Magic Sort level guide
Magic Sort Level 243 Walkthrough
Magic Sort Level 243 is a tight vault finale on a nine-to-twelve position board. Three locked wooden boxes line the top row, with orange, blue and cyan padlocks, and each one wears a tan "?" cap that hides both the padlock key and the released color. The bottom row holds six short bottles — only green, brown, dark and orange are visible — and a tan "?" cap on the third bottle hides the last dark base. Bank orange first with the lone bottom-right empty, walk the three boxes in orange, cyan, blue order, then drain the remaining mixers top-first so every position ends on a single color.
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How to Solve Magic Sort Level 243 — Full Solution
- Pour the green top of the bottom-left bottle (green-on-dark) into the empty flask in the bottom-right corner, then dock the empty back under the bottom-left bottle so the dark base is now exposed.
- Peel the brown top of the second bottom bottle (brown-on-dark) into the bottom-right flask to start a brown lane, then pour the now-exposed dark onto the dark-on-orange bottle to extend that dark base.
- Pop the tan "?" cap on the third bottom bottle to expose the color underneath, then bank that color into a clean slot so the cap is out of the way.
- Pour the orange top of the dark-on-orange bottle into a clean flask to bank orange, then pour that banked orange onto the orange-padlock box. The first box pops and drops a fresh single color into the top row.
- Pop the tan "?" cap on the cyan-padlock box, bank its revealed cyan into its own stack, then pour the banked cyan onto the cyan-padlock box. The second box pops and drops a fresh single color into the top row.
- Pop the tan "?" cap on the blue-padlock box, bank its revealed blue into its own stack, then pour the banked blue onto the blue-padlock box. The third box pops and drops a fresh single color into the top row.
- Drain the remaining bottom-row mixers top-first, peeling green, brown, dark, and orange each onto its own stack, and clear the now-empty "?" cap slots into the working buffer.
- Top off every released color plus green, brown, dark and orange so all twelve positions end on a single color with no mixed segments left.
Colors in this level:
Orange, Cyan, Blue, Yellow, Purple, Red, Green, Brown, Dark, Pink, Gray
Common Mistakes to Avoid
- Pouring a non-orange color onto the orange-padlock box, which seals the first box shut and burns the only visible key color in the starting layout.
- Pouring the orange top of the dark-on-orange bottle before the bottom-right empty is clear, which strands orange on top of another color and leaves no clean flask to bank it for the first padlock.
- Popping a box "?" cap before the matching padlock key is banked, so the released color lands on a stack that is not yet ready for it.
Quick Tips for Magic Sort Level 243 (spoiler-free)
- Bank orange in the bottom-right flask before you touch any padlock, since orange is the only visible key color in the starting layout.
- Pop the tan "?" caps on the cyan and blue boxes as soon as you can spare the empty, because cyan and blue underneath them are the only sources for the other two padlocks.
- Keep the bottom-right empty as a single-color buffer only — bury two colors into it and you lose the only working slot before the second box unlock.
Board notes 5 details
- Layout
- A narrow two-tier board. The top row is three tall wooden vault boxes side by side, each with a tan "?" cap on top — an orange-padlock box on the left, a blue-padlock box in the middle, and a cyan-padlock box on the right. The bottom row is six short bottles, left and the bottom row runs a green-on-dark two-color, a brown-on-dark two-color, a tan "?" cap over a single dark base, a dark-on-orange two-color, an orange-on-dark two-color, and the lone empty flask in the bottom-right corner. Only four colors are visible at the start (green, brown, dark, orange); cyan and blue are nowhere in sight because they live under the tan "?" caps on the boxes themselves.
- Goal
- Bank orange first in a clean flask with the single bottom-right empty, then pour orange onto the orange-padlock box to release the first hidden color. Pop the tan "?" caps on the cyan and blue boxes to expose their padlock keys, bank each key on its own stack, and pour cyan and blue onto their own padlocks in turn. After all three boxes pop, the three released colors drop into the top row as fresh single-color bottles and the remaining mixers have to be drained top-first until every position is one color.
- Opening
- Pour the green top of the bottom-left bottle (green-on-dark) into the empty flask in the bottom-right corner, then dock the empty back under the bottom-left bottle so the dark base is now exposed. Peel the brown top of the second bottom bottle (brown-on-dark) into the bottom-right flask to start a brown lane, then pour the now-exposed dark onto the dark-on-orange bottle to extend its dark base. Pop the tan "?" cap on the third bottom bottle to expose the dark underneath, then pour the orange top of the dark-on-orange bottle into a clean flask to bank orange — that banked orange is the first padlock key.
- Danger Zone
- Pouring any non-orange color onto the orange-padlock box seals that box shut and burns the only visible key color in the starting layout — once orange is mixed into another stack it cannot be pulled back to trigger the first padlock. The tan "?" caps on the three boxes hide cyan and blue as well as the released colors, and popping a box cap before its matching padlock key is banked strands the released color on a stack that is not yet ready. The bottom-right empty is the only working buffer, so any pour that buries two colors into it at once leaves zero clean slots before the second box unlock.
- Mechanics
- A three-vault finale on a nine-to-twelve position board where every padlock key and every released color is hidden under a tan "?" cap on the boxes themselves. The chokepoint is color-extraction order — bank orange first (the only visible key), use the empty flask to cycle dark, brown and green out of the way, pop the cyan and blue box caps to expose their keys, then walk the three boxes in orange → cyan → blue padlock order so each released color lands on a lane you have already built. The board itself grows from nine to twelve positions as the boxes pop, because each unlock adds a fresh top-row slot on top of replacing the original box.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do you unlock the three wooden vault boxes in Magic Sort Level 243?
Bank orange in a clean flask from the dark-on-orange bottle, then pour that orange onto the orange-padlock box to release the first hidden color. Pop the tan "?" caps on the cyan and blue boxes to expose their keys, bank each on its own stack, then pour cyan and blue onto their own padlocks in turn. Each box pops and drops a fresh single color into the top row.
Why is the orange padlock the first one to trigger in Level 243?
Orange is the only padlock key that is visible in the starting layout, sitting as the top segment of the dark-on-orange bottle. Cyan and blue are tucked under the tan "?" caps on the boxes themselves, so they cannot be triggered until those caps are popped and the keys are banked in clean flasks. Walking the boxes in orange → cyan → blue order makes sure each padlock key is ready before its box is touched.