Magic Sort! Level 761 Puzzle Walkthrough and Tube Management

To beat Level 761 in Magic Sort!, open an extra empty buffer tube within your first few moves by completely clearing a tube that contains only two color segments. Maintaining two open vials simultaneously gives you the operational space needed to unpack buried base layers without locking your remaining slots.

How to Establish an Early Buffer Tube

Level 761 distributes color segments in single- and double-unit increments across multiple containers, with each vial holding up to four units. Pouring surface colors at random quickly fills your starting empty vials, leaving you unable to reach the base layers underneath.

To free up a dedicated buffer tube early:

Locate the simplest vial: Scan the board for a tube holding only two color varieties where the top color already matches an exposed surface in another vial.
Merge the top segment: Pour that surface segment onto its matching counterpart in the receiving tube.
Empty the remaining base: Pour the remaining bottom segment of your target tube into another vial that shares that color and has available capacity.

Once this tube is emptied, you have two fully vacant vials (including the stage's starting open slot). Never fill both empty tubes with partial stacks at the same time; keep at least one bottle completely clear to cycle intermediate colors.

Color Consolidation Priority Order

After securing a workable buffer, focus on consolidating colors that already have three units accessible across the board. Completing a full four-unit vial removes that color from play, reducing clutter, but it also permanently closes that bottle to future transfers.

Prioritize your moves using this sequence:

Priority	Target Placement	Objective
Priority 1	Three-segment exposed colors	Complete a full four-unit vial to permanently eliminate a color from the active pool.
Priority 2	Double-unit matching tops	Combine identical surface layers to reveal the colors trapped below.
Priority 3	Single-unit buried anchors	Uncover bottom-layer anchors only when an open host vial is ready to receive them.
Priority 4	Fragmented single units	Park single units into your temporary buffer vial only as a brief stepping stone.

Preventing Mid-Puzzle Deadlocks

A frequent failure point on Level 761 occurs when multiple tubes hold three units of a single color while the fourth unit is buried under unrelated liquids. Shuffling colors back and forth without a clear exit path will quickly strand partial stacks and freeze the board.

Before attempting to dig out a buried fourth segment:

Count the blocking layers: Identify how many intermediate color layers sit on top of the target unit.
Confirm open capacity: Ensure you have enough empty spaces across existing mixed tubes to hold those intermediate layers without dumping both of them into your empty reserve tubes.
Reroute if blocked: If uncovering a unit requires using your last empty slot with no immediate follow-up move, stop. Switch focus to a different color branch on the board. Completing another color first often creates the empty space needed to safely dig out the original target.

Final Cascading Clear Sequence

Once three or four colors are finished, the remaining liquid units will naturally settle into clean two-color splits. Clear the remaining tubes using a continuous cascade:

Pour the surface layer of an incomplete vial into its matching, near-full host tube to finish that color.
Pour the newly exposed bottom layer into a second matching vial to complete another bottle.
Use the newly emptied vial to absorb remaining loose segments from the board.

Repeat this transfer loop until all vials contain uniform liquid colors to finish Level 761.