Colony Flow Level 856 Answer Key, Walkthrough & Solution
📋 Written practice guide (web version)board preview, color breakdown & loading order for the playable web level
Board Preview
What You're Up Against
Level 856 paints Sun with 484 tiles across 4 colors, split into 15 cubes in the tray. You have 5 waiting slots and two nest holes.
- Brown: 360 tiles → cubes of 55, 50, 45, 41, 32, 32, 30, 29, 24, 22
- Cream: 70 tiles → cubes of 49, 21
- Teal: 48 tiles → cubes of 29, 19
- White: 6 tiles → cubes of 6
⚠️ 2 hidden “?” cubes in the tray.
Spoiler: what they hide
White 6, Cream 49
🔒 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 55 cube.
- Send the Brown 50 cube.
- Send the Brown 45 cube.
- Send the Brown 41 cube.
- Send the Brown 32 cube.
- Send the Brown 32 cube.
- Send the Brown 30 cube.
- Send the Teal 29 cube.
- Send the Brown 29 cube.
- Send the Brown 22 cube. Only ~20 of its 22 tiles are open at this point — park it in a slot and let the surrounding colors clear the rest of the way.
- Send the Cream 49 cube. Only ~20 of its 49 tiles are open at this point — park it in a slot and let the surrounding colors clear the rest of the way.
- Send the Teal 19 cube. Only ~15 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.
- Send the Brown 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.
- Send the Cream 21 cube. Only ~11 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 White 6 cube.
Finish without boosters for 3 stars and bonus coins. If the board jams anyway, a Shuffle or Vacuum booster is the cheapest way out.