Editing Angry Birds Transformers (mobile game)

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|title=''Angry Birds Transformers''
|image=Angry birds transformers.jpg
|caption=It's happening.
|developer=[[Rovio]] & [[Exient]]
|publisher=Rovio Mobile
|date=[[October 15]], 2014 (iOS)<br>[[October 30]], 2014 (Android)
|platforms=Apple iOS 7+ (iPad, iPhone)<br>Android
|ratings=
}}
'''''Angry Birds Transformers''''' is a mobile app for both iPhone and Android platforms developed by Exient and published by [[Rovio]] in 2014. It is a themed version of the publisher's mega-popular mobile game ''{{w|Angry Birds}}''.

As of RIGHT NOW, no really RIGHT NOW, it is still live and still updating with new competitions and characters. Wow.

{{note|This game has changed its rules many times for various sub-games and systems over the course of its run. In March 2020, the game underwent a fairly substantial update that changed a '''lot''' of these systems; we're currently working on a fairly extensive overhaul to both account for these expansive changes and still accurately show how the game ran for over five years. '''EDITORIAL NOTE''': the changes are centered on player progression and grinding that to a complete tortured crawl.}}

==Synopsis==
The "[[AllSpark#Angry Birds Transformers comic|EggSpark]]" has landed on [[Piggy Island]], transforming its dueling inhabitants and giving them bodies and powers based on the Transformers: the birds of the [[Flock]] become [[Autobird]]s and the [[Bad Piggies]] the [[Deceptihog]]s. The two sides briefly continue their struggle with these new powers until they are both threatened by another transformed group, the [[Eggbot (AB)|Eggbot]]s, who seek to transform all of Piggy Island into metal, backed by countless robotized [[Minion Pig]]s.

Most of the Autobirds and all of the Deceptihogs are captured leaving only [[Red (AB)|Red]] (who has the powers of [[Optimus Prime (disambiguation)|Optimus Prime]]) free. The leader of the Flock (you know him well) heads out to free the Autobirds ''and'' Deceptihogs, for only by joining forces can they restore Piggy Island to normal!

==Gameplay==
The game is a bit of a deviation from the normal ''Angry Birds'' formula, but the core goal remains the same: toppling block towers to pop the Bad Piggies on them. And, this being a "freemium" game, there's lots and lots of other things to do and sub-systems to keep you busy.

===Basic gameplay===
Once you select an available stage from the map of Piggie Island, your character runs along the foreground at a set speed, as block towers scroll by in the background. By tapping the screen, your character takes aim and fires their weapon. You can also hold-and-drag to fire in a spread (if the character's weapon isn't a single-shot blast), or press the "Auto" button to let the computer do the targeting for you (though it isn't very  efficient). Each character has a different weapon which determines how you tackle a level; some must take out key blocks to cause a domino effect, some are better at hitting enemies directly, and some are just obliteration machines taking out anything even ''near'' the target.

Common block types include:
:*'''Ice Blocks''': Very weak, easily shattered (1 Coin)
:*'''Wood Blocks''': Fairly sturdy but not hard to break (2 Coins)
:*'''Stone Blocks''': Very durable, better for pushing than breaking (3 Coins)
:*'''TNT Blocks''': Easily-broken crates that explode with a considerable radius, sending blocks flying. In Challenge Events (see below) these can have other side effects.
:*'''Coin Blocks''': Golden blocks that spit out Coins with every hit. Pretty dang sturdy, but if you destroy them, you earn a lot of Coins (50~250 Coins).

Each stage is also littered with cyberformed scenery with blinky lights; blasting these releases an [[Energon cube]]. If the character is accompanied by an [[Energonicon]], the cube is used to fuel its special power, activated by tapping the icon. A full Energonicon cannot make use of extra cubes, so timely tapping to spend the energy before obtaining more is key. Energonicons can be upgraded to hold up to three cubes; these are all spent at once, but more cubes generally means the Energonicon's effects/attacks remain active longer.

The goal is to make it to the end of the stage, weathering or avoiding attacks from armed Piggies and other enemies and obstacles. You can transform to vehicle mode to avoid falling [[Monolith]]s or evade enemy fire, but bear in mind the longer you stay in vehicle mode, the more likely enemies will adjust their fire to hit you. (Thankfully Monoliths will always miss.) The more destruction you cause on the way, the more Coins you get to buy upgrades and explore new areas, and the more Pigs you pop, the more Pig points you earn to shorten Mission times (see below).

If you lose all your life in a level, the character is picked up by [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]]. You can then spend some [[Gem]]s to immediately put them back into the fight (rarely worth it), or let the timer run out and quit the level. If you quit, you will not earn Piggie points for the level, but you do keep any Coins you collected. Health does not restore between levels normally, so if a character is low you must take action to repair them. You can spend Coins to do so, but this takes them out of the game for a while in real-time, even when the game is off. You can repair a bot instantly by spending Gems (also rarely worth it), or you can skip all that and immediately restore them to full health by watching an ad (up to 30 seconds long) or scanning their transformable figure (if they have one) with a [[Telepod]]. There are a few other methods of healing, but most of the time you're going to want to go with an ad watch.

New stages and map areas are opened up by unlocking and leveling up characters, your Rank being the sum total of all your available characters' levels. Every 5 or 10 Rank settings lets you clear the clouds away from a new area of Piggy Island, with a new bot to unlock to boot. After a point new areas need to be unlocked by special means: the Caves can only be unlocked by using 10000 Plasma earned in Challenge Events, Daily Quests, Daily Rewards, and Crates. The Jungle (which contains the "Challenge Run" competition) needs a certain number of Gems to unlock; there's a "just the Jungle" package and a "Jungle + Challenge Run + Devastator" bundles as well.

Cleared stages will slowly accumulate Coins over real-time, maxing out after about four hours, with the maximum amount increasing with every character Squad you complete (again, see below). Tapping on the Coins on the map adds them to your bank. However, roaming Eggbots will re-cyberform cleared stages, which removes their Coin bonuses. You can see which stages they are working on, how long the cyberforming process will take, and even interrupt their work (at the cost of Gems), giving you the chance to pelt an Eggbot in-level for extra Coins. Cyberforming too goes on in real-time. Once a stage is re-cyberformed, it can be played again. There are also randomly spawning treasure chests on the map; tap them to earn various amounts of Gems (aka "premium currency"). 


===Character Choices===
Every stage has a pre-set character you control, based on who you've rescued so far. Every character has a different style of attack, movement speed, and armor rating. Working out the strengths and weaknesses of each character is key to high scores, and in some cases simple survival.

New characters can be added to your roster in a few different ways. In-game, a set of "starter" characters are held captive in ice blocks on the map, one per area, and you must "spend" a specific number of popped Piggies to break them out. You then have to play a short level with that character, and if they make it to the end, they're yours to keep. If not, they are re-frozen, but thankfully you can try again without having to spend all those hard-earned Piggy points again. There are also many, ''many'' other characters who can be unlocked via Space Bridge Missions (see below) or Challenge Events (also see below).

Out-of-game, this is where you can spend actual-factual money, on the [[Angry Birds Transformers (toyline)|tie-in toys]]. By placing one of the figures on a [[Telepod]] and placing ''that'' on your device's camera lens, the game reads the code on the figure and inserts it into the game for a limited amount of time (currently 24 hours). While the characters unlocked this way are only available temporarily until unlocked via Piggie points, there is no limit on how often you can scan the figure, plus any upgrade progress is saved. You can also use this method to power-up already-unlocked characters (once every 24 hours) or instantly repair them (no limits on how many times you can do this).

;Improving characters
Every character can be upgraded multiple times (nominal maximum level for characters is 15, but they can be upgraded further than that in select Challenge Events) by spending Coins and Materials, which (of course) takes them out of play for a while. Each upgrade is pre-set, increasing attack strength, armor strength, or vehicle mode duration. At certain levels, their Energon capacity is increased, and these levels vary from character to character. You can spend much-rarer Gems to make the upgrade happen instantly; the closer the upgrades are to complete, the fewer Gems you need to spend. Upgrading characters is ''vital'' as the levels get harder and harder, not to mention in the phone version you can only unlock new areas with an overall player level, which is raised by upgrading your characters. This isn't the case in the tablet version where you can spend Gold Coins to unlock new areas. You can only have one character undergoing an upgrade at a time.

Characters can also be upgraded inside Astrotrain by customizing them with Accessories. These extra items cost Gems (at least here, there are many other places to unlock Accessories) and not only alter the characters' appearance, but boost stats, or imbue special abilities to weapons. One Accessory can be placed on a character's head, face, chest, arms and back each. Some Challenge Events have special exclusive Accessories you can't buy with Gems! Accessories can also be leveled up by re-winning them in various other game mode, improving their buffs or even adding a secondary stat buff! With luck and time you can turn a simple +5% Defense item into a +50% or higher buff! As most Accessories are character-specific, see each character's page for more detailed information. 

;Call-in Buddies
[[File:Angry-Birds-Transformers-Call-in-buddy-Energon-Bumblebee-Chuck.jpg|thumb|New characters are frequently "previewed" as call-in buddies before they're properly available.]]
Soon you get the option to have a second character on standby, who you can call in and have the computer control for a brief period. They enter the stage in slow motion with a massive shockwave that does damage to most everything within the blast radius, obliterating Ice Blocks but only damaging tougher targets. These characters will warp out after a few seconds, then you must wait for their meter to re-charge before calling them back in. However, there's a limit to when you are able to call in a partner; once you see [[Astrotrain (G1)#Angry Birds Transformers|Astrotrain]] fly overhead, your partner's no longer available. On the other hand, the stage is close to over! But if your partner is ''already'' out when you hit that checkpoint, then they will stay active until the very end of the level, nice for really piling on the destruction.

You get to chose one of two partners (or three if you have a Facebook friend) before you start the stage, and if you don't like those character choices, you can change them by spending some Coins. Partners are either randomly generated (which can let you see characters you haven't unlocked yet), or pulled from the character rosters of your friends if you've connected to the game via Facebook or Google+ or iTunes or whatever the social network stuff the kids are into these days is, with a timer of 5-15 seconds based on the transformer's level. You can also watch an ''ad'' to lock the times to 15 seconds. If you called on them in the level, you can "thank" them afterward. Doing so gives the other player a nominal reward (either a Gem or 25 Coins), while not thanking them simply tells the other player that while you're grateful for the firepower assist, you don't think they deserve any actual compensation. You jerk. However this seems to be only for your friends if you use the social network support. When you don't have friends or don't believe in social media, you get random users to help, and if people use your characters and you're not friends with them via social network you don't get any rewards if they thank you.
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====Featured characters====
{{featuredcharacters
|h1=[[Autobird]]s
|c1=
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{{!}}-
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*[[Red (AB)|Red]] as:
**[[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]]
**[[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]]
**Energon Optimus Prime
**Ultimate Optimus Prime
**[[Nemesis Prime (G1)|Nemesis Prime]]
**Epic Optimus Prime
**[[Blurr (G1)|Blurr]]

*[[Chuck (AB)|Chuck]] as:
**[[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]]
**High-Octane Bumblebee
**[[Hot Rod (G1)|Rodimus]]
**Energon Bumblebee
**Nemesis Hot Rod
**Classic Bumblebee
**[[Cliffjumper (G1)|Cliffjumper]]
**[[Cosmos (G1)|Cosmos]]

*[[Terence (AB)|Terence]] as:
**[[Heatwave (RB)|Heatwave]]
**[[Sentinel Prime (ROTF)|Sentinel Prime]]
**[[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]]
**[[Hound (G1)|Hound]]
**[[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]]

*[[Bubbles]] as:
**[[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]]
**[[Ricochet (Headmasters)|Ricochet]]
**[[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]]
**[[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]]
**[[Red Alert (G1)|Red Alert]]
**[[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]]
**[[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]]

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*[[Hal]] as:
**[[Grimlock (AOE)|Grey Slam Grimlock]]
**Energon Grimlock
**[[Grimlock (G1)|Goldbite Grimlock]]

*[[Stella (AB)|Stella]] as:
**[[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]]
**[[Airachnid (Prime)|Airachnid]]
**[[Chromia (G1)|Chromia]]
**[[Firestar (G1)|Novastar]]
**[[Moonracer (G1)|Moonracer]]
**[[Greenlight]]

*The [[Blues]] as:
**[[Bluestreak (G1)|Bluestreak]]
**[[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]]
**[[Smokescreen (G1)|Smokescreen]]
**[[Beachcomber (G1)|Beachcomber]]

*[[Silver]] as:
**[[Windblade (G1)|Windblade]]
**Energon Windblade
**[[Elita One (G1)|Elita One]]

*[[Bomb (AB)|Bomb]] as:
**[[Drift (G1)|Drift]]
**[[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]]
**[[Grapple (G1)|Grapple]]
**[[Warpath (G1)|Warpath]]

*[[Matilda]] as:
**[[Nautica (G1)|Nautica]]
**Energon Nautica
**[[Strongarm (RID)|Strongarm]]

*[[Mighty Eagle]] as:
**[[Alpha Trion (G1)|Alpha Trion]]
**[[Superion (G1)|Superion]]
**[[Kup (G1)|Kup]]

*[[Zeta (AB)|Zeta]] as:
**[[Nightbird (G1)|Nightbird]]


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'''Accessories'''
*[[Blaster (AB)|Blaster]]
*[[Daniel (AB)|Daniel]]
*[[Dion (AB)|Dion]]
*[[Eject (AB)|Eject]]
*[[Guardian (AB)|Guardian]]
*[[Hi-Q#Angry Birds Transformers|HiQ]]{{sic}}
*[[Huffer (AB)|Huffer]]
*[[Metroplex (AB)|Metroplex]]
*[[Pipes (AB)|Pipes]]
*[[Ramhorn (G1)#Angry Birds Transformers|Ramhorn]]
*[[Rewind (AB)|Rewind]]
*[[Rosanna (AB)|Rosanna]]
*[[Steeljaw (G1)#Angry Birds Transformers|Steeljaw]]
*[[Stranglehold#Angry Birds Transformers|Stranglehold]]
*[[Stripes#Angry Birds Transformers|Stripes]]
*[[Sundor#Angry Birds Transformers|Sundor]]
*[[Wheelie (AB)|Wheelie]]

{{!}}}
|h2=[[Deceptihog]]s
|c2=
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*[[King Pig]] as:
**[[Bludgeon (ROTF)|Bludgeon]]
**[[Brawl (Movie)|Brawl]]
**[[Megatron (Movie)|Ultimate Megatron]]
**Dark Megatron 
**[[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]]
**Energon Shockwave
**Energon Megatron

*[[Chef Pig]] as:
**[[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]]
**Energon Soundwave
**[[Soundblaster (G1)|Soundblaster]]
**[[Breakdown (G1)|Breakdown]]

*[[Moustache Pig]] as:
**[[Lockdown (ROTF)|Lockdown]]
**Energon Lockdown
**[[Dead End (G1)|Dead End]]
**[[Barricade (Movie)|Barricade]]

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*[[Corporal Pig]] as:
**[[Megatron (Movie)#Age of Extinction film|Galvatron]]
**Energon Galvatron
**[[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]]
**[[Motormaster (G1)|Motormaster]]
**[[Drag Strip (G1)|Drag Strip]]
**[[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]]

*[[Minion Pig]] as:
**[[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]]
**[[Starscream (G1)|Energon Starscream]]
**[[Acid Storm (G1)|Acid Storm]]
**Starscream
**[[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]]
**[[Sunstorm (G1)|Sunstorm]]
**[[Strikebot|Strikebot bomber]]
**[[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]]

*[[Hal]] as:
**[[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]]

*[[Zeta (AB)|Zeta]] as:
**[[Slipstream (Animated)|Slipstream]]

*[[Astrotrain (AB)|Astrotrain]]
*[[Professor Pig]]


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'''Accessories'''
*[[Balo#Angry Birds Transformers|Balo]]
*[[Beastbox (G1)#Angry Birds Transformers|Beastbox]]
*[[Brunt (G1)#Angry Birds Transformers|Brunt]]
*[[Buzzsaw (G1)#Angry Birds Transformers|Buzzsaw]]
*[[Frenzy (AB)|Frenzy]]
*[[Full-Tilt (AB)|Full-Tilt]]
*[[Kremzeek]]
*[[Laserbeak (G1)#Angry Birds Transformers|Laserbeak]]
*[[Megatron (G1)#Angry Birds Transformers|Megatron]]
*[[Ratbat (G1)#Angry Birds Transformers|Ratbat]]
*[[Ravage (G1)#Angry Birds Transformers|Ravage]]
*[[Reflector (G1)#Angry Birds Transformers|Reflector]]
*[[Rumble (AB)|Rumble]]
*[[Sentinel (G1)#Angry Birds Transformers|Sentinel]]
*[[Shrapnel (AB)|Shrapnel]]
*[[Squawktalk (G1)#Angry Birds Transformers|Squawktalk]]
*[[Wingthing (G1)#Angry Birds Transformers|Wingthing]]

{{!}}}
|h3=Eggbot Army
|c3=
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{{!}}-
*[[Eggbot (AB)|Eggbots]]
*[[Minion Pig#As the Eggbot Army|Minion Pigs]] 
*[[Walking Mortar Tower]]s
*[[Boss Pig]]
*[[Unicron Pig]]
*[[Boss Pig#Boss Bat Pig|Boss Bat Pig]]
*[[Monolith]]
{{!}}}
|nonumbering=true
}}
<nowiki>*</nowiki>''Upcoming character.''
:
{{anchor|Squads}}
;Squads
Completing character Squads is the key to bigger earnings, in many different ways. The more Squads you have filled out, the higher the max number of Coins unoccupied map spaces can accrue. Also, any character from a completed Squad earns a 50% Coins bonus once they finish a level. Luckily, any Squads you complete will ''stay'' checked as complete even if new characters are later added to them, so you don't have to worry about losing bonuses with game updates.

During many Challenge Events (see below), you can earn bonuses to your Event scores by using a character from the suggested Squad. For a while the chosen Squad changed every four hours with (mostly) randomized percentages, but currently stays set at a single squad for the duration of the Event, with a x4 score multiplier ''if'' the character has been "Promoted". (If this sounds like it's kind of complicated, well, it ''is'' kind of complicated.)

{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Rescue Bots'''
*Optimus Prime
*Bumblebee
*Heatwave
*Ratchet
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Instruments of Destruction'''
*Soundwave
*Soundblaster
*Blaster
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Target: 2006'''
*Ultra Magnus
*Galvatron
*Jazz
*Hound
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Pure Warriors'''
*Lockdown
*Energon Lockdown
*Brawl
*Ironhide
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''The Seekers'''
*Energon Starscream
*Thundercracker
*Skywarp
*Starscream
|-
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Energon Fueled'''
*Energon Grimlock
*Energon Soundwave
*Energon Galvatron
*Energon Optimus Prime
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Variant Versions'''
*Ultimate Megatron
*Ultimate Optimus Prime
*Goldbite Grimlock
*High Octane Bumblebee
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Leaders'''
*Bludgeon
*Sentinel Prime
*Grey Slam Grimlock
*Dark Megatron
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Valkyries'''
*Arcee
*Airachnid
*Windblade
*Chromia
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Brothers in Armor'''
*Prowl
*Bluestreak
*Smokescreen
*Beachcomber
|-
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''The Iconic Transformers'''
*Epic Optimus Prime
*Nemesis Prime
*Energon Bumblebee
*Classic Bumblebee
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''The Hotrods'''
*Rodimus
*Dead End
*Ricochet
*Drift
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''The Cybertronians'''
*Shockwave
*Acid Storm
*Sunstorm
*Trypticon
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''The Wreckers'''
*Wheeljack
*Ultra Magnus
*Rodimus
*Moonracer
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Enslavers'''
*Scorponok
*Barricade
*Motormaster
*Nemesis Hot Rod
|-
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Speedsters'''
*Sideswipe
*Red Alert
*Sunstreaker
*Mirage
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Energized'''
*Energon Windblade
*Energon Shockwave
*Energon Nautica
*Energon Megatron
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Femme Fatale
*Nautica
*Elita One
*Strongarm
*Novastar
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''VIP
*Alpha Trion
*Kup
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Specialists
*Breakdown
*Blurr
*Cliffjumper
*Nightbird
|-
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Support
*Grapple
*Drag Strip
*Greenlight
*Warpath
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Combiners
*Devastator
*Superion
*Menasor
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Noughties
*Slipstream
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Command
*???
*???
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Reinforcements
*Cosmos
|-
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Coneheads
*???
|}

===Materials===
[[File:ABTF-screen MaterialSilo.jpg|thumb|300px]]
Materials are special items earned by successfully completing stages, Missions, and Daily Quests, stored in the Silo. These are used to create Energonicons (and other prizes) at [[Professor Pig]]'s lab, and to upgrade your characters.

The amount of Materials you can store is dictated by the level of the Silo. The Silo can be upgraded using Coins and Materials, which not only lets you store larger numbers and higher levels of Materials, but increases the number and rarity of Materials rewarded upon stage completion. Any Materials won that exceed the Silo's capacity are converted to Coins. The Silo's maximum level was originally 15, but a fall 2017 update increased the storage capacity to 25.

<center>
{|class="wikitable" border="5" style="width:65%" align="center"
|-
! scope="col" width="20%" | '''Material Level'''
! scope="col" width="20%" | '''Autobird Material'''
! scope="col" width="20%" | '''Deceptihog Material'''
! scope="col" width="20%" | '''Silo Maximum Capacity'''
! scope="col" width="20%" | '''Coin Value'''
|-
|Level 1
|[[Birdium]]
|[[Pig Iron]]
|<s>15</s> 35
|60
|-
|Level 2
|[[Autocog]]
|[[Deceptigear]]
|<s>15</s> 35
| 60
|-
|Level 3
|[[Anger Chip]]
|[[Badness Processor]]
|<s>12</s> 22
| 150
|-
|Level 4
|[[Super Rareium]]
|Super Rareium
|<s>5</s> 15
| 600
|-
|}
</center>

===Space Bridge Missions===
In addition to the stages, there are [[space bridge|Space Bridge]] Missions that your characters can complete in order to earn Materials, Gems, or even new characters (Arcee, Airachnid, Prowl, and Bluestreak). There are three Space Bridges difficulties —Easy, Medium, and Hard— progressively unlocked by clearing more of the map of clouds. Each Space Bridge also has three Missions to choose from when open, with three different time requirements: the longer the Mission, the better the potential prizes.

Missions are played by selecting characters from your available roster: they are then unable to be played in most other modes until the Mission timer runs out. (For some reason, this does not apply to Jenga.) You can cut the Mission short by spending Gems, but this is rarely ever worth it given the payout potential. The Easy Bridge lets you send two characters at first, and the other two only one character each, but you can permanently unlock more slots in each one through Gem spending for a maximum of three characters at each level. Whether or not this is worth it hinges heavily on how long you plan to play the game; unlocking slots is a bit expensive, but can pay off in the long run.

Every Mission has a "type" icon: a light bulb (intelligence), a magnifying glass (investigation), or a missile (firepower), which helps the player determine which character would be most suited for completing it. The higher the level your character is at, the higher they'll score in the Mission. Once you have your character(s) selected, you are able to use popped Pigs as "reinforcements" to reduce the Mission timer up to half its original runtime (which can easily cost a couple thousand Pig points, but those are really easy to amass).

When the Mission is completed, the result screen bar fills up, earning you a key for every "level", up to five total (you always automatically get one key regardless of performance). You also get the option to watch an ad to earn one additional key. These keys are used to unlock the five prize boxes presented to you. Pick blindly and pray! If you don't have enough keys to unlock all five prizes, you can spend Gems (because of course you can) to collect the remaining presents (10 each for Easy, 20 for Medium, and 30 for Hard), but this is really ''only'' worth it for unlocking new characters. Even 10 Gems for a handful of common Materials is a joke. Two level-15 characters can win all five Easy prizes most of the time without an ad watch, and two 15s can usually get five Mediums with an ad. Two 15s at Hard can usually get four with an ad watch.

Given how many characters you can amass, this is a pretty simple way to gather Materials (and Coins if your Silo is full) and Gems over time with minimal effort. It's a good idea to max-level some of the "lesser" characters who aren't so great at mass destruction and dedicate them to Space Bridge Missions.

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===Challenge Events===
[[File:ABTF-screen ChallengeEvent.jpg|left|300px|thumb]]
Starting in late 2015, the game introduced Challenge Events, five-to-ten-day-long themed events with the lure of prizes including unique unlockable characters and Accessories. While sparse at first, by mid-2016 events were popping up ''really'' frequently. Now, Challenge Events run six days every week, starting Friday and ending Wednesday (exact hour depending on your local time zone), with Thursday a respite and token-spending time.

Each day of an Event, the player is pit against 19 randomly-selected others at the same level (across the whole player base!) in a race to tally the most points within 24 hours by destroying as much stuff as possible in separate event stages, with key targets being worth more points than normal; most items only cough up 1 point when destroyed, but daily targets can be worth 5 points (common blocks) or 15 points (enemies, special objects). Entering a Challenge stage takes one "battery" of energy from the Challenge selection; the player starts with four, and spent batteries will recharge after an hour, one at a time. ''Of course'' you can spend Gems to speed up the process and instantly go back to four full batteries, but that cost increases every time: the first recharge costs 10 Gems, the next 20, then 40, 60, 80, then up to 100 for each recharge. Thankfully, that charge resets to the lowest amount each new day of the event.

In the earliest events, players could only take a single already-unlocked character and an [[Energonicon]] into the event with them. Eventually this changed, and depending on the event, you might be able to choose from your entire roster of unlocked characters, only certain members you've unlocked that match the event theme, or even "trial" characters you don't have yet who you can permanently unlock for the first time through the event you're playing there and now. Sometimes you can choose two characters and swap back and forth between the two (with a delay in recall time, of course). In all events, choosing characters from specific Teams will add a multiplier bonus to your final score (currently x4), though given the potential dangers, one must take care to decide if the bonus is worth it if the bonus-giving characters aren't well-suited to taking out the target of choice for the day. Yo ucan further boost your score by "promoting" characters, giving them an extra 5% bonus to your score per "rank" at the end of a run. To do this, you must spend "Sparks" which are earned and won in a wide variety of ways. Naturally, the higher the rank, the more Sparks you need.

Challenges are rewarded with Tokens, earned by reaching certain accumulated score milestones (milestones and prize amounts now vary from day to day), and according to your rank at the end of the 24-hour period (from 100 to 1000). These Tokens carry over from prior days' challenges up until the end of the event, and are spent on prizes including new characters, instant level-ups and Accessories for select characters, Sparks, and Coins. Accessories are often less costly to obtain in Challenges than via normal Gem purchase. There is a 1-day token exchange period after each event ends, so some can spend the tokens they may have won from the final day's competition... and any ''new'' Tokens awarded through other means during the exchange period. If there's something you want that you're shy of Token-wise, you can make up the cost with Gems, at a conversion rate of 2 Tokens per Gem.

Tokens cannot be carried over between different Challenge Events, and will be lost if not spent. Representatives from [[Rovio/[[Exient]] once raised the possibility of doing so, but that was years ago and nothing's come of it so pfffffft.

:''For a rundown of the history of Challenge Events, see [[Angry Birds Transformers (mobile game)/Challenge Events]].''
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===Achievements===
Of course this game has Achievements. Why wouldn't it? These one-time milestones reward you with Gems for the various tasks presented. Many of these Achievemnts have different levels indicated by stars, meaning multiple prizes can be earned with increasing amounts of doing the thing. Over the course of normal play you should hit most of them without really trying, like traveling so much distance or doing X amount of damage. But some require extra effort... and a few so much effort that it's questionable if it's even worth trying.
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===Daily Quests===
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Starting in September 2016, the game added Daily Quests, which are like the normal Achievements, but on a much smaller scale. Every 24 hours (starting at midnight via the clock on the player's device), eleven Quests are opened up (up from eight originally, more were added to account for some things the player may not have unlocked yet), each earning a prize for completion.

Quests can range from simple stuff like destroying enough of a certain type of block or popping enough Pigs, creating items at the Lab, doing other daily tasks, and etc, to more difficult feats like pulling off slow-mo [[Monolith]] dodges or blocking Missiles, and even esoteric stuff like thanking enough buddies after normal levels (or not thanking them at all!). The prizes can be Pig points, Coins, Gems, Materials, and even Tokens. The eleventh Quest, always at the top of the board, with a four-part prize, is earned only by completing eight other Quests within the 24 hours.

Over the course of the game, many quests were dropped completely, and others made to appear less frequently. Currently, these Daily Quests are always in the mix:

* Visit the Piglab and craft something
* Open 5 Crates
* Visit Shockwave's Spire
* Start a Spark Run
* Start a Challenge Run
* Play Jenga
* Complete 8 other quests

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===Daily Reward===
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Every 24 hours, you can collect a Daily Prize. All you do is click on it when the screen pops up automatically. However, in order to get the larger prizes, you need to log into the game every day: missing days will reset the weekly timer back to the first day. Yeah.

You have the option to watch an ad to double your Daily Prize, but this is good only once a week. Best to save it for the seventh-day prize of 15 Gems, turning it into 30.
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===Jenga stage===
Down at the beach, there's the Jenga stage, shaped like the large [[Hal|Grimlock Bird]] Jenga toy that you could buy in stores. This mini-game remains locked until you use an unlocking code found in any of the ''Angry Birds Transformers Jenga'' toys.

Once open, this stage is a fair bit different. First you pick a Driver and a Gunner from a fixed set of characters (unaffected by who you have unlocked or away on Missions or upgrading). The Driver then travels along a path, gathering free-floating Coins and smashing through block towers. There are holes in the path, so sometimes you need to hit the turbo button for a burst of speed to carry you over. The turbo boost will drain quickly, so overuse can leave you dry when the big jump comes up. The goal is to gather as many coins and clear out as many blocks as possible and make it to the end for a higher score. Falling into a pit doesn't end the level, it just ends the Driver's turn and makes the Gunner's turn that little bit more difficult. (This part of the game earns you no points, by the way.)

The Gunner then runs through a different path further out, and their job is to clear out as many blocks from inside the giant Grimlock Bird frame with their firepower. Naturally, this is easier if the Driver has cleared out the block towers that stood between the Gunner path and the frame. The more blocks that are destroyed or at least knocked completely out of the frame, the higher your score.

So why do this? Your Jenga scores accumulate over the course of 24 hours, and reaching 300 points nets you a prize. Often this is just a sum of Coins, no big whoop and not really worth it. But it's worth checking back every day, because the prize changes every 24 hours, and sometimes it's a cache of 10 Gems. Spending five minutes to get 10 Gems isn't bad, given how stingy the game can be with giving away the premium currency. Also, what happens in Jenga mode counts towards your Daily Quests: every block you smash or Pig you pop, and every time you finish the "event" counts. It can be a very quick way to knock out a couple of Quests at no cost other than a few minutes' time.

{{note|Bumblebee seems to be the best choice for the Driver, while Bludgeon works best as the Gunner thanks to his wide multi-shot cannon.. at first. Energon Starscream or Lockdown with explosive rounds can ''really'' clean up. The available characters in Jenga mode have changed over the course of the game, eliminating certain characters whose weapons are designed for easy mass block destruction without augmentation.}}
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===Spark Run===
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Introduced March 2017, the Spark Run lets you earn Sparks (''only'' Sparks; you don't earn any Pigs or Coins in this mode) by destroying everything you can in a special extra-long stage that goes through five random areas, with transitions through caves. You select three characters, and should your first 'bot go down, the next one you selected takes his place. You can also use a random character specially power-boosted for the Spark Run... but you're better off prioritizing your promoted characters. Promoted characters can be used to increase the final score, which you'll need as eventually there's simply not enough stuff to destroy in a run to achieve the scores needed for a full reward. Earn enough spark and the next difficulty level will be unlocked, each level adding 10 additional Sparks to the initial prize of 100, increasing your score goals, and increasing the offensive power of enemies. The Spark Run can be played once a day, but can be reactivated for 100 Gems (regardless of how little time is left until the normal reset). If all of your bots go down, well, don't worry. You get to keep all the Spark you earned on the run. However the run ends, you can watch an add to earn an extra 10% of your Spark rewards.

Gold blocks give the most amount of spark points, so be sure to destroy all of them!

Watch out for Pigs with special buffs: some deal painfully more damage, others regenerate health, some are shielded and immune to un-augmented small arms fire, some are lightning-fast, and some have massively buffed health!

There have been a number of improvements to the Spark Run over multiple updates, including raising difficulty level caps, and adding two permanently-unlockable character slots, at 1000 and 2500 Gems each (the usefulness of these unlocks is... ''questionable'' if you're not spending real money on Gems, as gathering 1000 can take some time even with dedicated daily play).

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===Crates===
In a September 2017 update, Crates were introduced which give various prizes, which fall under five rarities. Steel Crates give common, uncommon, or rare prizes that can be claimed for free every 24 hours or purchased for 15000 coins each; ''finally'' something to spend the coins you've stockpiled in the millions on. Opening ten at a time for 150,000 Coins gives a guaranteed Rare prize.  Gold Crates can give rare, epic, or legendary prizes, as well as special seasonal accessories, and can be purchased for 200 Gems each. Opening ten at a time costs 1800 Gems (-10%) off and gives a guaranteed epic prize.

Crates can also be purchased in Challenge Events for Tokens, and follow the same rules there. And now, about once a day you'll likely get a pop-up that will give you a single crate for watching an ad... sometimes even a Gold Crate!

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===Shockwave's Spire===
This feature introduced in December 2017 is really a gamble! Shockwave's Spire is essentially the same as ''Angry Birds 2'''s Tower of Fortune. There are several floors that each have four cards from which you pick one and get various prizes: most floors have sums of Coins, Gems, Sparks and Tokens behind each card. Every five floors, the prizes are all Accessories. The higher you go, the larger the sums, the better the prizes and higher the rarity, all the way to Legendary-class prizes at floor 90.

The gamble comes from the ever-present one-in-four chance of getting a Pig card (except on Accessory floors, those are all safe), which stops you cold and takes all your accumulated prizes. You can reverse this and keep going with two options: watching an ad, or paying some Gems. The Gem cost will naturally increase significantly each time you make a gambling blunder, starting with 10 and basically doubling every time. You can only watch an ad once however. It's always a good idea to play up until the first Pig card, watch the ad, pick a different card from the same floor, then stop for the day. If you've managed a good sum of Gems in your prize pool and want to rick some of them going forward... well, we can't stop you. It's a good way to ''really'' level up some of the lower-tier accessories, especially ones that boost defense.

Once you exit, Shockwave's Spire will not be available to play again (not even Gem skips!) until the next day. Visiting the Spire is also (currently) always one of the Daily Quests, rewarding you with a mere 2 Gems, but it's an easy one to tick off to finish the "Complete 8 other Quests" Quests.

Be careful not to form certain habits and throw in way too many gems (and money).
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===Challenge Run===
Introduced in August 2019, Challenge Run is a week-long competition running Monday to Sunday, requiring at least one member of the "Combiners" team to participate. Each day, you pick one of your Combiners to send on an infinite chain of levels, with the goal of destroying as much stuff as possible before your health is worn down by the ever-increasingly-deadly enemies, trying for the biggest score you can get, with said score being multiplied by the character's Rank just as in competitions and Spark Runs. Points are awarded for both destruction caused and distance covered. "Safe Zones" between each level give you the chance to regain some lost life. However, the difficulty level spikes ''hard'' after the first level, with quick-aiming, 
hard-hitting enemies being liberally sprinkled on the ground as you go, and even a Level 15 bot will be hard pressed to clear even three areas. You get three "batteries" per day (similar to the weekly competitions), and can recharge them for Gems: 10 for the first recharge, and double the sum every subsequent one.

At the end of the first six days, the top 10 players in your block of 20 are advanced to the next League: there are seven leagues in all. Your actual placement in the first six days doesn't really matter outside of being in that top 50%, though the closer you are to 10th place, the more likely you are to get bumped towards the end of the day. On Sunday, your placement within the League dictates the quality of prizes you win. Every player is granted ten random prizes at the end of Sunday's run, and the higher your ranking, the better the prize quality.

The Challenge Run is also one of the Daily Quests.
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==Ads and upsells==
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It's a free game, so how does Rovio make its money? By copious amounts of ads (largely for other games) and by enticing you to spend real currency on in-game currency.

The ads can actually have a gameplay effect, in a disturbingly clever move. After completing any stage, you are given the option to watch a short video ad; doing so doubles your end-of-stage Pig & Coin rewards. Similarly, when opening a Daily Reward, you can watch an ad to double the reward. Like we already said, upon completeing a Space Bridge Mission, you can watch an ad to obtain an extra key. When choosing a partner for a stage, you will also get a prompt to watch an ad; doing so gives your partner a one-stage stat boost and ups the amount of time they can stay in-play. However, you can only watch so many ads within a set amount of time, so choose which bonuses you go for wisely. You can also watch an ad to repair a character instantly; there does not appear to be any limit to this.

Spending real monies allows you to buy large numbers of Gems, which are used to buy Accessories, speed up character upgrades and repairs, interrupt the Eggbot terraforming to make a stage playable sooner, and about a billion other small things all over the game. Gem packages range from 150 for $4.49 US to 5200 for '''''$99.99''''' which what the hell who even spends that much money on these things?! And considering that mere ''accessories'', can run up to 1000 Gems, with most of the "buddy character" ones in the 850 range? Yeesh. From time to time there will be "sales" which either cut the prices down a bit or give you more Gems in each package, but come on. You can also use real money to buy characters you've not unlocked yet, but man is it so not worth it.

Depending on who you ask, according to many reviewers, if you had to do a wipe or ever lose your files for some reason, you can lose all your progress. People have gotten their characters leveled up to the max, which costs hundreds of thousands of gold coins or thousands of gems (read: lots and lots of grinding or real monies) only for it to be all for naught. But now that's not much of a problem since you can cloud save your progress with the Game Center on IOS or a Facebook account on Android.
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==Notes==
* [[FIRRIB|Frenzy is red, Rumble is blue.]]
* This is the second ''Angry Birds'' crossover game, the first being with the undisputed king of cross-promotion, ''[[Star Wars (franchise)|Star Wars]]''.
* This is also the second 3D ''Angry Birds'' title, with prior games using 2D graphics save the racing game ''Angry Birds Go!'' (also developed by Exient, which also got a [[Hasbro]] toyline).
* You can alter a device's time to make the upgrades, Missions and other timed aspects go faster, although if you go too far or revert to current time, you'll get an error message about "Time travel detected! Your characters have suffered" and you'll be slapped on the wrist by getting them downgraded in relation to how far away from real time you were. So maybe don't do that.

===References===
This game is loaded with tiny jokes and references to Transformers lore.

* The character designs pull from a broad mix of generations. While (obviously) [[The Transformers (franchise)|Generation 1]] gets the most representation, there are also elements from the [[Live-action film series|live-action movies]], ''[[Transformers: Rescue Bots (franchise)|Rescue Bots]]'' and ''[[Transformers: War for Cybertron (franchise)|War for Cybertron]]''. Each character also has a number of wearable accessories, many of which are based on wider ''Transformers'' lore. (See individual character pages for the rundown on each.)
*The initial loading screen has numerous nods to more specific (and occasionally obscure) bits of Transformers lore:
{{collist|3|
:*"[[Mechanical Difficulties!|Crowning Grimlock]]"
:*"Rhyming with [[Wheelie (G1)|Wheelie]]"
:*"[[Target: 2006|Targeting 2006]]"
:*"Seeing if we've got [[The Touch]]"
:*"[[More than Meets the Eye, Part 2|Dueling on dams]]"
:*"Rebuilding [[Guardian (Marvel)|Guardian]]"
:*"[[The Transformers: All Hail Megatron|Hailing Megatron]]"
:*"Pouring water on [[scraplet]]s"
:*"Practicing [[Metallikato]]"
:*"Crashing the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]]"
:*"Rebooting [[Teletraan (disambiguation)|Teletraan 1]]"
:*"Spying on [[Soundwave (disambiguation)|Soundwave]]"
:*"Unlocking Lockdown"
:*"Having a taste of our own electro-medicine"
:*"[[The Ultimate Doom, Part 1|Satisfying logic circuits]]"
:*"[[Atlantis, Arise!|Enjoying hospitality]] of [[Sub-Atlantica]]"
:*"[[Day of the Machines|Detecting a rat named Megatron]]"
:*"[[Return of the Dino Bot|Thanking the Eggspark for hot, brown water]]"
:*"Trying out [[Jet judo|Jet Judo]]"
:*"De-stinging the Stinger"
:*"Transforming Jazz. Fiddly!"
}}
* The music for the game was composed by [[Vince DiCola]] (with [[Kenny Meriedeth]]), who did the score for ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]''.
* Pig City events have [[:File:AB Soundwave Lambpost.jpg|Soundwave lamposts]] and purple Cybertronian shuttles strewn all over the level that can be easily destroyed.
* The (removed) building for friend activity resembles [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]]'s city mode. But it returned in a different location as the new Sparkrun mode.
* Most of the accesories to the charcters are based on different characters, items, and tools from different continuties.

== External links ==
* [http://www.cnet.com/news/angry-birds-transformers-takes-wing-as-new-app-and-toys/ Angry Birds Transformers takes wing as new app and toys]
* [http://transformers.angrybirds.com/ Official Website]

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