Magic Sort level guide
Magic Sort Level 408 Walkthrough
Magic Sort Level 408 is a pure five-cork opener on a tidy three-tier board with no locks, wraps, boxes or magic bottles. Route the red and the dark base out of the middle pair first to free a matching lane, then pop the five corks left-to-right in matching-color order while the bottom row still offers matching tops for each hidden color.
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How to Solve Magic Sort Level 408 — Full Solution
- Pour the top red of the middle-left bottle onto the red top of the bottom-left red-dark bottle to merge red into one lane.
- Pour the now-exposed dark color of the middle-left bottle onto the dark base of the bottom-2 blue-dark bottle, opening a clean dark lane.
- Pop the leftmost corked top bottle by pouring a matching color from the bottom row onto it, releasing its hidden color.
- Pop the next two corks left-to-right while the bottom row still has matching tops available for each hidden color.
- Drain the middle-right bottle by pouring its dark top onto the open dark lane and its orange onto a freed corked bottle to start the orange lane.
- Use the two freed corked bottles as buffers to route the hidden colors from the last two corks onto their matching lanes.
- Top off every bottle so all twelve end on a single color.
Colors in this level:
Red, Dark, Blue, Green, Pink, Brown, Orange, Yellow, Cyan, Purple, Magenta
Common Mistakes to Avoid
- Popping the fifth cork before the middle pair is sorted, which strands the dark segment under orange with no spare lane.
- Pouring the hidden color from a cork onto an already-mixed bottle that has no matching top, burning the only buffer for the remaining corks.
Quick Tips for Magic Sort Level 408 (spoiler-free)
- Sort the middle pair before opening the last two corks, or the dark segment under orange has nowhere to land.
- Pop the corks left-to-right while the bottom row still exposes matching tops.
- Use the two freed corked bottles as the spare lanes for the last two hidden colors.
Board notes 5 details
- Layout
- Three tiers, twelve bottles, no locks, wraps, boxes or magic. The top row is five corked bottles in a tight row, each sealed with a brown cork and each hiding one color underneath. The middle row is two small mixers — red on dark on the left, dark on orange on the right. The bottom row is five tall mixers, each a colored top over a dark base in red, blue, green, pink and brown. Zero starting empty buffer.
- Goal
- Pop all five corks in the right order and turn the resulting mixed bottles into twelve single-color lanes. The real chokepoint is timing the first three cork pops against the seven visible colors in the middle and bottom rows so each hidden color can land on a matching lane instead of an already-mixed bottle.
- Opening
- Pour the top red off the middle-left bottle onto the red top of the bottom-left red-dark bottle, then pour the now-exposed dark color from that middle bottle onto the dark base of the bottom-2 blue-dark bottle. Pop the leftmost corked top bottle with a matching bottom-row color to release its hidden color, then repeat left-to-right while matching tops are still exposed below.
- Danger Zone
- Around the third cork pop, the bottom row starts running out of matching tops. Popping a cork whose hidden color has no open matching lane strands that hidden color on an already-mixed bottle and burns the buffer you need for the last two corks. The other trap is opening all five corks before the middle pair is sorted — the dark segment buried under orange in the middle-right bottle is the only spare dark on the board, and you must free it before the last two corks land.
- Mechanics
- A pure five-cork board on a tidy three-tier layout with no other gimmicks. Every special action is a cork pop triggered by pouring the matching color from the bottom row onto the sealed top bottle, and the only flexible space on the board is the dark segment buried in the middle pair. The 17-move target is tight because each cork pop costs the buffer used to open it.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do you open the five corks on Magic Sort Level 408?
Pour the matching color from the bottom row onto each sealed top bottle. The cork pops off and the hidden color becomes the new top segment of that bottle. Pop them left-to-right while the bottom row still has matching tops exposed.
Why is the dark color under orange in the middle pair the chokepoint in Level 408?
It is the only spare dark segment on the board. If you open all five corks before routing it, the last two hidden colors have no clean dark lane to land on and you lose the spare space you need to finish the 17-move solution.