Colony Flow Level 343 Walkthrough Solution & Guides | How to solve Colony Flow 343

Welcome back to another puzzle guide. Colony Flow Level 343 brings a fun pixel art frog face to your screen. You will need a careful approach to clear this board without filling your waiting slots. I played this level multiple times to find the perfect path for you and I will share exactly how to beat it.

Colony Flow Level 343 Overview

What You Are Working With

The board features a large green frog face with big white eyes and pink cheeks. A solid black outline surrounds the entire face and creates a barrier between the frog and the white background tiles. The background consists entirely of white tiles filling the rest of the square space. The nest hole sits directly at the bottom center of the board facing straight up.

The tray at the bottom of your screen holds stacks of colored blocks with numbers on them. You have green blocks for the frog face. You have black blocks for the outlines and the pupils. You have white blocks for the eyes and the background. You also have a single pink block for the cheeks. You pull these blocks into the five waiting slots above the tray to send the ants out to eat the matching colored tiles. There are no special hidden boxes or chocolate layers on this board. This level relies entirely on managing your five waiting slots and keeping paths open.

What It Takes to Clear Level 343 Board

To clear this board you must manage your five waiting slots perfectly. If you pull a block color that the ants cannot reach the block will sit permanently in the waiting slot. If you fill all five slots with unreachable colors the ants stop moving and you lose the game. You must open the bottom edge first because the nest hole points straight up into the bottom black outline. You win by systematically peeling back the black outline, clearing the green face, picking off the pink cheeks, and finally clearing the white eyes and the background. You always want to keep at least one active path open so the blocks keep counting down and leaving the waiting slots.

Colony Flow Level 343 Step by Step Solution

Step 1: Open the bottom black border to let the colony out.

You start with the brown nest hole pointing directly at the bottom black outline of the frog face. Pull the first black block from your tray into the waiting slots. Follow it immediately with a green block. The ants will stream out of the hole and hit the black border right away. The numbers on your black block will tick down rapidly as the ants chew through the outline. Once they breach the solid black wall they step straight onto the green chin of the frog. The green block in your waiting slot activates next and the ants begin eating the green tiles. This sequence opens a wide path into the center of the board and keeps your five waiting slots from jamming.

Step 2: Widen the path into the large green face.

The bottom hole is now open but you need more space for the colony to work. Pull another green block from the tray. The green face takes up a massive portion of the board. You want the ants to spread out to the left and right sides of the chin to maximize their eating speed. Providing a steady supply of green blocks keeps the ants moving forward without pausing. The numbers on the green blocks drop incredibly fast because the ants have a wide open surface area to attack. Your waiting slots stay completely clear as long as the ants have green tiles available to eat right in front of them.

Step 3: Clear the pink cheeks on both sides of the face.

As the ants chew away the bottom green chin you will notice two small patches of pink tiles. These represent the cheeks of the frog and they sit on the lower left and lower right corners of the face. Bring up the pink block from your tray into the empty waiting slots. The ants will quickly divide into two separate streams. One stream heads to the left cheek and the other stream heads to the right cheek. They chew through the pink tiles and clear them completely from the board. You will not need another pink block for the rest of the level because all the pink tiles are now gone.

Step 4: Push into the outer white background space.

Clearing the pink cheeks creates a perfect opening to the outside area of the frog face. You can now reach the white background tiles located on the lower left and lower right corners of the board. Pull your first white block from the tray into the waiting slots. The ants walk around the outside of the black outline and start marching up the side walls of the board. The white block number will count down steadily as the ants eat a path upward. This provides an excellent way to keep your slots empty while you prepare for the next big push into the center.

Step 5: Strip away the side black outlines of the frog.

The ants are moving up the left and right sides through the white background. They are now walking right next to the side black outlines of the frog face. Pull another black block into your waiting slots to take advantage of this position. The ants on the outside edges will turn inward and eat the black border from the exterior. At the exact same time any ants left in the middle will eat the black outline from the interior. This two front attack drops the number on your black block very quickly and opens the board even further.

Step 6: Hollow out the upper green face area.

The outer borders are clearing nicely so you must return your focus to the massive green face in the center. Pull two green blocks into your waiting slots. The ants will flood the middle of the board and chew upward toward the large white eyes. You need to keep feeding green blocks from the tray to maintain their momentum. The green area holds the largest number of tiles on this entire board. Never let the green blocks sit in the tray when the path is wide open because the ants will finish the green tiles very quickly.

Step 7: Attack the large white eyes in the center.

The ants finally chew away the top section of the green face. This action exposes the bottom edge of the two giant white eyes. Bring up a white block from your tray to feed the swarm. You already have ants on the outside eating the white background and now you have a massive swarm in the center eating the white eyes. The numbers on your white blocks will plummet toward zero. This section moves faster than any other part of the level. Pull another white block into the waiting slots to keep the swarm fed and moving upward.

Step 8: Eliminate the black pupils and top border.

Only the inner black pupils and the very top black outline remain on the board. Pull your remaining black blocks into the waiting slots. The ants currently sitting inside the white eyes will immediately target the black pupils. The ants walking on the outer edges will march straight to the top of the board and eat the final black border tiles. Your waiting slots will easily process these black blocks because you have multiple angles of attack open and plenty of ants ready to work.

Step 9: Finish the final white background corners.

The frog face is completely gone and only a few white background tiles remain in the top left and top right corners of the board. Pull your final white block from the tray. The last remaining ants will climb all the way to the top corners of the screen. They eat the last white tiles and clear the board entirely. Your waiting slots will empty out completely and you will win the level.

Final Thought

Colony Flow Level 343 rewards patience and careful slot management. Opening the bottom border and feeding the massive green face will keep your slots moving smoothly from start to finish. If you find yourself getting stuck on any of the steps above I encourage you to watch the video at the top of this article to see the exact timing of every block pull.