Brain Find Level 78
📝 Walkthrough
Overview
Level 78, subtitled "The gold coin must be found," shows a masked burglar — blonde hair, black eye mask, black outfit — running away while carrying an enormous dark grey sack slung over his shoulder. At the bottom of the screen a circular goal icon displays a single gold coin. The level is therefore a search puzzle: the burglar has stolen the coin and hidden it somewhere on his person or in the sack, and you have to find it. The most suspicious detail on screen is a brown paper patch stuck onto the lower-right side of the otherwise plain grey sack, which is clearly covering something. The overall approach is to remove that patch to expose the hidden coin.
- Difficulty: Easy
- Estimated moves: 1
Step-by-Step Solution
- Survey the scene. You see the running burglar, the huge tied-up grey sack, and the gold-coin goal icon at the bottom. At first glance the sack looks completely full and closed, with nothing visible inside it.
- Ignore the burglar himself — his mask, his clothes, and his pockets are not where the coin is. The coin was stolen in the sack, so the answer must be hidden on or inside the sack rather than on the thief's body.
- Look closely at the lower-right side of the grey sack. There is a small brown square patch stuck onto it, looking like a piece of tape or a cardboard repair. On an otherwise plain sack, this patch stands out and is the only thing on screen that is covering a hidden spot.
- Tap the brown patch on the sack to lift or remove it. The patch peels away to reveal the gold coin that was concealed underneath it, exactly matching the goal icon.
- The moment the coin is revealed, the level completes. A "Good" banner appears with the message "Perfect! Can you finish the next question?", and the gold coin is displayed large in the center circle as the item you have found.
Strategy & Reasoning
This level relies on the "hidden in plain sight" trick that runs through Brain Find. The burglar and the giant sack are designed to make you think the coin is buried deep inside a tied-up bag, so your instinct is to tap the sack itself, shake it, or try to open the knot at the top. All of those are dead ends: the sack is drawn as a solid closed shape with no opening, and the knot at the top is purely decoration.
The designer's real clue is the brown patch. It is the only irregular, hand-applied element on an otherwise smooth surface, which means it is deliberately placed to draw your attention once you stop staring at the sack as a whole. Once you treat the patch as a cover rather than as part of the bag, the solution becomes obvious: something was taped over, and the level asks you to find exactly one item — the coin. Removing the cover exposes it immediately.
Trying to drag the sack, tilt the device, or tap the burglar's body does not trigger the level, because none of those actions touches the actual hidden location. The coin is not inside the bulk of the sack; it is sandwiched between the sack fabric and the brown patch. This is why a single tap on the patch is enough, and why the level can be completed very quickly once you identify the patch as the cover.
Tips & Common Mistakes
- Common mistake: tapping or shaking the whole sack, or pulling on the knot at the top. The sack is closed solidly and does not open; the coin is not buried inside it.
- Common mistake: searching the burglar's mask, pockets, or clothes. The coin is hidden on the sack itself, not on the thief's body.
- Common mistake: overlooking the small brown patch on the lower-right of the sack. That patch is a deliberate cover — tap it to peel it away and reveal the gold coin underneath.