Suika Game Fruit Order: All 11 Fruits, Smallest First

The Suika Game fruit order, from smallest to largest, is: cherry, strawberry, grapes, dekopon, persimmon, apple, pear, peach, pineapple, melon, watermelon. Only the first five can appear at the top of the box. Everything from the apple up has to be built by merging two of the fruit below it.

That’s 11 fruits and 10 merges between the smallest and the biggest. Here’s the chain in full, with the numbers that matter for planning.

The full Suika Game fruit chain #

The last column is simple doubling. Every merge takes two of the previous fruit, so a watermelon contains the equivalent of 1,024 cherries. You won’t actually drop that many, because the game also hands you strawberries, grapes, dekopons and persimmons directly. But the doubling explains why a watermelon takes so long: each step up needs twice the material of the last.

What is the orange fruit in Suika Game? #

The orange fruit with a bump on top is a dekopon, and it’s the one most players outside Japan don’t recognize. Dekopon is a seedless citrus developed in Japan in 1972 by crossing Kiyomi and ponkan. It’s known for being large and sweet, with a protruding bump at the stem end. In the United States you’ll find it in stores as Sumo Citrus. In South Korea it’s called hallabong.

The fifth fruit, the persimmon, may also be new to some players. It’s a common autumn fruit in Japan, and it’s the largest fruit you can drop from the top.

Which fruits can you drop? #

Only the five smallest: cherry, strawberry, grapes, dekopon and persimmon. The order is random, and you can see one fruit ahead.

This is the key to reading the board. Anything from an apple up will never fall from the top. If you have a lonely apple sitting in the box, the only way to merge it is to build a second apple from two persimmons. Knowing that tells you where your next persimmons need to go.

How to remember the fruit order #

Most people learn the order by playing, but a few tricks speed it up.

Split it into three groups.

• The droppers (1-5): cherry, strawberry, grapes, dekopon, persimmon. Small, and they come to you.
• The orchard (6-8): apple, pear, peach. Your mid-game fruit, the first ones you have to build.
• The giants (9-11): pineapple, melon, watermelon. These take up so much space that they shape the whole box.

Watch the colors change. The chain runs from reds (cherry, strawberry) through purple (grapes), orange (dekopon, persimmon), back to red (apple), then yellow and pink (pear, peach) and finally greens (melon, watermelon). The pineapple sits in the middle of that last stretch.

Remember the two “odd” ones. Grapes come before dekopon, and pear comes before peach. Those are the two spots where new players most often guess wrong.

Why the order matters for strategy #

Fruits of neighboring sizes need to sit next to each other. If your pear is next to your apple, one more apple merge next to them creates a second pear that immediately merges with the first. If the pear is on the other side of the box, that same apple just sits there.

That’s why strong players keep fruit in size order, with the biggest in one bottom corner and each smaller fruit next to the one it will grow into. It turns the chain in the table above into an actual row in your box, and a single merge at the small end can cascade all the way up. Our watermelon game strategy guide shows how to set that row up, and how to make a watermelon covers the final steps.

What happens after the watermelon? #

Nothing bigger. When two watermelons merge, they vanish from the box. That’s a huge amount of room freed up at once, so a double watermelon is as much about survival as it is about score.

A different ladder: Merge Panda’s snack chain #

If you play drop-and-merge games on your phone, you’ll see the same structure with different art. Merge Panda also uses 11 steps and only spawns the five smallest, but its ladder is snacks and pandas:

Two Emperor Pandas merging pop together for a 500-point bonus. The spawn odds are published in the game’s design, which helps with planning: a Sprout is three times as likely to show up as a Bao Bun. Merge Panda is free on iPhone and Android and isn’t affiliated with Suika Game. For more on how its ladder plays, see how to get the Emperor Panda.

Frequently asked questions #

What is the orange fruit in Suika Game? #

It’s a dekopon, a seedless Japanese citrus with a bump on top. It’s the fourth fruit in the chain, between grapes and persimmon. In the US, the same fruit is sold as Sumo Citrus.

What comes after the melon in Suika Game? #

The watermelon. Two melons merge into a watermelon, the 11th and final fruit. Two watermelons merge into nothing: they both disappear.

What’s the biggest fruit you can drop in Suika Game? #

The persimmon, the fifth fruit. Everything from the apple upward only appears when you merge two of the fruit below it.

How many merges does it take to make a watermelon? #

Ten steps separate a cherry from a watermelon, and each step needs two of the fruit before it. In cherry terms, one watermelon equals 1,024 cherries, though you’ll drop far fewer pieces because bigger fruit also comes from the top.

Is the fruit order the same in every version? #

The order above is the classic chain from the original Suika Game. Newer releases, such as Suika Game Planet, add cosmetic skins, so if your fruit looks different, check the game’s own help screen for its chain.