Magic Sort level guide
Magic Sort Level 403 Walkthrough
Magic Sort Level 403 is a five-vault-plus-double-cork release on a three-tier, fourteen-position board with no starting empties at all. The five tall red wooden vaults across the top row each only pop on a specific matching color poured into the brass padlock and each release a fresh single-color bottle onto the vault slot, and the two small purple "X" corks at B3 and B4 each only pop on a matching color poured onto the white "X" stamp from the top and each release a fresh single-color bottle. Peel the right top off M1–M5, B1 and B2 to feed the right padlock and the right cork at the right time, walk the five vaults in left-to-right padlock order, pop the two "X" corks next, and top off all fourteen positions onto a single color.
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How to Solve Magic Sort Level 403 — Full Solution
- Peel the orange top off M1 into the B1 short yellow-over-green mixer to bank orange, then pour the pink tops off M2 and M3 onto the B1 stack to start a pink-plus-yellow-plus-green-plus-orange base that frees M1, M2 and M3.
- Pour the yellow top off M4 (yellow-green-red) onto the M2 green base to bank yellow on the left, pour the green middle of M4 onto the B2 orange-cyan mixer to build a green-over-orange-cyan stack, then pour the red bottom of M4 onto the top-col-3 brass padlock to pop the first vault — a fresh single-color bottle drops into the top-col-3 slot.
- Pour the green top off M5 (green-orange-red) onto the B2 green stack, pour the orange middle of M5 onto the freed M1 base, then pour the red bottom of M5 onto the top-col-1 brass padlock to pop the second vault — a fresh single-color bottle drops into the top-col-1 slot.
- Walk the top-col-2, top-col-4 and top-col-5 brass padlocks in left-to-right order using the matching colors banked across the B1 and B2 stacks plus the freed M1, M2 and M3 base cells. Each vault pops and drops a fresh single-color bottle onto its slot.
- Pop the B3 "X" cork by pouring a matching color from the top onto the white "X" stamp so the cork falls away and a fresh single-color bottle drops into the B3 slot. Repeat with B4 the same way using the second matching color.
- Route every released vault color and cork color onto its own lane through the freed M1, M2, M3, M4 and M5 base cells, peel the remaining mixed segments off B1 and B2 top-first, and clear every working buffer to a single color before reusing it.
- Top off red, pink, blue, purple, gray, yellow, orange, green, cyan and brown each into one bottle so all fourteen positions end on a single color with no mixed segments, no wooden vault and no "X" cork left.
Colors in this level:
Red, Pink, Blue, Purple, Gray, Yellow, Orange, Green, Cyan, Brown
Common Mistakes to Avoid
- Pouring a non-matching color onto a brass padlock or onto a "X" cork stamp, which seals the wood or the cork shut and strands the fresh single-color bottle the rest of the sort depends on.
- Peeling the pink top off M3 into a buffer that you wanted to keep yellow, which buries the only blue source on the entire board and prevents the blue padlock from ever being fed.
- Splitting the red bottoms of M4 and M5 across two different vault padlocks, which thins the red count and leaves no single padlock with a deep enough red trigger to pop on its own.
Quick Tips for Magic Sort Level 403 (spoiler-free)
- Bank the five vault trigger colors and the two cork trigger colors in the freed M1–M5 base cells before you tap any padlock or "X" cork, or you burn a move on a sealed vault or cork that has no matching color to read.
- Peel the pink top off M3 into a buffer that already has pink, or onto the M1 green base, so the only blue source on the entire board is not buried under a mismatched stack.
- Pour the red bottoms of M4 and M5 onto the same vault padlock in consecutive moves, never split them across two different vaults, so the red count stays concentrated in one stack and matches a single padlock trigger.
Board notes 5 details
- Layout
- A three-tier, five-column board of fourteen bottle positions with no starting empties, no wraps, no frozen tiles, no magic overflow and no white star flasks. The entire top row is sealed by five identical tall red wooden vaults (cylindrical bodies with golden end-caps, a brass padlock in the center of each body, and a tan top-stamp on the cap) at top-col-1 through top-col-5. The middle row is five mixed bottles — M1 orange-over-green, M2 pink-over-green, M3 pink-over-blue-over-orange, M4 yellow-over-green-over-red, and M5 green-over-orange-over-red. The bottom row is four positions — B1 a short yellow-over-green mixer, B2 a short orange-over-cyan mixer, B3 a small corked purple bottle with a white "X" cork stamp, and B4 a second small corked purple bottle with the same "X" cork stamp. The five red wooden vaults and the two "X" corks are the only special tiles on the board, and M3 is the only true blue source on the entire grid.
- Goal
- Sequence the five red wooden vaults across the top row and the two "X" corks at B3 and B4 so the seven hidden single-color bottles they guard all enter the sort at a point where a clean lane is already banked in the freed M1–M5 base cells. The first unlock is whichever top-col vault you feed first — the brass padlock pops on its matching color, the cap opens, and a fresh single-color bottle drops onto the vault slot. Each "X" cork pops on a matching color poured from the top and also drops a fresh single-color bottle. The end state is fourteen full single-color bottles (red, pink, blue, purple, gray, yellow, orange, green, cyan, brown plus the vault and cork releases), with no vault padlocks and no "X" corks left.
- Opening
- Pour the orange top off M1 (orange-over-green) into the B1 short yellow-over-green mixer to bank orange, then pour the pink tops off M2 and M3 onto the B1 stack to start a pink-plus- yellow-plus-green-plus-orange base that frees M1, M2 and M3. Pour the yellow top off M4 (yellow-green-red) onto the M2 green base to bank yellow on the left, pour the green middle of M4 onto the B2 orange-cyan mixer to build a green-over-orange-cyan stack, then pour the red bottom of M4 onto the top-col-3 brass padlock to pop the first vault and drop a fresh single-color bottle into the top-col-3 slot.
- Danger Zone
- Pouring a non-matching color onto a brass padlock (orange into the red-only vault, blue into the yellow-only vault, etc.) is the single biggest move-loss — the padlock stays locked for the rest of the run and the fresh single-color bottle the rest of the puzzle depends on is stranded behind the seal. The two "X" corks at B3 and B4 each only pop on a specific matching color poured from the top, so popping a cork before its matching color has been banked strands the released color on top of an occupied stack. M3 is the only bottle that carries a true blue segment in its top half, so peeling its pink top into a buffer that you wanted to keep yellow strands the only blue source. The M4 yellow-green-red and M5 green-orange-red mixers share a red bottom, and you cannot pour those red bottoms into different vaults or buffers or the red count gets split across two stacks and no single vault or cork can build the matching red trigger it needs.
- Mechanics
- A five-vault-plus-double-cork release on a three-tier, fourteen-position board with no starting empties, no wraps, no frozen tiles and no magic overflow. The only special tiles are the five tall red wooden vaults at top-col-1 through top-col-5 (each sealed by a brass padlock that pops on a specific matching color, each dropping a fresh single-color bottle onto the vault slot) and the two small purple X corks at B3 and B4 (each sealed by a white X stamp that pops on a matching color poured from the top, each dropping a fresh single-color bottle). The chokepoint is padlock-then-cork-then-sort — bank the five vault trigger colors and the two cork trigger colors in the freed M1–M5 base cells first, walk the five vaults in left-to-right padlock order so each release lands on a clean slot, pop the two X corks next, then drain the remaining mixed segments top-first so every one of the fourteen positions ends on a single color.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do you open the five red wooden vaults in Magic Sort Level 403?
Bank the five vault trigger colors in the freed M1–M5 base cells first by peeling the orange, pink, yellow, green and red tops off the middle-row mixers, then walk the five brass padlocks in left-to-right order using the matching colors you have already accumulated. Each padlock pops on its exact color and drops a fresh single-color bottle onto the vault slot, which you then route onto a clean cell.
Why is Magic Sort Level 403 rated expert?
The board has no starting empties and seven sealed special tiles — five tall red wooden vaults across the top row plus two "X" corks at B3 and B4 — and every one of the seven sealed tiles hides a fresh single-color bottle that the rest of the sort depends on. Pour a non-matching color onto a padlock or an "X" stamp and the wood or the cork seals shut, the fresh bottle is stranded, and the entire 50-plus-move pour order has to be redone. Bank the seven trigger colors in the freed middle-row base cells first, walk the five vaults in left-to-right padlock order, pop the two "X" corks next, then top off all fourteen positions onto a single color.