Grand Pearl Pooh-Bah Achievement in Hexic HD

  • Grand Pearl Pooh-Bah

     

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    Surround one piece with six black pearls.

  • How to unlock Grand Pearl Pooh-Bah

    Hands down this is the most difficult to achieve. You have to surround one piece with 6 Black Pearls. I can only really repeat that you should get as many Starflowers in the beginning levels as you can and be VERY careful when arranging your pearls. After all you wouldn't want to have all 6 and then accidently combine 3 or 4 of them and lose all that progress. Slow is the name of the game.

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  • I find this extremly difficult. I've never even made one black pearl!
  • This achievement is only for the hardcore Hexic fan. Hallsop is right, black pearls themselves are very hard to make (a starflower of six starflowers), and if somehow you manage to make several, if any 3 BPs end up making a cluster before you can manage to make them into a ring, the game will end.
  • Holy shi..
  • First I need to learn is how to create a grid... :/
  • making 1 is bad enough
  • How has anyone even made this respect to everyone who has this achievement.
  • If you need help I just got this one, once you learn how to create a master grid you are set. I got the Black pearl flower before I completed level 4 and only saw 3 bombs total
  • It'd still be tough but the bombs make it F***ING impossible. Why must difficult achievements include a heavy dose of luck / BS with them?
  • The 5 pearl combo shown in the guide really helps with this one. Just set it up as shown and you are more than halfway to the achievement.
  • this took me two years to get that achievement, tried using the master grid but that just frustrated me more. i found that practice makes perfect on this one. the more i played the quicker i got at making black pearls, now i could easily have two made by round 3
  • I heard you could use someones saved game to get this. Is there anyone who knows if someone has uploaded their save just before they get the six black pearls and uploaded it on the net to put on a USB then on to ur xbox?
  • The grid shown in the guide doesn't work as described. Set it up and when I turned the piece in, only got 4 black pearls, and they didn't fall into the perfect spot as implied. Took so long to set up, I don't know if there's enough combos left before the game ends (getting combos remaining to 0 on level 7) to get 2 more pearls.
  • "Took so long to set up, I don't know if there's enough combos left before the game ends (getting combos remaining to 0 on level 7) to get 2 more pearls." You have an infinite amount of time after combos remaining reaches 0 on level 7. The only way for the game to end is either you create a cluster of 3 black pearls or a bomb explodes on you.
  • This achievement is terrible!
  • using a grid just sounds like a horrible waste of time. This achievement requires 10% luck, 20% skill, and 70% patience. You can do it... if you SLOW DOWN. (read the achievement guide, it says "Slow is the name of the game.") Here is a bit of strategy I used that I didn't see in the guide: 1. Build a starflower (6 same color blocks) around an existing starflower (a grey pearl). It will drop the new starflower (grey pearl) from the top. You can also do this with black pearls. 2. Use existing starflowers (grey pearls) together. If they are separated by one piece, you can move all of one color around one of them. If they are touching you can move them anywhere on the board, and with practice, build starflowers by moving blocks around (I think this is the most impor
  • It cuts you off... didn't know that... I was almost done. :) I was saying: most important skill to work on to help with this achievement)
  • Done! 3 days of learning "Master Grid" and few hours of gaming =)
  • Master Grid in 10 Minutes in Level 1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMzyVhW_Gd4
  • I came close to making the grid properly before but then a bomb came and ruined EVERYTHING when I needed like one more starflower. Never played Hexic again after that lmfao
  • Patience is a virtue with this one.
  • I got to 4 Black Pearls and 6 Starflowers, then BOOM! - the simultaneous sound of the bomb going off in-game, and the sound of the xbox being thrown out of the window.... only joking : P, a piece of me did die though...
  • Yea this is a tough one, not many people even play Hexic.
  • You can do it MERC DDS!!
  • I finally got this. I wouldn't recommend playing this nonstop until you get it. Just a play a game every once and a while and it will eventually come.
  • Is it worth learning the master grid or just playing every once in a while until you get it?
  • The black pearl is a boat, how am I going to get a boat in my xbox? This acheivement is rigged. Oh and why do 22 people have this game on their wishlist?
  • "Oh and why do 22 people have this game on their wishlist?" LOL I guess they don't know it's free.
  • just got this one today yeah baby yeah!
  • thinking about this achievemt makes my head hurt and as far as the 22 wishlist goes if u picked up an xbox without a hard drive"arcade version" or deleted off the hard drive u can never get this game or download it again because you never downloaded it to begin with
  • I would agree and say just play a game every once in a while until you get it and USE THE GRID. It isnt a waste of time and if you get the bottom three rows set up then that should be fine just go with that. Thats how I got it at least
  • I had no internet and only had this game on my xbox for 6 weeks and I GOT THIS FUCKING ACHIEVEMENT!!!!
  • What grid is everyone talking about?
  • Note with doing doing the achievement guide to get the 5 black pearls. Make sure there are no gems w/ a star in the middle. It will make more pieces go away when you make the black pearl and it will end up screwing you. Another note, have an extra two starflowers for you need another six to make another black pearl. I realized that and had to go the long way through many bombs to finally get this achievement.
  • @27 it comes with the xbox when i got it
  • Wow... I'm lucky if I can even get 2 Starflowers next to each other. Don't know how I'm supposed to do this...
  • Been a long time since I last played this. I don't understand how the grid is set up. You just have to have a good eye? None of this videos I've watched actually tell how to set up a good grid. It's just turns, which doesn't help me much. Any thoughts?
  • I got this by making a master grid (which you can learn how to make on youtube...) b but it seemed like a waste of time just like Sharkbait Parr said. Yes, it takes patience and it will drive you crazy but it's definitely possible to achieve. Hexic HD seems to forget one important fact. We are humans and humans make mistakes! I can't tell you how many times my game was ruined because of one wrong move...
  • I hate this game. But i need to get these 12 achievements to prove to myself that i can.
  • dammit i just almost win now its a bombs with numbers kills me f**k
  • took me 1.5 hours to get this! :D
  • Anybody have an extra xbox laying around? I was trying to get this achievement and just threw mine out the window...
  • @29 thats wrong because I deleted it when i first got my 360, and now i just downloaded it again for the second time. i cant even make a black pearl much less what this cheever asks for. i so sux at hexic.
  • Some day I will take this one hehehe
  • This will take forever..
  • of all the worlds achievements this is the only one i've attempted and never achieved. @29,42 it wasn't avalible for DL at first but has since been added to marketplace.
  • I got this achievement for the first time ever, I have tried several times before and failed. My advice is for people to just practice, there is a large element of luck involved but also some tactics. The best thing that helped me was knowing that if each column had no more one starflower/blackpearl, than it is impossible for any combos to take place that can destroy your starflowers/black pearls. Not only that but towards the later parts of the game try to get 8-9 starflowers when you go to create a black pearl, having starflowers near the top really helps you to arrange structures in order to get rid of bombs and imo they are the best piece. Another thing is, when bombs start appearing avoid creating clusters that will make pieces fall along the edges of the board because that
  • @46; Another thing is, when bombs start appearing avoid creating clusters that will make pieces fall along the edges of the board because that will severely limit what you can do with a bomb if it were to fall here. Anyway good luck guys, it is an annoying achievement.
  • Whoever made the "5 black pearl combo" guide really has no idea what he's talking about. You don't even get 5 black pearls.
  • @48 are you sure?
  • I GOT 2 pearls in timmed mode so do timed mode i got 1 in marraton!
  • For anyone got this achievement you are a lucky person / complete genius.
  • Man, respect, 5 star achievement right here.
  • This is my last achievement that'll take work to get. Luckily I LOVE Hexic lol
  • this is probably the single most frustrating Chevo for the 360 I have ever experienced...I had my grid set up and five pearls stored away...then one wrong move and three pearls collapsed and ended the game...ARRRRRRGGGGGG!!!
  • This is easily the hardest cheevo in X-Box history...
  • The 5 black pearls combo doesn't work. I did the exact same thing and I only got 4 black pearls so watch out before trusting this guide.
  • I just got it!!! The 5 black pearls combo does work but they're has to be no bonus star pieces close to your starflowers when you make your combo or they will take away some of your pieces and mess up the entire combo. And try to do it before reaching level 3 so you don't have to deal with the bombs.
  • I used to freak out when I got one starflower, but now I make poo-bahs every game. Practice makes perfect, and this is a great game.
  • i will pay anyone 800 microsoft points if you can sign onto my account and do this little bastard. message my gamertag Puffypants420
  • Make 1 black pearl is so dificult! Make 6 and arrange them? No way!
  • some of the achievements should be worth a lot more points
  • This is one of those things that no sane person would ever do, until they notice its an achievement
  • made my first black pearl cluster last night and it almost took a half hour. i can only imagine this taking at least twice as long
  • YES IT IS DONE
  • This was hands down one of the toughest achievements I've ever tackled, very gratifying once it popped... I would highly recommend learning how to make a Master Grid, as that helped me tremendously. Video here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-b0coskAfM This video helped me in dealing with bombs while using the Master Grid: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jEdLtbNR4Cg This one definitely tested my patience but I have to admit, I have a greater appreciation for the game after getting good enough to make the black pearl flower.
  • I'm gonna go ahead and assume I'll never get this. -_-
  • I search a profi for this game. I pay 3 months gold membership when anyone make the achievement for me. Interested? My Gamertag: Alex Minestra
  • This has to be the hardest achievement that I've ever went for. I'm glad to say tat I got it and I'm never playing this game ever again.
  • This is NOT the hardest achievement to get (and, yes... I did finally get it on Oct. 2, 2014), it's that it takes patience and a HUGE learning process! I could have gotten "Big Cheese of the South Seas" a LONG time ago, but you really hate to blow 3 black pearls, when going for this one. You seriously have to play marathon mode enough times before you quit making stupid mistakes (and don't play late at night when you start getting sleepy - there's nothing worse than dozing-off and hearing 3 or more star-flowers combining because you pressed a button when you nodded-off). :-( The reason for the "master grid," is so you can move pieces around the board and have less of a chance of connecting 3 matching-colored gems (accidentally), when positioning pieces to make a star-flower. BTW
  • Got cut-off... BTW... if you are just starting to play this game, don't spam "quick-games" just to get 100 games played. You'll do that just going for THIS achievement!!! ;-) Also... don't take a break from playing it too long. A few days to a week... but any longer, and you might forget some critical method you learned to not screw up your game! The "Survival Mode" IS one of those games you can come back to after a long time, because there's not as much control over how you can control the board. Good luck!!! :-)
  • This game/achievement is a product of the devil. You need 6 black pearls around a piece. You need 6 star flowers around a piece to make a pearl. You need 6 same colored pieces to make a star flower. What does that make? 666. Anyone who has gotten this achievement has beaten the devil and he has his sights on you now. He hates losing.
  • Still looking to get this 5+ years later... I will complete this game this year for sure.
  • I cannot believe I finally got this after several years trying. It is also incredible how much easier the game becomes after you understand the mechanics of it. By moving pieces between stars, it was possible to create star flowers at a significantly faster rate. Once you have a couple of black pearls, you get the opportunity to movie pieces in a different way, which can get you out of some tricky situations. The best tip for players is to keep at it. After some time your mind will click and you can plan 1, 2 or 3 moves ahead.
  • Send me an Xbox Live message if you would like me to get this achievement for you. I've done this and an iteration of it on Hexic 2.

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