Magic Sort level guide
Magic Sort Level 422 Walkthrough
Magic Sort Level 422 is a cork + wooden box + magic bottle board on a tidy ten-bottle, two-tier grid with no empties. Pop the cork at T1 with the middle red from M3, accumulate a fresh red on the wooden box at M1 to unlock it, and let the white magic bottle at T5 absorb pink so every other bottle can finish on a single color.
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How to Solve Magic Sort Level 422 — Full Solution
- Pour the M3 red onto the T1 cork to pop the cork. The T1 bottle now holds red on top with the hidden red below it.
- Pour the T1 contents (popping red + hidden red) into the now-empty M3 so the two reds stand alone there, freeing T1 as a buffer.
- Pour the M5 orange top into the empty T1 to start the orange lane, then pour the T4 pink top into the white magic bottle at T5 so pink begins its overflow lane.
- Pour the M2 cyan top onto a freed slot (or onto the M1 box's outer rim) to start the cyan lane, then pour the M4 green top onto the T2 green to start consolidating green.
- Accumulate a fresh red on the M1 box: pour the popping red (the top red of the M3 buffer from step 2) onto the M1 box so it has red on top. The box unlocks and releases a full single-color red bottle as M1.
- Use the white magic bottle at T5 to absorb any extra pink that has no clean lane, and use the now-empty M3 as a final buffer to top off the last few single-color slots.
- Top off red, green, navy, pink, cyan, orange and the second red release each into a single bottle so all ten positions end on a single color.
Colors in this level:
Red, Green, Navy, Pink, Cyan, Orange
Common Mistakes to Avoid
- Pouring pink and then a second color into the white magic bottle at T5, which locks your only flexible overflow right when the M1 box's second red release needs a clean slot to land.
- Pouring the popping red from the cork pop directly onto the M1 box, which unlocks the box onto an already-red stack and buries a color that you cannot undo in a single pour.
- Pouring orange onto the magic bottle at T5 instead of into the empty T1, which strands pink with no other overflow left on the board.
Quick Tips for Magic Sort Level 422 (spoiler-free)
- Pop the T1 cork with the M3 red first so the hidden red joins play before the box even opens.
- Keep the popping red in the M3 buffer; do not pour it directly onto the M1 box or you bury a color on the unlock.
- Save the white magic bottle at T5 for pink only. Orange and the rest of the colors can finish on clean single-color slots.
Board notes 5 details
- Layout
- Two tiers, ten bottle positions, no wraps or locks. The top row is T1 a tall corked bottle with a red icon at its base, T2 a full green, T3 a full navy, T4 a full pink, and T5 a white magic bottle with a red icon on its body. The middle row is M1 a short wooden box with a small lock icon, M2 a full cyan, M3 a full red, M4 a full green, and M5 a full orange. Three specials — one cork at T1, one wooden box at M1, and one white magic bottle at T5. The eight starting colors are red, green, navy, pink, cyan and orange, and the cork and the box each hide an additional red underneath.
- Goal
- Pop the cork at T1 with the M3 red to release the hidden red underneath, then accumulate a fresh red on the wooden box at M1 to unlock it and release its hidden red as a full single-color bottle. The chokepoint is the second red release: once both specials are open, the white magic bottle at T5 is the only flexible overflow left, so pink and orange have to land in clean slots before the magic can finish on red.
- Opening
- Pour the M3 red onto the T1 cork to pop the cork, so T1 now holds red on top with the hidden red below. Move the T1 contents (red + hidden red) into the now-empty M3 so the two reds stand alone there, freeing T1 as a buffer. Pour the M5 orange top into the empty T1 to start the orange lane, and pour the T4 pink top into the white magic bottle at T5 so pink begins its overflow lane.
- Danger Zone
- Pour pink and then any second color into the white magic bottle at T5 and it locks on a mix, costing you the only safety net right when the M1 box's second red release needs a clean landing slot. Pour the popping red from the cork pop directly onto the M1 box and the box unlocks its red onto an already-red stack, which buries a color. Pour orange onto the magic bottle and you strand pink with no other overflow left.
- Mechanics
- A cork + wooden box + magic bottle on a tidy single-color board. The cork pops on contact and reveals a hidden red, while the wooden box needs red accumulated on it before it unlocks a second single-color red. Both specials hide the same color (red), so the puzzle is a two-stage red release with the magic bottle as the safety net for pink. Every other color can finish on a clean single-color slot, so the only color that truly needs the magic is pink.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the first move in Magic Sort Level 422?
Pour the M3 red onto the T1 cork to pop the cork. The T1 bottle will hold red on top with the hidden red below it, and you can then move the popping red and the hidden red into the now-empty M3 to free T1 as a buffer for the rest of the sort. Red is the only color that appears in enough sources (M3 plus the two hidden reds) to fuel both the cork pop and the box unlock.
Why does the wooden box at M1 need red accumulated on it before it unlocks in Level 422?
The M1 box is a wooden vault. It only releases its hidden red once a red source has been poured onto it. Pour the popping red from the cork pop directly onto M1 and the box releases its red onto an already-red stack, which buries a color. Keep the popping red in the M3 buffer first, then accumulate a separate fresh red on M1 so the box unlocks into a clean slot and you can route the hidden red into a tidy second red bottle.