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Empires of the Undergrowth (2017)

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Another challenge awaits us. We are a wood ant colony who has set up on top of a hill. There are two other colonies on the grounds below us. As the threat of the tide increases, these colonies are desperate to reach the higher ground, but we are standing in their way. We must survive 4 days of brutal attack waves from the enemy colonies, all while managing food sources, such as aphids.
During the day and night, there is another threat, just hiding beneath the sand... waiting to strike.
This is a newer video to show off the strategy for the campaign rebalance for the public beta that is occurring and for the future update. If you notice anything different, this is an older version of the beta.

Tips:
- During the day, beach tiger beetle larvae will spawn in certain areas in huge numbers. They will only reveal themselves when they see an opportunity to grab and instantly kill any lone ants.
- It is best to avoid them, the food they provide after killing them isn't too good. They are pretty tanky creatures, and generally don't strike unless there's very few ants nearby,
- My main strategy is to make a separate group of ants and use them to station them ontop of key areas and pathways to prevent attacks.
- Just like 2.1, you will want to use workers as meat shields early game. You can choose to make melee after night 1.
- You can use either rapid fires or mortars. I used mortars for the splash damage for the massive ant waves.
- Rush level 3 mortars (if you do use mortars), as quick as possible.
- Focus on getting aphid dew during the 1st day. After night hits, you won’t need the aphids as much.
- After day 1 of aphid gathering, focus all your forces on gathering underground food during night 1 and day 2. From there on, you will need to fight creatures above ground during the night to get food.
- Save food for respawns, as the enemy colonies will be aggressive in their attacks.

(Rebalance):
- Aphids now produce food throughout the night. Like before, leave the aphids alone night 1 to focus on underground food. After the day 2 attacks, focus on defending the aphids while letting your workers collect the dew. Killing any other enemies is a food bonus!
- You can use the large number of beetles underground to help you deal with the final wave. Release them in a perfect time so they can use their spray to mow down the much more powerful leveled up enemy ants.
- Try to kill the tiger beetle larvae, if possible. Not only will this provide a small bonus of food, but it'll also make defending the aphids much easier, as there won't be as many enemies to fight off.

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