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Resources

## Introduction

There are several resources that can be obtained to improve your colony's overall effectiveness.

To learn more about each resource, click their corresponding header.

### Leaves

These are the main resources for any ants. Mainly used for upgrading the colony, these can also be used to decompose into fungi, a food resource.

Leaves can be harvested from any giant leaf found around the simulation (Only 3 can co-exist at any point of time)

Red Ants harvesting the leaves does not deplete the resource.

### Fungus

These are the food resources for the Ant Queen to lay eggs for both Worker Ants and Soldier Ants. They can also be used for upgrading the colony.

These are formed by dropping leaves inside Food Processing Chamber.

### Seeds

These resources are used for upgrading the colony buildings, mainly at the later point of the simulation.

Seeds can be looted from the piles that mysteriously appear after one pile of them are exhausted.

Red Ants looting the seeds will exhaust the resource.

### Body Parts

Body parts can be gathered from Creatures that are killed. The amount of body parts gathered from a creature depends on the type of creature that's killed. Rare creatures can give you up to 80 body parts whereas others give you mostly 20 body parts.

Body parts can also be obtained by defeating the Crab (boss). You will get 100 body parts each time the crab is defeated.

Body parts can also be obtained from Battles.

### Honeydew

These resources are used for upgrading the effectiveness for ants, and for Attacking/Defending either the Fire Ant's Nest, or other player's colonies.

Honeydews are harvested from Aphids brought to your colony that you steal from their nest guarded by Fire Ants, from raiding Fire Ant's Nest, or from completing daily quests.

### Pheromones

These resources are used mainly as bait to attract Creatures/Golden Creatures into the simulation, bypassing (and resetting) the 24 hour cooldown. Only one living creature may exist at any one time, attempting to use while one is around will not work.

Pink Pheromones can be obtained through killing the Red Ant Queen or reaching certain percentage of destruction within other player's colonies PvP. Gold, Platinuim and Diamond Pheromones are only obtained through PvP at certain Leagues.

### Resin

These resources are used for upgrading the effectiveness for soldier ants and the garrison feature. They are also used to attempt to infiltrate the Bee Hive to loot precious resources.

Resin are harvested from the Tree surrounded by constant termite soldier and workers, it can also be obtained by winning termite nest co-ops.

Termites harvesting the resin does not deplete the resource.
Body Parts Chamber

## General Information

The body parts chamber is the chamber where body parts obtained from carcasses, daily rewards, daily quests, co-ops and battles are stores. This chamber can hold up to 9999 body parts when fully upgraded.

## Description

Body parts of defeated insects or arachnids will be stored here. Ants will use them for making a stronger army.
Acorns

Acorns are sprites that generate all over the map and give resources.

## General Information

   Only one acorn can be on the map at any one time. A new acorn will spawn somewhere else on the map when the previous was collected.

Players have a 10 acorn per day collection limit which resets every day at 00:00 UTC. There is an acorn counter inside the Quests tab with the Daily Quests to keep track of how many acorns have been collected that day.

Acorns cannot be seen on the big map, but can be seen on the mini-map.

## Obtaining

The player must move around on the map while looking at the mini-map to find an acorn. To collect the acorn, select it, then press "Gather", just like gathering a leaf. Once gathered, an animation will appear to show which resource was rewarded and the amount given.

Increasing player speed helps make finding acorns faster as it can sometimes be a tedious task. There is a loop around the map that helps decrease the amount of time spent looking for acorns. Line up the mini-map with the edge of the grass that grows along the outside edge of the map and all acorns will be visible on this path. See image below:

## Rewards

Acorns give leaves, fungus, or seeds. About 7% of the size of the chamber that holds the resource will be instantly added to the inventory. If a chamber is full while collecting, the reward will be lost.

During events, acorns also give between 20-25 points on the event activity bar for attracting a special creature.

## Trick for beginners

At the beginning of the game, the player needs seeds in order to upgrade the Queen's chamber to breed soldiers, but Red Ants soldiers are guarding the seeds.

The player can get seeds without having to face the red ants by looking for and gathering acorns. With the seeds chamber at level 2, the player only needs to get seeds from two acorns and the queen's chamber can be upgraded.

## Holiday variants

During Events the acorn gets a new skin. These changes are visual only except for the Easter Eggs which give different rewards.

* The limited counterpart to the acorn was the Easter Eggs during the Easter 2021 and 2022 event.
* During the Halloween 2021 and 2022 events, the acorns became the skull design.
* During the Christmas 2021 event, the acorns became a pine cone design.
* During the Valentine 2022 event, the acorns became a heart design.
* During the 2nd Anniversary Event, the acorns became a cupcake design.
* During the Summer Event 2022, the acorns became an unripe, green design.

## Trivia

* Acorns were added to the game in the 24-April-2021 update, v0.0648.

* The reward from acorns was reduced from 10% to 5% and the acorn counter was added in the 23-Aug-2021 update, v0.0669

* During the Easter Event 2022, Easter Eggs replaced regular acorns with an Easter egg counter in the Event menu. The acorn counter remained but always showed 0/10.
Update 0.06/Version 0.0677

Version 0.0677 is the sixth update of 0.0670, released 30-Sep-2021, that fixed some issues.

## Changes

* Inactive opponents in Battles (over 10 days of being offline) won't have bombardiers, paussinae or venus fly traps in their armies.

## Bug Fixes

* Possibly fix a issue that won't let you tap "Kill" after defeating a creature if you tapped "Capture" before (cases of army full, or no Creature chamber built)
* Possibly fix most cases of Error #28.

1. ↑ https://discord.com/channels/738416192255164446/738416851503284295/893156329647124541
Halloween Pennant

*For the normal variant, see Dragonfly*

The Halloween Pennant is the 6th special creature to be added into the game.

## General Information

The Halloween pennant has very similar attributes to a dragonfly. However, the Halloween pennant has higher health and a stronger attack.

It is **highly recommended** not to kill these creatures.

## Description

Celithemis eponina perch at the tips of plants, waving in the breeze like pennants. Its wings are entirely orange-yellow in color with dark brown bands, the Halloween inspiration for its common name.

## Stats

Main article: Creature Stats

They have a high attack rate, good speed and slightly less health than a hornet. They do significantly more damage than dragonfly and hornet in each hit.

Pennant has three different damage rates: underground, above ground and fighting flying creatures while flying. It has the weakest damage below ground and the strongest damage when it is above ground and attacking another creature that is on the ground. It's attack rate and attack speed are the same no matter where it is attacking.

They can be upgraded a max of 60% each stat in the Creature Lab.

* Health
* Attack Rate
* Damage

**Halloween Pennant Health Stats:** (Shown in bites from a 4-star gold spider)

 2
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 4

**Halloween Pennant Attack Stats:**

Attack rate is how quickly it moves to attack after the  appears shown in seconds.

**The attack speed is one hit every 1.25 second.**

 2
 3
 4

**Halloween Pennant Damage Stats:**

Data is based on attacking a 3 star normal tarantula, shown with the % of health bar lost for each hit. (Air vs air data is based on attacking a 3 star normal dragonfly.)

Damage
 2
 3
 4

## Obtaining

### Defeating

It is helpful to place the garrison in the path of the Halloween pennant to distract it. This makes it less likely for the player ant or recruited soldier ants to be targeted and killed while capturing.

## Battles

    Halloween pennant can be very useful in the attacking army. However, they often fly off in random directions and can be eaten by the Venus flytrap if they get too close. Their best use in attacking is being able to attack other flying creatures such as the butterfly, dragonfly, monarch, or the hornet.

Halloween pennants can be an effective part of the defense army. They don't land long enough to sustain much damage from creatures and can quickly kill soldier ants. They are also unable to be stunned using the chrysanthemum if they are flying. They are nearly impossible to kill without using ants. Halloween pennants, like most flying creatures, are an effective distraction measure that is used to slow down attacking players and kill off soldiers until the timer runs out.

## Trivia

* The Halloween Pennant is actually named a Halloween Pennant (Celithemis eponina) in real life.
* The Halloween Pennant started out with low increasing (max 20%) upgrades in the Creature Lab. This was changed to high increasing (max 60%) on 19-Aug-2022.
Update 0.05/Version 0.0525

Version 0.0525 is the 4th update of 0.0520, released on 11-Aug-2020, which fixes bugs and improves matchmaking.

## Changes

* Map
	+ The entire map can now be seen if the minimap is clicked.
* Matchmaking
	+ Improved matchmaking.

## Bug Fixes

* Minor bug fixes.

1. ↑ https://discord.com/channels/738416192255164446/738416851503284295/742821168679223368
Rock

***SPECULATION ALERT:** This page contains lots of speculation which violates the Style Guide and Wiki Rules, but without the speculation this page would be tiny so it stays here. **Do not take everything this page says seriously.***

## General information

The rock is just what you might think it to be; a small rock, just small enough to be moved by the player with considerable effort. It can be found in the lower, left edge of the main map.

**The only proven thing the rock does is sparkle at dawn.**

## Messages from developers and admins about the rock

Well the rock may be slightly important because it **`[unknown word]`** at `**[unknown word]**`.

The rock was also found to `**[unknown word]**` your `**[unknown word]**`, very useful, especially for beginners.

## Unproven claims

Some players use the rock to hold their player ant in place while farming resin in the tree since the player ant can get bumped/moved around by ants and termites.

A few players have claimed that while holding the rock, rare creatures can appear more often.

Some members of the Rock is Real clan claim that the rock improves their fusion chances if you are holding it at dawn while you fuse a creature.

Other players have claimed that they could get off the map while holding the rock and found another map with what Ghett0 Maker said "a colony similar to yours, but blue." One of those players that got off the map and found another map claims the other map had dead creatures everywhere and going into the map would delete your progress entirely. This is all speculation, we do not know it is real until we test it ourselves.

In rare cases, the rock can also interfere with friendly soldier ant pathfinding; leaving them seemingly stuck to it until either the rock gets moved by the player, or the soldier gets recruited. This may well just be a glitch with soldier pathfinding.

## Speculation

Creatures have no problem walking through the rock, but ants can't walk through the rock.

The rock can turn you into a creature that is unknown right now, you gain all the traits of that creature, you need to max out something unknown and then do something unknown to transform.

So basically if you hold the rock enemies will find it hard to attack you.

Could rocks be used for a shield to the hill for defense, like enemies must get rid of it in attacks before they can get inside, maybe in a future update?

The rock can be used to block the bouncing ball in the beehive, making it helpful for the maze progress. (*This was fixed in an update and is no longer possible.)*

*Did you perform an experiment on the rock to try to find out what it does or do you have a theory not already addressed?* *Post it to the Reddit page* or add to the Rock Talk page.
Update 0.05/Version 0.0541

Version 0.0541 is the 2nd update of 0.0540, released on 31-Aug-2020, that improves graphics and fixes bugs.

## Additions

* General
	+ Added Italian language.

## Changes

* Graphics
	+ Improved some graphics.
	+ Many creature textures have been changed.
* Battles
	+ Improved player search in Battles.

## Bug Fixes

* Fixed bugs regarding rain.
* Fixed a bug where defenders assigned don't show correctly in the Defense tab.
* Added auto fix for error 28 Bug fixes.

1. ↑ https://discord.com/channels/738416192255164446/738416851503284295/749770442817929266
Update 0.06/Version 0.0662

Version 0.0662 is the second update of 0.0660, released 30-Jun-2021, that fixes bugs.

## Bug Fixes

* Performance improvements.
* Possible fix to daily resets not completing correctly in some cases.
* Fixed a bug where ant total population doesn't show correct values in some cases.
* Fixed a bug where clan bonus affecting player speed doesn't apply immediately after starting the game.
* Fixed a bug where creature images in collection don't show correct aspect ratio.
* Fixed a visual bug with the fire ant queen.
* Fixed italian texts for event creatures.

1. ↑ https://discord.com/channels/738416192255164446/738416851503284295/859844532288225281
Trilobite Beetle

*For the normal variant, see Centipede.*

The Trilobite Beetle is the 17th Special Creature to be added into the game.

## General Information

The Trilobite Beetle has similar attributes to the centipede. However, it has much faster speed and higher health than its regular counterpart.

It is **highly recommended not** to kill these creatures.

## Description

Genus Platerodrilus. Is a fascinating insect known for its distinctive appearance reminiscent of the ancient trilobite marine arthropods, hence the informal name. The females and larvae have a flattened, dark body with large scales over the head.

## Stats

Main article: Creature Stats

Trilobite Beetle has high attack rate and good health.

It can be upgraded a max of 60% each stat in the Creature Lab.

* Health
* Attack Rate
* Damage

**Trilobite Beetle Health Stats:** (Shown in bites from a 4-star gold spider)

 2
 3
 4

**Trilobite Beetle Attack Stats:**

Attack rate is how quickly it moves to attack after the  appears shown in seconds.

**The attack speed is one hit every 1 second.**

 2
 3
 4

**Trilobite Beetle Damage Stats:** (Data is based on attacking a 3 star normal tarantula, shown with the % of health bar lost for each hit.)

 2
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 4

A picture of the full Trilobite Beetle stats can be found below:

## Obtaining

### Defeating

The player ant recruits soldier ants and sends them in to attack. There is no way to prevent some soldiers from dying so be ready.

## Battles

The Trilobite Beetle acts like a normal centipede but with much higher speed and health.

It is one of the strongest melee creatures. Its high health and fast attack rate allow it kill soldiers very quickly and deal lots of damage to enemy creatures. It is a very strong creature in battle. This makes it good for both attacking and defense. The high health allows it to withstand a lot of hits from enemy creatures.

When attacking, be careful with ants around the Trilobite Beetle. The fast attack rate means ants will be killed quickly. A better tactic is to kill or distract Trilobite Beetles with other creatures before bringing ants in to attack.

## Trivia

* The trilobite beetle in the game is based off the *Platerodrilus* genus.

* The trilobite Beetle in the game is a female. The male of the species looks completely different and more like a typical beetle. This is due to the larviform female biological phenomenon which occurs in some insects. The females resemble the larvae to some degree in the adult stage of metamorphosis, while the males undergo a more ordinary adult metamorphosis.

* The in game trilobite beetle seems to most closely resemble the species Platerodrilus paradoxus.
Seeds

Seeds are an important resource in the game.

## General Information

Seeds are a resource that can be found across the map. There is always one seed source on the map, the seeds can be sourced to be collected by the player's Worker ants.

Seeds can be set for offline gathering and can be found in acorns scattered around the map. They can also be rewarded for winning battles and as part of the daily reward. Additionally, completing quests and daily quests can reward small amounts of seeds.

## Source

Seeds spawn around the player anthill on the map. There is only one seed source on the map at any point. The red ants will collect from the seed source no matter its location. This means that there will be times when the red ants will walk through or near the player anthill in order to collect seeds, potentially attacking and killing black worker or soldier ants.

The seed source amount will decrease as the player and workers collect from it until it eventually runs out and disappears. A new seed source will spawn in a random location when the seeds have been fully depleted.

The amount of seeds that can be collected from a single seed source amount changes depending on the level of the Seed Storage Chamber. Seeds on the map do not change with chamber upgrades and will keep the amount that they spawn with until fully depleted.

 When the seeds run out or when a new seed is selected as a source, a message will pop up in the center or bottom of the screen.

## Uses

Seeds are used to upgrade the Queen's chamber, Nursery chamber, body parts chamber and the honeydew storage chamber. Seeds are required when entering co-ops or when attempting the Fire Ant Nest dungeons.

The greatest use of seeds in the game is donations toward clan bonuses. Seeds are one of three resources needed to activate clan bonuses such as increased soldier speed. These bonuses require huge amounts of resources and a combined effort from all clan members in order to sustain.

## Trivia

Red ants collect seeds from nearby seed sources but they do not reduce the amount of available resources by doing so.
Fusion

**Fusion** is used for upgrading your Creatures. Every creature you capture is a 1 star when added to your army.

The more stars a creature has, the stronger it is (all stats increase, not only health but attack rate and movement speed too)

To Fuse you will need the Creatures Chamber. You also need it for capturing creatures. You need to pay body parts as well.

You have chances to fuse successfully, it depends on the level of your Creatures Chamber, you could also buy higher chance by paying Gems or upgrade fusion success chance using honeydew.

The higher star you are fusing, the harder it is to have a successful fusion. (75% is the default starting chance for 1-star fusion into 2-star, 35% for 2-star into 3-star, but the default chance of 3-star into 4-star fusion is 1%.)

You will lose a creature regardless of failing the fusion or not, only that the fused creature will become stronger and gain a star if the fusion is a success.
Centipede

* Regular
* Golden

*For the special variant, see Shocking Pink Dragon Millipede and Trilobite Beetle.*

The centipede is the fifth rare creature added to the game.

## General Information

Centipede has a very high attack rate which makes it a good creature for killing ants quickly.

Despite the long body, the hit box of the centipede is only the area around its head. To collect body parts the player needs to select the head, not the body.

## Description

Forcipules are a unique feature found only in centipedes and in no other arthropods. The forcipules are modifications of the first pair of legs, forming a pincer-like appendage always found just behind the head.

## Stats

Main article: Creature Stats

Centipedes are one of the strongest non-event creatures in the game. They have great health and attack rate but are very slow.

Centipedes can be upgraded a max of 60% each stat in the Creature Lab.

* Health
* Attack Rate
* Damage

**Centipede Health Stats:** (Shown in bites from a 4-star gold spider)

 2
 3
 4
 4 (gold)

**Centipede Attack Stats:**

Attack rate is how quickly it moves to attack after the  appears shown in seconds.

**The attack speed is one hit every 1 second.**

 2
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 4
 4 (gold)

**Centipede Damage Stats:**

Data is based on attacking a 3 star normal tarantula, shown with the % of health bar lost for each hit.

 2
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 4
 4 (gold)

A picture of the full Centipede entry can be found below:

## Obtaining

##### Attracting conditions

Rare, can appear under any weather but appears only at dusk or night.

##### Defeating

The player ant recruits soldier ants and send them in to attack. There is no way to prevent some soldiers from dying so be ready.

If player speed has been upgraded enough, the player can let the centipede target them and run around the map while soldiers attack. This makes it so no soldiers die while defeating it.

## PvP

Centipede is a very strong creature in battle. This makes it good for both attacking and defense. When using it for attacking, place the centipede close to enemy ants or creatures so it doesn't have to walk far due to its low speed.

When attacking, be careful with ants around a centipede. The fast attack rate means ants will be killed quickly. A better tactic is to kill or distract centipedes with other creatures.

## Trivia

    The centipede in the game is based on a real centipede.

The centipede was added to the game on 30-July-2021 in an unannounced update.
Queen's Chamber

Queen's chamber is one of the most important chambers to upgrade in the game.

## General Information

The Queen's Chamber (commonly known as **QC**) is the chamber where the ant queen is found. When first starting the game, this is the only chamber that is already built and begins at level 1. A major milestone in the Starter Tutorial is upgrading the queen's chamber to level 2. This chamber is a major use of Resin in the game.

The queen will never move from the queen's chamber and will always sit and lay eggs when needed. The Black Queen Ant's health increases as the Queen's Chamber level is increased.

## Importance

This chamber can be upgraded to breed stronger soldiers which helps with many things:

* battles
* defeating creatures
* fire ant nest
* co-op
* red ants

A higher queen's chamber level makes the whole game easier.

This chamber should be prioritized over other **resin** upgrades in the resin shop due to the long upgrade times for levels 10-12. However, the Resin Chamber is a limiting factor of how high the queen's chamber can be upgraded. Therefore the resin chamber also needs to be prioritized when using creature body parts for upgrading.

## Game description

This is the chamber where the Queen lives. She will eat and lay eggs all day long. Upgrade the chamber to breed stronger soldiers.

## Upgrades

Note: Soldiers can't be bred until the queen's chamber is level 2. This means the soldier level is always one level lower than the Queen's Chamber level.

## Trivia

* A single maxed level soldier (level 11) does almost the same damage per second (DPS) to creatures as a 4-star scorpion.
* Upgrading the queen's chamber increases the strength of the red ants, fire ants (in both aphid farms and Fire Ant Nest), and termites.
* Inactive players who have their armies nerfed, have their queen's chamber level dropped to level 6 or lower.
* The queen's chamber used to max out at level 5. Levels 6-12 were added with the first **Resin Update** on 05-Nov-2020.
Golden Creatures

## General information

Golden creatures are variants of normal creatures. They are the same in appearance as the regular creature but seem to be galvanized as gold.

Golden creatures have boosted stats. They are 1 star level higher than their normal variant. This means that a golden 1 star tarantula is exactly the same as a normal 2 star tarantula. This allows a 4 star golden creature to reach stats that normal creatures cannot reach (5 star stats, however increment in stats is quite low from 4-5 star).

## Attracting

A golden creature can be attracted by either using 150 golden pheromones, 50 platinum pheromones or 30 diamond pheromones.

When using a golden summon, the chance to spawn golden rare creatures is that of a normal pink pheromone summon. It is very rare to get a Rhinoceros Beetle with a 'pink' summon, so it will be very rare to get one with the golden summon. Note that the creature type that appears also depends on the time of day and the current weather.

There's also a very low chance of getting a golden creature with either 3 gold, 3 platinum or 3 diamond pheromones. Pink pheromones can't attract golden creatures.

The Asian Giant Hornet golden variant can be attracted if the player uses a golden summon while holding a honeycomb after escaping the beehive.

The Crab golden variant has a very low chance of being obtained instead of the normal variant after 15 successful crab coops

## Creature Skins

In the pheromone update, version 0.0560 on 5-Oct-2020, creature skins were added to the game. These skins were cosmetic only and did not have higher creatures stats. A random skinned creature could be attracted in the new pheromone shop for 150 gold pheromones or 50 blue pheromones.

There were at least four skins. The mantis was an orange and black color, the tiger beetle was a bright green color, the scorpion was a blue color, and the tarantula was a gold color. Creatures with a different skin could not be fused with a normal skinned version.

All creatures with these skins were replaced with the current golden variant (with improved stats) just one day later in the update, version 0.0561.

Mantis skinTiger beetle skinOriginal golden skinScorpion skin
Roseate Skimmer Dragonfly

*For the normal variant, see Dragonfly*

The Roseate Skimmer Dragonfly is the 14th special creature to be added into the game.

## General Information

The Roseate Skimmer Dragonfly has very similar attributes to a dragonfly. However, the Roseate Skimmer Dragonfly has higher health and a stronger attack.

It is **highly recommended** not to kill these creatures.

## Description

The Orthemis ferrunginea is a dragonfly that can be easily recognized by its bright pink and orange hues on its wings and body. Found near bodies of water, it's known for its aerial hunting and perching behavior.

## Stats

Main article: Creature Stats
They have a high health, good speed and slightly less attack rate than a dragonfly. They do significantly more damage than dragonfly and hornet in each hit.

Skimmer has three different damage rates: underground, above ground and fighting flying creatures while flying. It has the weakest damage below ground and the strongest damage when it is above ground and attacking another creature that is on the ground. It's attack rate and attack speed are the same no matter where it is attacking.

They can be upgraded a max of 60% each stat in the Creature Lab.

* Health
* Attack Rate
* Damage

**Roseate Skimmer Health Stats:** (Shown in bites from a 4-star gold tarantula)

 2
 3
 4

**Roseate Skimmer Attack Stats:**

Attack rate is how quickly it moves to attack after the  appears shown in seconds.

**The attack speed is one hit every 1.25 second.**

 2
 3
 4

**Roseate Skimmer Damage Stats:**

Data is based on attacking a 3 star normal tarantula, shown with the % of health bar lost for each hit. (Air vs air data is based on attacking a 3 star normal dragonfly.)

Damage
 2
 3
 4

## Obtaining

### Defeating

It is helpful to place the garrison in the path of the Roseate Skimmer Dragonfly to distract it. This makes it less likely for the player ant or recruited soldier ants to be targeted and killed while capturing.

## Battles

Roseate Skimmer Dragonfly can be very useful in the attacking army. However, they often fly off in random directions and can be eaten by the Venus flytrap if they get too close. Their best use in attacking is being able to attack other flying creatures such as the butterfly, dragonfly, monarch, or the hornet.

The skimmer's damage is one of the highest in the game. Above ground they deal massive damage in a single hit. Underground, even with lower damage, the skimmer can compete with and even overtake melee attackers like Emperor Scorpion and Skull Spider.

Roseate Skimmer Dragonflys can be an effective part of the defense army. They don't land long enough to sustain much damage from creatures and can quickly kill soldier ants. They are also unable to be stunned using the chrysanthemum if they are flying. If they aren't stunned, they are very difficult to kill without using ants.

To decrease the time spent sitting on the ground after an attack, players will want to upgrade Attack Rate in the Creature Lab. Highly upgraded skimmers can be very difficult to kill.

## Trivia

* The Roseate Skimmer Dragonfly's scientific name is Orthemis ferruginea in real life.
Update 0.05/Version 0.0586

Version 0.0586 is the fifth update of 0.0580, released on 17-Nov-2020, that fixed a lot of bugs.

## Additions

* New resin shop bonus and one re-buyable item.
* After setting a resource as source, you automatically will be out of select mode.

## Bug Fixes

* Possibly fixed an issue where ant soldiers do double damage on some rare occasions.
* Possibly fixed an issue where the enemy dragonfly will sometimes get stuck making it impossible to get 100% in battle.
* Possibly fixed an issue where a dragonfly appears as being killed instantly while flying in battles.
* Possibly fixed an issue when clicking on Gem Shop icons, the Shop window opens behind.
* Possibly fixed the tarantula's weird animation.
* Possibly fixed an issue where sound effects will sometimes be heard when the option is off.

1. ↑ https://discord.com/channels/738416192255164446/738416851503284295/777943711781879808
Garrison

Garrison is a command that can be given to soldier ants.

## General information

The Garrison is a way to command soldier ants to patrol an area without the player ant being present.

This is done by tapping on the banner icon at the bottom left of the screen. Then tap anywhere on the visible map to command some soldiers to patrol the area around the banner similar to how soldier ants circle the player ant.

By default, a garrison can recruit 10 soldiers with this command. However this can be increased to 40 soldiers by purchasing upgrades with Resin in the Resin Shop.

The location of the garrison can been seen on the Map and the mini-map as a banner.

## Deploying

To deploy the garrison, click on the garrison icon and then click anywhere on the screen that the ants can go. Soldiers will run to the garrison and then patrol around it. They will attack any enemy ants that come within their patrol range but will immediately return to the garrison after the enemy ant is defeated.

Once deployed, the garrison icon will turn green and display the number of ants that are assigned to it. If soldier ants die, the number goes down accordingly.

Clicking on the garrison icon while it is deployed will disband soldiers. There is a cool-down of about 10 seconds before another garrison can be placed. When soldier ants recruited to a garrison are killed, they can't be replaced. The only way to get more soldiers is to disband the garrison, wait for the cool-down, and then re-deploy the garrison.

The garrison cannot be deployed inside the player ant colony, the beehive, or the Fire Ant Nest. Only one garrison can be placed at a time.

**Note:** Before entering the Fire Ants Nest, remove any garrison that is deployed, because the soldiers set to a garrison will not go into the nest.

## Uses

Garrison is crucial when farming resin from the tree. The garrison can be placed right above the crack in the tree to defend the worker ants against termites that spawn there. Without the garrison, the workers will get attacked from the bottom and many will be killed in a short time.

For red ants, the garrison can be placed at a seed or leaf resource to defend workers. The garrison can also be placed at the red ant colony entrance to kill red ants or keep them from coming inside the colony while attacking the queen.

The garrison is helpful for defending against fire ants during aphid convoys. Place the garrison toward the middle of the path the aphids will take or run ahead a little bit and place the garrison as the convoy moves along.

Leaving the garrison near the termites crack while doing other things will help to complete the termite daily quest or increase the number of termites killed for Quests and ultimately help gain the termite kill achievements faster.

## Trivia

    If the garrison is placed at the red ant colony entrance, eventually some of the soldiers will run away to the bottom right corner of the map and stay there until the garrison is disbanded.
Offline Gathering

Offline gathering is a mechanic in the game that allows ants to collect resources while the player is not logged into the game.

## General information

Offline gathering begins after the player is offline for 10 minutes. Time spent in a co-op counts as offline.

## Resources

The resources that can be collected are fungus , leaves , seeds , water  and body parts . Ants cannot collect resin  with offline gathering. Chambers for the resource to be collected must be at level 2 or higher.

Workers need to be set to gather the resources and a source needs to be selected. It is best to select a source that is at max level to get the most benefit from offline collecting. It is possible to lose worker ants if there are red ants present on the map while the player is offline.

A screen will pop up when the player logs into the game or returns from a co-op. This pop up tells how many resources were obtained and if any worker or soldier ants were killed during that offline gathering session.

A player can only collect a max of 100 water during offline gathering no matter the water chamber level.

## Unlimited Sources

Unlimited sources are special items that can be purchased with gems or activated during an event. They provide resources for 24 hours without running out and don't have to be reset as a source during that time. They provide leaves and fungus but not seeds. Examples of these are the strawberry and event foods like the Candy Cane during the Christmas events.

Ants will gather resources from an unlimited source during offline gathering. Players are limited to a total of 2,000 resources gathered during an offline gathering session. This can be any combination of fungus and leaves such as 1k leaves and 1k fungus, or 500 leaves and 1,500 fungus. Offline gathering of unlimited sources may not work over the game reset at 0:00 UTC or if the 24 hour timer runs out during the offline gathering session.

## Considerations

Offline gathered resources are calculated and applied at the start of the game. This means they cannot be robbed by attacking players. However, offline gathered resources are not saved upon starting the game. The player must save the game for these resources to be counted. If the game crashes at the beginning, the offline gathered resources are not saved and are lost forever.
Corpse

## General information

After defeating a creature, it can either be captured and added to the army, or it can be killed. Killing it leaves its corpse on the ground. The corpse can be selected and set it as a source for Body Parts.

Note: Players must stand near the head to select a butterfly or centipede as a source.

The limit to the amount of corpses that can be on the main map is 5 and any creatures killed after that will replace the oldest existing corpse. The oldest corpse disappears when the player presses "kill" after defeating a living creature. The corpse won't disappear if the player presses capture.

When a creature is killed its corpse will point the direction it was facing when it was killed and centipedes and millipedes might have a bent body shape. However, once the game has been reloaded, all creatures will turn to horizontally face to the right and centipede and millipede will straighten out vertically and face toward the top of the map.

## Body parts

Different creatures give a different amount of parts:

## Creature corpses

TarantulaPraying MantisTiger BeetleBombardier BeetleRhinoceros BeetleShocking Pink Dragon Millipede
## Other corpses

All living beings have corpses but only creature corpses can be used for collecting body parts. Other corpses will disappear after a few seconds. Here are the other corpses in the game.

VinegaroonFire AntTermite SoldierTermite workerVenus Flytrap
## Trivia

There used to be an unlimited number of corpses that could exist on the main map. This was changed to 5 due to abuse after 21-Aug-2020.

1. ↑ Since Crab is added directly to the player's army, it cannot be killed for bodyparts. However, as 15 victories at Crab Beach are required to claim Crab, the player would have gained 1500 bodyparts from those victories at the moment of claiming the Crab.
Fire Ants

* Soldier
* Queen

*For general information about Fire Ant Nest see Main Article: Fire Ant Nest*

Fire ants appear on the map guarding aphid farms or lurking inside their nest.

## General Information

Fire Ants are seen protecting Aphid Farms as soldiers and will attack during the aphid convoy. They do not pose much of a threat, as they stay at the edge of the map, however they will attack workers if the seed/leaf source is too close to an aphid farm. They are about as strong as the soldier ants, only slightly weaker.

Fire Ants are also found in all the Fire Ant Nest's chambers as guards. They attack soldiers and the player ant and can destroy many ants if not defeated quickly in each chamber.

## Aphid farms

*For general information about aphid farms see Main Article: Aphid Farm*

They appear in one of four locations on the main map. Only one farm can be present on the map at a time. Players must attack and defeat the defending fire ants. Once all fire ants are gone, the player will have to defend the convoy of worker ants carrying aphids from fire ants. The fire ants attack from random directions until the convoy gets to the ant colony entrance. A new aphid farm appears 6 hours after the previous farm is defeated.

Upgrading the honeydew chamber does *not* affect the fire ants. Leveling up the queen's chamber makes them stronger, but the soldiers will always have a slight advantage over them.

## Fire ant nest

The Fire Ant Nest is located in the top left corner of the main map. Entering the nest costs 3 battle tokens, 500 leaves and 500 seeds.

There are 15 chambers and each chamber gets progressively harder. The first 2 chambers contain only fire ants. The 3rd through 14th chambers contain fire ants and 2-5 creatures. The Fire Ant Queen is encountered in the final chamber of the Fire Ant Nest.

The queen stays inside a giant hole on the right side of the room. She acts similarly to the rhinoceros beetle: she has a very high amount of health and a deadly area attack. She also spawns fire ants in the middle of the chamber: 10 fire ants at 75%, 15 fire ants at 50%, and 20 fire ants at 25% of her health.

Killing her will successfully end the nest attack, rewarding the player with a total of 150 honeydew (96 gained for the very last chamber)

## Rewards

Aphid farms reward honeydew for each aphid that is successfully delivered to the honeydew chamber. The amount of honeydew can be increased up to 15 per aphid by purchasing the honeydew multiplier upgrade in the Honeydew Shop.

Fire Ant Nest rewards honeydew for each chamber that is completed. Defeating the fire ant queen rewards a total of 150 honeydew and unlocks the fire ant skin.

## Trivia

Dead fire antCurrent spriteOld spriteFire ant queenFire ants protecting the aphids
Bookshop in Chapter 50

The **bookshop in Chapter 50** is where Kara and Blue go to buy some books. It is located in the marketplace of Capital City.

## History

In Chapter 50, Kara and Blue visit the bookshop. While there, Blue finds "The Voice of Dragon's Song", and Kara buys it for him.

## Description

The shop is on the small side, with a very cozy interior lined with shelves and bookcases. It is designed to look like a rustic cottage from the outside, and the design is also echoed on the inside. The roof is interwoven wooden pieces, which curl into fixtures where they meet the walls. Small orbs float around the rafters, casting a calming glow on the entire store.

At the front is a large desk, where the shopkeep sits.
Update 0.06/Version 0.0679

Version 0.0676 is the seventh update of 0.0670, released 07-Oct-2021, that added a deploy all creatures button.

## Additions

* Added a button to deploy all the creatures at once during Battles.

## Bug Fixes

* Possibly fix issues with vinegaroon animation (visual).
* Possibly fix login issues with iOS 15.0.1.

1. ↑ https://discord.com/channels/738416192255164446/738416851503284295/895418627107463168
Update 0.05/Version 0.0578

Version 0.0578 is the 2nd update to 0.0570, released on 05-Nov-2020, that adds resin related objects and fixes bugs.

## Additions

* Tree
	+ Appears in the top of the map.
	+ Is positioned in the middle of the north borderline.
	+ Contains Resin and Termites guarding it.
	+ Has its own map.
* Garrison
	+ Assigns an amount of soldiers to a place on the map.
	+ The assigned soldiers guard the place and do not leave.
	+ Soldiers assigned to the garrison appear to be going around a flag.
	+ Can be removed by clicking the flag icon at the bottom left of the screen. When a garrison is removed its soldiers go back to the hive.
	+ A very useful feature if you want to guard someplace, very useful for resin farming to prevent termites from going up the bottom of the tree and killing workers.
* Resin
	+ Is used for queen chamber upgrades beyond level 5.
	+ Is used for 3 new resin bonuses, extra garrison soldiers, extra army soldiers, and extra player speed.
	+ Guarded by Termites.
	+ Obtained from going up the tree and looks like a patch of rectangular-shaped resin before its harvest.
* Termites
	+ Guard Resin.
	+ Have workers and soldiers, similar to Red Ants.
	+ Worker termites appear to collect resin from resin patches.
		- Soldiers appear to be able to collect resin too.
	+ Sometimes appear from the bottom of the tree.
* Resin Chamber
	+ A chamber in your hive to store resin.
	+ Has 12 levels, each storing more resin and increasing the strength of
* Resin Shop
	+ The place to buy bonuses using resin.
	+ 3 bonuses are available; extra garrison soldiers, more army max soldier cap, and more player speed.
* Strawberry
	+ Unlimited source of fungus and leaves.
	+ Will disappear after 24 hours.

## Changes

* Queen Chamber
	+ Can now be upgraded beyond lv. 5.
	+ Each upgrade beyond level 5 costs resin.
* Quests
	+ 30 new quests.
	+ Most new quests are about killing termites or collecting resin and give you creature parts as a reward.
* Soldiers
	+ Nearest soldiers will now be recruited instead of random ones.
* Aphid Farm
	+ Aphid farm maximum fire ants number reduced (will not apply on current active farms).
* Creature Chamber
	+ Creature order in Army now stays after restarting the game.
* General
	+ Removed premium food from Gem shop.
	+ Removed some of the arrows surrounding the player ant (no longer needed since minimap exists).

## Bug Fixes

* Fixed a bug where player ant sometimes gets stuck fighting in both Battles and main map.
* Fixed a bug where enemy workers and soldiers don't attack player ant during Battles.
* Fixed a bug where player ant triggers move animation when standing still.
* Fixed a bug where Tiger Beetles can't detect Ghost Mantis.

## Trivia

* This update is the Part 1 of the officially called "Resin Update"

1. ↑ https://discord.com/channels/738416192255164446/738416851503284295/773914381984595998
Bees

* Worker
* Guard
* Queen

*For general information about the Beehive Maze see Main Article: Beehive*

Bees are found guarding their Hive in the top right part of the tree.

## General information

There are about 10 bees flying around the outside of the beehive. These bees will attack the player or any soldiers immediately upon being sighted. Don't bother fighting them, they are extremely fast and soldiers cannot attack them due to their ability to fly at very fast speeds.

The sound of the bees buzzing can be heard when the player is close to the beehive.

## Location

To reach the beehive, players must get past the termites guarding the resin patch. The bees can be found flying around outside of the beehive on the right branch of the tree. Players cannot get close to the beehive without the bees attacking. However, it is safe to stand up to the start of the bottom branch. Players can get past the outside bees and into the beehive by purchasing Bee Essence from the resin shop.

Inside the beehive are several immobile bees in various points around the maze. These bees are harmless and will not attack even if the bee essence runs out. This means the interior bees are probably workers. If bee essence runs out or the Queen bee signals the alarm, an attack bee will come from outside the nest to kill the player ant.

## Rewards

There is no way to defeat the bees so there is no reward for doing so.

However, inside the beehive, a player who successfully navigates the maze can get one of three rewards:

* 2000 resin
* Honeycomb to summon an Asian Giant Hornet
* 75 honeydew

## Trivia

    The bees were added to the game on 16-Nov-2020 as part of the **Resin Update - Part II**, v0.0586

Ants are considered a threat to beehives in real life. They climb into the hives to steal honey and sometimes eat the brood (larva) of the bees.

Interior (harmless) beeExterior (aggressive) bee
Creature Event: Ghost Mantis

The Creature Event: Ghost Mantis was the first Creature Event in Pocket Ants.

## General information

The Creature Event: Ghost Mantis, also known as a mini-event, is a short event that is intended to give players the chance to get special creatures from the past or fuse the ones they have. Unlike major events, these don't include unlimited sources, daily rewards, re-spawn timer reductions, ant skins nor visual changes of any type. Getting creatures in these Events is harder because the red ants and aphid farms re-spawn time isn't reduced, thus they won't give as much activity points per day as they do on major events.

## Editions

There have been three editions of this Event, each occurring after the Halloween Events.

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## Special Creature

Main article: Ghost Mantis

This Event's creature is the Ghost Mantis. It's a Special variant of the Praying Mantis, having higher stats specially on Attack Rate, which is maxed. It acts as a damage dealer and a sniper on Battles. This creature appeared for the first time in the Halloween Event 2020 and then in the 1st Anniversary Event.

It can be attracted unlimited times per day during this Event.

## Activity Bar

The activity bar can be filled with 1000 Activity Points that are gotten from the following activities:

 Gathering from Acorns.
 Obtaining Honeydew from Aphid Farms only.
 Getting Pheromones by attacking other players or Dr. Zany.
 Watching ads for Battle Tokens.
 Using Gems to fill the bar.
Update 0.06/Version 0.0650

Version 0.0650 is the 1st update of 0.0650, released 3-May-2021, that fixes a bug.

## Bug Fixes

* Fixed issue from version v0.0649 with clan co-op: Lobby doesn't close correctly, allowing members to join when dungeon already started.

1. ↑ https://discord.com/channels/738416192255164446/738416851503284295/838884702562942987