Colony Flow Level 980 Walkthrough Solution & Guides | How to solve Colony Flow 980

Welcome to Colony Flow Level 980 where we tackle a beautiful and festive holiday scene. You will command your colony to clear a large green Christmas tree beside a bright orange fox resting under a starry night sky. This board requires careful tray management because the massive dark purple sky tiles block many paths early in the puzzle. I play every level myself and I will guide you through the exact sequence to dismantle this picture without jamming your five waiting slots. Following this sequence ensures your ants always have an open path to their food.

Colony Flow Level 980 Overview

What You Are Working With

When you load into this level you will see a beautiful and complex Christmas scene. The picture features a tall green pine tree standing right next to a sleeping orange fox. The background is a massive dark purple night sky scattered with small white snow dots. At the very top of the tree sits a bright yellow star and at the bottom edge you will find several wrapped gifts in red and teal. The tray at the bottom of your screen is packed with very high number blocks mostly in dark purple and green. You will also encounter Connected Boxes in your tray. These are multiple blocks linked together by a thick line and they move into your waiting slots as one complete group. The sheer volume of dark purple sky tiles creates a heavy barrier that covers most of the upper board.

What It Takes to Clear Level 980 Board

To win this level you must feed every single colored tile to your ant colony until the entire picture disappears. Your ants travel from the nest hole at the bottom and follow open paths to reach their matching colored tiles. You will lose the game if your five waiting slots fill up completely with blocks that have no valid path to their food. This happens when you pull a color that is blocked behind another color. Your primary goal is to carve out a clear central path straight up the middle of the board. By dismantling the floor and the tree first you give your dark purple ants the room they need to swarm the massive sky area without backing up into your waiting slots. You must always think one move ahead to guarantee the ants never hit a dead end.

Colony Flow Level 980 Step by Step Solution

Step 1: Pull the yellow and orange blocks to clear the bottom floor layer.

Begin by pulling the large yellow block and the large orange block from your tray. These blocks match the solid ground layer sitting directly underneath the entire Christmas scene. You need to clear this floor area immediately because it blocks access to the gifts and the base of the tree. When you pull these blocks into your waiting slots the ants will stream out of the nest and march in a horizontal line across the bottom. They eat the yellow tiles first and then move on to the orange sections. By doing this you create a wide open highway for all future ants to travel upward into the main picture.

Step 2: Feed the red and green ants to hollow out the tree base.

With the ground cleared away you can now reach the bottom sections of the Christmas tree and the wrapped presents. Pull the green block and the pinkish red block into your waiting slots next. The red ants will run straight to the left and right sides of the tree base to eat the gift boxes. At the same time the green ants will begin chewing through the thick lower branches of the pine tree. This step is critical because it hollows out the center of the board. A hollow center means your ants will have much shorter travel times later on.

Step 3: Deploy the first Connected Boxes into the night sky.

Look at your tray and locate the dark purple boxes that are linked together by a thick line. These are Connected Boxes and they move as a single unit into your waiting slots. Pull these connected dark purple blocks now. The dark purple ants will travel up the extreme left edge of the board to begin eating the massive night sky. The night sky is the largest solid color block in this level so you must start chipping away at it early. Moving these Connected Boxes clears up valuable real estate in your tray and keeps a steady stream of ants busy on the left side.

Step 4: Unleash a massive green swarm to clear the upper tree.

You will notice a massive green block appearing in your tray with a very high number. Pull this block to send a huge swarm of green ants straight up the middle of the board. This massive green wave will consume almost the entire top half of the Christmas tree. Removing the bulk of the tree creates a gigantic empty void in the right half of the board. This void is exactly what you want because it prevents your ants from getting stuck in long winding paths. Your waiting slots remain perfectly safe as long as the green ants have this clear central path to follow.

Step 5: Send dark purple ants to carve out the upper left sky.

Now that the left side of the sky is shrinking and the tree is mostly gone you can safely pull another large dark purple block. Send these ants to continue carving out the night sky background. They will work their way around the top edge of the board from left to right. This movement peels back the heavy upper layer of the picture and exposes the smaller details hidden underneath. You must keep the dark purple blocks flowing at a steady pace so they never pile up in your waiting slots. This steady flow guarantees you always have an open slot for your next color choice.

Step 6: Collect the yellow star at the very top of the board.

Look at the very top of the board where the green tree used to be. A bright yellow star is now completely exposed and waiting to be cleared. Pull the small yellow block from your tray to send a quick burst of ants right up the middle. They will reach the top quickly because the central area is completely empty. Clearing the star is a fast action but a necessary one. Once the star disappears the dark purple ants have total freedom to sweep across the top right corner of the sky without any obstructions blocking their way.

Step 7: Release the white blocks to clean up the scattered snow dots.

The night sky is covered in scattered white dots that represent falling snow. You will see a white block become available in your tray. Pull the white block now to release your white colony. The white ants will split up and run all over the upper board picking off these isolated tiles one by one. You had to wait until now to pull this block because the ants needed clear paths to reach all the different snowflake locations. If you pulled the white block too early the ants would have taken too long to travel and your slots would have jammed.

Step 8: Dismantle the orange fox from the center of the board.

The large orange fox sitting next to the tree is the last major structure remaining in the lower half of the board. Pull the large orange block from your tray to send your colony after the fox. The orange ants will devour the head and the tail of the animal in a matter of seconds. As they eat away the fox they completely open up the left side of the board. You want this entire central and left area totally empty so your final waves of ants have zero blockages. Check your remaining tray blocks and make sure you are only pulling colors that match the tiles left on the board.

Step 9: Flood the remaining sky with your final dark purple blocks.

You are now nearing the end of the puzzle and the only large section left is the top right portion of the dark purple sky. Pull your remaining dark purple blocks from the tray. The ants will swarm up the right side of the screen and quickly eat the last remaining sky tiles. Since there are absolutely no other colors blocking them they will process the tiles incredibly fast. Your waiting slots will easily stay clear during this massive swarm because the path is so wide and direct. The board will look almost entirely empty after this wave finishes.

Step 10: Clean up the isolated teal and pink gift details.

The absolute final pieces of the puzzle are the small teal and pinkish red details left over from the presents at the bottom. Pull the teal block and the pink block into your waiting slots to finish the job. Because these leftover tiles are located right next to the nest hole at the bottom of the screen the ants will clear them almost instantly. The travel time is less than a second for these final moves. Once these final few tiles vanish into the nest the board is completely clear and you win the level.

Final Thought

This puzzle demands a careful balance between clearing the massive night sky and keeping your central paths completely open. If you ever feel stuck on the timing of a specific color pull I highly recommend you watch the video above this article. Seeing the ants move in real time makes it much easier to understand how the paths open up. Take your time and keep your waiting slots flowing and you will conquer this level.