Solitaire Blitz tip: Did you know you can use the spacebar to draw from your Draw Pile?
Solitaire Blitz tip: Did you know you can use the spacebar to draw from your Draw Pile?
Solitaire Blitz tip: Did you know you can use the spacebar to draw from your Draw Pile?

Solitaire Blitz

Solitaire Blitz General Information

Where can I find information about or help for my Facebook account?

If you require assistance with your Facebook account or any feature of Facebook, please visit http://www.facebook.com/help.php

How do I adjust the volume?

To adjust the volume or turn the sound and music on or off:

Click the gears icon in the bottom right corner of the game.
Check or uncheck the boxes beside Music and Sounds to enable or disable.
Use the slider bar beside "Volume" to adjust to your desired setting.

You may also want to check your computer's sound settings if you're not hearing sounds as expected.

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What is Solitaire Blitz?

Solitaire Blitz is a fast-paced, treasure-diving solitaire variant. Two decks of cards are shuffled and dealt onto seven stacks, reaching down to the seafloor. Can you clear the cards to win the treasure?

Solitaire Blitz calls on your speed and precision and challenges you to stay cool under pressure! Beat the clock and discover the rarest artifacts of the deep!

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The world (and worm!) of Solitaire Blitz

Welcome to the beautiful island home of Solitaire Blitz! It's an idyllic setting for you to start a new career as a treasure hunter! In this peaceful tropical locale, you are one of many trolling the depths in search of rare and valuable artifacts.

Treasure-hunting is so popular here that even local wildlife want to get into the game! You'll find birds, fish, even worms eager to join you on your quest and lend a hand...well, a metaphorical hand. You'll be lent plenty of fins, flippers, tentacles, wings....

Otis the worm is one of your best buddies below the waves! When he swings in at the end of a game, take a moment to click on him to claim your treasure! If you forget to click on "Claim Treasures," don't worry--earned silver is still automatically added as long as you complete the game. But if you don't click on Otis, you won't get to see the values of your discoveries! Another option is to click on your treasures one by one to see their worth.

Otis gets particularly excited for you when you've found especially rare and exotic treasures! When he does a little dance for you, you've uncovered something that would be the envy of your fellow treasure hunters!

Otis' best friend is Pearl, the mermaid, your trusty tour guide through the deep! Count on her to keep you informed of new and important features as you navigate the deep blue sea.

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Solitaire Blitz Gameplay

Solitaire Blitz Glossary

Build Piles – The destination piles for the cards in your Stacks. You start with just one build pile, but you can unlock two more as you play by finding Key Cards.

Boosts – Boosts are special powers you can use to earn a higher score and enhance your game. They can give you extra time, extra cards, extra fish, extra jokers and more! Try different Boosts, to find the ones that best suit your style of play.

Card Multiplier – The Card Multiplier affects all the points you earn from playing cards. Whenever you find a fish, that indicates the card multiplier has gone up by one (from x1 to x2, for example). The maximum multiplier is x9.

Deck – Also sometimes referred to as the Draw Pile, the Deck is where the remainder of the cards are placed after dealing out the Stacks. Play from the deck whenever you run out of moves, but be careful! This pile will run out of cards, and you can only go through it once.

Decks – All decks of cards are the same on the front (4 suits of 13 cards, plus 2 jokers). But they can have different backs with very different art. Play with your favorite! You earn new decks as you play, and there are premium decks available for purchase in the shop!

Energy – One unit of Energy is consumed with every deal of the cards. Energy recharges at a steady rate, up to a maximum of 5. Additional energy bought in the shop or received as gifts is stored in a separate bank, drawn from only when your regular energy is zero. Your current energy level is indicated by a meter on the map.

Fish – Every time you see a Fish in the game, it means your Multiplier has increased. It also adds to your total on the Fish Meter. The meter on the map tells you how far along you are toward the next Level.

Free Gifts – Once per hour per friend, you can send Energy by clicking on their name on your Leaderboard. In addition, you can click the Free Gifts button on the game's menu bar to send friends special treasures!

Key Card – Two cards randomly placed among the Stacks have ribbons on them, indicating that they are Key Cards. Each key card will unlock an additional build pile for you to play on.

Leaderboard – The Leaderboard displays all of your friends who are playing the game, their highest score this week, and the card back they’re currently using. Click on a friend’s name to send them a Free Gift!

Level – There’s no limit to the level you can achieve in Solitaire Blitz! Leveling up adds three units of energy to your bank and gives you a new card back to play with, selected randomly from this month’s rotation.

Messages – If your friend sends you a gift or requests help, you will find it in your Messages. If you have messages waiting, this screen will appear automatically at the start of the game.

Shop – You can buy Energy, Silver, Boosts and Decks in the Shop. Some can be bought with Silver, but most use Facebook Credits. The Shop offers many exclusive items that you won’t find anywhere else in the game.

Silver – Silver is the currency of Solitaire Blitz. It lets you buy Boosts for your hand and can also be used to buy some items in the Shop. Your current Silver balance is indicated by a meter on the map.

Stacks – The cards are dealt out into seven Stacks at the start of the game. To clear each stack, you must move the cards onto the build piles. Each stack conceals a treasure buried beneath.

Stopwatch – You have just 60 seconds to clear the cards from the Stacks, and the Stopwatch tracks your time.

Time Lines – There are four Time Lines in each hand, at depths of 1, 4, 7 and 10 cards. When you clear all the cards above a Time Line, 20 seconds are added to the clock.

Treasure – Shells, crabs, jewelry, antiques, and many more mysterious things await you on the ocean floor, concealed by the stacks of cards. If you clear all of the cards in a stack, you can pick up its Treasure. The treasures are instantly converted to Silver.

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How to Play Solitaire Blitz

The Basics

Solitaire Blitz starts with two full decks of cards being shuffled and dealt out to form seven stacks (totalling 67 cards), plus one draw pile (41 cards). At the start of the game, the top card of the draw pile is turned over to form a build pile, and the clock starts.

You have one minute to move the cards from all 7 stacks onto the build pile(s). Suits and colors don't matter, only the rank of the card. You can play any card from a stack onto the build pile, as long as it’s exactly one higher or one lower than the card that’s already there. Aces can be high or low, so they are playable on both Kings and Twos and form a bridge between those cards. Jokers can play on anything.

At any time – but especially if you get stuck with no other legal moves – you can return to the draw pile to deal fresh cards onto the build pile(s). Just be careful. You can only go through the deck once, so it can easily run out.

The game ends when you run out of moves, run out of time, or win by clearing all the cards. No matter whether you win or lose the game, if you clear all of the cards from a stack, you get to pick up the treasure at the bottom of it. Good luck!

Advanced Play

Beating the clock is the biggest challenge in Solitaire Blitz. To earn extra time, clear the cards from every stack down to the depth of the next Time Line.

There are four Time Lines in each hand, and each one you uncover adds an extra 20 seconds to the clock.

Making long runs is critical for getting a good score in Solitaire Blitz. A run refers to any two or more cards you play successfully in a row without drawing from the deck or attempting an "illegal" play. Illegal plays occur when you click on a card that cannot be placed anywhere. As the length of your run increases, each card scores a higher number of points than the one before. As your run continues, every 10 cards earns you a permanent multiplier, heralded by one of the sign-carrying fish. Even if you break your run, that multiplier lasts for the rest of the hand.

To start your game off strong and build up speed to get runs going, look for the Key Cards that unlock extra build piles. Two Key Cards are randomly dealt into the stacks in every hand. These Key Cards can be identified by a ribbon slipped over the bottom right edge of the cards. Once played, the Key Card will unlock the next available build pile and deal a card onto it, giving you more potential moves.

When multiple build piles are available, a card played from the stacks goes left-to-right through the build piles, looking for a match. If you have a card that could be played on more than one of the build piles, it will land on the first available from left-to-right. There is no way to select which pile it lands on. A Joker will always land on the first build pile.

Tips and Tricks

How do you get a high score in Solitaire Blitz? Simple! Play fast and make long runs! But everyone approaches this goal a little differently. Here are a few tips to consider:

Try to make the longest runs possible to get the highest score. Before picking a card, look ahead to the second and third card you might play on it. Sometimes, picking a different starting card can result in a longer run. Of course, the “long run” strategy comes at the risk of taking too much time.
Try to play as quickly as possible, to beat the time limit and get the most bonus points at the end. Some players imagine a metronome ticking away, and try to play cards as fast as it beats. Others play in quick bursts. While this strategy increases your risk of illegal plays, practicing at “playing fast” can help improve your game over time.
Aim for the Key Cards first, to maximize the number of options you have for the rest of the game. You often find yourself with two or three alternative cards. If one of them helps you uncover a Key Card, choose that card first.
Choose cards from deeper stacks over shallower ones and try not to empty any of your stacks too quickly. This way, you have more options and won’t get stuck with one tall stack at the end. Keeping the stacks “balanced” in this way not only gives you a better chance of clearing them, it also helps you uncover Time Lines. Of course, this strategy comes at the risk of finding less treasure.
Collect rare items to get the most silver. If you see a hint of that telltale glow in the dirt before the deal, aim for it instead of the other stacks. It’s probably worth more silver, which will help you buy boosts in future games.

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Silver and Energy FAQ

Silver

There are many treasures under the sea, from shells and crabs to pirate chests and royal regalia. Recovering these treasures will earn you Silver, the standard currency of the seven seas. The rarer the treasure, the more Silver it's worth! Silver is what you need in order to buy boosts that will enhance your game.

Boosts help you win the game and/or get a higher score that you would have earned without them. You have a chance to buy them before each hand. Some boosts are better suited for beginners (like “Extra Time” which gives you another 30 seconds to play). Others are better for strategic players (like “Run Finder” which gives you extra information about what’s underneath the top card). See the Boosts FAQ to learn more about all the possibilities!

Energy

It takes Energy to dive for treasure! You start with 5 units of Energy, and each hand consumes one. Fortunately, as soon as you drop below the maximum, Energy begins to replenish. In a few minutes, you’ll be back up to full.

To help each other out, you and your friends can send free Energy to each other, above and beyond the maximum. Just click their names on the leaderboard to instantly send one unit of Energy per friend per hour. Also, extra Energy is always available for purchase in the Shop. Energy that you purchase or receive from friends goes into your “Energy Bank,” where it’s saved until you’re ready to use it.

Banked Energy

Using your banked energy is as simple as clicking Play just as you normally do! There are no extra steps required. If you have no more regular energy available, the next time you play, it will simply draw from your bank instead.

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Levels and Decks in Solitaire Blitz

Fish are good omens in the world of Solitaire Blitz! Each time you achieve a run of 10 cards in a row, a fish will appear, but you can also find them randomly as you play! Whenever you see a fish dart out from behind a card, that heralds an increase in your Card Multiplier (e.g. from x3 to x4), which is applied to your score. Every fish you’ve ever seen adds to your Fish Meter, and finding fish causes you to "level up" over time.

When you level up, you get a bunch of Energy, which lets you play more hands. You’re also given a new deck of cards, selected randomly from this month’s list.

Each month, some new decks show up, and some old ones are retired. Once you collect ALL of the decks for a given month, you’ll get a big prize of silver when you level up instead of a deck of cards.

Over time, you’ll accumulate many different decks, and you can choose to play with whichever one suits your mood. The decks you've earned will stay in your inventory from month to month.

Don't forget to check out the premium decks available for purchase in the Shop too!

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Scoring in Solitaire Blitz

Many factors influence your score in Solitaire Blitz.

Cards played – This is the simplest measure! You get points for every card played onto a build pile, and each card's point value increases as your run continues. A run occurs every time you are able to play multiple cards in a row without attempting an illegal move or playing from the draw pile.
Cards left – You get points for every card left in the draw pile when you win.
Time left – You get points for every second left on the clock when you win.
Bonus time – When you clear a Time Line, if the bonus seconds from doing so would have advanced the clock past 1:00, those seconds are instead converted to points.
Bursts of speed – You get points for playing 4 or more cards in very quick succession (very quick is measured in milliseconds! It builds up to a frenzy, and after the fourth card played in a row at that speed, you get an extra 1000 points per card).
Clearing a stack – You get points every time you clear a stack down to zero cards.
Bonus moves – You get points for making certain unusual patterns of cards, such as:
Royal Family Bonus = The three build piles show a King, Queen and Jack at the same time.
Three Of A Kind Bonus = The three build piles show three cards of the same rank.
Up-Down Bonus = Play six or more cards in a row using just two ranks (e.g. 5-6-5-6-5-6).
Around the World Bonus = Play every card from Ace to King (or King to Ace) without changing direction or breaking the run.
Seven Seas Bonus = Play one card from each of the seven stacks, moving left to right. This is a rare achievement to pull off, so don't forget to brag!

Any points earned in categories 1 or 2 are multiplied by your current Card Multiplier. The Card Multiplier starts at x1 and goes up by one whenever you find a fish. Some fish appear randomly, but you always get a fish when your run reaches 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, or 60 cards.

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Boosts in Solitaire Blitz

There are a great variety of game-enhancing boosts to choose from in Solitaire Blitz! Experiment with them, one at a time and in different combinations, and see which earn you the highest scores and the coolest treasures! The boosts that are available for purchase slowly change over time. Some new options are added, and others are retired. If a favorite isn't available today, take the opportunity to try a new combo!

Boosts are purchased with Silver.

		Bonus Fish: This boost starts your score multiplier off at x2!
		Depth Charge: This boost plants two explosives in your stacks, allowing you to detonate four cards in a vertical blast. At the start of the round, you will see which stacks the explosives are hidden within, and once you have uncovered them, you can click on them at any time to destroy a portion of the stack beneath!
		Extra Cards: Adds 13 cards plus 1 Joker to the deck to keep you from running out of moves. Recommended for use with Extra Time so you have a chance to get through all these extra cards!
		Extra Jokers: Add two extra Jokers to your deck!
		Extra Time: This boost is simple, yet elegant. Who couldn't use another 30 seconds on the clock?
		Key Magnet: To get all your build piles started earlier in the game, play with the Key Magnet boost! It will draw all Keys toward the tops of the stacks so you can quickly open your second and third piles.
		Mine: This boost is devastating to all face-up cards on your stacks! At the start of the round, you'll see which stack conceals your Mine, and once you uncover it, you can click it at any time to explode all the face-up cards at once! Very handy for clearing unplayable cards and reaching your next Time Line!
		Run Finder: This boost marks runs of cards in the same stack so you can click with confidence! If there are multiple playable cards in a row within the same stack, they'll be turned face-up to indicate that.
		Spyglass: Highlights the deck immediately whenever there are no legal plays available to you on your stacks. This boost will save you valuable seconds of considering possible moves!
		Starrgh-Fish: Once you uncover this boost, click it to initiate an auto-play burst of the best possible moves on the board! He'll play from the stacks where possible, draw from the deck if he must, aim for key cards if he can, and do his best to save Jokers for you, but best of all, he'll do it in a fraction of the time it would take you to choose your next play!
		Starting Joker: Choose this boost to guarantee that your first card on the deck is playable! The Joker matches when nothing else does.

Boost Packs

You can save on Silver by buying some of the most popular Boosts by the Pack!

Visit the Shop or click on the Boost Pack Shop icon in the Boosts selection menu to choose a pack of boosts!

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Solitaire Blitz Billing & Purchasing

What are Facebook Credits, and how can I get some?

Facebook Credits are Facebook's universal payment method. They are denoted by the Credits Icon icon and can be used to buy virtual items in numerous Facebook applications.

For more information on Facebook Credits, consult the following link: http://www.facebook.com/help/?topic=credits.

There are two ways to purchase Facebook Credits:

Within Solitaire Blitz:
1. Click on the 'SHOP' button to access the Shop.
2. Click the radio button beneath the item you would like to purchase, and click BUY.
3. A dialogue box will appear and present you with the options of purchasing Facebook Credits using a credit card or mobile phone. Select your payment method.
4. Select the number of credits you wish to purchase and click Continue.
5. Enter your payment details and click Complete Purchase.

From your Payments tab in "My Account" on Facebook:
1. On the top right of your Facebook screen, click on the down arrow beside Home. Then click Account Settings, and then Payments.
2. Next to Credits Balance, click Buy More.
3. A dialogue box will appear and present you with the options of purchasing Facebook Credits using a credit card or mobile phone. Select your payment method.
4. Select the number of credits you wish to purchase and click Continue.
5. Enter your payment details and click Complete Purchase.

It's also possible to earn Facebook credits! Click the Earn Credits button and sign up for various third-party offers to earn Facebook Credits.

For help with earning Facebook Credits and offers, please click on Earn Credits then click on the Help link in the offer window.

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How can I get help with a purchasing or billing issue?

Many purchasing issues are due to insufficient Facebook Credit balances. If you don't have enough credits to complete your purchase, see our other help content on how to purchase more Facebook Credits.

If you have the sufficient amount of Facebook Credits and are having problems redeeming them for Silver, Energy, Boosts, or Decks, please Contact Us.

If you are experiencing problems purchasing Facebook Credits, Facebook will be happy to assist you. To contact Facebook, click here.

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Solitaire Blitz Troubleshooting

How to clear your browser cache & cookies

We have provided the basic steps for clearing your browser cache/cookies in most common browsers. However, as you may have noticed, the basic steps for completing simple actions change all the time. Software is constantly updated, and little details are altered each time. We strive to keep this updated whenever we notice the processes are changed and whenever a new browser or version is released. If the steps for any particular browser are no longer quite what you see here, please simply check the Help menu for your browser to find the updated information.

Disclaimer: Clearing your cache may fix game issues, but may also result in the loss of automatically saved passwords and web page settings.

Internet Explorer 9

Launch your Internet Explorer browser.
Click on the Tools icon at the top right corner of the browser window.
Click Safety, then Delete Browsing History.
Make sure Temporary Internet Files is selected.
Click Delete.
Close your browser and restart Internet Explorer.

Internet Explorer 8

Launch your Internet Explorer browser.
Click on the Safety menu at the top of the browser.
Click Delete Browsing History.
Make sure Temporary Internet Files is selected.
Click Delete.
Close your browser and restart Internet Explorer.

Internet Explorer 7

Launch your Internet Explorer browser.
Click on the Tools menu at the top of the browser.
Click Delete Browsing History.
Click Delete All.
Close your browser and restart Internet Explorer.

Internet Explorer 5.x and 6.x:

Launch your Internet Explorer browser.
Click on the 'Tools' menu at the top of the browser.
Click on 'Internet Options' from the drop-down menu.
Click on the 'Delete Cookies' button.
Click on the 'Delete Files' button.
Click 'OK'.
Close your browser and restart Internet Explorer.

Firefox for PC:

Choose 'Tools' from the main menu (at the top of the Firefox window).
Click on 'Clear Recent History'
Select all the checkboxes other than 'Cookies,' 'Active Logins,' and 'Site Preferences.'
Click the 'Clear Now' button.
Your computer may take a minute or two to delete everything.
Now, close all Firefox windows and re-open Firefox again.

Firefox for Mac:

Launch your Firefox browser.
Click on the Tools menu at the top of the screen and select Clear Recent History.
Click Clear Now.
Close your browser window and restart Firefox.

Google Chrome:

Click on the Tools menu icon (looks like a wrench) at the upper right.
Scroll down to Tools, then to Clear browsing data in the Tools submenu.
On the window that opens, you will see a checklist. Please make sure Clear browsing history, Clear download history, Empty the cache, & Delete cookies and other site data are checked.
Click the Clear browsing data button.

Safari for PC:

Click on the Gear icon at the top of the Safari window.
Select Reset Safari.
Make sure "Empty the Cache" is selected. (Unselect any items you do not want to reset.)
Click Reset.
Close all Safari windows and relaunch Safari.

Safari for Mac:

Launch your Safari browser.
Click on the History menu at the top of the screen.
Click on Clear History from the drop-down menu.
Click Clear.
Close your browser window and restart Safari.

How can I make the game bigger on my screen?

You can "zoom in" with your browser by using the following keyboard shortcuts:

Ctrl and + will zoom in.

Ctrl and - will zoom out.

Give it a try!

Where do my game posts show up on my Timeline?

The new Facebook Timeline feature has changed the order in which your activities appear on your profile page. There are many factors that affect your game activity posts and who can view them.

App Permissions Settings

When you first start playing a game on Facebook, you must allow it certain permissions. One of those permissions is "Post on my behalf." Please note that "Post on your behalf" does not mean the game will post without your permission! When you click "Share" on a high score or achievement, the game needs to have permission to complete that action of sharing on your behalf.

Click on "Edit settings" beside the app to make sure that "Post on my behalf" is listed as a permission you have allowed for the game. Next, you'll want to make sure you have not set the app's posts to be hidden from people you want to see them.

Lower in the "Edit settings" menu is a header called "Posts on my behalf:" where you will see a drop-down menu with groups of friends listed. You can choose to allow the game's posts to be viewed by anyone (Public), by Friends, by Friend Groups you pre-define (such as creating a group of your friends who also play the game!), or by "Only Me." If you have at any point set your Posts to be visible to only a certain group/only yourself, that may be keeping you or your friends from seeing your Posts appear.

News Feed View

At the top of your News Feed, you have a "Sort:" option. You can set your News Feed to sort by "Top Stories" or "Most Recent." If you've got it set to sort by "Top Stories," which is the default, then you won't see game/app posts coming up much, because those are rarely considered top stories by Facebook. Sorting by Most Recent will show you the latest activity without preferential treatment assigned based on number of likes or comments, etc.

Where to Look on Your Timeline

Even with your settings and permissions properly configured, you may not know where your game posts are being displayed on Timeline, because they are also not being treated as "Top Stories" on that page. However, any game activity you chose to post should be visible on Timeline. Since Timeline attempts to prioritize your posts and activities rather than displaying them strictly chronologically, app posts will fall lower down on the page than things like status updates, tagged photos, or messages from friends.

Scroll down your Timeline, and you will find that below the "widgets" such as your Friends list, recent Likes, game Achievements, etc., you will start to see your app posts. They may be aggregated by app title, so you may see several recent High Score posts gathered into a bundle that can be expanded to view in full.

For more information on Facebook's Timeline feature, you may want to review the FAQs at http://www.facebook.com/help/.

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Why isn't my score saving correctly or appearing on my Facebook page?

Please ensure that you have internet connectivity. If you are not connected to the internet, or have a very weak wireless signal your score may not post. You may be able to solve the problem by logging out of Facebook, clearing your cookies and cache in your browser, and refreshing the page.

Click here for instructions on clearing your browser cache and cookies.

The page fails to load correctly at least part of the time; how can I fix this?

Some ad-blocking and anti-virus software have been known to cause this issue. We recommend adding the page (see below for the URLs for each game) as a trusted site to these programs. In order to do this, please consult your ad-block and/or anti-virus program manuals.

Bejeweled Blitz page (http://apps.facebook.com/bejeweledblitz/)

Solitaire Blitz page (https://apps.facebook.com/solitaireblitz/)

Zuma Blitz page (http://apps.facebook.com/zumablitz/)

If you are still having loading issues, please clear your browser cache. Click here for instructions.

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