Magic Sort level guide
Magic Sort Level 242 Walkthrough
Magic Sort Level 242 is a compact two-tier, ten-bottle board where the entire puzzle rotates around a single white magic bottle parked in the centre of the top row. Yellow, green and purple are already sorted so they anchor three free lanes, the orange-dark-brown stack in bottom 5 is the only true three-color mixer, and the starting near-empty plus the freed bottom 2 are the only real workspace. Bank the dark shuttle first, peel the dark off the bottom 4 green so green enters play, then pour brown into the magic bottle as its one and only color and top off all ten bottles.
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How to Solve Magic Sort Level 242 — Full Solution
- Pour the red top of bottom 2 (red-on-dark) onto the bottom 1 (pink-on-dark) to fuse them into a three-color stack, freeing the bottom 2 as your first working buffer.
- Pour the dark of bottom 2 onto the small red in bottom 3 to consolidate red, then drop the short dark top of top 1 into the freed bottom 2 to start a clean dark shuttle.
- Pour the dark top of bottom 4 (dark-on-green) onto the dark shuttle in bottom 2 to clear green into a single-color base, then tap the starting near-empty (bottom 3, now empty) as a second working buffer.
- Peel the bottom 5 orange-dark-brown stack top-first — pour the brown base into the white magic bottle in top 3, pour the dark middle onto the dark shuttle in bottom 2, and pour the orange top into the top 4 buffer.
- Route the orange in the top 4 buffer onto the now-cleared top 1 (which emptied when its dark segment was poured into bottom 2), then pour the brown from the magic bottle onto that same cleared top 1 to consolidate the brown lane.
- Split the bottom 1 pink-red-dark three-color stack top-first — pour the red top onto the consolidated red in bottom 3, pour the pink onto the top 5 purple to top up the purple lane, and let the dark base join the dark shuttle in bottom 2.
- Move the green from the cleared bottom 4 onto a matching home lane, or onto any bottle that has a green base waiting, until bottom 4 is empty.
- Top off pink, red, dark, green, brown, orange, yellow and purple so all ten bottles end on a single color with the white magic bottle either empty or holding only its single brown lane.
Colors in this level:
Dark, Purple, Yellow, Green, Pink, Red, Orange, Brown
Common Mistakes to Avoid
- Pouring the dark top of bottom 4 into the white magic bottle before green is banked, which strands green with no home lane.
- Pouring two different colors into the top 3 white magic bottle in a row, which locks the only flexible overflow and strands the leftover color with no clean place to land.
- Pouring the red top of bottom 2 directly onto the magic bottle instead of onto bottom 1, which wastes the first buffer you need to peel pink and dark out of the bottom row.
Quick Tips for Magic Sort Level 242 (spoiler-free)
- Bank the dark top of bottom 4 (dark-on-green) onto the dark shuttle in bottom 2 before pouring the brown base of bottom 5, otherwise green has no clean place to land once the dark is off.
- Never pour two different colors into the top 3 white magic bottle — it locks into a mix and you lose the only flexible overflow on the board.
- Use the starting near-empty plus the freed bottom 2 as your only two working buffers, and keep each buffer strictly one color so it can be cleared onto a real home lane later.
Board notes 5 details
- Layout
- Two-tier board with five top bottles and five bottom bottles — ten positions in total, no corks, no wooden boxes, no wraps, no frozen bottles. The top row holds a short dark mixer (dark on top with a small purple base), a clean full yellow, a tall white "magic" bottle with a clasp on its cap, a clean full green, and a clean full purple. The bottom row holds a pink-on-dark two-color stack, a red-on-dark two-color stack, a short near-empty flask, a dark-on-green two-color stack, and the only three-color stack on the board (orange on dark on brown). Yellow, green and purple are already sorted from the first frame.
- Goal
- Peel the three-color stack in bottom 5 (orange-dark-brown) top-first, route orange onto pink, peel the dark middle into a dark shuttle, then pour the brown base into the white magic bottle in top 3 as its one and only color. Use the freed bottom 2 plus the starting near-empty as your two working buffers to finish merging pink, red, dark, green, orange and brown into single-color lanes, ending with the magic bottle either empty or holding only brown.
- Opening
- Pour the red top of bottom 2 (red-on-dark) onto the bottom 1 (pink-on-dark) to fuse them into a three-color stack and free the bottom 2 as your first working buffer. Pour the dark of bottom 2 onto the small red in bottom 3 to consolidate red, then drop the short dark top of top 1 into the freed bottom 2 to start a clean dark shuttle. Tap the starting near-empty (bottom 3, now empty) as a second buffer, then peel the bottom 5 orange-dark-brown stack top-first — pour the brown base into the white magic bottle in top 3, pour the dark middle onto the dark shuttle in bottom 2, and pour the orange top into the top 4 buffer.
- Danger Zone
- Pouring two different colors into the top 3 white magic bottle in a row locks it into a permanent mix and burns the only flexible overflow on the board. The bottom 5 orange-dark-brown stack is the trap — if brown goes into the magic bottle and the dark middle follows before the dark shuttle in bottom 2 is ready, the magic bottle seals. Equally, dumping the dark top of bottom 4 (dark-on-green) onto the magic bottle before green is banked strands green with no home.
- Mechanics
- A single white magic bottle on an otherwise tidy 2-tier, 10-bottle board with exactly one starting near-empty. Three lanes (yellow in top 2, green in top 4, purple in top 5) are already clean and anchor the color map, the bottom 5 orange-dark-brown stack is the only true three-color mixer, and the top 3 magic bottle must do double duty as the brown overflow and as the final single-color home — so the level lives or dies on whether the player routes exactly one color into the magic bottle and empties it onto a real lane before any second color lands on top.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do you use the white magic bottle in Magic Sort Level 242?
Pour exactly one color into it — brown, the base of the bottom 5 three-color stack — and empty it onto a real home lane before any second color lands on top. Once brown is moved out, the magic bottle can either stay empty or finish as a single-color lane, but if a second color ever stacks onto the first inside it the magic bottle locks and you lose the only flexible overflow on the board.
Why does green have to be peeled off bottom 4 before the brown base of bottom 5 is poured?
Bottom 4 starts as a dark-on-green two-color stack, and green is the only color that lives under dark in the whole board. Pour the dark top of bottom 4 onto the dark shuttle in bottom 2 first, then bank green onto a matching home before touching the brown base of bottom 5, or the dark shuttle fills up and green has nowhere clean to land.