Last Mound Standing

Information

Name	Last Mound Standing
Categories	Story Documentary
Environment	Savannah
Player species	Termite
Player units	Termite minor worker Termite major worker Termite minor soldier Termite major soldier
Surface	Yes
Features	Challenge mode Non-player colonies Titans Circadian rhythm
Music	The Harvest Theme Subjugation Theme

If you know you can’t win, concentrate on not coming last.
A greedy giant lives nearby, and it's very good at digging! (challenge)

Objectives

Outlast the enemy colonies.

Rewards

Base value: 6 territory/ 475 food/ 17 Royal Jelly

Difficulty bonus: 300%/ 325%/ 350%/ 380%/ 420%

First-time bonus: + 1500%

Challenge bonus: + 100%

Completion bonus: + 200%

New game plus bonus: + 40% x plus number

Settings

Your termite colony must become the last survivor in the area. Your nest is located between 2 enemy termite colonies and to the west of a small stream. Nest entrance has already been excavated.

The mission starts at night. It becomes scorching at noon and outside termites will take 2/ 3/ 5/ 7/ 10 damage every 5 seconds.

Dead vegetation accumulates on the stream bank.

You start with 6 major worker brood tiles, 5 lignocellulose storage tiles and 5 fungus storage tiles.

Non-player colonies

Enemy termite colonies are hostile to each other.

Minor soldiers and major soldiers are kept around the queen and are only deployed to protect the gathering groups or to invade your nest.

Enemy colonies don't get free nanitic workers when they don't have any food or workers left.

Enemy colonies retreat inside at noon and gather lignocellulose within their territories for the rest of the day. After either of them has been defeated, the remaining one will invade your nest.

Notable enemies

Enemies are on the same side and are hostile to the termites and the Matabele ants.

Earwigs and alligator back scorpions live in your nest. Alligator back scorpions can excavate and release enemies in your nest.

Level 1 African stink ants appear underground and move through the soil toward your queen in the evening, only when Matabele ants are absent. They eventually leave if you don't dig into their paths or after they have taken enough dead termites.

Surface enemies don't invade your nest. They may fight among themselves to keep their own number in check.

African tiger beetles, rainbow lizards and giant African mantises only appear on the surface during the day.

Earwigs, large sun spiders, large African giant centipedes, alligator back scorpions and large emperor scorpions only appear on the surface at night.

Matabele ants

Matabele ants conduct raids in the morning and in the evening. They retreat after they have taken enough casualties. Attacking waves consist of fast-responder medics and soldiers. Revived ants will be added to the next attacking waves.

Matabele ants will target the colony with the lowest resistance. You can't be targeted before the second day. Resistance is calculated based on the combat score of eliminated Matabele ants and health percentage of escaping Matabele ants.

Challenge

The size-level 1/ 1/ 2/ 3/ 3 large emperor scorpion appears every night and enters your nest through the hillside spawner. It can excavate and release underground enemies in your nest. It isn't hostile to the Matabele ants.

It will become invulnerable and leave through the hillside spawner after a certain amount of time. It is vulnerable again outside. It regains 10% of its health after each night. Invading duration increases over time.

The challenge mode large emperor scorpion grows into a size-level 1 huge emperor scorpion on the fifth night on easy and medium, on the fourth night on hard and on the third night on extreme and impossible. It can become invulnerable for 5 seconds each time it distances itself.

Achievements

Achievements
Icons	Name	Requirements
	Last Mound Standing	Beat the mission on designated difficulty.
	Factor 50	Beat the mission without taking any damage from the sun. (medium)
	Impenetrable	Beat the mission without letting Matabele ants and enemy termites invade your nest. (hard)
	Termighty	Eliminate all enemy queens then beat the mission. (extreme)
	Finish Your Vegetables	Gather 10000 lignocellulose then beat the mission. (impossible)
	My Pet Scorpion	Beat the mission without eliminating the challenge emperor scorpion. (challenge)
	Take It Outside	Eliminate the challenge emperor scorpion on the surface then beat the mission. (impossible - challenge)