Puzzle Push level guide
Sokoban Level 5: Iguazu Falls
The crowded middle needs temporary parking before either upper branch can be filled. A barrel moves down into the lower pocket, then comes back up. After clearing the left target, send one barrel up the far-right lane and the last barrel right along the upper branch.
Try the board first
3 barrels · 3 targets · Intermediate difficulty (estimated)
The cat is the player, trees are walls, barrels are boxes, and pale squares are targets. A barrel covers its target when placed. This is Puzzle Push's level numbering; another Sokoban game may use different boards.
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Hints: Park a barrel where it can be recovered
Open one hint at a time. Try the suggested idea before revealing the next.
Hint 1
Move the lower middle barrel left and the right middle barrel down. This separates the crowded pair.
Hint 2
Temporarily push the lower barrel down, then walk below it to bring it back up. Keep its recovery square accessible.
Hint 3
Fill the upper-left target first. On the right, fill the top target before leaving the final barrel on the target just below it.
A mistake to avoid
The bottom-left corner has no target. Parking a barrel there would leave no space to stand below or to its left for recovery. Temporary parking needs a way out, not just an empty square.
Key moves in one valid solution
These board snapshots explain the important turns. Each move number counts walking and pushes from the starting board.
Reveal the key moves
Move 10: Use recoverable parking
A barrel moves down into the lower pocket. The space underneath remains reachable, so you can push it back up instead of abandoning it.
Move 19: Clear the upper-left branch
Bring the parked barrel back up to make room, then push the left barrel up the left lane onto its target.
Move 33: Fill the farther right target first
Push the right-lane barrel through the lower target to the upper one. The remaining barrel can now fill the lower target from the left.
Full solution replay
The shown route has 38 moves and 17 pushes. Play, pause, or step through it to study how the player changes sides.
Move 0 of 38 · 0 pushes · 0 of 3 targets filled
This is one valid route, not a claim of the fewest moves. Watching a replay does not save a manual clear.