The colored wooden peg puzzle in Big Walk asks you to track down 36 loose pegs and drop them into the empty slots on a circular board. It looks like a sorting or code puzzle when you first walk up to it, but the trick is far simpler than the pile of empty holes suggests.
Quick answer: Collect all 36 pegs scattered around the circular structure (nine each of green, yellow, red, and blue), place them into any open slots, then press the red button to the right of the board to release the red gourd from its trap.
Placement order does not matter
The single most important rule here is that the pegs do not go into specific slots. There is no hidden sequence to work out and no color pattern to match. As soon as you pick up a peg, you can walk it back to the board and push it into any free hole.
Because the arrangement is unimportant, the entire puzzle becomes a search job. All 36 slots simply need to be filled. That reframing is what makes it manageable, since you can stop worrying about layout and focus only on hunting down every last peg.
Where to find each colored peg
There are four peg types, and each one carries a small icon that hints at where it hides in the surrounding area. There are exactly nine of every color, which adds up to the full 36. Once you know that count, it is easy to tell how many of each type you still need.
| Peg color | Count | Where to search |
|---|---|---|
| Green | 9 | Around the cliff, near rocks and boulders |
| Yellow | 9 | Among the flora, like bushes and trees |
| Red | 9 | Close to the main structure holding the board; lift your partner onto the elevated beams to reach some |
| Blue | 9 | On the bridge surrounding the structure, both on top of it and along the support beams underneath |
The red pegs are the ones most likely to leave you short. Several sit on raised beams that a single player cannot reach, so you will need to boost your partner up to grab them.
Search tips that speed up the collection
A useful shortcut is to kick pegs toward the circular board as you find them, then do a single pass later to plug them all in at once. This saves the back-and-forth trips between the far corners of the area and the board.
The last few pegs are almost always harder to spot than the first batch, so split the ground between two players instead of walking the same route. Have one person sweep the high spots, the raised ledges, the tops of arches, and the bridge, while the other checks the low ground around rocks, tree bases, and the outer edges.
Note: if you reach the puzzle at night, a light source is more helpful than a walkie-talkie here, since both players stay in the same general area. The darker green and blue pegs can vanish against rocks and grass, so it is worth waiting for daylight when only one or two pieces remain rather than lapping the same terrain in the dark.
Complete the puzzle and free the gourd
If the button does nothing, you are still missing a peg. A single empty slot is enough to stop it from validating, and the last piece can sit far enough from the board that the layout looks finished when it is not. Recheck the rock edges, the bridge supports, the raised beams, and the bases of the trees before assuming the puzzle is broken.
One more thing worth watching: loose pegs can roll downhill or slip into grass after you have picked them up. If you are sure you found a peg earlier but it is no longer at the board, treat it as missing and retrace only the section where you first grabbed it. Once the final peg is seated and the button responds, the gourd drops free and you are done.
