Magic Sort level guide
Magic Sort Level 314 Walkthrough
Magic Sort Level 314 is a two-tier, ten-bottle routing board with four cream-coloured wrapped magic bottles at T1, T4, B1 and B4 as the only flexible overflow. Drain the four three-color mixers at T3, T5, B3 and B5 from the top down, route each exposed color into its own wrapped bottle or onto a matching single, and top off the wrapped bottles last so the board finishes with ten full single-color lanes.
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How to Solve Magic Sort Level 314 — Full Solution
- Drain the top three-color mixer at T3 into the wrapped bottles — pour its top color (blue) into T1, its second color (red) into T4, and its third color (green) into B1 — so T3 collapses into a clean empty and three wrapped bottles each hold one color.
- Move to the second three-color mixer at T5 — pour its top color (purple) into the freed T3, pour its second color (red) onto the red receiver at T4 so T4 holds two red, and pour its third color (cyan) onto the matching cyan single at B2 to keep B2 as the cyan anchor lane.
- Move to the third three-color mixer at B3 — pour its top color (blue) onto the blue receiver at T1 so T1 holds two blue, pour its second color (cyan) onto the cyan anchor at B2, and pour its third color (light blue) into the last wrapped bottle at B4 so B4 becomes a light-blue receiver.
- Move to the final three-color mixer at B5 — pour its top color (pink) into the freed T3, pour its second color (orange) onto a wrapped bottle dedicated to orange, and pour its third color (yellow) onto a wrapped bottle dedicated to yellow.
- Use the four wrapped bottles as the four color receivers that anchor the sort, and use the two singles at T2 (brown) and B2 (cyan) as the two anchor lanes that never move.
- Top off blue at T1, red at T4, green at B1, light blue (or pink/orange/yellow) at B4, brown at T2, cyan at B2, and finish the remaining wrapped bottle with the leftover color so the board ends with ten full single-color bottles and zero wrapped slots left empty.
Colors in this level:
Blue, Red, Green, Cyan, Purple, Brown, Pink, Orange, Yellow, Gray
Common Mistakes to Avoid
- Pouring two different colors into the same wrapped bottle, which locks that wrapped bottle on a two-color stack and removes a flexible buffer you cannot afford to lose on a board with no plain empties.
- Dedicating the wrapped bottle at T4 to a color other than red before the second red from T5 has been routed, which strands the second red with no clean home on the rest of the board.
- Pouring a top color from a three-color mixer into a wrapped bottle that already holds a different color, which strands both the new color and the wrapped bottle's existing color at the same time.
Quick Tips for Magic Sort Level 314 (spoiler-free)
- Match each wrapped bottle to one color from its very first pour — T1 to blue, T4 to red, B1 to green, B4 to the last color that surfaces — and never pour a different color into it after that.
- Use the two single-color anchor lanes at T2 (brown) and B2 (cyan) as the only bottles that never move, so the rest of the sort can pour onto them at any time.
- Drain each three-color mixer top-first, one color at a time, into its own wrapped bottle — never pour a top color into a wrapped bottle that already holds a different color.
Board notes 5 details
- Layout
- Two tiers, no locks, corks, boxes, frozen tiles or regular empties. The top row is a cream-coloured wrapped bottle at T1, a single-color four-segment brown at T2, a three-color mixer at T3 (blue over red over green), another wrapped bottle at T4, and another three-color mixer at T5 (purple over red over cyan). The bottom row is a wrapped bottle at B1, a single-color four-segment cyan at B2, a three-color mixer at B3 (blue over cyan over light blue, captured mid-pour at the start), another wrapped bottle at B4, and a final three-color mixer at B5 (pink over orange over yellow). Four cream-coloured wrapped magic bottles, two single-color anchor lanes and four three-color mixers — ten bottles total and zero plain empties.
- Goal
- Drain the four three-color mixers at T3, T5, B3 and B5 from the top down, pouring each exposed color into one of the four wrapped bottles at T1, T4, B1, B4 or onto a matching top, until all ten bottles — including the four wrapped ones — finish on a single color. The wrapped bottles accept any color, so the strategy is to use them as flexible one-color receivers, peel one color off each mixer at a time, and only close a wrapped bottle when it already holds three segments of the same color so the fourth segment can finish the sort.
- Opening
- Pour the top color of the three-color mixer at T3 (blue) into the wrapped bottle at T1, its second color (red) into the wrapped bottle at T4, and its third color (green) into the wrapped bottle at B1, so T3 collapses into a clean empty. Move to T5 and pour its top color (purple) into the freed T3, its red onto the red receiver at T4, and its cyan onto the matching cyan single at B2 to keep B2 as the cyan anchor lane. Use the freed T3 and the four wrapped bottles as the entire workshop for the rest of the sort.
- Danger Zone
- The four wrapped bottles are flexible but each must still finish on a single color. Pour two different colors into the same wrapped bottle and that wrapped bottle locks on a two-color stack and can no longer act as a clean receiver. T4 is the most exposed wrapped bottle, because T3 and T5 both pour red into it; if T4 is used for anything but red, the second red from T5 has no clean home. The three-color mixers are the other trap — pouring a top color into a wrapped bottle that already holds a different color strands both and you lose a wrapped slot you cannot afford.
- Mechanics
- A pure two-tier routing board with no locks, corks, boxes, frozen tiles or regular empties. The only special bottle type is the four cream-coloured wrapped magic bottles at T1, T4, B1 and B4, which start empty, accept any color and each must end on a single color. The chokepoint is matching color to the right wrapped bottle: peel one color off each three-color mixer at a time, route each color into its own wrapped bottle or onto a matching single at T2 or B2, and top off the wrapped bottles last so the board finishes with ten full single-color lanes and zero wrapped slots left empty.
Frequently Asked Questions
What do the cream-coloured wrapped bottles do in Magic Sort Level 314?
The four wrapped bottles at T1, T4, B1 and B4 are magic buffers that start empty, accept any color and each must finish on a single color. Use them as flexible one-color receivers, peel one color off each three-color mixer into its own wrapped bottle, and top off the wrapped bottles last so the board ends with ten full single-color lanes.
Why is the wrapped bottle at T4 the most important wrapped slot in Level 314?
Both three-color mixers at T3 and T5 pour a red segment into T4, so T4 is the natural red receiver. Dedicate T4 to red from its first pour, otherwise the second red from T5 strands itself with no clean home on a board that has no plain empties to fall back on.