Colony Flow Level 280 Answer Key, Walkthrough & Solution
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📋 Written practice guide (web version)board preview, color breakdown & loading order for the playable web level
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What You're Up Against
Level 280 paints Moon with 484 tiles across 4 colors, split into 15 cubes in the tray. You have 5 waiting slots and two nest holes.
- Orange: 355 tiles → cubes of 51, 47, 46, 41, 38, 32, 27, 22, 20, 19, 12
- Indigo: 104 tiles → cubes of 54, 50
- Lime: 13 tiles → cubes of 13
- Cyan: 12 tiles → cubes of 12
⚠️ 2 hidden “?” cubes in the tray.
Spoiler: what they hide
Indigo 54, Lime 13
🔒 1 locked cube — free the cube above them before they can be picked.
Step-by-Step Solution
This loading order was computed from the web level layout with a reachability-first strategy: always feed the ants colors they can actually reach, and never let all 5 slots fill with blocked colors. Tap hidden “?” cubes only when you have slot room to absorb a surprise color.
Load the cubes in this order, letting the ants work between picks. Unless noted, a cube's tiles are fully reachable when you send it.
- Send the Orange 51 cube.
- Send the Orange 47 cube.
- Send the Orange 46 cube.
- Send the Orange 41 cube.
- Send the Orange 38 cube.
- Send the Orange 32 cube.
- Send the Orange 27 cube.
- Send the Orange 22 cube.
- Send the Orange 20 cube.
- Send the Orange 19 cube.
- Send the Indigo 50 cube. Only ~28 of its 50 tiles are open at this point — park it in a slot and let the surrounding colors clear the rest of the way.
- Send the Indigo 54 cube. Only ~21 of its 54 tiles are open at this point — park it in a slot and let the surrounding colors clear the rest of the way.
- Send the Cyan 12 cube.
- Send the Orange 12 cube.
- Send the Lime 13 cube. Only ~11 of its 13 tiles are open at this point — park it in a slot and let the surrounding colors clear the rest of the way.
Finish without boosters for 3 stars and bonus coins. If the board jams anyway, a Shuffle or Vacuum booster is the cheapest way out.