Catdoku level 798 answer and walkthrough

The level 798 board

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

Level 798 answer

1. Row 1: column 8, in the yellow patch
2. Row 2: column 3, in the sky patch
3. Row 3: column 9, in the rose patch
4. Row 4: column 7, in the mint patch
5. Row 5: column 10, in the lilac patch
6. Row 6: column 6, in the peach patch
7. Row 7: column 4, in the aqua patch
8. Row 8: column 2, in the coral patch
9. Row 9: column 5, in the lime patch
10. Row 10: column 1, in the periwinkle patch

How to solve level 798, 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 10: the periwinkle patch is down to a single free square at row 10, column 1, so its cat settles there.
2. 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. A cat at row 1, column 10 would leave the yellow patch with no home for its cat, so cross that square out. A cat at row 2, column 8 would leave the yellow patch with no home for its cat, so cross that square out. A cat at row 3, column 7 would leave the mint patch with no home for its cat, so cross that square out. A cat at row 4, column 5 would leave the mint patch with no home for its cat, so cross that square out. A cat at row 6, column 4 would leave row 7 with no home for its cat, so cross that square out. A cat at row 6, column 5 would leave row 7 with no home for its cat, so cross that square out. A cat at row 8, column 4 would leave row 7 with no home for its cat, so cross that square out. A cat at row 8, column 5 would leave row 7 with no home for its cat, so cross that square out. Every free square of the lime patch sits in row 9, so the lime cat must come from there and the rest of row 9 can be crossed out. 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. Column 10 only has free squares inside the lilac patch, so that patch's cat is spoken for and its squares outside the line can be crossed out. A cat at row 1, column 6 would leave column 8 with no home for its cat, so cross that square out. A cat at row 2, column 7 would leave column 8 with no home for its cat, so cross that square out. A cat at row 2, column 9 would leave column 8 with no home for its cat, so cross that square out. Every free square of the yellow patch sits in row 1, so the yellow cat must come from there and the rest of row 1 can be crossed out. A cat at row 4, column 6 would leave the peach patch with no home for its cat, so cross that square out. A cat at row 3, column 8 would leave the mint patch with no home for its cat, so cross that square out. Cat 2 of 10: column 8 has exactly one square left, at row 1, so the cat goes there.
3. Cat 3 of 10: column 7 has exactly one square left, at row 4, so the cat goes there.
4. Cat 4 of 10: column 9 has exactly one square left, at row 3, so the cat goes there.
5. Cat 5 of 10: column 6 has exactly one square left, at row 6, so the cat goes there.
6. Cat 6 of 10: the lilac patch is down to a single free square at row 5, column 10, so its cat settles there.
7. Cat 7 of 10: the aqua patch is down to a single free square at row 7, column 4, so its cat settles there.
8. Cat 8 of 10: the coral patch is down to a single free square at row 8, column 2, so its cat settles there.
9. Cat 9 of 10: the lime patch is down to a single free square at row 9, column 5, so its cat settles there.
10. Cat 10 of 10: the sky patch is down to a single free square at row 2, column 3, so its cat settles there.