Colony Flow Level 466 Walkthrough Solution & Guides | How to solve Colony Flow 466

Colony Flow Level 466 presents a colorful pixel art picture of a hedgehog with a bright pink flower on its back. This puzzle mixes lock and key mechanics with connected boxes in your tray at the bottom of the screen. You have to carve a precise path through the bottom of the animal to reach the three keys hidden higher up. Staying patient and pulling blocks only when the ants have an open path is the secret to getting past this stage.

Colony Flow Level 466 Overview

What You Are Working With

The picture in this stage is a large hedgehog shape sitting against a light blue background. The belly and face of the hedgehog consist of white tiles. The main body is dark purple and dark brown. A bright pink flower sits right in the middle of the back. A layer of green grass forms the top edge. Embedded inside the picture are three tiny keys. You will see a pink key on the left side of the flower. A yellow key sits on the right side of the flower. A blue key rests on the far right edge of the green section. Down in your tray you face a stack of numbered colored blocks. Some blocks sit behind locks that match the keys in the picture. You will also deal with connected boxes where two blocks are fused together by a solid bar. These move as a single unit when you pull them.

What It Takes to Clear Level 466 Board

Winning requires you to clear every single colored tile from the board without causing a traffic jam in your waiting slots. You have exactly five waiting slots at the bottom of the screen. Every time you tap a block it moves into one of these slots. If the block color matches a tile that touches an open path the ants will carry the color up and eat the tiles. The number on the block counts down as they work. If you pull a block and the ants cannot reach that color yet the block sits in the slot and waits. Filling all five slots with waiting blocks triggers a failure. You clear this board by methodically eating from the bottom up to grab the keys. Collecting the keys unlocks the hidden blocks in your tray so you can finish the massive light blue background at the very end.

Colony Flow Level 466 Step by Step Solution

Step 1: Open the board by clearing the white belly tiles

You start the stage with a solid wall of white tiles blocking access to the rest of the hedgehog. Look at your tray and locate the white block. Pull the white block into your waiting slots first. The white ants will march straight up out of the nest hole and begin eating the belly and face of the hedgehog. This action is mandatory because no other colors touch the open bottom edge yet. Pulling pink or dark purple right now would waste your waiting slots. The ants simply would have nowhere to go and the blocks would just sit there taking up precious room. Let the white block count down and clear out the entire bottom section. This carves a wide open path into the center of the board so you can safely access the dark purple body and the pink flower tiles.

Step 2: Attack the pink flower and grab the first key

Once the white tiles are out of the way you can see the dark purple and pink tiles exposed along the new bottom edge. Pull a pink block and a dark purple block into your active slots. The pink ants will flood into the center and start dissolving the large pink flower. As the flower disappears the ants will eventually reach the pink key sitting on the upper left side of the flower petals. Collecting this pink key is a major priority because it unlocks the first hidden section in your tray. At the same time the dark purple ants will chew through the lower half of the hedgehog body. Keep an eye on the numbers on your blocks. When a pink block runs out simply pull the next one up to keep the ants moving steadily through the flower.

Step 3: Work the right side to collect the yellow key

With the left side of the flower mostly gone you need to focus on the right side where the yellow key is trapped. You will see brown and dark purple tiles surrounding this area. Pull your brown block up into the slots. The ants will take the brown color and clear the right side of the hedgehog body. This opens a direct path to the rest of the pink flower and the yellow key. Pull another pink block to finish off the right side petals. Once the ants eat the tile underneath the yellow key the key flies down to your tray. This unlocks a bright yellow block that was covered by a yellow lock. You now have access to the yellow color you need to clear the scattered yellow highlights across the green back.

Step 4: Deploy the yellow block and start the green edge

Now that you have the yellow block unlocked you can pull it up into your active area. The yellow ants will run up and clear the small yellow dots mixed into the upper half of the hedgehog. With those out of the way the solid green section is fully exposed. Look at your tray and you will notice a pair of green blocks linked together by a solid bar. These are connected boxes. When you tap them they both move into your waiting slots at the exact same time. Make sure you have at least two empty slots before you tap them. Pull the connected green boxes up. A massive swarm of green ants will pour out and begin eating the entire top edge of the hedgehog back. This clears a huge portion of the board very quickly and pushes you closer to the final key.

Step 5: Reach the blue key on the far right edge

The green ants will work their way from left to right across the top edge. Your main goal here is the blue key sitting on the far right side of the green section. Keep pulling green blocks as the previous ones run out of numbers. You might also need to pull a dark purple block to clear the back leg of the hedgehog so the green ants have a shorter path to the right edge. Once the green ants eat the final tiles on the right the blue key will drop down to your tray. Collecting this blue key is the major turning point of the stage. It breaks the blue lock on the massive light blue connected boxes waiting at the very bottom of your tray.

Step 6: Unleash the connected light blue boxes to flood the background

The entire background of the picture is made of light blue tiles. Until now you had to ignore them completely to avoid jamming your tray. With the blue lock broken you can finally access the light blue blocks. You will see two heavy light blue blocks connected together. Check your waiting slots and make sure you have plenty of room. Pull the light blue connected boxes up. A massive wave of light blue ants will stream out of the nest hole. They will spread out in every direction and start eating the background starting from the bottom corners and working their way up the sides. The background holds a massive amount of tiles so these numbered blocks will take quite a while to count all the way down to zero. Watch as the ants wrap around the outer perimeter of the screen. You just need to let them work and avoid pulling anything else that might block their path.

Step 7: Clean up the final dark purple outline and finish the board

While the light blue ants are clearing the outside edges you will notice a thin outline of dark purple tiles remaining around the main shape of the hedgehog. You will have a dark purple block left in your tray. Pull it up into your final available slots. The dark purple ants will run up the middle and chase down the outline tiles. You might also have a small white block left to clean up a few stray white tiles near the face. Keep your remaining slots clear and only pull exactly what touches an open edge. The light blue ants will eventually meet at the top corners and finish off the background entirely. The dark purple ants will eat the very last outline tile. Once every tile is gone and the board is completely empty you win the stage.

Final Thought

Completing this stage comes down to grabbing those three keys in the right order and managing your connected boxes carefully. Taking the time to clear the bottom before pushing upward ensures your tray never fills up with dead blocks. If you find yourself getting stuck on exactly when to pull the connected green or light blue boxes please watch the video above this article to see the exact timing in action.