Destroyed gnomes occasionally drop hearts or coins, which respectively restore the player's health and allow the purchase of various power-up items at the in-game shop when it pops up.
Coins can be acquired by other means, such as defeating particular gnomes in specified ways or playing a bonus round.
At the end of each level, the player earns bonus points based on their performance (click accuracy, number of gnomes destroyed, etc.).
Once the game ends, the player may choose to continue from any checkpoint reached to that moment, retaining all accumulated items but with the score reset to zero.
Defeating him unlocks "Tough Cookie" mode, a more difficult version of Classic Bash.