Our strategy for Poached Eggs level 3-18 is to fire the Red bird toward the top of the first tower, dropping the TNT on the main structure. Launch the first Yellow bird through the leg of the last tower, dropping its TNT on the last pig. Use the next Yellow bird to clear some debris on the bridge, then bomb the exposed area with the White bird. The chain reaction of TNT explosions under the bridge will clear the remaining pigs. The score in the video below is 89,980.
Version 2022:
93,300
If you have a different strategy feel free to leave a comment below; however, don’t just post your score via the comments, as that’s what the leaderboards are for.
I used the above strategy, worked great, thanks Slim for taking the time to write of the strategies! :)
I used the birds slightly different, excuse me for not typing out my strategy, but a video explains it much better than I could ever describe :)
Got 101480.
Great raisex my score by 5k ty:)
Thx @e-star ! Lol I’m writing you more often than my sister! Lol! :-) yet again an amazingly helpful video! :-) took me up 20k + !!
luv your strats, just wish yer vids would pop up on a new tab, if you guys could do that? …
I’ve noticed that too – what I do is right click the link and choose “open in new window”.
@eggomaniac I would want that to, but currently the system rips any html like that out of the equation. So as @playdbird mention, the “right click open in new tab/window” is the way to go for now.
Added 7k to my score. Thanks for the vid ^_^
I’m running out of unique ways to thank you, @E-Star. Your strategy boosted my score ~10K!
Thanks again, @e-star, you’re awesome! I had to try this method several times until I got over my original 95k score, so I’m pretty happy with the 99750!
I see so many thanks yous I apparently missed, but it is always nice to read them! You are all so welcome. Maybe one day when my revisits are done in Seasons I will pick up Original again, who knows!
@e-star here is yet another thanks. Yes, these are four years old but still so apropos for those of us making another run. ABO was my first experience tracking scores but I wasn’t competitive like in RIO and Space. In fact I rarely even came to the comments unless i really couldn’t get a 3-star on my own. Now that I’m coming back through, I realize how many awesome videos you have from days gone by.
one tweak though, I was having trouble getting the white bird to act like yours so I came up with an alternate. First two just like your video. Sometimes the first TNT throws a rock over to the second tower and collapses it like your second shot, but I haven’t figured out how to capitalize on it yet. After the second shot the structure should still be standing in the center sections.
Third YB I a lob to the middle breaking the center board and killing the big pig, and exposing the stone platform. White Bird – lob and bomb that stone, something will fall and hit the TNT, and its over. last 4 out of 5 netted > 95K and it is super-repeatable.
Very good strategy, it made me improve my score by a little over 10k!
I agree with sunshine, worked great for me too!!!
Gained 9k in points by using AMslimfordy strategy. Thank you
Both strats work, but I think that E-Star’s video has the benefit of being somewhat easier, at least in my opinion.
Worked great! Thanks!
I also had some limited success with E-star’s video today, I say limited because my Birds are very lethargic today (maybe they’re having an allergic reaction to pork), who wouldn’t if all you ate was pork, pork and more pork. E-star’s videos are always on the money. Thank you @e-star.
I figure scores well over 100k must be one or two birders. I imagine the best way to do that would be to get first TNT to land somewhere on the bridge, hoping the lower TNTs ore ignited. So, I did my first bird the same as walkthrough. I find it best not to pull red all the way back, a soft launch is less likely to prematurely set off TNT. I haven’t yet set off lower TNT with first shot, but I always proceed with second bird to far TNT, aiming low so TNT lands on bridge, again hoping to set off lower TNT. I haven’t yet accomplished that either, but I did end up with good destruction and finished off with third bird for 102k.
It is just a matter of time….
tick, tick, tick… :)
1st to far right tower to get 15k+. 2nd high, behind left tower (to second pig from the left, the first helmeted one, clearing a pathway for the tnt with the 3rd). 3rd onto the small stone on top of the left tower (without immediately detonating tnt). the 3rd should push the left tower making it fall to the right, and the tnt should detonate low (thanks to the 2nd), setting off the other tnts. this should give scores in the 100-110k range.
that is, the idea is to set off the chain reaction by making one of the tnts fall all the way down. to prepare for that, first the relevant part of the bridge must be cleared. i guess, this level can be done with two in that way, but then you must be lucky to set off the tnt in the other tower by flying debris to get high (110k+) scores or …?
Great strat and the one I used long ago. the way to get the far right tower to fall is to land the red bird on the “roof” of the bridge at the far right end. For the YB you need to employ the dead head chuck method so that the TNT doesn’t get ‘sploded.
BTW somebody just *has* to give a strat to get above 110k there is not a single one on this thread so far. pretty please?
@swelld – I was thinking the same!
Btw, is there a typo in your score, it shows only 10k? :D
@lisko thanks for the catch! I hadn’t noticed
@swelld – Haha, no problem :D
But yeah, it would be nice to hear some strategy for those over 110k scores, ’cause I’ve been trying everything and just barely got over 100k :/
@swellD Perhaps the old walkthrough page has something for you? I haven’t checked but its worth a look.
A mere 99460 using @E-star‘s 4 bird strat, and 101680 after first few attempts using the ‘to a mock a bird’ (@vuelva) 3 bird not so easy strat….will keep trying, but have to agree with @swelld, and perhaps @kinkykiwi can shed some light here, a strategy from a 110k+ finger would be very much appreciated please? :)
WOHOOO! 111k with two birds! I have to admit that it was pretty much pure luck, ’cause I had tried the same method several times but always ended up using 4 birds. So here’s what I did:
The first bird – I aimed it towards the end of the horizontal wood plank just beow the first TNT. The tower fell and when the TNT detonated it destroyed the metal piece under the first pig. I was just aiming the second bird when the structure began to fall to the left and all the lower TNT’s detonated. All that was left was the right-most tower and the last pig next to it.
Second bird – I used it to cut the vertical wood plank next to the last pig and the tower fell, TNT detonated and the pig was dead.
Got 81k with those two birds and then the 30k more from the birds left :D
Nice work.
Was just about to give up on today’s challenge, but you have just given me some hope of an improvement.
Thank for posting.
@yellow-dog-24 – Happy to help (if my previous post actually helps anyone) :) One tip more:
Try to hit pretty much in between the tiny stone block and the horizontal wooden plan below the TNT. If you hit the stone block it will detonate the TNT before the tower falls and that helps nothing. If you manage to find the sweet spot, the first tower will fall and the TNT will hit the first slightly diagonal wooden plank above the second pig. When I got my highscore, the explosion shook the whole structure and the it started falling. I can tell you that it really took some patience, but the it was worth it :)
When I shot the first bird and then everything started to fall, I was pretty much like “WHAT is happening?!” And then it left me with an easy second bird shot with only one piggie alive :D
All I can say is: Good luck and don’t give up!
Nicely done @lisko!!! And a big thank you for *sharing* :)
Thanks @bonneypattycat! I think I just got lucky with the first shot and the score, but then again I managed to do again, though with a bit lower score (about 109k), so it’s possible, but just hard to get.
I got it too! Sadly, I messed up the second shot and only killed the pig without taking out the tower, only improving my score by 700. ARG!
@bonneypattycat – Don’t take it so hard! I did the same, just keep trying and when you get the first bird to cause enough damage, just shoot the yellow a bit higher and if needed, speed it a little later so that you hit the vertical plank which is holding the tower! You can do it!
THERE!
In the past when I tried this level, I tried for HOURS and never got the first, or the second, bird to detonate the lower TNT. This morning, I get it twice in less than 100 attempts.
@bonneypattycat – WAY TO GO! I told you that you could do it! :D
@lisko freaking finally! Incredibly difficult shot! Thanks for the strat and the pointers. If I haven’t tried this level a 1000+ times trying to get that shot. Man. I’m pooped.
Hoping a good whiiinnneee will help! @lisko such a clear, detailed strat – I’ve only tried 1,742,308 times so far without ever improving my current score (which once upon a time was above average I think!) shall keep on for a little while longer then just hope that tomorrow’s Challenge suits me!
I got my highest score following this video.
http://www.theater333.com/angry-birds/angry-birds-3-18-branston-bridge/
Thanks to theater333 for posting video.
I’m sure with a little luck, a higher score is possible with this method.
I followed all thester333’s videos to get my Angry Bird original high scores.
I just got 107,640 using only 2 birds. I played it pretty much like @lisko & @bonneypattycat, THANKS !!! First bird at left tower,hitting horizontal wood plank under tnt,sending tnt into bridge below first helmeted pig. The bridge came apart,setting off the 3 tnt’s under bridge. Only the pig on the far right was left.I fired yellow bird just above pig to hit the bottom of the far right tower.The tower collapsed,falling to the left & dropping tnt into pit of debris. 3 birds left for extra 30,000 points.
I wish I knew how to take video on my PC, I am playing via Facebook and this strat is without power ups.
RB- hit the first tower just above center and it somehow made all the arches over the pigs break and made the other tower go off. Then I used YB to go up high and come down in the center. after the center TNT went off everything exploded, all dead!
Thanks for sharing Jules MB, What was your score?
I was probably lucky here getting a one-birder for the top score for the moment. As you will see there are lot of points left!
https://www.angrybirdsnest.com/members/steviep147/album/picture/18754/
4 years on and finally got the 1-birder, and just a few hundred points shy of yours @steviep147. Red directly to the end of the top wooden plank of first tower. Same shot hundreds of times but this time the TNT fell low enough to destroy the leftmost part of the bridge and set off a chain reaction.
Nice one
A modest strategy for breaking into the Top 100 for this level with a two birder: lob Red directly into the small left-side cement piece next to the left tower’s tnt. The goal is to have both the tnt fall and explode below at one of the diagonal wood planks atop the left side of the bridge, AND have the small right-side cement piece to the right of that tnt shoot across the field, knocking over and destroying the right tower and killing the right-most pig. If the cement piece doesn’t shoot across to destroy the right tower, reset. Send YB high arc, then accelerate onto the second helmeted pig from the left. The goal is to unsettle the cement plank below that pig and set off the remaining tnts. Increased my score 3K from 105K to 108K. Best of luck.
@sweetp. Apologies but my high score here of 118870 entered in 2016 involved some finger trouble and should have read 118080. Hope it doesn’t cause too much trouble on the daily challenge! Belated congrats to @peejaydee27 for actually beating it.
Thanks @steviep147. When the challenge started yesterday I saw I was at #2, and decided not to spend any time on it as I remember how difficult it was (and needed a lot of luck too). So I was surprised today to see I’d moved up to the #1 spot. Cheers!
114900/2
under the top horizontal-wood, also break the left vertikal-wood,
tnt fall on the edge.
must use a second bird
here my video:
https://youtu.be/PpqBTVkBJKM
101930/3
Still trying to get this in 2 birds. I’ve usually left with the far right tower to deal with after two birds clear everything else.