting Flock Favorites as the beginning of a "revolution"

Artwork promoting theme 30's launch

Sprites

The trophy obtained upon completing the episode

The trophy obtained upon 3-starring the episode

Screenshots

Gallery
Flock Favorites on the episode select screen The level select menu The level select menu Screenshot of the trailer depicting level 29-11

External links

• Videos related to Flock Favorites at AngryBirdsNest