Magic Sort level guide
Magic Sort Level 249 Walkthrough
Magic Sort Level 249 is a three-tier, eleven-position finale that hides its real chokepoint behind three wide wooden vault boxes — a yellow padlock on the left of the middle row, a green padlock on the left of the bottom row, and a blue padlock on the right of the bottom row. Each vault only pops on its exact padlock color and then releases a fresh single-color bottle, so the work is to bank yellow, green and blue lanes in the three thin buffer slots first, walk the vaults in padlock order, then drain the five mixed top-row bottles top-first so all twelve bottles end on a single color.
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How to Solve Magic Sort Level 249 — Full Solution
- Tap the middle-row cyan near-empty and the middle-row fully empty as scratch flasks, then peel the top cap of the top-row col-3 mixer (dark blue/dark/orange) into the cyan near-empty and dock that color onto the other middle-row buffer to start the blue lane for the bottom- right vault.
- Pour the top cap of the top-row col-5 mixer (dark over magenta) into a clean middle-row buffer, then peel its exposed dark middle into the same buffer so the col-5 bottle is ready to receive pink-red from the col-2 mixer. Peel the top cap of the col-2 mixer (dark/dark/ pink-red) onto the col-5 bottle to bank pink-red on a real home.
- Peel the top cap of the top-row col-1 mixer (pink-cream) into the bottom-row middle empty to start a fresh lane, then peel its dark middle onto the col-5 bottle so the col-1 dark middle is exposed for the next step. Peel that col-1 dark onto the bottom-row middle buffer to build the yellow trigger for the middle-row vault.
- Pour the accumulated blue lane onto the BLUE padlock wooden box on the bottom-right, and the box pops to release a fresh single-color bottle onto that vault slot — route that released color onto a clean buffer to start its home lane.
- Pour the accumulated green onto the GREEN padlock wooden box on the bottom-left, and the second vault pops to release its hidden color onto that slot — dock that color onto the matching lane and free the buffer.
- Pour the accumulated yellow onto the YELLOW padlock wooden box in the middle-row left, and the third vault pops to release its hidden color onto that slot — run that released color onto a clean middle-row buffer and merge it with its matching lane.
- Drain the remaining top-row mixers (col-1, col-3, col-4, col-5) top-first into the freed vault slots and the middle-row buffers, peeling pink-cream, dark, dark blue, dark, brown- orange, dark and magenta each onto its own stack, and clear the buffers as the colors land on a real home.
- Top off brown, magenta, orange, blue, yellow, purple, cyan and green so all twelve bottles end on a single color with no mixed segments and no corks left.
Colors in this level:
Brown, Magenta, Orange, Blue, Yellow, Purple, Cyan, Green
Common Mistakes to Avoid
- Pouring a non-matching color onto a vault (e.g. orange onto the YELLOW padlock box, or pink- red onto the BLUE padlock box), which wastes a move and leaves the trigger color stranded on the buffer the vault was supposed to receive it from.
- Committing a non-trigger color (orange, brown, magenta) into the bottom-row middle slot before both vault triggers (green and blue) are banked, which removes the only place to dock a green or blue top before the vaults open.
- Burying the top-row col-2 mixer's pink-red segment under another color before banking pink-red on a real home, which strands the released color from the middle-row yellow vault and forces a full re-route of the col-5 and col-2 mixers.
Quick Tips for Magic Sort Level 249 (spoiler-free)
- Bank the three padlock trigger colors (yellow, green, blue) in the three thin buffer slots before you touch any vault — pouring a non-matching color onto a vault is wasted, and once a vault pops its released single-color bottle needs a buffer that is already cleared to receive it.
- Peel the top cap of the top-row col-2 mixer (dark/dark/pink-red) onto a real home before you commit the middle-row buffers to blue or yellow — it is the only place to bank pink-red, and burying it strands the released color from the middle-row yellow vault.
- Keep the bottom-row middle slot as a clean scratch flask until both vault triggers (green and blue) are banked, since committing a non-trigger color there removes the only place to dock a green or blue top before the vaults open.
Board notes 5 details
- Layout
- A three-tier board that resolves to five columns wide on the top row, four positions in the middle row, and three positions in the bottom row — eleven starting positions with no corks, wraps, magic bottles or seals. The top row holds five tall mixed bottles carrying dark cap over dark middle over a visible bottom color — pink-cream/dark/light blue, dark/dark/pink- red, dark blue/dark/orange, dark/dark/brown-orange, and dark/dark/magenta from left to right. The middle row is led by the wide YELLOW padlock wooden box on the left, then a thin near- empty with a single cyan segment, then a fully empty thin bottle. The bottom row is anchored by the wide GREEN padlock wooden box on the left, a fully empty thin bottle in the middle, and the wide BLUE padlock wooden box on the right. The starting empty count is three usable scratch slots (one cyan near-empty and one fully empty in the middle row, one fully empty in the bottom row).
- Goal
- Accumulate the yellow, green and blue padlock colors on the board and pour each one onto its matching vault so the three wide wooden boxes pop and release three fresh single-color bottles onto the vault slots. After all three vaults are open, drain the five mixed top-row bottles top-first into the freed vault slots and the middle-row buffers so all twelve bottles end on a single color.
- Opening
- Tap the middle-row cyan near-empty and the middle-row fully empty as scratch flasks, then peel the top cap of the top-row col-3 mixer (dark blue over dark over orange) into the cyan near-empty and dock that color onto the other middle-row buffer to start the blue lane for the bottom-right vault. Pour the top cap of the top-row col-5 mixer (dark over magenta) into a clean middle-row buffer, then dock that color onto a real home to free the col-5 bottle for its magenta bottom. Peel the top cap of the top-row col-1 mixer (pink-cream) into the bottom-row middle empty to start a fresh lane.
- Danger Zone
- The bottom-row middle slot is the only fully empty buffer in the bottom row, so committing a non-trigger color (orange, brown, magenta) into it strands the green or blue trigger that the bottom-left and bottom-right vaults need before they can pop. The top-row col-2 mixer (dark/dark/pink-red) is the only place to bank pink-red, so peel its top cap onto a real home before you commit the middle-row buffers to blue or yellow — reverse the order and pink-red gets buried under the next pour and the released color from the middle-row yellow vault has nowhere to land. The top-row col-4 mixer is the only bottle that carries a true brown segment in its top half, so pour its dark cap off first or the final top-off for brown stalls.
- Mechanics
- A three-vault release finale on an eleven-position board with five mixed top bottles and no corks, wraps, magic bottles or seals. Three visible padlock colors (yellow, green, blue) sit on three wide wooden vault boxes that only pop on their exact trigger color and then release a fresh single-color bottle onto the vault slot. The chokepoint is colour-lane first, vault second — bank the three padlock trigger colors in the thin buffer slots before any vault trigger, then walk the vaults in padlock order so each released color lands on a clean home.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do you open the three wooden vaults in Magic Sort Level 249?
Bank the three padlock trigger colors (yellow, green, blue) in the three thin buffer slots first, then pour each accumulated color onto its matching vault — the YELLOW padlock box on the middle-row left, the GREEN padlock box on the bottom-row left, and the BLUE padlock box on the bottom-row right. Each vault pops on its exact trigger color and releases a fresh single-color bottle onto the vault slot, which you then route onto a clean buffer.
Why must pink-red be peeled off the top-row col-2 mixer before any vault trigger?
The top-row col-2 mixer (dark/dark/pink-red) is the only place to bank pink-red, and the middle-row YELLOW padlock vault will release a color that needs a clean home. Peel the top cap of the col-2 mixer onto the col-5 bottle first so pink-red lands on a real home before you commit the middle-row buffers to blue or yellow. Reverse the order and pink-red gets buried under the next pour, and the released color from the yellow vault has nowhere to dock.