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Charmed Stacks

10 puzzles on the high layer, 9 with solutions. Heroes: Bard, Beamcaster, Hero, Wizard.

Map of Charmed Stacks with every puzzle entrance numbered12345678910

1 Charmed Stacks 1

Charmed Stacks puzzle 1 in game

Bard · Crystal ×2

Opens after Charmed Stacks 4

  1. Hint 1

    Pieces that end up somewhere new: both crystals.

  2. Hint 2

    Start: lead the left crystal right 2 tiles, lead the left crystal up 3 tiles and lead the left crystal right.

  3. Hint 3

    Finish: lead the top left crystal right, lead the left crystal right 2 tiles and lead the top left crystal down 4 tiles, then head for the exit.

Full solution · 33 steps
  1. Bard →×2 · ↑×3 · → · ↑ · ↓ · ←×4 · ↑ · ↓ · →×2 · ←×2 · →×2 · ↓ · → · ↓×2 · ↑×2 · ↓×4 · →×3

2 Charmed Stacks 2

Charmed Stacks puzzle 2 in game

Bard · Beamcaster · Crystal ×18

Opens after Charmed Stacks 4

  1. Hint 1

    Heroes in order of first use: Bard → Gemsman. Pieces that end up somewhere new: 15 of the 18 crystals. 3 other pieces stay where they start.

  2. Hint 2

    Start: lead the 1st top-left crystal from the left right, lead the 1st top-left crystal from the left left 2 tiles and lead the 5th top-left crystal from the left left.

  3. Hint 3

    Finish: lead the 2nd top-right crystal from the left down, lead the 3rd top-right crystal from the left down and lead the 6th top-right crystal from the left down, then head for the exit.

Full solution · 173 steps
  1. Bard →×2 · ↑×2 · → · ←×2
  2. Gemsman →
  3. Bard →×2
  4. Gemsman →×11
  5. Bard →×5 · ↓×2 · →×3 · ↓×3 · →×3 · ↑×9 · →×8 · ↓×7 · ←×2 · ↑×2 · ←×2
  6. Gemsman ↓
  7. Bard →
  8. Gemsman ↑ · →×10
  9. Bard →×3 · ↓×4 · →×2 · ↑×3 · →×7 · ↑×2 · → · ←×2
  10. Gemsman →
  11. Bard →
  12. Gemsman ↑
  13. Bard ←×4 · ↓×2 · →×9 · ↑×6 · ←×4 · → · ↑ · →×3 · ↓×6 · ←×8 · ↑×2 · → · ↓×3 · → · ↑×3 · ↓ · → · ↑
  14. Gemsman ↓
  15. Bard ↓×2
  16. Gemsman ↓
  17. Bard ↓×3 · →×2

3 Charmed Stacks 3

Charmed Stacks puzzle 3 in game

Bard · Crystal ×2 · Button · Gate

  1. Hint 1

    Pieces that end up somewhere new: both crystals.

Full solution · 24 steps
  1. Bard →×5 · ↓×6 · ←×5 · ↑ · → · ↓ · →×5

4 Charmed Stacks 4

Charmed Stacks puzzle 4 in game

Bard · Crystal ×3 · Button ×4 · Gate ×4

Opens after Charmed Stacks 3

  1. Hint 1

    Pieces that end up somewhere new: all 3 crystals.

  2. Hint 2

    Start: lead the bottom crystal up, lead the bottom crystal right and lead the lower middle crystal right.

Full solution · 34 steps
  1. Bard ↑×4 · ←×6 · ↓×5 · ↑ · → · ↓ · → · ↑ · →×3 · ↓×2 · →×4 · ↑×5

5 Charmed Stacks 5

Charmed Stacks puzzle 5 in game

Bard · Hero · Skipping stone

  1. Hint 1

    Heroes in order of first use: Hero → Bard. Pieces that end up somewhere new: the crystal.

  2. Hint 2

    Start: push the left crystal right 9 tiles, push the left crystal down 5 tiles and lead the left crystal up.

  3. Hint 3

    Timing matters here: follow the wait times shown beside each step.

Full solution · 70 steps

Hold slow time. Follow the wait times beside each step.

  1. Hero wait 0.8 s, ←, wait 1 s · ←, wait 1 s×3 · ↓, wait 1 s×2 · ←, wait 1 s×2 · ↑, wait 1 s · →, wait 1.4 s×9 · ↑, wait 1 s · →, wait 1 s · ↓, wait 1.4 s×5 · →, wait 1 s · ↓, wait 1 s
  2. Bard ↓, wait 1 s×2
  3. Hero ←, wait 1.4 s · wait 0.2 s×6
  4. Bard wait 0.178 s, ↓, wait 1 s
  5. Hero wait 3.2 s×2 · ↑, wait 1 s×4 · ←, wait 1 s×9 · ↓, wait 1 s×3
  6. Bard ↑, wait 4 s
  7. Hero ↑, wait 1 s×3
  8. Bard ↑, wait 1 s · ←, wait 1.4 s · ↑, wait 1 s
  9. Hero →, wait 1 s×5 · ↑, wait 1 s×2 · →, wait 0.278 s

6 Charmed Stacks 6

Charmed Stacks puzzle 6 in game

Bard · Wizard · Skipping stone ×3

Opens after Charmed Stacks 5

  1. Hint 1

    Heroes in order of first use: Wizard → Bard. Pieces that end up somewhere new: all 3 crystals.

  2. Hint 2

    Start: swap the Wizard with the 2nd bottom-left crystal from the left, swap the Wizard with the 1st bottom-left crystal from the left and push the 3rd bottom-left crystal from the left right.

  3. Hint 3

    Finish: push the 3rd bottom-left crystal from the left up, swap the Wizard with the 3rd bottom-left crystal from the left and lead the 3rd bottom-left crystal from the left right, then head for the exit.

  4. Hint 4

    Timing matters here: follow the wait times shown beside each step.

Full solution · 85 steps

Hold slow time. Follow the wait times beside each step.

  1. Wizard wait 0.8 s, ↓, wait 1 s · ↓, wait 1 s×2 · ←, wait 4 s · ↓, wait 4 s · ↓, wait 1 s · ←, wait 1 s · ↑, wait 1 s · ←, wait 4 s · ↑, wait 1 s · →, wait 1 s · ↑, wait 1 s · ↓, wait 4 s
  2. Bard ↓, wait 1 s×3 · →, wait 1 s · →, wait 1.4 s×2 · →, wait 4 s×2
  3. Wizard ←, wait 1 s · ↑, wait 4 s · ↑, wait 1 s · →, wait 1 s×2 · ↓, wait 1 s×3 · ←, wait 4 s · ↑, wait 1 s · →, wait 1 s×2 · ↑, wait 1 s · ↓, wait 4 s · ←, wait 1 s×3 · ↑, wait 4 s · ←, wait 1 s · ↓, wait 1 s · →, wait 1 s · ↓, wait 4 s · →, wait 1 s · ↑, wait 1 s · →, wait 1 s×2 · ←, wait 4 s · ↑, wait 1 s · →, wait 4 s
  4. Bard →, wait 4 s · wait 1 s×2
  5. Wizard ↓, wait 1 s · →, wait 4 s · →, wait 1 s · ↑, wait 1 s×2 · ←, wait 1 s · ↓, wait 4 s
  6. Bard ↑, wait 4 s
  7. Wizard →, wait 1 s · ↑, wait 1 s×2 · ←, wait 1 s · ↓, wait 4 s
  8. Bard ↑, wait 4 s · wait 1 s · ↑, wait 1 s · →, wait 1.4 s · ↑, wait 1 s
  9. Wizard ↓, wait 1 s×4 · ←, wait 4 s · ←, wait 1 s×8 · ↓, wait 0.278 s

7 Charmed Stacks 7

Charmed Stacks puzzle 7 in game

Bard · Annihilator · Button ×8 · Crystal ×9 · Boulder ×8 · Gate ×8

  1. Hint 1

    Pieces that end up somewhere new: all 9 crystals and 2 of the 8 blocks. 6 other pieces stay where they start.

  2. Hint 2

    Start: lead the 2nd top-left crystal from the left down, lead the 2nd top-left block from the left down and lead the 2nd top-left crystal from the left left.

  3. Hint 3

    Finish: lead the 2nd top-left crystal from the left right 2 tiles, lead the lower top-right crystal left and lead the 3rd top crystal from the left down, then head for the exit.

Full solution · 58 steps
  1. Bard →×2 · ↑×2 · ↓ · →×2 · ↑ · → · ↓ · ←×2 · →×10 · ↑ · ←×2 · ↓ · →×8 · ↑ · ↓ · ← · ↑ · → · ← · ↓×2 · →×6 · ↑×3 · →×2 · ↓×3 · →×2

8 Charmed Stacks 8

Charmed Stacks puzzle 8 in game

Bard · Wizard · Boulder · Crystal ×3 · Annihilator

  1. Hint 1

    Heroes in order of first use: Bard → Wizard. Pieces that end up somewhere new: the block. 3 other pieces stay where they start.

  2. Hint 2

    Start: swap the Wizard with the upper top-left crystal, lead the upper top-left crystal down and lead the upper top-left crystal right.

  3. Hint 3

    Finish: lead the upper top-left crystal right, push the upper top-left crystal up and swap the Wizard with the top right block, then head for the exit.

Full solution · 33 steps
  1. Bard →×3 · ↑
  2. Wizard ↑
  3. Bard ↓
  4. Wizard → · ↓ · → · ↓ · → · ↑×2
  5. Bard →
  6. Wizard ←
  7. Bard →×2
  8. Wizard →×2 · ↑ · → · ↓×3
  9. Bard ↑ · →
  10. Wizard ↓ · ←×2
  11. Bard ↓
  12. Wizard → · ↑ · ←

9 Charmed Stacks 9

Charmed Stacks puzzle 9 in game

Bard · Beamcaster · Crystal ×4 · Gem slot · Gem · Boulder · Annihilator · Beam source

  1. Hint 1

    Heroes in order of first use: Bard → Gemsman. Pieces that end up somewhere new: 3 of the 4 crystals and the block. 3 other pieces stay where they start.

  2. Hint 2

    Start: lead the bottom crystal up, lead the right middle crystal down and lead the left middle crystal down 2 tiles.

Full solution · 106 steps
  1. Bard ↑ · → · ↑ · ← · ↓×3 · → · ↑×2 · ← · ↓ · → · ↑ · ← · ↓ · → · ↑ · ← · ↓×2 · → · ↑ · ← · ↓×2 · →×2 · ↑ · ↓×2 · ← · ↑ · → · ↓ · ← · ↑ · → · ↓ · ← · ↑ · → · ↓ · ← · ↑×4 · ↓×2 · ← · ↑×2 · → · ↓×2 · ← · ↑×2 · → · ↓×3 · ↑ · ←×2 · ↑×3 · ← · → · ↓ · →×2 · ↓×2 · ←×5 · ↑×2 · → · ↓×2 · →×4 · ↓
  2. Gemsman ←
  3. Bard ↑
  4. Gemsman ←
  5. Bard ↓
  6. Gemsman ←
  7. Bard ↑
  8. Gemsman ←
  9. Bard ↓
  10. Gemsman ←
  11. Bard ↑ · ←×3 · ↓ · ←

10 Charmed Stacks 10

Charmed Stacks puzzle 10 in game

Beamcaster · Bard · Crystal ×12 · Button ×26 · Gate ×3

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