Cat Dash levels 11–30: follow the blockers

The first 8×8 boards teach you to follow several independent chains and recognize cats that need two different routes cleared before they can leave.

Checked against the current 100-level set · Updated October 11, 2026

Levels 11–30 contain eight to eleven cats on an 8×8 board. Each starts with two or three legal exits. The layouts have four or five unblocking waves: groups that become available after all the currently free cats leave. Waves describe dependencies, not how many taps you need; every cat still leaves with one successful tap.

Separate the opening branches

When you find two free cats on opposite sides, you do not have to guess which is the special correct one. Both can safely leave. What changes is the order in which you see the next exits. Following one branch for several moves can make the remaining board easier to read, but alternating between branches works too.

Use the diagrams to identify numbered cats by their head positions. The same number appears beside the breed name in Keyboard play. Rows run from top to bottom; columns run from left to right, starting at 1. The optional solutions show one checked order from the untouched board, so skip steps for cats you have already removed.

Level 11: three branches on the larger board

Cats 9, 10 and 11 can leave immediately. Cat 9 exits upward from row 3, column 3 and opens the sequence Cat 6, then Cat 3, then Cat 2. Cat 10 exits left from row 7, column 3 and frees both Cats 4 and 7. Cat 1 needs both of those cats gone before its own leftward line is clear.

The right-hand branch starts with Cat 11 moving down from row 7, column 7. That frees Cat 8, whose departure finally clears Cat 5. Notice that removing Cat 11 alone is not enough for Cat 5: Cat 8 still occupies its exit line. This is the same whole-line check introduced in Level 10, now repeated across a larger layout.

• 8×8 board
• 11 cats
• 3 opening choices

A safe start: Cat 9, Cat 10, Cat 11. You may choose any of these cats first.

Reveal one complete solution for level 11

Cat order: 9, 6, 3, 2, 10, 4, 7, 1, 11, 8, 5.

Follow this order from a fresh board. Each step is legal in sequence. “New exits” lists cats freed by that move; an already open exit stays available. Your coat colors may differ.

Verified step-by-step solution for level 11

Step	Cat and head position	Facing	New exits
1	Cat 9 Row 3, column 3	Up	Cat 6
2	Cat 6 Row 3, column 5	Left	Cat 3
3	Cat 3 Row 4, column 6	Up	Cat 2
4	Cat 2 Row 4, column 4	Right	No new exit
5	Cat 10 Row 7, column 3	Left	Cats 4, 7
6	Cat 4 Row 6, column 4	Down	No new exit
7	Cat 7 Row 5, column 3	Down	Cat 1
8	Cat 1 Row 5, column 5	Left	No new exit
9	Cat 11 Row 7, column 7	Down	Cat 8
10	Cat 8 Row 5, column 7	Down	Cat 5
11	Cat 5 Row 6, column 6	Right	Board cleared

Level 20: two branches meet at the center

The eight-cat layout has two openings: Cats 7 and 8, both facing left. The upper chain is Cat 7, Cat 5, Cat 3. The lower chain is Cat 8, Cat 6, Cat 4. Cats 1 and 2 each need both Cats 3 and 4 removed before their rightward exits become clear.

If you complete the upper chain first and a central cat still will not move, do not repeat the tap. Look farther along its row for the remaining lower-branch blocker. Finishing either branch first is valid; both eventually contribute to the same two central exits.

• 8×8 board
• 8 cats
• 2 opening choices

A safe start: Cat 7, Cat 8. You may choose any of these cats first.

Reveal one complete solution for level 20

Cat order: 7, 5, 3, 8, 6, 4, 1, 2.

Follow this order from a fresh board. Each step is legal in sequence. “New exits” lists cats freed by that move; an already open exit stays available. Your coat colors may differ.

Verified step-by-step solution for level 20

Step	Cat and head position	Facing	New exits
1	Cat 7 Row 3, column 3	Left	Cat 5
2	Cat 5 Row 3, column 5	Left	Cat 3
3	Cat 3 Row 4, column 6	Up	No new exit
4	Cat 8 Row 7, column 3	Left	Cat 6
5	Cat 6 Row 7, column 5	Left	Cat 4
6	Cat 4 Row 6, column 6	Down	Cats 1, 2
7	Cat 1 Row 5, column 5	Right	No new exit
8	Cat 2 Row 4, column 4	Right	Board cleared

Level 30: an independent exit and a five-wave chain

Cat 9 opens Cats 2, 6 and 7 at once. Cat 6 then frees Cat 3. On the lower side, Cat 10 starts a longer sequence: Cat 8, Cat 5, Cat 4. Cat 1 can leave only after both Cat 7 and Cat 4 have gone.

Cat 11, at row 5, column 8, faces right directly toward the edge. It can leave immediately and is not an initial blocker for another cat. The example solution leaves it until the end simply because its exit stays clear. Moving it first is equally valid and does not alter the star score.

• 8×8 board
• 11 cats
• 3 opening choices

A safe start: Cat 9, Cat 10, Cat 11. You may choose any of these cats first.

Reveal one complete solution for level 30

Cat order: 9, 2, 6, 3, 7, 10, 8, 5, 4, 1, 11.

Follow this order from a fresh board. Each step is legal in sequence. “New exits” lists cats freed by that move; an already open exit stays available. Your coat colors may differ.

Verified step-by-step solution for level 30

Step	Cat and head position	Facing	New exits
1	Cat 9 Row 3, column 3	Up	Cats 2, 6, 7
2	Cat 2 Row 4, column 4	Left	No new exit
3	Cat 6 Row 3, column 5	Left	Cat 3
4	Cat 3 Row 4, column 6	Up	No new exit
5	Cat 7 Row 5, column 3	Up	No new exit
6	Cat 10 Row 7, column 3	Down	Cat 8
7	Cat 8 Row 7, column 5	Left	Cat 5
8	Cat 5 Row 6, column 6	Down	Cat 4
9	Cat 4 Row 6, column 4	Right	Cat 1
10	Cat 1 Row 5, column 5	Left	No new exit
11	Cat 11 Row 5, column 8	Right	Board cleared

Recognize progress even when a target stays blocked

A cat with two blockers may look unchanged after you remove one, but the board has still progressed. Inspect the remaining occupied cells in its line rather than assuming the move failed. There is no bonus for the shortest-looking order, and no time target for stars: three stars require a clear with no blocked moves and no hints. Replaying an unlocked level lets you improve a previous result without reducing your saved best.

Continue to levels 31–60, revisit the opening-board examples, or return to the wiki index.

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