Magic Sort level guide
Magic Sort Level 231 Walkthrough
Magic Sort Level 231 is a nine-color sort on a three-tier 4-4-3 grid with a corked top-left bottle hiding brown and a pink/orange magic bottle on the bottom row. Pop the cork by emptying the TL bottle down to brown, then route every color into a single bottle while the magic bottle acts as the only flexible overflow for the awkward pink/orange leftovers.
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How to Solve Magic Sort Level 231 — Full Solution
- Pour the green top of the corked TL bottle into the empty third top slot to start the green stack, then pour the orange below it onto the orange/purple/purple middle bottle so the orange lane is alive.
- With the TL bottle now down to its hidden color, the cork pops and brown enters play — route that brown straight into the freed TL bottle as a single-color home.
- Drain the bottom-row pink/orange/orange magic bottle by sending pink onto the pink top of the second top bottle and orange onto the orange lane in the middle, then park the magic bottle as a one-color pink buffer.
- Use the middle empty to peel the red/cyan and red/yellow mixers top-first — cyan onto the cyan stack, yellow onto the yellow stack, red routed toward the red destination.
- Pour the blue top of the top-right blue/red/red bottle onto the blue lane in the bottom row, then route the red below it onto the red stack that is forming in the middle.
- Collapse the duplicated pink and cyan tops by pouring the pink top of the second top bottle into the pink magic bottle and the cyan top of the red/cyan mixer into the cyan bottle.
- Drain the remaining two- and three-color mixers top-first into the matching lanes, using the freed TL cork bottle and the middle empty as one-shot shuttles for any stranded top color.
- Top off brown, blue, orange, purple, green, cyan, yellow, pink and red so every bottle holds one color, with two empties left standing.
Colors in this level:
Brown, Blue, Orange, Purple, Green, Cyan, Yellow, Pink, Red
Common Mistakes to Avoid
- Pouring yellow, cyan or any second color into the bottom-row magic bottle after the cork pops, which locks the only flexible overflow and strands the pink/orange leftovers.
- Skipping the cork pop and trying to sort the green and orange without first emptying the TL bottle, which buries the hidden brown under the wrong colors.
- Pouring the green top of the corked bottle onto anything other than the empty third top slot, which forces the orange destination to sit on top of a mismatched color.
Quick Tips for Magic Sort Level 231 (spoiler-free)
- Pop the cork first by emptying the TL bottle down to its hidden brown before sorting anything else.
- Hold the bottom-row magic bottle strictly one color — the moment a second color lands in it, you lose the only overflow that can carry the pink/orange leftovers.
- Use the freed TL cork bottle and the middle empty as one-shot shuttles, never as permanent mixes.
Board notes 5 details
- Layout
- Three tiers, eleven bottles arranged 4-4-3. The top row is four bottles — a corked left bottle showing green over orange/orange, a pink/red/pink, an empty flask, and a blue/red/red. The middle row is four bottles — orange/purple/purple, an empty, a red/red/cyan, and a red/yellow/ yellow. The bottom row is three bottles — a blue/yellow/yellow, a pink/orange/orange tagged as the magic bottle, and an empty flask. Three empties to start, with nine distinct colors once the cork pops.
- Goal
- Pop the cork on the top-left bottle to release the brown hidden under the green and orange, then sort every color into its own bottle. The cork reveal is the first unlock that turns the TL bottle from a sealed green/orange stack into a normal mix and lets brown enter the sort.
- Opening
- Pour the green top of the corked TL bottle into the empty third top slot to start a green stack, then pour the orange below it onto the orange/purple/purple middle bottle. With the TL bottle emptied to brown, the cork pops and brown joins the board; use the bottom-row magic bottle to absorb the pink/orange that has no clean home yet.
- Danger Zone
- The pink/orange/orange magic bottle on the bottom row is the only flexible overflow in the puzzle. Pouring the wrong leftover into it after the cork pops — for example dropping yellow or cyan on top of the pink — locks it into a mix and you lose the slot the corked brown needs. Equally, do not route green onto any bottle that is not the dedicated green stack first, or the orange destination sits on top of the wrong color.
- Mechanics
- One corked bottle plus one magic bottle on a nine-color 4-4-3 grid. The cork hides brown inside a bottle that already shows green and orange, and the magic bottle must stay one color until the end because it is the only buffer that can carry a color without a home while the rest of the board is being drained.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do you pop the cork on the top-left bottle in Magic Sort Level 231?
Empty the TL bottle top-first. Pour its green top into the empty third top slot to start the green stack, then pour the orange below it onto the orange/purple/purple middle bottle — the cork pops once the bottle is down to its hidden brown, and that brown enters the sort.
Why is the bottom-row pink/orange/orange bottle the dangerous one in Level 231?
It is the only magic bottle on the board and acts as the sole flexible overflow for the nine colors. If you dump a second color on top of the pink or orange, it locks into a mix and you lose the slot that the corked brown and the awkward pink/orange leftovers both need to reach their final single-color bottles.