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Mirror Isles puzzle 18

Quick answer

The trader and a pale purple crystal begin on the upper-left lobe of an L-shaped island, with a mirror below them. Its long lower arm runs east beneath two tall fixed rocks. The exit is on the upper-right island, beyond the rocks.

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 · 0:21
  1. Spoiler13:53–14:14Observed 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 18 · Community map identifier: mirror_sink. The diagram shows the starting landmarks; use the video for exact tile positions and mirror angles.

The trader and a pale purple crystal begin on the upper-left lobe of an L-shaped island, with a mirror below them. Its long lower arm runs east beneath two tall fixed rocks. The exit is on the upper-right island, beyond the rocks. Simplified starting landmarks; use the video for exact tile positions and mirror angles.
P: trader · M: mirror · C: crystal · R: fixed rock · 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 narrow channel beside the rocks is reachable by reflection. Compare the crystal’s position along the lower arm with its reflected position above the mirror.

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Hint 2 — the useful arrangement

Reveal solution / story details

Move the crystal to the lower arm’s eastern end. Place the mirror on the same row, beneath the channel west of the upper rock, so the crystal can become a crossing there.

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Observed solution and gameplay

Reveal solution / story details

Both tall rocks remain fixed. Follow the visible channel and crystal preview for the final alignment; the guide does not enumerate the initial down and right pushes.

Times in brackets are from Joric’s June 17, 2026 demo recording (see Sources). The clip under the last step is the same room in the released game: Retail puzzle 14 in Game Guides Channel’s October 12, 2026 recording, which follows this route to the exit.

  1. Push the crystal down onto the lower arm of the starting island, then right to its eastern end (8:21).
  2. Move the mirror down and right onto the same row as the crystal. Stop below the narrow channel west of the upper rock. Check that the crystal’s reflected image is in that channel (8:27).
  3. Activate reflection to sink the crystal into the channel (8:28). Walk north along the starting island’s right edge and across the new crossing (8:29).
  4. Go around the upper side of the rocks onto the exit island, then walk right to the gold circle. The trader occupies it at 8:31–8:32.
    Spoiler clip · Sink the crystal in the channel and walk around the rocks to the exit · reveal

    Checked on screen · Oct 15, 2026

    13:53–14:14 · 21 sSink the crystal in the channel and walk around the rocks to the exit

    On screen: Retail puzzle 14: the crystal and mirror are moved along the L-shaped island’s lower arm, the crystal is reflected into the channel west of the tall rocks, and the trader crosses it to the exit on the upper-right island.

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    “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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    13:53–14:14Spoiler 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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