Colony Flow Level 453 Answer Key, Walkthrough & Solution
Level 453 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 453 paints Owl with 140 tiles across 4 colors, split into 7 cubes in the tray. You have 5 waiting slots and two nest holes.
- Indigo: 60 tiles → cubes of 45, 15
- Cyan: 40 tiles → cubes of 24, 16
- Magenta: 38 tiles → cubes of 23, 15
- Yellow: 2 tiles → cubes of 2
⚠️ 1 hidden “?” cube in the tray.
Spoiler: what they hide
Yellow 2
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 Indigo 15 cube.
- Send the Indigo 45 cube. Only ~24 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 Magenta 15 cube.
- Send the Magenta 23 cube. Only ~14 of its 23 tiles are open at this point — park it in a slot and let the surrounding colors clear the rest of the way.
- Send the Cyan 16 cube.
- Send the Yellow 2 cube.
- Send the Cyan 24 cube. Only ~14 of its 24 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.