Marble Sort Level 289 Walkthrough & Solution

Level 289 Board Overview: 16-Clear Panel Trap

The verified walkthrough identifies the opening board as 16-Clear Panel Trap. The first confirmed moves are: Open by selecting the lone cyan marble that hangs straight down from the tray’s middle-bottom and dropping it into either available blue receiver below. Then: Move at once to the linked pair, taking the brown stone near the structure’s lower-left corner and the green stone sitting beside the yellow one, so the attached brown-and-blue receivers collapse as one. The next safe order is recorded below so the belt does not fill with bait.

The Trap in Marble Sort Level 289

• Opening bait: Knock out as many head-row receivers as you can using just the red, yellow, and purple stones found on the outer rim, keeping every question-mark tile untouched for now.
• Board order: After the loose stones are gone, peek at one question-mark tile at a time, sending it home only when a receiver is ready and holding it on the belt otherwise, and never flip three question tiles back to back.
• Belt discipline: Use only the first verified clears here; do not spend belt space on a color without an active receiver.

Marble Sort Level 289 Step-by-Step Walkthrough

Opening: follow the safe first clears

1. Open by selecting the lone cyan marble that hangs straight down from the tray’s middle-bottom and dropping it into either available blue receiver below.
2. Move at once to the linked pair, taking the brown stone near the structure’s lower-left corner and the green stone sitting beside the yellow one, so the attached brown-and-blue receivers collapse as one.
3. Knock out as many head-row receivers as you can using just the red, yellow, and purple stones found on the outer rim, keeping every question-mark tile untouched for now.

Midgame: open the next receiver path

After the opening clears, let the next exposed groups move only when their receiver is ready.

4. After the loose stones are gone, peek at one question-mark tile at a time, sending it home only when a receiver is ready and holding it on the belt otherwise, and never flip three question tiles back to back.
5. The instant your 16th receiver clears, the steel door melts away and exposes a compact 3x3 core stuffed with green and brown, a dense red-and-orange pocket on the left, plus blue and cyan on the right.
6. Rush to clear any cyan or pink receivers that rise to the head row, since those colors were locked up early, then widen the tall lanes to dig out the deeper purples.

Cleanup: finish the remaining sequence

The final phase follows the remaining source order. Pause whenever the belt starts to fill.

7. Take stones from the upper green and brown pile only when a receiver waits for them, and snap the yellow or orange-to-purple linked pair the moment both lower corners come into view.
8. Pour the leftover upper-middle greens into the final green receivers and gather the stray cyan stones from the right flank to fire the last clears and complete the stage.

Level 289 Tips Recap

• Knock out as many head-row receivers as you can using just the red, yellow, and purple stones found on the outer rim, keeping every question-mark tile untouched for now.
• Rush to clear any cyan or pink receivers that rise to the head row, since those colors were locked up early, then widen the tall lanes to dig out the deeper purples.
• Pour the leftover upper-middle greens into the final green receivers and gather the stray cyan stones from the right flank to fire the last clears and complete the stage.