Magic Sort level guide
Magic Sort Level 268 Walkthrough
Magic Sort Level 268 is a two-tier, twelve-bottle board that hides its real chokepoint inside the two four-color towers at col 3 and col 4 of the top row — pink/blue/brown/cyan and cyan/orange/green/dark blue stacked on each other. The col 1 top dark red and the col 6 top dark red are the only matching dark red pair, so empty col 1 top on move one, use the freed slot to crack the col 3 top tower from pink down to cyan, then drain col 4 top from cyan down to dark blue and top off every bottle so all twelve positions end on a single color.
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How to Solve Magic Sort Level 268 — Full Solution
- Pour the dark red top of col 1 top down onto the matching dark red of col 6 top, stacking the two dark red layers into one. Drain the next segment of col 1 top into the col 6 bot empty buffer, then drain the last segment of col 1 top into the same buffer or a freshly emptied slot, leaving col 1 top fully empty as a new working buffer.
- Peel the pink top segment off the col 3 top four-color tower and pour it onto the col 2 top pink mixer to start a pink lane. Pour the revealed blue segment of col 3 top into the freshly emptied col 1 top buffer to bank a blue starter.
- Pull the brown middle segment off the col 3 top tower and pour it into a clean working slot, then peel the cyan bottom segment of col 3 top and pour it onto the col 5 bot cyan segment (or a fresh buffer). The col 3 top tower is now fully cracked open.
- Pour the cyan top segment of col 4 top down into the col 6 bot buffer to start a cyan lane, then peel the orange middle segment of col 4 top into the col 5 bot orange (or a fresh buffer) to start an orange lane. Pull the green third segment of col 4 top and pour it onto a matching green buffer.
- Drain the dark blue bottom segment of col 4 top into a clean slot, then route it onto the col 6 top dark red (which already holds the rest of the dark red lane) once that lane is single-color. The col 4 top tower is now cracked open.
- Work the remaining mixers top-first — peel the dark red off col 6 top, the green off col 5 top, the yellow off col 1 bot, the light gray off col 2 bot, the light gray off col 3 bot, the purple off col 4 bot, and the orange off col 5 bot — pouring each top segment onto a matching lane and only falling back to a clean buffer if no match exists yet.
- Use the col 6 bot empty and the emptied col 1 top as the two working buffers, rotating single-color tops onto their matching lanes and clearing each buffer onto a real home before reusing it.
- Top off pink, blue, brown, cyan, orange, green, dark blue, dark red, yellow, light gray and purple so all twelve bottles end on a single color with no mixed segments left.
Colors in this level:
Red, Pink, Blue, Brown, Cyan, Orange, Green, Dark blue, Yellow, Gray, Purple
Common Mistakes to Avoid
- Pouring the col 1 top dark red into any buffer that already holds a different color, which strands the dark red under a wrong-color layer and burns the only clean merge for that lane.
- Peeling the col 3 top tower from the bottom up (cyan first, then brown, then blue, then pink), which strands every color under the remaining stack with no clean place to dock.
- Cracking the col 4 top tower before the col 3 top tower is fully drained, which leaves cyan parked on a buffer that still has to receive more cyan from col 4 top and overflows the lane.
Quick Tips for Magic Sort Level 268 (spoiler-free)
- Pour the col 1 top dark red straight onto the col 6 top dark red on move one — that is the only clean merge for that color on the whole board, and any other landing strands it under a wrong-color layer.
- Always peel the col 3 top tower and the col 4 top tower from the top down, one segment at a time, into a buffer that already holds a matching color or into the col 6 bot empty.
- Treat the emptied col 1 top as your most-trusted working buffer for the rest of the run — it was emptied cleanly on move one, so it never carries a wrong-color residue that you have to flush out before reusing it.
Board notes 5 details
- Layout
- A two-tier board, six columns wide and two rows deep — twelve bottle positions total. The top row is six mixers — col 1 (dark red + 2 hidden), col 2 (pink + 2 hidden), col 3 (pink then blue then brown then cyan, four visible segments), col 4 (cyan then orange then green then dark blue, four visible segments), col 5 (green + 2 hidden), col 6 (dark red + 2 hidden). The bottom row is five mixers plus a single empty buffer at col 6 — col 1 (yellow + 2 hidden), col 2 (light gray + 2 hidden), col 3 (light gray + 2 hidden), col 4 (purple + 2 hidden), col 5 (orange + 2 hidden), col 6 (empty). No locks, wraps, corks, boxes or magic bottles — two of the top mixers (col 3 and col 4) are heavy four-color towers and the rest are three-segment mixers.
- Goal
- Crack open the two heavy four-color towers in col 3 and col 4 top by emptying col 1 top first (the dark red there only merges with the dark red of col 6 top), then peel pink, blue, brown and cyan off the col 3 top tower one segment at a time into the freed slot and the starting col 6 bot empty, and finally drain the col 4 top tower from cyan down to dark blue. After both towers are flat, top off every bottle so all twelve positions end on a single color.
- Opening
- Pour the dark red top of col 1 top down onto the matching dark red of col 6 top to stack the only dark red pair on the board, then drain the two hidden segments of col 1 top into the col 6 bot empty buffer, leaving col 1 top fully empty as a new working buffer. Peel the pink top off the col 3 top four-color tower and pour it onto the col 2 top pink mixer to start a pink lane, then pour the revealed blue segment of col 3 top into the freshly emptied col 1 top slot to bank a blue starter. Pour the cyan top segment of col 4 top down into the col 6 bot buffer to start a cyan lane.
- Danger Zone
- Pouring the col 1 top dark red into any buffer that already holds a different color strands the dark red under a wrong-color layer and burns the only clean merge for that lane — the col 6 top is the only matching partner, so do not park the col 1 top dark red in a bottom-row near-empty. Pulling the bottom (cyan) segment of the col 3 top tower before the pink/blue/brown above it are banked strands cyan under three colors with nowhere to land. The col 4 top tower's dark blue base is the only source of that color, so peeling cyan/orange/green off the top without a dark blue home locks the dark blue under the remaining stack.
- Mechanics
- Pure sorting with a heavy-tower pivot on a twelve-bottle two-tier board. Two four-color towers (col 3 top — pink, blue, brown, cyan and col 4 top — cyan, orange, green, dark blue) sit in the middle of the top row, and the only way to crack them open is to empty a neighbor first so a buffer exists to catch each revealed segment. The col 1 top dark red and the col 6 top dark red are the only matching dark red pair on the board, so the first move has to commit to that merge. No locks, wraps, corks, boxes or magic bottles — the puzzle is entirely pour order and lane banking.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do you start Magic Sort Level 268 with only one empty buffer?
Pour the col 1 top dark red straight onto the matching col 6 top dark red to stack the only dark red pair on the board, then drain the two hidden segments of col 1 top into the col 6 bot empty buffer. Once col 1 top is empty, you have a second working buffer and can start peeling the col 3 top four-color tower.
Why is the col 3 top pink/blue/brown/cyan tower the real trap in Level 268?
It carries four different colors in a single bottle, and the only way to crack it open is to peel pink off the top, blue onto the emptied col 1 top, brown into a clean buffer, and cyan onto the col 5 bot cyan segment. Reverse the order and the lower segments get stranded under the remaining stack with no clean place to dock, which deadlocks the entire top row.
Where does the dark blue at the bottom of the col 4 top tower end up?
The col 4 top tower's dark blue is the only source of that color on the board, so after peeling cyan, orange and green off the top into their own buffers, route the dark blue base onto the col 6 top dark red (which already holds the rest of that lane) so the dark red and dark blue lanes stay single-color.