Catdoku level 254 answer and walkthrough

A 9x9 board rated tricky, level 254 of 300. Catdoku levels are identical for every player, so this solution always matches the board in your game.

The level 254 board

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

Level 254 answer

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

How to solve level 254, 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 9: the sky patch is down to a single free square at row 2, column 3, so its cat settles there.
  2. Cat 2 of 9: the lime patch is down to a single free square at row 9, column 9, so its cat settles there.
  3. Every free square of the aqua patch sits in column 1, so the aqua cat must come from there and the rest of column 1 can be crossed out. Every free square of the lilac patch sits in column 2, so the lilac cat must come from there and the rest of column 2 can be crossed out. Row 1 only has free squares inside the yellow patch, so that patch's cat is spoken for and its squares outside the line can be crossed out. Column 4 only has free squares inside the mint patch, so that patch's cat is spoken for and its squares outside the line can be crossed out. Cat 3 of 9: the only free square left in row 3 is column 6, so the cat goes there.
  4. Cat 4 of 9: the only free square left in row 4 is column 4, so the cat goes there.
  5. Cat 5 of 9: column 5 has exactly one square left, at row 1, so the cat goes there.
  6. A cat at row 6, column 7 would leave column 8 with no home for its cat, so cross that square out. A cat at row 7, column 2 would leave column 1 with no home for its cat, so cross that square out. A cat at row 7, column 7 would leave column 8 with no home for its cat, so cross that square out. Cat 6 of 9: column 7 has exactly one square left, at row 8, so the cat goes there.
  7. Cat 7 of 9: the only free square left in row 7 is column 1, so the cat goes there.
  8. Cat 8 of 9: the lilac patch is down to a single free square at row 5, column 2, so its cat settles there.
  9. Cat 9 of 9: the peach patch is down to a single free square at row 6, column 8, so its cat settles there.
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