Beginner Pro Tips

[BB_Ravel]

Wow... awesome advice everyone! It's nice to see how everyone is doing their best to help.

[Truesa]

Make sure to upgrade your buildings in the proper order! Start from the bottom of a production tree and work your way up, don't rely upon fish buffs.

[jerry]

level 18 wish i had read this earler

[Duke_Elicion]

Do not spend your gems on resources. Wait for resources, your gems have better uses.
Do not waste your gold. There is a very limited amount so far in the beta. I would only use it to upgrade buildings and MAYBE buy another geologist or explorer.

[AceErro]

Upgrade from the bottom up, and buff from the top down. When a building is upgraded the first time it will produce 2x as much but it will also consume 2x as many resources. When a building is buffed its production is doubled without a change in resource consumption. So the deeper in the production chain the more net production your getting.

[EpsilonSilver]

There are more resource deposits than you know.

You are allowed X number of Iron deposits, for example. Yet there may be more than that available. You geologist will come back saying you have too many of that type.
To uncover these 'hidden' sources, leave your mine collapsed without destroying it. Then send out your geologist to look for that resource. He will find one in a spot that he could not reveal before when you were at your limit.
Sometimes this will open a resource in a better location.

[Gumby]

Don't stray from what the tutorial tells you to do. It will greatly hinder your progress and possibly set you back a few days if you just build random buildings.

[EpsilonSilver]

Wow... awesome advice everyone! It's nice to see how everyone is doing their best to help.

Wait, I thought I could win gems. That does it! I am keeping all my tips to myself. I fact, I'll give basket buffs to anyone who give me all their tips. :P

[EpsilonSilver]

Upgrade from the bottom up, and buff from the top down. When a building is upgraded the first time it will produce 2x as much but it will also consume 2x as many resources. When a building is buffed its production is doubled without a change in resource consumption. So the deeper in the production chain the more net production your getting.

This is great advice. I was assuming that buffs used resources. I will now buff from the top down. Thanks for a great post AceErro.

[Tapewormz]

pro tip: If your roomate plays castle empires on the same router...Give him a fluffy unicorn. Make it a good and fluffy unicorn. I want CNN headlines on how magical this creature is.