Brain Out Level 204

Overview

Level 204 says "Beat the monster!" The board shows a three-eyed purple monster with a full red HP bar above it, and four items below: a hammer, a long stick, a pink pencil, and a purple eraser. The hammer and stick look like weapons, but using them on the monster does not deplete the HP bar. The Brain Out twist is that the eraser is the weapon. You drag the eraser back and forth over the red HP bar, erasing it until it is gone. Once the HP bar is erased, the monster is defeated.

• Difficulty: Easy
• Estimated moves: 1

Step-by-Step Solution

1. Look at the four items. The hammer and stick look like weapons, but tapping or dragging them onto the monster does nothing to the HP bar. The pencil is also a decoy.
2. Pick up the purple eraser from the right side of the bottom row.
3. Drag the eraser up to the red HP bar above the monster.
4. Rub the eraser back and forth over the red bar as if you were erasing a pencil mark. The red bar fades away as you rub.
5. Keep rubbing until the entire HP bar is erased. The monster has no health left.
6. The level-complete pop-up appears with the line "Clear!" Tap Next to continue.
7. Keep rubbing the eraser back and forth across the red health bar until the bar is completely blank. The monster falls once its health is gone.

The eraser must rub directly over the red bar above the monster. Rubbing the monster's body itself does nothing to the health.
Rub the eraser back and forth directly over the red health bar above the monster. Rubbing the monster's body itself does nothing. Keep rubbing until the bar is completely blank.
If the pop-up does not appear on your first attempt, repeat the action described above; the level triggers completion the moment the required object is placed or the required gesture finishes.

Strategy & Reasoning

The puzzle is a wordplay trick on "HP." In games, HP stands for health points, and reducing it normally means attacking. But here, the HP bar is literally drawn as a pencil bar on the screen, and an eraser is one of the items. The eraser removes the bar the way it removes pencil marks. You do not damage the monster; you erase its health. This level follows Brain Out's signature rule: the obvious action rarely works, and the solution usually involves either moving an on-screen object that looks fixed, using a hardware button, or treating the prompt text itself as a draggable element. Once you recognize the pattern, the trick becomes easy to spot.

Tips & Common Mistakes

• Using the hammer or stick on the monster. The HP bar does not move.
• Tapping the eraser once. You need to rub it back and forth across the bar to erase it.
• Erasing the monster itself instead of the HP bar. The eraser must go over the red bar above the monster.