Colony Flow Colony Flow! level guide
Colony Flow! Level 22 Walkthrough
Level 22 features a winter mug illustration with steam, sparkles, and a locked box. Clear outer yellow stars and white steam first to expose the purple and red mug pixels beneath. Avoid filling all five slots before the inner snowflake and key are uncovered.
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How to beat Colony Flow! Level 22 — full solution
- Tap the Yellow 20 box (front row, right), the Red 25 box (row 2, right), and the White 25 box (front row, middle). Yellow clears the outer sparkles, White begins taking outer steam, and Red rests in slot 2 waiting for the mug body to uncover; three slots are occupied.
- Tap the Purple 30 box (front row, middle) and the Black 30 box (front row, right). Yellow and White quickly deplete and leave their slots, while Purple and Black strip the upper steam and cup outline, allowing Red 25 to begin carrying mug blocks; three slots remain in use.
- Tap the Purple 15 box (front row, left), the Yellow 16 box (front row, middle), and the White 24 box (front row, right). Yellow rapidly clears exposed star pixels and leaves its slot, and the earlier Black box finishes and departs, leaving Purple 15 and White 24 active alongside Red 25.
- Tap the Black 26 box (front row, right), the Black 22 box (front row, left), and the Purple 30 box (front row, middle). This briefly fills all five slots, but Purple and White finish their counts and leave, freeing two slots while the Black boxes eat into the cup base.
- Tap the Yellow 5 box (front row, left) and the Red 24 box (front row, right). Both Black boxes finish and clear their slots, followed immediately by Yellow 5 and Purple 30; only Red counts down, leaving four slots free.
- Tap the White 22 box (front row, left), the Yellow 13 box (front row, middle), and the White 10 box (front row, right). Ants start dismantling the snowflake pattern inside the mug; three slots are in use.
- Tap the Black 18 box (front row, middle) and the Purple 14 box (front row, right). This fills all five slots, stripping the mug handle and remaining dark outline until Yellow, Black, and Purple clear simultaneously, leaving two slots in use.
- Tap the Purple 2 box (front row, middle). It strips the remaining dark pixels around the embedded key, freeing the locked Red 25 box in the stack while Red finishes in slot 5; only White remains active in one slot.
- Tap the Red 15 box (front row, right), the Black 20 box (front row, left), the Yellow 10 box (front row, middle), and the unlocked Red 25 box (front row, right). These final boxes carry away the remaining snowflake, mug base, and star blocks, clearing the entire board.
On this board:
YellowRedWhitePurpleBlack
Moves that cost you the level
- Tapping the Red 25 and Red 24 boxes too early → red pixels are buried behind purple and white borders, leaving red boxes idling in slots.
- Tapping Black 22 in opening moves → the cup outline is blocked by yellow stars, so black ants find no targets and waste a slot.
Quick tips for Level 22
- Always prioritize outer sparkles and borders so interior colors like red become exposed before their boxes fill the slots.
- Keep at least two slots open whenever tapping boxes with high counts to prevent stalling when new colors appear.
- Uncover embedded keys early by stripping the specific pixels surrounding them to unlock trapped boxes in the stack.
Board breakdown5 notes
- Layout
- A pixel-art mug with steam, sparkles, and a snowflake sits at the top, above two ant nests. Five empty slots sit in the center, above a stacked grid of three-box rows.
- Goal
- Clear all coloured blocks from the mug illustration before the timer expires.
- Opening
- Tap Yellow 20, Red 25, and White 25. Yellow and White immediately strip the exterior sparkles and steam, quickly cycling out to free slots.
- Trap
- Tapping Black 22 or Purple 30 before Yellow uncovers the outer border fills slots with boxes whose colors have no exposed edge, risking a stall.
- Mechanic
- Locked boxes in the stack cannot be tapped until the matching key embedded inside the picture is freed by clearing surrounding blocks.
Level 22 questions
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How do you unlock the locked Red 25 box in Level 22?
Remove the purple and white blocks around the mug handle and interior to reveal the embedded key. Once ants carry the key away, the padlock disappears.