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Choose Play Campaign and the unlocked First Decant board, or Continue · First Decant when that is the saved level. The opening counter is Moves 0, Par 4.
How to play Powderlab
Read the controls, follow the real example and compare the result before trying your own run.
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Verified opening-board solution
The rules you need
- Tap or click a source jar, then a destination. Only the exposed top color can move; the destination must be empty or compatible and have room.
- A completed board has full single-color jars and empty spare jars. A legal pour alone does not mean the board is solved.
- Wait for the pour to finish before selecting the next source. Undo is available after a move; its remaining uses appear below its button.
First Decant: a complete four-pour solution
This is the landscape browser layout we completed on October 24. Identify jars by their contents, not just their screen position: A is green with purple on top; B is already full of blue; C is empty; D contains purple over green over purple; E contains only purple. Different screen shapes can place them differently.
A → E: uncover green
Pour A's purple top into E, the jar that already contains purple. A now exposes green. B and C stay untouched.
A → E: uncover green — actual result D → E: uncover the second green layer
Pour the exposed purple from D into E. E now holds three purple layers; D exposes green above its last purple layer.
D → E: uncover the second green layer — actual result D → A: finish the green jar
Pour D's green into A. A becomes a full green jar. D has only its bottom purple layer left.
D → A: finish the green jar — actual result D → E: finish the purple jar
Pour the last purple layer into E. The game confirms Sealed! with 4 Moves and 4 Par. The solid blue jar was already complete, and both spare jars are empty.
D → E: finish the purple jar — actual result
Why this sequence works
Every pour either reveals the next needed layer or finishes a color. Sending the first purple layers directly into E preserves the empty jar instead of spending a move on temporary storage. This sequence proves one shown board; it is not a shortest-solution claim for every campaign or Endless puzzle.
Mistakes to avoid
- Do not pick a destination because a matching color is buried inside it: the exposed layer determines compatibility.
- An empty jar is an option, not a requirement. On this board, using C for a temporary transfer adds work that the four-pour route avoids.
Questions about this board
Do I need to move the blue jar?
Not in the board shown here: it starts full of blue. Leaving it alone keeps all four moves available for the mixed colors.
What if my jars are in different positions?
Match the contents listed above. If the contents differ too, use the rules to plan a new sequence rather than applying these screen positions blindly.
Other modes and further play
The campaign introduces more involved arrangements with visible par counts. The workshop uses named materials such as Stardust, Phoenix Essence, Mercury and Dragon Scale. Endless mode and Undo are separate options; this walkthrough verifies the opening campaign board, not every later puzzle.
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