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The Boom Beach Gunboat guide: Flares

The Boom Beach Gunboat guide: Flares
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Though they cause no damage on their own, Flares are without doubt the mightiest weapon in your arsenal in Boom Beach.

This is because - unlike in Clash of Clans - the Flare allows you to focus the attention of your troops upon certain parts of the map, including defences and other enemy buildings.

Even if you still can't direct your troops, you can at least point them in the general direction, and ensure that they're trying to destroy the facilities you want removed from play first.

To use the Flares during battles, simply select them from the options shown at the bottom-right of the screen, then tap on the area of the island you'd like them to hit.

A word of caution: they do fizzle out quite quickly, and once they have, the priority of your troops will go back to attacking the closest possible base. This timer can be extended though, as you level up the Flare in the Armory.

Also, as with every tool used on the Gunboat, the more you use it in a battle, the more expensive it is in terms of Energy to use it again.

Peter Willington
Peter Willington
Die hard Suda 51 fan and professed Cherry Coke addict, freelancer Peter Willington was initially set for a career in showbiz, training for half a decade to walk the boards. Realising that there's no money in acting, he decided instead to make his fortune in writing about video games. Peter never learns from his mistakes.