Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box/Puzzles 101-125

Caution! This page contains all the hints and solutions for every puzzle from 51 to 75. Scroll carefully or you might spoil the answer of a puzzle for yourself. The solutions are hidden behind spoiler tags, so only take a peek if you're desperate.

Puzzle 101

 * Name: Disappearing Act 1
 * Trigger: Talk to Niles
 * Location: Clock Tower Plaza
 * Chapter: 5
 * Picarats: 30

Description: Here's a classic puzzle. The rules are simple--you can move any ball on the board below as long as it satisfies the following conditions: OK, enough rules. Try it yourself!
 * To move, jump your selected ball over an adjacent space occupied by another ball into an empty space on the other side. You can't jump diagonally.
 * Once you've made the jump, the ball you jumped over disappears from the board.
 * To complete the puzzle, you must remove all balls from the board except for one.


 * Hint 1: Make the first of the balls disappear by jumping the ball in the center of the cross over the ball to its immediate left or right.
 * Hint 2: Move the ball at the very bottom into the space formerly occupied by the center ball. With just a few balls to go now, you should be able to sail through the rest of this puzzle.
 * Hint 3: With puzzles of this type, your first move will often determine whether or not you'll be able to solve the puzzle.

Puzzle 102

 * Name: Disappearing Act 2
 * Trigger: Talk to Hopper
 * Location: Northeast Path
 * Chapter: 6
 * Picarats: 35

Description: Here's a different configuration for you to try. As with last time, you can move any ball on the board below as long as it satisfies the following conditions: All right, get hopping!
 * To move, jump your selected ball over an adjacent space occupied by another ball into an empty space on the other side. You can't jump diagonally.
 * Once you've made the jump, the ball you jumped over disappears from the board.
 * To complete the puzzle, you must remove all balls from the board except for one.


 * Hint 1: Your options for a first jump are pretty limited. It has to be one of the four balls surrounding the center ball. The tough part is deciding what to do next. For your second move, pop a ball into the space that opened up when you moved your first ball.
 * Hint 2: Next, move a ball into the open center space.
 * Hint 3: Read carefully, because this next move is key. You need to take the ball now sitting in the center space and move it in the direction that you moved your ball in the first move. The rest of the puzzle is up to you.

Puzzle 103

 * Name: Disappearing Act 3
 * Trigger: Talk to Rory
 * Location: Station Plaza
 * Chapter: 6
 * Picarats: 40

Description: Hmm, these are getting pretty tough. You can move any ball on the board below as long as it satisfies the following conditions: OK, enough rules. Try for yourself!
 * To move, jump your selected ball over an adjacent space occupied by another ball into an empty space on the other side. You can't jump diagonally.
 * Once you've made the jump, the ball you jumped over disappears from the board.
 * To complete the puzzle, you must remove all balls from the board except for one.


 * Hint 1: Wow, these puzzles are really getting tough. Here's a hint to take the edge of this puzzle. Start by clearing the ball three from the edge in the bottom row.
 * Hint 2: Next, move the ball on the edge of the bottom row to fill the space that opened up when you removed a ball in your first move. Then repeat the process detailed in Hints One and Two on the other side of the triangle, and move the balls around until you're left with a number of balls arranged in a shape that resembles a pine tree. The rest is up to you.
 * Hint 3: Hey, didn't Hint Two clearly say, "The rest is up to you"? Well, just know that you won't be able to rely on too many hints in the Disappearing Act puzzles to come! You can have a hint this time, though. Select one of the balls one in from the outer edge of the pine tree and jump it upward. Then, from this new location, jump over the tip of the tree. OK, this time, the rest really is up to you.

Puzzle 104

 * Name: Disappearing Act 4
 * Trigger: Talk to Olson
 * Location: Western Path
 * Chapter: 6
 * Picarats: 45

Description: You know the drill by now. You can move any ball on the board below as long as it satisfies the following conditions: OK, enough rules. Try for yourself!
 * To move, jump your selected ball over an adjacent space occupied by another ball into an empty space on the other side. You can't jump diagonally.
 * Once you've made the jump, the ball you jumped over disappears from the board.
 * To complete the puzzle, you must remove all balls from the board except for one.


 * Hint 1: These puzzles are a lot more fun if you experiment and try to come to the answer on your own. Don't depend on Hints Two and Three to give away much of the puzzle. Start this puzzle by moving the ball in the center of the second row from the top.
 * Hint 2: No more hints to be had here! Instead, here's a little fun fact. Did you know that peg solitaire is actually known as brainvita in India? Oh, and just so you know, Hint Three is also trivia.
 * Hint 3: Fun-fact time! The first evidence of peg solitaire can be traced back to the court of Louis XIV.

Puzzle 105

 * Name: Disappearing Act 5
 * Trigger: Talk to Ray
 * Location: Fork in the Road
 * Chapter: 6
 * Picarats: 60

Description: Hold on to your hats, 'cause this one's going to be rough. Just like before, you can move any ball on the board below as long as it satisfies the following conditions: OK then, give it a try!
 * To move, jump your selected ball over an adjacent space occupied by another ball into an empty space on the other side. You can't jump diagonally.
 * Once you've made the jump, the ball you jumped over disappears from the board.
 * To complete the puzzle, you must remove all balls from the board except for one.


 * Hint 1: Remember all that stuff we told you about thinking out this one on your own? ...OK fine, you can have one more hint, but this is seriously the last one you'll get. We strongly recommend that you not start of this puzzle by moving a ball into the center space. Instead, your first goal should be to move things so you get rid of one of those four balls at the very edge of the shape. But where to start?
 * Hint 2: We were only kidding about not giving you any more hints. Start by moving a ball second from either edge in the third row from the bottom. Move this ball down to clear one ball and then across to remove the ball at the bottom of the shape. Then you can move one ball in the third row from the bottom into the space that the ball you used in your first move originally occupied. Then move the ball you used from your first move into the spot that opened up.
 * Hint 3: If you follow Hint Two and continue playing a little yourself, you should be able to arrange the remaining balls into a triangular, pine-tree-like shape like the one in Disappearing Act 3. Use what you've learned to finish the rest of this puzzle.