Take a Break with Block Arena: Your Launch Gift and Monthly Rewards
Published: October 26, 2026, 12:10 am PDT (Pacific Time)
Your reading break starts here. Block Arena is now open on NovelBike! Take a break between chapters, clear some lines, and challenge other readers on our monthly leaderboards.
Play Block Arena → — Log in to NovelBike first. The game is available to logged-in users.
An update on coin rewards
Our invite-a-friend coin rewards and daily login coin rewards have been discontinued.
We are working on an improved reader progression system with more ways to earn bonus coins. The more you read, the faster you will progress and the richer the rewards you can look forward to. This system is not available yet; details and launch timing will be announced separately. Stay tuned!
For now, you can earn coins through our Block Arena event: claim your one-time launch gift and take part in the Normal Mode leaderboard and Hell Mode challenges described below.
Your launch gift
Enter the game and claim 20 coins and one use of each of the five tools: Clear Two Rows, Choose Next Piece, Bomb, Slowdown, and Landing Preview.
This welcome gift is available once per NovelBike account, permanently. Coins are added to your existing NovelBike balance.
Two ways to play
Normal Mode: Start with a randomly selected NOVELBIKE letter formation. The pace increases as your score grows. Occasional irregular pieces and special letter blocks add variety.
Hell Mode: A high-speed challenge from start to finish, with no double-point blocks or irregular pieces. Slowdown is disabled in this mode.
How to score
Complete horizontal lines to clear them. Clear more lines together for a higher score:
- 1 line: 100 points
- 2 lines: 300 points
- 3 lines: 500 points
- 4 lines: 800 points
In Normal Mode, a cleared line containing a special letter block earns double its share of the line-clear points. Moving or dropping a piece does not award points.
Tools
| Tool | Effect | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Clear Two Rows | Removes two random occupied rows to make room. Ordinary rows removed by this tool do not earn line-clear points; a removed special-letter row earns 200 points. | 12 coins |
| Choose Next Piece | Choose the shape of the next piece. | 8 coins |
| Bomb | Destroys the currently falling piece. | 6 coins |
| Slowdown | Slows the falling pieces for 5 seconds in Normal Mode. | 5 coins |
| Landing Preview | Shows where the current piece will land for one game. Enable it before starting. | 20 coins per game |
Use the arrow keys on a computer, with keys 1–4 for tools, or the on-screen controls on your phone. You can buy tools before or during a game. If you need more coins, open the in-game coin shop.
Need to leave? Pause and choose Save game to keep your progress. Progress is saved only when you choose to save. Starting a new game ends your previous game.
Three launch reward periods
We are celebrating with three rounds of monthly coin rewards. The first round begins at launch and runs until December 1. All cutoffs are at 6:00 p.m. Pacific Time:
- Round 1: December 1, 2026, 6:00 p.m. PST
- Round 2: January 1, 2027, 6:00 p.m. PST
- Round 3: February 1, 2027, 6:00 p.m. PST
There is no November 1 reward settlement. After these three rounds, monthly leaderboards will continue, but further rewards will require a separate announcement.
Normal Mode: monthly top five
- 1st place: 500 coins
- 2nd place: 300 coins
- 3rd place: 200 coins
- 4th and 5th place: 100 coins each
Hell Mode: beat the targets
- Score over 10,000 points, up to 20,000 points: earn 100 coins.
- Score over 20,000 points: earn 200 coins.
Each account can earn one Hell Mode reward per round, based on its highest eligible score. The two tiers do not stack. You may earn rewards in both Normal and Hell modes in the same round.
Leaderboard and reward rules
Your highest eligible completed score in each mode counts for that period. Scores count when the game is finished and submitted to the server; a saved, unfinished game has not yet entered the leaderboard. Scores submitted at or after a cutoff count toward the next period. Tied scores are ranked by which was achieved first.
The leaderboard switches to the next period at the cutoff. Rewards are credited to your NovelBike coin balance after settlement and score review. Unusual scores may be held for review, which can delay rewards. Automated play, score manipulation, or exploiting bugs is not allowed; invalid scores are excluded.
NovelBike reserves the final interpretation of this event’s rules. For official rules and clarifications, please refer to NovelBike announcements.
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