Minesweeper Patterns Guide

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Pattern solutions - imgur.com/XXNQUoR
Main guide: • The Ultimate Beginners...
Minesweeper website (World of Minesweeper) - minesweeper.online/
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0:00 Introduction
0:34 3
0:56 1 1
1:15 2 1
1:45 1 2 1
2:01 1 2 2 1
2:37 1 1 1
3:00 1 1 1 1
3:20 Advice & Outro

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@santiagoavallonigerard3449 2 жыл бұрын

It's 3am and I don't play that much minesweeper

@RongDMemer 8 ай бұрын

Metoo

@reeperc6452 6 ай бұрын

That’s my exact situation rn

@opeltulikylkee7479 4 ай бұрын

Literally me rn

@yamaya3429 3 ай бұрын

It’s 3:09 am and I play it sometimes at work

@yunghuztler1000 3 ай бұрын

I don't play minesweeper at all

@samgomez9942 2 жыл бұрын

Honesty I struggled with a lot of these, which is why I looked up this video but after you explained 1 or 2 of them, the rest became so obvious

@samgomez9942 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for making such a helpful video

@mcmerry2846 Жыл бұрын

What about 4-2-3?

@samgomez9942 Жыл бұрын

@@mcmerry2846 idk if I know that one

@mcmerry2846 Жыл бұрын

@@samgomez9942 there are many weird patterns in hard Level

@FenrizNNN 2 жыл бұрын

The most basic pattern: A 1 bordering a single block

@user-qp1ut5sr3s 2 жыл бұрын

not a pattern

@nielsdevries5449 2 жыл бұрын

@@user-qp1ut5sr3s bro i dont think he was very serious

@crankheart 2 жыл бұрын

those things save me

@Arkain89 2 жыл бұрын

@@user-qp1ut5sr3s "i am very smart lookatme"

@user-qp1ut5sr3s 2 жыл бұрын

@@Arkain89 thanks

@Kurraga 2 жыл бұрын

I would have pointed put that the 1-1-1 or 1-1-1-1 patterns won't really apprear like that in a regular game because they have to be reduced down because of mines on edges or corners creating situations where they could appear. So you'll see effective 1-1-1 patterns but not really a pure one for example.

@nonamem2932 2 ай бұрын

I got a 1-1-1-1-1-1 on easy mode

@bobczech7774 Ай бұрын

So just delete the edge 1s and do the 1 1 1 1 pattern

@Hanyamanusiabiasa 2 жыл бұрын

Corner in minesweeper : *exist Me : "It's free real estate!"

@lunaa_uwu 2 жыл бұрын

Once i got into minesweeper, i was having trouble and had to make a lot of random decisions. After a long time playing, I discovered these by myself and they truly are a life saver, so I'm glad you can share these with other people as well!

@thanhvinhle2893 Жыл бұрын

True. When I first play minesweeper I don't even understand how this game work and play it by pure luck. At that time I didn't even have internet to search how to play. After trials and errors I know the logic behind those number, then I notice those patterns. This game is still my time-killer till this day

@tiagodecastro2929 5 ай бұрын

@@thanhvinhle2893 I play a classic minesweeper app on my phone. The app has no tutorial or anything so I also had to work it out on my own. I don't know anyone else who knows how to play minesweeper. People are always so confused by the game and think it's wild that I know how to actually play it, but the logic really is simple once you learn how to work it out; knowing basic statistics also helps to replace a lot of guessing with actual estimates (which are only so much better, but still better.) I suspect the only reason why people don't understand it is because they never paid attention to it.

@Leandro-vy7nj Жыл бұрын

1:09 For the 11 or 211 pattern btw, if the cleared square is a 1, you can clear the three squares below it as well. If all three of the cleared squares contain ones, you can clear the three squares below the middle one again.

@cdmcfall Жыл бұрын

At 1:06, you can also open the three adjacent boxes in the row below the 1 you uncovered because there will definitely be a mine either to the left or the right of that square.

@tempestedits4454 3 жыл бұрын

Very helpful! I found your channel on twitch the other day and you’ve helped me a lot as a beginner

@griledchese2056 Жыл бұрын

very nice and informational video! I've picked up most of these from just playing, but it was still nice having them clarified, and I learned some things too!

@someoneelse3199 2 жыл бұрын

i played a couple minesweeper games after watching this video, and easily won them! my eyes have been opened to a new type of minesweeper logic and it's so easy now

@jacobcollins7661 Жыл бұрын

I learned some new patterns thanks to this, thanks! Didn't know a couple of these but thought I knew them all so I always just had to guess a couple times on a hard board lol

@macthyaszix9394 7 ай бұрын

Interesting! Thanks for the advice, this will surely speedup my gameplay

@cubest817 4 ай бұрын

That’s what our team researched back in the junior high’s national science fair (5, 6 yrs ago), we summarized these basic patterns first, then use them and some mathematics to calculate what’s the best way to choose which block to click. (I also start playing this bc of this research)

@cover8632 Жыл бұрын

와 진짜 완전 간단하게 심플 하게 이해가 쏙쏙!

@kharis6280 2 жыл бұрын

Very useful bro.. Hope you have a nice day

@adamnicholls8708 Жыл бұрын

Great guide, I enjoyed when I figured out these myself. These are probably the basic tricks I would tell people myself. Though; In the 1,1 pattern, explaining that you can click on the entire third column would be better(the box where the third 1 is and the box above and below). Doing it for just the box below on a straight of 1s like that is slightly misleading. Also, only including the tricks for straights means you missed out on others. Like _ _ _ I 0 1 ? I 1 2 ? I ? ? Click The only one I could really think of easily. Basically just two 1,1 that overlap.

@bartolhrg7609 Жыл бұрын

The most common method I use is about difference When 2 numbers touch on the sides, their difference is the same as the difference between mines in their "superspace" "Superspace" being the 3 cells which other number doesn't touch (marked with capital A, B) A??B AabB A??B a-b = count(A) - count(B) All of the patterns in this video can be explained like this And this works actually for any touching cells, and in any grid shape (triangle, hexagonal)

@GP-yg2vz 2 жыл бұрын

You forgot to point out that, at 1:09, in the case you have vertically 1-1 (like you have here) or 2-2 and any number on the right in your case (so that you are in a line and not in a corner of a zone), the one above will complete the one below so you can open the 3 cases below your new 1 if it's 1-1 and even add the 2 mines if it's 2-2 (even if you could have already add them by the only fact that you have wall-1-1-2-?). If, with the center one, you then have vertically 1-1-1 or 2-2-2, you can then again open the three cases below. Technically, in the worst case, a wall-1-1 just give you a case, in the best case scenario, 9 (with a vertical 2-2-2). In your case, at 1:09 you can open 3 new cases and if you are lucky, the middle one will be an other 1 giving you three more cases (so a total of seven). I don't know if I explain clearly.

@paulstelian97 2 жыл бұрын

The thing with my own solving of Minesweeper patterns, there's actually really 4 kinds: * Single cell patterns. A cell with a number N, neighbouring exactly N other cells, must flag all the neighbours. Also, a cell with a number N, with exactly N flagged neighbours and a few unflagged ones, those that are not flagged cannot contain mines if the flags are correct. * Two cell (difference) patterns. This video shows some of them. You take two cells having some neighbours shared, and look at the difference. The larger number will have extra mines and those extra mines are NOT in the shared neighbours. For example, the 1-2-1 pattern there (which is a 1-2 and a 2-1), which does show up in games (extra cells are already uncovered, doesn't have to be edge). You look at the only neighbour of the 2 cell that isn't a neighbour of the 1 cell and know that that cell must contain 1 (2-1) mine; that can then get flagged and you can then run a few single cell patterns to disambiguate everything else. * Large patterns (3 or more cells). These are patterns of complex logic, which require you to look at 3 or more cells of the board, or look at the remaining flags counter, in order to infer something about the board position. You can get a flag or an uncover this way (or several). * Ambiguous patterns. A pattern where the information on the board is insufficient to disambiguate a single covered cell. The only possibility is guesswork. I tend to play on a Minesweeper clone that detects these and automatically uncovers a cell to give me info required to progress logically when it happens. I also make my clone automatically solve single cell patterns (it thankfully forces my time to 999 when I ask it to do that). The clone is called MinesPerfect. You can tell it what to do with the patterns (so you can even study and learn only one type of the patterns of those that do have logic). It's Windows-only, hasn't been updated in a while.

@Geology051 2 жыл бұрын

Makes sense for me

@censrrd 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this helpful video!

@bonzomcdrumcat4989 10 ай бұрын

Subbed just because of how smooth you voice is

@dxtrum Жыл бұрын

Just happy I was able to work most of em out before you explained it

@thanhvinhle2893 Жыл бұрын

I usually play minesweeper to kill time, when situation doesn't allow me to play other games. I got this video in my recommended some how and I have just realized I have learned 2/3 of these patterns on my own 😆

@Zeppelin. 2 жыл бұрын

Another method you forgot to add which I always find to be consistent, The 1212 or 2121 technique. Put 1 bomb in front of the ones then done Also works with 212

@DardHong 2 жыл бұрын

121(2) and (2)121 are both essentially 121s 212 does work though! Just not so common

@becalelbecalelew7262 7 ай бұрын

Также хочу рассказать о случае 2-1-2. Он очень схож с 1-2-1, только в нём мины находятся под «1» и через клетку от этого (то есть справа-снизу от правой двойки и справа-слева от левой двойки). С последними 3 случаями я, кажется, не сталкивался, либо не обращал внимание. Это полезно. Спасибо

@ndererseje1077 2 жыл бұрын

thank you for teaching me how to become incredible good minesweeper player. i swept those mines like they were flies.

@capertillar4634 2 жыл бұрын

how are you the god of killing flies they always move right before i hit them

@ndererseje1077 2 жыл бұрын

@@capertillar4634 because I watched this video🤩

@kyanoang3l0_old Жыл бұрын

I learned how to play MS cos the modern (Windows 8.1+) version now has a tut, lol. It's surprisingly addictive, and I wanna learn moar. I already figured out most of these patterns on my own. I also got an Achievement related to the 1-2-1 pattern in the latest version of MS, which's what encouraged me to look up patterns.

@hasaanzahid_ 2 жыл бұрын

Why does this channel have only 208 subs?! Subscribed

@100.ShibaInu 6 ай бұрын

i play 1 game of minesweeper and youtube recommend me this, helpful and scary at the same time

@AvidaxTelekesis 6 ай бұрын

Thank you for the tutorial.

@nikottok6493 Жыл бұрын

Thank you very much!

@bing-7508 2 жыл бұрын

this was uploaded on my birthday

@MrJag1 Жыл бұрын

respect for helping us

@yuridhjeeyn9034 2 жыл бұрын

good explanation maybe use better highlighting next time though. I had a hard time seeing the thin red highlights still liking it

@janasuranova3222 Жыл бұрын

Hi, I already know these patterns but for those who don't It's helpful. Thanks 🙂

@ShRimP-jt5om 2 жыл бұрын

You helped me a little

@brandiburdick4163 2 жыл бұрын

Wow amazing.

@illuminatisquid9970 2 жыл бұрын

Great video

@artkondratyev4307 Жыл бұрын

1 is always good. 1 is always friend.

@giorgi4ever 2 жыл бұрын

amazing video

@carolmg.96 Жыл бұрын

i subconsciouly started to notice this patterns when playing, and i say subconsciously 'cause i notice with certain patterns my brain immediately goes "it's this cell"

@binhboong8587 2 ай бұрын

bro, that's all i need , im struggling with the extreme mode -_- tysm

@alansef 2 жыл бұрын

Very smart tip: if you have a 1 with a cell that is not open its 100% a bomb. This tip is super effective against coners. What i call coners: 1 1 1 1 ⬛⬛ 1.⬛⬛ ( the middle one is the thing you see why i call them coners) You can see that ones are only here. Because of the top left one, you can easily flag the bomb on the middle one shown here and safely clear the area. (If lucky might get this same thing again, clearing even more.)

@xaigamer3129 2 жыл бұрын

works with 2 as well if you have another corner or just a mine in general

@Laingrave Жыл бұрын

This is pretty obvious dawg..

@TrevorDennis100 Жыл бұрын

I love your ASCII art demo. I am going to have to look into that.

@sixsixonefour Жыл бұрын

i love the corner 1 trick

@user-id3fc8qs7y Жыл бұрын

What... T_T Are you serious? Do you think people who play Minesweeper are so dumb that they are needed to be explained what "1" near one hidden square means?

@maormoshe2084 Жыл бұрын

thanks so much 😊

@marcelodecosta9102 2 жыл бұрын

The 1 2 1 and 1 2 2 1 have given me many problems, thanks

@yaki4321 6 ай бұрын

it will help my with custom boards (30x24 165bombs) cool video thank for help

@mustafaberkaysuer2964 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you.

@ka1ebsauce 2 жыл бұрын

*me, already learning this by my self but just gonna check to be sure

@Attoretto 2 жыл бұрын

Cool, now I'll beat my highscore

@flyinpatato9766 2 жыл бұрын

I play this gamr so much and i knoe all of this but i am gonna watch it xd

@crafty453 Жыл бұрын

I knew the 3 on a straight, the 1-2-1, and the 2-1 patterns thanks to Aliensrock. The rest I had to watch the video for.

@hand-burger 2 жыл бұрын

thanks dard

@Thomas-cat 2 жыл бұрын

what is dard?

@hand-burger 2 жыл бұрын

@@Thomas-cat he

@Pilipilochka 3 ай бұрын

Эх, хотелось бы подобное видео, но про четырёхмерный вариант)

@Vicukkancs 2 жыл бұрын

STARSET BACKGROUND WOOO

@lePirateMan 2 жыл бұрын

You should have mentioned the 1 1 pillar

@bobczech7774 Ай бұрын

My interest would be the quad chains of 2's surrounded by 1's. Those are also deterministic lol

@thedoreeto Жыл бұрын

shout-out to 121s fr, best pattern by far

@m0n4rk37 Ай бұрын

bro sounds like a half-life 1 scientist, no hate bro i love your video ❤

@iconsworld9 2 жыл бұрын

The minsesweeping theory time

@jagruthchilamanthula4713 2 ай бұрын

thanks

@a_maxed_out_handle_of_30_chars 2 жыл бұрын

thanks :)

@leelcan1427 2 жыл бұрын

thanks man u r poggert

@user-jw8tp3nu9n 7 ай бұрын

Genius

@lostwanderingprince Жыл бұрын

Hi! Is it possible to learn and solve even the hard difficulty of minesweeper (I play the google version of the game btw as of now) even without memorizing patterns? Thank you. I'm now getting and appreciating the idea of the game but I get confused when there's just a straight line of numbers. My strategy is to clear the other areas near it (if there is) to help with the logic but when it's just a straight line, I get it wrong often. I'm wondering if memorization will come to play here. But I'm having much fun when I'm figuring it out on the go. I'm not sure if knowing the core concept of the game is enough to win in the hardest of difficulty.

@DardHong Жыл бұрын

The core concept of the game is deducting the logic that the numbers give you - which is where patterns come from, they're just logic that appears commonly. Theres still plenty of things that you can solve that don't necessarily fall under a 'pattern'. Being able to figure things out is much more important than memorisation and can definitely win you hard games. Just bear in mind that unless you are playing no guess, hard mode does not always solve without RNG (40%~ winrate when played optimally)

@livingthemcdream Жыл бұрын

The only one that I wasn’t subconsciously aware of was the 1-1-1-1. But that’s mostly because I always play on a 99-99 field whit 2000 bombs.

@cdmcfall Жыл бұрын

You have to be careful with that one. The caveat he mentions in the video is important.

@Ayon1428 Жыл бұрын

I honestly just learned these on my own after playing hundreds of games wheni was bored while watching youtube. so i didnt have to memorize anything

@sanz3429 2 жыл бұрын

i have a test tomorrow what am i doing here

@DoubleR.Origin 10 күн бұрын

Same

@amirs5283 5 ай бұрын

Thank

@MacGyver5AF Жыл бұрын

I think that in games like minesweeper, the situations, when you have to guess, where the mine is, should be ommited from the game patterns. Such a logical game should be "coindicence free", like chess is.

@DardHong Жыл бұрын

'No guess' minesweeper does exist as a solution to that. But figuring out the best guesses (other than 50/50s) can be a cool level of depth as well

@cdmcfall Жыл бұрын

Hmm, that's a great idea. The coding for that wouldn't be too difficult.

@T1mm0s Жыл бұрын

As others pointed out, 1-1-1 and 1-1-1-1 are simply not patterns, as it must be certain that the squares to uncover must be between between non-bomb squares. That in practice, will almost never happen.

@sofiarocha9907 2 жыл бұрын

Fascinante

@Tonirel 2 жыл бұрын

Nice

@dinglebingle8777 Жыл бұрын

nice

@guyclykos Жыл бұрын

I wish I found this like 20 years ago

@bayusetiawan181 Жыл бұрын

You're in danger when you unlock number 8

@JohnPaulBuce Жыл бұрын

i hate the side by side 11 and 12, thanks for the tips

@KonstantinBurylov 8 ай бұрын

There is also a pattern. In row 1-2-2-2-2-1 there will be a solution: mine-empty-mine-mine-empty-mine

@flying0possum Жыл бұрын

I have always looked at corners and expand from there until it gets to where I have to guess or the corners carry me through

@Antenipan 13 күн бұрын

Amo buscaminas, es mi obsesión actual

@chustinequiell4269 2 жыл бұрын

the 1111 helped

@user-uodneg 2 жыл бұрын

If you have memorised these patterns, you will never be motivated to play this game, because you can just click on the patterns and complete the game without the excitement of possibly stepping on a mine.

@duongsonhaknut1609 2 жыл бұрын

Well I mean, he's making this for speedrunners (specifically beginners) who want to get a fast time and not taking 5 minutes to work out all the mines :| but I respect your opinion.

@googiegress7459 Жыл бұрын

There are also plenty of situations where these don't apply.

@EgnachHelton Жыл бұрын

Minesweeper patterns would be a lot easier to identify if the game automatically deducts the marked mines from numbers. It sucks that no games seem to implement that. P.S. another useful pattern would be 1s in a T shape.

@picardcook7569 Жыл бұрын

If they did use that mechanic, it would be easy to cheese the system by guessing and seeing if the numbers changed. The game would automatically tell you if a flag was valid or not.

@trots4940 Жыл бұрын

@@picardcook7569 Exactly, i didnt understand his point

@zecuse Жыл бұрын

These are only straight line patterns. On large boards, I regularly come across a corner pattern where a 1 is tucked inside the corner. 1 1 x 1 b ? x ? ? Where x can be any other number.

@roxashester6583 Жыл бұрын

It’s 2 in the morning… WHY AM I HERE?!

@George83_Thomas Жыл бұрын

Those mines ain’t gonna sweep themselves

@St0nek 2 жыл бұрын

I mean most of these only apply when there is nothing further on the board

@-_-.......-_- Жыл бұрын

I found all these myself when i kept Playing for hours

@josephjoestar3631 Жыл бұрын

I used this technique and hacked into Nasa. Thanks

@a1l0p 2 жыл бұрын

I was stuck in a part of an expert level game, so I came to see this video, it was a 1-1-1-1, then I followed his tip, I regretted it ;(

@Knurf Жыл бұрын

this 1-1-1-1 pattern requires walls on both sides

@a1l0p Жыл бұрын

@@Knurf yes but i'm dumb so it went wrong

@tamthanh-th3zs 3 жыл бұрын

🧡🧡

@nicetomoleyou4534 9 ай бұрын

It's great to see the patterns I've learned on my own after playing for years in this video. But this game is too fucking addictive lol. I will literally play it while doing like anything on the internet I need help

@asremier3759 Ай бұрын

I should be sleeping right now....

@DanQZ Жыл бұрын

I also enjoy starset :)

@cheesydinos Жыл бұрын

ah yes

@CrizzzCra 3 ай бұрын

So... why would we use the 1 1 1, or 1 1 1 1 pattern if there's no game where the walls are like that?

@DardHong 3 ай бұрын

You won't find those patterns in that form, but they present themselves when you use reduction (Explained in my referenced guide video). Where mines will make the numbers an 'effective 1' to create those patterns