Mines · Tricky

Mines Tricky Level 2

Exactly the start of Tricky level 2 in the app: 9×12 tiles, 22 sleepers, 15 tiles already open. The whole board follows from the numbers in 42 steps, no guessing. Go through them one at a time, or look at the finished board.

SolutionStep by step, with the reason

0 / 42Start position

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

Whole boardSpoiler

All 42 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 4, column 7 1-2 pattern
  2. Safe row 10, column 7 1-2 pattern
  3. Sleeper row 6, column 6 · Safe row 9, column 6 two numbers
  4. Safe row 3, column 6; row 3, column 7; row 3, column 8 1-2 pattern
  5. Safe row 2, column 7; row 2, column 8; row 2, column 9; row 3, column 9 1-2 pattern
  6. Sleeper row 4, column 6 one number
  7. Sleeper row 4, column 8 one number
  8. Safe row 4, column 9 one number
  9. Safe row 5, column 6 one number
  10. Sleeper row 7, column 6 one number
  11. Safe row 8, column 6 one number
  12. Safe row 7, column 5; row 8, column 5; row 9, column 5 one number
  13. Safe row 6, column 4; row 6, column 5; row 7, column 4; row 8, column 4 one number
  14. Sleeper row 5, column 5 one number
  15. Sleeper row 4, column 2 one number
  16. Safe row 2, column 2; row 3, column 2 one number
  17. Sleeper row 1, column 2 one number
  18. Sleeper row 8, column 2 one number
  19. Safe row 9, column 4 one number
  20. Sleeper row 9, column 3 one number
  21. Safe row 9, column 2 one number
  22. Safe row 10, column 3; row 10, column 4; row 10, column 5 one number
  23. Sleeper row 10, column 6 one number
  24. Sleeper row 10, column 8 one number
  25. Safe row 10, column 9 one number
  26. Sleeper row 11, column 3 · Safe row 11, column 6 two numbers
  27. Sleeper row 11, column 5; row 11, column 7; row 12, column 5; row 12, column 6; row 12, column 7 one number
  28. Safe row 10, column 2; row 11, column 2; row 11, column 4 one number
  29. Safe row 10, column 1; row 11, column 1; row 12, column 1; row 12, column 2; row 12, column 3 one number
  30. Sleeper row 9, column 1 one number
  31. Safe row 8, column 1 one number
  32. Safe row 7, column 1 one number
  33. Sleeper row 6, column 1 one number
  34. Safe row 5, column 1 one number
  35. Sleeper row 4, column 1 one number
  36. Safe row 11, column 8 one number
  37. Sleeper row 11, column 9 one number
  38. Safe row 12, column 8; row 12, column 9 one number
  39. Safe row 12, column 4 one number
  40. Safe row 1, column 1 1-2 pattern
  41. Safe row 2, column 1 one number
  42. Sleeper row 3, 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