Sifted Sands is the screen below the main Sandfalls checkpoint, and it stops a lot of players cold. The floor is broken up by quicksand pits, a wide gap, and dynamite carts that block the route until you set them off. Getting across is less about combat and more about reading the layout and using Mina's movement tools in the right order.
Where the Sifted Sands pit is in Sandfalls
Reach Sandfalls by leaving Ossex through the southern gate and pushing into the Southern Outskirts. Turn right to find the screen with a jumping purple flower, then enter the nearby cave. Inside, use the purple flowers to launch yourself over the interior gaps until you exit the far side, and follow the path until it opens into Sandfalls.
From the Sandfalls checkpoint, drop into the screen directly below you. That is Sifted Sands, and the wide pit sits between you and the eastern side of the area where the path continues.
How to cross the wide pit in Sifted Sands
Step 1: Clear the dynamite carts first. The volatile carts block the route forward, so detonate them to open the path before you try to move across. Do not stand next to a cart when it goes off.
Step 2: Use the purple jumping flowers to launch Mina across the wide gap. These flowers fling you over open space the same way they do inside the connecting cave, so line up your jump and let the flower carry you rather than trying to clear the gap on foot.
Step 3: Watch the quicksand as you advance. The pits between the platforms are part of the hazard, so move deliberately and burrow or jump across the unstable ground instead of walking straight through it.
Step 4: Push toward the eastern edge of the screen. The route you are clearing leads to the far right side, which is where the next path opens up.
What waits on the eastern edge
A minotaur guards the far-right path. Deal with it, then burrow into the open hole there to drop down. That hole leads into a hidden cave that holds the Ring Master's arena, so reaching the eastern edge is also how you find that optional movement challenge.
How to know you crossed correctly
You have cleared the pit once you reach the eastern edge without falling into the quicksand and can burrow into the hole on the far right. If the path still looks blocked, you most likely have a dynamite cart left to detonate. If Mina keeps falling short of the far platform, you are jumping manually instead of letting a purple flower launch you across.
Mina the Hollower is developed by Yacht Club Games, and you can find platform and store details on the official game page.