Colony — Getting started on your first day
About
OverviewColony is a zombie survival game where you build a fort, recruit survivors, and try to last as long as possible against waves of zombies that get stronger every night. This guide covers how to get started, manage your survivors, strengthen your fort, and push your night count higher.
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Contents
Getting started on your first day
Step
When you load in, you have a limited window of daylight to set up before the first zombie wave hits.
- Recruit survivors get people working as soon as possible, since more survivors means faster progress on every task.
- Assign jobs split your survivors between mining and construction so resources come in while defenses go up.
- Start mining dig into the terrain to collect the materials you need for walls and research.
- Build basic walls even a simple barrier before night one buys you time and keeps your survivors alive.
Survivor roles and why balance matters
Tips
Each survivor you recruit can be pointed at a different job, and the split you choose shapes how fast everything else grows.
- More miners means more resources collected during the day, which directly speeds up building and research.
- Arming survivors with weapons adds combat power at night.
- Construction workers finish walls and repairs faster.
- As your total survivor count grows, production across the whole fort rises, so recruiting steadily pays off over time.
Fort design for the long run
CheckZombies grow stronger each night, so a wall layout that works on night three will not hold on night thirty. Think about depth and height when you place structures, and treat daytime as a repair window.
- Build more than one layer of walls so zombies have to break through multiple barriers to reach your survivors and resources.
- Use height where possible taller structures are harder for zombies to get past.
- Keep your most important resources and facilities deep inside the fort, away from the outer walls.
- Inspect damage every morning and repair broken sections before the next wave starts.
- Complete all construction work during the day.
Mining and technology research
Tips
Mining does two things at once: it produces the raw materials you need to build, and it surfaces new technologies you can then research.
- Keep miners active throughout the day so you never run short of materials for building or research.
- New technologies appear as you dig, so consistent mining also expands what you can unlock.
- The more resources you put into research, the faster it progresses.
Night survival tactics
Warn
When the zombies arrive they are stronger and more numerous than the night before. Your defenses and armed survivors do the work, but only if you set them up correctly during the day.
Night milestone badges
Summary
The game tracks how many nights you survive and awards badges at specific thresholds.
Glossary
Glossary- Survivor
- An NPC you recruit who can be assigned to mining, construction, or armed combat.
- Zombie wave
- The nightly attack event where zombies assault your fort, growing in strength and numbers with each passing night.
- Fort
- The defensive structure you build to protect your survivors and resources from zombie attacks.
- Mining
- Digging into the terrain to collect resources and uncover new technologies you can research.
- Technology research
- A progression system where technologies discovered through mining are studied to unlock better weapons, defenses, and tools.
- Alpha
- The current development stage of the game, meaning bugs are expected and the developers want players to report them.
Common questions
FAQWhat should I do on the very first day?
Recruit survivors immediately and split them between mining and building basic walls. Get a barrier up before night arrives.
Why do I keep losing on later nights?
Zombies get stronger every single night. Layer your walls, repair damage every morning, arm more survivors, and research defensive technologies.
Do I need to spend money to progress?
No — the entire game is playable for free. If you want to support the developers, liking and favoriting the game is the way they ask for it.
How do I find the secret badge?
Explore the edge of the world. The badge is hidden out there rather than tied to a night count.
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