Food Hunt Level 216 Walkthrough
Beat Food Hunt level 216 by starting purple and magenta, opening the striped background and using light blue on the corners and body dots. This blue anglerfish has a huge toothed mouth and a head lamp, surrounded by pink, yellow and orange bands with white sparkles. The route contains 55 boxes in 8 colors; keep dark grey 48 and 89 for the late teeth and outline work, then wait for the final orange pixel.
Blue 45, 53, 29 and 15 can remain stalled because the fish body is fenced by its dark grey outline, white teeth and orange fins. The route even reaches a pause described as all five slots holding blue at once. More blue picks do not remove those barriers, so the long wait needs patience while access develops. The opening background boxes behave differently and can all be started without that early stall.
| Picture | Blue anglerfish with a toothed mouth and head lamp against striped colors and white sparkles |
|---|---|
| Boxes in the level | 55 |
| Colors | 8 |
| Working slots | 5 |
| Long-wait blue boxes | 45, 53, 29 and 15 |
| Final pixel | Orange, with 1 remaining |
Anglerfish Color Order and Blue Checkpoints
Purple, magenta, light blue, orange, white, blue and yellow; clear the larger blue body late with the dark grey outline, then finish the remaining yellow and orange.
Light blue handles the early corners and dots; blue 45, 53, 29 and 15 become the long-term body occupants. Purple and magenta repeatedly refill the background before the outline becomes reachable. During the blue pause, watch the paths and counters for renewed progress, then follow the numbered late boxes into the ending.
Walkthrough from Striped Background to Final Orange
- Start all five background boxes. The first five selections are purple 50, magenta 34, light blue 39, light blue 20 and purple 34. They fill the five slots quickly without an opening stall. Another six boxes follow one after another as the ants eat the background bands and corners. Keep those initial spaces working rather than treating the later blue pause as a reason to leave the opening underfilled.
Video walkthrough of level 216
In the level 216 video, compare the active purple and magenta opening with the extended blue-body pause. The ending shows the outline cleanup, the remaining yellow and the final orange counter at 1.
- Clear the tiny white sparkles. Send orange 40 before white 3 and white 4, the two tiny sparkle boxes beneath the pink background. Once exposed, each small white section disappears almost immediately. Continue with light blue 35, blue 45 and yellow 30. This clears the spiral sun at the upper left and the left side of the picture, providing a visible checkpoint before the more restrictive body work.
- Recognize the first long blue wait. The next progression is magenta 79, light blue 27, magenta 70, blue 53 and purple 43. Blue 53 remains held because the body still has teeth and outline pixels around it. That box can stay from the middle until the endgame, unlike the freely working opening stripes. Do not add extra blue merely to try to accelerate its counter, since another matching box encounters the same closed route.
- Refill around the waiting body. Work through magenta 38, orange 26, white 35, yellow 5, magenta 45 and yellow 31. These picks remove the pink background to the right of the monster while the blue body waits. Yellow 5 is a tiny section that can disappear very quickly when exposed. Use that small opportunity in the available space instead of piling more body boxes into the same blocked area.
- Pass the second blue wave. Magenta 89 handles the large pink field to the right of the fish and is the biggest pink-background box described here. Follow with blue 29, yellow 20, blue 15 and orange 22. The mouth, teeth and much of the body begin to disappear as the picture reaches roughly its halfway clear. Blue boxes can still settle into another pause, so this visible progress does not mean all of their remaining pixels are reachable yet.
- Wait for release, then sweep the outline. Yellow 13, white 49 and magenta 73 are the final selections before the long pause with all five slots described as blue. After that pause, blue 32, light blue 27, blue 18 and orange 52 help free the waiting body sections. Keep dark grey 48 and 89 for the endgame; dark grey 89 removes the full outline, while yellow 99 takes the remaining yellow pixels. The last orange box shows 1 after the other slots empty, and the picture clears when that single remaining pixel is eaten.
When the Blue Body Stops Progressing
An orange counter at 1 near the finish needs a different response from the crowded blue middle. By then the other slots can already be empty, and the remaining orange pixel simply has to be eaten for the clear. Also watch the late yellow counter: it rises to 20 rather than counting down to zero at that point. Do not interpret either of those final displays as a reason to restart the earlier blue-feeding pattern.
Earlier, the four troublesome blue boxes are 45, 53, 29 and 15. Their body pixels are shielded by dark grey, white and orange, and blue 53 can remain occupied right through to the endgame. The described five-slot pause is therefore an access problem, not an invitation to keep adding blue. Wait for the surrounding pink and other neighboring regions to clear, and use the listed blue 32, light blue 27, blue 18 and orange 52 progression once movement resumes.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do you beat Food Hunt level 216?
Start purple 50, magenta 34, light blue 39 and 20, then purple 34 across the five slots. Remove the background before expecting the enclosed blue body and late dark grey 48 and 89 to finish. The 55-box route closes after yellow 99 and the final orange pixel at 1.
Why do the blue boxes remain stalled?
Blue 45, 53, 29 and 15 target body pixels surrounded by dark grey outlines, white teeth and orange fins. Their routes open only after the pink background and neighboring colors are eaten. Blue 53 is especially persistent and can stay from the middle into the endgame.
How long does the blue pause last?
Expect a long wait with all five slots occupied by blue, rather than a quick counter drop. The later recovery includes blue 32 and 18 with light blue 27, followed by orange 52 in the listed progression. Additional blue tapping during the pause offers little useful progress.
When should white 3 and white 4 be played?
Put these small white sparkle boxes after orange 40 has opened the background. White 3 and 4 can disappear almost instantly once accessible, but sending them before their targets open spends a slot for very little progress. Yellow 5 is another small box to use when its route is ready.
How does the anglerfish level finish?
The ending clears the body, then dark grey 89 removes the outline and yellow 99 takes the remaining yellow. The blue boxes that waited for so long complete during this closing stretch. Orange remains at 1 for the last pixel after the other slots empty.
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