Catdoku level 30 answer and walkthrough

A 5x5 board rated fiendish, level 30 of 300. Catdoku levels are identical for every player, so this solution always matches the board in your game.

The level 30 board

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

Level 30 answer

  1. Row 1: column 2, in the yellow patch
  2. Row 2: column 5, in the sky patch
  3. Row 3: column 3, in the rose patch
  4. Row 4: column 1, in the mint patch
  5. Row 5: column 4, in the lilac patch

How to solve level 30, 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. Every free square of the mint patch sits in column 1, so the mint cat must come from there and the rest of column 1 can be crossed out. A cat at row 2, column 3 would leave column 2 with no home for its cat, so cross that square out. A cat at row 2, column 4 would leave column 3 with no home for its cat, so cross that square out. A cat at row 3, column 2 would leave column 1 with no home for its cat, so cross that square out. A cat at row 4, column 2 would leave column 1 with no home for its cat, so cross that square out. A cat at row 4, column 4 would leave row 5 with no home for its cat, so cross that square out. The rose, mint and lilac patches all squeeze into rows 3, 4 and 5, so those rows are reserved for them; every other square there can be crossed out. The sky and lilac patches all squeeze into columns 4 and 5, so those columns are reserved for them; every other square there can be crossed out. A cat at row 2, column 2 would leave row 3 with no home for its cat, so cross that square out. Cat 1 of 5: the only free square left in row 2 is column 5, so the cat goes there.
  2. Cat 2 of 5: the lilac patch is down to a single free square at row 5, column 4, so its cat settles there.
  3. Cat 3 of 5: the rose patch is down to a single free square at row 3, column 3, so its cat settles there.
  4. Cat 4 of 5: the yellow patch is down to a single free square at row 1, column 2, so its cat settles there.
  5. Cat 5 of 5: the mint patch is down to a single free square at row 4, column 1, so its cat settles there.
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