Blades and Boards
Slice Dash has ten blades and six boards to slice over. Every blade leaves its own trail, and seven of them carry a small power. Here is what each one does, what it costs, and how to earn the coins.
How the Shop Works
Open the Shop from the title screen. A blade or board needs two things before you can buy it: your level has to be high enough, and you need the coins. Once bought it is yours for good, and you can switch between everything you own at any time. A blade's power works in every game you play with it, including the daily challenge.
Powers are small on purpose. A blade never plays the game for you; it nudges one part of it, so the right blade depends on the mode you play most.
All 10 Blades
| Blade | Level | Price | Power |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steel | 1 | Free | None. A clean silver edge, and every player's first blade. |
| Ember | 2 | 400 | Critical hits: a lightning-fast swipe lands one 9% of the time instead of 7%. |
| Frost | 3 | 700 | The Ice Banana in Rush lasts 2 seconds longer: 8 seconds of slow time instead of 6. |
| Neon | 4 | 1,000 | None. A pink and blue light trail. |
| Rainbow | 6 | 1,500 | Every combo pays one extra point. |
| Thunder | 8 | 2,000 | A bomb in Rush costs 5 points instead of 10. |
| Ink Brush | 10 | 2,600 | None. A calligrapher's brush stroke. |
| Shadow | 12 | 3,200 | The Storm Banana in Rush lasts 2 seconds longer: 7 seconds instead of 5. |
| Petal | 15 | 4,000 | Relax runs 10 seconds longer: 100 seconds instead of 90. |
| Gold | 18 | 6,000 | 15% more coins from every game. |
Owning all ten blades costs 21,400 coins. Neon and Ink Brush are purely for looks, so skip them until you have the blades with powers you want.
Which Blade for Which Mode
- Mostly Classic? Take Ember early, then Rainbow. Classic has no bananas and no timer, so the powers that help there are Ember's extra critical hits, each worth ten points, and Rainbow's extra point on every combo.
- Mostly Rush? Rainbow first, because Rush is where big combos happen. Then Thunder: a minute of frantic swiping always clips a bomb or two, and halving the cost of each one adds up. Frost and Shadow make the two best bananas last longer.
- Mostly Relax? Petal: ten more seconds is about eleven percent more time to score, every single game.
- Saving up? Gold pays for itself over time. At 6,000 coins it is the most expensive blade, so buy it once your favourite power blade is in hand.
All 6 Boards
The board is the scene you slice over. Boards change the look only, never the game.
| Board | Level | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Cutting Board | 1 | Free |
| Marble Counter | 2 | 500 |
| Bamboo Mat | 4 | 900 |
| Beach Deck | 6 | 1,500 |
| Slate Kitchen | 9 | 2,500 |
| Night Market | 12 | 4,000 |
How to Earn Coins and Levels
- Every game. You earn one coin for every three points you score, plus two for each combo and one for each critical hit. Experience counts your score one and a half times in Classic, 1.2 times in Rush and once in Relax, so Classic levels you up fastest.
- Level ups. Each new level pays a coin reward that grows as you go: 100 coins for level 2, 300 for level 10, 550 for level 20. There are 50 levels.
- Missions. You always have three on the go, such as slicing five fruit with one swipe or hitting the Jackpot Melon ten times. Each one pays coins and experience, and finishing all three pays a bonus on top.
- The daily gift. Open the game every day: 100 coins on day one, rising to 1,000 on the seventh day in a row.
- The daily challenge. Beat the day's target for 300 coins, plus 50 more for every day in a row you have beaten it, up to 600.
For the fastest start, collect the daily gift, play the daily challenge, then spend the rest of your session in whichever mode your missions ask for.