Brain Find Level 98

Overview

Level 98, subtitled "I haven't been in a hot spring for a long time," shows a nighttime stone hot spring where a monkey, a cat, a dog, and a black-faced sheep are soaking, while a pink pig stands outside beside a wooden table loaded with a banana, an apple, a fish, and a bone. At the bottom the goal icon is a red loincloth (red shorts). The level is a hot-spring etiquette puzzle: a proper bather wears a red loincloth, and the missing garment is concealed somewhere near the table. The approach is to clear the food off the table to reveal the hidden red loincloth and put it on.

• Difficulty: Regular
• Estimated moves: 2

Step-by-Step Solution

1. Survey the scene. The four animals are soaking in the spring, the pig stands outside, and the table on the left holds a banana, an apple, a fish, and a bone. The goal icon is a red loincloth, but no loincloth is visible.

1. Notice that the table food is the only clutter on screen. The red loincloth is hidden beneath / behind these food items, which is why it cannot be seen.

1. Clear all four foods off the table (each animal eats its matching food: the banana goes to the monkey, the fish to the cat, the bone to the dog, and so on). As the food is removed, the hidden red loincloth is revealed on the now-empty table.

1. Put the red loincloth on the dog (it is the one that ends up wearing red shorts in the spring).

1. With the loincloth on, the level completes. A "Good" banner appears with the message "It's so stinky!", and the red loincloth is displayed in the center circle.

Strategy & Reasoning

The level recycles the familiar hot-spring scene from earlier levels, which makes the eye focus on the animals rather than the props. The title "I haven't been in a hot spring for a long time" sets up a bathing context, and the goal icon (a red loincloth) tells you what proper hot-spring attire looks like. Because none of the soaking animals is visibly wearing it, the garment must be concealed.

The table is the only object that can hide something small. Its four food items are drawn large and sit right where a folded loincloth would be covered. Once the food is cleared, the red shorts are exposed. The completion message "It's so stinky!" is the joke about the pig outside reacting to the unwashed bathing scene, but the actual task is simply to locate and present the red loincloth.

Trying to drag the spring water, tap the pig, or tap the animals does nothing, because the problem is a missing garment, not a bath. Clearing the table food is the key: it both removes the clutter and reveals the hidden loincloth. This is why the table is empty in the later frame — the food has been moved off to uncover the red shorts.

Tips & Common Mistakes

• Common mistake: tapping the pig or the animals in the spring expecting them to bathe. The goal is a red loincloth, not washing.
• Common mistake: looking for the loincloth in the water. It is hidden on the table under the food items.
• Common mistake: leaving food on the table. Clear all four foods (banana, apple, fish, bone) off the table to reveal the hidden red loincloth, then put it on.