Colony Flow Level 17 Walkthrough Solution & Guides | How to solve Colony Flow 17

Colony Flow Level 17 presents a pixel art picture of an ice cream sundae resting in a glass bowl. You command a colony of ants to eat this picture tile by tile by matching colored numbered blocks from your tray. I play every level to find the safest route to victory so you can avoid dead ends. You must carefully control the flow of your ants from the bottom of the glass all the way to the cherry on top. This specific board tests your ability to balance multiple colors at once.

Colony Flow Level 17 Overview

What You Are Working With

The picture on this board features a distinct black outline surrounding the entire sundae. Inside that outline you will find a light blue base and a white glass bowl. Above the bowl sits a large scoop of magenta pink ice cream topped with white whipped cream and a dark red cherry. A brown and yellow wafer stick sticks out of the right side. Your tray holds numbered blocks corresponding to all these colors.

This level introduces two special tile mechanics to your tray. You will see Connected Boxes where a pink block and a white block are physically linked together. You will also encounter Hidden Box blocks showing a question mark instead of a color. These hidden blocks will only reveal their true color when the ants can reach the matching tiles on the board.

Level 17 Objective

You must clear every colored tile from the board to complete the level. Your main obstacle is the row of five waiting slots at the bottom of your screen. If you pull blocks into all five slots and the ants cannot reach the matching colors on the board you will lose the level instantly. You win by keeping paths open and feeding the blocks to your ants in the correct sequence.

Colony Flow Level 17 Step by Step Solution

Step 1: Open the bottom of the glass bowl first

You must break into the picture from the lowest point nearest to the ant nest hole. Pull the black block holding the number 25 and the light blue block holding the number 35 from your tray into the waiting slots. The ants will immediately stream out of the hole and attack the bottom edge of the board. They will eat away the black outline at the base and the light blue shadow tiles forming the bottom of the glass bowl. This action creates a wide open entry point for your colony to reach the inner layers of the picture. The numbers on your active blocks will drop rapidly because these bottom tiles are completely exposed and very close to the nest. Keeping your waiting slots empty early on sets up a strong foundation for the rest of the match.

Step 2: Clear the white glass interior and continue the outline

Your next priority is the large white section of the glass bowl. Pull a white block with a high number into your waiting slots. You should also pull another black block to keep the ants moving along the outer edge. Your colony will naturally split into two separate paths. One group of ants will march straight up into the white glass tiles while the other group will travel up the left and right sides to eat the black outline. This dual path strategy guarantees your waiting slots stay active and clear. If you only pulled the white block the ants would bottleneck in the center of the bowl and slow down your progress. The black path provides an alternate route so the ants never stop moving and your slots never jam.

Step 3: Attack the wafer stick and start the pink ice cream

The previous steps have now exposed the wafer stick on the right side and the main scoop of ice cream in the center. Pull the brown block and the yellow block from your tray to clear the wafer stick. At the exact same time pull a pink block to start working on the ice cream. The ants will quickly dismantle the small number of brown and yellow tiles on the right side of the sundae. These specific blocks clear out of your waiting slots very fast because the wafer stick is thin. Simultaneously a massive stream of ants will pour into the pink ice cream section. You always want to target a small detail and a large solid area at the same time. This keeps your block numbers decreasing steadily without pausing the flow of ants.

Step 4: Play the linked pink and white blocks

You will notice the Connected Boxes in your tray linking a pink block and a white block together. When you pull this pair they take up two waiting slots instantly. You must ensure both colors have open paths on the board before you make this move or you risk failing the level. Fortunately your earlier work opened up the entire middle section of the sundae. The white block targets the whipped cream sitting on top of the ice cream while the pink block handles the remaining parts of the main scoop. Because they clear as a combined group you need both colors exposed to the ants. The colony will swarm the upper half of the dessert and quickly consume both sections at the same pace.

Step 5: Reveal the hidden boxes and eat the cherry

As your tray empties the Hidden Box blocks will finally reveal their true colors. Once the ants clear enough surrounding tiles to create a valid path the question marks disappear. One of these blocks becomes an orange block meant for the final details of the wafer stick. Pull this newly revealed orange block along with the final black block in your tray. The ants will rush up the fully cleared center path to eat the black outline surrounding the cherry at the very top. Finally pull the last red or pink blocks to consume the cherry itself. The final tiles will vanish and you will beat the level completely.

Overall Strategy to Clear Level 17 Board

Let me share the core tactics that will guide you through this specific board layout.

First you must manage the black outline continuously. The black tiles wrap around the entire sundae picture like a protective shell. If you keep a black block in your waiting slots at all times the ants can always travel along the outer perimeter of the design. This provides a safe constant path that prevents your slots from jamming when the center paths get too crowded.

Second you need to prepare the board for the Connected Boxes. The pink and white linked blocks require access to both the whipped cream and the main ice cream scoop simultaneously. You must completely clear the white glass bowl and the lower pink tiles before you pull this linked pair from the tray. Pulling them too early will block your other moves.

Third you should use the small detail blocks to free up space. The brown and yellow blocks for the wafer stick have very small numbers on them. You can pull these blocks when you need to rapidly free up a waiting slot for a different color. The ants will eat those few tiles instantly and clear the block from your queue faster than the larger blocks.

Fourth you must trust the Hidden Box mechanics. Do not panic when you see the question mark blocks sitting in your tray. Focus entirely on clearing the visible colors like the light blue base and the pink ice cream first. The hidden blocks will naturally reveal their colors exactly when the ants gain access to those specific tiles on the board.

Final Thought

Beating this board requires patience and a steady rhythm of matching blocks to open paths. You must always think one step ahead to prevent your waiting slots from filling up with blocks the ants cannot reach. A single wrong move will leave your colony trapped and force you to restart. If you find any part of this written guide difficult to picture in your mind I highly recommend you watch the video located above this article. Seeing the ants move in real time will help you master the exact timing needed to conquer this puzzle.