Colony Flow! level guide
Colony Flow! Level 84 Walkthrough
Colony Flow Level 84 is a blue-faced character board where the brown hat, white stripe, orange hair, and blue cloak all queue through one trail, so the brown 20 hat opener has to clear before the yellow 40 window wave in source row 1 starts.
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How to Solve Colony Flow! Level 84 — Full Solution
- Tap the brown 20 stack in the first cell of the 5-cell active row. Brown ants walk the dirt path up to the brown rounded hat on the character portrait, and the brown hat cells closest to the ant hole start clearing in the first beat. Wait for the first brown ants to clear the bottom edge of the art before tapping the next stack. Do not tap the white 26, orange 15, cyan 35, dark blue 21, or any source row stack yet.
- Tap the white 26 stack in the second cell of the active row. White ants walk the same dirt path and start clearing the white vertical stripe down the center of the blue face. Brown and white share the path, so leave one beat between them so the brown hat is mostly cleared before the white stripe starts clearing. Do not tap the orange 15, cyan 35, dark blue 21, or any source row stack yet.
- Tap the orange 15 stack in the third cell of the active row. Orange ants walk the dirt path and start clearing the orange hair tufts on both sides of the head. White and orange share the path, so leave one beat between the white wave and the orange wave so the white stripe is at least half-cleared before the hair starts clearing. Do not tap the cyan 35, dark blue 21, or any source row stack yet.
- Tap the cyan 35 stack in the fourth cell of the active row, then the dark blue 21 stack in the fifth cell. Cyan and blue ants walk the dirt path and start clearing the blue face and the black cloak body. Orange and blue share the path, so leave one beat between each wave so the orange hair is mostly cleared before the blue face starts clearing. Do not tap any source row stack yet.
- Tap the yellow 40 stack in the first cell of source row 1 as it rises into the active row, then the yellow 28 in the second cell, then the yellow 40 in the third cell, then the yellow 40 in the fourth cell. Yellow ants clear the yellow window accents and the yellow highlight cells around the portrait frame. Leave one beat between each yellow wave so the blue face is at least half-cleared before the yellow frame starts clearing. Do not tap any source row 2 or 3 stack yet.
- Tap the blue 35 stack in the first cell of source row 2, then the blue 40 in the second cell, then the blue 40 in the third cell, then the blue 25 in the fourth cell, as each one rises into the active row. Blue ants clear the rest of the blue face and the black cloak. Leave one beat between each blue wave. Do not tap any source row 3 stack yet.
- Tap the blue 35 stack in the first cell of source row 3, then the blue 15 in the second cell, then the blue 25 in the third cell, then the blue 20 in the fourth cell, as each one rises into the active row. Blue ants clear the last blue cloak cells, and the late refill waves finish the green plant in the left window and the last brown structure cells. The blue-faced character silhouette clears once the last matching cube lands and the level banner appears.
Colors in this level:
Brown, White, Orange, Cyan, Blue, Yellow, Green
Common Mistakes to Avoid
- Firing the yellow 40 stacks in source row 1 before the five active row waves have cleared the perimeter of the character portrait, which sends yellow ants across the blue face that blue still has to clear and stalls them on the remaining window-accent cells, blocking every later blue refill in source rows 2 and 3.
- Tapping the orange 15 stack in the third cell of the active row while brown ants are still walking the dirt path up to the brown hat, which strands orange ants on the remaining hair cells and blocks the late orange refill waves.
- Letting the blue 15 in source row 3 column 2 rise into the active row before the cyan 35 and dark blue 21 active row waves have cleared the main blue face, which strands the smallest blue cleanup wave on remaining cloak cells.
Quick Tips for Colony Flow! Level 84 (spoiler-free)
- Tap the brown 20, white 26, orange 15, cyan 35, and dark blue 21 in that order from the active row before you touch any source row stack. The brown hat, the white stripe, the orange hair, and the blue face are the four highest-traffic color regions on the character portrait, and they have to clear together before the four yellow 40 stacks in source row 1 are allowed onto the dirt path.
- Treat the active row as the opener queue and the 3-row, 4-column source grid as the supply. Tap the four yellow stacks in source row 1 only after the five active row waves have cleared, the four blue stacks in source row 2 only after source row 1 has cleared, and the four blue stacks in source row 3 only after source row 2 has cleared.
- Save the blue 15 in source row 3 column 2 for the late blue cleanup. The blue 15 is the smallest blue wave on the board, and firing it before the cyan 35 and dark blue 21 active row waves have cleared the main face strands blue ants on remaining cloak cells.
Board notes 5 details
- Layout
- The board opens in portrait view. The top half of the screen holds a pixel-art blue-faced character portrait: a brown rounded hat across the top, a blue face with a white vertical stripe down the center, orange hair tufts on both sides, a black cloak body, small window cells with a green plant on the left, orange and black ant sprites around a dark hole at the bottom, and a small brown structure on the lower-left of the art. Below the dirt strip the working area is a 5-cell top active row plus a 3-row, 4-column source grid. The 5-cell top active row opens as brown 20, white 26, orange 15, cyan 35, dark blue 21 with no empty white buffer pad at the start. Source row 1 reads yellow 40, yellow 28, yellow 40, yellow 40. Source row 2 reads blue 35, blue 40, blue 40, blue 25. Source row 3 reads blue 35, blue 15, blue 25, blue 20.
- Goal
- Brown cubes from the brown 20 in the active row plus the late brown refills must clear the brown rounded hat and the small brown structure on the lower-left. White cubes from the white 26 in the active row plus the late white refills must clear the white vertical stripe down the center of the blue face. Orange cubes from the orange 15 in the active row plus the late orange refills must clear the orange hair tufts on both sides of the head. Blue cubes from the cyan 35 and dark blue 21 in the active row, the blue stacks in source rows 2 and 3, and the late blue refills must clear the blue face and the black cloak body. Yellow cubes from the yellow stacks in source row 1 plus the late yellow refills must clear the yellow window accents and the yellow highlight cells around the portrait frame. Green cubes from the late green refills must clear the green plant in the left window cell.
- Opening
- The board starts with the brown 20 stack in the first cell of the 5-cell active row. Brown 20 is the hat opener and the brown rounded hat is the first color region the ant trail reaches from the ant hole, so opening with brown 20 dispatches brown ants up the dirt path in the first beat and the brown hat cells closest to the ant hole start clearing immediately. The second confirmed tap is the white 26 stack in the second cell of the active row, which sends white ants up the same dirt path and starts clearing the white vertical stripe down the center of the face. The third confirmed tap is the orange 15 stack in the third cell of the active row, which sends orange ants up the dirt path and starts clearing the orange hair tufts on both sides. The cyan 35 in the fourth cell and the dark blue 21 in the fifth cell are held for one beat so the brown, white, and orange waves can clear the perimeter of the portrait before the blue face and cloak are touched. Every source row stack is held for one beat so the brown 20, white 26, and orange 15 active row waves can clear the perimeter first.
- Danger Zone
- The first real trap is firing the yellow 40 stacks in source row 1 before the brown 20, white 26, orange 15, cyan 35, and dark blue 21 active row waves have cleared the perimeter of the character portrait. Yellow ants use the same dirt path as the brown, white, orange, and blue ants, and a premature yellow click strands yellow ants on the remaining window-accent cells and blocks every later blue refill in source rows 2 and 3. The other trap is tapping the orange 15 stack in the third cell of the active row while brown ants are still walking the dirt path up to the brown hat, because orange ants share the dirt path with brown ants and stall on the remaining hair cells. Tapping the blue 15 in source row 3 column 2 before the cyan 35 active row wave has cleared is also bad, because the blue 15 is the smallest blue cleanup wave and it needs the main blue face mostly cleared before it can land cleanly.
- Mechanics
- Level 84 is a multi-stack color-routing board combined with a pixel-art clear goal and a single ant hole, with a blue-faced character portrait scene. The 5-cell top active row plus the 3-row, 4-column source grid makes this a 17-stack working area with no empty white buffer pad in the active row from the start, so the only way to free a slot for a rising refill is to drain an active row cell. The character portrait has six main color families (brown hat, white face stripe, orange hair, blue face and cloak, yellow window accents, green plant) plus the late refill waves, and the player has to keep all of those routes staged at once. The 5-cell active row is the queue that pre-holds the brown 20, white 26, orange 15, cyan 35, and dark blue 21 from the start, and the 3-row, 4-column source grid underneath it acts as the supply that refills the active row as stacks are sent. Compared to Level 83's Top Gamer cat board, this portrait opens with five fully occupied active row cells and a much larger blue source grid that forces the player to drain the brown 20 hat wave before any of the four yellow 40 stacks in source row 1 are allowed onto the dirt path.
Frequently Asked Questions
How should I open Colony Flow Level 84?
Open with the brown 20 stack in the first cell of the 5-cell active row, then the white 26 stack in the second cell, then the orange 15 stack in the third cell, then the cyan 35 stack in the fourth cell, then the dark blue 21 stack in the fifth cell. This dispatches the brown, white, orange, and blue ants up the dirt path in that order and clears the hat, the face stripe, the hair, and the blue face together before the four yellow stacks in source row 1 are allowed onto the dirt path.
Why should I hold the yellow 40 stacks in Colony Flow Level 84?
The four yellow stacks in source row 1 are the only waves that can clear the yellow window accents around the portrait frame, and those accents only sit in cells still on the board while the blue face and cloak are clearing. If yellow ants are sent before the five active row waves have at least started clearing their color regions, they stall on the remaining accent cells and block every later blue refill in source rows 2 and 3 that has to rise through the same dirt path.