Playing tips for Doodle Bug

General

Shoot the Ctr standup to start the under-playfield ball scoring. It continues until drain or Stop Doodle Bug is hit.

General

Dipsy Doodle: "Stop Doodle Bug" switches are worth 10x less than Doodle Bug (100 vs. 1000), making the Stop Doodle Bug strategy not viable on Dipsy.

General

"Stop Doodle Bug" is worth 1,000 points, along with the 1-4 targets. Sometimes, constantly stopping the Doodle Bug is more lucrative!

General

If the post is up, use controlled flips to pick off 1-4/Stop Doodle Bugs. Watch out for the flipper-sling gap!

General

There is a gap between the flipper and the sling so don't try to trap up the normal way. If a ball is going in the hole, mash the flipper!

General

Dipsy Doodle: 1-4 targets are worth 1k on their own, which adds up

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Hit center target to start doodle bug, which will score points continuously until you hit a side lane, upper rubber, or drain.

General

Complete 1-4 by hitting targets or going in eject hole to increase doodle bug scoring

General

Shoot the lit standup targets to increase the value of the under-playfield captive ball mech from 10-100-1000-10000.

General

Side lanes raise center puck, starting doodle bug or hitting rubbers below 1+4 targets drops it

Skillshot

Plunging and cycling the top awards can lead to lit pop bumpers or 5k. The saucer also advances the 1-2-3-4 progression.

Skillshot

Pops and upper rubbers around eject hole cycle advance hole value. Far right (red) award is 5000 points, which can win games

Playing tips sourced from Pintips.