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...es. There are three different types of drops in Tetris, gravity drop, soft drop, and instant drops. Gravity can be thought of as an automatic drop. It moves a tetromino downward into the [[playfield]] at a regular rate, wh

...print mode. [[DAS]], ARR, [[Lock delay|lock delay]], [[Drop#Soft drop|soft drop]] speed, and gravity rate are fully adjustable. The player can also customi

== Soft-drop method == ...clear the first line of the stack. This has the same drawbacks as the soft drop method, and is unavailable (or, in the case of the "well-known twist", equi

|hard = No (two speeds of soft drop) ...e has two soft drop keys; by default, Space soft drops slowly, while Enter soft drops quickly. Each game has a pause function, but the pause function only

| Softdrop || {{softdrop}} || Soft drop | Firmdrop || {{firmdrop}} || Firm drop

! Drop scoring ! Soft drop speed

...acts as a hard drop. This is in contrast to Tetris Jr. which only has soft drop.

Some misdrops leave gaps that require only a simple slide to fix after soft dropping or firm dropping. Soft/Firm Drop L

...vel+1 * 30, with level+1 points being awearded for each half-block of soft drop used. ...e levels that are slower than the previous level. It also has 1/2 G [[Soft drop]], that can be used even when the natural falling speed is faster.

...me beyond level 15, but clearing lines will not give you any points. (Soft drop still gives you points, however) There is an interesting difference between *Black: Endless mode. [[Drop#Gravity|Gravity]] is fixed at 7G, which is same as level 15 in other modes.

|hard = Yes (automatic soft) Soft drop is 1G. Drop button acts as an automatic soft drop, blocking all inputs until the piece locks. By pressing A, B or C on the pa

|hard = Hard and soft drop ...en, but levels continue to increase indefinitely. The game never exceeds [[drop|1g]]. By level fifteen, the tetrominoes appear to fall one row per frame.

*Center Button: Soft drop *Play/Pause: Hard drop

...tead of two, or use a platform opening. With respect to [[twist|T-spins]], soft drops will be needed. ...e other reason justifies using a frame to hold it. If a tetromino requires soft-dropping to be placed optimally, hold it, but next time stack better. In re

...ficult line clears||Action score × 1.5 (excluding soft drop and hard drop) |[[Drop#Soft drop|Soft drop]]||1 per cell

...e clears and [[drop|soft dropping]]. 1 point is awarded for every two rows soft dropped.

*[[Drop#Soft drop|Soft drop]]: Varies by level. The following table shows gravity and soft drop speeds for levels 1 to 15.

...is S or Z]], but it does have a speed penalty on games with a slow soft [[drop]] (like Tetris DS). Soft-drop a T and spin it:

*''d'' = 1 for normal gravity or 2 for soft [[drop]] when the tetromino lands ...must have been accelerating for a certain number of rows (~6) for the soft drop bonus to count.

...-piece and O-piece. Pieces spawn on the 22nd and 21st row, but immediately drop one row. Pieces don't kick. [[T-Spin]]s are detected, although because ther === Landed hard drop ===