Mastermind

HOW TO PLAY

Crack the apothecary’s formula.

1. Choose a reagent, fill every vial in the current row, then Brew the guess.
2. A gold drop means one reagent has the right colour and position. A silver wisp means one is present but belongs in another vial; marks never point at individual vials.
3. Match the whole sealed recipe before its rows run out. Formulae marked “repeats” may use one reagent more than once.

All 120 formulae are open across six shelves, from three-vial first distillations to five-vial grand elixirs. Their code spaces rise from twenty-four to 7,776 possibilities, and every fixed formula carries a deterministic solver witness replayed through the shipping scorer during every build. Each formula keeps named public records for fastest time and fewest guesses.