This Wordscapes Mallard Duck guide shows what the Mallard Duck animal gives in Wordscapes Wildlife, including its brilliance reward, 360 coin cost, 0.5-hour activity, 12-hour sleep time, heart gems, and level-by-level stats. Use this page to understand when Mallard Duck is worth using, what it can return by level, and how it compares with other Wildlife animals.
For the complete table and to compare Mallard Duck with all the other animals, you can use the Wordscapes Wildlife Animal Spreadsheet.
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Mallard Duck is a Common Wordscapes Wildlife animal from the Red Egg that gives brilliance.
BrillianceCommon ♦Max L10
Red Egg
94Max hearts / 30 min8Max brilliance / 30 minHow to get Mallard Duck
Mallard Duck is one of the 9 animals of the Red Egg in the Wildlife egg store. To see when the Red Egg comes back, check which egg comes next in the rotation before you spend your heart gems. The Red Egg group went from level 7 to level 10 with the October 2026 update (build 3.13.90). Before you spend, decide which egg to save your heart gems for, because one color at a time levels animals about six times faster.
What does Mallard Duck give in Wordscapes?
Mallard Duck is a Wordscapes Wildlife animal that gives brilliance. Mallard Duck is useful when you want to increase your long-term brilliance score.
Mallard Duck gives brilliance after its Wildlife activity. At its highest available level, it can return 94 heart gems per activity and 8 brilliance per activity.
175brilliance a day at level 102,051heart gems a day at level 10Mallard Duck ranks 12th of the 13 brilliance animals on brilliance per 30 minutes at max level (8). Collected on time, a level 10 Mallard Duck makes about 175 brilliance and 2,051 heart gems a day, counting its 12-hour sleep.
Mallard Duck stats by level
The table below shows how Mallard Duck changes by level. Check the hearts, brilliance, activity duration, sleep time, and coin cost before deciding whether it is the best animal to use.
| Level | Heart gems | Brilliance | Per 100 coins | Duplicates | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Per activity | Per 30 min | Per activity | Per 30 min | |||
| L1 | 75 | 75 | 6 | 6 | 1.7 | Hatch |
| L2 | 78 | 78 | 7 | 7 | 1.9 | 10 |
| L3 | 84 | 84 | 7 | 7 | 1.9 | 15 |
| L4 | 85 | 85 | 7 | 7 | 1.9 | 25 |
| L5 | 86 | 86 | 7 | 7 | 1.9 | 50 |
| L6 | 88 | 88 | 7 | 7 | 1.9 | 100 |
| L7 | 90 | 90 | 7 | 7 | 1.9 | 200 |
| Levels 8 to 10, added with the October 2026 update (build 3.13.90) | ||||||
| L8 | 92 | 92 | 8 | 8 | 2.2 | 400 |
| L9 | 93 | 93 | 8 | 8 | 2.2 | 800 |
| L10MAX | 94 | 94 | 8 | 8 | 2.2 | 1,600 |
Reaching level 10 takes 3,200 duplicates in total, counted from the level 1 hatch.
Mallard Duck is best compared with other animals that give brilliance, because those animals compete for the same event or gameplay goal.
To make a better choice based on the animals you have collected, use the Wordscapes Animal Selector. You can also read the Best animals for brilliance guide for a wider ranking.
Mallard Duck makes about 175 brilliance a day. Its closest brilliance animals on that number:
Finchabout 185 brilliance a day
Kingfisherabout 222 brilliance a day
Wacky Inflatable Manabout 225 brilliance a day