Colony Flow Level 170 Answer Key, Walkthrough & Solution
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📋 Written practice guide (web version)board preview, color breakdown & loading order for the playable web level
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What You're Up Against
Level 170 paints Rainbow with 388 tiles across 5 colors, split into 13 cubes in the tray. You have 5 waiting slots and two nest holes.
- Pink: 102 tiles → cubes of 46, 27, 25, 4
- Dark: 86 tiles → cubes of 44, 25, 17
- Jade: 74 tiles → cubes of 42, 32
- Brown: 66 tiles → cubes of 45, 21
- Magenta: 60 tiles → cubes of 31, 29
⚠️ 2 hidden “?” cubes in the tray.
Spoiler: what they hide
Magenta 31, Magenta 29
🔒 1 locked cube — free the cube above them before they can be picked.
Step-by-Step Solution
This loading order was computed from the web level layout with a reachability-first strategy: always feed the ants colors they can actually reach, and never let all 5 slots fill with blocked colors. Tap hidden “?” cubes only when you have slot room to absorb a surprise color.
Load the cubes in this order, letting the ants work between picks. Unless noted, a cube's tiles are fully reachable when you send it.
- Send the Brown 21 cube.
- Send the Pink 4 cube.
- Send the Brown 45 cube. Only ~27 of its 45 tiles are open at this point — park it in a slot and let the surrounding colors clear the rest of the way.
- Send the Jade 42 cube. Only ~30 of its 42 tiles are open at this point — park it in a slot and let the surrounding colors clear the rest of the way.
- Send the Pink 25 cube.
- Send the Pink 46 cube. Only ~23 of its 46 tiles are open at this point — park it in a slot and let the surrounding colors clear the rest of the way.
- Send the Dark 25 cube.
- Send the Dark 17 cube.
- Send the Dark 44 cube. Only ~29 of its 44 tiles are open at this point — park it in a slot and let the surrounding colors clear the rest of the way.
- Send the Magenta 31 cube.
- Send the Magenta 29 cube. Only ~28 of its 29 tiles are open at this point — park it in a slot and let the surrounding colors clear the rest of the way.
- Send the Jade 32 cube. Only ~24 of its 32 tiles are open at this point — park it in a slot and let the surrounding colors clear the rest of the way.
- Send the Pink 27 cube. Only ~20 of its 27 tiles are open at this point — park it in a slot and let the surrounding colors clear the rest of the way.
Finish without boosters for 3 stars and bonus coins. If the board jams anyway, a Shuffle or Vacuum booster is the cheapest way out.