The short answer
A hooked island connects two wider ends with a narrow southern causeway. A boulder stands at each end; you and the mirror begin on the east. The exit island is detached to the southwest.
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 8 · Community map identifier: mirror_8_v5. 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 mirror can help you change sides of a boulder when the causeway is too narrow to walk around it.
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
Bring the western boulder east first. After you get around it by reflection, you can push it back west and clear the mirror’s route.
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
At 3:00 the jump lands just north of the boulder on the eastern island. The small northern stone is not the landing used in that detour.
Joric’s demo recording, published June 17, 2026. Review this room from 2:42; the closing state is at 3:17. 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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- Move the eastern boulder toward the northern notch and push it into the water. Move the mirror down and left toward the eastern entrance to the causeway.
- Walk to the western boulder. Bring it right, then down around the bend, and push it east along the narrow causeway until it is just beyond the mirror.
- From the space between mirror and boulder, use the reflected position above the boulder to get around it. Walk around its east side.
- Push the boulder back west along the causeway. At the western bend, get above it and push it down into the water below the path.
- Bring the mirror down onto the causeway, push it west, then up around the western bend and left to the far northwest corner.
- Walk right along the top row until your reflection reaches the exit island’s northern tip. Jump across, then walk left and down to the yellow exit.
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.