Food Hunt Level 493 Walkthrough
Clear Food Hunt level 493 by opening with dark grey, introducing dark cyan after it, and using red between the slower enclosed colors. The picture is an open pink-and-purple jewelry box with green lining and a large light blue diamond ring. There are 9 listed colors in this jewelry-box scene. Save pale pink, blue and the remaining dark cyan for the end, and ignore the empty cream area outside the picture.
Six colors have enclosed pixels here: dark cyan, magenta, white, cyan, pale pink and blue. Some can begin on exposed portions, but their boxes cannot empty until the surrounding colors are eaten. Cream occupies about a quarter of the field and has no matching box. Filling the slots with the enclosed shades while waiting for cream would stop progress in two different ways.
| Picture | Open pink-and-purple jewelry box with green lining, a large light blue diamond ring and light blue sparkles |
|---|---|
| Colors | 9 |
| Color names | Dark grey, dark cyan, magenta, white, cyan, red, pale pink, blue, cream |
Diamond Ring Box Answer Key
Dark grey, dark cyan, magenta, white and cyan as access opens, red in the middle, then pale pink and blue; finish any dark cyan remainder.
The early dark cyan pick and its late remainder are part of the same access problem. It is the second-largest color, so you can begin after dark grey, but almost all of its area stays enclosed until later. Magenta, white and cyan become useful as their own boundaries open. Red is a less restricted middle pick that can free a slot between those waits. Pale pink and blue are the closing group, rather than colors to use for an opening burst.
Jewelry Box Walkthrough by Layer
- Open with the largest dark grey area. Dark grey covers more than a fifth of the board and is the largest color on level 493. Choose it immediately when it appears as an available box. Its ants eat accessible pixels and reduce the large boundary around many of the enclosed patches. Starting that work early is what creates later routes into the jewelry box rather than leaving the biggest job until the slots are crowded.
Video walkthrough of level 493
The jewelry-box video shows dark grey opening the enclosed layers, red fitting between waits, and pale pink and blue clearing near the end.
- Begin dark cyan without expecting a quick exit. Dark cyan is second in size, at about an eighth of the field. Almost all of it is surrounded by dark grey, white and three more colors. Introduce it after dark grey so its ants can start with whatever pixels are already reachable. Expect the rest to wait until neighboring patches disappear; the initial pick does not mean dark cyan will finish second.
- Thin magenta and white. A little more than half of magenta is enclosed, compared with about two thirds of white. Both can become useful before the more deeply enclosed cyan and pink areas are completely released. Choose their offered boxes when there is room and let the ants clear their accessible portions. Each box still needs its blocked remainder uncovered before it can leave the slot at zero.
- Reach the cyan layer. Nearly three quarters of cyan starts enclosed. Dark grey, white and magenta must be eaten back to create a route into that main area. Add cyan when those upper neighboring colors have cleared instead of treating it as an opening color. With the border removed, the ants can reach more of the cyan pixels and the box avoids the same long idle start.
- Use red between longer jobs. Red is barely enclosed on this board, making it a useful color in the middle of the run. Tap its box when the queue offers it and an appropriate slot is free. It can clear quickly while the more restricted colors wait for their surroundings. Use that available progress to keep space turning over instead of adding another nearly sealed shade to the waiting group.
- Close the box with pale pink and blue. Nearly all pale pink and blue pixels stay behind other colors until late. Wait until dark grey, white and cyan have been eaten before giving these closing shades their turn. The newly exposed pixels can then be cleared without the same early enclosure. Any remaining dark cyan also needs its neighbors gone, and the level finishes once the last jewelry-box pixel is eaten.
Separate Empty Cream from Enclosed Cyan
Limit the enclosed group to no more than 2 boxes at a time. Keep the third and fourth slots for colors that can clear accessible pixels, particularly red or dark grey. If the queue currently presents only closed shades, allow the neighboring colors already working to finish their sections. Filling another place with dark cyan or pale pink does not give their ants a route through an intact boundary.
Read the waiting counters by how much of each color is enclosed. Dark cyan, pale pink and blue have almost everything blocked, cyan has nearly three quarters blocked, white about two thirds, and magenta a little more than half. These are different amounts of the same dependency on neighboring pixels. The cream quarter of the field is a separate issue entirely: it is empty, has no box and never needs an ant route.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do you beat Food Hunt level 493?
Use dark grey first, then start dark cyan after it and work magenta, white and cyan as their borders open. Red helps between waits, while pale pink, blue and remaining dark cyan finish the picture. Keep no more than 2 enclosed boxes waiting together.
What should I choose first on the ring box board?
Choose dark grey, which covers more than a fifth of level 493. Dark cyan is next in size at about an eighth, but most of it is enclosed. Start that second color after dark grey while allowing room for its late remainder.
Why do boxes wait so long in this level?
There are 6 colors with enclosed pixels, including dark cyan, pale pink and blue with nearly all their area blocked. Cyan is almost three quarters enclosed, and white about two thirds. Their ants resume when surrounding colors have been eaten, rather than because another identical-looking patch is selected.
Should I remove the cream background?
Cream fills roughly a quarter of the field outside the jewelry picture and has no box. The list of 9 colors includes cream, but that area is not a clearing target. Finish the colored ring-box pixels instead of searching for cream ants.
Which colors belong at the end of level 493?
Save pale pink and blue until dark grey, white and cyan have cleared their boundaries. Remaining dark cyan also finishes late because dark grey, white and 3 other colors initially enclose it. These shades can clear once access opens, without changing the empty cream background.
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