colonyflow Level 66

Overview

Level 66 is a Normal four-color stage whose target picture is a pixel-art white bear wearing a yellow scarf on a green background with a red frame: a yellow scarf (about 47% of tiles), a green background (about 27%), orange details (about 16%), and a red frame (about 10%), with tiny brown, gray, pink, blue, black and cyan trace accents. The goal is to clear every tile by tapping the number tiles at the bottom so ants carry each color away. Because the tiles are stacked, the yellow scarf must leave first, then the red frame, with the green background and orange details finishing as the inner layers.

• Difficulty: Regular (Normal)
• Estimated moves: 20–35 taps

Step-by-Step Solution

1. Start by tapping the yellow tile. Yellow is the bear's scarf and sits on the outermost layer, so it is reachable immediately. This is the largest single area on the board, so this is the long opening stretch. Keep the queue pointed at yellow in batches and use the 2x speed-up button in the top-right corner to shorten the wait.
2. While the yellow carry is running, clear the tiny brown, gray, pink, blue, black and cyan trace tiles opportunistically. They become reachable as the scarf comes off; tapping them whenever a slot opens keeps the ants busy without blocking a slot.
3. When yellow is mostly gone, tap the red tile. Red is the frame around the picture and was covered by the scarf, so it only becomes reachable now. Keep the queue pointed at red in one continuous push and keep an eye on the queue.
4. Next, tap the green tile. Green is the background panel behind the bear and is exposed only after red finishes. Sweep green in a moderate push, keeping spare slots free.
5. Finish with the orange tile. Orange forms the bear's details — the bottom layer — so it is the last color to be exposed. Because it is final, the queue can safely be filled with orange to speed up the finish.
6. Keep the five-slot queue under active control: with four main colors plus trace accents sharing five slots, push one main color plus at most one small color at a time, finish a color before starting the next, and never jam all five slots with mixed colors.

Strategy & Reasoning

The level is built around the layered-stacking rule: a color that covers others must be carried away first, and the removal order measured in the solution video is yellow, red, green, orange, which matches the geometry of the bear. Clearing the yellow scarf before the red frame matters because it sits on top; tapping red first would leave that scarf buried. The queue is the bottleneck — four main colors plus trace accents share only five slots, and the worst mistake is pushing yellow and green at the same time, which leaves no room for the small traces and forces waiting. The efficient play is to alternate the large yellow scarf carry with the small red, green and trace colors so the ants are almost never idle. The 2x speed-up button should be active for the long yellow scarf carry, since that single step accounts for most of the level's waiting time. If the queue jams, the Magnet tool pulls one whole color out of the line, while the Eraser is reserved for a single stuck tile.

Tips & Common Mistakes

• Tapping the green background before the yellow scarf and red frame are gone is the classic mistake. The background tiles are still covered, so the ants have no path to them; always clear the scarf and frame first.
• Running yellow and green at the same time jams the five-slot queue and strands the small traces. Finish yellow completely before starting green.
• Ignoring the tiny brown, gray, pink, blue, black and cyan traces leaves slots blocked for no reason. Clear them opportunistically whenever a slot is free, instead of saving them all to the end.

Key Frames