Colony Flow Level 196 Answer Key, Walkthrough & Solution
Level 196 Video Walkthrough
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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 196 paints Sun with 484 tiles across 4 colors, split into 14 cubes in the tray. You have 5 waiting slots and two nest holes.
- Navy: 360 tiles → cubes of 54, 43, 41, 38, 35, 33, 32, 32, 27, 25
- Blue: 70 tiles → cubes of 45, 25
- Teal: 48 tiles → cubes of 48
- Dark: 6 tiles → cubes of 6
⚠️ 2 hidden “?” cubes in the tray.
Spoiler: what they hide
Blue 25, Dark 6
🔒 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 Navy 54 cube.
- Send the Navy 43 cube.
- Send the Navy 41 cube.
- Send the Navy 38 cube.
- Send the Navy 35 cube.
- Send the Navy 33 cube.
- Send the Navy 32 cube.
- Send the Navy 32 cube.
- Send the Teal 48 cube. Only ~44 of its 48 tiles are open at this point — park it in a slot and let the surrounding colors clear the rest of the way.
- Send the Navy 27 cube.
- Send the Blue 25 cube. Only ~19 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.
- Send the Blue 45 cube. Only ~20 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 Dark 6 cube.
- Send the Navy 25 cube. Only ~19 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.