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All tile types, tech trees, and more

By Black Heretic

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Category: Gameplay Basics, Walkthroughs

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Guide Index

Overview

1. Introduction

2. Tile types

3. Tech trees

4. Fauna and objects

5. Conclusion

Comments

1. Introduction

Tile Tale is a game with small scope, as per sokpop tradition, but the gameplay has some depth compared to other games from the same team. Unfortunately, the game's tutorial is "essential" (to put it mildly) and no further clue is provided throughout the game, which makes it difficult to unlock all the tile types and/or finish the game for some players. For this reason, I decided to create this guide and share some useful info I discovered during my playthrough, I hope it can help you and also make you enjoy the game more.

2. Tile types

The image below shows all the tiles available in the game.

As you can see, I added some row/column headers so that each tile is identified by a unique code (e.g. the row/column code for the tent tile is A4). I used the same codes in the table below, which lists the details of every tile: this way, by using the correct row/column code, you can easily find the tile you're interested in.

Code

Name

Exp

Characteristics

Unlocked by

Unlocks

grass

biome.
comes with a bunny sometimes.

tall grass

deciduous forest

biome.

autumn forest

wasteland

biome.

tent

building.
combinations bordering the tent will yield an extra tile.

autumn forest

biome.

deciduous forest

cherryblossom
lumbercamp
pine forest

wheat field

biome.
yields high amounts of points, but only a single tile when combined.

tall grass

windmill

cherryblossom

biome.

autumn forest

lumbercamp

pine forest

biome.
occasionally comes with a bear.

autumn forest

lumbercamp

tall grass

biome.
usually comes with a bunny. tiles with bunnies yield powerups.

grass

flower field
outpost
wheat field

A10

mountains

biome.
mountain tiles can NOT be pushed off of the grid.

rocky

volcano

A11

lumbercamp

building.
the lumbercamp counts as any forest tile in forest type tile combinations but won't be removed when combined.

cherryblossom
jungle forest
pine forest

A12

windmill

building.
turns all surrounding open tiles into wheat field tiles each turn.

wheat field

A13

sand

biome.

palm forest

A14

palm forest

biome.

sand

jungle forest
lighthouse

A15

outpost

building.
shoots down wildlife on surrounding tiles. each kill gives you 1 tile.

brick road
tall grass

A16

mud

biome.

wasteland

brick road
rocky

A17

brick road

biome.

house
outpost

A18

sea

biome.
occasionally spawns a fish.

coral reef

rocky

biome.

mountains

coral reef

biome.
worth a lot of points, but turns to dead coral when NOT bordering a water type tile.

dead coral reef
ocean

dead coral reef

biome.
mostly worthless tile.

coral reef

flower field

biome.
spawns bees. bees collect 5 points when moving to a flower field tile.

tall grass

swamp

jungle forest

biome.
grows a banana over time and drops it when the tile is combined. bananas give additional points and an extra tile.

palm forest

lumbercamp

volcano

biome.
when bordering a combination, the volcano erupts and destroys surrounding tiles, turning them into lava tiles

mountains

lava

lava

biome.
special tile. every object or animal that lands on this tile will be destroyed.

volcano

ocean

biome.
occasionally spawns a fish.
not worth a lot of points, but gets additional point multipliers for larger surface areas when making combinations.

coral reef

swamp

house

biome.
spawns a villager on bordering street tiles.
the more villagers are alive, the more points houses are worth (5 points per villager).

brick road

highway
town hall

B10

swamp

biome.
tiles with vegetation that are pushed into the swamp will be swallowed instead of pushing the swamp tile.

flower field
ocean

B11

town hall

building.
all house tiles gain +1 tile, but when the town hall is removed or destroyed, you lose 3 tiles.

house

B12

highway

biome.

house

rocket

B13

rocket

building.
when a human enters the rocket tile, it flies to rocket into space,
doubling your points while immediately ending the game.

highway

B14

lighthouse

building.
spawns a boat on a neighbouring water type tile.
boats on combinations add a multiplier and give a random powerup.

palm forest

3. Tech trees

As you may know, not all tiles are available at the beginning of a game: each game starts with just 3 tile types (i.e. deciduous forest, grass, wasteland), and all other types are unlocked by leveling up. However, the types you can unlock depend on the types you've unlocked (or removed) so far, a mechanism known as "tech tree".

Below I list all the tech trees available in the game, so that you can get a clearer picture of what unlocks/locks what (very useful if you are trying to build the rocket, which is one of the achievements of the game). I point out that, even though they are roots of their tech trees, the sand and sea tiles must be unlocked by levelling up (but they usually appear very soon). Also, the tent tile is the only one that does not belong to any tech tree as far as I know, and is practically always available as an option from the very first time you level up.

deciduous forest

grass

sand

sea

wasteland

4. Fauna and objects

This section contains the list of all the animals and objects in the game. Unfortunately, I don't have any images available for them, but each entry should be easily recognizable.

fauna

Name

Characteristics

bunny

hops around aimlessly.
can be killed when standing on a tile combination and will yield a power-up when this happens.

beast

kills other creatures.
when standing on a combination, will be removed and spawn a star.

bear

makes the tile it stands on unable to be moved.
removing the bear replenishes all powerups.

bee

moves randomly.
when entering a flower field tile, gain 10 points.

fish

moves between water tiles. dies when NOT on a water-type tile.
can be killed when standing on a tile combination and will yield a powerup when this happens.

human

does nothing

evil bunny

hops around aimlessly.
can be killed when standing on a tile combination.
corrupts the tile it stands on. corrupted tiles don't give new tiles anymore.

evil slime

hops around aimlessly.
can be killed when standing on a tile combination.
corrupts the tile it stands on. corrupted tiles don't give new tiles anymore.
when killed, bursts into 3 smaller evil slimes.

evil small slime

hops around aimlessly.
can be killed when standing on a tile combination, or when another animal jumps onto it.
corrupts the tile it stands on. corrupted tiles don't give new tiles anymore.

evil juggernaut

makes the tile it stands on unable to be moved.
needs to be hit twice with a combination to be killed.
corrupts the tile it stands on. corrupted tiles don't give new tiles anymore.

objects

Name

Characteristics

portal

spawns an evil creature every few turns on an empty adjacent tile.
the portal needs to be hit 2 times with a 2 by 2 combination, or 1 time with a larger combination to be destroyed.

star

doesn't move from the spot.
gives bonus points and an extra tile when removed with a tile combination.

boat

yields a powerup and adds a multiplier to combinations with the tile it stands on.

banana

doesn't move from the spot.
gives bonus points and an extra tile when removed with a tile combination.

5. Conclusion

Thank you for reading this far, I really appreciate it!
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