Block

Blocks are the most common elements in Diamond Digger Saga. They prevent the flow of water and are destroyed when combos are made, either on them or beside them (once or multiple times). They take up a square (1x1 tile).

There are many different types of blocks, each having different properties, so a player has to deal with each one differently. Some are easier to deal with, some are harder. 

List of blocks

	Blocker Name	First appearance	Unique properties	Overall Threat
	Ground block	Episode 1 Level 1	This is the most common block. It can be destroyed by combining diamonds that are positioned ON the ground block once.	None
	Broken stone	Unofficial Episode 1 Level 4 (removed) Official Episode 1 Level 6	Broken Stone is a thicker ground block. It can also be called "Two-layered ground block". It can be destroyed just as ground blocks, but you need to combine diamonds twice in order to break it.	Very low
	Stone	Unofficial Episode 1 Level 4 (removed) Official Episode 1 Level 7	Stone is the thickest ground block. It can also be called "Three-layered ground block". It can be destroyed just as ground blocks, but you need to combine diamonds three times in order to break it.	Low
	Steel	Unofficial Episode 1 Level 9 (removed) Official Episode 1 Level 10	Steel blocks prevent the flow of water and the fall of diamonds. They can be destroyed only with Dynamite. A few levels require that certain steel blocks are destroyed to free fireflies or open the exit to the next board. In these levels the Magic Orb will offer the required Dynamite (e.g. Level 291).	Extremely high
	Mud block	Episode 2 Level 11	This is a common block in the game. It can be destroyed by combining diamonds that are positioned BESIDE the ground block once. Thick mud block is very similar to thin mud block. It can also be destroyed by combining diamonds that are positioned BESIDE the ground block, but as it's THICKER, a player must do it twice!	Very low to Somewhat high
	Frozen block	Episode 3 Level 26 Empty Episode 65 Level 1200	These are similar to mud blocks. They can be destroyed by combining nearby diamonds once. What is different between frozen and mud block is that frozen block has a frozen diamond in it, and once the block is destroyed, diamond can be treated as a regular diamond. Before the destruction of the block, a diamond cannot be combined.	Very low
	Purple block	Episode 4 Level 41	Purple block prevents the flow of water and no diamonds on these blocks can be combined. These blocks cannot be destroyed, and therefore they can be very irritating. The only way to destroy them is by using a dynamite or a shovel. However, purple blocks are hollow for diamonds, so if you match a combo under these blocks, diamonds can easily fall through them.	High
	Lava block	Episode 7 Level 91	Lava Block prevents the flow of water and the fall of diamonds. Before destroying them completely, you need to cool them down by bringing the flow of water to them. They can be pretty irritating because, as long as they haven't been cooled down with water, they reproduce themselves throughout a level board. Once you have cooled them down with water, they behave like broken stones and are destroyed by two combos on them. So, to destroy them: Bring the flow of water to them Make two diamond combos on them	Very high
	Frozen ninja	Episode 10 Level 151	Frozen ninja prevents the flow of water and the fall of diamonds. They can be destroyed by one diamond combo nearby. However, they explode afterward and make a 3x3 square around them frozen - they change diamonds in this square into frozen blocks. Due to this fact, they can be very irritating. Effect (click on the image):	Medium
	Angry rock	Episode 13 Level 211	Angry rock, comparing how it's activated, is very similar to a frozen ninja. Just as ninja block, it's destroyed and "triggered" by one combo nearby. Once triggered, it explodes and transforms a 4-way path in + shape into Broken Stones. Due to the fact that it can block the flow of water even if you've cleared the way already and that it makes a lot of broken stones at once, this block can be considered very irritating.	Somewhat high
	Mud bee bomb	Episode 14 Level 231	Mud Bomb is a special block in Diamond Digger Saga. It blocks the fall of diamonds but doesn't block the flow of water. It has a count number at the top right corner. It represents how many moves are left until the bomb explodes. Each move, the number reduces by one. When the count reaches zero, the bomb explodes and does the following: Makes the tile, where the bomb was positioned, a thin mud block. Transforms other random tiles to thin mud blocks. The number of thin mud blocks varies - it's usually around 10. That's not few, so this block can be irritating - not only due to this fact but also because those mud blocks can block the flow of water. However, you can prevent the explosion. To do this, you need to bring the flow of water to the mud bomb, before it explodes. Once "watered", a mud bomb simply disappears. Effect (click on the image):	Very high
	Mud ninja	Episode 18 Level 311	Mud ninja is pretty similar to regular frozen ninja. Both are triggered by a matched combo nearby. The difference is that frozen ninja blocks make a 3x3 square around them frozen blocks, and mud ninjas change (correspondingly) 3x3 square around them thin mud blocks. Effect (click on the image):	Extremely high
	Angry ice	Episode 19 Level 331	Angry ice is pretty similar to angry rock (see above). Both are triggered by a matched combo nearby. The difference is, that angry rock change all the tiles in + shape into stones, and angry ice change (correspondingly) all the tiles in + shape around them into frozen blocks. Note that missiles and color bursts resist the freeze of angry ice.	Medium
	Chameleon	Episode 20 Level 351	Chameleons are a very specific block. The chameleon is sleeping 45 degrees clockwise from standing up. They are something completely new, totally different to all of the other blocks. These are the main characteristics of chameleons that you need to know. There are two types of chameleons: Sleeping chameleons: They're sleeping and therefore have no effect until water wakes them up. You can destroy them by waking up all the fireflies on the board, without waking them up. Active chameleons: Once woken up, sleeping chameleons transform into colored-chameleons, which are active. Color is random. They have a count number in their bottom right corner, which shows you how many diamonds of that color you need to break in order to destroy them. Meanwhile, as long as they're on the board, each time you wake up a firefly, they'll eat it and it won't be collected. However, don't worry - once you destroy the chameleon, all fireflies will be "released" and therefore collected.	High
	Lava bee bomb	Unofficial Episode 7 Level 105 Official Episode 22 Level 391	Lava bomb is a special type of bomb in Diamond Digger Saga. It blocks the fall of diamonds but doesn't block the flow of water. It has a count number at the top right corner. It represents how many moves are left until the bomb explodes. Each move, the number reduces by one. When the count reaches zero, the bomb explodes and does the following: Makes the tile, where the bomb was positioned, a lava block. Transforms other random tiles to lava blocks. The number of lava blocks varies - it's usually around 10. That's not few, so this block can be irritating - not only due to this fact but also because those lava blocks can block the flow of water. (In case the lava blocks land next to water, they immediately turn into broken stone.) However, you can prevent the explosion. To do this, you need to bring the flow of water to the lava bomb, before it explodes. Once "watered", a lava bomb simply disappears.	Extremely high
	Angry mud	Episode 24 Level 432	Angry mud is pretty similar to angry rock (see above). Both are triggered by a matched combo nearby. The difference is, that angry rock changes all the tiles in + shape into stones, and angry mud changes (correspondingly) all the tiles in + shape around them into thin mud blocks. This blocker was removed in April 2015.	Very high

Toy blocks

	Blocker Name	First appearance	Unique properties
	Ground block	Episode 2 Level 12	Starts with the first toy level Can be used as part of a water toy block.
	Broken stone	Episode 2 Level 22	Two hits per block Occasionally shown on board, sometimes on water toy blocks.
	Stone	Episode 3 Level 32	Occasionally used on water toy blocks or shown on board Three hits per block
	Thin mud block	Episode 2 Level 15	Starts with the first toy level Can be used as part of a water toy block.
	Thick mud block	Episode 2 Level 15	Two hits next to this block and it was a toy Can be used as part of a water toy block.
	Lava block	Episode 7 Level 92	If a lava block is next to the toy, the toy may be swallowed by lava. If the lava is watered, this it turned into a toy on broken stone.
	Water toy block	Unofficial Episode 7 Level 105 Official Episode 12 Level 191	Water toy block appears only on Toy levels. It can be treated like 'Toys cage'. It can be destroyed by three hits besides the water toy block. In that way, it can be explained like a 'three-layered mud block'. Once destroyed, it releases a certain amount of toys. They fly across the whole board, and logically, they land on tiles afterward. See below

Gold-striped blocks

There is a variant of all types of ground blocks with golden stripes. They give additional points when removed. 100, 500 or 2,000 points.

	Name
	Gold-striped ground block
	Gold-striped broken stone
	Gold-striped stone
	Gold-striped thin mud block
	Gold-striped thick mud block
	Gold-striped lava block
	Gold-striped cooled-down lava block

Diggy blocks

	Blocker Name	First appearance	Unique properties	Overall Threat
	Diggy block	Episode 9 Level 131	Diggy blocks prevent the flow of water and the fall of diamonds. They are similar to mud blocks (they are destroyed by the number of combos nearby), but they have more thicknesses and they give a lot more points. They can appear in non-score levels after level 1010.  These are the types of diggy blocks; when hit, they give a musical notation, depending on the layer: See below	Very low to High