Colony Flow Level 1 Walkthrough Solution & Guides | How to solve Colony Flow 1

Welcome to Colony Flow Level 1 where you take charge of a hungry ant colony. This beginner stage introduces the core mechanics of matching colored blocks to a beautiful pixel art puzzle. You must guide your ants to eat every single food tile without jamming your tray. Learning how to manage your ants right here sets you up for success in all the future puzzles. I play every single level to figure out the best routes so you do not have to guess. Follow my exact moves below and you will clear this board on your very first try.

Colony Flow Level 1 Overview

What You Are Working With

The puzzle board features a large pixel art star sitting right above the ant nest hole at the bottom of the screen. The star has three distinct layers of food tiles that you must clear. The outer border consists entirely of bright orange tiles. Inside the orange border sits a middle layer of yellow tiles. The very center of the star holds a core of white tiles. Below the puzzle board you will find a tray loaded with numbered colored blocks. The top layer of the tray holds a single orange block with the number fourteen. Underneath that top block you see two yellow fifteen blocks and a white four block. The bottom rows contain more white blocks along with a mix of orange and yellow blocks. The game gives you exactly five waiting slots at the very bottom edge. You tap blocks from the tray to place them into these slots. Once a block hits a slot the ants activate and go to work.

Level 1 Objective

Your primary goal is to completely clear the pixel art star picture from the board. You win when the ants eat every single orange yellow and white tile leaving the entire board totally empty. You achieve this by pulling blocks from the tray into the waiting slots in the correct sequence. The puzzle ends in an immediate loss if you fill all five waiting slots with blocks that have no clear path to their matching food tiles. You must always ensure that at least one block in your waiting slots has active ants clearing food.

Colony Flow Level 1 Step by Step Solution

Step 1: Pull the first orange block to clear the bottom right border.

You start the level with only one available block sitting at the very top of the tray stack. Tap this orange fourteen block to drop it into your first available waiting slot. Instantly a steady stream of orange colored ants pours out of the round nest hole and grabs pieces of the block. They carry the food up the right side of the board and begin eating the bottom right edge of the orange star border. The number fourteen on the block counts down rapidly as the ants do their job. This initial move carves away a large chunk of the outer border and frees up the next row of blocks hidden in your tray. You keep your remaining four slots totally empty and safe.

Step 2: Drop the two yellow blocks to start on the middle layer.

With the first orange block completely gone you now have clear access to the yellow blocks in the tray. Pull the two yellow fifteen blocks down into your empty waiting slots. Yellow ants will quickly emerge and march toward the bottom and left sections of the star puzzle. They push past the cleared sections of the outer orange layer to attack the yellow food tiles directly. Letting both yellow blocks run at the exact same time keeps the ants flowing quickly and clears a massive portion of the middle layer. Your waiting slots remain perfectly safe from jamming because the yellow ants have wide open paths to their matching colors on the board.

Step 3: Activate the white block to attack the center core.

Now that the yellow ants have opened up wide paths through the middle layer you can safely bring a white block into play. Tap the white four block from the tray to send it to your waiting slots. White ants spawn immediately and march straight up the middle of the open board. They dive directly into the center of the star to eat the white core tiles. Since you cleared the lower orange and yellow tiles earlier the white ants face no traffic jams at all. They easily reach the center and chew away the white food pieces while the yellow ants continue working around them.

Step 4: Bring in another orange block for the left border.

While the white and yellow ants continue their steady work you should pull the next orange fourteen block into an open slot. The newly spawned orange ants will target the left side of the star border. They wrap around the outer left edge and quickly dismantle the remaining orange tiles on the left wing of the star. Keeping multiple colors active at once ensures you constantly shrink the picture and maintain momentum. You still have plenty of open waiting slots available so the board remains completely safe from a dead end loss condition.

Step 5: Clear the remaining white core pieces with a final white block.

The center of the star still has a few white tiles left to clear. Pull the remaining white four block from the tray to finish off the core completely. The white ants will easily march into the fully opened center and consume the last remaining white food tiles. The entire middle of the star disappears from the board at this exact point. You only have the top sections of the orange and yellow layers left on the screen. The puzzle board is now wide open and the ants have massive paths to walk along without bumping into each other.

Step 6: Deploy a yellow block to clean up the upper middle section.

Next you need to clear out the top yellow portion of the star. Tap the next yellow block in your tray and watch it drop into a waiting slot. The yellow ants stream out of the hole and head straight for the top sections of the puzzle. They eat away all the remaining yellow tiles situated under the top point of the star. The number on your yellow block counts all the way down to zero and the block vanishes from your slot. This successful clear opens up your slots for the final sequence of moves required to win the game.

Step 7: Play the final orange blocks to clear the top point of the star.

You are now completely ready to win the level. Pull the final orange blocks from the bottom row of your tray. The orange ants flood the board one last time and march all the way up to the very top point of the star shape. They surround the last remaining orange tiles and eat them away rapidly. Once the final orange tile disappears the board sits completely empty. The ants return to the nest hole and you successfully complete the level.

Overall Strategy to Clear Level 1 Board

1. Always clear the blocking outer colors before pulling inner colors into your slots. The orange border of the star physically prevents ants from easily reaching the inner layers at the start of the level. You must deploy the top orange block first to carve a safe path. If you try to force other colors into the waiting slots before their path is ready you risk filling all five slots and instantly losing the game.
2. Manage your five waiting slots by carefully watching the numbers printed on the blocks. The number tells you exactly how many ants will spawn from that specific block. Larger numbers like the fifteen on the yellow blocks take much longer to clear. You should balance high number blocks with low number blocks like the four on the white blocks so your slots empty at a steady and predictable pace.
3. Attack one side of the board at a time if the screen gets too crowded. In this specific level the bottom right section opens up first. Letting the ants clear entire chunks of the right side gives subsequent ants plenty of room to walk up the left side of the screen. Spreading the ants out across different zones prevents them from bumping into each other and slowing down the block timer.
4. Keep a close eye on the tray stack order before making a move. You can only pick blocks that sit fully exposed on top of the pile. Plan your color matching around what the tray gives you next. Since the white blocks stay buried under the orange and yellow blocks at the start you have to focus entirely on the outer and middle layers of the star first by design.
5. Never leave blocks stranded in your tray. You win the game by clearing the entire picture but you also need to use up the relevant blocks provided in the stack. Pay close attention to the block colors and match them to the remaining food tiles on the screen. If you only have orange tiles left on the top of the star make sure you pull the orange blocks to finish the job. Leaving the wrong colors in your slots prevents you from feeding the right ants and reaching the final victory screen.

Final Thought

Colony Flow Level 1 serves as the absolute perfect introduction to managing your ant paths and tray slots. By peeling away the outer orange border first you create highly efficient natural highways for the yellow and white ants to reach the inner sections of the star. Take your time and never overcrowd your waiting slots with unplayable colors. If you find any single part of this written guide hard to follow you should definitely watch the video above this article to see exactly how the ants clear the board.