Magic Sort level guide
Magic Sort Level 229 Walkthrough
Magic Sort Level 229 puts a single star-marked Magic Bottle in the top row and two red-padlocked wooden boxes in the middle, with only three small flask buffers below. Crack the left padlock with the red off top-2 and the right padlock with the dark-red off top-4, then use the Magic Bottle and the three flasks to absorb the reveals before sorting navy, purple, pink, cyan, yellow, orange, green and brown into single-color stacks.
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How to Solve Magic Sort Level 229 — Full Solution
- Pour the red top off top-2 (red-pink-navy) into the left red-locked box to crack it, releasing a yellow-over-orange reveal in the same column.
- Pour the dark-red top off top-4 (red-navy-brown) into the right red-locked box to crack it, releasing a navy-over-purple reveal beside the first.
- Pour the now-exposed pink off top-2 into bottom-1 to start a pink flask, and pour the cyan off top-1 onto the single green at top-5 to start a cyan-over-green stack.
- Pour the brown off top-4 into bottom-2 to start a brown flask, then move the Magic Bottle at top-3 (purple-navy) onto bottom-3 so its star-marked top can shuttle purple and navy.
- Split the yellow-orange reveal from the left box top-first — yellow into the top-1 cyan-green stack, orange onto a flask — and split the navy-purple reveal from the right box the same way, navy into the Magic Bottle slot and purple onto a clean flask.
- Drain the four top mixers top-down, sending each exposed color to its matching stack or flask, and clear every flask onto a real bottle before reusing it.
- Top off blue, purple, pink, green, cyan, red, yellow, orange and brown so all ten bottles end on a single color.
Colors in this level:
Red, Cyan, Blue, Pink, Purple, Brown, Green, Yellow, Orange, Navy
Common Mistakes to Avoid
- Pouring a non-red color into a locked box, which traps that color with the padlock and leaves the real red with no legal unlock move.
- Pouring two different colors into the Magic Bottle before its own purple and navy are parked, which costs the board its only flexible overflow slot.
- Reusing a flask before its color has been cleared onto a real bottle, which strands the new pour and locks the bottom row.
Quick Tips for Magic Sort Level 229 (spoiler-free)
- Crack both red padlocks with the red tops of top-2 and top-4 before touching any other color.
- Keep the Magic Bottle at top-3 as a single-color slot — never mix two colors inside it.
- Clear every flask onto a real bottle before reusing it, because the three flasks are all you have.
Board notes 5 details
- Layout
- Two tiers, no wraps or corks. The top row is five bottles — top-1 cyan-over-red-over-navy, top-2 red-over-pink-over-navy, top-3 a star-marked Magic Bottle sitting on purple-over-navy, top-4 dark-red-over-navy-over-brown, and top-5 a single green. The middle row holds two side-by-side red-padlocked wooden Lock Boxes plus a small empty flask slot beside them. The bottom strip is three small empty flask slots — the board's only buffers beside the Magic Bottle.
- Goal
- Crack both red padlocks so the trapped reveals drop into the middle row, then use the Magic Bottle and the three flasks to absorb every exposed color and finish on a single-color stack per bottle.
- Opening
- Pour the red top off top-2 into the left red-locked box to crack it, releasing a yellow-over-orange reveal. Pour the dark-red top off top-4 into the right red-locked box to crack it, releasing a navy-over-purple reveal. Then split the reveals top-first onto clean lanes.
- Danger Zone
- The two red padlocks are the only chokepoint — pour any non-red color into a locked box and that color is trapped with the padlock, leaving the real red with no legal unlock move. The Magic Bottle at top-3 is the only flexible slot, so never pour two different colors into it before its own purple and navy are parked, or the rest of the board loses its overflow.
- Mechanics
- A red-padlock-box board stacked on one Magic Bottle and three flask buffers. The boxes each gate on a red pour, the Magic Bottle soaks up whatever does not have a clean lane, and the three small flasks are the only other overflow — so the whole puzzle is timing the two red unlocks before the Magic Bottle is needed and never reusing a flask until its color has a real stack.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the first move in Magic Sort Level 229?
Pour the red top off top-2 into the left red-locked box to crack it. The box releases a yellow-over-orange reveal, opens the middle row, and gives you a place to land the rest of the top mixers.
Why does the Magic Bottle matter so much in Level 229?
The two locked boxes and the three flask slots leave almost no flexible overflow, so the star-marked bottle at top-3 is the only place that can soak up the colors without a matching stack — but it must stay single-color or it locks and the rest of the board deadlocks.