Brain Puzzle 3 Level 49 Answer: Help the protagonist block the leak until rescue arrives

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Watch the last four moves together: the fork on the buoy at 8, the anchor on the coral at 10, and the sail pulled to the hole at 12.

Level 49 walkthrough: every move in order.

What makes Level 49 tricky.

Eight of the twelve moves push something into the same spot, the cave entrance: plank, starfish, vine, life jacket, swimsuit, wig, napkin and finally the deflated buoy. The buoy is the trap. It does not appear on that list until the shark's fork has been used on it at step 8, so the sequence goes plank, starfish, vine, jacket, swimsuit, wig, napkin, fork, buoy. A run that has been dropping everything at the entrance sees the buoy floating nearby and reaches for it a move too early.

The shark is a supplier rather than a threat. Two of the twelve moves take things off his table, the napkin at step 7 and the fork at step 8, while the goal is to block the leak until rescue arrives, and he spends the level sitting in the water with a bib on. Then the last three moves change target. The anchor goes to the coral at 10, the coral goes over the hole at 11, and the sail is pulled to the hole at 12. Anchor, coral and sail are all parts of the scene rather than loose objects lying around, which is why they are the easiest three to skip.

Two names for the target run through this level: the cave entrance for eight moves and the hole for the last two. A run that has been aiming at the entrance for seven moves keeps aiming there after step 10, when the coral and the sail are meant for the hole. The scenery is the other half of the read. Water is coming through the hull, the buoy floats beside the boat, the anchor sits down in the coral, and the sail is above your head the whole time. The checklist below separates the eight entrance moves from the four that end elsewhere.

Eight to the entrance, four elsewhere.

The pile at the entrance grows for seven moves, then the fork breaks the pattern:

• The entrance pile, steps 1 to 7 and 9. Plank, starfish, vine, life jacket, swimsuit, wig, napkin, then the deflated buoy.
• The napkin, step 7. It comes off the shark rather than out of the boat.
• The fork, step 8. It goes to the buoy, and the buoy is not a move until after that.
• The buoy, step 9. The last item for the entrance, and it only travels once it has been deflated.
• The anchor, step 10. It goes to the coral, which is the first target in the level that is not the entrance or the hole.
• The coral, step 11. Dragged over to the hole.
• The sail, step 12. Pulled to the hole rather than dragged, and the last move of the level.

Six props, one napkin and one buoy fill the entrance; the anchor, coral and sail close it.

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