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As you exchange the goods and gossip harbor master will reward you with exclusive collections to merge and trade for blueprints for the construction of buildings that will elevate your initial settlement into an era of lush prosperity.\n\nEnjoy the fun, story-driven events, racing your dragon, climbing the leaderboards, and rising to many different challenges in wonderful magic games. Reap abundant awards, treasure chests, shiny coins, and magic diamonds to help you savor this relaxing and peaceful merge game.\n\n**Match & Merge**\n- Beautifully crafted collections include ancient art and statues, an increasingly powerful mansion to host your friends, delicately crafted items of fashion and beauty, delicious food and drinks prepared from succulent ingredients of your merge gardens\n- Keep merging and you can invoke powerful spirits and even your very own magic companion, raising them from egg to a powerful yet adorably cutesy dragon!\n\n**Gardening**\n- Merge bushes to bear yummy fruits and vegetables to turn into delicious recipes.\n- Don’t forget to water your plants and grow a garden to make your granny proud!\n\n**Trade**\n- Expand and grow your land by trading with foreign lands, ever hungry for the unique products of your mines, gardens, craft, and luxury shops.\n\n**Foraging**\n- Clear out the wilderness to reveal the ancient landmarks, brave entering the magic hotspots, and bring back wonderful treasures and new challenging obstacles to chop and merge.\n- Win mystical foraging fruits by operating your shops and factories!\n\n**Fantastic creatures**\n- Rub shoulders with dragons, mermaids, and unicorns, and merge animals to grow them into extraordinary creatures like opera owls or fortune-telling peacocks!\n- From egg to dragon, or fluffy Persian cat gather pets fit for a princess!\n\nAs Mira would say: “Merge on!”\n\nBy downloading and using this app, you agree to the Terms of Use at https://www.plummygames.com/terms.html\nand the Privacy Policy at https://www.plummygames.com/privacy.html  \n\nThis game is rated 3+ by the Indonesian Game Rating System and is suitable for general audiences, including players aged 3 and above.\n\nUninstalling Star Merge during the update process can cause progress loss. 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