Catdoku level 2795 answer and walkthrough
A 10x10 board rated fiendish, level 2795 of 3000. Catdoku levels are identical for every player, so this solution always matches the board in your game.
The level 2795 board
Place one cat in every row, every column and every colored patch. No two cats may touch, not even diagonally.
Level 2795 answer
- Row 1: column 2, in the yellow patch
- Row 2: column 9, in the sky patch
- Row 3: column 7, in the rose patch
- Row 4: column 3, in the mint patch
- Row 5: column 8, in the lilac patch
- Row 6: column 1, in the peach patch
- Row 7: column 4, in the aqua patch
- Row 8: column 6, in the coral patch
- Row 9: column 10, in the lime patch
- Row 10: column 5, in the periwinkle patch
How to solve level 2795, 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).
- Every free square of the coral patch sits in row 8, so the coral cat must come from there and the rest of row 8 can be crossed out. Every free square of the peach patch sits in column 1, so the peach cat must come from there and the rest of column 1 can be crossed out. Cat 1 of 10: the yellow patch is down to a single free square at row 1, column 2, so its cat settles there.
- Every free square of the sky patch sits in row 2, so the sky cat must come from there and the rest of row 2 can be crossed out. Every free square of the rose patch sits in row 3, so the rose cat must come from there and the rest of row 3 can be crossed out. A cat at row 2, column 8 would leave row 3 with no home for its cat, so cross that square out. A cat at row 3, column 9 would leave row 2 with no home for its cat, so cross that square out. A cat at row 4, column 4 would leave column 3 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 row 3 with no home for its cat, so cross that square out. A cat at row 6, column 3 would leave column 4 with no home for its cat, so cross that square out. A cat at row 6, column 5 would leave column 4 with no home for its cat, so cross that square out. A cat at row 9, column 5 would leave column 6 with no home for its cat, so cross that square out. The sky, rose, lilac and lime patches all squeeze into columns 7, 8, 9 and 10, so those columns are reserved for them; every other square there can be crossed out. A cat at row 7, column 5 would leave row 8 with no home for its cat, so cross that square out. A cat at row 7, column 6 would leave row 8 with no home for its cat, so cross that square out. A cat at row 9, column 6 would leave row 8 with no home for its cat, so cross that square out. 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. Every free square of the lime patch sits in column 10, so the lime cat must come from there and the rest of column 10 can be crossed out. Cat 2 of 10: the sky patch is down to a single free square at row 2, column 9, so its cat settles there.
- Cat 3 of 10: the rose patch is down to a single free square at row 3, column 7, so its cat settles there.
- A cat at row 5, column 4 would leave row 4 with no home for its cat, so cross that square out. A cat at row 5, column 5 would leave row 4 with no home for its cat, so cross that square out. A cat at row 6, column 6 would leave column 4 with no home for its cat, so cross that square out. A cat at row 7, column 3 would leave row 4 with no home for its cat, so cross that square out. A cat at row 9, column 3 would leave row 4 with no home for its cat, so cross that square out. Column 3 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. Column 4 only has free squares inside the aqua patch, so that patch's cat is spoken for and its squares outside the line can be crossed out. Cat 4 of 10: the only free square left in row 4 is column 3, so the cat goes there.
- Cat 5 of 10: the only free square left in row 5 is column 8, so the cat goes there.
- Cat 6 of 10: the only free square left in row 6 is column 1, so the cat goes there.
- A cat at row 8, column 5 would leave column 4 with no home for its cat, so cross that square out. Cat 7 of 10: the coral patch is down to a single free square at row 8, column 6, so its cat settles there.
- Cat 8 of 10: the periwinkle patch is down to a single free square at row 10, column 5, so its cat settles there.
- Cat 9 of 10: the aqua patch is down to a single free square at row 7, column 4, so its cat settles there.
- Cat 10 of 10: the lime patch is down to a single free square at row 9, column 10, so its cat settles there.