The short answer
Five islands: a tall western strip with a mirror, an empty central island, two boulders on the northern island, one boulder beside you on the southern island, and an exit to the east.
Before you start
- Start from a reset room matching the diagram. The demo recording was published June 17, 2026; its exact build number is not shown.
Match the starting layout
Joric video entry 3 · Community map identifier: mirror_3. The diagram shows the starting landmarks; use the video for exact tile positions and mirror angles.
Sources for this section
- Joric: Mirror Isles: 23 demo puzzle solutions · Checked 2026-09-13 · Published 2026-06-17
- Joric and contributors: Demo map and community-reported level identifiers · Checked 2026-09-13
- Joric: How the demo level identifiers were recorded · Checked 2026-09-13
- Arc Games Europe: Demo Content Update Now Live · Checked 2026-09-13 · Published 2026-06-19
- Thekla / Arc Games: Official developer announcements · Checked 2026-09-13
Hint 1 — a direction to explore Reveal solution / story details
The boulders are needed for short walking connections between islands.
Sources for this section
- Joric: Mirror Isles: 23 demo puzzle solutions · Checked 2026-09-13 · Published 2026-06-17
Hint 2 — the useful arrangement Reveal solution / story details
The mirror must eventually reach the central island. Save a boulder for the one-space gap on its west side.
Sources for this section
- Joric: Mirror Isles: 23 demo puzzle solutions · Checked 2026-09-13 · Published 2026-06-17
Full solution and gameplay Reveal solution / story details
The wide eastern gap is crossed by reflection. Using a boulder there would leave you without the short crossings needed to move the mirror.
Joric’s demo recording, published June 17, 2026. Review this room from 0:30; the closing state is at 1:07. Exact build not shown. The video continues into other puzzle solutions.
Gameplay recorded by Joric. Order of the Sinking Star © Thekla / Arc Games.
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- Shift the southern boulder right to line it up with the narrow northern tip of your island. Push it north into the water gap and walk over it onto the central island.
- Stand on the west side of the central island where the mirror projects you onto the southern end of the western strip. Jump across.
- Push the mirror up toward the northern end of the western strip. Step back down until the reflected figure lands on the northern island, then jump there.
- Push the nearer northern boulder south into the gap above the central island. Bring the other northern boulder south across that new crossing.
- On the central island, move the remaining boulder left into the water gap to the western strip. You now have a route for transporting the mirror.
- Return to the western strip. Bring its mirror down, then push it right over the new stone crossing onto the central island. Manoeuvre it up and right to the central island’s eastern edge.
- Walk south from the mirror, using the first stone crossing to increase your distance. Once the reflected figure reaches the eastern exit, activate the jump.
Sources for this section
- Joric: Mirror Isles: 23 demo puzzle solutions · Checked 2026-09-13 · Published 2026-06-17
Research checked 2026-09-13. This is a source-based guide; Kingy has not independently play-tested these steps in the native game. Evidence and coverage.