Mines · Tricky

Mines Tricky Level 986

Exactly the start of Tricky level 986 in the app: 9×12 tiles, 22 sleepers, 24 tiles already open. The whole board follows from the numbers in 52 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 / 52Start position

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

Whole boardSpoiler

All 52 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 4, column 3 one number
  2. Safe row 2, column 3; row 3, column 3 one number
  3. Sleeper row 5, column 7 one number
  4. Safe row 6, column 7 one number
  5. Safe row 7, column 7 one number
  6. Sleeper row 8, column 6; row 8, column 7; row 8, column 8 · Safe row 5, column 8 two numbers
  7. Safe row 8, column 4; row 8, column 5 one number
  8. Sleeper row 8, column 3 one number
  9. Safe row 6, column 2; row 7, column 2; row 8, column 2 one number
  10. Sleeper row 5, column 2 one number
  11. Safe row 4, column 2 one number
  12. Safe row 5, column 1; row 6, column 1; row 7, column 1 one number
  13. Safe row 4, column 1 one number
  14. Safe row 1, column 2; row 1, column 3; row 1, column 4 1-2 pattern
  15. Sleeper row 3, column 2 one number
  16. Safe row 3, column 1 one number
  17. Sleeper row 1, column 5 one number
  18. Safe row 1, column 6 one number
  19. Safe row 1, column 7 one number
  20. Sleeper row 2, column 8 1-2 pattern
  21. Safe row 1, column 8 one number
  22. Safe row 1, column 9; row 2, column 9 one number
  23. Safe row 3, column 8 one number
  24. Safe row 3, column 9 one number
  25. Sleeper row 4, column 8 one number
  26. Safe row 4, column 9 one number
  27. Safe row 5, column 9 one number
  28. Safe row 6, column 8; row 6, column 9 one number
  29. Sleeper row 7, column 8 one number
  30. Safe row 7, column 9 one number
  31. Safe row 8, column 9 one number
  32. Safe row 9, column 8; row 9, column 9 one number
  33. Safe row 10, column 8; row 10, column 9 one number
  34. Safe row 10, column 7 1-2 pattern
  35. Sleeper row 9, column 7 one number
  36. Safe row 11, column 7 one number
  37. Sleeper row 12, column 7 one number
  38. Safe row 9, column 3 1-2 pattern
  39. Safe row 9, column 2; row 9, column 4; row 10, column 2; row 10, column 3; row 10, column 4 one number
  40. Sleeper row 9, column 1 one number
  41. Safe row 10, column 1 one number
  42. Safe row 11, column 1; row 11, column 2 one number
  43. Safe row 11, column 3 one number
  44. Sleeper row 11, column 4 one number
  45. Sleeper row 12, column 3 one number
  46. Sleeper row 12, column 4 one number
  47. Sleeper row 9, column 5 one number
  48. Sleeper row 9, column 6 one number
  49. Safe row 10, column 5 one number
  50. Sleeper row 11, column 5 one number
  51. Safe row 12, column 6 1-2 pattern
  52. Sleeper row 11, column 6 · Safe row 10, column 6; row 12, column 5 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