Sand Loop Level 146 Solution Walkthrough

Sand Loop Level 146 Guide: The Pixel Parrot Puzzle

This level features a vibrant, purple Pixel Parrot (or Toucan) perched on a dark red branch. While the artwork is colorful and fun, the level mechanics are brutal. This is not a speed level. This is a Deep Freeze Logic level.

The hook here isn't the painting itself—it's the massive Ice Blocks at the bottom of the tray. You aren't just matching colors; you are frantically trying to churn through inventory to dig out two specific keys buried under layers of ice. If you play too passively, you will run out of moves before you even see the keys.

Sand Loop Level 146 Solution: The Purple Bird

Take a look at the target image. It dictates your flow.

Color Palette Deep Dive

Purple: The dominant color for the bird's body. You will need a steady stream of these.
Dark Red (Maroon): The branch at the very bottom. This is your "opener."
Cyan: The massive background.
Orange/Yellow: The beak and feet.
Pink: The wing detail.
White: The face patch.

The "Danger Zones"

The Dark Red Branch is the biggest danger zone. Because sand fills from the bottom up, you must pour Dark Red first. If you clog your conveyor with Purple or Cyan cups before the branch is done, the sand will have nowhere to land, and you'll waste slots.

Fill Order Prediction

Dark Red (Branch - Bottom)
Orange (Feet) & Purple (Lower Body)
Pink (Wing) & White (Face)
Cyan (Background - can be done concurrently, but safer to do last)

Tackling the "Deep Freeze" in Sand Loop Level 146

The specific obstacle here is the High-Count Ice Blocks. Look at the bottom row of the tray. You see numbers like 15, 25, 30, and 18.

This means you must clear that many cups in that specific column to break the ice.

The Pink Key is trapped under the 25 block on the left.
The Blue Key is trapped under the 30 block on the right.

This is a marathon. You cannot just pick cups you "need" for the painting. You have to pick cups specifically to churn through those numbers. Every cup you leave sitting in a column is a wasted opportunity to lower that counter.

Sand Loop Level 146 Step-by-Step Walkthrough

1. The Dark Red Opener

Your first priority is the Dark Red cups. Why? Because the branch is the lowest part of the image.

Tap the Dark Red cups immediately to send them to the conveyor.
Do not touch the Cyan cups yet unless you have no other choice. The background is huge, but filling it early often blocks the specific pixel holes needed for the branch.
Keep your eye on the 0/5 slot capacity. Never fill it completely. Keep 1 slot open for emergencies.

2. Grinding Down the Ice (The Mid-Game)

Once the branch is established, you enter the "churn" phase.

You need to lower the counters on the 25 and 30 blocks to get the keys.
Focus on clearing the Mystery Cups (?) and standard cups in the columns directly above those keys.
The Trap: Do not pull a cup from a column if the painting can't accept that color yet. For example, don't pull a White cup if you haven't filled the Purple body up to the neck. If you do, that cup will sit on your conveyor belt forever, effectively reducing your capacity from 5 to 4.

3. The Key Dilemma

Eventually, you will break the ice.

The Pink Key (Left): Unlocks the Pink Padlock in the center. This usually guards a generator or a high-value stack of cups needed for the wing.
The Blue Key (Right): Unlocks the Blue Padlock on the Orange cup in the middle column. This is critical for the beak.

Prioritize the Blue Key column (Right side, '30' block) if possible. The Orange beak requires a lot of sand, and that Blue Lock is directly blocking the main supply of Orange cups.

4. Finishing with Cyan

Once the bird is mostly purple and the beak is done, the Cyan background becomes your dump stat.

Now you can freely tap every Cyan cup you see.
Use these pours to clear out the remaining columns and smash the last '18' and '15' ice blocks if they are still standing.
Watch out for the White cups for the face—they are small targets. Make sure you don't miss that timing window while spamming Cyan.

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