Three ornate glass vessels with golden pagoda caps glow with swirling cyan, magenta and amber liquids on a moonlit shrine terrace under cherry blossoms.

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Ninja Water Sort

Part the sacred waters. Seal the shrine.

A color sort water puzzle in the shrines of feudal Japan.

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Rites
300
Shrines
10
Sacred elements
8

How it plays

Part the sacred waters. Seal the shrine.

Pour eight sacred elements from vessel to vessel and walk three hundred rites to the Gate of Heaven.

What waits for you

  1. 300 rites across ten painted shrines
  2. Frozen, veiled and twin vessels: new rules in every shrine
  3. Eight elemental spirits to call onto your scrolls

“Still water shows the way. Troubled water hides it.”

— Mizuki Seiran

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The water is blessed. Make the first pour.

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Ninja Water Sort: questions

Before you play

I'm stuck on a level. What now?

You have options. Every rite (that's a level) has undo, a spare vessel and a restart, and if you ask the master, it shows you the next winning pour. Chests, Trials and the daily offering refill your hints.

I'm colour-blind. Can I still play?

Yes. Turn on the colour-blind signs and each element's kanji is printed on every layer, so you sort by symbol, not by shade.

Is it just another water sort?

It starts like one, then every shrine adds a rule: frozen vessels, corked vessels, layers hidden in mist, twin vessels bound with a red cord, vessels of different sizes. At the Gate of Heaven you face all of them at once.

What do I spend koban on?

Looks: painted vessel sets, liquid skins, shrine lights and pour effects. Spending never costs you rank.

Is there something new every day?

Today's Offering: a fresh puzzle every day, with a different rule for each day of the week. Play seven days in a row to earn a spirit-scroll fragment.

Can my kids play it?

It's rated for everyone, but it's made with grown-ups in mind: a calm puzzle with a dark edge. Later vessels are bones and demon urns, and some liquids carry ghosts. Nothing jumps out at you.

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