Power-Ups

Power-Ups are a feature of the game introduced in Angry Birds Friends and has since been incorporated into most of the Angry Birds games.

They are a set of items that the player can use to augment the Birds and make clearing levels and earning three stars easier.

The power-ups act the same in all versions of the game. Players receive a small number of each one the first time they start the game with this feature in place. They can also be purchased through the appropriate marketplaces or they may receive periodic random power-ups through a slot machine for free. Players can also set the computer date to another day, so that the slot machine appears again.

Power Ups then started to arrive in more games like the Facebook version of Angry Birds Star Wars, Angry Birds Rio, Angry Birds Space, and Angry Birds Seasons in that order. It could be possible that one day, the original Angry Birds Star Wars app will receive Power ups.

Sling Scope
Using the Sling Scope produces a visible arc trail with which the player can aim the slingshot more accurately. Note that the Scope will only project a bird's initial arcing path, not any alterations that may result from using a bird's powers. Once activated, the Sling Scope remains in place for the rest of the level. Sling Scope is also used in Angry Birds Space and Angry Birds Star Wars, but as a standard feature to compensate for the difficulty of plotting flight trajectories in those game. Sling Scopes appear less often in the Daily Reward.

Super Seeds
Super Seeds cause the current bird in the launcher to grow larger and much more powerful: capable of defeating more and stronger walls before losing energy. Super Seeds pop up the least in the Daily Awards.



Birdquake
The Birdquake is a power up that causes the ground to shake. Weak supporting walls will collapse by this quake and if it was the only walls to support the structure, may result in most of the structure collapsing as well. Birdquakes appear often in the Daily Reward.

King Sling
The King Sling is a metal slingshot with stronger rubber bands that provide a lot more power for bird launches, allowing them to fly further and faster. Once activated, the King Sling remains in place for the rest of the level. The king sling is the most common power up that pops up in the daily rewards.

Samba Burst
Turns any current bird on the Slingshot into a Samba Bird. He dances around the place, causing objects to scatter around. To use this bird, simply tap the power up button and tap the icon of Samba Bird. No matter what bird is in the Slingshot, Samba Bird will always look like Red. When launching him from the Slingshot, he also makes the same sound as Red. After Samba Bird hits a block, he starts to shake multiple times in the place he hit the block, causing powerful damage. Also, when Samba Bird is in use, a Samba style music begins to play. Also, he is happy.

TNT Drop
TNT crates appear in random areas near the structure. When a bird hits one of them, it causes more destruction to the structure.

This power-up is exclusive in the Angry Birds Friends Winter Tournament, but it is permanent in Angry Birds Rio.

Homing Bird
This power up replaces your current bird with Red wearing an antenna on his head, which happens to be a radar homing system. When launched, the Homing Bird will change its trajectory upon detecting the first pig on its radar.

Space Eagles
Use these to get total destruction to get all the feathers on normal levels in Angry Birds Space to unlock the bonus Space Eagle level (except Danger Zone) and, as a result, a special item bubble. Limited use on normal levels, but unlimited use in Space Eagle Bonus Levels.

Flock of Birds
This multiplies your current bird by 5, with one staying the same and 4 smaller copies. Flock of Birds appear the most often in the Daily Reward.

Space Egg
Use its vortex to pull many objects. Was formerly a character used in Space Egg Bonus Levels (unlimited use), but is now used in normal levels as well as a Power Ups (limited use). Space Eggs can be used with Flock of Birds.

Pig Puffer
This inflates the pigs, causing some the structure to become unstable. The inflated pigs rise when underwater (in Pig Dipper).

Angry Birds Star Wars
Unless noted otherwise, these are exclusive to the Facebook version at this time.

Mighty Falcon
Currently the only power-up available for the original app. You will be given an egg with a tracking beacon installed. Launch and activate the egg beacon and the Mighty Falcon will swoop down and fire consecutive lasers at the targeted position. Use these to earn a Total Destruction medal.

Thermal Detonator
The thermal detonator will be given to the current bird on the slingshot. Once the bird hits an obstacle, the detonator will stick and will release a heat wave destroying anything in its blast radius.

Lightsaber Sling
This is the slingshot that you normally see in merchandise. When used, the slingshot will transform into this special Lightsaber upgrade, giving all of your birds increased speed and mass.

Blaster Droid
When this is used, your current bird shall receive a blaster droid that blasts lasers when your bird is launched. Kinda acts like Chuck "Ham" Solo's laser blaster ability, except it shoots consecutive times until it is destroyed.

Clone Bird
This generates a clone of the current bird in the Slingshot, or the bird that was used last. This is useful when your about to fail a level and ran out of birds. Kinda acts like the Wingman and similar characters from Angry Birds Friends ' s Tournaments.

Controversy
Power-ups have caused controversy among fans of Angry Birds, feeling that they take away from the integrity of high scores. Rovio is aware of the issue, but has only managed to add distinct power-up scores to Angry Birds Space thus far. According to Peter Vesterbacka, this is because Apple imposes a restriction on the number of leaderboards.

Trivia

 * There was supposed to be another power-up that would make Egg Bombs with parachutes fall from the sky, but Rovio cut that idea, probably because it resembled the White Bird's ability too much.