Colony Flow

Colony Flow! level guide

Colony Flow! Level 48 Walkthrough

hard Live 5 colours / pieces Checked September 20, 2026

Clear the festive puppy portrait by removing the outer brown outline to unlock the inner facial features and keys. Unlocking both keys opens the lower stack to dismantle the hat. The recorded solution activates the Add Slot booster near the end to relieve slot congestion.

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How to beat Colony Flow! Level 48 — full solution

  1. Tap the front-left White 30 box, then tap the front-middle linked Brown 35 + Brown 35 pair. Brown ants strip the outer border and collar while White 30 waits safely in slot 1. Both brown boxes empty and clear, freeing slots 2 and 3.
  2. Tap front-right White 30, then tap front-middle Brown 35. Brown ants strip further outline and collar blocks. Brown 35 counts down to zero, leaving a linked placeholder in slot 3 that remains reserved for its partner.
  3. Tap row 2 right White 30 into slot 4, then tap row 2 middle Dark Purple 30 into slot 5. Dark purple ants strip the facial features, exposing the puppy's face so the White boxes begin counting down. Dark Purple 30 empties and clears slot 5.
  4. Tap Light Green 18 into slot 5 to begin clearing the hat trim while white ants continue devouring the face. The first White 30 empties and clears slot 1, leaving three slots in use.
  5. Tap White 23 into slot 1 to maintain face clearing. When slot 4 clears, tap Dark Purple 35 into slot 4 to finish the mouth outline. As facial blocks clear, the Light Blue key on the left cheek and the Yellow key on the right cheek are collected, unlocking both padlocks in the stack.
  6. Tap the linked partner Brown 35 to resolve the placeholder in slot 3, then tap Yellow 26 into slot 5. Tap the unlocked Brown 35 into slot 1 and Dark Purple 34 into slot 4. Ants clear the hat brim, ears, and bow tie. The brown box in slot 4 empties to a linked placeholder.
  7. Tap the revealed Brown 35 to fulfill the linked brown placeholder in slot 4, then tap Dark Purple 40 into slot 2. Dark purple and brown ants clear the remaining hat accents and hair tufts until both boxes finish.
  8. Tap Brown 40 into slot 2, then tap Dark Purple 30 into slot 4. Light Green 15 in slot 3 finishes clearing the hat band. Brown and dark purple finish eating, freeing up slots as the hat structure breaks apart.
  9. Tap Light Green 9, Yellow 24, White 28, and Dark Purple 32 across the open slots. Ants clear the yellow stars and upper hat accents, followed by White 28 completing. Tap Brown 35 and Yellow 11 to strip the remaining hat base.
  10. Tap White 30 and Brown 34 into the freed slots, followed by Dark Purple 34, Light Green 15, and White 27 as earlier boxes finish. Continue by tapping Light Green 5, White 30, Brown 19, and White 28 to clear the inner hat core and remaining cheek pixels.
  11. Tap the Add Slot booster button to gain an extra slot, then release Brown 20 and White 4 to clear the final collar and hat pixels, clearing the entire board.

On this board:

WhiteBrownDark PurpleLight GreenYellow

Moves that cost you the level

  • Tapping Light Green 18 before Dark Purple 30 uncovers the face → Light Green targets the upper hat trim which is blocked behind the brown border, causing it to sit idle and block a slot.
  • Filling all slots with White boxes early → white pixels are locked inside the outer brown border and facial outlines, stalling the entire queue until a brown box clears an opening.

Quick tips for Level 48

  • Vertically linked boxes hold their slot with an empty placeholder until their connected partner is released from the stack; plan ahead so you do not choke your remaining slots.
  • Collect keys as early as possible by clearing the blocks surrounding the cheeks to avoid getting stuck behind padlocks in the lower stack.
Board breakdown5 notes
Layout
A pixel portrait of a white dog wearing a festive green and yellow hat with brown ears and collar. Five slots sit below two nests, above a deep stack featuring locked and vertically linked boxes.
Goal
Clear every pixel block from the portrait using matching ant boxes from the stack without filling all five slots with inactive boxes.
Opening
Place White 30 into slot 1 and immediately release the front-middle linked Brown 35 pair to begin eating the exposed outer border.
Trap
Deploying the unlocked Yellow 26 box before the dark purple and brown hat trim is stripped will stall Yellow, as yellow blocks are embedded deep within the hat design.
Mechanic
Vertically linked boxes require two separate taps; the first box leaves an empty placeholder in the slot when emptied until its stack partner is deployed.

Level 48 questions

  • Why does a brown box stay in my slot after reaching zero?

    It is vertically linked to another brown box deeper in the stack. It holds the slot until its linked partner is tapped and merged into it.

  • How do I unlock the cyan and yellow padlocks in Level 48?

    Clear the facial blocks around the puppy's cheeks. Ants will retrieve the Light Blue key on the left cheek and the Yellow key on the right cheek.