🧩 Level Information

• Level Number: 389
• Problem Statement: Swipe the match out from the person on the right's hat and ignite it on the rock at the bottom left, then burn the ticket with the ignited match
• Difficulty: Medium

🎯 Objective

Find the hidden matchstick, light it, and burn the ticket with that fire.

📝 Steps to Solve

1. Focus on the hat of the person on the right side of the screen. It won’t respond to a normal tap, but try swiping as if you want to move the hat slightly.
2. Swipe up or sideways on the right person's hat with your finger to extract the matchstick from inside. The matchstick will appear on the screen.
3. Long-press to grab the extracted matchstick and drag it to the rock at the bottom left of the screen.
4. To light the matchstick, lightly swipe the matchstick over the rock at the bottom left, as if you are rubbing its tip against the rock.
5. Once the matchstick is lit, while still holding it, drag it towards the ticket while keeping your finger pressed down.
6. Swipe to touch the burning tip of the matchstick to the ticket (bundle of paper or bill) to ignite it.
7. You clear the stage if the ticket burns and disappears.

💡 Hints

• First, investigate if a 'matchstick' is hidden somewhere on the screen. Pay close attention to the people and their belongings.
• Instead of just tapping on the hat of the person on the right, try swiping it slightly. Something might be hidden inside.
• After finding the matchstick, simply dragging it to the ticket will not ignite it. Rub it against a usable spot (bottom left rock) to light it.
• Draging the lit matchstick to the ticket and touching its tip will allow you to burn the ticket.

🧠 Explanation and Key Points

This stage is a puzzle that requires a series of hidden actions to be performed consecutively. The first point of interest is realizing that the matchstick is hidden inside the 'hat of the person on the right'. In Brain Test, important items are often hidden inside hats, pockets, and boxes, making it customary to swipe anything that seems movable to check what’s inside. Next, the matchstick you acquire cannot be used directly; you need to ignite it using the 'rock at the bottom left'. This gimmick is inspired by the real-world use of matches (lighting by friction), requiring you to perform a “rubbing” action (swipe) on the rock rather than simply tapping the matchstick. Finally, burning the ticket with the lit matchstick demands three steps: "finding the item," "lighting it on fire," and "burning the target," so whether you can visualize this series of actions is key. It’s an action puzzle typical of Brain Test, utilizing physical movements like rubbing and dragging.

🔍 Common Mistakes

• Just tapping the person on the right or the ticket and waiting for something to happen. You need to swipe the hat to uncover its contents.
• Attempting to drag the matchstick to the ticket immediately after finding it, but nothing happens because it's not lit and you get stuck.
• Assuming tapping on the rock at the bottom left will light the fire, but you actually need to swipe the matchstick against the rock.
• Rapidly tapping the matchstick or randomly swiping across the screen before lighting it delays the discovery of the correct method.
• Trying to move the ticket by swiping or thinking there might be a device inside the ticket to ignite it, overlooking the matchstick.

🎉 Advice After Clearing

It was a bit of a hassle to discover the hidden item and replicate the realistic procedure of 'lighting a fire before burning,' in this stage. Similar problems often have tricks in the person’s clothing or hats, as well as the background rocks or trees, so forming a habit of swiping to investigate suspicious areas, not just tapping, will allow you to solve them smoothly.

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