Mighty Eagle Now Available in Angry Birds Rio

The Mighty Eagle has finally come to Angry Birds Rio (v1.3.3)! Everything appears to be working now, but the update is making its way around the world, so if you have trouble purchasing it check back a bit later. Some users have had more success trying to purchase the Mighty Eagle from within a level than from the home screen, so give it a shot.

Some information about the v1.3.3 update:

  • A separate In-App Purchase is required to obtain the Mighty Eagle in Angry Birds Rio. In other words, if you already purchased him in Angry Birds Classic and/or Seasons, you will have to purchase it again in Rio. In my humble opinion this is to be expected as these are separate apps.
  • It seems the 3-star minimum for Carnival Upheaval 8-5 has been raised. It was previously 65,000, but now I have 1 star at 78,000. Rovio did respond to our inquiry saying, “Yeah. That Carnival level limit is not correct. Will be fixed. Sorry about that”. If anyone can find the new limit we are curious (note, it may be impossible).
  • New Mighty Eagle related achievements
  • If a user can let us know if the Stellarvore bug has been fixed, that would be great.
  • Found a tough level? Let us know or put in a request for a video walkthrough in the forum!

If you’d like to know more about the Mighty Eagle check out our in-depth article about him here.

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Comments (198)

Rank: Well Traveled with 1565 points
By Angry_Bird (@angry_bird)

yeah well i cant seem to obtain 3 stars on carnival upheaval level 5-8. did it no prob before..Hope its fixed soon!

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By Angry_Bird (@angry_bird)

btw what is the stellarvore?

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By AMslimfordy (@amslimfordy)

“Earn 3 stars in all levels”. You may have had the achievement before, but it has been bugged recently.

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By Angry_Bird (@angry_bird)

thanks.

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By bigbrotherbird97 (@bigbrotherbird97)

I recieves that achievement. But now, I have to work on level 8-5. Only recieved 2 stars with a score of 75790. But i still have the achievement

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By AMslimfordy (@amslimfordy)

8-5 is bugged and will be fixed very soon.
Stellarvore could be obtained in v1.0.0 but not after that.

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By natureswrath (@natureswrath)

With the Stellarvore bug wouldn’t it seem logical to temporarily up the threshold on a single level such that everyone loses the stars on that level and then patch it shortly after such that after the “fix” the game then has a chance to properly register that the fix has been applied and that you have 3 stars? I would have thought this was a deliberate move by Rovio to try and sort out the large amount of issues he has been having with people not getting this achievement but I certainly could be wrong and have no evidence to support this hypothesis.

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By Codebreak (@codebreak)

Actually I believe that the entire game must be 3 stared until the achievement can be unlocked. Who agrees with this observation?

By Chris

I do. Cos after version 1.0.0 nobody ever received the Stellarvore achievement. Some think it’s bugged, but I personnally also think that Rovio changed the riqirements and now you only get Stellarvore if the WHOLE game is 3 starred.

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By AMslimfordy (@amslimfordy)

Could very well be the case. Just unclear.

By Matt

Oh it is going to feel soooooooooooo good to beat the crap out of those monkeys with the eagle.

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By Angry_Bird (@angry_bird)

hahah me too! and here i thought i was gonna be able to do it today :(

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By heathen (@heathen)

Along with the monkey’s, I can’t wait to smack Nigel a time or two with him….LOL

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By Angry_Bird (@angry_bird)

YES! Got it it works got my first feather :) still nothing on level 8-5

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By heathen (@heathen)

Nigel is dead! LOL Weird getting my feather on that one…

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By BombBird1971 (@bombbird1971)

Glad to see it’s not just me that can’t get the Rio eagle yet!

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By heathen (@heathen)

I have 77,000 and it reverted to 1 star. Now my level screen doesn’t look as pretty…LOL It’s obviously a bug of sorts. Hopefully they’ll fix this in the next day or so.

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By heathen (@heathen)

I have earned my first feather!

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By Andreas189 (@andreas189)

worked for me without problems! anybody yet got 3 stars in 8-5?

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By AMslimfordy (@amslimfordy)

Post is updated above with a response.

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By Codebreak (@codebreak)

Hey slim I know this has nothing to do with th comment but how do you become Admin?

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By AMslimfordy (@amslimfordy)

Kinda worked my tail off to become an admin ;)

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By Codebreak (@codebreak)

So could anybody post something on the main page or is that an admin thing?

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By dGhost (@dghost)

Codebreak, it’s an Admin function – if it weren’t, I’m sure there would be a lot of spam threads, and also, I bet the legitimate ones would not be written as well as BL and Slim do them.

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By Codebreak (@codebreak)

Aww well that sucks. Well I still will help out on ABN as best as to my ability!

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By AMslimfordy (@amslimfordy)

It’s not so bad. We have our numbering established, I updated the post above, and I’m happy with that. There’s one small issue tht needs to be resolved and then we can push the leaderboard to public. Should be good stuff.

By seven7three

Hi everyone. I wasn’t able to buy the eagle on the main screen. I was trying to regain my three stars on 8-5 and clicked on the eagle icon and was able to purchase it. Still can’t get my three stars back but at least I got the eagle. :/

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By sal9 (@sal9)

pushed my 8-5 score to 75320, still one star …

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By Victor (@victor)

Just updated Rio and purchased the Mighty Eagle without any problems. In fact, I just got my first feather. :)

By x6xBowserx6x

Same here!

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By alden (@alden)

me too :D

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By bven42 (@bven42)

Arg…still can’t purchase. Seems like last time, took many tries and eventually will go through…I hope! I’ve tried from both the menu screen and the levels…no go yet!

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By bven42 (@bven42)

Got it! Worked from the main menu screen, finally…

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By DaemonNinja (@daemonninja)

Yeah, took a while to actually load once I’d clicked ‘buy’ but it eventually sorted itself out.
And I am also a bit annoyed that my lovely screen has now been sullied with a one star level. Damn! Hehe!

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By Angry_Bird (@angry_bird)

Got feather picker achievement!

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By alden (@alden)

good job! :) now go for feather collector

By Chris

Now that everybody lost 2 stars in 8-5, we cannot find out if Stellarvore is still bugged.

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By AMslimfordy (@amslimfordy)

True. We will have to wait for the .4 update when they fix that threshold.

By Josh

If and when will the mighty eagle be coming to the Android platforms, I don’t understand why Rovio makes all these updates and features for the iPhone, like Mighty Eagle and Achievements, but nothing to Android phones. Seems like someone might be benefiting from this, as it makes no business sense.

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By AMslimfordy (@amslimfordy)

Rovio has been working hard to bring the Mighty Eagle to Android, and has even released it for T-Mobile devices. The major problem is that there are so many Android phones, and so many carriers, that it takes quite a bit to get the functionality of in-app purchases and such in motion. Rovio has also stated that they wish to bring the Mighty Eagle AND achievements to all platforms (Android, Mac/PC, etc.), but that will require a whole different system.

The reason why iOS devices get achievements is because — well, iOS has GameCenter, which is specifically designed to do this. It was also a premiere in in-app purchases, which the Mighty Eagle is.

It’s not that Rovio is neglecting Android — or any other devices. It’s just taking more time than they would like.

By Josh

Thank you for the information, I totally understand that concept that Android developers have much more to tackle when it comes to creating apps and distributing them. I would just assume as the most popular Cell Phone game in existence that they could make it work some how. I also didn’t realize that the iPhone achievements was through a 3rd party, this helps explain the lack of achievements on android. There are 3rd parties that other android apps use, so I am surprised Rovio hasn’t hooked up with one of them before. Anyway, thanks again for the quick response. great website! get all my angry birds news here.

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By alfredhartojo (@alfredhartojo)

Now I understand,sorry about that post I last make :D

By sonicking917

Android can use Openfeint for achievements. Several games I have use that, including some other popular ones.

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By javignacio (@javignacio)

kind a stupid question, but, rio has been updated? in all devices???

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By AMslimfordy (@amslimfordy)

No, the Mighty Eagle is only available for iOS devices (iPhone iPad iPod Touch). There are no new levels, so other platforms will not receive this update.

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By javignacio (@javignacio)

ok, thanks, so, the level 8-5 for android still the same? no changes in 3-star score?

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By javignacio (@javignacio)

i mean if in a new update for Rio in the other devices, it will be increase the 3-star minnimum, or its only a bug

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By AMslimfordy (@amslimfordy)

Only a bug. Rovio will likely push a .4 update in a couple days to fix the threshold.

By Ignacio Medina

Today they are 2 days after and no 4 update come in up. Well. I just finished all the feathers . do not count the 8-5 . I will try . But have a question .!! Do you guys are sure it is only a bug on 8-5 because i do Have all 3 Stars on all levels know; looks ugly my scores and achievements .!! when Rovio will fix it .I am disappointed angry and with a lot frustration of these guys. Please give me an answer .I Fill really bad with these matters .!!

By Ignacio Medina

I Just got it the feather at 8-5 100% total destruction . So know I have completed all . And just wait for that 4 update . you said on the 27 this month. So even I got my 56 of 58 achievements . So just finished but unhappy with the matters over the bug on 8-5 . So let me know any information about this matter. thank you.

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By teogeo (@teogeo)

I think you should chill out a bit. It’s just a game after all. Rovio promised to fix ot so just be a little patient now and everything will come back to order soon! ;-)

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By AMslimfordy (@amslimfordy)

It’s a small bug that Rovio has acknowledged and will fix very soon. You need to relax a bit. It’s just a game and only costs 99¢. I don’t see how this affects GameCenter achievements, since they cannot be unearned.

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By Andreas189 (@andreas189)

just got feather collector (just missing feather gatherer)

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By Andreas189 (@andreas189)

i know it doesnt quite fit the topic but
i have a question!
first of all , one of the 2 missing rio achievements is to get 25.000.000 points , isnt it?
now i saw in game center that 8 peole already have more than 25M points
although i know that the score is a gamecenter hack, i am wondering if those people already have gotten the achievement?

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By AMslimfordy (@amslimfordy)

I have no idea how that would work. If I had to guess, I would say no. Hacking GameCenter does not change the data files in the game, and information on GameCenter does not go to the game besides prompts. Think of it as a one-way street: Information from settings.lua goes to GC, but not vice versa.

I could be wrong though.

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By natureswrath (@natureswrath)

Yeah the GC hack works by sending different scores to the server that is stored there (when you complete the level it asks you, “what score would you like to send?”). I don’t think this would have an effect on the game itself given it still “knows” what scores you really have.

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By alden (@alden)

I definitely nominate natureswrath for the helping hand badge. :) he’s very useful and helpful and dependable.
that sorta makes him sound like a screwdriver lol

By Dorte

please…. Need to achieve three Stars at level 8-5, however getting 77000 points and only one (1) Star??? What’s the matter? Please solve this problem!
Best regards
DJ

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By AMslimfordy (@amslimfordy)

Your answer is in the post.

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By Andreas189 (@andreas189)

just for the record all achievements work fine!
i now have 56/58 achievements

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By AMslimfordy (@amslimfordy)

Good to know. I’m at 60 feathers right now. Once I get say 121 I’m gonna transfer to my iPhone to see if those “else if” bugs exist again. I hope not.

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By AMslimfordy (@amslimfordy)

I transferred to my iPhone (all feathers) and every achievement triggered. So no achievement bugs in this update. Woo!

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By magsy79 (@magsy79)

Dang, is it just me or is the threshold for 100% really low for Rio? I’ve never gotten so many feathers so easily. Not complaining!!

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By Andreas189 (@andreas189)

yeah first three episodes are very easy (first 90 level) but the fourth episode (carnival) are very hard!

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By bigdaddyhen (@bigdaddyhen)

One reason that may be that it is easier with Rio is the cage the birds are jumps up, like the pigs do in the ABO and ABS, but in this case, when coming down, the cage itself always seems to break at least something below it, which the pigs did not do.

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By magsy79 (@magsy79)

Even so, I’m leaving a lot of debris behind and still getting 100%.

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By alden (@alden)

yes, most definitely. and on the last airfield level and the last carnival level u can chuck the ME can anywhere (even behind the slingshot) and still get the feather

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By Codebreak (@codebreak)

So what if I was able to get three stars on that level? I will bust my butt trying to get it. I will find out for you.

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By AMslimfordy (@amslimfordy)

I believe it’s completely impossible. The level itself has maybe 81k max score, and we know 80k is 1 star.

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By Codebreak (@codebreak)

Oh well that sucks. Who got 80k?

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By AMslimfordy (@amslimfordy)

Saw it in a passing comment. Don’t recall who.

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By sal9 (@sal9)

I guess this glitch made us all push this levels score a bit higher.
I personally had completely forgotten about this level. ;)

By Paula

Thank goodness! Hope it’s fixed soon! I will say that I’ve pushed my score on 8-5 to 80470! When I still didn’t get my 3 stars back I was like really? Glad to know its a bug :)

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By Jonpaul2000 (@jonpaul2000)

Really??? The mighty eagle is here on rio??? Yes!

By Matt

lovely I downloaded it and it just sits there loading it wont confirm it.

By Leon

Angry Birds had shown the Mighty Eagle in symbian before, Why they haven’t release??

By Chris

I need some help how to get total destruction in Golden Beachball 12.

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By AMslimfordy (@amslimfordy)

That’s a common one, but drop a line in the forum.

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By alfredhartojo (@alfredhartojo)

Hey AMslimfordy,how did you get the rank points,was it from game center,or what?

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By AMslimfordy (@amslimfordy)

No, part of a new AngryBirdsNest gamification. We have a little tweaking to do, then we’ll put up a post about it.

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By sal9 (@sal9)
By Susan

Sound does not work at all on any of the AB apps on my iPad2. Is this a bug? I’ve restarted my iPad and can think of no other way to get it working. When I originally downloaded the games in June the sound worked, then quit working when I upgraded the apps. Now I upgraded the iPad to ios5 and still no sound. Any ideas? Is anyone else encountering this problem?

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By AMslimfordy (@amslimfordy)

Few things you can check. They may seem obvious, but I likely forget from time to time.
First, pause the app and check the sound logo in the bottom-left. Also verify that the iPad is not muted (the switch on the top-right of the device itself). And volume-up on the device as well.

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By dGhost (@dghost)

This may also seem obvious, but this happened to me on my iPhone, and I fixed it by closing the app’s using the task killer, (double clicking the “home” button opens the task killer).

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By Eddie (@angrybirdiscool)

Great thing!

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