Magic Sort level guide
Magic Sort Level 255 Walkthrough
Magic Sort Level 255 is a two-tier thirteen-slot "?" hidden-capacity magic overflow board with four 4-color mixed bottles on the top row, four 1-visible-color + 3 "?" magic overflow bottles on the bottom row, two more 4-color mixed bottles, and three starting empties in the top row. Lock the pink key first (the only color with enough source segments), guard the blue, orange and brown keys from any non-key pour, then drain the six mixed bottles into the four magic lanes plus the four top mixed slots turned into lanes so all thirteen slots resolve to nine single-color bottles plus four empties.
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How to Solve Magic Sort Level 255 — Full Solution
- Pour the pink top of top col 1 into the pink "?" bottle in bottom col 2 to start the pink lane, then pour the pink top of top col 3 into the same pink "?" bottle, then pour the pink top of top col 2 into the pink "?" bottle — the pink key is now a 4-pink single-color lane and the three top mixed bottles all expose yellow. Free top col 5 as a working buffer and pour the yellow top of top col 3 into that buffer to start the yellow lane.
- Pour the yellow top of top col 1 into the same yellow buffer in top col 5 to grow the yellow lane, then pour the yellow top of top col 2 into the yellow lane in top col 5, then pour the red top of top col 1 into bottom col 5 (orange-gray-orange-red) to start the red lane.
- Peel the orange top of bottom col 5 into the orange "?" bottle in bottom col 3, then pour the gray top of bottom col 5 onto bottom col 6 (gray-green-red-purple) to start the gray lane, then pour the red top of bottom col 5 onto the red segment in bottom col 6 to grow the red lane.
- Pour the green top of top col 4 into bottom col 6 to grow the green lane, then pour the brown top of top col 4 into the brown "?" bottle in bottom col 4 to start the brown lane, then peel the purple top of bottom col 6 into top col 6 to start the purple lane.
- Pour the blue top of top col 3 into the blue "?" bottle in bottom col 1 to start the blue lane, then peel the brown top of top col 2 into the brown "?" bottle in bottom col 4 to grow the brown lane, then pour the yellow top of top col 4 (now green on top after green was banked) into the yellow lane in top col 5 to grow the yellow lane.
- Pour the brown top of top col 2 (now yellow on top after the previous yellow pours) into the brown "?" bottle in bottom col 4 to grow the brown lane, then pour the yellow top of top col 4 (now green on top after green was banked) into the yellow lane in top col 5 to grow the yellow lane.
- Top off the four magic bottles (blue in bottom col 1, pink in bottom col 2, orange in bottom col 3, brown in bottom col 4) by routing any leftover source segments into the matching key bottle, then pour the final yellow off top col 4 into the yellow lane in top col 5 to lock it as a 4-yellow single-color lane.
- Top off pink, brown, yellow, blue, green, orange, gray, red and purple so all thirteen slots end on nine single-color bottles (with the three top-row empties in cols 5, 6, 7 plus the one extra bottom-row empty left as the final empties).
Colors in this level:
Yellow, Red, Pink, Brown, Blue, Green, Orange, Gray, Purple
Common Mistakes to Avoid
- Pouring any non-key color into a magic bottle (e.g. yellow from top col 3 into the blue "?" bottle in bottom col 1), which locks the magic bottle on the wrong stack and strands the key color forever because no spare key segment exists outside its own source bottles.
- Skipping the yellow bank in top col 5 before pouring the top col 4 brown layer, which strands the brown under the green-yellow stack and leaves the brown key with no source segments to grow into a single-color lane.
- Pouring the red top of top col 1 onto the orange magic bottle in bottom col 3, which strands the red under the orange stack because no other red source exists outside top col 1 and bottom cols 5, 6.
Quick Tips for Magic Sort Level 255 (spoiler-free)
- Pour the pink top of top col 1 into the pink "?" bottle in bottom col 2 first, then pour the pink top of top col 3 into the same pink "?" bottle, then pour the pink top of top col 2 into the pink "?" bottle to lock the pink key as a 4-pink single-color lane before any other color is poured into a magic bottle.
- Free top col 5 as a working buffer and route the yellow tops of top col 1, col 2 and col 3 into it first so the three top mixed bottles all expose their non-yellow layers, otherwise the yellow anchor buries the red, brown, blue, pink and green you need to extract.
- Never pour a non-key color into a magic bottle — the blue, orange and brown keys each need every spare segment of their color, and a single accidental yellow or green pour into one of them locks that magic bottle on the wrong stack and strands the key color forever.
Board notes 5 details
- Layout
- A two-tier board that resolves to seven top slots and six bottom slots (thirteen total) with no locks, wraps or boxes, but with four "?" hidden-capacity magic overflow bottles in the bottom row. The top row is four 4-color mixed bottles (col 1 yellow-red-yellow-pink, col 2 yellow-brown-yellow-pink, col 3 yellow-pink-blue-pink, col 4 yellow-brown-yellow-green) and three empty slots (cols 5-7). The bottom row is four magic overflow bottles (col 1 blue + 3 "?", col 2 pink + 3 "?", col 3 orange + 3 "?", col 4 brown + 3 "?") and two normal 4-color mixed bottles (col 5 orange-gray-orange-red and col 6 gray-green-red-purple). The 4-color mixed bottles are sealed with a small cap; the magic overflow bottles show one visible color on top and three "?" placeholder slots beneath. Three effective starting empties (cols 5, 6, 7 of the top row). Yellow is by far the dominant color (7 segments) and appears in every top bottle as a near-anchor band.
- Goal
- Lock the pink key into a 4-pink single-color lane with three pink-only pours from top col 1, 2 and 3, then drain the six mixed 4-color bottles top-first into the four magic key lanes (blue, pink, orange, brown) plus the four top mixed slots converted to lanes (yellow, green, red, gray or purple) so all thirteen slots end on nine single-color bottles plus four empties. The chokepoint is the four magic bottles — pink has enough source (4 pinks), but blue, orange and brown each need every spare segment of their color, so any non-key pour into a magic bottle locks that bottle on the wrong stack and strands the key color forever.
- Opening
- Pour the pink top of top col 1 into the pink "?" bottle in bottom col 2 to start the pink lane, then pour the pink top of top col 3 into the same pink "?" bottle, then pour the pink top of top col 2 into the pink "?" bottle — the pink key is now a 4-pink single-color lane and the three top mixed bottles all expose yellow. Free top col 5 as a working buffer and pour the yellow top of top col 3 into that buffer to start the yellow lane.
- Danger Zone
- Pouring any non-key color into a magic bottle that is not yet locked into a single-color lane is the main deadlock — once the blue "?" bottle receives a non-blue (e.g. yellow from top col 3), the "?" stays locked at yellow-on-blue and the blue key can no longer be salvaged because there is no spare blue in the puzzle. The three top-row empties (cols 5, 6, 7) are your only working buffers and you must bank a yellow lane in one of them before you touch the top col 4 brown band, because top col 4's exposed layer is green-yellow and green-yellow split into the brown magic bottle locks brown on the wrong stack. Pouring the red top of top col 1 onto the orange magic bottle also strands the red because no red exists outside top col 1 and bottom cols 5, 6.
- Mechanics
- A two-tier "?" hidden-capacity magic overflow board with nine distinct colors and thirteen slots. The four "?" bottles each carry one key color and behave as 4-slot overflow that converts to a single-color lane when filled with three matching pours; the rest of the puzzle is pure top-first sort with three working empties. The chokepoint is locking the pink key first (the only color with enough source segments), then protecting the blue, orange and brown keys from accidental non-key pours, then draining the six mixed bottles into the four magic lanes plus the four top mixed slots turned into lanes.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do you open the four "?" magic overflow bottles in Magic Sort Level 255?
Each "?" bottle carries one key color (blue, pink, orange, brown) and converts to a single-color lane when you pour three matching segments of that color into it. Lock the pink key first with three pink-only pours from top col 1, col 3 and col 2, then guard the blue, orange and brown keys from any non-key pour while you drain the six mixed bottles into the matching key lane plus the four top mixed slots turned into lanes.
Why must the pink "?" bottle be locked before any other magic bottle is touched in Level 255?
Pink is the only color with enough source segments to fill its magic bottle without help — top col 1, col 2 and col 3 each carry a pink top, and one extra pink is buried in top col 3, so you have exactly four pinks to pour into the pink "?" bottle. The blue, orange and brown keys each need every spare segment of their color, so any accidental non-key pour into a magic bottle before the pink key is locked strands that key color forever.