Colony Flow Colony Flow! level guide
Colony Flow! Level 500 Walkthrough
Level 500 features a pixel-art unicorn with sunglasses guarded by large countdown barrier blocks. Clear the outer white border and lower cyan base first to expose the central features and break the countdown blocks. The route uses the blue claw booster near the end to extract a White 45 box.
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How to beat Colony Flow! Level 500 — full solution
- Tap Light Blue 45 (front row, column 1) and White 45 (front row, column 2). They slide into slots to carry away the exposed lower light blue base and outer white border tiles.
- Tap White 45 (front row, column 3) and Hot Pink 44 (front row, column 5). White ants continue stripping the upper border while hot pink ants begin clearing the outer mane edge.
- Tap Cyan 34 (front row, column 1) and White 60 (front row, column 5) once exposed. Cyan clears the lower pixels and white strips background tiles, reducing the left brown 500 block to 229 and the right 541 chest to 301.
- Tap Red 16 (front row, column 1) and Hot Pink 25 (column 1, row 2 once uncovered). Red and hot pink ants strip the left mane layers until the left brown countdown block reaches zero and shatters.
- Tap Cyan 30 and Hot Pink 15 into open slots as they surface. Cyan removes lower accents while hot pink thins the upper mane, driving the right brown 541 chest counter down toward 187.
- Tap Black 39 (front row, column 3) and Hot Pink 42 (front row, column 4). Black ants harvest the exposed sunglasses lenses while hot pink ants uncover the unicorn face and break the 541 chest block.
- Tap Yellow 50 (front row, column 4) and trigger the blue claw booster on White 45 to draw it directly into a slot. Yellow ants strip the horn and star accents while white ants clear the eye reflections.
- Tap Hot Pink 8 and White 45 into the open slots. Hot pink and white ants carry away the final face pixels, horn tip, and background grid until the entire picture is cleared.
On this board:
Light BlueWhiteHot PinkCyanRedBlackYellow
Moves that cost you the level
- Tapping Black 39 while the sunglasses are still bordered by white and cyan pixels → black ants find no exposed blocks, jamming the slot for several rounds.
- Tapping Yellow 50 before the outer white frame clears → yellow pixels in the star and horn cannot be fully accessed, wasting slot capacity.
Quick tips for Level 500
- Prioritize peeling the white background blocks from the outside inward to uncover deeply embedded interior colours like black.
- To solve the level without boosters, preserve an empty slot during mid-game so White 45 can be drawn naturally from the front row instead of using the claw.
- Watch countdown numbers on barrier blocks; they deplete automatically as ants strip neighbouring pixels.
Board breakdown5 notes
- Layout
- A pixel-art unicorn face wearing sunglasses sits at the top, featuring large brown countdown barrier blocks (500 and 541 with a chest icon) at the base and a 200 block on the chest. Five empty bays sit above a five-column stack of ant boxes.
- Goal
- Clear all picture blocks from the board using ant boxes before filling all five bays with stalled colours.
- Opening
- Tap Light Blue 45 and White 45 from the front row. These immediately begin stripping the lower border and outer white background, safely exposing lower mane and sunglasses layers.
- Trap
- Tapping Black 39 before stripping the white and cyan perimeter around the sunglasses will cause it to stall in a bay with no exposed black blocks, blocking a critical slot.
- Mechanic
- Large countdown blocks in the picture (such as 500 and 541) unlock or shatter once the specified total number of surrounding pixels have been removed by active ants.
Level 500 questions
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How do you break the 500 and 541 brown blocks in Level 500?
The brown blocks are countdown barriers that tick down as ants remove surrounding pixels. Clearing 500 and 541 total pixels automatically destroys them.
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When should I tap the Black 39 box?
Wait until the white background and cyan frame around the sunglasses are stripped away, exposing the black lenses directly to the ants.