Catdoku level 263 answer and walkthrough

A 9x9 board rated fiendish, level 263 of 300. Catdoku levels are identical for every player, so this solution always matches the board in your game.

The level 263 board

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

Level 263 answer

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

How to solve level 263, 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 peach patch is down to a single free square at row 6, column 5, so its cat settles there.
  2. Cat 2 of 9: the yellow patch is down to a single free square at row 1, column 6, so its cat settles there.
  3. Every free square of the coral patch sits in column 9, so the coral cat must come from there and the rest of column 9 can be crossed out. A cat at row 2, column 2 would leave the sky patch with no home for its cat, so cross that square out. A cat at row 4, column 8 would leave column 7 with no home for its cat, so cross that square out. A cat at row 8, column 8 would leave column 9 with no home for its cat, so cross that square out. A cat at row 9, column 8 would leave column 9 with no home for its cat, so cross that square out. The coral and lime patches all squeeze into rows 8 and 9, so those rows are reserved for them; every other square there can be crossed out. Every free square of the aqua patch sits in row 7, so the aqua cat must come from there and the rest of row 7 can be crossed out. Cat 3 of 9: the lilac patch is down to a single free square at row 5, column 8, so its cat settles there.
  4. Cat 4 of 9: column 7 has exactly one square left, at row 3, so the cat goes there.
  5. Cat 5 of 9: column 4 has exactly one square left, at row 2, so the cat goes there.
  6. Cat 6 of 9: the mint patch is down to a single free square at row 4, column 1, so its cat settles there.
  7. A cat at row 7, column 2 would leave column 3 with no home for its cat, so cross that square out. Cat 7 of 9: the aqua patch is down to a single free square at row 7, column 3, so its cat settles there.
  8. Cat 8 of 9: the lime patch is down to a single free square at row 9, column 2, so its cat settles there.
  9. Cat 9 of 9: the coral patch is down to a single free square at row 8, column 9, so its cat settles there.
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