After taking something heavy and not worth very much, click on the bomb bag to the right of your boat to blow it up so you do not have to wait. The number on the bag indicates how many bombs you have remaining. When your obstacles include large rocks, snare them and immediately bomb them. This will usually clear a path to higher value treasures.
Bombs
Always purchase bombs whenever you can afford to. They are not always offered and are always useful to get rid of enemies or obstacles, free the animals in the later rounds, and clear the rope of unwanted items.
Cat cannon
Click on Goldie the cat when the cannon appears on the boat. He will blast obstacles out of your path.
Clock
The clock which gives you extra time on then next round is a good purchase.
Puffer fish
Snare the puffer fish or bomb them when they are deflated. If you grab or hit them when they are inflated they will destroy everything around them, including treasure and fish. If there are several puffer fish inflated, they will start a chain reaction which can destroy everything of value in the round.
Saving money
If you have low funds, do not purchase the Spinach. It does not speed up your pulling power enough to make that much of a difference to your total. If you have low funds, do not purchase the Speed Engine. All it does is move the boat side to side slightly faster. It is not worth purchasing the Armor until the third round, There are no pirates or other marauding attackers until then. Goldie's cannon is usually a useful purchase, especially on rounds with large rock obstacles. However you may not get more than one chance to use it. Buy it when it is cheap.
