Sand Loop Level 274 Solution Walkthrough

Sand Loop Level 274 Guide: The Desert Moon Puzzle

This isn't your standard "fill the bucket" speed round. Sand Loop Level 274 is a logic-heavy puzzle disguised as a pretty landscape. The art features a stark desert night scene: jagged Red Mountains in the foreground, sharp Yellow Peaks catching the light, a massive Blue Sky, and a prominent White Moon floating in the upper left.

The hook here isn't speed; it's access. The colors you need most (White for the moon, Yellow for the peaks) are buried at the bottom or locked behind ropes. The level forces you to dig through layers of Red and Blue before you can even touch the highlight colors. If you aren't careful with your slot management, you’ll end up with a conveyor belt full of Blue paint while your canvas is still begging for Red.

Sand Loop Level 274 Solution: The Night Landscape

Looking at the top canvas, we can break down the pixel art into four distinct color zones that dictate your play style:

The Red Mountains (Primary Target): The bottom third of the image is dominated by heavy red blocks. This is good news because your starting tray is loaded with Red cups. You will be painting this section first.
The Yellow Highlights (The Bottleneck): Notice the jagged yellow pixels sitting on top of the red mountains? These are small targets, but crucial. You cannot finish the mountains without them, and the Yellow cups are currently trapped in Ropes.
The Blue Sky (The Filler): The blue background is massive. It takes up nearly 60% of the canvas. You will be pouring blue constantly throughout the level, but be warned: don't let Blue cups clog your 5-slot limit when you are hunting for White.
The White Moon (The Buried Treasure): The white circle is a distinct, isolated object. The White cups are buried at the very bottom of the central column. You won't be able to paint the moon until the very end of the level.

Fill Order Prediction: You will almost certainly fill the Red base first, followed by the Yellow peaks as you unlock them. The Blue sky will fill incrementally in the background, while the White moon will be your final task.

Tackling the Roped Yellow Cups in Sand Loop Level 274

The main antagonist in Level 274 is the pair of Roped Yellow Cups sitting in the third row on the far left and right edges.

These cups are bound by thick rope, meaning they are "locked." In Sand Loop logic, a roped cup usually cannot be tapped or moved onto the conveyor belt until the obstruction above it is cleared. In this specific layout, the Blue Cups in the second row are physically blocking the Roped Yellows.

This creates a dependency chain: You cannot finish the mountain peaks (Yellow) until you clear the sky (Blue). Many players get stuck here because they ignore the side columns, focusing on the easier center cups. If you ignore the sides, you delay unlocking the Yellows, which stalls your progress on the mountains. You have to aggressively target the edges of the tray early on.

Sand Loop Level 274 Step-by-Step Walkthrough

You have a 5-slot capacity on your conveyor belt. This is generous, but with the Mystery Cups (?) in play, those slots can fill up with junk fast. Keep at least one slot open at all times to prevent a deadlock.

Clearing the Red Overburden

Your very first move is obvious but satisfying. The entire top row consists of five Red Cups (with some darker variants, but they all feed the mountain).

Tap rapidly across the top row to send all five Red cups to the belt.
Watch the bottom of the canvas fill up.
Critical Pause: Do not immediately start tapping the next layer. Wait for the conveyor to process at least 2 of those Red cups so you regain slot capacity. If you rush, you'll hit the limit just as you need to make tactical choices below.

Unlocking the Side Ropes

Once the top row is gone, the board opens up. You will see Blue Cups on the far left and right of the second row, and two Mystery Cups (?) in the center.

Prioritize the Blue Cups on the edges. Tap the left Blue cup and the right Blue cup immediately.
Getting these out of the way is the only way to break the "lock" on the Roped Yellow Cups below them.
Once the Blue cups are processed, the ropes on the Yellow cups should snap or become accessible. Send those Yellows to the belt immediately to cap off the mountain peaks. This clears the "detail work" early so you don't have to worry about it later.

Gambling on the Mystery Cups

Now you are left with the messy center. You have Mystery Cups (grey with question marks) flanking a central Red cup.

The Mystery Cups are dangerous because you don't know what color is inside until it hits the belt.
Tap them one at a time. Do not tap both simultaneously. If they both turn out to be a color you don't need right now (like extra White when the moon isn't ready), you clog your slots.
Tap one. If it's Blue, great, let it fill the sky. If it's Red, it finishes the mountains. Once the first one clears, tap the second.

Excavating the White Moon

The endgame is digging out the White Cups for the moon.

Look at the bottom center of the tray. The White cups are likely sitting directly under that central Blocker Block (the grey square) or just beneath the central Red stack.
You have to clear the central column entirely to reach them.
This is where the Blue Cups on the bottom corners come in handy. While you are waiting for the center to clear, tap the bottom Blue cups to keep the nozzle painting the sky. This keeps your rhythm going while you dig for the White.
Once the White cups are exposed, send them up to finish the big pixel moon in the corner.

Final check: Ensure no stray Blue pixels are missing from the sky corners. Sometimes the corners of the canvas fill last, so keep a Blue cup in reserve if possible.

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