Colony Flow Level 289 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 289 paints Rainbow with 388 tiles across 5 colors, split into 14 cubes in the tray. You have 5 waiting slots and two nest holes.
- Red: 102 tiles → cubes of 37, 28, 27, 10
- Navy: 86 tiles → cubes of 48, 24, 14
- Magenta: 74 tiles → cubes of 39, 35
- Black: 66 tiles → cubes of 41, 21, 4
- Purple: 60 tiles → cubes of 32, 28
⚠️ 2 hidden “?” cubes in the tray.
Spoiler: what they hide
Purple 32, Purple 28
🔒 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 Black 21 cube.
- Send the Red 10 cube.
- Send the Black 4 cube.
- Send the Black 41 cube. Only ~27 of its 41 tiles are open at this point — park it in a slot and let the surrounding colors clear the rest of the way.
- Send the Magenta 39 cube. Only ~30 of its 39 tiles are open at this point — park it in a slot and let the surrounding colors clear the rest of the way.
- Send the Red 37 cube. Only ~26 of its 37 tiles are open at this point — park it in a slot and let the surrounding colors clear the rest of the way.
- Send the Navy 14 cube.
- Send the Magenta 35 cube. Only ~23 of its 35 tiles are open at this point — park it in a slot and let the surrounding colors clear the rest of the way.
- Send the Red 27 cube.
- Send the Navy 24 cube. Only ~22 of its 24 tiles are open at this point — park it in a slot and let the surrounding colors clear the rest of the way.
- Send the Purple 32 cube. Only ~22 of its 32 tiles are open at this point — park it in a slot and let the surrounding colors clear the rest of the way.
- Send the Navy 48 cube. Only ~24 of its 48 tiles are open at this point — park it in a slot and let the surrounding colors clear the rest of the way.
- Send the Purple 28 cube.
- Send the Red 28 cube. Only ~24 of its 28 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.