Same here. I know how to get the six combo that gives you many hyper cubes, but can never get enough butterflies. Even when all gravel is gone with 15 moves or so left, can’t do it. Best I’ve had was still needing 11 butterflies. I’ve tried keeping tow cubes to remove everything at once, but still can’t get enough butterflies.

As you add friends, they will give you more assemblers. Many times the "task" of assembly seems to not show up until after the first time you assemble it. Go figure. I used to try to wait, but some things I've been looking for for months. If you want extra energy, etc, it's fine to assemble the same ones. Otherwise, you could be waiting for ever. Especially now that you can no longer see where to look for an item! I don't know why they took that away.

But what does reputation do for you? Also, why tap in totems? Besides getting "reputation" does it matter what you tap on?

Yes this happened to me. Not only that, it replaced it with just one gift. I had also received several vintage gifts. These all disappeared, even though they were specified for the new event.

I finally cleared it by first setting off a rocket. Then rocket and TNT. This left another TNT, but I worked to create a color cube. Set this off. This made another color cube. I doubled this. I set off two side by side color cubes. This cleared the board. I continued to create and set off rocket/TNT combos until I again got two color cubes. Set these off. By this time it left only a few pumpkins left, which I set off with rocket/TNT combo. Cleared it all with 21 moves left over!
Of course, you have to start with good placement.

PS. Just the TNT will destroy three cages. But I've been unable to get enough to get rid of them, or once that is done, I've been unable to get a rocket to destroy the ice. I've tried a whole lot. I've been in this level for about a week!

I realized that the rocket/TNT combo. But I've been having trouble getting that. And even when I get that, trying to get anything else before the time runs out, seems impossible. Yes, I HATE ICE! I've even tried starting with TNT/color cube combo, but they weren't close. I figured color cube with rockets would work, but it seems impossible to manage to get more than three colors together. Thank you for the encouragement.

I've tried the special gems thing. Sometimes I can shot the special gems into the rows between and they ignite. But sometimes the Sooners actually take them away! I did use the reverse directions for a while, but I don't know that that helped. Been a day or two on it.

I've been trying to comment, there were only five comments when I first tried. I've tried to use a striped candy with the one in the square: no go. And using a multicolored candy drop has no effect, either in the static ones or choosing a color. Usually the first level is fairly easy; this is the first time I've been completely stymied on the first level with no clue on how to proceed. I even submitted an email to support. Let's see if they answer!

Clueless. I wrote to support. I'll let you know if they answer this. Generally the first level in these things are fairly easy, to keep you interested. First time I've ever been completely stymied on level one!