Level 12 · Salmon Nigiri

Salmon Nigiri

Salmon Nigiri is level 12 of Crumb Colony. The pixel picture has 516 blocks in 9 colors, the tray holds 31 ant boxes, and the difficulty is Advanced.

Difficulty
Advanced
Blocks
516
Colors
9
Ant boxes
31
Mechanics
2 chained pair(s) · 1 golden key(s) · Ice · Spider web (36 bites) · Mystery boxes
Play level 12

Strategy

Check the colors of the first three boxes in each column and compare them with the colors exposed on the outer ring of the picture. Always keep one slot free to catch a color that can't be eaten yet.

Keys are buried in the picture and must be dug out to open the locks in the tray. Prioritize colors that eat around the keys so locked boxes don't block the front row for long.

Ice blocks take two bites, so one block uses two ants. Icy areas are eaten slowly and the matching boxes stay in their slots a little longer.

Nothing under the spider web can be eaten. Wait until the edge of the web is exposed before sending the soldier box (the leafy green one), or it just occupies a slot.

Chained boxes need both halves in the front row and two free slots. Take the boxes in front of them first and free two neighboring slots in advance.

Mystery boxes show their color only when they reach the front. When you see one coming, don't fill every slot; leave room for it.

Step-by-step solution

This order of taps is verified to clear the level. Columns are numbered 1–4 from the left; after each tap, wait until the ants are out before the next one. Two boxes shown together are a chained pair taken in one tap.

Show the solution
  1. Column 338
  2. Column 218
  3. Column 231 + Column 312
  4. Column 115
  5. Column 131
  6. Column 47
  7. Column 419
  8. Column 434
  9. Column 49
  10. Column 49
  11. Column 45
  12. Column 49
  13. Column 428
  14. Column 233
  15. Column 124
  16. Column 114 + Column 221
  17. Column 21
  18. Column 225
  19. Column 311
  20. Column 313
  21. Column 328
  22. Column 232
  23. Column 226
  24. Column 336
  25. Column 319
  26. Column 321
  27. Column 124
  28. Column 18
  29. Column 114