Brain Out Level 101

Overview

The prompt asks you to fill the bucket. A faucet on the left pours water onto the floor, a red bucket marked with a lightning symbol sits in the middle, and a large open white barrel sits on the right. Below the board lie a hammer, a roll of tape, and a folded newspaper, none of which are the real fix. The red bucket leaks, so patching it with the tape or hammering it will not work. The intended trick is to move the white barrel under the faucet, fill it with water, and then drop the leaky red bucket into the barrel.

• Difficulty: Regular
• Estimated moves: 2

Step-by-Step Solution

1. Read "Fill the bucket" and inspect the faucet, the leaking red bucket, the white barrel, and the loose tools. The lightning mark on the red bucket signals that it has a hole and cannot hold water on its own.
2. Rule out the hammer, tape, and newspaper. They are placed on the board as distractions, and trying to patch or smash the bucket does not stop the leak.
3. Drag the large white barrel from the right side over to the stream of water under the faucet. Position it so the falling water collects inside the barrel rather than spilling on the floor.
4. Leave the faucet running until the white barrel fills with water. The barrel has no leak, so it can hold the poured water.
5. Drag the red bucket and drop it into the water-filled barrel. Submerging the leaky bucket in the larger barrel satisfies the level's condition for having the bucket filled.
6. Wait for the level to register the bucket in the barrel. The success panel appears once the red bucket is sitting in the water held by the white barrel.

Strategy & Reasoning

The level reframes what "fill the bucket" means. Because the red bucket itself leaks, directly placing it under the faucet only lets the water drain away, and repairing it with the visible tools is not the intended path. The white barrel acts as a watertight outer container: it catches the faucet water, and the leaky bucket is then placed inside that water instead of being expected to hold water by itself.

Looking for a way to seal the hole is the main trap. The tape and hammer are deliberately left on screen to suggest repairs, but the puzzle's logic is containment rather than fixing. Once you treat the barrel as the waterproof reservoir, the two-move sequence of filling it and submerging the bucket follows naturally. The floor puddle under the faucet also shows why a leaky bucket alone cannot solve the level.

Tips & Common Mistakes

• Do not try to patch the red bucket with the tape or hit it with the hammer; the bucket is meant to stay leaky.
• Move the white barrel under the faucet first and let it fill before you bring the red bucket over.
• Drop the red bucket into the water-filled barrel; placing it back on the dry floor beside the faucet will not count as filled.