colonyflow Level 135

Overview

Level 135 is a Normal five-color stage built around a lion face picture — an orange lion on a blue background. Orange covers nearly half the board, followed by blue and pink in the middle layers, with red and purple as the smaller accent colors and tiny trace colors scattered on top. The tiles are stacked in layers, so the clearing follows the lion from the outside in: pink leaves first, then purple, then orange, then blue, and red finishes at the bottom. With five colors competing for only five queue slots, disciplined queue switching is the whole challenge.

• Difficulty: Regular (Normal)
• Estimated moves: 25–35 taps

Step-by-Step Solution

1. Open with pink. Pink is the outermost accent layer of the lion picture, so nothing underneath it can be carried away until the pink tiles are gone. Tap the pink tile and let the ants start the outer clear.
2. Move to purple next. Purple is the outline and was covered by the outer colors, so it only becomes reachable now. Clear purple in one push.
3. Work the orange phase. Orange is the lion's mane and the largest area of the picture, so this is the long stretch of the level. Tap orange, use the 2x speed-up button to shorten the repeated waiting, and keep the queue from filling with any second color while the ants run.
4. Work blue next. Blue is the background and was covered by the orange, so it only becomes reachable in the middle of the level. Clear blue in one continuous push.
5. Clear the trace colors (brown, yellow, gray) as they are exposed. These small accents hide inside the lion, and the efficient play is to spend free queue slots on them immediately so they never block a slot during the long orange push.
6. Finish with red. Red is the bottom layer of the lion face, so it only becomes reachable at the very end. Sweep it in bulk; since it is the final color, it is safe to fill the queue with red and let the ants finish the board. The lion face disappears completely and the level-complete overlay with five white input slots appears.

Strategy & Reasoning

The removal order is dictated by the layer geometry: pink and purple cover the outer accents, orange sits on the lion's mane, and red is the bottom layer, so the sequence pink → purple → orange → blue → red keeps the ants on reachable tiles. Orange is the strategic bottleneck — it is nearly half the board, and the correct play is to give it a long uninterrupted run while using spare queue slots for the small trace colors. Running orange and blue at the same time fills the five slots and stalls the ants. The speed-up button should stay active for the whole orange phase, and tools like Magnet and Lightning exist only to rescue a jammed queue.

Tips & Common Mistakes

• Running orange and blue at the same time jams the five slots and stalls the board. Finish the mane before starting the background.
• Ignoring the small trace colors until the queue is full leaves an unmatchable tile blocking the line. Clear every exposed accent immediately with a free slot.
• Forgetting the speed-up button on the long orange phase wastes time. Keep the 2x speed active for the main clear.

Key Frames