Omegha
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Okay, hopefully H&S effect kicks in before I submit.

So I see four potential ways to clear the room:
1. Block the top 2 columns of 3 with kegs, so clone spawns on the left.
2. Make the path to the left side shorter, than to the top exit.
3. Blow up the horn.
4. Block the horn from all exits and then take it.

Solution 1 seems impossible, since to get keg to either top or bottom of the column you need entire column. Best you can do is 5 if you also utilize second column as a helper.

Solution 2 seems very impossible. With best effort it's a path of 35 squares to top vs I believe 58 to left side.

Solution 3 seems impossible since closest hot tile is 7 squares away and we have only 6 kegs to set up chain reaction.

Solution 4 looked promising but I cannot find a setup to both close the horn and be inside the area. I miss 7th keg for proper setup or otherwise I have no way to maneuver behind the installation to place back the keg from inside.


Questions (preferably nested spoilers):
a) Is my solution on the list?
b) If so, which solution is correct, if not, any hint towards correct one would be appreciated.
c) What part of my reasoning for given solution is incorrect?
d) Any further hint?

christine83
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Omegha
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Thanks Christine!
"Sadly" the H&S effect did kick in and I managed to find it on my own
Given your hint, it even seems that I might have found different configuration?

For other people, below spoiler contain solution.


Edit: nvm, checked your demo and it's the same!

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[Last edited by Omegha at 01-18-2025 11:16 AM]

christine83
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Omegha wrote:

Given your hint, it even seems that I might have found different configuration?

For the longest time I didn't notice the obvious thing and tried to make a 5 keg solution work. When I found how to get the 6th one, it was very easy from there.

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