Magic Sort level guide
Magic Sort Level 279 Walkthrough
Magic Sort Level 279 is a three-tier, twelve-position finale that hides its real chokepoint behind five white cork-locked bottles on the top row — one pink-capped and four blue-capped — with three "?" cap magic bottles acting as the only overflow. Bank pink into the bottom-right magic bottle, walk it onto the top-left cork to release an orange-over-purple stack, then peel the blue tops off the middle-row and bottom-row mixers one at a time to pop the four blue corks in order and reveal the cool-palette colors hiding inside.
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How to Solve Magic Sort Level 279 — Full Solution
- Pour the pink top of the bottom-row, col-2 mixer (pink over red over yellow) into the bottom-right "?" cap magic bottle to bank pink off the puzzle, then pour that banked pink onto the top-row, col-1 pink-capped cork to pop it — the cork drops an orange-over-purple mixer into the top-left slot and the pink cap disappears.
- Pour the blue top of the middle-row, col-2 mixer (blue over yellow over red) into the bottom-right magic bottle to bank blue, then pour that banked blue onto the top-row, col-3 blue-capped cork to pop it — the cork releases a three-color stack (orange over blue over green) into the top-row, col-3 slot and the blue cap disappears.
- Pour the blue top of the bottom-row, col-1 mixer (blue over red over purple) into the bottom-right magic bottle to bank a second blue, then pour that banked blue onto the top-row, col-4 blue-capped cork to pop it — the cork releases a three-color stack (blue over green over orange) into the top-row, col-4 slot.
- Pour the blue top of the middle-row, col-2 mixer (now down to red over yellow) into the bottom-right magic bottle to bank a third blue, then pour that banked blue onto the top-row, col-5 blue-capped cork to pop it — the cork releases a three-color stack (purple over green over blue) into the top-row, col-5 slot, and the four blue corks are all open.
- Use the middle-row, col-1 "?" cap magic bottle as a working scratch slot and peel the middle-row, col-2 mixer (now down to red over yellow) top-first — pour the red top onto the middle-row, col-3 red top to merge red, then dock the yellow bottom onto the released orange-over-purple stack in the top-left to start a yellow lane.
- Peel the bottom-row, col-1 mixer (now down to red over purple) top-first — pour the red top onto the merged red stack, then pour the purple bottom onto the released purple-over-green-over-blue stack in the top-right to start a purple lane.
- Drain the four released three-color stacks top-first into the magic bottles, peeling orange, green, cyan, gray and the remaining dark and red segments onto their own lanes one segment at a time, and clear the "?" caps on the magic bottles as their colors land on a real home.
- Top off pink, blue, yellow, red, orange, green, purple, cyan, brown and gray so all twelve positions end on a single color with no cork caps, no magic-bottle "?" markers, and no mixed segments left.
Colors in this level:
Blue, Red, Yellow, Pink, Brown, Purple, Orange, Green, Cyan, Gray
Common Mistakes to Avoid
- Pouring a non-matching color onto a cork cap (orange or purple onto the pink cork, pink or orange onto a blue cork), which seals that cork shut for the rest of the level and burns the move you needed to release its hidden stack.
- Mixing two different colors into the bottom-right "?" cap magic bottle, which locks that bottle from being used as overflow again and strands the next cork's blue trigger on a buffer that cannot release it.
- Peeling the blue off the middle-row, col-2 mixer after the yellow or red is exposed and a different color has been poured on top, which buries the blue under the wrong base and leaves the next two blue corks with no clean trigger color.
Quick Tips for Magic Sort Level 279 (spoiler-free)
- Bank the cork-matching colors (pink first, then blue) in the bottom-right "?" cap magic bottle before you touch any wooden cap — pouring onto a cork with the wrong color seals it shut for the rest of the run.
- Never mix two different colors into a single "?" cap magic bottle, or that bottle locks from being used as overflow again and the next cork pour has no place to go.
- Peel the blue top of the middle-row, col-2 mixer before the blue top of the bottom-row, col-1 mixer, so the middle-row mixer's blue lane is the first to refuel the magic bottle and the second blue has a clean base to land on.
Board notes 5 details
- Layout
- A three-tier, twelve-position board. The top row is five tall white cork-locked bottles sitting shoulder to shoulder — the leftmost carries a small pink cap, the other four carry matching blue caps, and every one shows an empty body underneath the cap. The middle row opens with a short white "?" cap magic bottle on the left, then a three-color mixer (blue over yellow over red), then a second three-color mixer (red over brown over yellow), then a second white "?" cap magic bottle on the right. The bottom row is a three-color mixer (blue over red over purple), a second three-color mixer (pink over red over yellow), and a third white "?" cap magic bottle on the far right. Twelve positions total: five cork-locked bottles across the top, three magic-bottle overflow slots, and four normal three-color mixers carrying blue, red, yellow, pink, brown and purple between them.
- Goal
- Bank pink into the bottom-right "?" cap magic bottle, walk that pink onto the top-left cork to release an orange-over-purple stack, then peel blue off the middle-row col-2 and bottom-row col-1 mixers one at a time to bank three blues in the same magic bottle and pop the four blue corks in padlock order. After all five corks release their three-color stacks, drain the mixers and the magic bottles top-first so all twelve positions end on a single color with no cork caps, no "?" markers and no mixed stacks left.
- Opening
- Pour the pink top of the bottom-row, col-2 mixer (pink over red over yellow) into the bottom-right "?" cap magic bottle to bank pink off the puzzle, then pour that banked pink onto the top-row, col-1 pink-capped cork to pop it — the cork drops an orange-over-purple mixer into the top-left slot. Pour the blue top of the middle-row, col-2 mixer into the same magic bottle to bank blue, then pour that banked blue onto the top-row, col-3 blue-capped cork to pop it and release its hidden three-color stack. Repeat for the top-row, col-4 cork with the second blue peeled from the bottom-row, col-1 mixer, then for the top-row, col-5 cork with the third blue peeled from the middle-row, col-2 mixer.
- Danger Zone
- Pouring a non-matching color onto a cork cap (orange or purple onto the pink cork, pink or orange onto a blue cork) seals that cork shut for the rest of the level with no undo. Mixing two different colors into the bottom-right "?" cap magic bottle locks it from being used as overflow again — the moment pink and blue share that bottle you cannot pour blue back out to pop the next cork. The middle row position 2 mixer is the only reliable source of multiple blues because it sits on top, so peel its blue off in the right order or the blue gets buried under yellow and red for the rest of the run. The top row position 2 cork-locked slot must stay empty until you are ready to absorb its release, because the four hidden three-color stacks the blue corks drop are the only place to bank green, orange and the rest of the cool palette.
- Mechanics
- A five-cork release finale on a twelve-position board wrapped around three "?" cap magic bottles that double as the entire overflow. The puzzle reads cork-first, magic-second: bank pink first, walk the pink cork, then bank three blues and walk the four blue corks in padlock order, then drain every hidden three-color stack and every visible mixer top-first. The chokepoint is color economy — every cork pour consumes a precious color, and the only way to recover enough blue for all four blue corks is to peel the same color back out of the magic bottle you banked it into, so the magic-bottle order is the real run order.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do you open the five cork-locked bottles in Magic Sort Level 279?
Bank pink into the bottom-right "?" cap magic bottle first, then pour that banked pink onto the top-row, col-1 pink-capped cork to pop it and release an orange-over-purple mixer. Peel the blue tops off the middle-row, col-2 and bottom-row, col-1 mixers one at a time, banking each blue in the same magic bottle, and pour that banked blue onto the top-row, col-3, col-4 and col-5 blue-capped corks in order to pop them and release their three-color stacks.
Why must the pink cork pop before any of the blue corks in Level 279?
The bottom-right "?" cap magic bottle is the only safe place to bank the cork trigger colors, and the bottom-row, col-2 mixer is the only place pink sits on top. If the user pops a blue cork first, the blue that has to be poured into the next blue cork has nowhere to bank, because the magic bottle still holds pink and cannot hold two different colors at once without locking. Walk the pink cork first so the magic bottle is free to bank blue for the rest of the run.