Colony Flow! level guide
Colony Flow! Level 123 Walkthrough
Colony Flow Level 123 is a frog-hood cat portrait where the early yellow trim and brown outline have to open the route first, because the long pale-cyan background cleanup, delayed green hood fills, and late oversized white body wave all fight for the same single ant hole.
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How to Solve Colony Flow! Level 123 — Full Solution
- Tap yellow 45 first. Let that opening wave start the orange-yellow trim on the left side of the hood and the small shoulder band before you commit the bigger body colors.
- Promote maroon 47 and then the first brown contour stacks, including brown 25 and dark-brown 35. Those waves establish the tail curve, lower chin line, and left outline so the later white body traffic has somewhere safe to land.
- Feed the early pale-cyan background family through the single hole once the contour lane is moving. Use the first pale-cyan promotions to chew through the left wall and bottom strip, and keep at least one active pad open so the queue does not jam.
- Hold the frog-hood greens until the background route is already open, then send green 29, green 50, and the later smaller green stacks to clear the crown and both hood lobes. Green is safer once the brown contour already frames those outer cells.
- Start the white body phase only after the chin line and most of the lower cyan band are underway. Route the early white stacks, then the later oversized white refill, to clear the cat face, chest, and torso while threading the pink nose and the first dark hood-eye details through the same lane.
- Finish with the late cleanup family, especially the promoted pale-cyan corner cleaners, navy 13, the tiny dark hood details, and the final white filler stacks. The level clears when the top-left cyan pocket, the right hood rim, and the last white body squares land together.
Colors in this level:
Yellow, Brown, White, Light blue, Green, Pink, Black
Common Mistakes to Avoid
- Sending green 29, green 50, or the later hood greens before the pale-cyan background and brown contour have opened the left wall, which parks ants across the top rim and slows the entire board.
- Releasing the oversized white body refill before the tail curve and chin line are stable, which floods the face and torso too early and delays the late cyan corner cleanup.
- Spending too many pale-cyan promotions back-to-back without leaving an active pad open, which jams the queue and makes the last hood-rim and body-detail stacks wait longer than they should.
Quick Tips for Colony Flow! Level 123 (spoiler-free)
- Open with yellow 45, then establish the brown contour before you rush the frog hood. The left trim and tail line make the later background cleanup far safer.
- Let the pale-cyan family own the midgame. The left wall, bottom strip, and final top-left pocket are what really control the pace of Level 123.
- Save the big green hood stacks and the oversized white body wave for after the lower route is already open. Early top-rim traffic is what usually starves the final corner cleanup.
Board notes 5 details
- Layout
- The board opens in portrait view with a cat wearing a lime-green frog hood inside a white frame. The background is pale cyan, the hood has dark frog-eye spots and an orange-yellow inner trim, the face and body are mostly white, the outer body and tail are brown, and a tiny pink nose sits in the middle of the face. A single dark ant hole sits under the portrait, and the 5-cell active row starts empty / empty / empty / empty / empty. The first visible source shelf shows brown 25, yellow 45, maroon 47, and pink 1. The next shelf shows pale-cyan 45, pale-cyan 40, pale-cyan 48, and pale-cyan 40, while deeper stacks include dark-brown 35, green 29, green 50, and navy 13 with later promoted white and pale-cyan refills still buried below.
- Goal
- Pale-cyan stacks must erase the wide background around the character, especially the left wall, bottom band, and the late top-left corner. Green stacks clear the frog hood across both cheeks and the crown. White stacks clear the cat face, chest, and body. Brown and maroon stacks shape the tail, chin line, and outer contour, while the dark mini stacks clear the frog-eye spots and hood-border accents. The board only clears when the last pale-cyan corner, the remaining hood rim, and the final white body cells settle together.
- Opening
- Yellow 45 is the first confirmed opener. It starts the orange-yellow trim on the left side of the hood and the shoulder band while the route is remaining. Maroon 47 follows as the first heavy contour wave, and the early pale-cyan promotions begin joining once the lower-left lane is already moving. Green 29 / green 50 and the larger white body stacks stay parked until the background and brown outline have claimed the single-hole path first.
- Danger Zone
- Sending the green frog-hood family too early is the main trap. Those stacks target high outer cells and park across the top rim while the pale-cyan background and brown contour still need the same lane. The second trap is releasing the oversized white body refill before the tail curve and chin line are stable. Early white traffic sprawls through the face and torso, which delays the late pale-cyan corner cleanup and the tiny dark hood details.
- Mechanics
- Level 123 is an empty-active single-hole frog-hood cat portrait with a narrow yellow-and-brown opener, a long pale-cyan perimeter cleanup, delayed green hood routing, and a late oversized white body refill. Unlike Level 122's preloaded border row, this board begins from an empty active row and spends most of the solve shrinking the background before the hood and body finishers become safe.
Frequently Asked Questions
What should I tap first in Colony Flow Level 123?
Start with yellow 45. That opener begins the left trim of the frog hood and gives the board a clean first lane before maroon 47, the brown contour, and the pale-cyan background cleanup take over the hole.
Why do the green frog-hood stacks fail so often in Colony Flow Level 123?
The green stacks target the high outer hood cells, so they are bad openers. If they enter before the background and brown outline have already opened the left wall and lower path, green ants sit on the top rim and block the same route the late cyan corner cleanup still needs.