Colony Flow Level 487 Answer Key, Walkthrough & Solution
Level 487 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 487 paints Pizza with 248 tiles across 4 colors, split into 10 cubes in the tray. You have 5 waiting slots and two nest holes.
- Purple: 130 tiles → cubes of 51, 38, 31, 10
- Indigo: 92 tiles → cubes of 46, 25, 21
- Cyan: 23 tiles → cubes of 19, 4
- Magenta: 3 tiles → cubes of 3
⚠️ 1 hidden “?” cube in the tray.
Spoiler: what they hide
Cyan 4
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 46 cube.
- Send the Indigo 25 cube.
- Send the Purple 10 cube.
- Send the Purple 31 cube. Only ~24 of its 31 tiles are open at this point — park it in a slot and let the surrounding colors clear the rest of the way.
- Send the Indigo 21 cube. Only ~19 of its 21 tiles are open at this point — park it in a slot and let the surrounding colors clear the rest of the way.
- Send the Purple 38 cube. Only ~31 of its 38 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 4 cube.
- Send the Magenta 3 cube.
- Send the Purple 51 cube. Only ~22 of its 51 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 19 cube. Only ~17 of its 19 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.