Brain Test 5 Level 125

Overview

Level 125 pairs an outdoor campfire round with a road-maze round. The first shows two boys standing under a large tree at night, a burning campfire on the ground between them, and an axe leaning against the right side of the scene, with the prompt "They need a campfire." The second shows a five-row, three-column grid of road tiles with several rocks blocking cells, a yellow car outside the lower-left corner, a house outside the upper-right corner, and a pickaxe on the left, with the prompt "The car must get home." The first round builds the fire, and the second clears obstacles and connects the road route from the car to the house.

• Difficulty: Regular
• Estimated moves: 6

Step-by-Step Solution

1. In the campfire round, read "They need a campfire." Look at the two boys under the tree and the wood stacked under the burning flames in the center of the clearing.
2. Use the axe on the right to prepare firewood if needed, splitting or gathering branches from the nearby tree so the campfire has enough logs to burn.
3. Arrange the collected logs in the central fire pit in a stacked teepee shape, leaving air gaps between them so the flame can catch and stay lit.
4. Ignite or tend the fire until the flames are burning steadily in the pit between the boys. The green check marks that the campfire is ready, and the road grid appears next.
5. In the road round, read "The car must get home." Identify the car at the lower-left outside the grid and the house at the upper-right outside it.
6. Inspect the rocks blocking road cells. Use the pickaxe on the left to break the rocks that sit in the needed route, clearing the cells the car will drive through.
7. Check the road tiles in each open cell. Rotate or connect the gray road segments so they link into one continuous path from the car's entry cell toward the house's exit cell.
8. Trace the connected path from start to finish before sending the car. Make sure no broken segment or leftover rock leaves the route open-ended.
9. Drive the car along the completed road to the house. When it reaches home, the round clears and the level reaches its completion celebration.

Strategy & Reasoning

The campfire round comes down to fuel and arrangement. A fire needs dry wood arranged so air can reach the flames, which is why the axe and nearby tree matter: the boys cannot start a steady campfire without prepared logs. Stacking the wood loosely in the center pit keeps the burn going rather than smothering it under a tight pile.

The road round is a tile-connection puzzle with obstacles. The rocks are removable blockers, and the gray segments are the road pieces that must line up end to end. Working backward from the house often makes the connections clearer: identify which road segment should feed the exit, then link each preceding cell to it until the path reaches the car.

A common failure is leaving one rotated segment facing the wrong way, which breaks the road even though every rock has been cleared. Tracing the full path after connecting the tiles catches that open end before the car attempts the drive.

Tips & Common Mistakes

• Do not pile the logs tightly together in the fire pit; leave gaps for air so the campfire keeps burning.
• Do not drive the car before checking that every road segment connects into one unbroken path.
• Do not leave rocks blocking the cells along the route; use the pickaxe to clear them before rotating the road tiles.