Mines · Tricky

Mines Tricky Level 257

Exactly the start of Tricky level 257 in the app: 9×12 tiles, 22 sleepers, 15 tiles already open. The whole board follows from the numbers in 31 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 / 31Start position

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

Whole boardSpoiler

All 31 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 2, column 8; row 2, column 9 one number
  2. Safe row 2, column 7 one number
  3. Safe row 8, column 7 1-2 pattern
  4. Sleeper row 6, column 6 · Safe row 9, column 6; row 9, column 7; row 9, column 8 two numbers
  5. Safe row 3, column 6 1-2 pattern
  6. Sleeper row 2, column 6; row 4, column 6 one number
  7. Safe row 1, column 6; row 1, column 7; row 1, column 8 one number
  8. Sleeper row 1, 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; row 8, column 8 one number
  12. Safe row 7, column 5; row 8, column 5; row 9, column 5 one number
  13. Sleeper row 8, column 9 one number
  14. Safe row 9, column 9 one number
  15. Sleeper row 10, column 8; row 10, column 9 one number
  16. Safe row 10, column 7 one number
  17. Sleeper row 10, column 5; row 10, column 6 one number
  18. Safe row 8, column 4; row 9, column 4; row 10, column 4 one number
  19. Sleeper row 7, column 4 one number
  20. Safe row 7, column 3; row 8, column 3; row 9, column 3 one number
  21. Sleeper row 6, column 3 one number
  22. Sleeper row 6, column 4 one number
  23. Safe row 6, column 5 one number
  24. Sleeper row 5, column 4; row 5, column 5 one number
  25. Safe row 4, column 4 one number
  26. Sleeper row 3, column 4 one number
  27. Safe row 4, column 5 one number
  28. Sleeper row 2, column 5; row 3, column 5 one number
  29. Safe row 1, column 5 one number
  30. Safe row 2, column 3 1-2 pattern
  31. Sleeper row 1, column 4; row 2, column 2 · Safe row 1, column 1; row 1, column 2; row 1, column 3; row 2, column 1; row 2, column 4 counting

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