Sand Loop Level 361 Solution Walkthrough

Sand Loop Level 361 Guide: The Mount Fuji Puzzle

You are looking at a pixel art rendition of Mount Fuji, complete with a traditional Red Torii Gate in the foreground and a rising sun in the background. Unlike speed levels where you smash ice, Sand Loop Level 361 is a digging puzzle. The cups you need for the detailed center of the image are buried deep under a layer of common colors. You have to strip away the top layers without clogging your limited 5-slot tray.

The color palette is distinct and layered:

Blue: The water at the bottom (huge fill area).
Red: The Torii gate and the Sun (critical details).
Yellow: The sky background.
White: The snow cap on the mountain and clouds.
Dark Red (Burgundy): The shadowed side of the mountain.

Sand Loop Level 361 Solution: Fuji's Layers

This level tries to trick you with the Fill Order. Usually, you paint from the bottom up. However, looking at the tray layout versus the art, the bottom of the art is the Blue Water, but the cups immediately available are a mix of Blue and a single Red.

The Danger Zone is the Torii Gate. It sits directly on top of the blue water layer. If you aren't careful with your Red cups, you will miss the thin horizontal bars of the gate. Worse, the Dark Red cups needed for the mountain's shadow are buried in the third row. If you trigger the White snow before the Dark Red shadow, the mountain peak looks messy. You need precise, rhythmic taps here.

Prediction: You will need to exhaust the Blue cups first to paint the water base, which conveniently clears the top row of the tray. This exposes the Yellow and Red layer needed for the sky and gate.

Tackling the Central Column Lock in Sand Loop Level 361

The specific obstacle here isn't a key or a bomb; it's the Central Column Dependency. Look at the dead center of your tray.

Row 1: Red Cup
Row 2: Red Cup
Row 3: White Cup

That single White cup in the third row is the primary source for the mountain's massive snow cap. You cannot touch it until you burn through the two Red cups above it. This forces a strict order of operations: you must paint the Torii gate (Red) before you can even think about the Snow (White). If you try to save those Red cups for the Sun later, you will never reach the White sand needed for the middle of the puzzle. You have to spend the Red early.

Sand Loop Level 361 Step-by-Step Walkthrough

Clearing the Blue Overload

Your tray starts with a Blue Wall on the top row (four Blue cups flanking one Red). Luckily, the bottom third of the canvas is water.

Immediately tap the Blue cups on the far left and far right of the top row.
Do not hesitate. Get them onto the conveyor belt. The water fills quickly, and clearing these four cups opens up 80% of your tray's width.
Crucial: Keep the center Red cup for a second. Let a few Blues pass first so the water layer establishes itself.

Drilling the Red Core

Once the top Blues are clearing, the water level will be mostly set. Now you face the Torii Gate.

Tap the Center Top Red cup. This starts the gate.
Immediately after, you gain access to the Second Row Center Red cup. Tap it.
You are "drilling" down the middle column. You need to use these Reds to fill the vertical posts of the gate and the sun.
Warning: Do not tap the Yellow cups (flanking the second Red) yet. The sky is the background. If you pour Yellow now, it might interfere with the mountain edges. Focus on Red.

Reaching the White Snow & Dark Shadows

Now the trap springs. You've cleared the top Reds, exposing the White cup (center) and Dark Red cups (sides of row 3).

The mountain is two-toned: White snow and Dark Red shadow.
Alternate your taps here. Send one Dark Red, then the White, then another Dark Red.
This mixes the sand on the belt, allowing the mountain to fill its shadow and peak simultaneously. If you send all the Dark Red first, you'll overflow the shadow area. If you send the White too late, the peak remains empty while the sky fills up.
Once the mountain structure is solid, unleash the Yellow cups to fill the sky and finish the sunset.

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