What happens at 0 Audience?

The show is over (SHOW OVER), unless a piece like Second Act saves you once.

Surviving the Audience

Escapes get expensive

The cost of an escape grows with each arc and with Heat, and special moles cost more than normals. Stand where the most moles of the strike row are, not where the biggest special is, when the row is crowded.

Late risers pop into empty holes just before the strike from arc 2; their marks show three rows ahead. Shells (helmet, stone) can make a hit pay nothing.

Win it back

Chains heal: a good chain can undo several escapes. Keep Momentum high, take pieces that clear the strike row (Wide Head, explosive moles) and prizes that protect it.

At x2 or x3 speed the game slows back to x1 after three costly escapes within six rows. A relaxed Audience option exists in accessibility.

All fair rules

Fair	Rule	Status
SUNNY FAIRGROUND	PURE BONK: No extra rules. Just the hammer, the moles and the crowd.	In the game
HAUNTED FAIR	FOG AND LANTERNS: Fog hides the far rows. Every special you pop lights a lantern: its column stays clear for 5 rows.	In the game
CLOCKWORK CIRCUS	STEP BY STEP: The machine only moves when you do. An hourglass drains the Audience while you think.	In the game
SCRAP YARD CARNIVAL	THE HAMMER THAT BUILDS ITSELF: Every special you pop bolts a scrap piece onto the hammer: it strikes wider. Escapes knock pieces off.	In the game
NEON ARCADE	TWO HAMMERS: Two hammers on one board. Both strike at once and share one chain.	In the game
ROYAL GRAND FAIR	DOUBLE MACHINE: Two machines side by side. Your hammer jumps between them.	In the game