Nest Blocks Tips: Clear Lines and Rescue Eggs
Quick answer
In Nest Blocks you drag three jelly blocks from a tray onto an 8x8 board and clear any full row or column. A new set arrives when all three are placed, and the run ends when no block fits. The best habits are to keep room for large blocks, avoid single-cell holes, and clear lines in a row to build combo streaks.
Nest Blocks is the OvO.games block puzzle: glossy jelly blocks on an 8x8 nest, with OvO eggs hidden in the straw in Adventure mode. It is easy to learn and surprisingly deep, because the real puzzle is managing space for blocks you have not seen yet. This guide covers both modes and the placement habits that keep a board healthy.
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How a turn works
Your tray shows three blocks. Drag a block onto the nest and a ghost preview shows where it will land. When a whole row or a whole column is filled, it clears with a pop. Once all three blocks are used, a new set of three is dealt. The run ends when none of the blocks left in your tray can fit anywhere on the board.
You can place the three blocks in any order. That choice is more important than it looks: placing a small block first can block the only spot where a big one would fit.
Keep space for the big pieces
The most common way to lose is not running out of space overall, but running out of the right shape of space. A board with plenty of scattered single cells can still have nowhere to fit a 3x3 block or a long line.
Two habits help. First, avoid creating isolated single holes, because only a single-cell block can ever fill them. Second, try to keep one open area large enough for the biggest blocks. Fill the edges and corners first and keep the middle more open; this tends to leave you with flexible space for whatever comes next.
Combos and board clears
Clearing lines one after another builds a combo streak, and clearing several lines with a single placement is worth more than clearing them separately. Clearing the whole board earns a bonus too.
To set up combos, build towards two lines that cross or sit next to each other, and leave the final cell of each open for a block that can complete them together. Don't over-commit, though: a plan that needs one specific shape can backfire if that shape never comes. A useful compromise is to build setups that several different blocks could finish.
Adventure mode: rescuing the eggs
Adventure has 200 levels. In each one, OvO eggs hide in the straw of the nest, and you rescue them by clearing the lines they sit on. The goal is to rescue them all.
The tip here is to prioritise. Look at which rows and columns contain eggs and aim for those lines first, rather than clearing whatever is easiest. Lines with two eggs in them, or rows and columns that cross at an egg, are especially valuable. The usual rhythm applies to difficulty, with a calmer level every 5th and a hard one every 10th.
Classic mode and the daily board
Classic is endless. You play for a best score, chasing combo streaks and board-clear bonuses for as long as you can keep placing blocks. There is also a daily board, which gives everyone the same starting conditions that day, so it is a fair way to compare your result.
In Classic, the space-management habits matter most, because there is no level goal to finish early. A calm, tidy board that survives longer will usually beat a risky board that scores big for a short time.
A fair dealer and helpful boosters
Nest Blocks uses a fair dealer that always deals blocks you can place when you are dealt a new set, so a fresh set is never impossible from the start. The danger comes from how you place them.
Three boosters help in tight spots: Undo takes back a placement, Hammer removes a cell from the board, and New blocks replaces your current tray. Hammer is best used to open a single trapped hole, and Undo is ideal when the ghost preview made you realise a placement was wrong a moment too late.
Where to play Nest Blocks
Nest Blocks is free in any modern web browser at ovo.games and in the OvO.games app for iPhone, iPad and Android. In Adventure, the first 40 levels are free for everyone with ads, and OvO Pass unlocks every level and removes ads. If you enjoy fitting shapes into space, Hexa Nest and Gate Jam are two other OvO puzzles built around board space.
Questions
How big is the Nest Blocks board?
The nest is an 8x8 grid. Fill any full row or column to clear it.
What is the difference between Adventure and Classic?
Adventure has 200 levels where you rescue OvO eggs hidden in the straw by clearing their lines. Classic is endless and you play for a best score with combos and board clears, plus a daily board.
When does a Nest Blocks run end?
When none of the blocks in your tray can fit anywhere on the board.
Can I get a set of blocks that is impossible to place?
Nest Blocks uses a fair dealer that always deals blocks you can place. Problems come from how earlier blocks were placed, so keep space for large shapes.
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