Magic Sort level guide
Magic Sort Level 226 Walkthrough
Magic Sort Level 226 is a six-cork double-mystery board on a 6+6 frame — six "?" 2-color mixers in the top row hiding their lower color behind a black "?" band, six mummy-wrapped paper cork vaults in the bottom row hiding their inner color behind a paper wrap. Pop the green vault on bottom-2 with the green top off top-2 to reveal the gray hidden color, crack the yellow-tagged bottom-1 cork with the banked yellow from the popped green flask, then thread the revealed "?" colors from the top mixers into the remaining sealed corks to free every bottle.
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How to Solve Magic Sort Level 226 — Full Solution
- Pour the green top off top-2 into the bottom-2 wrapped green vault to pop the cork, the wrap falls away, and the gray hidden color inside joins play as the first working buffer.
- Pour the yellow top off top-3 (now showing only its hidden purple bottom) into the popped bottom-2 green flask to start a yellow lane, then pour the yellow top off top-6 onto the same yellow buffer to deepen the yellow lane.
- Pour the consolidated yellow from the bottom-2 buffer into the bottom-1 wrapped yellow-tagged vault to crack the second cork, freeing the bottom-1 flask as a fresh buffer.
- Pour the pink top off top-1 into the popped bottom-1 flask to bank a pink buffer, then peel the now-exposed hidden color from top-1 into the bottom-1 pink flask to start an orange lane.
- Pour the consolidated orange from the bottom-1 buffer into the bottom-3 wrapped vault to crack the third cork, then pour the red top off top-4 into the bottom-5 wrapped red vault to crack the fourth cork.
- Use the four popped flasks (bottom-1, bottom-2, bottom-3 and the next opened buffer) as one-color shuttles to peel the remaining top mixers top-first, splitting the hidden "?" colors onto their matching lanes.
- Top off the six top-row bottles into single-color lanes and clear the three colored bottom bottles (orange, green, red) so the puzzle ends with three popped corks left empty.
Colors in this level:
Pink, Green, Yellow, Red, Blue, Purple, Brown, Orange
Common Mistakes to Avoid
- Pouring any color other than green into the bottom-2 green vault, which keeps the wrap sealed and strands the gray hidden color the rest of the sort depends on.
- Pouring anything other than yellow into the bottom-1 yellow-tagged vault, which leaves that cork sealed and means the rest of the top mixers have no buffer to land their revealed "?" colors in.
- Treating a top-row "?" mixer's hidden color as if it matches the visible top, and pouring a second yellow into a buffer that already has yellow on it, which locks the popped flask the moment a second color lands.
Quick Tips for Magic Sort Level 226 (spoiler-free)
- Pop the bottom-2 green vault with the green top off top-2 first — that gray hidden color is the only working buffer you have on a board that starts with zero empties.
- Bank yellow from the top-3 and top-6 yellow tops into the popped bottom-2 buffer before you touch the yellow-tagged bottom-1 cork, or the second vault stays sealed.
- The four fully-sealed corks (bottom-1, bottom-3, bottom-4, bottom-6) carry no visible color hint beyond their neck tags — read the top-row "?" reveals to find each trigger.
Board notes 5 details
- Layout
- Two tiers, 6+6 = 12 bottles, no starting empties. The top row is six "?" mystery 2-color mixers — pink over a hidden color (top-1, with a small yellow neck tag), green over a hidden color (top-2), yellow over a hidden purple (top-3), red over a hidden brown (top-4), green over a hidden color (top-5), and yellow over a hidden color (top-6, also with a small yellow neck tag); every top bottle carries a black "?" band on its lower segment to mark the hidden bottom color. The bottom row is six mummy-wrapped paper cork vaults — a wrapped yellow-tagged cork at bottom-1, a wrapped green vault at bottom-2 (a full green flask showing through the wrap), a wrapped mystery cork at bottom-3, a wrapped mystery cork at bottom-4, a wrapped red vault at bottom-5 (a full red flask showing through the wrap), and a wrapped mystery cork at bottom-6.
- Goal
- Pop all six wrapped corks in the bottom row by pouring the right trigger color on top of each, then peel every top-row "?" mixer top-first to reveal its hidden lower color. The first real unlock is the bottom-2 green vault — pour the green top off top-2 into it, the wrap falls away, and the gray mystery color inside joins play as the first buffer. The remaining four sealed corks (bottom-1, bottom-3, bottom-4, bottom-6) have to be cracked in order, with the trigger color for each one coming from the "?" reveal of a top-row mixer.
- Opening
- Pour the green top off top-2 into the bottom-2 wrapped green vault to pop the cork and reveal the gray hidden color. Pour the yellow top off top-3 (now showing only its hidden purple bottom) into the popped bottom-2 flask to start a yellow lane, then pour the yellow top off top-6 onto the same yellow buffer to deepen the yellow lane. Pour the consolidated yellow from the bottom-2 buffer into the bottom-1 wrapped yellow-tagged vault to crack the second cork and free the bottom-1 flask as a fresh buffer.
- Danger Zone
- Pouring any color other than green into the bottom-2 green vault leaves the wrap sealed and strands the gray hidden color the rest of the sort depends on. Pouring anything other than yellow into the bottom-1 yellow-tagged vault has the same effect — that cork only opens on yellow, so bank yellow in the popped bottom-2 buffer first before you touch it. Once the popped bottom-2 flask has its first yellow pour, every subsequent pour onto it must also be yellow, or the buffer locks and you lose your only working slot just when the orange reveal needs somewhere to land. Never assume a top-row "?" mixer's hidden color matches its visible top — every one of the six mixers holds two different colors and the bottom one is always unknown.
- Mechanics
- A six-cork double-mystery board on a sparse 6+6 frame, with six "?" mystery mixers in the top row hiding their lower color behind a black "?" band, and six mummy-wrapped paper cork vaults in the bottom row hiding their inner color behind a paper wrap. Two corks (bottom-2 green, bottom-5 red) show their inner color through the wrap so the trigger is obvious, two top-row mixers (top-1 pink, top-6 yellow) carry small yellow key tags that hint at the yellow-triggered vault chain, and the popped corks reveal a gray "?" mystery color that joins play. The puzzle threads the two mystery layers together — the hidden "?" colors revealed by peeling the top mixers are the trigger colors for the remaining sealed corks, so each mystery layer feeds the next unlock in turn.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do you start Magic Sort Level 226 when every bottle is locked or mixed?
Pour the green top off top-2 into the bottom-2 wrapped green vault to pop the first cork — the wrap falls away and the gray hidden color inside joins play as the first working buffer on a board that started with zero empties.
Why is the bottom-1 yellow-tagged cork the second vault to crack in Level 226?
Bank the yellow from the top-3 and top-6 yellow tops into the popped bottom-2 buffer first, then pour that consolidated yellow into the bottom-1 yellow-tagged vault — that cork only opens on yellow, and cracking it frees the bottom-1 flask as a fresh buffer for the orange reveal that comes off the top-1 pink mixer's "?" half.