Magic Sort level guide
Magic Sort Level 299 Walkthrough
Magic Sort Level 299 is a vault-gated cork release on a 4-column, twelve-bottle board. One large red wooden vault seals the entire top row and five "?" cork caps hide colors in the middle and bottom rows. Pour the pink top of middle-row col 1 onto the vault padlock to drop the four tall top-row bottles (including a white magic bottle at top col 3), then pop the four "?" corks in pour order. Bottom-row col 2, middle-row col 4, top-row col 2, bottom-row col 3, so every released color lands on a lane already banked. Save the magic bottle for the awkward leftovers and top off all twelve bottles into single colors.
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How to Solve Magic Sort Level 299 — Full Solution
- Pour the pink top of middle-row col 1 (pink-dark-red) onto the wooden vault padlock to open the top row and free middle col 1 as the first empty buffer.
- Pop the bottom-row col 2 cork by routing the orange top of bottom-row col 1 (purple- orange-dark) onto it — the cork pops, the hidden color drops in, and the orange lane is now banked in bottom-row col 1.
- Pop the middle-row col 4 cork by routing the cyan top of middle-row col 4 (cyan-orange- dark) onto it — the cork pops, the hidden color drops in, and the orange top of middle-row col 4 docks cleanly onto the orange lane at bottom-row col 1.
- Pour the pink top of bottom-row col 4 (pink-blue-dark) onto the now-exposed blue of bottom-row col 4, then walk that pink onto the matching pink base in middle-row col 2 to free bottom-row col 4 as the next empty buffer.
- Pop the middle-row col 3 cork by routing the matching color from the freed top-row col 1 tall bottle onto it, and pop the bottom-row col 3 cork by routing the matching color onto it — each release joins its own lane and the middle and bottom rows collapse toward single colors.
- Pop the top-row col 2 cork (peach/coral hidden color) by routing the matching peach onto it, dock the released peach onto the brown lane in middle-row col 3, and free top-row col 2 as the next single-color bottle.
- Use the white magic bottle at top-row col 3 to absorb the last awkward color pair from the leftover mixes, then top off red, green, dark, yellow, purple, pink, brown, orange, cyan, blue and the magic bottle's final color so all twelve positions end on a single color with no corks left.
Colors in this level:
Red, Green, Dark, Yellow, Pink, Purple, Brown, Orange, Cyan, Blue
Common Mistakes to Avoid
- Pouring any color other than pink onto the vault padlock, which seals the vault shut and locks the four tall top-row bottles out of the run.
- Pouring the wrong top color onto any "?" cork (orange onto the middle-row col 4 cork, cyan onto the bottom-row col 2 cork, etc.), which seals the cork and burns the move you needed to release that hidden color.
- Pouring two different colors into the white magic bottle at top col 3, which locks it into a 2-color mix and burns the only flexible overflow on the board.
Quick Tips for Magic Sort Level 299 (spoiler-free)
- Pour the pink top of middle-row col 1 onto the vault padlock as your very first move — no other color opens the vault, and every peel off a different top wastes a turn.
- Walk the four "?" corks in pour order. Bottom-row col 2 first, then middle-row col 4, then top-row col 2, then bottom-row col 3, and each pop needs its matching color already banked.
- Save the white magic bottle at top col 3 for the awkward leftovers; one color per magic bottle, two different colors locks the only flexible overflow on the board.
Board notes 5 details
- Layout
- A three-tier, four-column board of twelve bottle positions and zero starting empties. The entire top row is sealed by one large red wooden vault box (four columns wide, locked with a tan padlock) and hides four tall 4-slot bottles behind it: top col 1 (green-red-dark-red), top col 2 (a corked "?" bottle with a peach hidden color), top col 3 (the white magic bottle), and top col 4 (pink-yellow-blue-dark). The middle row is four 3-slot bottles: col 1 and col 2 are pink-dark-red stacks with a small "?" mark on the body, col 3 and col 4 are corked "?" caps. The bottom row is four 3-slot bottles: col 1 is a purple-orange-dark stack, col 2 and col 3 are corked "?" caps, and col 4 is a pink-blue-dark stack. Colors across the level are red, green, dark, yellow, pink, purple, brown, orange, cyan, blue and peach.
- Goal
- Pour pink from middle-row col 1 onto the vault padlock to open the top row, then walk the four "?" corks in a fixed pour order so each pop reveals a hidden color that lands on a lane already banked. The real chokepoint is opening the workshop — with zero empties and the top row sealed, the very first move has to be pink-on-pink into the padlock or the entire run stalls.
- Opening
- Pour the pink top of middle-row col 1 (pink-dark-red) onto the wooden vault padlock to open the top row and free middle col 1 as the first empty. Pop the bottom-row col 2 cork by routing the orange top of bottom-row col 1 (purple-orange-dark) onto it, dock the purple top of bottom-row col 1 onto the bottom-row col 4 (pink-blue-dark) base to start a purple lane, then pop the middle-row col 4 cork by routing the cyan top of middle-row col 4 onto it. Pour the pink top of bottom-row col 4 onto the now-exposed blue of bottom-row col 4, then walk that pink onto the matching pink base in middle-row col 2.
- Danger Zone
- Pouring any color other than pink onto the vault padlock seals the vault shut and burns the move — the padlock only opens on pink, and the rest of the level's hidden colors are locked behind it. Every "?" cork only opens on its exact hidden color: orange onto bottom-row col 2's cork pops it, cyan onto middle-row col 4's cork pops it, peach onto top-row col 2's cork pops it, and so on. The top-row col 2 cork is the most fragile — it hides the only peach/coral source on the board, so it must be popped last or the released peach has no clean lane to dock. The white magic bottle at top col 3 is the only flexible overflow; pour two different colors into it and it locks into a 2-color mix, burning the spare buffer the rest of the run depends on.
- Mechanics
- A vault-gated cork release on a 4-column, 12-bottle board with five "?" corks and one white magic bottle. The chokepoint is vault-then-cork-then-sort: the top-row vault forces the very first move to be pink-on-pink, the four tall top-row 4-slot bottles only enter play after that unlock, and the five "?" corks in the middle and bottom rows must be walked in a fixed pour order so each released color lands on a lane already banked. The white magic bottle at top col 3 is the only flexible overflow, so save it for the awkward leftovers rather than filling it early.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do you open the red wooden vault at the top of Magic Sort Level 299?
Pour the pink top of middle-row col 1 (the pink-dark-red stack) onto the vault padlock — pink is the only color that opens it, and the curtain drops to reveal the four tall 4-slot bottles behind it (including the corked col 2 and the white magic bottle in col 3). Pour any other color and the vault stays sealed and the move is wasted.
Why must the top-row col 2 cork be popped last in Magic Sort Level 299?
It hides the only peach source on the board, so it must be popped last so the released peach has a clean lane to dock onto. Pop the bottom-row col 2 and middle-row col 4 corks first, bank peach into a clean lane only when you are ready to absorb the top col 2 release, and the cork pops cleanly.