Colony Flow Colony Flow! level guide
Colony Flow! Level 171 Walkthrough
Level 171 features a large resort swimming pool bordered by pink tiles, green foliage, and yellow accents. Clear the exterior foliage and perimeter tiles first to expose the central water basin. Avoid trapping mystery blocks until surrounding tiles are cleared.
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How to beat Colony Flow! Level 171 — full solution
- Allow the active Light Green 40 box to clear the left foliage, then tap Orange 69, Dark Green 35, and incoming Cyan and Light Blue boxes as they unlock in any order. This strips away the bottom-left corners and opens access along the bottom border, leaving five active boxes counting down across the slots.
- Tap Pink 14, Blue 29, and Hot Pink 41 as previous boxes exhaust, followed by Light Green 12 and Blue 38 in any order. Ants dismantle the outer pink borders and lower pool edge, uncovering the bottom mystery structures and leaving Hot Pink 18, Orange 29, Cyan 1, Blue 5, and Light Green 12 in the slots.
- Tap Dark Green 30, Yellow 39, and Dark Purple 5 as slots open, maintaining pressure on the remaining outer foliage and top flower accents. Ants peel away the top right cluster and the remaining outer edge, resulting in Hot Pink 15, Orange 29, Dark Green 7, Dark Purple 5, and Light Green 10 active in the slots.
- Tap Pink 50, Yellow 50, and Cyan 45 as spaces open, along with Pink 22 in any order. Ants strip the top pink sun deck and the yellow pool accents, clearing mystery tiles and reducing the picture down to the inner blue pool basin.
- Tap Blue 25, Cyan 30, Light Blue 46, and Light Blue 20 in any order into the open slots. Ants systematically clear the exterior rings of the pool water, opening the inner core and exhausting almost all remaining reserves in the stack.
- Tap the final Blue 2 and Light Blue 1 boxes into the middle slots. Their ants carry away the last few pool tiles in the center of the board, completely clearing the image to complete the level.
On this board:
Light GreenOrangeDark GreenPinkCyanLight BlueHot PinkBlueYellowDark Purple
Moves that cost you the level
- Tapping the central pool blue and cyan boxes before the outer green and pink perimeter is cleared → water tiles are trapped under the border, causing water boxes to stall in the slots and jam the queue.
- Deploying Orange 69 without clearing the yellow and pink border blocks covering its path → orange ants stall waiting for exposed tiles, blocking a slot.
Quick tips for Level 171
- Work from the outer border inward by prioritizing foliage and edge tiles before tackling the large pool interior.
- Keep at least one slot cycling quickly with low-count boxes to prevent all five slots from locking simultaneously.
Board breakdown5 notes
- Layout
- The picture is a square pixel scene depicting a resort pool surrounded by pink decking and green foliage. Five holding slots sit above a four-column stack of ant boxes, with a disposal nest hole in between.
- Goal
- Clear every pixel block from the picture by deploying ant boxes into the five slots until all numbers count down to zero.
- Opening
- Light Green 40 starts pre-slotted in the leftmost bay; deploy Orange 69 and Dark Green 35 to quickly dismantle the outer corners.
- Trap
- The large Cyan 45 and Blue 38 boxes represent the deep pool water; sending them out early stalls slots because pool tiles are encased by the outer border.
- Mechanic
- Mystery question-mark blocks embedded in the pool structure unveil their true colors only after adjacent tiles are removed.
Level 171 questions
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What should I clear first in Level 171?
Clear the green foliage and outer pink border tiles first. This exposes the edges of the pool so blue and cyan ant boxes can work without stalling.