Catdoku level 1259 answer and walkthrough

The level 1259 board

Place one cat in every row, every column and every colored patch. No two cats may touch, not even diagonally.

Level 1259 answer

1. Row 1: column 10, in the yellow patch
2. Row 2: column 6, in the sky patch
3. Row 3: column 9, in the rose patch
4. Row 4: column 5, in the mint patch
5. Row 5: column 8, in the lilac patch
6. Row 6: column 1, in the peach patch
7. Row 7: column 4, in the aqua patch
8. Row 8: column 2, in the coral patch
9. Row 9: column 7, in the lime patch
10. Row 10: column 3, in the periwinkle patch

How to solve level 1259, step by step

After every placed cat, cross out the rest of its row, its column, its patch and the four corner squares around it. The steps below assume you do (the in-game auto-paws assist does it for you).

1. Cat 1 of 10: the yellow patch is down to a single free square at row 1, column 10, so its cat settles there.
2. Cat 2 of 10: the aqua patch is down to a single free square at row 7, column 4, so its cat settles there.
3. Every free square of the periwinkle patch sits in row 10, so the periwinkle cat must come from there and the rest of row 10 can be crossed out. A cat at row 3, column 5 would leave the sky patch with no home for its cat, so cross that square out. A cat at row 3, column 8 would leave the rose patch with no home for its cat, so cross that square out. A cat at row 4, column 9 would leave the lilac patch with no home for its cat, so cross that square out. A cat at row 5, column 7 would leave the lilac patch with no home for its cat, so cross that square out. A cat at row 6, column 8 would leave the lilac patch with no home for its cat, so cross that square out. A cat at row 9, column 2 would leave row 10 with no home for its cat, so cross that square out. The sky, rose, mint and lilac patches all squeeze into rows 2, 3, 4 and 5, so those rows are reserved for them; every other square there can be crossed out. Cat 3 of 10: the peach patch is down to a single free square at row 6, column 1, so its cat settles there.
4. A cat at row 9, column 3 would leave row 10 with no home for its cat, so cross that square out. Cat 4 of 10: the coral patch is down to a single free square at row 8, column 2, so its cat settles there.
5. Cat 5 of 10: the periwinkle patch is down to a single free square at row 10, column 3, so its cat settles there.
6. A cat at row 2, column 7 would leave row 3 with no home for its cat, so cross that square out. A cat at row 4, column 6 would leave the mint patch with no home for its cat, so cross that square out. A cat at row 4, column 7 would leave row 3 with no home for its cat, so cross that square out. A cat at row 4, column 8 would leave the rose patch with no home for its cat, so cross that square out. Cat 6 of 10: the only free square left in row 4 is column 5, so the cat goes there.
7. Cat 7 of 10: the sky patch is down to a single free square at row 2, column 6, so its cat settles there.
8. Cat 8 of 10: the rose patch is down to a single free square at row 3, column 9, so its cat settles there.
9. Cat 9 of 10: the lilac patch is down to a single free square at row 5, column 8, so its cat settles there.
10. Cat 10 of 10: the lime patch is down to a single free square at row 9, column 7, so its cat settles there.