Objectives / Rules
- Find all of the hidden ships.
- The clues tell you how many ship pieces are in that row or column.
- The small ships across the top tell you which ships are hidden in the grid.
- A ship can only be found horizontally or vertically.
- Ships are never next to each other, neither vertically, horizontally, or diagonally.
See the Basic Ideas and Walkthrough below for extra tips and tricks.
![](/gifs_bships20230820_2359/bshipssm.png)
![Battleships Puzzle](/gifs_bships20230820_2359/bshipshelp1.png)
What are the numbers for?
The numbers show you how many ship pieces appear in each row / column.
Click or move your mouse over the puzzle to see its answer.
Above each puzzle is a list of ships that are hidden in the grid.
Basic Ideas
![Idea 1](/gifs_bships20230820_2359/bshipshelp21.png)
Ships are not allowed to touch, in any direction, so placing a ship piece will force other squares to be water.
![Idea 2](/gifs_bships20230820_2359/bshipshelp22.png)
![Idea 3](/gifs_bships20230820_2359/bshipshelp23.png)
![Idea 4](/gifs_bships20230820_2359/bshipshelp24.png)
![Idea 5](/gifs_bships20230820_2359/bshipshelp25.png)
The system will automatically update a ship with the correct pieces once it can determine its length.
Walkthrough
![Help 1](/gifs_bships20230820_2359/bshipshelp1.png)
Step 1
This is the start of the puzzle.
Solve this puzzle for yourself at the same time.
![Help 2](/gifs_bships20230820_2359/bshipshelp2.png)
Step 2
This row and column both have 0 as their clue, so these squares must be water.
![Help 3](/gifs_bships20230820_2359/bshipshelp3.png)
Step 3
These squares must be water as we have the bow of a ship next to them, and separate ships are not allowed to touch.
![Help 4](/gifs_bships20230820_2359/bshipshelp4.png)
Step 4
This square must be part of the ship we were given at the start, but we do not yet know how long it is.
![Help 5](/gifs_bships20230820_2359/bshipshelp5.png)
Step 5
Placing the ship piece in Step 4 forces this square to be water (as ships do not touch).
![Help 6](/gifs_bships20230820_2359/bshipshelp6.png)
Step 6
These squares must all be ship pieces to satisfy the row clue of 4.
![Help 7](/gifs_bships20230820_2359/bshipshelp7.png)
Step 7
These squares must all be water to satisfy the respective row and column clues.
![Help 8](/gifs_bships20230820_2359/bshipshelp8.png)
Step 8
These squares are all ship pieces to satisfy the respective row and column clues.
![Help 9](/gifs_bships20230820_2359/bshipshelp9.png)
Step 9
These squares must be water, as ship pieces are not allowed to touch diagonally.
![Help 10](/gifs_bships20230820_2359/bshipshelp10.png)
Step 10
These squares are all ship pieces to satisfy the respective row and column clues.
![Help 11](/gifs_bships20230820_2359/bshipshelp11.png)
Step 11
This square is water, and the puzzle completes.
![Help 12](/gifs_bships20230820_2359/bshipshelp99.png)
Step 12
The completed puzzle.
Note: BrainBashers has a Dark Mode setting.