Preparation checklist
- Production: Stock Mode keeps ammunition, healing, and food above a reserve instead of consuming everything in one batch.
- Squad: bring roles that keep functioning under pressure; launch-week players repeatedly mention medics and stronger soldier composition.
- Equipment: finish the useful blueprint and material upgrades already accessible before expecting the next area to fund the whole transition.
- Cores: build a coherent trigger loop for the weapon and mission; do not chase a generic rarity color alone.
- Run length: take shorter information-gathering and resource runs when a full decisive push is not yet sustainable.
- Exit rule: withdraw once the run has obtained an important upgrade and the remaining recovery margin is poor.
Blue Logic Modules and item tiers
Players associate resource colors and equipment tiers with area progression, but the current public sources do not provide a complete official sector-to-color drop table. This manual will not promise a Blue Logic Module location until a current-build route is captured and repeated.
Diagnose the wall
| Failure pattern | Likely layer to inspect |
|---|---|
| Squad collapses before the Leader | Soldier roles, rarity/upgrades, commands, and global soldier bonuses. |
| Leader runs dry | Ammunition recovery, melee-drop opportunities, Stock thresholds, and supply use. |
| Damage reads Ineffective | Weak points, resisted damage type, weapon delivery, and Core synergy. |
| Base cannot replace losses | Food, worker assignment, research order, transport, and production modes. |
| One encounter spikes far above the rest | Route choice, encounter/affix, mission objective, and withdrawal timing. |
Evidence status
This is a decision checklist built from official systems and a high-value launch-week player thread. Exact loadouts, module locations, and reward tiers remain TEST status until current-build captures support them.
Sources checked
Accessed August 13, 2026. External links open the original source.