Brain Out Level 118

Overview

Level 118 puts a two-pan balance scale in the middle of the screen under the prompt Keep the balance balanced!. Objects rest on or beside the pans, tilting the beam away from level, and the scale's central stand and beam are drawn plainly below the two yellow pans. The trick is not to add a counterweight or to tap the beam itself: once both pans are emptied, the empty scale sits level on its own, which is the unexpected Brain Out twist behind this otherwise ordinary-looking weighing puzzle.

• Difficulty: Regular
• Estimated moves: 2

Step-by-Step Solution

1. Read the prompt before touching the scale. The beam is off level because the objects carried on the two pans are not matched by weight, and the request Keep the balance balanced! is simply to return the balance to level rather than to match a new weight against the existing load.
2. Look at the left pan first and identify the object resting on it. Press and hold that object, then drag it off the left pan and away from the scale toward the open area below, so the left side carries nothing at all.
3. Move across to the right pan and identify the object resting on it. Drag that second object off the right pan in the same way and set it clear of the stand, leaving both pans completely empty.
4. Watch the beam after each removal rather than tapping it between moves. As the last object leaves, the two empty pans return to the same height and the balance settles horizontally with the beam level, which is the level-clear condition this level accepts.
5. Do not add any loose item back onto a pan. Returning an object would recreate the tilt on whichever side you place it, and the level only accepts an empty, level balance rather than a weighted one.
6. If the beam still tilts after your first removal, check the other pan before assuming the scale is stuck; one side may still hold an object you missed, and that remaining load keeps that side low.
7. Once the beam sits level and both pans are clear, leave the scene alone. The success marker appears over the balance to confirm the level has been solved; do not touch the pans or drag anything else after that point.

Strategy & Reasoning

The level tests whether you treat the scale as a weighing problem that needs an equal weight on the other side. A real balance would require a counterweight, but this puzzle asks for the simplest balanced state: two empty pans weigh the same, so removing the load solves it without calculating anything.

Dragging rather than tapping matters here: the loose props are meant to be lifted off the pans, and tapping the beam or the central stand does not remove the load. Once the pans are clear, the scale's own neutral position completes the level automatically.

Alternatives fail on both sides. Adding a guessed heavy object to the lighter pan leaves the beam tilted and changes nothing about the empty-state trick, while leaving one object in place keeps that side down. The intended route empties both pans rather than redistributing the load.

The prompt wording points to this reading. Keeping the balance balanced does not ask you to match weights against each other; it asks for the steady, level state the scale already reaches when nothing is on it. Reading the request as a weighing calculation sends you looking for a missing counterweight that the level never provides, while the empty-pan solution uses only the objects already on screen.

Tips & Common Mistakes

• Do not try to balance the scale by adding another object. The solution removes the existing load; an empty balance is already level.
• Do not tap the beam, stand, or pans to fix the tilt. The objects have to be dragged off the pans before the scale settles.
• Check both pans before giving up; a missed object on one side keeps that side low, so the balance stays tilted until it is removed.