Starter tips for Gossip Harbor

Gossip Harbor blends a merge puzzle board with café management and story progression. As you serve customers and uncover island secrets, energy drives each action. These starter tips help you maximise your board space, energy efficiency and merge strategy – letting you build your restaurant smoothly and enjoy the narrative.

Board space comes at a premium. Rather than chasing every spawn, focus on your current quest goal – whether that’s baking something or generating a specific ingredient. Clear space, then merge only what advances the task.

Generators (like Orange Trees or Dog Kennels) repeatedly produce items. Leave room for their spawns before merging. For example, always keep an empty adjacent tile so that Orange Trees can drop fruit automatically.

Energy regenerates over time or via bottles and ads. Stack smaller energy bottles – merge them up to max before use to benefit from bigger refills. Avoid topping up above the cap or right after a refill timer, otherwise you'll miss regeneration.

Minigames and limited-time events offer energy at no cost through play and log-in rewards. Some promotional partnerships can also award energy – keep an eye out.

Save gems for energy purchases – spending around 10 gems on a 100-energy bundle is more efficient than topping up gold chests. Similarly, level up gem and coin drops on the board before collecting them – you'll get bonus rewards based on item level.