Understand minerals, catalyst, supply and the infrastructure behind your army. See what each structure does and what it unlocks.
Your headquarters, worker producer and initial mineral drop-off point.
Keep workers in production and protect at least one completed headquarters.
Losing your last completed headquarters ends the match. An unfinished replacement does not count.
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The main combat branch, producing Guardian tanks, Spearhead anti-armor vehicles and Arrow anti-air escorts.
Establish a frontline, then add armor specialists when the enemy composition calls for them.
Needs a clear exit. A second copy adds another queue but does not count as a different branch.
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A stationary ground-defense gun that operates independently once completed.
Attacks: Ground only
Support a defensible entrance or protect a valuable mining route while the army moves.
Cannot attack aircraft. Siege outranges it, and stationary defense delays mobile forces and expansion.
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The light production branch for Trackers, Mechanics and Recyclers.
Get early reconnaissance, repair support and later salvage without investing in advanced combat production.
A Recycler also requires a completed Command Center. Keep room for the production exit.
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The advanced combat branch for Hammer siege artillery, Disruptor support and Cutter backline firepower.
Break fortified positions, answer enemy control effects or screen a Cutter behind your tanks after researching Specialized Production.
Needs a laboratory, HQ Development, the matching technology and catalyst. Protect the investment.
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Researches the technologies that unlock specialized production, logistics and field engineering.
Build it when your basic production is established and you are ready to open a new branch.
Needs HQ Development and catalyst for advanced unlocks. Research requires completed production branches; two identical factories count as one type.
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Produces Transports and Bridgelayers for reinforcement routes and river crossings.
Research Logistics after HQ Development and light production.
Needs the specified infrastructure and catalyst. Its units change positioning; neither has a weapon.
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Produces Minelayers and Bulwarks for prepared ground and protected advances.
Research Field Engineering after opening two different production branches.
Also requires the Vehicle Factory and laboratory. Mines and shields support an army rather than replacing it.
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A dedicated aircraft production branch for Hawk fighters and Ember ground-attack planes.
Open an air route after completing a laboratory and researching Specialized Production through two different basic branches.
Has its own paid queue and needs catalyst. Aircraft cannot capture control points; maintain a ground army and anti-air cover.
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An independent, long-range anti-air emplacement available without advanced research.
Attacks: Air only
Cover important infrastructure against aircraft while keeping your mobile army free to move.
Attacks air only. Ground units and siege can attack it unanswered.
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Researches three levels of sustained firepower and armor for your combat units.
Defend this investment, then turn a surviving mixed army into a stronger counterattack.
Long, paid research competes with immediate army production and expansion.
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Adds five population places when completed; it does not receive harvested cargo.
Build before workers and paid army queues fill your current supply.
Destroyed depots remove capacity. Existing units and paid queues survive, but new orders can be blocked.
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Extracts finite catalyst directly at its deposit with up to three assigned workers.
Build on a catalyst deposit in a camp with your completed HQ before investing in advanced technology.
Workers assigned here share the camp mining limit and leave fewer workers on minerals. It is not a mineral drop-off.
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An advanced production branch for the Furnace and Operator robots.
Invest after a Vehicle Factory, laboratory and Field Engineering when your firing line needs robotic specialists.
Its development and production cost resources that could otherwise fund your immediate army or expansion.
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A hidden, destructible explosive laid by a Minelayer; it is not a worker-built structure.
Place on likely approaches and give it time to arm before the enemy arrives.
Scouts at close range and scans reveal it. It does not block movement and has no friendly fire.
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A destructible crossing created by a Bridgelayer over suitable water.
Cross a narrow river or open an unexpected attack route for your ground army.
Both sides can cross. The bridge expires; units still on it need an accessible bank when it disappears.
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Parameters reflect the current game catalog.