Who to save
It helps a lot if you try to start with the kacheek near the left side of the screen so you can save the animals closest to Bathazar. It also helps if you can get to the snowflake it helps with animals close to him. – Lttlhottie4life
Mini guide
First of all, you must know what you’re doing. You have to try and get all of the petpets to safety in the field in the middle of the screen. The snowflakes and orange speed orbs.. well get the snowflakes and if they’re in your way, the orbs, as the orbs don’t do much, even when they speed you up, they don’t speed you up much.
I recommend that you first try to get all of the petpets closest to Balthazar into the field before anything else. If you have a petpet already, press <space bar> to drop it, and rush over to the other one.
Usually in the higher levels, most snowflakes appear around the the left side of the screen, and near the entrance of the field. Get all the petpets around there, and while Balthazar is frozen, simply skid past him and get ’em into the field.
I hope that helps. The best thing is just to keep moving 🙂 – Kimberley
Sound tips
Stay away from Balthazar’s mouth! He will automatically eat you if you are close to his mouth. First get the petpets close to Balthazar, then the one with a gold square above it’s head (they are bonus points!). If Balthazar is REALLY close to one of your petpets and it look like you can’t make it in time, touch a snowflake and he will be frozen for about 3 seconds. Orange orbs make you go faster but you can still get eaten if you run really fast by him, remember that. – ~Cookie ^-^
Dot pointed tips
1.PLAY IT it’s great for making neopoints with making 50 points u can get around 150 neopoints!!!
2.Always get the petpet with the star above it first it’s worth extra points!
3.Try and freeze Balthazar but don’t go totally out of your way to do it your petpets are in danger.
4.Only get the orange speed orb when its not too far away because its not that worth it.
5.When there is a petpet in danger drop what your caring and save it!!!
6.when you get to higher levels lure Balthazar away from the fewer exits.
Well I hope that helps your herding don’t let your petpets get hurt! – ~^_^~Paoa08~^_^~
Mini Guide
Extreme Herder is a game that can get you fast and easy neopoints, if you know how to play. There are a few simple rules as I call them to remember.
(1) The game can get boring after a long time of playing it so try and get the petpets as quick as possible.
(2) If there is a blue snowflake near you and not that much out of your way. GET IT. It will stall the Balthazar so you can pick up an extra petpet or two before he comes to.
(3) The orange speed orbs are good to pick up too because the burst of speed is just what the doctor ordered for getting around the Balthazar with little effort.
(4) The petpets with the yellow four pointed stars on their heads are worth extra points. Try and get them first.
(5) Sacrifice yourself before the petpets because if you herd all the petpets you will get a bonus. The bonus can result in an extra 16 neopoints.
(6) The Balthazar will go after the closest petpet so get the petpets closest to the Balthazar.
(7) After 5 levels the top shaft to go to the bottom will disappear. Then on the 6th the bottom will disappear. And the the left and right in the 7th and 8th. Then working from the top to the right to the bottom the petpet drop points will disappear in the 9th, 10th and 11th levels.
Have fun and don’t let the Balthazar bite! – Chase Clymer
More dot point tips
In this game you use arrow keys to move your Kacheek around and collect petpets. Here are some tips:
1. You can’t carry more than one petpet so don’t even try.
2. Drop the petpet you’re carrying (space) if a petpet near Balthazar is about to get eaten. You’ll save a life, literally.
3. Balthazar will always appear from the upper left corner and go south, so save those petpets first. He’ll then go and try to eat the petpets in the upper middle, so, if it’s there, try to go through the little vortex at the bottom to get there quicker.
4. The snowflakes will freeze Balthazar, but only get them if it’s on the way; the same with orange orbs.
5. The little vortexes and paddock gates disappear with every level so keep cool and don’t freak out if suddenly it’s not there.
6. This is an ideal game to play if you are low on np because it gives you 4x the score you get. – QTxMacExVN
6 Tips on how to become a successful herder
1. Balthazar is very vicious if any petpet or yourself (the blue Kacheek) gets too close! Beware! Try your best to stay out of his grasp. He will eat you or a petpet and a life will be taken away (the blue Kacheeks at the right side at the top)
2. Snowflakes and Orange Orbs:
Very useful in this game. Snowflakes- In order to freeze Balthazar from eating a petpet or yourself, run into a blue snowflake, and Balthazar will freeze for a few seconds, these few seconds are helpful, they may save you a life!
Orange Orbs- Increase your speed! Now you can be super fast and grab away pet pets just as Balthazar tries to eat them!
3. Pets with the “Gold Diamond Shapes” above their heads:
These pet pets are extra special. If you rescue them, they will add on extra bonus points to your score (yes people, which means more money) so if it means sacrificing a regular pet pet for one of these special ones, the special one is worth the sacrifice. But unless you can help saving both, I recommend that you will by all means do so.
4. The Pen Gates:
Don’t be running across the field with a petpet on your back to another different gate. Use the one closest to you! (common sense people, common sense!)
5. Move Briskly!:
Pick up the pace! You don’t have the time to stand around and deciding which cute lil pet you should save first! Move as quick as you can before Balthazar eats something!
6. Practice Makes Perfect 🙂
Good luck and happy herding! – brunette_qt_o0o
Some good tips
The trick of the game is to always get the petpets closes to you. but always keep an eye out for petpets that wander a bit and are in danger of becoming dinner for a hungry wolf! The snowflakes are almost always near Balthazar making it harder to freeze him. I’ve also noticed that if you grab the petpet nearest Balthazar it makes he go another direction. This could go to your advantage. The petpets with the small halos (a starry halo) gives you bonus from +2 to about +7. I hope this guide helps!! – Dark Angel
Mini guide
What a simple game! If you are new or lacking neopoints, you chose the right one! Samrin, a Kacheek, rounds up petpets everyday for money. Unfortunately, he has been having Lupe problems. Lately, Balthazar has been eating the petpets. It is up to you to walk up to the petpets, pick them up, and put them in the pen (you just have to walk on top of them and you automatically pick them up, and you have to walk to a tab on the pen, right by it, and the automatically go in).
In every level, one pet have a kind of a crown on his head. Catch that one and get extra bonus points, but also get all the other petpets, and be quick. You will see at least one orange ball, and one snowflake in every level also. The orange ball gives you a twenty second burst of speed, and a snowflake freezes Balthazar for about ten seconds. Don’t go out of your way to get a snowflake or orb! It will give Balthazar a chance to eat a petpet or you, and as you only have three lives, you can’t let that happen.
The screen and the pen start out with four tabs on them each. The tabs on the game screen can transport you from one side to another to save you from Balthazar. The tabs on the pen are where you drop of a petpet. You can only hold one petpet at a time, so hurry about this. After a few levels, the tabs start disappearing. First it is the side tabs on the game screen, and after all those are gone, the tabs on the pen start to disappear! In the end, only the side left one will be there! That is ALL you need to know, so good luck! – ruchi srivastava
Pause the game
If you are in the middle of playing extreme herder and a disturbance happens, e.g. phone rings, you cant pause but when you pick up the last pet pet, Balthazar stops chasing so you can leave it while you pick up the phone or whatever and he won’t have eaten it or you, as if it was paused! – k.hill9
Saving Strategy
When you first start out, rescue the petpet closest to Bathazar. Then, the petpet with the halo above it. It gives you extra points. Then, pick up the last petpet. Balthazar will start to leave. Take this time to work you’re way to the top, where Balthazar pops out. Then, you can rescue the closest pet all over again. Repeat this until you have one gate left. This part is tricky. I suggest getting the snowflakes and orange orbs constantly. Doing this, I have gotten a whole, 200 points in this game. – Khali