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Mines Normal Level 493

Exactly the start of Normal level 493 in the app: 9×11 tiles, 16 sleepers, 6 tiles already open. The whole board follows from the numbers in 28 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 / 28Start position

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

Whole boardSpoiler

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

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