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Mirror Isles puzzle 5

Quick answer

Two small northern islands sit above a larger southwest island. You, a mirror and a boulder begin on the northeast island. Two more boulders are southwest, and the exit is on a separate eastern island.

How this guide was checked

Coverage: Released · Steam r67271 · PS5 and Switch 2 physical editions planned for 2027 · official sources checked October 23, 2026 UTC. Research checked 8 Oct 2026. Updated 15 Oct 2026

This guide uses the linked sources and any attributed demonstrations. Platform differences and limitations are noted with the advice they affect.

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Creator clipChecked on screen · 15 Oct 20264 steps1 moment · 0:44
  1. Spoiler3:44–4:28Full solution and gameplayTap to reveal · Game Guides Channel

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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.
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Match the starting layout

Joric video entry 5 · Community map identifier: mirror_5. The diagram shows the starting landmarks; use the video for exact tile positions and mirror angles.

Two small northern islands sit above a larger southwest island. You, a mirror and a boulder begin on the northeast island. Two more boulders are southwest, and the exit is on a separate eastern island.
P: trader · M: mirror · B: boulder · E: exitOriginal Kingy starting-layout schematic from Joric’s gameplay recording, published June 17, 2026. · Open full-size diagram ↗
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Hint 1 — a direction to explore

Reveal solution / story details

The northern islands can be joined before you move the mirror.

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Hint 2 — the useful arrangement

Reveal solution / story details

All three boulders can form one junction. That lets the mirror travel from the northwest island onto the south island’s narrow neck.

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Full solution and gameplay

Reveal solution / story details

The two lower stones must extend the same northward line. Separate, disconnected stepping stones will not give the mirror a usable route.

The clip under the last step is the same room in the released game: Retail puzzle 5 in Game Guides Channel’s October 12, 2026 recording, which follows this route to the exit.

  1. Move the starting boulder to the west edge and push it into the gap between the two northern islands.
  2. Push the mirror left across that stone onto the eastern edge of the northwest island. Return to the northeast island, move into reflection range and jump down onto the large southwest island.
  3. Push the eastern of the two lower boulders north along the narrow neck and into the water. Bring the remaining boulder right, then north over that stone to fill the next water space.
  4. Walk up the completed stone junction. Bring the mirror right onto it, then push it down onto the south island’s northern neck.
  5. Place the mirror near the top of that neck so its horizontal reflection line meets the northern tip of the eastern exit island. Walk south along the neck, increasing the reflected distance.
  6. Jump once the projected figure stands on the eastern island, then walk down to its exit.
    Spoiler clip · Build the stone line, set the mirror on the southern neck and jump east to the exit · reveal

    Checked on screen · Oct 15, 2026

    3:44–4:28 · 44 sBuild the stone line, set the mirror on the southern neck and jump east to the exit

    On screen: Retail puzzle 5: one boulder fills the northern gap, the mirror crosses it, two lower boulders form a northward stone line, and the mirror on the southern neck reflects the trader onto the eastern exit island.

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    Credits

    “The Mirror Isles – All Puzzle Solutions – Order of The Sinking Star” by Game Guides Channel · Oct 12, 2026 · Retail release, uploaded Oct 12, 2026 (after the Oct 9 update); exact build not shown

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    3:44–4:28Spoiler clip
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Sources · 6Official · Walkthrough · Reported · checked 15 Oct 2026 · Research checked 8 Oct 2026
Official developer announcements ↗Official Steam announcement feed checked October 12, 2026. Latest full-game notes are the two October 12 updates; latest demo technical post remains July 10 and content update June 19. Numeric game version, current demo access and native gameplay recovery remain unconfirmed.Official ·
Demo Content Update Now Live ↗June 19 demo content expansion, fetched October 8. Bard, Druid, over 100 puzzles and more combined-world content. Its June 22 availability deadline was superseded by the June 22 extension to June 26. These dates are historical, not current download availability.Official ·
Mirror Isles: 23 demo puzzle solutions ↗Original demo gameplay; starting, intermediate and exit states visually checked at each guide’s cited timestamps. Exact native build is not displayed. Video chapter numbers are the creator’s sequence. Historical gameplay review retained from 2026-09-13; October 8 fetch checked source availability only.Walkthrough ·
Demo map and community-reported level identifiers ↗Community map labeled June 19, 2026. Native file identifiers are reported by the creator; the companion PuzzleScript player is a separate implementation, not a native-game playtest.Reported ·
How the demo level identifiers were recorded ↗Creator’s account of observing native level-file names. The names are not official display titles.Reported ·
The Mirror Isles – All Puzzle Solutions ↗Retail gameplay of 27 Mirror Isles puzzles with creator chapters. Layouts were matched to our demo rooms on 2026-10-13; on 2026-10-15 the start, middle and closing frames of puzzles 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17, 23 and 26 were checked against the routes on Mirror Isles 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 14, 18, 17, 16, 11, 22 and 20. Exact build not shown.Walkthrough ·

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