Profile Perfect Level 118 Answer, Walkthrough & Solution

Profile Perfect Level 118 Answer

Here is the complete solution for all three caves across their types, discoveries, and animal inhabitants.

How I Solved Profile Perfect Level 118

When opening this puzzle, the first thing I noticed was that two separate clues gave me direct, unconditional placements right away. Having immediate anchors for both Cave A and Cave B gave me a solid base to test the more descriptive clues without guessing.

Locking In Cave A And Cave B Right Away

I started by reading through the clue list to find any direct assignments to specific columns. The first clue stated plainly that Cave A is a Sea Cave found along the coastline. That gave me my first type placement without any extra work.

Right after that, the second clue told me that there is Cloth found in Cave B from an old civilization. That locked in the discovery row for the second column.

With two clear facts already recorded on the grid, Cave A had its cave type settled as Sea Cave, and Cave B had its discovery settled as Cloth. At this stage, only Cave C remained completely blank, while Cave A still needed a discovery and an inhabitant, and Cave B still needed a cave type and an inhabitant.

Connecting The Lava Tube To Olivine

From there, I looked for clues that tied specific traits together even if they did not mention a cave letter directly. The fifth clue caught my attention because it linked the mineral Olivine to a cave made from dried up lava, which clearly meant the Lava Tube cave type.

This created a fixed pair: whichever cave turned out to be the Lava Tube also had to contain Olivine.

Looking at my board, I evaluated where this pair could possibly go:

• Cave A already had its type set as Sea Cave, so it could not be the Lava Tube. That ruled out Cave A having Olivine.
• Cave B already had its discovery set as Cloth, so it could not contain Olivine. That ruled out Cave B being the Lava Tube.

Because Cave A was already committed to a different type and Cave B was already committed to a different discovery, neither of them could take the Lava Tube and Olivine pairing. That left Cave C as the only possible location for both traits.

Once that was filled in, Cave C was locked in as the Lava Tube containing Olivine.

Completing The Cave Types And Discoveries

Placing the Lava Tube and Olivine into Cave C immediately simplified the remaining categories.

For the cave types, I had Sea Cave in Cave A and Lava Tube in Cave C. The only cave type left in the entire list was Ice Cave. Since Cave B was the only column without an assigned type, Cave B had to be the Ice Cave.

For the discoveries, Cave B had Cloth and Cave C had Olivine. The only remaining discovery trait available was Fossil. Since Cave A was the only column missing a discovery, Fossil naturally went to Cave A.

At this point, every cave had its type and discovery fully accounted for:

• Cave A was a Sea Cave with a Fossil.
• Cave B was an Ice Cave with Cloth.
• Cave C was a Lava Tube with Olivine.

I also checked the third clue, which mentioned that the Lava Tube cave is not the cave nearest the sea. Because Cave A was the Sea Cave along the coastline and Cave C was the Lava Tube, this requirement was fully satisfied.

Resolving The Animals In The Ice Cave

All that remained was placing the inhabitants across the bottom row.

The fourth clue stated that the cute animal who lives in the Ice Cave cannot fly. Looking at the possible inhabitants, the options were Swallow and Pika. A swallow is a bird that flies, whereas a pika is a small mammal that cannot fly.

Because Cave B was already confirmed as the Ice Cave, the pika had to be the animal placed in Cave B.

With Cave B assigned to Pika, the remaining slots in Cave A and Cave C were filled by Swallow. That completed the inhabitant row and finalized the entire board.

The Point Where I Nearly Went Wrong

The main place where someone might hesitate in this puzzle is dealing with the duplicate inhabitant value. Logic grid puzzles often use entirely distinct traits for each column, so seeing Swallow appear as the inhabitant for more than one cave might make a player question whether they missed a third unique animal name.

The key was focusing strictly on the negative condition in the clue about the Ice Cave animal not being able to fly. Because only one animal met that specific flightless description, placing Pika into the Ice Cave in Cave B cleared up any ambiguity. The remaining caves simply shared the flying inhabitant without violating any other rule.

Looking Back At The Solution

The turning point of this solve was combining the Lava Tube and Olivine into a linked package. Once that pair was established, seeing that Cave A already had a type and Cave B already had a discovery forced the pair into Cave C, neatly resolving the rest of the board through straightforward elimination.