How do I get the most points in BLOCKO?

Clear four rows at once (a QUAD, 800 × level) as often as you can, chain QUADs back to back for 50% more, and keep clearing rows in a row for combo bonuses.

What does the hold button do?

Hold puts the falling piece aside and gives you the next one. You can swap once per piece – keep an I piece there for your next QUAD.

When does the game get faster?

Every ten cleared rows the level goes up and the pieces fall faster, from one row per second at level 1 to almost instantly above level 15.

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BLOCKO Guide: Scoring, QUADs and Tips for Every Level

BLOCKO is a free falling-blocks puzzle with glossy 3D blocks. Seven block shapes fall one at a time; fill a row from wall to wall and it disappears. This guide shows how scoring works and the habits that take you from level 1 to the fast levels.

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The scoring table

Clear	Points
1 row	100 × level
2 rows	300 × level
3 rows	500 × level
4 rows – QUAD	800 × level
T-spin (1/2/3 rows)	800 / 1200 / 1600 × level
Back-to-back QUAD or T-spin	+50%
Combo (clears in a row)	+50 × combo × level
Soft drop / hard drop	1 / 2 points per row

The lesson is clear: one QUAD is worth more than three single rows together, so the best players build for QUADs.

How to set up a QUAD

Keep one column empty – the far right or far left is easiest.
Stack the other nine columns flat and fill four rows.
Drop the long I piece (light blue) straight into the gap.

BLOCKO – four rows clearing at once for a QUAD — A QUAD: four rows cleared with one I piece

If the I piece takes a while to come, hold one: press C (or the HOLD button) when an I appears and you are not ready yet.

Use the ghost piece and hard drop

The transparent ghost shows exactly where the piece will land. Move and rotate until the ghost sits in the right spot, then press Space to hard-drop – it saves time and scores 2 points per row.

BLOCKO – early level with the ghost piece showing where the block lands — The ghost piece shows the landing spot

Keep the stack flat

Holes under blocks are the main danger – a covered gap can't be cleared until the rows above it go.
Lay S and Z pieces flat on matching steps, and use J and L for corners and edges.
The O square never rotates: put it on flat ground.
Watch the next three pieces and plan two moves ahead.

T-spins for experts

When a T piece is rotated into a tight gap that has blocks on at least three of its corners, the clear counts as a T-spin and scores far more. Leave a T-shaped slot, drop the T beside it and rotate it in at the last moment.

Surviving the fast levels

BLOCKO – level 11 with a tall stack and fast falling pieces — Level 11: pieces fall very fast

From level 10, stop chasing QUADs when the stack is high – clear any row you can.
Rotate early, while the piece is still at the top.
Use the lock delay: a piece on the ground still slides for half a second.

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