Colony Flow Level 857 Walkthrough Solution & Guides | How to solve Colony Flow 857

Welcome back to another puzzle guide. Colony Flow Level 857 brings a colorful challenge that requires careful path management. You will need to dismantle a vibrant pixel art picture without letting your waiting tray jam. You pull numbered blocks from the bottom tray to direct your colony of ants. Every move you make determines whether the board opens up or completely dead ends. I play every single level to figure out the safest routes and this specific board requires extreme patience at the start.

Colony Flow Level 857 Overview

What You Are Working With

You start with a beautiful pixel art clown face taking up most of the screen. The clown features a bright rainbow afro with sections of red orange yellow green blue and purple. He has a white face a red nose and teal glasses. The clown stands on a light blue puddle and wears solid brown shoes. A massive light blue background surrounds the entire clown figure and touches all edges of the board. The tray at the bottom holds various colored blocks with numbers printed on them. You have exactly five empty slots at the top of this tray. Every time you tap a colored block it moves up into one of these five empty slots. The ants then spawn from the nest hole and carry the numbers down as they eat the matching tiles on the board.

What It Takes to Clear Level 857 Board

Clearing this board means you must work systematically from the bottom up. The light blue puddle at the very bottom is the only open path at the beginning of the level. The solid light blue background completely boxes in the sides and the top of the clown figure. You lose the level instantly if you fill all five waiting slots with blocks that have no open path to the board. You must clear the bottom puddle first to reach the brown shoes and the lower side edges. Clearing the shoes then opens the main path up into the white legs and shirt. You will peel the clown away layer by layer from the outside edges inward until you finally clear the huge outer light blue background.

Colony Flow Level 857 Step by Step Solution

Step 1: Start with the light blue puddle at the bottom to open the first path

The very first move sets the pace for the entire board because almost everything is blocked. You cannot access the colorful hair or the massive background yet because they are completely sealed off from the nest hole. The only exposed tiles you can actually reach are the light blue puddle pieces right beneath the clown feet. Find a light blue block in your tray and tap it. The block jumps up into your first waiting slot. The light blue ants stream out of the nest hole and march straight up to the bottom puddle. They begin eating away the tiles beneath the clown shoes. This action slowly uncovers the bottom edge of the brown shoes and the lower outside corners of the clown. Let the ants finish their job before you crowd the waiting tray with other colors. You want to ensure you always maintain plenty of room to maneuver in your limited slots.

Step 2: Clear the brown shoes to access the main body

With the bottom light blue puddle completely gone your ants now have a clear walkway straight to the brown shoes. Locate a brown block down in the tray and tap it. The brown block moves up to your waiting area and takes up a slot. A new group of brown ants rushes out of the hole to dismantle the two shoes. As they consume the brown tiles they reveal the bottom edge of the white legs. This serves as a major transition point for the puzzle. You just turned a very narrow bottom path into a much wider access route leading directly into the center of the clown figure. Keep your eyes on the waiting slots at all times. You still have room available but you must remain extremely patient and deliberate with your next taps.

Step 3: Avoid the trap of tapping blocked top hair colors early

It feels very tempting to start tapping the green or blue blocks sitting right at the top of your tray. You must resist this urge completely to survive this level. The top of the rainbow afro is still entirely blocked from the bottom by the solid white face and from the outside by the solid light blue background. If you tap those top hair colors right now they will drop into your waiting slots and just sit there permanently. They cannot spawn any ants because they have no valid path to reach their matching colored tiles. If you tap too many of these blocked colors you will fill all five slots and create a complete dead end. That results in an instant loss and forces you to restart. Leave those bright top blocks alone for now and focus entirely on the open paths on the lower sides.

Step 4: Route the light purple ants around the right side

Because you cleared the bottom light blue puddle your ants now have a walkway around the lower right side of the clown figure. You will notice a light purple tuft of hair sticking out on the right side of the clown face. Tap the light purple block in your tray. The light purple ants will spawn and walk all the way around the right edge to reach that specific section of hair. This is a brilliant pathing move because it clears out a side section without forcing you to dig through the massive white face first. Just remember to let these ants finish their long walk before you tap too many other blocks.

Step 5: Send yellow ants up the left side of the hair

You can use the exact same outside pathing strategy on the left side of the board. The bottom left area is completely open now. Tap a yellow block from the tray to spawn your yellow ants. They will march up the open left side and start eating the large yellow section of the rainbow afro. Getting this large yellow section out of the way early prevents your waiting slots from jamming later on. The ants have a fairly long travel time to reach the top left hair so give them a moment to complete the journey.

Step 6: Clear the massive white face and shirt up the middle

Now that the lower sides are clean you should focus all your attention straight up the middle. Tap a white block to send ants directly into the white legs and shirt. The white body covers a huge portion of the screen including the entire face. You will likely need to tap multiple white blocks to get the whole job done. Watch the numbers count down as the ants consume the chest and move up into the face area. Removing this huge white section completely opens up the center of the board and exposes all the smaller facial details.

Step 7: Eliminate the small facial details and the green hair

With the white face gone the smaller details are completely vulnerable. Tap the red block to clear the clown nose. Tap the teal block to clear the glasses. These small numbers clear out incredibly fast and free up your waiting slots almost instantly. Once the center is empty you can tap a green block. The green ants will run straight up the open middle space and clear the green section of the hair on the upper right. You are now dismantling the very top of the clown figure piece by piece.

Step 8: Manage the final hair colors and empty your slots

You might have a few small sections of hair left like the top blue section or a dark purple edge. Tap their matching blocks only when you see a clear path touching those colors. The blue ants will rush the top middle to clear the crest of the afro. Allow all the current active ants to finish their remaining blocks. You want your waiting tray completely empty for the final step. The numbers will count down to zero and the slots will clear themselves out perfectly.

Step 9: Release the large light blue blocks to finish the background

The only tiles remaining on your screen are the hundreds of light blue background pieces framing the board. You have very large numbered light blue blocks sitting in your lower tray for this exact moment. Tap one of these huge blocks to initiate the final cleanup. A massive swarm of light blue ants will pour out of the nest hole and spread out across the empty center. They will march outward in every direction and consume the thick border. Watch them eat the final tiles until the board is completely empty and you win the level.

Final Thought

Level 857 tests your patience and your ability to read the board from the ground up. You always keep your tray safe by only tapping blocks that have immediate access to their colors. Never rush the bright top colors before the main body and lower sides are completely gone. Check out the video above this article if you want to watch exactly how the ants navigate these specific paths.