Magic Sort! Level 629 Guide: How to Beat the Stage

To beat Level 629 in Magic Sort!, preserve at least one of your two empty buffer tubes while grouping matching surface colors. Committing both empty tubes to mixed colors early in the stage restricts your board space, leading directly to a deadlock.

Managing the Starting Layout

Level 629 splits colors into individual single-unit segments placed under contrasting layers, limiting direct transfers at the start. The board provides two empty four-slot buffer tubes alongside the occupied puzzle bottles.

Board Element	Starting State	Strategic Priority
Occupied Bottles	Segmented single-unit color layers	Scan top layers to find identical colors that merge without using empty tubes.
Empty Tubes (x2)	Four open slots each	Keep one tube completely clear as an active conduit for temporary transfers.
Completed Bottles	Zero sorted colors	Build full four-unit stacks of one color to permanently free working slots.

Step-by-Step Color Consolidation

Follow this sequence to uncover buried colors without freezing your board:

Perform direct surface transfers first: Check the top layer of every occupied bottle. If two bottles display the same color on top, pour them together immediately. Do not place a color into an empty tube if a direct top-to-top merge is already available.
Dedicate the first empty tube to accessible colors: When you must use an empty tube, move a color that has at least two or three matching fragments exposed across the upper layers of other bottles. Avoid placing a single isolated color unit into an empty tube if no immediate match exists to follow it.
Target shallow bottles: Direct your moves toward occupied bottles that have only one or two segments above the bottom color. Clearing a nearly depleted bottle gives you an additional empty tube faster than shifting layers between full four-color bottles.
Build mono-color stacks: Once an empty tube holds two segments of a single color, do not stack a different color on top of it. Use that container exclusively to assemble the third and fourth units of that specific color.

Preventing Deadlocks on Level 629

Level 629 leaves very little room for misdirected transfers. Avoid these three common failure points:

Filling both buffer tubes: Never put mixed colors into both empty tubes at the same time. If both buffers are partially filled with different shades and no top layers match, the puzzle freezes and requires a restart.
Splitting pairs across separate bottles: Do not move matching segments into different tubes unless you can reunite them within your next two actions. Dispersing identical segments reduces your available headroom.
Digging without an exit route: Avoid pouring off an upper color solely to see what lies beneath it. Only uncover a trapped segment if you already have a valid matching destination ready to receive it.