Mines · Tricky

Mines Tricky Level 491

Exactly the start of Tricky level 491 in the app: 9×12 tiles, 22 sleepers, 14 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.

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