Below is our 3 star walkthrough video for Angry Birds Hunt for the Golden Pistachio Level 1-5 (Stadium). Can you beat our score? If so, post a comment with your strategy. Not familiar with Angry Birds Pistachio? Check out this article for all the details you seek.
Update: This level was previously impossible, but on Feb 23rd, 2012 Rovio lowered the minimum 3 star threshold, so it’s now doable. The minimum score for 3 stars is now 170,000 points (previously, even 182,000 would not achieve 3 stars).
Video Walkthrough still not up?
Working on it. Got a little sidetracked with the Chrome update.
Can i ask,how do we get those levels?
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Do you know how long before the video will be up?
Looks like I could use some help from the community on this one. I’ve achieved a high of 182,000 and still only 2 stars. AND I can’t even get back into the 170’s, my high of 182k was a fluke. Anybody else having any luck on this level? Please share! ;)
I wish I could, but I can’t even access the levels, despite having friends accepting my requests I’m not getting the codes!
173k and 182k are both 2-stars, means the threshold is probably 183 or 184. I’ll try poking around, but my method has been the same as yours.
Hmm, 146 is 1 star, 163 is 2 star, 182 is also 2 star. I believe 3 star is very close!
correction: 159 is 1 star
Don’t suppose either of you have spare codes do you – still not got mine and no response from WP :(
Never mind, they finally came through, and now I can win more free plays, so I’m going to give it a go and try to get some scores!
188120 still 2 stars
this one is impossible. Somehow I ended up with 100 free plays. I think it was an initial glitch and i ended up with 30 and every other play I hit a golden P and got 10 more plays. Needless to say. I couldn’t get 3 stars out of 100 tries and I was in the 170’s multiple times.
No way how did you beat it?
Oh I see you couldn’t beat it either. I’m telling you it’s impossible. Someone needs to tell them to update the game and lower it.
Why is there a pistashio in the the middle of “Indestructable stuff”? Is it posible to get?
Right, that’s my battery gone, and i’m still on 177k – i’ll be back tomorrow (its 1:30 am here) and then lets nail this three stars!
I have the two star limit, which is 160k, and I’m up to 180k with both 2 and 3 birds, so theoretically 190k is a possible score, and I’m pretty sure that will get 3 stars! I’ll keep at it (still got 100 plays left!)
To follow up, it does not matter what order the shots are fired in, either can get over 180k. I’ve uploaded a screenshot of the shot on the left tower here for you. As you can see, if you piece the two shots together, ie 65k + 112k + 10k (for spare bird) you get 187k, so higher scores (than mine or FTs) are available.
Good luck all!
The trick in high scores (175k plus) as far as I can see is a very good first bird, aimed through the hanging platform’s supports and then causing the entire right hand side of the structure to collapse, and you need AT LEAST 110k after this shot. The best I’ve had is 112k (screenshot showing damage after shot 1
Then its a question of shot 2, which is very similar to FTs shot but another 5k is needed on top (it can be done). This should leave your score at around 165-170 (if they both work perfectly you’ll have around 175k at this point)
The third bird is then unused for 10000 points.
All that you need to do is to get both birds perfectly at the same time. I haven’t yet, so am still only on 180k instead of 185k (as you can see in the screenshot)
This level is ridiculously hard, but I don’t believe its impossible. I hope this strategy enables someone at least to get three stars from what must be the hardest AB level I think I’ve ever seen!
Good Luck all!
You know what? I hate this level! Gonna give up for now but that method has potential if anyone else is having a go. One warning, I have used about 400 plays so far, so if you’re limited on plays, best to avoid going for three stars!
They have to update this level and lower the point total for 3 stars. I’m a fanatic that has 3 starred every single level of AB no matter the platform and this one is utterly impossible.
Guys, WP is glitched up. This happened on Dec 30, the day before WP closes, just forgot to tell everyone.
Bought a bag of pistachios (not really, got it for free with a coupon!) then used it all on L5. I fired the first bird then left to get a drink, and when I got back I got three stars. I was able to get a few hundred points above Slim’s highscore, and I still can’t get 3 stars! (Using Laurence’s strategy above)
And the fact that levels cost $7.99 in pistachios for 15 “plays” doesn’t help either. :)
Does anybody know how to use these “free tickets”? I would really like to help finding the threshold but am currently stuck in this step.
Are you asking how they are used, or how they are obtained?
They are used automatically, 1 ticket per attempt at Levels 3, 4, and 5. They are obtained a few ways, such as codes from Pistachio packages.
I got a few plays from unlocking the secret stage, but Levels 3, 4 and 5 are still locked.
You must pass levels 1 thru 5 in order (though Levels 1 & 2 do not use tickets to play).
Gee, Thanks Slim! Let’s do this!
Still nobody has 3 stars?
My best was 179000.
184090 is still 2 stars…
Looks like it doesn’t matter how many birds you use. 1 bird and only got 2 stars.
Yeah, after (no exaggeration, I promise) 700 plays, I gave up and am hoping they lower this threshold. I never managed the 188k I know is possible. Just out of interest what was your score using one bird, and how did you get it?
Score was 180000, but its was 99% luck
One bird method: Shoot the yellow bird so it skids the top of the first structure. It should cut the two ropes and then rarely it destroys the wooden plank low on the second structure sometimes resulting in one bird.
As I said above, its 99% luck. Only did it in one bird 3 times out of 40. Because it is 99% luck, score may vary.
Ok, I may give that a go – that makes it 180k from 1 bird, 2 birds and 3 birds!
I don’t understand your percentage. For me, 99% luck means that you only succeed once out of 100 times. But you say you did it 3 times out of 40.
So what does your 99% mean?
It’s just a figure of speech as a way of saying ‘a lot more luck than skill’. It’s not an actual percentage probability I believe. :)
185190 is 2 stars.. :-((
Everything above 160k seems to be 2 stars. As it says above, nobody has yet got 3 stars….!
I’m working on it.. :-))
Haha, so I see, although I bet it isn’t possible. I think the ABSOLUTE maximum you can get from this level is about 190k
With n ascarboy’s method, a one bird solution is indeed possible. Yes, 190k is possible.
186k is still 2 stars.
I give up. 188990 is 2 stars!!!!
Really! Wow, this level really is impossible – we should fire off a couple of e-mails to Rovio informing them about this
I’m thinking it’s an unwinnable level, per client request. Once a user has mastered all levels, what would be the point of returning to the site? Repeat visitation (in this case, partially driven by product-sale incentive) and total game plays are among the more valuable success metrics for campaigns like this, and I’m sure Wonderful’s agency insisted (or strongly suggested) that users have an added reason to return.
I agree that it may be unbeatable. Not really sure if it was by glitch or agency suggestion but I’d call it a poor idea. ;) In my opinion if you want people to come back, make it a high points challenge and don’t hide the part where it may be unattainable. Wonderful Pistachios? Are you listening? It’s best to be honest with your intentions to win over a customer. You can keep a person coming back and even get them to keep entering codes with incentives and prizes for high scores and other challenges won.
What’s crazy is that when I got to a certain point the only thing I won with the golden pistachios was free plays. So I have to believe something is going on.
Indeed 190 is possible. My high score is 190,000. 2 stars!
Congrats.
So nobody has 3 stars yet? Maybe I will write Rovio an e-mail.
Perhaps you needed 190,001 or more to get three stars???
Thresholds are always on-the-thousand.
Then 3 stars on Chrome Pistachios Stadium Level 5 is not achievable. Consequently, I quit!
I wrote. They don’t respond – not even an acknowledgment that they got my message.
They get thousands of messages per day. It sometimes gets lost or overlooked.
Can you share your strategy with us?
My slingshot disappeared for some reason. Now I have a floating bird!
i got 186000 on pistachio 5 and only 2 stars ane their 3 stars on this level
@Slim: I contacted Rovio about the 3-Star issue and guess what?
They told me to check ABN for the getting 3-Stars -_-
Fail! ;)
You know, I thought about trying ABWP, but when i’ve read these posts i think that i’d be better off not doing this
:-€
And I was just playing that game right now just because I thought I could get 3-Stars in this level :P
At 2AM in the mornin’
Dude, do you even have a LIFE?!?!?!?!?!?!
I was at the airport waiting for my flight, dude :P
Decided to use my laptop to fling some birds.
Maybe you should tell them that ABN only has the 2-star walkthrough.
Just sent an e-mail to rovio.
I’m looking at rovio.zendesk.com (where I sent my request) and I see my gravatar. Do they use gravatar too or are they just taking my ABN data?
Gravatar
I also see my ABN username too.
About how long does it take for Rovio to respond?
They get a lot of emails. It can take some time.
Was I supposed to use rovio.zendesk.com or [email protected]?
6 in one; half dozen in the other.
I have a feeling it’s an automated answer every time. I clearly said that ABN and Youtube didn’t have 3 stars, but they asked me to check ABN.
YES!!!!!!!!!!!!! THE LEVEL HAS BEEN FIXED!!!! Rovio answered my e-mail saying that the new 3-star limit is 170,000. Image
Fantastic. Will alert the crew.
Have updated the post.
Weird, the stars on the main screen won’t change unless you beat your old highscore.
Phew, about time too! At least it means I have a decent score on this level after those thousand or so tries! :)
Cool. I’ll try again. I had 186k, so I thing I will do 170k again.
What version is it now?
it’s now on version 1.0.0.5 instead of 1.0.0.4 :)
I just got 171600 and 3 stars. But on the level select screen it still shows only 2 stars. And it still shows my high score 179600 with 2 stars.
Can anybody send Rovio another e-mail that they should fix this?
I just did.
It will show 3 stars if you defeat your previous high score.
Nice, but my previous highscore is undefeatable.
Same for me, I don’t have time to play for ages trying to get 183k plus unfortunately!
Epic fail! ;)
I can’t beat my highscore of 179k either.
My high is 188,380 and there’s no way in the world I’ll beat it. So what is the solution?
Reply from Rovio:
Regarding the issue with Pistachio level 5, you would have to beat your existing high score in order to get the three stars. At the moment the game won’t register the three stars unless you get a new high score, even if the score is over 170,000. We are terribly sorry about this.
rats. i guess I’ll just have to hope they work out a way that you can :(
Don’t give up. I am stunned ,I just got 192700. I too had a high score of 185+. Bounce off the very top of the left gray sticks. The yellow bird will bounce over and smash everything with just the one bird. Hope this helps.
Rather than trying to do the nearly impossible I renamed the “localstorage” file to “localstorageOLD”, and replayed the five Pistachio levels plus the Bonus level again, earning three stars in all of them. I renamed rather than deleted the file so that I could restore it if my plan didn’t work. But it worked.
The path to the file is:
C:/Users/[Your User Name]/AppData/Local/Google/Chrome/User Data/Default/Local Storage
And the file name is: http_angrybirds-pistachios.appspot.com_0.localstorage
Rename the “localstorage” extention to whatever you want and Google Chrome will create a new one enabling you to replay all the levels from scratch.
If you can’t find the file, you may have to go into Windows Explorer/Tools/Folder Options/View and put a tick beside “Show hidden files, folders and drives.
Okay, I will do that. Thank you for the tip. 170k is very easy to obtain in level 5, even with 2 birds. And the other levels are also 3 starred again quickly.
I should have mentioned that I’m runing Windows 7 Pro. I don’t know where the file would be in Win XP or any other operating system.
It worked for me as well for Windows Vista.