Magic Sort level guide
Magic Sort Level 218 Walkthrough
Magic Sort Level 218 is a three-tier, twelve-bottle three-vault release board with a tall yellow-padlock wooden box at top-left, a small green-padlock box in the middle-left, and a small blue-padlock box on the bottom-left. Bank green, blue and yellow in the two empty flasks, pop the three vaults in that order to release the hidden single-color lanes, clear the "?" caps on the bottom and top rows as their matching colors land, then drain every mixer top-first so all fourteen bottles end on a single color.
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How to Solve Magic Sort Level 218 — Full Solution
- Tap the top-right and middle-right empty flasks as scratch buffers, then peel the green top off the middle-row, col-2 mixer onto the middle-right buffer to bank a clean green lane.
- Pour the banked green into the middle-left green-padlock wooden box to pop the first vault — the box transforms and a hidden segment drops into the box slot, becoming the first working stack.
- Peel the blue top off the bottom-row, col-2 cyan mixer onto the middle-right buffer, then pour that blue into the bottom-left blue-padlock wooden box to pop the second vault and release a second hidden segment.
- Peel the yellow top off the middle-row, col-3 mixer (red-cyan-yellow) into a clean buffer, then pour that yellow into the tall top-left yellow-padlock wooden box to pop the third vault — the tall box splits and the top row expands from three to five bottles, dropping two new single-color flasks into play.
- Pop the "?" caps on the bottom-row singles one at a time as their matching colors land — route the revealed cyan, dark, purple and green each onto a real stack, then clear the "?" cap on the top-row red bottle to free the red segment.
- Drain the rest of the mixers top-first — pour the top-row red onto the new top- row red lane, the middle-row cyan and yellow onto their matching top-row lanes, and the bottom-row cyan, dark, purple and green onto the lanes released by the vaults.
- Use the two vault-released bottom-row lanes plus the two tall-box-released top-row lanes as the final workshop, and top off the leftover mixed segments one bottle at a time.
- Top off gray, brown, blue, purple, pink, orange, yellow, cyan, green and red so all fourteen bottles end on a single color with no mixed segments and no "?" caps left.
Colors in this level:
Green, Blue, Yellow, Red, Cyan, Dark, Purple, Orange, Brown, Gray, Pink
Common Mistakes to Avoid
- Pouring a wrong color into one of the three vault padlocks, which seals that padlock shut and strands the hidden single-color bottle the rest of the puzzle depends on.
- Pouring the top-row red off the bottle before a red lane is ready, which loses the only red source on the board and forces the whole pour order to be redone.
- Popping a "?" cap before a clean matching lane is banked, which strands the revealed color on top of the wrong stack and burns the empty buffer you needed for the next vault.
Quick Tips for Magic Sort Level 218 (spoiler-free)
- Pop the three wooden box vaults in green-blue-yellow order so each release lands on a buffer that is already banked with the matching color.
- The tall yellow-padlock box is the only one that releases two hidden segments, so it is the most expensive vault to pop — pour the wrong color into it and you lose the two extra top-row lanes the rest of the sort depends on.
- The top-row red bottle is the only red source on the board, so do not pour the red off the top until you have a red lane ready, or the bottom row loses its red anchor and the pour order has to be redone.
Board notes 5 details
- Layout
- A three-tier board of twelve bottles — three in the top row, four in the middle row, five in the bottom row. The leftmost column is three wooden box vaults — a tall yellow-padlock box in the top row, a small green-padlock box in the middle row, and a small blue-padlock box in the bottom row. The remaining top-row bottle is a red cap sitting on two dark "?" segments, with an empty buffer on the far right of the top row. The middle row holds a cyan-on-pink mixer with a "?" cap, a red-cyan-yellow three-color mixer, and another empty buffer on the right. The bottom row is four near-empty singles — cyan, dark, purple and green — each topped with a single "?" cap. Two empty flasks (top-right, middle-right) are the only working buffers at the start, and the tall top-left box hides two segments while the two small boxes hide one each.
- Goal
- Pop the three wooden box vaults in green-blue-yellow order to release the only single-color lanes on the board. The middle-left green-padlock box pops on green, the bottom-left blue-padlock box pops on blue, and the tall top-left yellow-padlock box pops on yellow and drops two new single-color flasks into the top row, expanding the layout from twelve to fourteen bottles. After all three vaults are open and the "?" caps are popped, drain every remaining mixer top-first so all fourteen bottles end on a single color.
- Opening
- Tap the top-right and middle-right empty flasks as scratch buffers, then peel the green top off the middle-row, col-2 mixer onto the middle-right buffer to bank a clean green lane. Pour the banked green into the middle-left green-padlock box to pop the first vault — the box transforms and a hidden segment drops into the box slot as the first working stack. Peel the blue top off the bottom-row, col-2 cyan mixer onto the middle-right buffer, then pour that blue into the bottom-left blue-padlock box to pop the second vault. Peel the yellow top off the middle-row, col-3 mixer (red-cyan-yellow) into a clean buffer, then pour that yellow into the tall top-left yellow-padlock box — the tall box splits and the top row expands from three to five bottles, dropping two new single-color flasks into play.
- Danger Zone
- Pouring the wrong color into a vault padlock (orange into the yellow-padlock box, red into the blue-padlock box, etc.) seals the padlock shut and burns the move — the box stays locked for the rest of the run and the hidden single-color bottle the rest of the puzzle depends on is stranded behind it. The "?" caps on the bottom-row singles and on the top-row red bottle each hide one segment that only releases on a matching color, so popping a cap before you have a clean matching lane strands the revealed color on top of the wrong stack. The top-row red bottle is the only red source on the entire board, so do not pour the red off the top into any bottle that does not already have a red home waiting. With only two empty flasks, every buffer must stay single-color until you can clear it onto a real stack.
- Mechanics
- A three-vault release board on a three-tier frame, with one TALL yellow-padlock box (two hidden segments) and two short padlock boxes (one hidden segment each), plus a row of "?" caps that need to be popped on matching colors. The skill is sequencing — bank green first and pop the middle-left vault, bank blue next and pop the bottom- left vault, then bank yellow and pop the tall top-left vault so the two extra single-color bottles land in an already-prepared top row. After the three vaults have released and the "?" caps have been popped, the run collapses into a normal top-first drain where each of the fourteen bottles ends on a single color.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the first move in Magic Sort Level 218?
Tap the top-right and middle-right empty flasks as scratch buffers, then peel the green top off the middle-row, col-2 mixer onto the middle-right buffer to bank a clean green lane. Walk that green over to the middle-left green-padlock wooden box to pop the first vault, and the hidden segment drops into the box slot as the first working stack.
Why is the tall top-left box the most expensive vault in Level 218?
The tall yellow-padlock wooden box is twice the height of the other two vaults, which is the hint that it hides two hidden segments instead of one. Pour the wrong color into its padlock and you lose both extra top-row lanes at once, leaving the rest of the sort one lane short of the fourteen bottles the final state needs.