Catdoku level 172 answer and walkthrough

A 8x8 board rated steady logic, level 172 of 300. Catdoku levels are identical for every player, so this solution always matches the board in your game.

The level 172 board

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

Level 172 answer

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

How to solve level 172, 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 8: the yellow patch is down to a single free square at row 1, column 7, so its cat settles there.
  2. Cat 2 of 8: the lilac patch is down to a single free square at row 5, column 2, so its cat settles there.
  3. Every free square of the rose patch sits in column 1, so the rose cat must come from there and the rest of column 1 can be crossed out. Every free square of the mint patch sits in column 8, so the mint cat must come from there and the rest of column 8 can be crossed out. Every free square of the aqua patch sits in column 6, so the aqua cat must come from there and the rest of column 6 can be crossed out. Row 8 only has free squares inside the coral patch, so that patch's cat is spoken for and its squares outside the line can be crossed out. Cat 3 of 8: the only free square left in row 7 is column 6, so the cat goes there.
  4. Cat 4 of 8: the only free square left in row 6 is column 4, so the cat goes there.
  5. Cat 5 of 8: the coral patch is down to a single free square at row 8, column 3, so its cat settles there.
  6. Cat 6 of 8: the sky patch is down to a single free square at row 2, column 5, so its cat settles there.
  7. Cat 7 of 8: the rose patch is down to a single free square at row 3, column 1, so its cat settles there.
  8. Cat 8 of 8: the mint patch is down to a single free square at row 4, column 8, so its cat settles there.
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