Colony Orders

Set what the ants in the colony should be doing for the coming time period.

The player may set the orders of Controlled Colony from anywhere in the world.

• Ratio on what workers should do: Get food, expand the nest's capacity or help breeding to increase population.
  • Note on food: Only food collecting ants gather food but all ants eat food. If other nests interfere with the controlled area they decrease the efficiency of the food collecting ants. (Workers collect max 0.4 per hour and all ants eat 0.1 food per hour.)
• (From level 5) Ratio on how many Worker and Warrior ants. The colony strives towards that ratio and workers can be turned into warriors and vice versa. (Every minute a small shift is done)
• (From level 8) Ratio on the expanding: Normal or Secret. Secret chambers can not be destroyed by humans but are slow to build.

The orders last for a time depending on your Experience level and after that time the ratios will move towards just having workers getting food. You will have to look after your colonies from time to time. The time it lasts depends on you experience level:

1. 45 minutes
2. 1.5 hour
3. 3 hours
4. 6 hours
5. 12 hours
6. 1 day
7. 2 days
8. 4 days
9. etc.

Purpose of this feature: Unattended colonies shall become weak in defence and population shall decrease in the long run.