Colony Flow Level 1230 Walkthrough Solution & Guides | How to solve Colony Flow 1230

Colony Flow Level 1230 presents a massive sunflower pixel art piece that takes up almost the entire board. You need to clear the bright blue sky, the fluffy clouds, the green stem, and the large yellow and orange flower face. I played through this puzzle and found the best order to clear the board without filling up the five waiting slots. You will need to manage several connected boxes carefully to keep the ants moving and prevent a jam.

Colony Flow Level 1230 Overview

What You Are Working With

The picture shows a happy sunflower against a blue sky. You have a large number of tiles covering the board including yellow petals, an orange center, a black smiley face, green leaves, and two shades of blue for the sky and clouds. The tray at the bottom holds high value blocks like a light blue 45, a yellow 35, and an orange 40. You will also deal with Connected Boxes in this level. These are two blocks joined together by a dark pipe. When you tap one connected block to move it into your waiting slots, the joined block comes along with it and takes up a second slot instantly. You have to account for this so you do not accidentally fill your tray without an open path.

What It Takes to Clear Level 1230 Board

You win the level by matching the colored blocks in your tray to the exact colors in the pixel art picture until the board is completely empty. The ants march out from their nest hole and carry pieces of the picture back to the blocks in the waiting slots. You lose if you fill all five waiting slots and the ants cannot reach any matching colors on the board. You must always maintain an open path to the specific colors you place in the waiting slots. Clearing this board requires you to work from the outside edges inward so the ants can reach the center details without getting blocked by the background.

Colony Flow Level 1230 Step by Step Solution

Step 1: Pull the light blue block to begin clearing the top border of the sky.

You want to start by opening up the extreme edges of the board. Tap the light blue 45 block first. The ants will stream out of the nest and travel all the way up the sides of the picture to reach the top edge. The number on the block will slowly count down from 45 as the ants eat the light blue tiles. This move keeps your waiting slots mostly empty and guarantees the ants have a wide open path to feed.

Step 2: Use the yellow block to start eating the outer tips of the sunflower petals.

Once the top edge is slightly clear, tap the yellow 35 block. The ants will split their attention between the light blue sky and the bright yellow petals sticking out into the sky area. These yellow tiles are exposed right on the edge of the picture so the ants can access them immediately. This ensures your yellow block will not sit idle in the waiting slots and cause a jam later on.

Step 3: Bring up the first set of connected boxes to clear the clouds.

Now you need to introduce the dark blue block to clear the clouds, but it is connected to a cyan block. Tap the connected pair to bring both the blue 2 and the cyan block into your waiting slots. Because you already cleared a path through the sky, the ants can easily reach the dark blue clouds and the remaining cyan tiles. This action fills two slots at once, but the ants will rapidly clear both colors and free up those slots quickly.

Step 4: Clear the green stem and leaves at the bottom of the picture.

With the top half of the board actively shrinking, turn your attention to the bottom. Tap the green 31 and green 28 blocks. The green stem and leaves sit very close to the ant nest hole. The ants will swarm these green tiles rapidly because the walking distance is so short. Clearing the green tiles removes the bottom barrier of the picture and opens up a direct path to the lower yellow petals. This move ensures your slots cycle fast and stay open.

Step 5: Flood the board with light blue blocks to remove the remaining sky.

The background still contains a lot of light blue pixels surrounding the flower. Pull the cyan 24 and the cyan 25 blocks up into the tray. You can afford to fill a few slots here because the light blue tiles are completely exposed on all sides. The ants will form multiple trails to eat away the sky from every direction. You keep the board moving and prevent a dead end by only loading these blocks when their target tiles are fully uncovered.

Step 6: Empty multiple cyan blocks to finish the background elements.

You will see several lower value cyan blocks in your tray like a 16 and a 14. Tap them one after another until four slots are full of cyan blocks. You must leave one slot empty just in case. The ants will aggressively target the remaining sky patches and the background will disappear very quickly. Your waiting slots will empty out rapidly as the low numbers count down to zero. This sets you up perfectly to tackle the heavy orange center of the flower.

Step 7: Open the orange center of the sunflower to expose the black face details.

The remaining puzzle is mostly the huge orange center of the sunflower. Tap the orange 42 block and the orange 46 block. The ants will march directly into the middle of the board and begin chewing away the massive orange block of color. You want to let these large numbers count down and shrink the orange area drastically. This clears the way for the ants to eventually reach the black tiles that make up the eyes and mouth.

Step 8: Manage the yellow and black connected box carefully.

You have a yellow 40 block connected to a black 14 block in your tray. Do not pull this pair until the orange center is eaten down enough to expose the black smiley face tiles. Once the black tiles have an open path, tap the connected pair. The ants will finish off the last yellow petal tiles and simultaneously eat the black face tiles. Waiting for the right moment ensures neither of these connected blocks gets stuck in your slots waiting for a path to open.

Step 9: Use the final orange and black connected box to clear the remaining face.

There is another connected set featuring an orange 2 block and a black 2 block. Pull this pair up now. The board is mostly empty at this point, so the ants will instantly grab the final two black tiles and the two orange tiles. Because you timed this move perfectly, the blocks vanish almost the exact second they enter the waiting slots. You completely avoid any risk of a tray jam.

Step 10: Clean up the final orange and cyan tiles to win the level.

You are left with only a few scattered orange and cyan tiles on the board. Tap your remaining orange 39 block and your final cyan 40 block. The numbers on the blocks are higher than the actual number of tiles left on the board, but that is fine. The ants will eat every single remaining tile. The picture will fully disappear and you will beat the level with plenty of empty tray slots to spare.

Final Thought

Level 1230 demands careful planning around the connected boxes in your tray. If you pull a connected pair before the ants can reach both colors, you waste valuable waiting slots and risk failing the board. Always prioritize clearing the outside edges first so the ants have room to maneuver. If you find any specific sequence difficult to picture, I highly encourage you to watch the video above this article to see exactly how the ants path through the sunflower.