📋 Walkthrough: five stages

✅ Actions

1. 1. Check Engineer or another available base keeper and the selected dome
2. 2. Create a return route near the entrance and haul found resources
3. 3. If using Laser Dome, inspect its current weapon upgrades and costs
4. 4. Before the next wave, check health and the primary gadget’s defense function
5. 5. Distinguish the main shaft and side paths to keep a usable return route

💡 Tips

Prioritize survival and learn the current weapon and return controls. Identify defensive problems one at a time before rushing more equipment. Health margins vary by setup and wave; do not use a fixed 50% rule.

✅ Actions

1. 1. If hard rock blocks progress, consider the keeper’s drilling-power upgrade
2. 2. If Lift is offered, check the transport route and occupied slot
3. 3. Divide spending between weapon, mining, transport and repairs; address the current shortage
4. 4. When enemies reach the dome quickly, end mining earlier and return to defend
5. 5. Check acquired gadgets and keeper upgrades, then decide whether the next resources go to weapons, drilling or transport

💡 Tips

Side passages also increase return distance. Set mining range using both resource finds and hauling time. On returning, check health and repair costs before the next trip.

✅ Actions

1. 1. Secure a route for returning finds from caves
2. 2. Tesla Dome is a dome weapon choice; first check the controls and upgrades of the current dome
3. 3. If movement or carrying is slow, compare keeper upgrades and transport equipment
4. 4. If using Shield, distinguish ordinary upgrades from battle abilities
5. 5. If Probe is offered, check exploration effects and its slot

💡 Tips

Supplements differ from ordinary purchased upgrades. In v4.0, Laser’s double laser and Tesla’s perfect timing moved to supplements. Check the current tree and retrieved items instead of fixing an old purchase order.

✅ Actions

1. 1. When rock becomes harder, recheck drilling power and travel time
2. 2. Watch ground and airborne enemies and check which paths the current weapon can target
3. 3. Check battle-ability usage conditions for the current primary gadget
4. 4. Review upgrade costs for current weapons and equipment and choose what the next defense needs
5. 5. When retrieving a supplement, choose an offered upgrade that addresses the current shortage

💡 Tips

Bloater can disappear if left alone but releases Walkers after enough damage. Breeder spawns Ticks and temporarily hardens after damage. Tormentor loses health on transforming, then leaves only a short window before its laser. Observe behavior rather than applying one targeting order to every enemy.

✅ Actions

1. 1. Check routes to caves/relics; consider Blast Mining if already available
2. 2. Spend remaining resources on the next defense and objective rather than evenly maxing every item
3. 3. Set target priorities by observing spawning or transforming enemies
4. 4. Check health and abilities such as Shield, retaining a repair budget
5. 5. Complete the current mode’s objective

💡 Tips

Relic Hunt retrieval, Prestige scoring and Guild Assignments objectives differ. Maintain surface defense and return routes near completion, allocating remaining resources and time to the current goal.