New Home
Information | |
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Name | New Home |
Categories | Story Documentary |
Environment | Woodland |
Player species | Black ant |
Player units | Black ant worker Black ant soldier |
Surface | No |
Features | Challenge mode |
Music | New Home Theme |
Remix | {{{remix}}} |
A new Formica fusca colony has set up home in a rotting log, but to establish themselves will be no simple task.
The log is also home to some fascinating burrowing creatures that will make nest building extra challenging. (challenge)
Objectives
- Eliminate all enemies.
Rewards
- Base value: 4 territory, 325 food, 10 Royal Jelly
- Difficulty bonus: 300%/ 325%/ 350%/ 380%/ 420%
- First-time bonus: + 350%
- Challenge bonus: + 100%
- Completion bonus: + 200%
- New game plus bonus: + 40% x plus number
Settings
Your black ant colony must establish itself under a rotting log while being surrounded by predators. You don't have access to the surface.
Notable enemies
Enemies are on the same side.
Woodworms, woodlice and devil's coach horse beetles live in your nest.
The 2 central caverns have exactly 10 woodlice each on impossible.
Challenge
Mole crickets enter your nest from above any chambers after you have played for 4 minutes. You can see dust clouds 30 seconds before they appear.
Single mole cricket appears in odd-numbered waves. Multiple mole crickets appear in even-numbered waves and increase in number each time (1 - 2 - 1 - 3 - 1 - 4 - 1 - 5... respectively). The interval time decreases by 10 seconds after each wave, from 220/ 220/ 220/ 190/ 190 down to 80 seconds.
The tenth cricket appears in the sixth wave. The fiftieth cricket appears in the sixteenth wave.
Achievements
Achievements | ||
Icons | Name | Requirements |
New Home | Beat the mission on designated difficulty. | |
Quantity, not Quality | Beat the mission without upgrading soldiers. (medium) | |
Speedy Setup | Beat the mission within 17 minutes. (hard) | |
Stand Your Ground | Beat the mission while keeping all enemies at least 3 tiles away from the queen. (extreme) | |
Picky Eater | Beat the mission with the last excavated creatures being 10 woodlice. (impossible) | |
First Innings | Beat the mission before 10 mole crickets have attacked. (challenge) | |
Just Isn't Cricket | Beat the mission after 50 mole crickets have attacked. (challenge - impossible) |
Trivia
- First innings is a term in cricket, a popular sport in the United Kingdom. The respective achievement involves mole crickets, a type of insects.
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