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Mines Normal Level 417

Exactly the start of Normal level 417 in the app: 9×11 tiles, 16 sleepers, 28 tiles already open. The whole board follows from the numbers in 30 steps, no guessing. Go through them one at a time, or look at the finished board.

Open with starsIn the app, you open this level for free with the stars you win, in a pack of 50. Beasties Pro, a one-time purchase, opens every level at once. How Free and Pro work

SolutionStep by step, with the reason

0 / 30Start position

Start: the open patch is exactly where the app opens the level.

Whole boardSpoiler

All 30 steps as a list

Rows count from the top, columns from the left. Each step follows from the numbers that are open by then.

  1. Sleeper row 1, column 5 one number
  2. Sleeper row 1, column 6 one number
  3. Safe row 1, column 7 one number
  4. Safe row 1, column 8; row 2, column 8 one number
  5. Sleeper row 3, column 8 one number
  6. Sleeper row 3, column 9 one number
  7. Sleeper row 4, column 8 one number
  8. Safe row 5, column 8 one number
  9. Safe row 4, column 9; row 5, column 9; row 6, column 7; row 6, column 8; row 6, column 9 one number
  10. Sleeper row 6, column 5 one number
  11. Safe row 6, column 3; row 6, column 4 one number
  12. Safe row 7, column 3; row 7, column 4; row 7, column 5 one number
  13. Safe row 8, column 4; row 8, column 5 one number
  14. Sleeper row 8, column 3 one number
  15. Sleeper row 4, column 1; row 4, column 2 one number
  16. Safe row 5, column 2 one number
  17. Sleeper row 6, column 2 one number
  18. Safe row 7, column 2 one number
  19. Sleeper row 8, column 2 one number
  20. Safe row 9, column 7 1-2 pattern
  21. Safe row 10, column 6; row 10, column 7; row 10, column 8 1-2 pattern
  22. Safe row 10, column 5; row 11, column 5; row 11, column 6; row 11, column 7 1-2 pattern
  23. Sleeper row 9, column 4; row 9, column 5 one number
  24. Safe row 9, column 6 one number
  25. Sleeper row 9, column 8 one number
  26. Safe row 9, column 9 one number
  27. Safe row 8, column 1 one number
  28. Sleeper row 7, column 1 one number
  29. Safe row 6, column 1 one number
  30. Sleeper row 5, column 1 one number

Every player gets the same levels in the same order, so this start matches your app. The order here always takes the simplest reason first, like the hint in the app. How to play Mines