The short answer
One trader stands on the long left island beside two green crystals. A stepped wooden walkway joins its upper end to a right island holding one mirror. A detached lower island has an exit and a short wooden stub facing the upper route across a water gap.
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 21 · Community map identifier: mirror_22_v2. The diagram shows 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 wooden route lets you work from both islands. Compare where the same crystal lands before and after moving the mirror one tile.
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
Use the first crystal as an offshore landing for the second. A second mirror position can bring the standing crystal onto the wooden stub above the exit gap.
Sources for this section
- Joric: Mirror Isles: 23 demo puzzle solutions · Checked 2026-09-13 · Published 2026-06-17
Observed solution and gameplay Reveal solution / story details
Directions refer to the recorded view. Reflect means your configured reflection action; no native keyboard binding is assumed. This is an observed landmark route, not a native-game playtest. Counted mirror pushes are corroborated by the matching community layout; ordinary walking counts are not exhaustively transcribed.
Joric’s June 17, 2026 demo recording. The untouched room appears just after 9:50; the occupied exit is visible at 10:22. The starting circle is already cyan. Exact build not shown. Playback continues into other solutions.
Gameplay recorded by Joric. Order of the Sinking Star © Thekla / Arc Games.
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- Walk around the upper crystal via its west side and cross the wooden walkway. Approach the mirror from the north and push it south one tile. Its row aligns with the lower horizontal stretch of the upper wooden route (9:56).
- Return to the upper crystal. Push it east one tile, get below it and push it north to the wooden-route row. Push it east onto the second wooden tile from the left on that horizontal stretch (10:03).
- Reflect the crystal into the water well south of the right island. It sinks at 10:05. Bring the lower crystal east one tile, then north and east onto the same wooden staging tile. Reflect again; the second crystal stands on the first offshore at 10:12.
- Return to the mirror and push it south one more tile. Its preview now points at the south-facing wooden stub. Reflect the standing offshore crystal onto that stub (10:17–10:18).
- Walk back around the wooden route and get north of the crystal. Push it south one tile into the water gap, where it sinks. Cross it and continue south to the exit. The trader occupies the circle at 10:22; a gold ring and transition follow at 10:23.
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
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.