Magic Sort level guide
Magic Sort Level 211 Walkthrough
Magic Sort Level 211 is a dense pure routing board on a 5x3 grid — fifteen mixed bottles, three empties, no corks, boxes, wraps or magic. The right-of-middle five-color bottle (four blues capped with a red top) is the bottleneck, and the two top-row reds are the space you have to bank before the heavy middle row can be drained top-down into a single color per bottle.
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How to Solve Magic Sort Level 211 — Full Solution
- Pour one of the two top-row reds onto the other top-row red to merge the pair and free a top slot.
- Use the freed top slot and the three bottom empties to peel the top of the bottom-left purple-blue-red mix, sending each exposed color to a match or a clean empty.
- Drain the red top of the right-of-middle five-color bottle onto a red lane so the four blues underneath are the only thing left in that bottle.
- Pull each subsequent color off the five-color bottle in turn — blue, blue, blue, blue — sending each one to its matching lane or a clean empty, in that exact top-to-bottom order.
- Collapse the cyan-purple mixers in the middle row, the cyan-orange mix on the top right, and the bottom-right yellow-on-red stack into single colors using the empties as one-shot shuttles.
- Top off yellow, green, orange, pink, purple and cyan into their own bottles until all fifteen end on a single color.
Colors in this level:
Red, Blue, Cyan, Purple, Green, Yellow, Orange, Pink
Common Mistakes to Avoid
- Starting on the three-color bottom-left mixer before merging the two top-row reds, which wastes the only chance to bank a top slot early and leaves the five-color bottle's red top with nowhere to go.
- Reusing one of the three empties before clearing it onto a real stack, which strands two colors in the same buffer and burns the space the five-color bottle's blues will need.
Quick Tips for Magic Sort Level 211 (spoiler-free)
- Merge the two top-row reds first to bank a top slot before you touch the heavy mixers.
- Drain the right-of-middle five-color bottle in strict top-to-bottom order — the four blues are the only blues on the board, so they have to be the only thing left in that bottle before you start pulling them out.
- Keep every empty single-color and clear it onto a real stack before you reuse it, or two colors get stranded in the same buffer.
Board notes 5 details
- Layout
- Three tiers, no locks, wraps, boxes, corks or magic. The top row is a red-blue mix, a full red, an empty, a full red, and a cyan-orange mix. The middle row is the heavy band — a purple-green-blue mix, a red-red-cyan mix, an empty, a cyan-purple mix, and a five-color stack of four blues with a red on top. The bottom row is a purple-blue-red mix, an empty, a full cyan, a full red, and a yellow-on-top red stack. Three starting empties; the puzzle sits on eight unique colors (red, blue, cyan, purple, green, yellow, orange, pink).
- Goal
- Route every color into a single bottle. The real chokepoint is the five-color bottle on the right of the middle row — it can only bleed off one color at a time, and the order in which the four blues and the red top come out decides whether the rest of the board still has a home for them. The two top-row reds are the space that has to be merged first.
- Opening
- Pour one of the two top-row reds onto the other top-row red to merge the pair and free a top slot. Move the exposed top of the red-blue mix into the freed slot or a bottom empty. Drain the red top of the right-of-middle five-color bottle onto a red lane next. Keep the three empties single-color as you build buffers.
- Danger Zone
- The right-of-middle five-color bottle is the trap. Pull a color off the top in the wrong order and the four blues below get stranded with no matching lane. The two top-row reds also lock the row if you let them sit — they are not on a matching top and will bury anything you pour onto them. The bottom-right yellow-on-red stack locks if you pull the reds off before the yellow has somewhere to land.
- Mechanics
- A dense pure routing board on a 5x3 grid with three empties and one five-color bottleneck. There is no special mechanism to lean on — only the top segment of every bottle can move, and the whole puzzle is the count of empty slots you can bank early versus the depth of the deepest mixers.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do you start Magic Sort Level 211 with fifteen mixed bottles and only three empties?
Merge the two top-row reds first to bank a top slot, then peel the easier three- and four-color mixers using the freed slot and the three empties as single-color buffers. Only after the heavy mixers have a clean red lane ready should you start bleeding the right-of-middle five-color bottle.
Why is the right-of-middle five-color bottle the bottleneck in Level 211?
It can only bleed off one color at a time, and the four blues under the red top are the only blues on the board. Pull them in the wrong order — for example, pouring the red top into a non-red slot — and the four blues have no matching lane, which strands them for the rest of the puzzle.