Brain Out Level 182
📝 Walkthrough
Overview
Level 182 asks you to "Help the chick out." The board shows a blue metal cage with a small yellow chick locked inside on the left side, and a padlock on the cage door on the right. Below the cage lie three loose items: a wooden hammer, a plump hen, and a colorful beach ball. The obvious idea is to smash the padlock with the hammer, but the Brain Out twist is that you do not need to open the cage at all. The bars are spaced far enough apart on one side that the chick itself can simply walk through the gap. You drag the chick out through the opening between the bars.
- Difficulty: Easy
- Estimated moves: 1
Step-by-Step Solution
- Look at the cage. There is a padlock on the door, and below it are a hammer, a hen, and a beach ball. None of those items is needed.
- Notice the spacing between the vertical bars. On the right side of the cage, between the locked door frame and the nearest bar, there is a gap wide enough for a small chick to slip through.
- Press and hold on the chick inside the cage. Drag it to the right, toward that gap.
- Release the chick as it passes through the gap. The chick walks out of the cage and onto the floor outside.
- The level-complete pop-up appears with the line "Good Job!" Tap Next to continue. If the chick bounces back, aim for the widest gap between two bars rather than at the padlock.
- Reach your finger through the gap in the railing and grab the chick. Pull it sideways through the bars to free it.
Continue the action described in the previous steps until the level-complete pop-up appears.
The railing bars are close together, but there is a narrow gap between two of them near the chick. Reach your finger through that gap rather than trying to pull the chick around the outside of the bars. Once she slides free, she hops to safety.
If the pop-up does not appear on your first attempt, repeat the action described above; the level triggers completion the moment the required object is placed or the required gesture finishes.
Strategy & Reasoning
The puzzle is a "locked door is a red herring" trick. The padlock is the most attention-grabbing object, and the hammer is placed right below it to tempt you into breaking it. But the chick is tiny, and the bars are drawn with an obvious wide gap on purpose. Once you compare the chick's size to the gap, it is clear that no key or hammer is needed. This level follows Brain Out's signature rule: the obvious action rarely works, and the solution usually involves either moving an on-screen object that looks fixed, using a hardware button, or treating the prompt text itself as a draggable element. Once you recognize the pattern, the trick becomes easy to spot.
Tips & Common Mistakes
- Trying to smash the padlock with the hammer. The lock is a decoy; the chick escapes through the bars.
- Dragging the chick against a tightly spaced bar. Aim for the wide gap on the right side of the cage.
- Dragging the hen or the beach ball. Neither helps; the chick is the one you move.