Tips and Tricks for a Smooth(ish) Ride!
Polar Plunge is part of the Snow Days Challenge, and since it’s one of the more challenging games, I played it 50 times to see what I could learn. Below are a few helpful tips I picked up along the way.
Go Slow, Then Speed Up at the Jumps
Manage your speed using the arrow keys. If you want to slow down, tap the back arrow. Holding it down won’t slow your pet, so quick taps are key. When approaching a jump, use both the back and forward arrow keys to control your pace as you clear the obstacle.
Snowflakes and Speed Bumps Are a Good Sign
If you see snowflakes and speed bumps, it’s a good time to relax for a moment. These usually appear in sections without obstacles, giving you a brief break.
Green Snowmen Are Softer
The snowmen are color-coded for a reason! Green snowmen are less stable obstacles, which means you may pass right through them. Yellow and red snowmen, however, are solid, so be ready to jump.
Post-Ramp Obstacles Still Need to Be Cleared
If you spot a tree or snowman at the base of a ramp, make sure you jump. It might look like you’ll clear the obstacle automatically, but that’s not always the case.
Do you have any Polar Plunge tips of your own? Share them with us in the comments!
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I do the easy route and keep my finger on the fast button at all times. When I jump at the top of a hill, I hold the jump button a long time to jump far enough to avoid any obstacles at the bottom of the hill. I usually always cross the finish line this way!
I find when going off the steep hill that holding down the forward key until I land helps me avoid any obstacle at the bottom.
On the easy course: How do you get past that tree at the bottom of the cliff? I can’t figure out how to jump over it.
It is easier to play polar plunge on desktop rather than mobile because mobile is zoomed in making it harder to see obstacles ahead
I have never seen the course shown above, so I’m guessing that it is expert level. I am forever stuck in beginner, as arrow keys and I don’t get along. I can’t figure out how to jump obstacles at the base of steep hills, so that’s always game over for me. I give Dorothy Lou credit for keeping at it for 50 games – for research puposes!
I have won beginner at least 2 or more times. What I do is have it go as slow as I can by holding the back key the whole time. When I see an obstacle I wait until I am really close then jump. If I see a rock I let go of the back key and click the right key to go fast. Doing this will let you get enough speed to get over the rock then I go back to holding the back key. May have to do this for both snowman with top hats and rocks. When going down hill even if there is a ramp I do not jump. I just let my pet go slowly over the ramp unless there is a tree in front of the ramp. If there is an obstacle at the bottom of the hill I let go of back key and jump. Sometimes I click the fast key but most time I do not need to. Now the one down side of holding the back key the whole time is that you need to jump over every obstacles even if it’s a snowman with a green scarf as you would be going to slow and not have enough speed. But the nice thing is that when you are going slow it gives to time to react and jump over obstacles. Hope this helps