Guide the sheep back to the shepherd

Woolcraft - the goal

How to control the sheep

You have arrows that point up, down, left and right to control the sheep.

If there is more than one sheep in the puzzle, they will all move in the same direction at the same time. The sheep will also move as far as they can in that direction before they stop.

This is important: once the sheep start to move, you can't stop them!

Water is dangerous!

Change the world

Digging

Digging is one big thing in Woolcraft. You can always dig away a square of grass by tapping it. And remember to dig before you order the sheep in any direction – once the sheep are moving, you can't do anything until all sheep have stopped.

Digging is how you stop and control how far the sheep will go. They only jump on grass, stone bridges and, sadly, water... They will never jump out of the screen or onto another sheep.

However, you can't dig away a block of grass if it is occupied by something (see the picture above).

Findings

Sometimes you will find something useful when you dig – useful and often critical to solving the puzzle. Just tap the findings and they are ready to be used. In the top right corner you can see how many of each item you have found.

Crafting

The stone can be used to build bridges over water and the seed to plant bushes.

To plant a bush

But what if you want to dig when you have found a seed? To disable planting bushes, just tap the "bush counter" in the top right. When you want to plant bushes again, just tap it once more.

To build a bridge

Undoing

You can always undo a bridge or a bush by tapping it again. But if you do anything else, undoing is no longer possible.

Mr Mole in a hole

The Black Sheep

The oil

In some levels it's up to you to decide which sheep will become the black one. If there is an oil spot on a square and a sheep stops on it, that sheep will turn black...

Water

On some levels you will find bubbles and rafts on the water.

Bubbles. A bubble floats on a water square and works as a one-time stepping stone. A sheep can jump onto a bubble and carry on, but the bubble pops as soon as the sheep leaves it – and then it is just dangerous water again. If a sheep has to stop on a bubble, it will fall into the water, so make sure it can jump on from there.

Rafts. A raft is a safe place to stand on the water. Sometimes you will find building materials for a raft under the grass: tap it and build the raft, then drag it onto a water square. Before you send the sheep off, you can drag a raft to any other empty water square – but not onto a bridge, a bubble or a square where a sheep is standing.

Tips

Some levels are hard to solve, but not impossible! Here are some tips:

• Always try all directions – not just the obvious ones.Perhaps you need to go back and then forward to the shepherd.
• Always dig away all squares of grass – it's the first thing you should do!See where there are findings you can use (then hit Retry).
• Look at the squares of grass when a sheep jumps on them.If a square rumbles, there is something under it!
• Tap the sheep if they stand on a square of grass!If the square rumbles, there is something under it!
• It is possible to plant a bush on a square of grass even if a sheep is standing on it!
• If there are bushes on the level from the beginning...Move a sheep to one and see if there is something under the grass!

...and remember: this is a puzzle game. You will think a lot! But when you solve a level, you will get your reward, because it feels so good! "Damn, you are a smart one!"

Good luck!
Patrik Holmström
Creator of Woolcraft