Merge Mansion — 2023 The Joys of the Sea Collection Event

writ­ten 7/15/23, updat­ed 7/22/23

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Main Game Merge Man­sion Item Guide (click me!)

Merging Chains (A‑Z)

Aquarium

From: Event Start, Fish Spawn­ing Kit (Spawn­ing Kit)

Items Obtained: Pup­fish, Moor­ish Idol (Sea Life), Fish­ing Spot Map (Corals)

Chain: Fish Food > Small Fish Net > Aquar­i­um Chest > Aquar­i­um Ship > Aquar­i­um Gaze­bo > Fish­bowl > Aquar­i­um > Deluxe Aquar­i­um (max)

Note: 5 taps total

Item Text: Flaky and deli­cious… To fish; When you need to catch your lit­tle friends; A cool lit­tle dec­o­ra­tions [sic] that blows bub­ble [sic] as it opens; A small Ship­wreck [sic] and poten­tial home for fish.; A whim­si­cal and play­ful dec­o­ra­tion for fish; A play­ful lit­tle aquar­i­um for toy fish; A well tak­en care of aquar­i­um is always plea­se­ing [sic] to the eye; The pin­na­cle of aquar­i­ums with a pleas­ing design.”

Corals

From: Deluxe Aquar­i­um (Aquar­i­um)

Items Obtained:

Chain: Fish­ing Spot Map > Coral > Soft Coral > Coral Patch > ?? > ?? (max)

Note:

Item Text: You can’t catch fish, if you don’t know where they are! A piece of coral; A vari­ety of liv­ing coral; A small area of coral growth

Diving Suit

From: Div­ing Trunk

Items Obtained: Pup­fish, Moor­ish Idol, Cat­fish

Chain: Weight­ed Div­ing Boots > Div­ing Gloves > Boots and Gloves > Div­ing Lamp > Div­ing Suit > Div­ing Hel­met > Com­plete Div­ing Suit (max)

Note: 6 + 6 taps, 30-minute wait

Item Text: Sur­pris­ing­ly heavy; Keep­ing your hands warm on the seafloor; You’ll need more than this to go div­ing; Shin­ing light into the dark­ness; It’ll keep you warm, safe, and pres­sur­ized in the murky depths; It may be old, but it gets the job done! Now you are ready to explore the depths of the sea!

Diving Trunk

From: Grand­ma’s Boathouse (Pon­toon)

Items Obtained: ??

Chain: Sea Shell Case > Starfish Case > Box O’ Sea­weed > Box of Div­ing Equip­ment > Snor­kel­ing Trunk > Div­ing Gear Trunk > Locked Trunk (max)

Note: Requires Key to open, 14 + 14 taps, 1 hour wait

Item Text: A case to keep your sea shell col­lec­tion safe. One for your starfish, too! I mean… You nev­er know, right? All the handy things you need to go div­ing. Keep your snor­kel­ing in check. Keep your trusty div­ing gear safe. Just don’t lose the key…

Fishing Attire

From: Event Store, Fish­ing Cab­i­net (Tack­le Box)

Items Obtained: Pup­fish, Moor­ish Idol, Cat­fish

Chain: Rub­ber Boot > Pair of Rub­ber Boots > Yel­low Rain­coat > Fish­ing Hat > Tack­le Bag > Fish­ing Vest > Fish­ing Waders > Full Fish­ing Out­fit (max)

Note: 9 + 9 taps, 30-minute wait

Item Text: A sin­gle rub­ber boot; A pair of trusty rub­ber boots; It’s water­proof and trendy; A nice wide brim to keep the sun away; An adjustable waist bag for your fish­ing needs; Be pre­pared for all types of fish and con­di­tions; The­se’ll keep you dry; A ful­ly kit­ted out fish­er!

Fishing Boat

From: Grand­ma’s Boathouse (Pon­toon)

Items Obtained: Pup­fish, Moor­ish Idol, Cat­fish (Sea Life)

Chain: Rope > Rub­ber Fend­er > Pad­dle > Anchor > Life Pre­serv­er > Life Vest > Inflat­able Raft > Row­boat > Motor­boat > Fish­ing Boat (max)

Note: 10 total taps

Item Text: A length of rope. Keep­ing your boat safe from the dock; For those moments when the motor is bro­ken; Anchors aweigh! Keep­ing you afloat; Always wear one at sea; Incred­i­b­liy ver­sa­tile and cost-effec­tive; No… We’re not singing it; Get to those fish­ing spots, FAST! A state of the art boat for eth­i­cal fish­ing!

Fishing Rod

From: Tack­le Shop

Chain: Fish­ing Line > Selec­tion of Fish­ing Lines > Sus­tain­able Fish­ing Net > Land­ing Net > Fish­ing Pole > Fish­ing Reel > Fish­ing Rod > Cast­ing Rod (max)

Note: Feed Big Fish Min­now (Lures), 3 taps total

Item Text: Heavy duty fish­ing line; A selec­tion of dif­fer­ent strength fish­ing lines; Great for sus­tain­abil­i­ty and it’s biodegrad­able; Land those fish safe­ly; A sim­ple and ele­gant solu­tion to catch­ing fish; Spooled with fish­ing line; A sim­ple fish­ing rod with a reel; A high per­for­mance cast­ing rod, get­ting that lure to those hard to reach places.

Key

From: Cast­ing Rod

Note: Feed to Div­ing Chest

Item Text: You found it!

Lures

From: Tack­le Shop, Grand­ma’s Boat House (Pon­toon), Fish Spawn­ing Kit, 1 free fish­ing bob­ber every few hours in event store

Chain: Fish­ing Bob­ber > Pro­fes­sion­al Fish­ing Float > Squid Lure > Striped Min­now > Big Fish Min­now (max)

Note: Feed to Cast­ing Rod. Rare spawn.

Item Text: Keep an eye out for a nib­ble! A more pre­cise bob­ber; An irre­sistible look­ing lure; A great lure for fresh­wa­ter fish­ing; For catch­ing the big­ger fish in the sea.

Pontoon

From: Event Start

Items Obtained: Rope, Rub­ber Fend­er, Pad­dle, Sea Shell Case, Starfish Case, Box O’ Sea­weed

Chain: Small Pon­toon > Bathing Pon­toon > Pon­toon Expan­sion > Grand­ma’s Boathouse (max)

Item Text: A hap­py lit­tle pon­toon, fit for swim­ming; Why not take in a bit of sun? No need to wor­ry about the rain now; The lux­u­ry of home, out at sea.”

Sea Life

From: Deluxe Aquar­i­um, Fish­ing Boat, Fish Spawn­ing Kit, Full Fish­ing Attire, Cast­ing Rod, Full Div­ing Suit, Div­ing Chest

Items Obtained: Points for Event Rewards

Chain: Pup­fish (2) > Moor­ish Idol (4) > Cat­fish (8) > Puffer Fish (15) > Lion Fish (30) > Sun­fish (60) > Sword­fish (120) > Dol­phin (250) > Great White Shark (500) > Orca (1000) > ?? (max)

Note: Must form chain and redeem when green arrow appears before being able to form the next chain

Seaweed

From: Div­ing Chest

Items Obtained: Pup­fish, Moor­ish Idol, Cat­fish

Chain: Kelp Leaf > Kelp Leaves > Kelp Bush > Kelp For­est (max)

Note: 19 + 19 taps, 30-minute wait

Item Text: Your usu­al sea­weed; A cou­ple of sea­weed leaves; A small bush of sea­weed; A vibrant under­w­taer ecosys­tem.

Spawning Kit

From: Tack­le Shop

Items Obtained: Fish, Tack­le Box

Chain: Fish Bag > Fish­es in a Bag > Spawn­ing Box > Fish Trans­porta­tion Box > Fish Spawn­ing Kit (max)

Note: 54 taps total

Item Text: A small fish in a bag; A cou­ple of fish in a bag; A great box to allow fish to grow safe­ly; Handy when mov­ing or clean­ing your aquar­i­um; Every­thing you need to keep your fish hap­py.

Tackle Box

From: Fish Spawn­ing Kit

Items Obtained:

Chain: Lure Con­tain­er > Col­lec­tion of Lure Con­tain­ers > Small Tack­le Box > Large Tack­le Box > Fish­ing Cab­i­net (max)

Note: 60 taps then 1 hour to regen, breaks after exhaust­ing taps

Item Text: A small con­tain­er for a few lures; When you need to keep your lures orga­nized; On the go lure col­lec­tion; When you just can’t decide which lure to bring along, Keep your fish­ing gear orga­nized and stowed away.”

Tackle Shop

From: Event Start (uncov­er)

Items Obtained: Fish­ing Line, Selec­tion of Fish­ing Lines, Fish­es in a Bag, Fish­ing Bob­ber

Note: 2‑hour refresh

Item Text: All the sup­plies you need in one place

Red, White, and Blue Jello Gelatin Dessert

writ­ten 07/15/2023, updat­ed 07/15/2023

What

Jel­lo, Gelatin dessert in patri­ot­ic Red, White, and Blue

Ingredients

Main: Red Jell‑O/gelatin pow­der mix, Blue Jell‑O/gelatin pow­der mix, Thai agar dessert mix (your choice of fla­vor, I like almond), and sup­plies

Sup­plies: Plas­tic cups or glass cups/stems (fan­cy, for serv­ing), lid­ded con­tain­ers (for trans­port or sav­ing), bak­ing sheet

Option­al Top­pings: Straw­ber­ries, Blue­ber­ries, Sliced Star­fruit, Mint Leaf, Whipped cream, etc.

Serving

About 10 cup-like con­tain­ers

Time

Blue (5 min prep + 2 hr refrig­er­a­tion)

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White (5 min cook­ing + 15 min cool­ing + 2 min dol­ing + 1.5 hr refrig­er­a­tion)

+

Red (5 min prep + 2 hr refrig­er­a­tion)

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TOTAL: ~ 6 hours, 32 min­utes

Steps

Easy, just time con­sum­ing. Fun for kids!

  • Boil water
  • Mix into blue-col­ored Jell‑O/gelatin accord­ing to instruc­tions
  • Por­tion out into con­tain­ers
  • Set in refrig­er­a­tor to cool (2ish hours, until firm)
  • Make white agar agar dessert per instruc­tions on the stove
  • Let cool about 10–15 min­utes (impor­tant!!) until not hard, but not boil­ing
  • Por­tion into con­tain­ers on top of chilled blue lay­er (test one first to see if it’s too hot or blue Jell‑O has­n’t set all the way yet)
  • Refrig­er­ate until firm (1.5ish hours)
  • Boil water
  • Mix into red-col­ored Jell‑O/gelatin accord­ing to instruc­tions
  • Por­tion on top of white lay­er
  • Set into refrig­er­a­tor to cool (about 2 hours)
  • Add option­al top­pings
  • Serve, enjoy!

Pictures

Ungar­nished, but would look awe­some with cream and fruit top­pings

Notes

  • I was too lazy to gar­nish mine with Cool Whip and fruits but would be very nice!
  • The fla­vors were great! Light with the straw­ber­ry, denser and sweet with the almond agar, and then a bit sour with the blue. Very good!
  • Be care­ful not to lay­er when it’s either too hot or the pri­or lay­er is not yet set… They will seep into each oth­er. Unless that’s what you’re going for.