Profile Perfect Level 396 Answer & Walkthrough Solution

Profile Perfect Level 396 Answer

I’m putting the correct grid right up top so you can see the full solution, and then I’ll walk you through the deduction step by step.

Profile Perfect Level 396 Hints And Walkthrough

Profile Perfect Level 396 starts with the weather for Tripod D already locked in as Sunny, which gives us one anchor point. The puzzle revolves around five tripods, four types of photographers, memory card sizes ranging from 4 to 64 GB, and different animal subjects being photographed in various weather conditions. Let’s work through the clues in the order that makes the logic fall into place.

Step 1: Place Fiona and confirm the sunny weather position

The very first clue says Fiona is two columns away from the sun. Since we already know Tripod D has Sunny weather from the initial answer, that means Fiona must be at Tripod B. Why? If Tripod D is the sun, then two columns away to the left is Tripod B. (Tripod A would be three away, Tripod C one away, and Tripod E three to the right.) So right away I can lock in Tripod B’s photographer as Fiona, and Tripod D’s weather stays Sunny.

Step 2: Put the Giraffe between identical animals

Clue two tells us the Giraffe is between a pair of identical animals. From the solved grid I know the identical animals turn out to be the Eagles, but I don’t know that yet at this stage. However, the clue directly confirms that Tripod C’s subject is the Giraffe. That gives me my first animal placement.

Clue five ties in here beautifully: five Giraffe photos filled Alice’s 4GB memory card. That means Tripod C’s memory card is 4 GB, and the photographer at Tripod C is Alice. So now Tripod C has three values locked in: subject Giraffe, memory 4 GB, and photographer Alice.

Clue four mentions that social animals that live in herds are not neighbors. The Giraffe is one of those social herd animals, and the clue also names the Elephant as another. So these two cannot be adjacent. I don’t know where the Elephant is yet, but I know it cannot be at Tripod B or Tripod D (the neighbors of Tripod C).

Step 3: Place the Cheetah using the neighbor refusal

Clue six is a great link: Alice and her neighbors refuse to photograph the Cheetah. Alice is at Tripod C, so her neighbors are Tripod B and Tripod D. None of those three can be the Cheetah. That leaves only Tripod A and Tripod E as possibilities for the Cheetah. But I also already know Tripod C’s subject is Giraffe, and Tripod B and D will be something else. The Cheetah must be at Tripod A. This is locked in.

Step 4: Match female photographers with flying animals

Clue seven says female photographers are taking shots of flying animals. Flying animals in this puzzle are the Eagles. The female photographers we have so far are Alice (at Tripod C) and Fiona (at Tripod B). Isabella and Mason are also photographers, but Isabella’s name sounds female too. The clue actually confirms two Eagles in the puzzle. Let’s check what it links: Tripod B’s subject is Eagle, Tripod D’s subject is Eagle, and both photographers at those positions are female — Fiona at Tripod B and Isabella at Tripod D. This means Tripod B and Tripod D are both Eagles. That also explains the “pair of identical animals” from clue two: the Giraffe at Tripod C is between the two Eagles at Tripod B and Tripod D. Perfect placement.

Now Tripod B’s subject is Eagle, and its photographer is already Fiona from Step 1. Tripod D’s subject is Eagle, and its photographer must be Isabella.

Step 5: Lock in the 16 GB memory cards and Tripod A’s details

Clue eight says another camera matches the memory used in Stormy weather. The Stormy weather camera is at Tripod E (from clue three, which says someone in Stormy weather takes a new 16GB memory card). So Tripod E has 16 GB memory and Stormy weather. That means another camera also has 16 GB. Clue eight links Tripod A’s memory as 16 GB as well. So Tripods A and E both have 16 GB cards.

Clue nine then fills in Tripod A completely: Ian hurriedly packs up Tripod A before the Rain worsens. So Tripod A’s photographer is Ian, its weather is Rainy, and its memory is already 16 GB. Combined with the Cheetah from Step 3, Tripod A is now fully solved: 16 GB, Ian, Cheetah, Rainy.

Step 6: Assign the remaining memory sizes and photographer

Clue eleven tells us the 64 GB memory is almost blown away by the Wind. That means Tripod B has 64 GB memory and Windy weather. That checks out since Tripod B is already an Eagle with Fiona as photographer.

Clue ten says the memory size between Alice (Tripod C, 4 GB) and Mason (Tripod E, photographer confirmed here) is not the largest. The memory between them is at Tripod D, which must be 32 GB. That also confirms Tripod E’s photographer is Mason.

Now we have memory sizes: Tripod A 16 GB, Tripod B 64 GB, Tripod C 4 GB, Tripod D 32 GB, Tripod E 16 GB.

Step 7: Place the Elephant and finish the grid

Clue twelve says the Elephant is the farthest subject from the largest memory. The largest memory is 64 GB at Tripod B. The farthest subject from Tripod B is Tripod E (at the opposite end of the row). So Tripod E’s subject must be the Elephant.

That leaves only Tripod D’s weather and Tripod C’s weather to determine. Tripod D already has Sunny from the initial answer. The remaining weather is Foggy, which goes to Tripod C. Tripod E has Stormy from clue three. So everything fits.

All five tripods are now fully matched: the subjects, photographers, memory card sizes, and weather conditions. Every clue has been used and every cell in the grid is confirmed.

Solution: Finish the remaining matches

After the main chain of deductions, the last few placements fall into place with no ambiguity. Tripod C’s weather is the only one left after Rainy, Windy, Sunny, and Stormy are assigned, so it gets Foggy. The grid is complete. You can double-check that all clues align, and they do.

Trickiest Clues In Profile Perfect Level 396

The female photographers and flying animals clue

Clue seven might trip you up because it groups together several facts in one statement. It says “Female photographers are taking shots of flying animals,” but it doesn’t explicitly list which photographers are female. Alice, Fiona, and Isabella are all female names, while Ian and Mason are male. The clue links Tripod B and Tripod D as having Eagle subjects and female photographers, which narrows down the Eagles to those two tripods. If you try to put an Eagle at Tripod A or Tripod E, you’ll break the clue because those photographers are male. Read it as a set of simultaneous conditions: each female photographer’s subject must be a flying animal, and each Eagle must be photographed by a female photographer.

The matching memory card clue

Clue eight says “Another camera matches the memory used in Stormy weather.” This one is easy to misinterpret as meaning the same exact memory card or the same brand, but it simply means the memory size in GB is identical. Since Tripod E has 16 GB and Stormy weather, another camera with 16 GB must exist somewhere else. The clue links Tripod A as that other camera. It also throws in Tripod B’s subject being Eagle as an aside, which reinforces earlier placements but isn’t directly about the memory matching.

The social animals and neighbor restriction

Clue four reads “Social animals that live in herds are not neighbors.” This is a bit vague — which animals count as social? The puzzle defines the Giraffe and Elephant as social herd animals. The clue directly links both to say they cannot be adjacent. If you don’t realize that the Giraffe is already placed at Tripod C from clue two, you might think the Elephant could be at Tripod B or Tripod D. But clue two already shows Tripod C is the Giraffe, so the Elephant cannot be at Tripod B or D, only at Tripod A or E. Later, clue twelve locks it at Tripod E.

Final Thoughts

Profile Perfect Level 396 is a satisfying solve once you recognize that the identical animals from clue two are the Eagles, and that the female photographers clue locks them into place. The weather and memory sizes fill in neatly from there, with the farthest-from-largest-memory clue providing the final push. The key is to trust the initial answer for Tripod D’s weather and let that anchor the positional clues. Happy puzzling!