Smash Fest Level 5 Guide — Remove the Glass-and-Wood Arch Support

Identify what holds the arch up

The structure uses three nominal columns and two rows, but the arch pattern distributes eight targets across a broad horizontal footprint. Wood behaves as a support that can be toppled; glass can break directly or during the fall. The useful targets are not automatically the most fragile ones. A glass piece high in the span may shatter without changing the two lower paths carrying the structure.

Before firing, compare the lower left and lower right supports. Choose a side where the falling span has open space and where the shot can travel through the support rather than skim above it. Keep the opposite lower side in mind as the likely second aim, but let the actual collapse decide.

Opening plan: remove one load path

Place the reticle on a low support at one side of the arch. A wood support benefits from a hit that topples it into or away from the span; a glass support benefits from a clean direct contact. The purpose is to make the upper section lose one of its two stable paths and rotate under gravity.

Do not shoot through the empty arch opening. Empty space cannot transfer force into the structure. After the support moves, watch the top and the opposite side. Falling glass may clear itself, and displaced wood may strike another objective after the first visible drop.

Step-by-step Level 5 plan

1. Choose a lower side support

   Aim at a load-bearing target near the left or right base. Favor the side with room for the span to rotate and keep the reticle centered on the material.

2. Let the span rotate

   Fire once, then wait while the upper targets fall toward the opened side. Track glass breakage, wood movement, and the remaining-target counter.

3. Attack the support that stayed stable

   If a partial arch remains, place shot two on its lowest stable contact. Do not aim at the original location after that support has already moved.

4. Recover by material

   Use a reserve ball for direct glass contact or to push a grounded wooden objective toward an edge. Wait for each heavy piece to stop before firing again.

Why support removal controls an arch

The upper portion of an arch remains elevated only while force can travel into stable lower contacts. Removing one of those contacts does more than clear one objective: it changes the balance of every target resting across that side. Gravity then rotates the span and produces collisions the cannonball did not need to make directly.

Wood and glass complement this plan. Wood can carry and then redirect the falling load as it topples, while glass can disappear during the same motion. Aiming at support uses both behaviors. A top-first shot uses only the fragility of one visible piece and leaves the structure's main balance intact.

Alternative when the arch drops flat

Sometimes the first support removal lowers the whole span onto the platform without sending every objective off it. In that case, stop aiming where the arch used to be. Find the lowest exposed glass for a direct break, or drive a grounded wooden target toward the nearest edge. The remaining problem is now a flat cluster, not an arch.

Common Level 5 mistakes

Continue learning

Replay Level 5 from the browser game, then compare the result with the material and support principles in the related guides. Physics can settle differently after small aim changes, so use the visible target count as the final check.

• Play Smash Fest in your browser
• Read the complete controls and materials guide
• Use the 15 strategy tips