Stuck down a burrow?

Every creature needs a burrow: a rectangle with exactly as many squares as its number. Drag across the board to dig one. Burrows can't overlap, each holds exactly one creature, and every square gets dug. Some creatures have their own rules (hedgehogs need square burrows, badgers at least two by two), shown on the board when they turn up. Tap a burrow to fill it back in.

You can try a real board on our home page.

Each Hedgerow level gives you three lanterns. A burrow that fits but isn't the right one costs a lantern. Lose all three and dawn breaks: you can hold it back for one more go, or start the level again.

Yes. Every board has exactly one solution, and we check each one can be finished by logic alone. If you're stuck, look for a creature with only one way to fit, often in a corner or with a big number.

At midnight, local time on your iPhone. Everyone in the world gets the same three boards for each date: Dusk, Midnight and Witching Hour.

Finish a nightly board each night to keep your streak going. Every seven nights earns a spare lantern (you can hold two), and a spare lantern keeps your streak alive if you miss a night. You can also top up a spare once a week by watching an ad.

Nights follow your iPhone's date, so flying across the date line can skip or repeat a night. Spare lanterns cover a missed night. If something still looks wrong, email us.

Glow-worm lights up a creature whose burrow you can work out next. Lantern digs one correct burrow. Full Moon digs every burrow touching the three-by-three patch you tap. You start with a few, earn more at streak milestones and on the leaderboard, and can watch a short ad for a Glow-worm or Lantern.

Your score is your total time for all three nightly boards, plus 20 seconds for each mistake. You're placed in a group of up to 30 players who dig at about your speed. A night becomes final once it has ended everywhere in the world, and then the top three in each group win boosters.

Only nights where all three boards were finished without a booster are ranked. Your streak still counts either way. Scores also need an internet connection to send; the app sends them automatically the next time you're online, while that night is still open.

Not yet. Names are made up for you, like "Velvet Badger 42", so the leaderboard stays friendly without anyone needing to share their real name.

Ads keep Moonburrow free. We never show them during Tonight's Dig, the moment you open the game, or while you're meeting a new creature. Rewarded ads only play when you choose to watch one.

Open Moonburrow, go to Settings and switch on Nightly reminders. If iOS has notifications off for Moonburrow, go to iPhone Settings → Notifications → Moonburrow and allow them.

Go to iPhone Settings → Privacy & Security → Tracking and switch Moonburrow on or off. The game plays the same either way.

Yes. Progress is stored on your iPhone, so deleting the app deletes it. There's no account to restore it from.

Email us with your digging name from the Leaders tab and we'll delete your anonymous account and everything linked to it. Our privacy policy has the details.