Sand Loop Level 116 Solution Walkthrough | Sand Loop 116

Sand Loop Level 116 Guide: The Autumn Tree Puzzle

This isn't a speed level, but it pretends to be one. Sand Loop Level 116 presents you with a "Pixel Art Autumn Tree"—a large yellow canopy, a stark dark red trunk, and a wash of pink sky in the background. It looks peaceful, but the tray layout is aggressive. You are dealing with a logic-heavy lock system right out of the gate.

The hook here isn't speed; it's access control. You can see almost every cup you need, but you can't touch 80% of them. The level forces you to prove you understand the "Blue Gate" mechanic before it lets you play the real game. If you panic and spam taps early, you will slot-lock yourself before the first cup even fills.

Sand Loop Level 116 Solution: The Autumn Foliage

Before you start tapping, look at the target painting. The color distribution dictates your rhythm.

Color Palette Deep Dive:

• Bright Yellow: This is your volume color. The massive canopy of the tree requires a steady stream of yellow cups.
• Pastel Pink: The background sky. These are dangerous because they are plentiful in the tray but needed later in the fill order.
• Dark Red (Burgundy): Used for the tree trunk and branches. These are high-precision fills. The lines are thin.
• Orange: Used for shading the leaves and the ground.

The "Danger Zones": The trunk is the killer here. The Dark Red pixels form thin, vertical lines and branching diagonals. If you send a Dark Red cup down the belt while the sand dispenser is painting a massive block of yellow leaves, you’ve wasted a slot and a cup. The game logic often prioritizes filling the large contiguous blocks (the yellow leaves) first. You have to be patient with your reds.

Fill Order Prediction: Expect the sand to want to paint the Yellow canopy first, then the Pink sky, and finally stitch in the Dark Red trunk and Orange accents. This means you need to prioritize freeing up Yellow cups from the bottom pile immediately.

Tackling the Blue Gate Mechanism in Sand Loop Level 116

The primary obstacle in Level 116 is the Blue "4" Gate sitting dead center in the top row.

This isn't just a decoration. That number "4" is a countdown. The gate remains rock-solid until you successfully process four cups from elsewhere on the board.

Here is the trap: Directly behind that gate sits an Orange cup, and underneath that cup is the Golden Key. You cannot get the key until you clear the gate. You cannot clear the gate until you clear the side wings.

The Golden Key is what unlocks the yellow vertical bars holding back the massive reservoir of cups at the bottom of the screen. Until you get that key, the bottom half of your tray is effectively frozen. This linear dependency (Side Cups -> Gate -> Key -> Bottom Tray) means your first ten moves are scripted. You have zero creative freedom until that key is turned.

Sand Loop Level 116 Step-by-Step Walkthrough

This level punishes players who try to multitask too early. Follow this dependency chain strictly.

1. Breaking the "4" Count

Your conveyor belt has 5 slots. The top row has exactly four accessible cups flanking the center gate:

• Left Side: One Orange, One Pink.
• Right Side: One Pink, One Orange.

Ignore everything else. Tap these four cups in pairs. Tap the left pair, let them ride the belt. As soon as a slot opens, tap the right pair.

Crucial detail: Do not touch the visible cups in the bottom-left corner yet (the ones near the other Blue Gate). Focus entirely on the top row. Once these four cups are filled and vanish, the blue number on the center gate will hit "0" and the gate will shatter.

2. Snatching the Key

Once the center gate shatters, the Middle Orange Cup is exposed. Tap it immediately.

You don't need to wait for the sand to change color. Just get it onto the belt. Once that Orange cup is processed, the Golden Key sitting beneath it will activate. This triggers the unlocking animation for the yellow bars at the bottom of the screen.

Warning: Watch your slot capacity (the "X/5" counter). When the key turns, the board shifts. The "Mystery Blocks" (?) under the top cups you just cleared will reveal themselves (usually turning into more Pinks or Yellows). Don't let your slots get full right as the board unlocks, or you might miss a cycle.

3. The Yellow Rush

Now the real level starts. The bottom section is a dense brick of alternating Yellow, Pink, and Dark Red cups.

The painting needs Yellow now. Look at the bottom-right block of cups. It is a checkerboard of Yellows and Pinks. Start stripping away the Yellow cups aggressively. The tree canopy is huge and will eat up every drop of yellow sand.

Leave the Pink cups in the tray for a moment. If you put too many Pinks on the belt while the game is trying to paint the yellow leaves, the Pinks will just loop around the conveyor, clogging up your 5 slots. Only tap a Pink cup if you have 3+ empty slots and can afford to let it ride for a while.

4. Precision Pours for the Trunk

As the yellow leaves fill in, you will see the painting progress toward the trunk. This is your cue to start hunting for Dark Red cups.

There are a few Dark Reds buried in the bottom layers. You likely uncovered them while clearing the Yellows. The moment the yellow canopy looks about 80% done, start weaving Dark Red cups onto the belt.

Timing Tip: Put a Dark Red cup between two Pinks. This creates a "sandwich" on the conveyor belt. If the nozzle switches to Red for a split second to paint a branch, your cup is there. If it stays Pink for the background, your Pinks are there. This spacing technique prevents the "waste" where sand pours into the drain because the right cup wasn't close enough.

5. Cleaning Up the Sky

The final phase is easy but tedious. You will be left with the Pink background. You probably have a surplus of Pink cups left over in the bottom-left and bottom-right corners.

At this point, you can spam tap. The detail work is done. Fill the belt with Pink cups to close out the level. If you have any straggling Orange cups left for the ground details, slot them in now, but the Pink sky usually takes the longest to finish simply due to surface area.