Brain Find Level 104
📝 Walkthrough
Overview
Level 104 puts a bald, bearded man sitting on a prison bed against a stone wall. A candle burns on the left, a plate of cheese sits beside him, a wooden mousetrap rests on the floor to the right, and his shoes and socks are left near the bed. The prompt says "There are too many rats here," and the target badge shows a brown rat. No rat is visible in the open; it is hidden directly behind the seated man, and the level asks you to make him shift his position before that hiding spot can be checked.
- Difficulty: Regular
- Estimated moves: 3
Step-by-Step Solution
- Walk the scene from left to right and rule out the visible objects first: the candle, the cheese plate, and the mousetrap are props, while the target rat has to be somewhere concealed rather than on the open floor.
- Notice the man's feet. He is still wearing his shoes and socks while seated, which makes his feet an obvious place to act if the goal is to make him uncomfortable enough to move.
- Peel his sock off one foot, then remove his shoe so the bare foot is exposed on the edge of the bed. Do not throw the clothing away; these two items simply open up the next action.
- Pick up the wooden mousetrap from the floor and drag it over to the exposed bare foot. Set the trap right beside the foot where he can feel it against his skin.
- The man reacts to the trap by shifting his weight and moving upright on the bed. As he moves, the space behind his body opens up and the rat hiding behind him becomes visible.
- Tap the rat that appears in the space he vacated. The Good screen confirms the rat was the hidden target, and the level clears once it is selected.
- If the man does not react, check whether both the shoe and sock were removed before the trap was placed. A trap brought near a still-covered foot does not trigger the shift, and the rat stays concealed behind him.
Strategy & Reasoning
The level's trick is that the man's body itself is the hiding box. You cannot reach behind him while he sits flat against the wall, so the puzzle gives you two ways to force a movement: make his feet uncomfortable by removing the covering, then place a startling object next to the exposed skin. The trap only works as a trigger here, not as something you set to catch a rat in the open.
The cheese plate looks like the obvious rat attraction, but feeding or offering the cheese does not make a rat appear. That prop explains why rats would be around the room, while the actual extraction relies on moving the man instead. The hidden-object habit of tapping every corner misses this level because the target is occluded by a character, not tucked behind a small item.
Order matters between the clothing step and the trap step. Removing footwear first turns the foot into a sensitive target; laying the trap down first leaves it sitting harmless on the floor. Reading the man as a movable obstacle, rather than a fixed part of the room, is the key that unlocks the whole sequence.
Tips & Common Mistakes
- Mistake: tapping the cheese, candle, or open floor looking for a visible rat. Correct approach: the rat is behind the seated man and only appears after he shifts.
- Mistake: dragging the trap straight to the foot while the shoe and sock are still on. Correct approach: remove the shoe and sock first, then place the trap by the bare foot to make him move.
- Mistake: waiting for the rat to walk out on its own. Correct approach: once the man stands or shifts, tap the rat in the exposed space behind him.