What begins Food Hunt Level 288?

The verified opener is brown 20, followed by cream 40, charcoal 20, and white 12 around the cape and plaque.

What does the wooden number mean in Level 288?

It is a three-stage progress gate; the plaque changes from 3 to 2 to 1 as successive body and face layers become removable.

Food Hunt: Pixel Puzzle level guide

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Open brown 20 on the crowned pug king, peel the red cape, advance the wooden plaque from 3 to 1, then clear the cream face, crown, and moustache.

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Tap brown 20 first, then bring in cream 40, charcoal 20, and white 12 to start the lower cape and plaque border.
Let charcoal count down from 18 to 15 and then 10; while the plaque still shows 3, select brown 23 before brown 16, followed by cream 25, white 10, mauve 4, and mauve 9.
Take brown 3 and then brown 5; advance cream from 26 to 25 and then 33, white from 8 to 15, red from 20 to 17, charcoal from 8 to 2, and yellow from 7 to 10 until the plaque changes to 2.
Around the open cape, the recorded tray order is brown 18 then brown 15, cream 33 then cream 47 and cream 43, charcoal 37 then charcoal 34, followed by white 15, red 17, and yellow 10.
To reduce the plaque from 2 to 1, use brown 5 before brown 30, cream 17 before cream 33, white 1 before white 15, then charcoal 34 and red 1 for the moustache and cheek accents.
Finish the crown and face in this order: yellow 8, yellow 4, cream 7, cream 37, cream 31, cream 36, charcoal 41, charcoal 29, white 4, white 3, and brown 38; then wait for the empty frame.

Colors in this level:

Brown, Cream, Charcoal, White, Red, Yellow, Mauve

Loading multiple large cream face nests before the red and yellow accents expose can choke all five trays.
Ignoring the plaque countdown leaves staged cape and face blocks inaccessible even when the outer body looks thin.

Board notes 5 details

Layout: A crowned pug king wears a red-charcoal cape with white trim. Its cream face has brown ears and muzzle, black features, a yellow crown and medallion, and a wooden plaque marked 3. Five trays start empty; the queue begins white 10, charcoal 20, cream 25, and brown 20, with brown 4, red-brown 23, and mauve 9 behind arrow and covered nests.
Goal: Remove the cape and cream body, count the plaque down from 3 to 2 to 1, then clear the ears, face, crown, red trim, and final black-brown details.
Opening: Tap brown 20 first. Cream 40, charcoal 20, and white 12 follow around the lower cape and plaque; charcoal then drops through 18, 15, and 10.
Danger Zone: Large cream groups can occupy every tray while small red, charcoal, white, and yellow groups are still needed for the cape seams, eyes, and crown.
Mechanics: A wooden 3-to-1 plaque marks three exposure phases. The cape goes first, followed by the crowned head and the small moustache, eye, and crown accents.

What begins Food Hunt Level 288?
The verified opener is brown 20, followed by cream 40, charcoal 20, and white 12 around the cape and plaque.
What does the wooden number mean in Level 288?
It is a three-stage progress gate; the plaque changes from 3 to 2 to 1 as successive body and face layers become removable.