Colony Flow Level 581 Walkthrough Solution & Guides | How to solve Colony Flow 581

Colony Flow Level 581 features a cute pixel art animal face, but do not let the charming design fool you. This board hides a massive challenge right at the starting line. You will immediately notice two giant blocks of chocolate sitting in the bottom corners of the board. I found that managing the steady stream of ants around these massive obstacles is the only way to succeed. You must keep your block pulls incredibly precise so you never fill up your waiting slots and lose the level.

Colony Flow Level 581 Overview

What You Are Working With

The puzzle board displays a beautifully detailed animal face made of purple, white, green, and red tiles. The biggest obstacles are the two huge chocolate blocks located at the bottom left and bottom right corners of the play area. Each chocolate block starts with 400 health points. Chocolate covers and completely blocks all the food tiles underneath it until you clear it from the board. You will also deal with connected boxes in your tray later in the level. Connected boxes are two tray blocks physically linked together by a glowing line, and they move as a single group.

What It Takes to Clear Level 581 Board

You win this level by breaking down the heavy chocolate blocks to expose the hidden food tiles underneath. You need a constant flowing stream of ants attacking the exposed colored tiles near the chocolate to wear down that massive 400 health limit. You clear the board by matching your tray blocks to the exposed colored tiles while keeping a very close eye on your five waiting slots. If those five slots fill up and no ants reach an open path, you will fail the level immediately and have to restart.

Colony Flow Level 581 Step by Step Solution

Step 1: Clear the bottom center white tiles to create walking room for your ant colony

Start by grabbing the white blocks from your tray to clear the white tiles located exactly between the two giant chocolate blocks. You also need to pull the large green block and purple block to send your ants up the left and right outer paths. The ants will stream out of the central nest hole and begin eating the available colored tiles. As your white ants clear the white tiles in the middle, they will also begin hitting the inner walls of the chocolate blocks. The chocolate takes a massive amount of damage to break, so you need a steady flow right from the start. You must keep this center path completely open so you do not dead end the board and accidentally fill your five waiting slots.

Step 2: Sustain the continuous ant attack on the thick chocolate walls to reduce their health

The chocolate starts at 400 health and requires relentless pressure from your ant colony. Keep pulling the white, purple, and green blocks as they cycle into your tray. Your main goal here is to wrap your ant streams around the exposed inner edges of the chocolate. The purple ants will tackle the lower jaw area of the animal face while the white ants continue hollowing out the bottom middle section. Every single tile they eat right next to the chocolate reduces that heavy health number down through the three hundreds and beyond. Always verify that a specific color has a valid open path before you tap it. If you pull a tray block and the ants cannot reach their matching tiles, your waiting area will jam up and you will lose.

Step 3: Send red ants up the middle of the board to help wear down the obstacles

You will eventually see red blocks rotating into your available tray space. Pull these red blocks to send red ants up toward the red patches on the upper forehead of the animal. Even though these red tiles sit high up on the board, the red ants walking past the bottom corners will continue to chip away at the chocolate walls. Managing multiple colors at the same time is tricky but entirely necessary for victory on this board. Watch your tray numbers and perfectly match them to the open paths on the puzzle board. You want a very constant flow of green, white, purple, and red ants moving smoothly out of the nest. Keep your waiting slots clear by carefully balancing the exact colors you pull.

Step 4: Swarm the newly revealed corner tiles immediately after the chocolate blocks explode

Once the heavy chocolate blocks finally break, they will explode violently and reveal a large cluster of fresh colored tiles in the bottom corners. You will see red, green, purple, and white tiles that were completely hidden this entire time. Your ants will immediately swarm into these new pockets if you have the right colored blocks active in your slots. Pull the purple and red blocks to direct your colony directly into these newly opened corner areas. The entire board opens up significantly at this stage, but you still need to exercise extreme caution. Pulling a tray block without a guaranteed clear path will stall your ant colony and fill your waiting slots instantly.

Step 5: Pull the connected boxes carefully to clear the center face without jamming your slots

Your tray will now start presenting connected boxes. You will see a white block and a purple block physically linked together by a bright glowing line. You have to pull them into your waiting slots as an attached pair. Before you pull these connected boxes, you must guarantee that both the white tiles and the purple tiles currently have completely open paths on the board. Connected boxes take up two spaces in your waiting area immediately. If you already have three blocks waiting and you pull a connected pair, you will instantly max out your five slots and risk a loss. Pull the connected pair only when the middle of the face is wide open. The white and purple ants will rush out together and clear a huge portion of the animal cheeks.

Step 6: Eliminate the remaining red forehead and green ear details at the top of the board

With the bottom corners totally clear and the middle face mostly eaten away, you need to turn your focus to the upper details. Pull the remaining red blocks to finish off the last red forehead sections. Grab the green blocks to send your green ants all the way up to the very top green ear tips. The walking paths are quite long right now because the ants have to travel from the bottom nest hole all the way up to the top edge of the screen. Wait for your current ants to clear their targeted tiles before pulling too many new blocks from the tray. Impatience at this late stage will quickly clog your waiting slots. Let the ants finish their long walks and keep the traffic flow extremely steady.

Step 7: Clean up the final top border tiles to finish the board and win the level

The final tiles left on the puzzle board will be the scattered white and purple tiles making up the very top border and the inner ears. Your tray will offer the last few small white and purple blocks. Pull them very carefully. Confirm that your ants have an unbroken path to those top edges before you tap the tray. The white ants will finish the inner ear sections while the purple ants clean up the very top curve of the head. Keep your eyes glued to the five waiting slots until the very last ant finishes eating its target. Once the top border is completely empty, the ants will clear out and you will win the level.

Final Thought

Colony Flow Level 581 demands high patience because those heavy chocolate blocks take so much time and effort to break down. You win the game by keeping your ant traffic flowing steadily and never forcing a tray block that lacks an open path. I highly encourage you to watch the video above this article if any step is hard to follow in text. Seeing the exact timing for pulling the connected boxes makes replicating the win much easier.