Colony Flow Level 1170 Walkthrough Solution & Guides | How to solve Colony Flow 1170

Colony Flow Level 1170 presents a charming picture of a gopher popping out of the ground. I am Liam Stone and I play every single puzzle to find the best strategies so you know these methods work. This particular stage relies heavily on managing connected boxes without trapping yourself. Here is my complete guide to solving this puzzle without jamming your board.

Colony Flow Level 1170 Overview

What You Are Working With

The pixel art picture in this stage features a central gopher made of vivid orange and bright white tiles. The animal has dark grey eyes and a small pink nose. It sits inside a dirt hole constructed from dark brown and lighter brown tiles. Bright green and dark green grass flanks both sides of the dirt mound. A vast light blue sky with a darker blue cloud stripe stretches entirely across the top edge. Down in your tray you face a wide assortment of colors matching these sections. Many of these are connected boxes. When you pull a connected box you drag two or more numbers into your waiting slots at the exact same time. This takes up valuable space quickly. You also have plenty of single boxes with very high numbers. The high numbers mean the ants will take a long time to drain the block. You must plan your pulls carefully so the ants have ample time to work.

What It Takes to Clear Level 1170 Board

To win this level you must clear every single tile from the picture. Your ants need open paths to reach the food tiles. The five waiting slots dictate your entire strategy. If you fill all five slots with colors that have no open path to the board you lose the game instantly. You must balance pulling single blocks and connected blocks. Always make sure at least one block in your slots matches a food tile the ants can actually reach. We will peel this board from the outside edges inward to keep the flow moving smoothly. Working from the outside prevents you from digging a narrow tunnel that only allows one color of ant to work at a time. The wider the open area the more colors you can pull from your tray safely.

Colony Flow Level 1170 Step by Step Solution

Step 1: Open the sky and the bottom dirt edges first

You want to start by creating space on the top and bottom of the picture. Look at your tray and find the light blue blocks and the dark brown blocks. Pull a light blue block with a high number to send a massive swarm of ants to the top edge of the sky. Then pull a dark brown block to send ants to the bottom rim of the dirt hole. The ants will stream out of the nest and travel along the outer open paths. As the sky and the dirt begin to vanish you open up new surface area for other colors. Keep an eye on your waiting slots and do not overfill them yet. You want the ants to completely drain these first two blocks before you commit more space in the slots. This methodical approach ensures you always have room to react. You will see the blue ants taking big bites out of the upper left corner and spreading across the top. The brown ants will chew through the outer dirt mound and slowly reveal the lighter brown dirt tiles hiding underneath. Maintaining this slow and steady pace early on sets you up for a massive combo later in the level.

Step 2: Use connected blocks to clear the grass and upper sky

Your tray contains connected boxes linking light blue and green blocks. Now that the outer edges are open you can safely pull these connected pairs. The light blue numbers will feed the ants working on the top sky section. The green numbers will simultaneously direct ants to the bright green grass on the left side of the gopher. Because both colors have open paths neither block will sit idle in your waiting slots. This keeps your slots clear and prevents the game over condition. Watch the numbers count down as the ants consume the food tiles. The picture will slowly start to shrink toward the middle. You will notice the dark blue stripe in the sky becoming exposed. When the dark blue tiles touch the open background you can pull a dark blue block to keep the momentum going. Always follow the colors that touch the open space.

Step 3: Transition to the gopher face and the inner dirt

With the grass and sky receding you will focus on the white face of the gopher and the dark brown dirt immediately surrounding it. You will find connected orange and white boxes in your tray. Pull these up into your waiting slots. The white portion will handle the cheeks and teeth of the gopher. At the same time the orange portion will begin clearing the outer fur on the head and body. You should also pull a dark brown block to keep the ants eating the remaining dirt hole. You now have ants working on three different sections of the board at once. This multitasking is crucial for draining your tray efficiently. Make sure you do not pull the pink block for the nose until the white fur around it is completely cleared away. The pink tiles need an open path just like everything else. You will also notice smaller details like the light brown dirt sections opening up. Clear these small sections as soon as they touch the open background to keep the board shrinking evenly.

Step 4: Sweep the remaining grass and target the gopher body

The left side of the board still has a chunk of bright green grass. Your tray offers a connected pair of green blocks. Pulling this pair sends a large wave of ants to completely devour the left grass section. You also need to keep chipping away at the orange fur. Pull an orange block with a high number to keep a steady stream of ants moving toward the gopher body. The ants will march right into the center of the board. You want to constantly monitor the five waiting slots. Since you only pull colors that touch the empty background you never risk a jam. If a block in your tray has a color that is buried deep inside the picture leave it alone. Patience is your best tool here. Let the current ants finish their meals to expose the inner layers.

Step 5: Clear the final sky remnants and the white belly

The top of the board only has a few light blue and dark blue tiles left. The bottom dirt is almost completely gone. You will see connected white and blue blocks in your tray. Pull these to send ants to the top of the head for the final sky tiles while simultaneously clearing the white belly of the gopher. The board is now extremely open. Ants can travel anywhere they need to go in straight lines without navigating around sharp corners. Pull the dark red blocks to clear the inner mouth details. Pull the pink block to clear the nose. Every move you make right now exposes the final inner core of the orange gopher. The waiting slots will cycle very fast now because the distance the ants have to travel is much shorter. They grab a number from the slot and immediately consume a nearby tile. You will watch the numbers on the blocks drop rapidly as the ants swarm over the last few remaining central tiles.

Step 6: Deploy the large connected sequences for the final cleanup

Only a few scattered orange tiles and the dark grey eyes remain. You also have a tiny bit of green grass on the right side. Your tray holds a massive sequence of connected blocks featuring green orange dark brown and black. You can safely pull this entire sequence into your waiting slots because the board is wide open. Every single color in that connected chain has direct access to its matching food tiles. The ants will swarm out and hit the remaining grass the orange ears the dark brown dirt specks and the dark grey eyes all at once. Watch the ants clear the final food tiles and walk off the board. You have successfully solved the puzzle. There is a deep satisfaction in watching those final swarms clean up the board so perfectly.

Final Thought

Colony Flow is a brilliant test of patience and sequence planning. By keeping your attention on the outer edges and only pulling connected blocks when every color is ready you will conquer this stage easily. Managing your five waiting slots is the only true hurdle. If any specific part of this guide is hard to visualize I encourage you to watch the video above this article. The visual flow of the ants can really help solidify the written strategy. Good luck pulling the right colors and enjoy your clean board.