Brain Out Level 176
📝 Walkthrough
Overview
Level 176 asks you to "Squeeze the milk." The scene shows a black bull with horns standing by a wooden fence, a small black-and-white calf crying beside him, a red bucket on the ground, a blue milk carton, and a farm boy in overalls. The bull looks like a cow at first glance, but he has horns, so he is a bull and will not produce milk. The Brain Out trick is that you have to make the calf cry hard enough that its mother cow comes running. You do this by dragging the bucket up to the bull again and again; he kicks the bucket away, the calf gets more upset, and after several rounds the mother cow finally appears. Then you place the bucket under the mother.
- Difficulty: Hard
- Estimated moves: 5
Step-by-Step Solution
- Look at the black animal. He has horns, which means he is a bull, not a dairy cow. The small calf beside him is crying, presumably because it wants its mother. There is no milking animal on screen yet.
- Drag the red bucket from the ground up to the bull's legs. Release it near his hooves. The bull reacts by kicking the bucket away. The calf gets a little more upset.
- Pick the bucket back up and drag it to the bull a second time. He kicks it away again, and the calf cries louder.
- Repeat this two or three more times. Each kick makes the calf wail harder. After roughly three or four attempts, a mother cow appears on the scene, coming to comfort her calf.
- Once the mother cow is standing in the scene, drag the bucket under her udder. The bucket fills with milk, and the level-complete pop-up appears with the line "A poor calf." Tap Next to continue.
- Repeat the process: drag the bucket in front of the bull, let the calf cry, and wait for the mother cow to appear. She will walk over and allow you to milk her.
Continue the action described in the previous steps until the level-complete pop-up appears.
Strategy & Reasoning
The puzzle trains you to read the animals correctly. A bull cannot be milked, and the game makes that obvious by giving him horns. The bucket is therefore useless when placed under him. But the bucket is not a useless tool; it is a distraction device. Every time you bring it near the bull, the bull kicks, the calf hears the noise, and the calf cries for its mother. After enough repetitions, the mother responds.
Tips & Common Mistakes
- Trying to milk the bull directly. He is a horned bull and produces no milk.
- Dragging the bucket to the calf or the boy. Neither triggers the mother; only the bull being kicked does.
- Giving up after one kick. The mother appears only after three or four repetitions.