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Numberlink

Draw luminous mana channels between paired springs and awaken every stone in the ward.

About Numberlink

Connect matching pairs of springs with paths through the grid. Routes cannot cross, and every square must belong to a path when the board is complete.

How to play

Goal: Connect every pair of matching springs and fill every stone.
How it ends: A ward is solved when all pairs are joined, no channels cross and no stone is empty. There is no way to lose.
Record: The fastest first solve of each ward, and its fewest strokes.

Drag from any coloured, shaped mana spring to its matching twin.
Channels cannot cross, overlap, or travel diagonally. Drag backward along a channel to shorten it.
Connect every pair and fill every stone to awaken the ward.

Worked example for Numberlink — Worked example. See how the rules apply to a real position.

Controls

Input	Action
Drag / swipe	Draw a mana channel from either spring
Arrow keys	Move between stones and extend an active channel
Space / Enter	Begin a channel from the focused spring
Backspace / Escape	Retract or put down the active channel
Undo / Restart	Reverse one whole stroke or reset the ward

Good to know

Named time and move records, completion, one practice attempt, sound, and reduced-motion preference persist in this browser.

Watch how to play

The rules, then First Ripples, Ward 001 played start to finish. Played by an automated player at a person's pace; the narration is a synthetic voice. English captions.