Colony Flow Level 171 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 171 paints Puzzle with 342 tiles across 6 colors, split into 11 cubes in the tray. You have 5 waiting slots and two nest holes.
- Lime: 75 tiles → cubes of 32, 26, 17
- Jade: 75 tiles → cubes of 52, 23
- Green: 75 tiles → cubes of 41, 34
- Coral: 39 tiles → cubes of 39
- Pink: 39 tiles → cubes of 39
- Brown: 39 tiles → cubes of 25, 14
⚠️ 1 hidden “?” cube in the tray.
Spoiler: what they hide
Brown 14
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 Green 34 cube.
- Send the Lime 32 cube.
- Send the Lime 26 cube.
- Send the Jade 23 cube.
- Send the Brown 14 cube.
- Send the Jade 52 cube. Only ~30 of its 52 tiles are open at this point — park it in a slot and let the surrounding colors clear the rest of the way.
- Send the Green 41 cube. Only ~27 of its 41 tiles are open at this point — park it in a slot and let the surrounding colors clear the rest of the way.
- Send the Coral 39 cube. Only ~20 of its 39 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 39 cube. Only ~20 of its 39 tiles are open at this point — park it in a slot and let the surrounding colors clear the rest of the way.
- Send the Lime 17 cube. Only ~16 of its 17 tiles are open at this point — park it in a slot and let the surrounding colors clear the rest of the way.
- Send the Brown 25 cube. Only ~15 of its 25 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.