Colony Flow Level 830 Walkthrough Solution & Guides | How to solve Colony Flow 830

Welcome to Colony Flow Level 830. This puzzle presents a striking pixel art portrait of a character with a massive red coat and bright white hair. You will notice immediately that the outer edges are thick with red tiles but the ants cannot eat those right away. The game forces you to find another way in. The secret to beating this board lies in the hidden boxes tucked in the bottom row of your tray. You need to manage your five waiting slots perfectly to uncover those boxes and open a path for your colony. If you pull the wrong colors early you will fill the slots and fail the level. I played through this level to map out the exact opening moves that keep the board alive and the ants flowing.

Colony Flow Level 830 Overview

What You Are Working With

The board features a large anime style character portrait. The outer borders consist of solid red and dark red wings that wrap around the entire figure. Inside this red shell you see a character face made of skin tone tiles. Above the face sits a large mop of white hair detailed with light blue highlights. Below the face the character wears a brown shirt bordered by bright pink and purple trim.

Your block tray holds the pieces you need to dismantle this picture. The top row gives you access to a Red 30 block, a Brown 28 block, a Pink 4 block, and a Purple 26 block. The bottom row holds a Light Blue 2 block, a Light Blue 40 block, and two hidden boxes covered in question marks. These hidden boxes sit directly under the pink and purple blocks. You cannot see what colors they hold until you move the blocks resting on top of them out of the way.

What It Takes to Clear Level 830 Board

To clear this board you must peel the image from the inside out. The red borders block access to the lower half of the character but the top of the white hair is completely exposed. You need to find a white block to send ants around the outside edge and into the hair. Since no white block sits in plain sight you must risk moving blocks into your waiting slots to reveal the hidden boxes. Once you expose the white block you will clear the hair, then the face, then the shirt, and finally the massive red coat. Managing the order prevents your slots from jamming.

Colony Flow Level 830 Step by Step Solution

Step 1: Move the purple and pink blocks to reveal the hidden boxes

You start the level with no immediately obvious moves because the red blocks do not have an open path yet. The red tiles block every outer angle except the very top. You must uncover the hidden boxes in the bottom right corner of your tray to find the right color. Move the Purple 26 block into your first waiting slot. Next move the Pink 4 block into the second waiting slot. This clears the space above the hidden boxes and reveals their true colors. The boxes transform into a White 49 block and a Skin 55 block. Your waiting slots now hold two blocks that cannot move yet but you have exactly what you need to start clearing the board. Taking this calculated risk at the beginning is the only way to progress without dead ending your run.

Step 2: Send white ants to clear the outer hair

Now that you see the White 49 block you can put it into your third waiting slot. The moment it hits the slot white ants stream out of the nest hole at the bottom. They march all the way up the left side of the screen tracing the outer edge of the red coat. Once they reach the top they start eating the top layer of the white hair. This is a massive section of the board. The number on your white block counts down rapidly as the ants chew through the thick hair outline. This action clears a huge amount of space at the top of the image and opens up the path to the lighter blue highlights inside the hair. Keeping this top path open ensures your waiting slots never back up.

Step 3: Bring up the skin tone block to clear the face

With the top of the head disappearing you open up a clear path straight down into the middle of the face. Tap the Skin 55 block to move it from the tray into your fourth waiting slot. Skin tone ants pour out of the nest and march up the left side just like the white ants did. They turn into the newly opened gap at the top of the head. They flow downward and begin devouring the forehead cheeks and chin of the character. The face requires a lot of ants but your block holds plenty to get the job done. As the skin tiles vanish the inner details of the portrait become fully exposed and ready for the next wave of your colony.

Step 4: Clear the hair highlights with light blue blocks

The white ants left behind several clusters of light blue tiles that make up the spikes and highlights of the hair. Tap the Light Blue 2 block and then tap the Light Blue 40 block to send them to the waiting slots. Light blue ants rush the board and fill the gaps left by the white and skin tiles. They eat away the remaining pieces of the hair structure. This action completely removes the upper third of the portrait. Your waiting slots also start to free up because the purple and pink blocks from the very first step finally find open paths to the small details near the eyes and collar. The purple ants will automatically deploy and clear those tiny spots.

Step 5: Activate the brown block to clear the center shirt

Now look at the center of the character chest. A large section of brown tiles forms the shirt. Move the Brown 28 block into an open waiting slot. Brown ants stream directly down the middle of the board since the face is no longer blocking them. They eat the entire shirt section very quickly. Removing the brown tiles splits the bottom half of the image into two distinct sides. This split gives your ants multiple angles of attack for the remaining colors. Keep a close eye on your tray because you still have a lot of dark red and pink tiles blocking the final clear.

Step 6: Deploy the pink blocks to handle the coat trim

You will notice bright pink tiles forming the inner trim of the massive red coat. You have a Pink 40 block ready in your tray. Tap it to send it to a waiting slot. Pink ants flood the lower middle section of the board and consume the trim. Pull up the secondary pink block when the game provides it in the shifting tray. Clearing this pink trim separates the inner character details from the outer red wings. Your board is now incredibly open and you will never have to worry about dead ending your ants. The puzzle breaks wide open at this exact moment.

Step 7: Release the first wave of red and dark red ants

The only things left on the board are the giant red wings and the dark red shadows of the coat. Tap the Dark Red 78 block and the Red 40 block from your tray. A massive swarm of dark red and bright red ants erupts from the nest. They split into two massive columns and attack the left and right sides of the coat simultaneously. The numbers drop incredibly fast as the ants chew through the thickest parts of the pixel art. You can confidently pull up any red block you see because the board is completely accessible from the center outward.

Step 8: Flood the board with remaining red blocks to finish

As the first wave of red blocks runs out of numbers the bottom tray will slide in a fresh supply. You will see several more blocks like Red 39, Dark Red 64, Red 22, and Red 29. Tap every single one of them into your waiting slots. Since you already broke the structure into pieces the ants have unrestricted access to every remaining tile. They swarm the final scattered fragments of the red coat. The last few tiles disappear into the swarm and the board clears completely. You win the level with empty slots and a totally clean screen.

Final Thought

Level 830 forces you to take a risk right at the start by filling waiting slots to expose hidden boxes. Once you crack that puzzle the rest of the board flows perfectly from top to bottom. If you find yourself getting stuck on the exact order of the middle colors please watch the video above this article. Seeing the ants path through the open gaps makes it much easier to understand the best block order to keep your waiting slots empty.