Colony Flow Level 986 Answer Key, Walkthrough & Solution
Easy
📋 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 986 paints Rainbow with 388 tiles across 5 colors, split into 12 cubes in the tray. You have 5 waiting slots and two nest holes.
- White: 102 tiles → cubes of 43, 40, 19
- Black: 86 tiles → cubes of 51, 35
- Indigo: 74 tiles → cubes of 40, 28, 6
- Dark: 66 tiles → cubes of 38, 28
- Coral: 60 tiles → cubes of 48, 12
⚠️ 2 hidden “?” cubes in the tray.
Spoiler: what they hide
Coral 48, Coral 12
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 Dark 28 cube.
- Send the White 19 cube.
- Send the Coral 12 cube.
- Send the Indigo 6 cube.
- Send the Dark 38 cube. Only ~24 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 Indigo 28 cube.
- Send the Indigo 40 cube. Only ~26 of its 40 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 40 cube. Only ~37 of its 40 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 43 cube. Only ~24 of its 43 tiles are open at this point — park it in a slot and let the surrounding colors clear the rest of the way.
- Send the Black 35 cube. Only ~34 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 Black 51 cube. Only ~28 of its 51 tiles are open at this point — park it in a slot and let the surrounding colors clear the rest of the way.
- Send the Coral 48 cube. Only ~40 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.
Finish without boosters for 3 stars and bonus coins. If the board jams anyway, a Shuffle or Vacuum booster is the cheapest way out.