Colony Flow Level 499 Answer Key, Walkthrough & Solution
Level 499 Video Walkthrough
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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 499 paints Castle with 355 tiles across 6 colors, split into 13 cubes in the tray. You have 5 waiting slots and two nest holes.
- Dark: 125 tiles → cubes of 50, 38, 37
- Sand: 90 tiles → cubes of 48, 33, 9
- Jade: 54 tiles → cubes of 38, 16
- White: 38 tiles → cubes of 32, 6
- Purple: 36 tiles → cubes of 29, 7
- Indigo: 12 tiles → cubes of 12
⚠️ 2 hidden “?” cubes in the tray.
Spoiler: what they hide
Purple 29, Purple 7
🔒 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 Sand 9 cube.
- Send the Purple 7 cube.
- Send the Sand 48 cube. Only ~22 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 29 cube. Only ~18 of its 29 tiles are open at this point — park it in a slot and let the surrounding colors clear the rest of the way.
- Send the White 6 cube.
- Send the Dark 38 cube. Only ~14 of its 38 tiles are open at this point — park it in a slot and let the surrounding colors clear the rest of the way.
- Send the Dark 37 cube. Only ~17 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 Jade 16 cube.
- Send the Jade 38 cube. Only ~29 of its 38 tiles are open at this point — park it in a slot and let the surrounding colors clear the rest of the way.
- Send the Dark 50 cube. Only ~18 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 White 32 cube. Only ~19 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 Sand 33 cube. Only ~23 of its 33 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 12 cube. Only ~10 of its 12 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.