Level 281 was the sixth level in Funky Fortress and the 58th candy order level in Dreamworld. To pass this level, you must collect 120 blue candies in 50 moves or fewer.
When you complete the level, Sugar Crush is activated and will score you additional points.
There are a lot of candies to collect, and the board is almost filled with icing. However, there are wrapped candies to help the player in clearing the icing.
You have 50 moves to collect 120 blue candies, meaning that you have to collect about three blue candies in each move. This is less than half of the candies you have to collect 5 levels earlier.
Moon struck will prevent candies matching the colour on the left side of the moon scale from spawning. If blue colour appears on that side, eight additional candies have to be collected in addition to the 3 candies they have to collect three moves after the moon struck.[1][2] This has to be repeated if blue colour appears again on that side of the moon scale.
The orders are worth 12,000 points.[3] Hence, an additional 18,000 points is required to earn one star.
Stars[]
Stars
Score
30,000
70,000
90,000
Moon Scale[]
Moon Scale
Candies
0
5
10
13
Moon Struck[]
1st Start: moves left.
1st End: moves left.
2nd Start: moves left.
2nd End: moves left.
Moon Struck
Normal moves
Moon Struck moves
20 moves
2 moves
Strategy[]
Break through the icing to open up the board.
Then make combinations during the moon struck to cascade a lot of candies.
Trivia[]
This level looks like the erroneous level 276 in Dreamworld, but this level needs only 120 blue candies. It requires much fewer orders. As a result, this level much easier than all versions of 276.
Level 276 currently have not been redesigned to become a proper Dreamworld counterpart. Unlike level 281, this is a proper Dreamworld counterpart.