Merge Mayor

Merge Mayor is a town-building puzzle game where you revitalize a neglected town by merging objects. As the new mayor, you receive requests from townsfolk that require specific items to complete. These items are created by dragging and merging identical objects on your board, with each successful merge producing a higher-level item. Completing these tasks rewards you with coins and materials to repair and upgrade buildings, gradually transforming the crumbling town into a bustling community. The core appeal of Merge Mayor is the satisfying progression of both your merging skills and the visual restoration of your town.

Managing Your Inventory and Board Space

Players in Merge Mayor must strategically manage a limited board space filled with generators, mergeable objects, and locked items. Your primary action is dragging and dropping three identical items together to create a single, higher-tier object, which frees up crucial space. Generators, which are items with a yellow highlight, can be tapped to produce new resources but have cooldown timers. A key part of the Merge Mayor experience involves deciding which generators to tap and which items to merge next to efficiently fulfill quests without cluttering the board. Selling lower-level items is sometimes necessary to maintain a manageable workspace and keep progression smooth.

Completing Quests for Town Restoration

The main progression in Merge Mayor is driven by quests. Characters around town will have thought bubbles displaying the specific high-level item they need. To fulfill a quest, you must produce that item through a chain of merges and then drag it from your board onto the character. Successfully completing a quest rewards you with coins, experience points, and sometimes special items. This action directly contributes to the town's restoration, often triggering a cinematic where a ruined building like a bakery or a bridge is instantly repaired and spruced up, providing a clear visual reward for your merging efforts.

Utilizing Energy and Daily Refills

Every merge action in Merge Mayor consumes one unit of energy, a core resource that limits how many actions you can perform in one session. Your energy bar slowly refills over time, but players can also watch rewarded ads or use collected gems for instant refills. A strategic element of playing Merge Mayor involves planning your merging sessions around your energy capacity, focusing on high-priority merges when energy is low. The game also features daily bonuses and special events, like increased energy regeneration on Wednesdays and Thursdays, which allow for more extended gameplay and faster progress.

Unlocking and Upgrading Item Generators

A significant long-term goal in Merge Mayor is to acquire and upgrade permanent item generators, such as watermelon bushes or toolboxes. These generators are typically earned as rewards for completing major quest lines or found within time-locked chests. Once placed on your board, they periodically produce base-level items that are essential for starting merge chains. Players can use upgrade tokens, earned through gameplay, to improve these generators, reducing their cooldown time or increasing the quantity of items produced. This creates a rewarding loop where efficient merging leads to better generators, which in turn makes future merging more efficient.

Participating in Time-Limited Events

Merge Mayor frequently hosts special events that offer unique themes and exclusive rewards. These events usually have a separate board and their own energy system, allowing you to participate without interfering with your main town progress. The gameplay loop remains centered on merging items to complete orders, but events often introduce new generators and decorative items not found in the main game. By completing orders on the event board, you earn event-specific currency that can be spent on a reward track, granting prizes like generator upgrades, gems, and unique decorations to customize your town.

Expanding and Customizing Your Town

As you advance in Merge Mayor, you unlock new areas of the map that were initially blocked by debris. Clearing these areas requires specific high-level items or a certain mayor level, gating expansion behind progression. Once unlocked, these new districts come with their own set of dilapidated buildings and characters to help, offering a fresh set of quests and merge challenges. Furthermore, players can use earned coins and special items to purchase cosmetic decorations, allowing for light customization of the town’s appearance and making your version of Merge Mayor unique.