Tips and tricks

Tips and Tricks

 * Starting fresh, a main focus should be building and 5-starring Laboratories and Lumber Mills and soon after pouring resources into Outposts, Roads, Training Facilities, and any Gem Mines you find. Laboratories are crucial to progression as the Evolutions you can unlock by the DNA they produce daily are essential to progressing in the game. The last and not least of your daily resources are Gems. There are a few places you can capture to receive Gems daily when collecting map resources, but your main influx of Gems will stem from your Mouse Miners and Hero/Pilot hard quests. Sending Heroes or Pilots on quests is why it is recommended all beginner players obtain all heroes and pilots even if not all will be generally used.
 * Another thing to understand is quickly and efficiently increasing your War Rank which will open up new areas, unlock new DNA mutations, increase the power rating of newly acquired equipment, and unlock new units. Butter's passive Pilot ability to grant a percentage War Rank increase can quickly increase War Rank. Raid Boss locations also give 2x War Rank xp when capturing them and leveling them up. Completing Objectives (locations with a red star on them) will increase your War Rank as well.
 * Your main focus should revolve around your Heroes and Pilots. Trout’s food % bonus is first best when compared to Butter’s war rank increase after a newly defeated level. Abe's xp bonus for active Heroes helps level them quickly.
 * The best way to spend DNA would be upgrading the Pack Mouse (Scavenger Evolution) and Mouse Miners (Digger Evolution), they are your main source of income and you rely heavily on them in the later stages of the game. Following that, the Heroes (Quest Efficiency Evolution) will help quests complete faster and give more frequent rewards.
 * There are three fishing ponds in each world, and the Fishing achievements refresh multiple times per day. The fish bones produced are another source of items.
 * If your units keep dying and are costing too much to revive, trigger Camping to have them revive for free and allow you to collect Cash Crates. Use the time to cook any apples which will help when exiting Camping. Traveling to lower tier levels will weaken enemies and give you a chance to keep up.
 * You will eventually reach a point in the game where the enemies have out-leveled you no matter how many resources you put in. Ascend to the next generation when you are ready.  If you've unlocked a new world, switch your Pilot to Butter and level up in the new world to gain many chances at triggering Butter's passive ability.
 * On respawning in a new generation, travel out to farther rings where the rewards are greater. Locations that were too difficult in a previous generation will probably be easier in a new generation with lower levels. Some Boss fights will be beyond your current DPS level though and the game will warn you to level up and come back when you are stronger.
 * Collect and use the colored keys (red, blue, yellow) wisely. You can hold onto multiple keys of the same color, and you will use them by walking to a locked destination or into a colored ring.