Magic Sort level guide
Magic Sort Level 294 Walkthrough
Magic Sort Level 294 is a two-tier, ten-bottle finale that hides its real chokepoint behind two wooden padlock boxes on the left — a yellow padlock on top and a blue padlock on the bottom, each sealed with a small "?" cork. Pop the yellow box first by pouring yellow from the top-col-5 mixer, mine blue from the pink/blue/red at bottom-col-3 to pop the blue box, then drain all ten bottles top-first so the brown, green and gray lanes the boxes release end up sorted alongside red, orange, purple, cyan, yellow and pink.
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How to Solve Magic Sort Level 294 — Full Solution
- Peel the yellow top off the top-col-5 mixer (yellow/pink/blue) onto the yellow padlock box at top-col-1 — the box pops, drops its "?" cap, and releases a four-color bottle (brown on top, then green, yellow, cyan) into the top-col-1 slot.
- Pour the now-exposed pink from top-col-5 onto the small empty at top-col-2 to bank pink, then move the remaining single blue from top-col-5 straight onto the blue padlock box at bottom-col-1 so the second box pops and its hidden multi-color bottle materialises at bottom-col-1.
- Peel brown off the top of the released four-color at top-col-1 (brown/green/yellow/cyan) onto the bottom-col-5 empty to start a brown lane, then peel green onto the bottom-col-2 empty to start a green lane.
- Drain the three-color red/orange/purple at top-col-3 top-first: pour purple into the bottom-col-5 brown buffer to keep purple on its own, then peel orange into the freed top-col-2 empty, and finally pour red onto a red lane you have already banked.
- Peel green, then cyan, then blue, then orange off the four-color green/cyan/blue/orange at top-col-4 one segment at a time, sending each onto its own matching lane or buffer, so the column is empty before you tackle the released blue-box bottle.
- Drain the released multi-color bottle at bottom-col-1 top-first into the right-side buffers, peeling each exposed color onto its own stack until the slot is empty.
- Top off red, orange, purple, green, cyan, blue, yellow, pink, brown and gray each into a single dedicated bottle so all ten positions end on one color with no mixed segments left.
Colors in this level:
Red, Orange, Purple, Green, Cyan, Blue, Yellow, Pink, Brown, Gray
Common Mistakes to Avoid
- Pouring yellow onto the blue padlock box (or blue onto the yellow padlock box), which seals the wrong padlock shut and burns the only color you needed for that unlock.
- Mining blue for the blue box from the four-color green/cyan/blue/orange at top-col-4 instead of from the three-color pink/blue/red at bottom-col-3, which costs three extra peels and ties up a buffer you need for the brown lane.
- Pouring the released four-color from the yellow box onto a buffer that already holds a different color, which strands both segments and locks the buffer for the rest of the puzzle.
Quick Tips for Magic Sort Level 294 (spoiler-free)
- Pour yellow onto the yellow padlock box before touching the blue box, so the released four-color brown/green/yellow/cyan does not collide with the still-closed blue padlock.
- Mine blue for the blue padlock box from the three-color pink/blue/red at bottom-col-3, not from the four-color green/cyan/blue/orange at top-col-4 — the bottom path is two peels (pink, then blue) while the top path is three peels and ties up a buffer.
- Peel brown off the released four-color at top-col-1 before peeling green or yellow, so brown has its own lane before the yellow/cyan pour can bury it.
Board notes 5 details
- Layout
- A two-tier board that resolves to five columns wide and ten bottle positions. The leftmost column is two wooden padlock boxes stacked vertically — a yellow padlock box with a "?" cork on top in the upper row, a blue padlock box with its own "?" cork in the lower row. Column 2 has a small empty bottle on top and a larger empty on the bottom. Column 3 holds two heavy three-color mixers — red/orange/purple on top, pink/blue/red on the bottom. Column 4 is the lone partially sorted slot, with a near-full orange single on the bottom and a four-color green/cyan/blue/orange stack on top. Column 5 has a three-color yellow/pink/blue stack on top and an empty on the bottom. Eight colors are visible before any box is opened: red, orange, purple, green, cyan, blue, yellow and pink.
- Goal
- Bank yellow and blue in the right-side buffers, pop both padlock boxes in that order so the two hidden bottles (a four-color brown/green/yellow/cyan release from the yellow box and a multi-color release from the blue box) drop into the top-col-1 and bottom-col-1 slots, then drain all ten bottles top-first so the released brown and gray join the eight starting colors as full single-color lanes.
- Opening
- Peel the yellow top off the top-col-5 mixer (yellow/pink/blue) onto the yellow padlock box at top-col-1 — the box pops, drops its "?" cap, and releases a four-color bottle (brown on top, then green, yellow, cyan) into the top-col-1 slot. Pour the now-exposed pink from top-col-5 into the small empty at top-col-2 to bank pink, then move the remaining single blue from top-col-5 straight onto the blue padlock box at bottom-col-1 so the second box pops and its hidden multi-color bottle materialises at bottom-col-1.
- Danger Zone
- Pouring yellow onto the blue padlock box (or blue onto the yellow padlock box) seals the wrong padlock shut and burns the only color you needed for that unlock. The three-color pink/blue/red at bottom-col-3 is the only quick route to a clean blue segment, so the moment you peel pink off bottom-col-3 you must be ready to pour blue straight onto the blue box on the very next move — leaving blue on a buffer lets the next pour bury it under another color. The yellow box release adds brown to the palette, and brown only exists on top of that released bottle — peel brown first or it gets buried under the next yellow/cyan pour and the brown lane never gets banked. Pouring the released four-color onto an empty buffer that already holds a different color strands both segments and locks the buffer.
- Mechanics
- A two-vault release finale with matching padlock colors (yellow, blue) on a ten-bottle board. Each padlock box also carries a "?" cork, so the pop requires both conditions: the right padlock color poured on top and the "?" cap removed. The yellow box releases a four-color bottle, the blue box releases a multi-color bottle, and the three starting empties (top-col-2, bottom-col-2, bottom-col-5) are the entire workshop. The chokepoint is padlock-bank first, vault-second — pop the yellow box, route the released four-color to the right side, mine blue from the bottom-col-3 pink/blue/red, pop the blue box, then drain the entire ten-bottle grid top-first so all ten positions end on a single color.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do you open the two wooden padlock boxes in Magic Sort Level 294?
Pour the matching padlock color directly onto the box — yellow from the top of the yellow/pink/blue stack at top-col-5 onto the yellow padlock box at top-col-1, then blue from the same stack (after peeling pink into the top-col-2 empty) onto the blue padlock box at bottom-col-1. Each box pops, drops its "?" cap, and releases its hidden bottle into the opened slot. Pouring the wrong color seals the padlock shut and burns the move.
Why must blue be mined from the pink/blue/red at bottom-col-3 instead of from the green/cyan/blue/orange at top-col-4?
The bottom-col-3 path is two peels (pink, then blue) and uses the empty the puzzle already gives you. The top-col-4 path is three peels (green, cyan, then blue) and ties up the bottom-col-2 buffer that you need for the green lane off the released four-color bottle, so blue ends up stranded and the green lane never gets a clean home.